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Devices, methods, and systems facilitate and enable treatment of ischemic stroke. More specifically, a tethered basket-like system operates in conjunction with a microcatheter system, to provide arterial support and capture emboli.
1. An improved device for the removal of emboli comprising:
a mesh capturer/basket having at least an undeployed state and a deployed state, the mesh capturer being inserted into the neurovasculature in an undeployed state and removed from the microvasculature in its retracted state;
wherein the mesh capturer is deployed into its deployed state distal to an embolus and advanced proximally until the embolus is substantially contained within the mesh capturer;
wherein the mesh capturer/basket is deployed above the subclavian artery and common carotid artery.
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13. A method for removing an embolus comprising:
inserting a microcatheter distal to an embolus;
inserting a embolus capture device distal to the microcatheter distal to the embolus;
deploying the embolus capture device;
retracting the deployed embolus capture device until the embolus is substantially contained within the embolus capture device; and
removing the embolus capture device.
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This application claims the Paris Convention Priority of and fully incorporates by reference, U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/980,736, filed on Oct. 17, 2007; Application Ser. No. 60/987,384, filed or Nov. 12, 2007; Application Ser. No. 61/015,154, filed on Dec. 19, 2007; Application Ser. No. 61/044,392, filed on Apr. 11, 2008; Application Ser. No. 61/057,613, filed on May 30, 2008; and U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12/123,390, filed on May 19, 2008 by the present and the instant assignee.
The present invention relates to minimally invasive and catheter delivered embolic capture devices for use in the vasculature, especially those suited for usage in the brain and vessel systems perfusing the same.
Several acute stroke therapy trials were reported in 2007. Interventional Management of Stroke (IMS) II found a 9.9% rate of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage after combination IV-intra-arterial (IA) tissue-type plasminogen activator therapy was administered within 3 hours of acute stroke onset.
Further results from the MERCI and Multi-MERCI investigators have shown that successful recanalization of acute distal ICA and proximal middle cerebral artery occlusions can he achieved in 53% to 63% of patients using the MERC1 retriever (Concentric Medical) alone or in combination with 1V/IA thrombolytics, yet symptomatic hemorrhages occurred in 6% of those patients who recanalized.
Another approach in those who fail MERCI retrieval has been to use angioplasty or self-expanding stents to compress friable clot and allow better penetration of thrombolytic agents. Recanalization rates of up to 89% with balloons and 79% with stents have been achieved in small numbers of patients.
Reports of aggressive revascularization of acute ICA and tandem ICA/middle cerebral artery occlusions using stents and intracranial thrombolysis have demonstrated the feasibility of this approach, again in small numbers of patients.
Attempts to identify prognostic factors for hemorrhagic complications and eventual clinical outcomes in patients undergoing these aggressive multimodal interventions showed that residual distal occlusions, tandem occlusions, larger initial pretreatment CT infarct size by Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) score, hyperglycemia and use of both IA and IV thromholytics were all associated with negative results. Novel mechanical revascularization strategies used deflated microballoon catheters and the Alligator retrieval device (Chestnut Medical Technologies) to open vessels that may be refractory to IA thrombolytics or the MERCI device.
There are new stents being used to assist in the coiling of wide-necked aneurysms, such as the closed-cell design Enterprise (Cordis Neurovascular, Inc), the electrodetachable, fully retrievable Solo (eV3: Neurovascular) and the covered, balloon-expandable Willis (Microport). Development of significant focal stenosis remains a problem, seen in up to 5.8% of stent-assisted cases. A novel approach is to use a high-coverage, endoluminal mesh to divert flow and thus induce aneurysm thrombosis. The Pipeline Neuroendovascular Device (Chestnut Medical Technologies) is a tubular, bimetallic implant with approximately 30% coverage by area. Preliminary experience in humans has bees encouraging.
It is hoped that immunohistochemical and molecular biological data can be used to develop biologically active endovascular devices in the future. A novel method for depositing viable, migration capable fibroblasts on coils and successfully passing them through microcatheters may be a promising technique for endovascular intervention.
Intra-arterial (IA) therapies for acute stroke have evolved over the past decade. Despite the promising results of 1 PROACT 11, which demonstrated a 66% recanalization rate, substantially higher recanalization rates with IA pharmacologic thrombolysis have not been achieved over the past 7 years. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a clot retrieval device (Merci retriever X5, X6; Concentric Medical, Mountain View, Calif.). Unfortunately, when used alone, the clot retriever is successful in only approximately 50% of cases, and multiple passes with this device are often required to achieve successful recanalization. IA thrombolytics administered concomitantly enhance the procedural success of this device but may increase the risk of hemorrhagic transformation of the reperfused infarction. There have been several reports of coronary stent implantation used for mechanical thrombolysis of recalcitrant occlusions. In a recent report, stent placement with balloon-mounted or self-expanding coronary stents was shown to be an independent predictor for recanalization of both intracranial and extracranial cerebrovascular occlusions. In another recent report, recanalization rates of 79% were achieved using balloon-mounted stent technology.
Self-expanding stents designed specifically for the cerebrovasculature can he delivered to target areas of intracranial stenosis with a success rate of >95% and an increased safety profile of deliverability because these stents are deployed at significantly lower pressures than balloon-mounted coronary stents. There has been an anecdotal report of the use of a self-expanding stent in the setting of acute symptomatic intracranial occlusion. In addition, a recent comparison of self-expanding and balloon-mounted stents in an animal model of acute embolic occlusion has shown no difference in the 2 stent groups with respect to recanalization rates.
This retrospective multicenter series demonstrates that the use of self-expanding stents is feasible in the setting of symptomatic medium- and large-vessel intracranial occlusions. With stent placement as a first-line mechanical treatment or as a �last-resort� maneuver, TIMI/TICI 2 or 3 revascularization was successfully obtained in 79% of the lesions in which stents were placed. This retrospective review suggests that focal occlusions limited to a single medium or large vessel, particularly solitary occlusions of the MCA or VBS, may be preferentially amenable to stent placement and thus can help clinicians to achieve improved rates of recanalization. In addition, gender may play a role in the success of self-expanding stent implantation: TIMI/TICI 2 or 3 flow was documented in all female patients studied, and female patients were more likely to achieve improved clinical outcomes as measured by NIHSS and mRS scores. Most importantly, our preliminary experience may lead to future pivotal studies that might aid clinicians to better stratify patients most likely to derive maximal clinical benefit from stent placement.
The use of other mechanical means has been reported to be effective in recanalization of acute occlusions. In the MERCI trial, overall recanalization rates TIMI/TICI 2 or 3 flow) of 48% were achieved with the Merci mechanical clot retriever.
Several authors have proposed endovascular treatment with stent deployment for ICA dissection with high-grade stenosis or occlusion when anticoagulation fails to prevent a new ischemic event. In these cases, the MCA was patent.
We found that stent-assisted endovascular thrombolysisithrombectomy compared favorably with IV rtPA thrombolysis.
This higher rate of MCA recanalization could be explained by carotid flow restoration, allowing direct access to the MCA thrombus.
Endovascular treatment could potentially extend the therapeutic window beyond 3 hours. Actually, in all cases in the endovascular group, MCA recanalization was obtained by 291 minutes.
Despite these promising preliminary results, potential drawbacks related to the procedure must be considered. Acute complications such as transient ischemic attack, ischemic stroke, femoral or carotid dissection, and death have been reported. Other potential hazards of endovascular treatment of carotid dissection could been observed, as they were in stenting of other cases of arteriopathy. In our series, 1 embolic stroke and 1 acute in-stent thrombosis occurred in the same patient. Despite this new infarction, we observed significant neurologic improvement in this patient, probably because the MCA remained patent. Late stent thrombosis has also been reported.
Devices, methods, and systems facilitate and enable treatment of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. More specifically, a tethered basket-like system operates in conjunction with a microcatheter system, to provide arterial support and capture emboli.
According to a feature of the present invention, a device for the removal of emboli is disclosed comprising a mesh capturer having at least an undeployed state and a deployed state, the mesh capturer being inserted into the neurovasculature in an undeployed state and removed from the microvasculature in its deployed state; wherein the mesh capturer is deployed into its deployed state distal to an embolus and advanced proximally until the embolus is substantially contained within the mesh capturer; and wherein the basket is deployed above the subclavian artery and common carotid artery.
According to a feature of the present invention, a method for removing an embolus is disclosed comprising inserting a microcatheter and guidewire distal to an embolus; inserting a embolus capture device over the wire through the microcatheter distal to the embolus; deploying the embolus capture device; retracting the deployed embolus capture device until the embolus is substantially contained within the embolus capture device; and removing the embolus capture device.
The above-mentioned features and objects of the present invention will become more apparent with reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals denote like elements and in which:
In the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention, and it is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and that logical, mechanical, biological, electrical, functional, and other changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims. As used in the present invention, the term �or� shall be understood to be defined as a logical disjunction and shall not indicate an exclusive disjunction unless expressly indicated as such or notated as �xor.�
The ideal stent for intracranial use would he flexible, precisely delivered, retrievable, able to be repositioned, atraumatic, available in various lengths and diameters, thin-walled and radiopaque. It should provide sufficient coverage to restrain coils, while having wide enough fenestrations to permit catheterisation with coil or other embolic agent delivery catheters. The currently available over-the-wire stents are not ideal. The balloon-expandable stents of sufficient length are too stiff to be reliably and safely deployed. While existing self-expanding stents offer some improvement in this respect there are still serious difficulties in deploying them in distal locations and the currently available or planned stents for intracranial use are not available in the small diameters necessary for distal intracranial use.
The stent is delivered through a micro-catheter, allowing standard microcatheter/wire techniques to reach locations inaccessible to over-the-wire stents. It fulfils all the criteria mentioned above. A particularly appealing characteristic is its ability to be retrieved and repositioned after complete delivery, if its position is felt to be suboptimal or if the stent proves not to be necessary. The stent conforms completely to the normal vessel geometry and is not prone to strut opening on convexities. It is compatible with all currently used embolic agents for aneurysm occlusion and is MR compatible.
Stents have been used widely in occlusive lesions in the peripheral, renal, and coronary arteries to treat stenosis of vessels narrowed by a variety of pathologic conditions. Initially used mainly in extracranial cerebral vessels for carotid artery stenosis or the treatment of pseudoaneurysms of the extracranial carotid artery, small stents are now increasingly used for intracranial vessel disease such as the treatment of wide-necked aneurysms not amenable to conventional endovascular techniques.
Major limitations of the currently available stents, usually cardiac stents, however, are their relatively stiffness, rendering them not flexible enough to pass the CI/C2 vertebral artery or carotid siphon tortuousities.
The design constraints for the device used in this study were to develop an endovascular stent that is flexible enough to be delivered via a microcatheterand to be placed in small vessels but with sufficient radial forces to conform to the vessel wall when deployed.
Leaving the guidewire in place after stent deployment in curved vessels might be an option to stabilize the stent and thus prevent stent displacement while catheterizing the aneurysm with a second microcatheter. In contrast to the Neuroform, because of the design of our stent displacement should not be an issue.
The present inventors have realized that by leveraging a conventional self-expanding reperfusion device delivery platform, a poly-modic system can be iterated which crosses a embolus, filters, and either removes the offending embolus or is optionally emplaced to address the same. A paucity of extant systems effective for such combination therapies is noted among the art. The instant system allows for natural lysis, perfusion of the challenged vessels, and importantly filters any particulates generated, to obviate the need to be concerned with distal migration of the particulates generated.
The present invention relates to emboli removal devices used to treat, among other things, ischemic stroke. Naturally, therefore, the emboli removal devices of the present invention are designed to be used in neuro-type applications, wherein the specifications of the present catheters and emboli removal devices may be deployed in the blood vessels of the cerebral vascular system. Similarly contemplated for the emboli removal systems and catheters of the present invention is deployment in other parts of the body wherein the specifications of the present invention may be used in other vessels of the body in a non-invasive manner. Specifically, the inventors of the present invention have devised devices and methods of the removal of neurocranial emboli without causing distal complication arising from the passing of larger pieces of a recovered embolus distal to the location of the original embolus.
According to embodiments, disclosed herein is a catheter-emboli removal system. The emboli removal devices of the present invention are for reperfusion of blood vessels. When the catheter-emboli removal system of the present invention is deployed into a blood vessel having an embolus, the emboli removal device is expanded and moved proximally along the vessel so that the embolus is substantially contained with the mesh basket of the emboli removal device.
According to the instant teachings, deployment of the system of the present invention establishes immediate 50% of the diameter of the lumen patency of the vessel being addressed by removing the embolus occluding the vessel. Among the prior art, no system having adequately small profile with flexibility to promote improved access for in-site treatment is known which may be used as a temporary (not implanted) solution and removed without substantial damage to the vasculature.
Additionally, in reperfusion applications the emboli removal device may be deployed as a safety device. As the embolus lyses, the deployed emboli removal device filters larger embolus particles from migrating distally, thereby reducing the chances of further complications. If reperfusion is unsuccessful, then the emboli removal device is retracted proximally, thereby substantially capturing the embolus. Then the entire device is removed together with the microcatheter.
According to embodiments and as illustrated in
To address the problem of the guidewire offset, the inventors devised an embolus capture device or basket 200 that is adept at capturing embolus 120 even when deployed in an offset way. As part o f the embolus capture device/basket 200 design, pieces of embolus 120 that break away from embolus 120 are recaptured to prevent potential migration more distal in the vasculature which may potentially cause other emboli, too remote to safely address.
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Embolus capture device/basket 200 comprises mesh basket 210 and tethers 220 which are deployed from microcatheter 230. Mesh basket 210 comprises a radially expandable woven mesh or coil basket open on the proximal end and closed at the distal end. The mesh may be made from materials well known and understood by artisans, including polymers, flouropolymers, nitihol, stainless steel, vectran, or kevlar. Other biocompatible materials that may be woven or coiled are similarly contemplated. Mesh basket 210 connects to microcatheter 230 via tethers 220 and is designed to be compatible such that it is removable in its deployed state without causing dissection or other damage to the vasculature.
Mesh basket 210 comprises a plurality of individual cells, having a uniform size or spacing geometry or a variable size or spacing geometry. According to embodiments where the size or spacing geometry is variable, smaller size or spacing geometry is used to provide a tight mesh for preventing the passage of small pieces of em bolus 120 that break away. Larger size or spacing geometry units allow from blood flow 110. In all cases, size or spacing geometry will not allow pieces of embolus 120 that may cause potential complications.
Tethers 220 serve to provide structure for mesh basket 110, while providing large openings whereby blood may freely flow from the proximal to distal end of embolus removal device/basket 200. According to embodiments, tethers 220 are made from the same material as mesh basket 210. Those skilled in the art will readily understand that materials for tethers and mesh may be the same, different, or interchangeable, as needed.
During deployment of embolus capture device/basket 200, mesh basket is stored in microcatheter 230 in an undeployed state. In the undeployed state, microcatheter 230 is advanced distal to embolus 120 and mesh basket 210 is deployed. According to embodiments, both mesh basket 210 and tethers 220 are deployed distal to embolus 120 to prevent tethers 220 from dislodging pieces of embolus 120 prior to full expansion of mesh basket 210, thereby preventing the pieces from advancing distal to the embolus 120 before mesh basket 210 is in place to filter them.
After deployment, according to embodiments, embolus removal system 200 is retracted proximally until embolus is substantially contained within mesh basket 210. Thereafter, mesh basket 210 and microcatheter 230 are removed from the vasculature of the patient. During removal of mesh basket 210 and microcatheter 230, embolus 120 is trapped within mesh basket 210 and withdrawn from vessel 110.
According to embodiments, microcatheter 230 length and diameter are suitable for inserting into a human patient and capable of reaching a target embolus in the region above the subclavian and common carotid arteries. For example, according to embodiments, microcatheter 230 is about 150 cm long; microcatheter has a proximal segment (at a control end of microcatheter 230) that is about 115 cm long with an outer diameter of about 3.5 French and a distal segment (at a deployment end of microcatheter 230) is about 35 cm with an outer diameter of about 2.7 French. The inventors contemplate, according to embodiments a gradual decrease or stepwise in the outer diameter dimension as a function of the distal distance from proximal segment, according to embodiments. For example, proximal segment is 3.5 French at the most proximal end and distal segment is 2.7 French at the most distal end. Disposed between is a segment having one or more intermediate outer diameters between 3.5 French and 2.7 French, such as 3.2 French and 3.0 French. The inner diameter of microcatheter 230 is 0.012 to 0.029 inches, according to embodiments, which allows microcatheter to be inserted along a preinserted guidewire or used to infuse therapeutic agents. According to embodiments, the performance of microcatheter 230 is comparable to standard microcatheters 230 and is designed to track over a guidewire through the neuro-vasculature.
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Alternately and as illustrated according to embodiments in
If reperfusion is not successful to a desired degree, then embolus capture device/basket 200 is inserted through the microcatheter as described herein and deployed distal to the embolus 120. For example, creating a channel for flow ideally includes making a vessel at least about halfway-patant, or 50% of diameter of a vessel being open. According to embodiments, the channel created may be a cerebral equivalent of thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) 0, TIMI 1, or TIMI 2, TIMI 3, and thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) and TICI 3ln these cases, blood flow is not accomplished to a desired degree. It is therefore desirable to remove the entire embolus. Thus, after embolus capture device/basket 200 is deployed distal to the embolus, it is retreated proximal until embolus 120 is substantially inside of mesh basket 210 in operation 512. Thereafter, mesh basket 210, embolus 120, and microcatheter 230 are removed.
The embolus capture devices of the present invention may be designed for over the wire deployment or rapid exchange deployment, according to embodiments.
Expressly incorporated herein by a conference as if fully set forth herein are U.S. Letters Pat. Nos. 5,928,260 and 5,972,219 along with U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,147,655; 7,160,317; 7,172,575; 7,175,607; and 7,201,770.
While the apparatus and method have been described in terms of what are presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention need not be limited to the disclosed embodiments. It is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the claims, the scope of which should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures. The present invention includes any and all embodiments of the following claims.
It should also be understood that a variety of changes may be made without departing from the essence of the invention. Such changes are also implicitly included in the description. They still fall within the scope of this invention. It should be understood that this invention is intended to yield a patent covering numerous aspects of the invention both independently and as an overall system and in both method and apparatus modes.
Further, each of the various elements of the invention and claims may also be achieved in a variety of manners. This invention should be understood to encompass each such variation, be it a variation of an embodiment of any apparatus embodiment, a method or process embodiment, or even merely a variation of any element of these.
Particularly, it should be understood that as the invention relates to elements of the invention, the words for each element may be expressed by equivalent apparatus terms or method terms�even if only the function or result is the same.
Such equivalent, broader, or even more generic terms should be considered to be encompassed in the description of each element or action. Such terms can be substituted where desired to make explicit the implicitly broad coverage to which this invention is entitled.
It should be understood that all actions may be expressed as a means for taking that action or as an element which causes that action.
Similarly, each physical element disclosed should be understood to encompass a invention of the action which that physical element facilitates.
Any patents, publications, or other references mentioned in this application for patent are hereby incorporated by reference. In addition, as to each term used it should be understood that unless its utilization in this application is inconsistent with such interpretation, common dictionary definitions should be understood as incorporated for each term and all definitions, alternative terms, and synonyms such as contained in at least one of a standard technical dictionary recognized by artisans and the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, latest edition are hereby incorporated by reference.
Finally, all referenced listed in the Information Invention Statement or other information statement filed with the application are hereby appended and hereby incorporated by reference; however, as to each of the above, to the extent that such information or statements incorporated by reference might be considered inconsistent with the patenting of this/these invention(s), such statements are expressly not to be considered as made by the applicant(s).
In this regard it should be understood that for practical reasons and so as to avoid adding potentially hundreds of claims, the applicant has presented claims with initial dependencies only.
Support should be understood to exist to the degree required under new matter laws�including but not limited to United States Patent Law 35 USC 132 or other such laws�to permit the addition of any of the various dependencies or other elements presented under one independent claim or concept as dependencies or elements under any other independent claim or concept.
To the extent that insubstantial substitutes are made, to the extent that the applicant did not in fact draft any claim so as to literally encompass any particular embodiment, and to the extent otherwise applicable, the applicant should not be understood to have in any way intended to or actually relinquished such coverage as the applicant simply may not have been able to anticipate all eventualities; one skilled in the art, should not be reasonably expected to have drafted a claim that would have literally encompassed such alternative embodiments.
Further, the use of the transitional phrase �comprising� is used to maintain the �open-end� claims herein, according to traditional claim interpretation. Thus, unless the context requires otherwise, it should be understood that the term �compromise� or variations such as �comprises� or �comprising�, are intended to imply the inclusion of a stated element or step or group of elements or steps but not the exclusion of any other element or step or group of elements or steps.
Such terms should be interpreted in their most expansive forms so as to afford the applicant the broadest coverage legally permissible.
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Midwest Energy Efficiency Group Helps Train Veterans as Facility Managers
The State of Illinois is helping its unemployed and underemployed veterans earn the Building Operator Certification (BOC) to gain employment through the BOC Veterans Pilot program. This program directly addresses the issue of higher unemployment among Illinois returning veterans, which was over 11 percent in 2011.
The BOC Veterans Pilot Program, led by the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA) in partnership with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Development (DCEO), the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA) and several other state and local organizations, targets veterans who have experience and skills that are readily transferable to commercial building operations and maintenance.
The Springfield program participants served in the US Marine Corps, US Army, and US Air Force. Since August, Springfield-area enrolled veterans have engaged in a rigorous program at Lincoln Land Community College including eight days of technical training on energy-efficient building operations and maintenance, a mentoring program, and several employment workshops led by the Land of Lincoln Workforce Alliance.
The entire Illinois program was provided free to qualified veterans – BOC tuition alone would normally cost $1,250. Funding is provided from a variety of agencies, including the DCEO's State Energy Office, the US Department of Labor State Energy Sector Partnership and the DuPage County Workforce Development Division.
Through the mentoring program, facilities personnel at local organizations volunteer to help veterans complete hands-on projects such as a lighting survey and facility energy use profile. Participating mentors include Henson Robinson Company, Horace Mann Service Corporation, Lincoln Land Community College, and the Illinois Department of Central Management Services.
Upon graduation on November 15, the BOC-certified veterans will be ready to apply the concepts learned in training to undertake measures such as energy efficiency retrofit projects and indoor air quality improvements. The average energy savings per BOC graduate in Illinois have been estimated by Navigant Consulting to be 181,000 kWh.
MEEA and its Springfield partners are currently working to help participating veterans secure employment in the facilities management profession. The BOC program recently held a breakfast for Springfield-area employers to educate them about the benefits of hiring BOC-certified veterans and enlist their help. Additionally, MEEA and its partners in DuPage County are currently recruiting unemployed and underemployed Illinois veterans to participate in the second pilot program beginning in January 2013 at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill.
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Now there are three 6-1 teams, sharing the second best record in the WNBA.
Connecticut and Chicago both won on Sunday to remain tied for first in the East at 6-1. Idle Los Angeles in the West is the third league team at 6-1. All trail the Lynx, of course, who have won a WNBA record-tying nine games in a row.
Connecticut used a 11-0 run in the middle of the fourth quarter to break open a close game against Atlanta. The Sun won 92-73 and shot 61.7 percent from the field -- higher than they did on free throws (61.1 percent, 11x18).
Tina Charles, a 6-4 center, got her 50th career double-double in three seasons with 22 points and 11 rebounds for Connecticut. She has five double-doubles this season.
Her 50 career double-double ties the franchise record of 50 set by Taj McWilliams-Franklin, the current Lynx center.
Guard Kara Lawson was five for five on three-point shots and has 21 points, Asjha Jones 17 and Renee Montgomery 14. The Sun were seven for 13 on threes, or 53.8 percent.
Angel McCoughtry had 22 points and Sancho Lyttle 19 for Atlanta, but nobody else had more than eight.
