Today, in the name of research, I went to the hospital. I guess I could’ve waited till Monday–or just not gone at all–but I really was curious what a tourist is supposed to do in a non-emergency medical situation. (My situation: constant sensation of vague rocking, and a pain in my ear. Every house I’m [...]
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To be honest, I’ve never thought of San Francisco as a real city. There are a few tall buildings, but they’re utterly canceled out by all the cute little pink-and-purple painted houses. And it’s really kind of small. So when I found myself in the emergency room at the UC San Francisco Medical Center, I [...]
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As you, dear readers, well know, I am accustomed to jetting off to Amsterdam, Tulum, and Santa Fe to assess the quality of hotels and other tourist accommodations. So the assignment I received in 12/8–NS/LIJ Forest Hills Hospital–was quite a novelty. My research assistant, Peter, and I set off with a weekend bag and a [...]
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Raw-milk cheese has been cleared of all charges. The bug in my system is just some mild-mannered streptococcus viridans. Please, do not harm any sheep or goats in my name. Anyway, I’m home from the hospital. By the end, it felt like Peter and I were doing a prison break. I feel really bad for [...]
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