doogie howser, m.d.

Look at me now, I’m a seasoned medical student.  It’s been one full week of classes and already I’m a pro.  Riiiight.
Or not.  The summer is like med school-lite.  We take Biochemistry for three hours each morning and dabble in a bit of Gross Anatomy in the afternoons.  So far I can recognize the chemical [...]

and we’re off…

I am now officially a medical student.  So says one of the deans.  Not part of a program or research students for a summer.  Nope, full-fledged medical students.  
And why is it so important to remember that we’re actually officially medical students now?  Because in the rare and unfortunate case that one of us should [...]

weekday brunch.

Parking was a cinch.  The sun was shining, the spots were abundant, and parallel parking was unprecedentedly easy.  All in all, the perfect equation for a perfect weekday brunch in Brooklyn.
With four seats left in the restaurant we were seated immediately.  Two menus, two tall glasses of ice water, and five minutes of hemming and hawing [...]

a thousand words.

momo.

The place is crowded, the hostesses ooze “urban hipster” from each pair of thick plastic glasses, the waiters don’t hide their knowledge that they are, in fact, holier than thou. The cooks are scruffy, the music is loud, and the homemade soft serve ice cream machine is there because it can be.
But damn, those [...]