Evo said:
Come on Moonbear, let's head over to Smurf's!
Sorry to hear about the guy. She'll move in with him, they'll get on each other's nerves and he'll be free the next time you see him.

That's hopeful. Though, it might not be far from the truth. They spent 5 years living apart while she was in med school and he was in grad school, which is probably why I didn't know about her all this time. And he said it was really hard to get used to seeing each other again. So, now he's moved to the west coast and she's still in NY, so maybe it'll happen again. He's a fellow Joiseyan too!
I'm just cooling down from tonight's social (it's still going, but in recognition that I'm no longer 20-something, I couldn't keep dancing until 2 AM and still hope to make a 9 AM scientific session tomorrow...it was a tough choice, stay at the social or wake up for science

). I had a great time...they had both a band and a DJ (the DJ played during the band's break, and then is continuing for the late night crowd, so they really had an amazing range of music; something for every generation, and I dance to all of it). Anyway, the DJ played some Puerto Rican music, and there was a Latin guy there who snagged me to dance with him...wow! Amazing dancer, really knew how to lead so that even though I don't know how to dance to that music well, I still could dance and was told I looked good doing it!

I love dancing and really enjoy dancing with a strong partner.
Oh, the science went well too. I had a huge crowd for my poster (then again, that could have been because we got out of a minisymposium late, so the entire neuroendocrine group arrived en masse...I didn't bother getting to the poster session on time since I knew my entire audience was sitting in the same talk I was that was running late). So, that was all great. I got good feedback, a lot of people are really interested in what I'm doing, and a few offers for collaborations too. Couldn't ask for more.
So, how is Franzbear holding up after that merkin fire?