Chicago beat the New York Liberty 73-64 on the road. Guard Epiphanny Prince came into the game with three consecutive 30-point gamnes -- 31, 33 and 32 -- but was held to 26. Sky center Sylvia Fowles had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
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These personalized hobby ornaments make great gifts. Create and decorate them using STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam, craft paint and ribbon and give them as gifts. Sewing enthusiasts will love the stitching ornament.
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- Dollhouse miniatures: spools of thread, scissors, patterns, buttons, thimble, needlepoint needle
- Fabric, 1" x 1" scraps
- Quilt pins with colored heads
- Thick white craft glue
- Insert skewer in foam ball to use as handle while painting; paint ball purple. Insert skewer in foam block while paint dries, or, place skewer in cup.
- Hang selected miniatures, such as spools, scissors and needle, from 1/8" ribbon. Glue 2" - 3" lengths of ribbon to mini spools; pin ribbon ends to top of ball so spools hang down side of ball. Tie a short length of ribbon to scissors and pin to top of ball. Thread ribbon through needle and pin to top of ball. Glue remaining miniatures to ball, using photo as a guide; when gluing, gently press objects into surface of ball.
- Make a small hole at top center of ball with skewer. Tie 1/4" red satin ribbon in loop; add glue to hole and insert ribbon ends and knot.
- Make bow with eight loops from measuring tape ribbon; glue to top of ball, covering hole.
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- Quilt pins with colored heads
- Dollhouse miniatures: A, B, C buttons; 1, 2, 3 buttons; clock and star buttons; dictionary; crayon box; books; scissors; apple; chalkboard (See NOTE for creating your own miniatures)
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- Insert skewer in foam ball to use as handle while painting; paint ball red. Push skewer into block of foam while drying, or place in cup.
- Glue 2" - 3" lengths of 1/8" ribbon to backs of books and crayon box; pin ribbon ends to top of ball so books hang down side of ball. Glue remaining miniatures to ball, using photo as a guide. When gluing, gently press objects into surface of ball; if necessary, slice off a tiny portion of ball to create a flat surface for gluing flat items, such as the chalkboard.
- Make a small hole at top center of ball with skewer. Tie 1/4" red satin ribbon in loop; add glue to hole and insert ribbon ends and knot.
- Make bow with eight loops from wired ribbon; glue to top of ball, covering hole.
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I had to then persist over the phone, calling and harassing the hiring manager for another interview and they relented in the end.The reservation they had was that I did not know anything about storage but thanks to my persistence and ability to persuade them to give me a chance worked
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"James Drake: A Thousand Tongues Burn and Sing" James Drake's 1982 installation Trophy Room, crafted from cut and welded steel, is a raw tour de force. Its steel-walled 12-by-16-foot room is furnished with a throne-like chair, weaponry and animal heads, all in blackened steel. Simmering with barely controlled violence, it feels like the lair of a gun nut Texas rancher or a drug cartel kingpin. Drake, who was born in Lubbock and grew up in Guatemala, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, could have been channeling either. The artist is widely known for his large-scale drawings, but they pale in comparison to works like Trophy Room and his two-channel video Tongue-Cut Sparrows (2007), also on view. The video focuses on the sign language created by El Paso inmates and their loved ones — women are shown signing on the sidewalk below; men are seen silhouetted in the windows above. Drake asked them to incorporate into their communications quotes referencing loss and distance from the likes of William Shakespeare, Jorge Luis Borges and Cormac McCarthy. It's an incisive and powerful work. Through January 9. The Station Museum of Contemporary Art, 1502 Alabama, 713-529-6900. — KK
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Aviva Premiership: Tries from Ben Youngs and Vereniki Goneva hand Leicester win at Exeter
Last Updated: 30/09/13 12:38pm
Tries from Ben Youngs and Vereniki Goneva set Leicester on their way to a handsome 21-9 victory over Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park on Sunday.
The first half was controlled by the Tigers and they took a 15-0 lead at the interval through tries from Youngs and Goneva, while Toby Flood added five points with the boot.
Gareth Steenson's three penalties gave the Chiefs hope in the second period, but two further Flood three-pointers eased the visitors into the Aviva Premiership's top three.
Video official Trevor Fisher was called into action within four minutes of kick-off when Flood chipped over the home defence inside the 22 only for full-back Niall Morris to fluff a certain try with a knock-on over the line.
Leicester should have been even further in front at the break than 15-0 as Flood was guilty of missing a relatively easy penalty from 30 metres and also the conversion of Youngs' well-worked try as hooker Tom Youngs fed him from a rolling maul down the Exeter right.
Flood eventually made up for his errors with a straightforward penalty but that was it until moments before the interval as Exeter eventually came out of reverse gear and found something to threaten the Tigers.
But they could not take the chances they created, one excellent attacking line-out saw Louis Deacon pull out a brilliant catch to steal possession.
The nearest that Exeter got to any score in the first period was a long-range penalty from Steenson which drifted side the right post.
Big blow
Exeter made things even tougher for themselves with some weak passing when they had some possession and that eventually led to another big blow when centre Jason Shoemark threw a wild pass on halfway which Goneva intercepted and he raced to the line, with Flood booting the conversion.
Exeter had to be more precise if they were to gain anything from the match and Baxter's half-time words seemed to have worked initially when Steenson found his range to boot a penalty and the Chiefs hit back.
They pressed again near the Leicester line and won another penalty directly in front of the posts, a simple three points for Steenson. He added a third on the hour from close range and suddenly Exeter, who lost last season's corresponding clash 12-9, were back in it.
Flood increased the Leicester lead to nine points again with his second penalty but Exeter, with nothing to lose, began running the ball and threatened to score only for their hands to let them down.
That only meant that England prop Dan Cole and the rest of his dominant Tigers front five simply shoved the Chiefs' eight into the ground, which produced penalties that Flood cleared downfield.
And when Exeter illegally went over the top of a ruck with six minutes left, Flood landed another penalty which settled the contest.
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Northampton52 - 30Wasps
Sat 28th Mar
Leicester Tigers25 - 18Exeter
London Irish22 - 21Newcastle Falcons
Saracens42 - 14Harlequins
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London Welsh14 - 29Bath
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Sat 11th Apr
Harlequins0 - 0Gloucester
Saracens0 - 0Leicester Tigers
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Exeter0 - 0Northampton
London Welsh0 - 0Wasps
London Irish0 - 0Sale Sharks
Fri 24th Apr
Bath0 - 0London Irish
Sat 25th Apr
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Gloucester0 - 0Newcastle Falcons
Leicester Tigers0 - 0London Welsh
Northampton0 - 0Saracens
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They'll probably delay it until it is launch title for the NX, then release a Wii U version with 0 advertisement a few months after the game launches with the NX....
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the problem is having to use a screwdrive to replace the sd card, that's horrible console design
Sounds like theyll focus on gimmicks again instead of trying to get the basics right
I like to see fanboys argue that Wii U is not doomed now
fanboys used to claim NIntendo putting their IP on phones was a bad idea, now that they're doing it, of course all fanboys thing its the smartest thing ever..... That's what Nintenfanboys do
Nintendoomed, this time for real
the lack of account system means Nintendo is ages behind everybody else when it comes to digitalization
you forgot to mention eternal champions CD
Yah, there's no reason this feature should be exclusive to new 3DS
I didn't mind club Nintendo since it was free... However I never went out of my way to get club Nintendo coins so it failed at its purpose
what about DS games on 3DS now
and here´s where I´m proven right Nintendo´s anti consumer policies suck
I miss arcades, surprised to see no on-rail shooter made the list as that was my favorite arcade genre
I was one of 3DS´s biggest fans but its starting to lose me, only game on the whole list I´m interested on is Gunman Clive 2
I had no idea call of duty was popular in Japan
publishers of this game must be thrilled
I think the theme will be better than the game
Sonic is doomed....
I agree PS4 lineup sucks so far that's why I haven't bought one but I think it will get better, not only Sony first party but to me their Japanese third party exclusives are important.....
With Microsoft I really only cared for 2 360 exclusives, DOA5 Extreme 2 and Tales of Vesperia... However the Xbone already has 5 exclusives released or announced I wish I could play ( not buying the console just for them thought): Killer instinct, Sunset Overdrive, Quantum Break, Fantasia and Tomb Raider
That used to be the case but its not so much anymore.... Sony has amazing first party output and lots of third party exclusives and Microsoft which was the weaker of the three exclusives wise seems to really have stepped up its game this generation.... There are legitimate reasons why people may want to own both a PS4 and an Xbone
yah Reggie, because Halo, Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Sunset Overdrive, Killer Instinct, Bloodborne, Persona 5, Resogun, Project Sparks ect ect.. are all multiplatform titles, only Nintendo has exclusives......
Make a piece like this on the CD-X.... It was kinda awesome but super expensive still feel guilty of having whined and cried my parents into buying me one when I was young
I don't think Amiibo would be as big as Nintendo is hoping... it will sell with the core Nintendo fans but would not attract children in mass like Skylanders or Disney Infinity
releasing a gimped version about a year after the original at the same price.... this is the same thing Nintendo fanboys love to hate when third parties do it to the Wii U, but Nintendo have now done the same thing to its loyal 3DS customers
the success came at the expense of screwing 'old' 3ds owners, I don't think this would work well for Nintendo in the long run (i.e, when they release a new console people would know not to buy at launch and wait until they release the 'new' version of that console)
You know what game would have been perfect for a Halloween release? Fatal Frame V
wish this was available for 3ds
the problem is Nintendo is not marketing to kids, it is marketing to parents... Nintendo is still operating upon the premise that the nature state of things is for kids to want a video game console and that what you need to do is convince parents who think video games are the devil that video games are safe for their children to play...... this may have been how things were in the 80s but that premise is now very outdated... However Nintendo has failed ro realize that
why can't nintendo make sales at least like these.....
I would never go back to smaller screen after having an XL... faceplates are not that big of a deal to me
More ways to give them money still cant sort the redownloading problem
@SavoirFaire I only read no Season Pass but I assumed that meant no DLC... but I may be wrong or maybe they haven't decided yet whether they'll release the DLC which is why they have not offered a Season Pass option
You know Nintendo's third party support have hit new lows when they cannot even get a Lego game to bring its DLC to Wii U.
@scamander but your NNID is linked to the console so same thing...... Problem is this: if your console is lost or stolen or not working you cannot transfer software to a different one without going through Nintendo's customer service.... that's just not acceptable and people need to stop defending this anti-consumer practice
The 'Contacting Nintendo' part is what's wrong about it..... you don't Need to contact, Sony, or Microsoft, or Apple, or Google or Valve, for transfering your stuff to a different hardware so why should you need to contact Nintendo..... it's not an issue for those in the U.S. but its a big issue for those of us who live in smaller countries where Nintendo has no offices
What about working on something actually useful like say a way to retrieve our games when our console is lost or stolen or not working without having to contact Nintendo's customer support
sorry but Nindy sounds very stupid
this is the only N64 game I enjoyed
this is the only N64 game I enjoyed
call me when they offer a Phoenix Wright theme
come on anybody who thinks AC Unity could run on Wii U is crazy, I find harder to believe that Xenoblade cannot run in regular 3DSs
How the mighty have fallen, this lineup is pretty dissappointing after the 3DS completely dominated 2013..... only AA Trilogy and Gunman Clive 2 there for me
Of course nobody believe it when Square Enix says the 3DS is not powerful enough to run this game on 3D and call them lazy..... but when GameFreak says the same thing, or Nintendo says the 3DS is not powerful enough to run SSB with circle pad pro people believe them without question
and that's why I don't own a Wii U, Bayonetta is the only game that interest me in the whole list
so some random guy can make a gamecube controller work with SSB on regular 3DS but Nintendo can't make CPP work with it?
