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Last night the Culinary Club visited Ten Mercer (see previous post). We had a great time, but the reviews were mixed. The striped sea bass was not available (even before 7 PM!) so there were many disappointed before we even ordered. The hit drink of the night was their “Pearadox” made with Absolut Pear, simple syrup, house sour, and a sugared rim - fantastic! Other good reviews was the chicken which, according to one friend who had it was “not tough like regular chicken” and quite flavorful. They also made a mean strawberry rhubarb pie. Good stuff! Our ratings on a scale from 1 to 10 ranged from 6 to 8.5.

It turns out that hot-tubbing in the rain is even more fun than when it’s not raining - but taking PICTURES of it is - well - challenging when it’s also at night, and someone is outside the hot tub getting cold, trying to take pictures, and can’t see where the subjects are, and the rain is falling into the subjects eyes, making them close their eyes, then sometimes the pictures tend not to come out that well… You judge for yourself though.

Thanks for all of your concern. I had my first Physical Therapy appointment today and it went well. But why are pigs flying, you ask? Because it sounds as though the root cause of my problem was being TOO flexible. That’s right - TOO flexible - LAURA - I never thought I’d here those two things together. My right leg/hip has the ability to rotate out at a normal 45 degrees, but because of the musculature problem on my left side, I can rotate that hip out at almost 90 degrees. Visually, here’s what’s going on:

What is hip bursitis, you ask?

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Attention - The next gathering of the Culinary Club will be this April 26 (Thursday) at 6:45 at Ten Mercer. Dinner Menu — UPDATE – The dress code for this event is “Black + 1″ (translation: Wear black plus one other color of your choosing).

Some selected shots from November’s Culinary Club at Black Bottle: