Weekend Review: Conferences, Birthday Cake, and a Sandwich

I've been neglecting to post again, thanks to a busy (but wonderful) September. I've just finished a radiation oncology rotation and am moving on to something a little different -- medical physics month -- which I'm actually quite excited about! Edmonton has entered its beautiful fall, with crunchy yellow leaves littering the sidewalks. Fall is so transient here -- one good windstorm and the trees are skeletal. Here are some other things that I've appreciated in the past week:

1. conferences -- In the past ten days I've gotten to attend conferences in Banff and Boston, which were such great times -- I have lots of photos to post!

   

   These were actually the first real conferences I'd been to; both fantastic.

2. rainbow -- On the drive back from Banff we had the crummiest weather, but the rain let up eventually and produced a pretty double rainbow. I tried to capture how large it was in this video, but it doesn't look nearly as impressive as it did in person.
3. cake -- This is the nicest birthday cake I've ever had, thanks to my awesome resident colleagues.

   

   Ha. The downside to anonymous blogging.

   

   It was a 7-layer German chocolate cake.

4. Gilmore Girls -- Apart from the odd episode here and there, I don't know why I never caught onto Gilmore Girls while it was on. It's such great TV; I love all the characters. So glad I don't have to wait seven years for all the episodes.
   
5. sandwich -- This may be the best sandwich I've ever made -- grilled monterey jack cheese, apple, and jam. It was inspired by the one at Earls, but I was missing the chicken.

   

   Ugh. I could eat this every day.

6. free admission day -- Today was Edmonton's annual free admission day. I spent a beautiful sunny fall day walking around Fort Edmonton Park with friends, followed by lunch at The Sugar Bowl.

   

   bison chili -- spicy!