If this was a third party saying the 3ds is not powerful enough fanboys will never buy it
I remember when fanboys used to argue Wii U's was gonna be the definitive version of Watch Dog, instead is going to be weakest version of a game that's not even that good to begin with
the bundle helps, some people just want a white PS4


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Golf trip for 16 guys, 28-35, Thursday - Sunday. First off the home owners are true professionals. Everything was in line when we arrived but we needed help setting up the hot-tub heat, finding the pool ball rack, etc., small things, and they were available on the first call, all times. The property was as described. For 16 grown men it was a tight squeeze but as long as you can share a few queen beds and sleep on couches there's more than enough living space. Although not our intention, I could see how this would be a great family vacation house. Plenty of room outback, pool, game room with pool table, and a quiet street. For us it was a place to come home after 36 holes discuss how horribly we played, watch some TV and have a few drinks. All bedrooms had decent space and the MASTER was ENORMOUS. The bathroom may have been bigger than the bedroom! Also, between the breakfast nook and living room, plenty of room for all of us to sit and have dinner . All in all everything went off without a hitch. There was a call to the homeowners with a noise complaint one night which was justified. I believe there were a bunch of us outside carrying on a bit after 11:00. That being said, this is not a party house or neighborhood. We plan on making another golf trip down to Jacksonville soon and when we do this is where we're staying. Thanks Beth and Steve!
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All this talk of dead pigeons reminds me of one of the early scenes of the seminal film 24 Hour Party People, in which a young Shaun Ryder makes a load of them explode during one of the film's earliest scenes. The screenplay was written by the genius writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, whose work I love, and he lives near me: in fact, I serendipitously saw him cycling home earlier today.
TFHPP tells part of the life story of another genius, in my eyes at least, Antony H Wilson. He famously once said of Manchester that 'they do things differently there' and, having lived in its arch rival down the M62 for nearly half my lifetime now, I'd have to agree.
Funnily enough, I met Tony Wilson a couple of times. Spoke to him on the phone, had his mobile number until his untimely death. He had arranged for the Granada News cameras to come to a culture party we were planning for the night of the Capital of Culture announcement, should Liverpool have lost the bid.
I was never sure if he was doing it out of love, or to poke fun at the Scousers, either way it never materialised, and the rest – as they say – is history. But, whilst Liverpool has transformed itself as a tourist destination thanks to 2008, both as shopping and sten do central as well as football trip de rigour, Manchester's rise has been doubly dramatic, and continues apace, not just due to the BBC's decamp to the Salford Quays… Manchester itself was never (strangely) seen as a capital of Culture, but suffered the shock of a bomb then benefitted from the continued dominance of the Red Devils plus a hugely successful Commonwealth Games: a knock on effect being the arrival of Sheikh Mansour, meaning that large parts of the city I used to take day trips to as a teenager for the likes of Afflecks' Palace, is almost unrecognisable today.
Part of my love for the city grew from its past, especially as a indie kid teenager, and when asked if there is a particular time period I'd have liked to live through, it would probably be Manchester between 1975 and 1990, which is laughable really as it'd probably have been a very grim existence and I might not even have survived, but the roses-tinted glasses of the music scene at the time, suggest otherwise, and I like to cling to the romantic idea of being a contemporary of Wilson.
Fast forward to today, and I recently read a good article about the changing face of Manchester's night out, and how Oxford Road & Deansgate Locks are now for the students, the Northern Quarter & Canal Street for the Twenties, and Deansgate & Spinningfields for the thirtysomethings.
Having frequented all three as an outsider, I can see how this is the case, but the funny thing is that so many of my peers and colleagues refuse to acknowledge Manchester as a 'good night out' (Mark Radcliffe also said 'it's a place where people think the tables are for dancing on') or even a 'grand day out', choosing instead to put down its architecture, nightlife and culture when compared to Merseyside, and so are ignorant of the plethora of highlights on offer to the visitor to Cottonopolis.
Getting the train into the city, the huge projects of apartment blocks, tram routes and new developments underline the ever-increasing growth of and buzz around the place and show that such parochialism is idiotic and largely based on football rivalries that themselves are outdated given the divides between the cities on and off the pitch.
All of this leads us nicely into the fact that it was an absolute joy, honour, privilege and every other superlative possible to experience one of the best dining experiences of our lives this week, in Manchester, and all devised by a Scouser.
So here we are: our Mersey Paradise. Both Liverpool and Manchester and other parts of the North west are thriving in terms of food, as documented by the rather excellent ( and beautifully illustrated) Bitten magazine which I'd recommend you all try to get a copy of (in Manchester, where it is more freely available apparently but also several venues on Merseyside)
If our Anthony was telling this story, he'd start with the money. It always comes down to money, he says, so you might as well start there.
I'll go back to Frank Cottrell Boyce's equally wonderful feelgood film, Millions and yes, what I am going to describe, was also an expensive meal but the location, welcome, service and above all food, made it more than worth it in our opinion. But more of that in good time.
The day should have started with a lovely couple of aperitifs at The Botanist on Deansgate, made by a passionate barman called Stallone who was devising a new cocktail of Jasmine flowers and Pineapple with gin.
However, we had walked in too early, and had to kill time so went into Kendals and I had a KIMBO espresso to remind me of Naples.
Back we went and the day eventually started with a lovely couple of aperitifs at The Botanist on Deansgate, made by a passionate barman called Stallone who was devising a new cocktail of Jasmine flowers and Pineapple with gin.
The lampshades there are pretty special.
This idea of botany and appreciating flora came through in our conversation, the beautiful renovation of a previously uber modern urban chic bar / grill we had frequented on a date seven years ago, and also the unusual gin he recommended plus the Kilner jars of herbs on the bar. A great start to the day and we hadn't realised, the bar was part of the same group of businesses as our next destination.
We were immediately made to feel very welcome, despite the Scouse accents, and were immediately impressed with the design and attention to detail not just in the décor and the attentive service. It was particularly nice to see the chef and the CEO in conversation at a table nearby, though a little disappointing that clearly the reputation or recent BBC documentary, and perhaps the prices, had attracted some fellow diners who were more bothered about being seen or being on their phone and only ate half of their main course, Aiden Byrne's famous beef creation for Great British Menu which was instead enjoyed immensely by our friends who coincidentally ate at the same restaurant in the evening.
