Top Chef Tour, Stop 2

Huettl-Thuilot Holiday Card

http://www.huettl-thuilot.com/

Set on survival

Greenwich resident Bob Christiansen survived a rare aortic rupture more than a year ago after undergoing surgery at Bridgeport Hospital. If a patient with an aortic rupture does not receive surgery within several hours, there is an 85 percent to 95 percent chance they will die, according Yale University’s School of Medicine.
(Andrew Sullivan/Staff photo)

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/scn-sa-aortic1dec07,0,4500999.story?coll=stam-top-headlines

Happy November!

http://www.epicurious.com/gourmet/kitchen_notebook/oysters

"I like to say it's oyster-eating season in November, when the skies turn oyster gray."

— Jon Rowley, Gourmet, November 2006

Mount Sinai Teams Up With The Jets

http://www.mountsinai.org/msh/msh_frame.jsp?url=clinical_services/sportsjets.htm

GM: Browns dealing with 'staph infection outbreak'

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2641080

Some basic information about staph infections:
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/staphylococcus.html

Top Chef Tour, Stop 1

http://www.fleurdelyssf.com/

And so ended the celebrated Nobu-French Laundry wager of 2006....

So is that all there is? Yes, and take comfort

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/15/SPGUJLPSCE1.DTL

How do you like your boy now?!?!

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/6037994

Marco! Scutaro! Marco! Scutaro!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/07/AS.TMP&type=as

Kotsay's inside-the-park HR lifts A's to 2-0 series lead over Twins

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/04/SPGI3LI45N4.DTL&type=as

Thomas homers twice, Zito outduels Santana as A's snatch Game 1 from Twins

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/03/SPAGI9LHCN04.DTL&type=as

A'S CLINCH!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/27/AS.TMP&type=as

Lin Family 2006 Reunion Cruise

Next port of call: Shanghai?!?

Always a 49er: Rice retires in San Francisco

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2560104

Portraits of Physicians as Artists

http://www.skinandallergynews.com/article/PIIS0037633706714802/fulltext

Women's Health Link

96.5 KOIT and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center have recently teamed up to help promote women's health. Check out the following link:

http://koit.com/2006/lifestages.cfm

Did you know?

According to The Skin Cancer Foundation, melanoma is the second most common cancer in women aged 20-29. The most common is thyroid cancer.

Clip from Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham"

http://www.comedycentral.com/comedians/browse/n/andrew_norelli.jhtml

Brad, feel free to click here for more information when the time comes.

60 Is The New 40

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=14711@kpix.dayport.com

Learn more about "mature skin" from the American Academy of Dermatology:

http://www.aad.org/public/Publications/pamphlets/MatureSkin.htm

John Fowler Reports On Discovery Of Gene Linked To Diabetes

http://www.ktvu.com/video/6163217/detail.html

Some skin care tips for diabetic patients, courtesy of the American Diabetes Association:

http://www.diabetes.org/type-2-diabetes/skin-care.jsp