We, meanwhile, opted for the six course tasting menu with flight of wine because in our other most memorable restaurant visits, this seemed the best way of getting a flavour (literally) of the place. The last time we had been able to enjoy such an opportunity was a year ago at L'enclume in Cartmel, which you can read about here, but if we are honest, we had already eaten three times at Aiden's other restaurant so were confident (read about one visit
This was our table.
Ross was a fascinating, painfully cool guy, with a clear passion for his job as well as his semi-pro career as a footballer, he described in length his enjoyment of his job and stood there in his hip outfit of jeans, waistcoat and knitted tie (my usual attire) we both felt a little envious of someone who spent their days serving millionaires and his own footballing heroes: an even more so, well Lisa at least, who said she got 'waiter envy' if she saw him attending to another table given how special we were made to feel.
A beautiful combination of goats milk whipped butter and brioche with a delicate turnip cream in a separate jar and some chestnut shavings along the way, things got off to a great start.
Manchester. We do things differently here.
No starters today, no.
Instead, a beginning: entitled Crisp scallop and suckling pig with seaweed salad, and consisting of a beautifully hole punched plate (£270 each, Ross later explained: as an ex kitchen porter, I winced) containing dry ice, seaweed, the trotter was delightful and a wakame mousse THE GREATEST SCALLOP EVER TASTED and some trotter with a lot more besides, all atop a beautiful scallop shell. The theatrical nature of the dish, of course, added weight to proceedings but seriously, this was an incredible start.
As if the links to Morrissey weren't obvious enough, the first wine of our evening was perfectly suited, setting a scene that would continue for five further courses. The Charming Gruner-Veltiner went perfect with the seascape on our (expensive) plates and everything was alright in the world.
The next dish was a real show-stopper. Cured duck, foie gras mousse, celeriac and pennywort as described on the menu, is only half the story: it was served in a petri dish on a cross section of a tree, the colours were one thing, the taste another: and the wine, a German Pinot Noir I had heard mentioned on BBC Food & Drink only a week earlier and searched for (to no avail) made the duck tongues and the tiny cubes of turnip taste ten times better.
We were bursting into heaven.
What the world was waiting for.
The onions and the beignets in the first main course (Monkfish tail, white onions, anchovies and wild garlic) were the highlights, we agreed. The sweet sweet little onion cakes with the powerful anchovies, then meaty fish and incredible Jabugo, one of the ingredients from an earlier signature dish of Aiden's I had enjoyed years previous (then) plus the accompanying Alsatian white were a perfect mid meal light dish and the palate was being tantalised to epic proportions.
The sensations evoke what I'd assume those clubbers, documented so beautifully by Kevin Cummins, might have gone through on Whitworth Street, but it'd be easy to reference drug culture and the Hacienda at this point and I don't want to detract from our experience.
However, euphoria is actually the closest thing we could suggest when describing the second main dish, with the succulent Longhorn beef sirloin and cheek, new season truffle potato soup served as pink as the most perfect steak I could remember eating, but that paled into nothing compared to the accompaniment of truffle & thyme mash and a thick slice of rich truffle which embodied the whole decadence of the meal so far. The little side bowl of a truffle foam, with a delightful beef cheek, was almost too much at this point, and every sip of the Chateau Cru Bourgeois made it all a bit too much at this point.
So the idea of floral beauty and the flowers of Manchester, came through in the first dessert, an offering so sublime in appearance and taste that it summarised not just the meal but the day too, which will come clearer later.
This offering of Beetroot, Hibiscus, Rhubarb and Greek yoghurt was just stunning, visually and in taste, and refreshingly refreshing for the palate which wasn't used to this excessive assault on the senses. I had vowed not to be one of those customers who photograph their meals today, a habit I'd stated I would give up for Lent actually, but that just wasn't possible at this point.
There were also two drinks left and I'm starting to appreciate dessert wines a bit, they have an unusual sweetness and consistency and this was no different, a French Sauternes which augmented the taste even further.
Our lunch was nearly at an end. The final dessert also made use of a vegetable more commonly found in a salad, with carefully sliced fennel accompanying orange (sauce, fresh, semi-hydrated),
a wonderful walnut ice cream and the most delightful little spheres of pear. An Italian Soave was perfect for the biscotti-like wafer dissecting the plate of Walnut ice cream, pear, orange and fennel and a quick note on the straightforward, no fuss, names of the dishes summed up nicely the approach of the minimalist, wysiwyg ethos of this wondrous place.
All that was left was a brandy from the extensive drinks menu, I opted against the £350 Louis VIII version and settled for Courvoisier and Lise had what she deemed the greatest cappuccino she had ever tasted too. Then, a mysterious little wooden box, which we opened and found to be filled with the most attractive little macarons.
Too perfect to eat.
Well, not quite: we had four and saved two for B so that she too could savour a taste of this memorable Mancunian feast for herself.
She quite liked them.
But, after all the superlatives I have lavished on the previous two thousand words, in reality, the best was yet to come: we were lucky enough to then have a long conversation with Aiden about our experience, the place itself, his old teachers and tutors and how 'growing up' (having kids!) changes your perspectives on things and makes you savour these moments more than you imagined possible before.
Ultimately, the bill arrived and it became officially the most expensive meal I've ever had and also by far the best.
Which really should be the end of the story, but isn't quite.
After a couple more drinks in The Grinch, visits to various cool shops, marvelling at the street market stalls and architecture (despite what some would have you believe) we ventured to another 'project' of the same company, The Alchemist, to meet with said friends who were about to enjoy a visit to MH themselves. Hugely impressed by the decadent lavish menus, theatrical drinks production and a variety of intricate apparatus and serving accompaniments (many of which, I'm sure, get stolen) we shared a Fool's Gold from a soda siphen, sipped a Negroni from a bespoke hip flask, sucked rose petal G&Ts from a milk bottle and for Lise, a colour changing cocktail that should have been a potion from a horror movie but actually tasted nearly as good as everything that had gone before.
The train home was calling and we passed on the baton to our friends. You can read all about their experience here… it really is an excellently written piece, but doesn't mention their own chance meeting with someone else who has made a successful journey from Merseyside to Manchester.
The brilliant Bitten magazine highlights the emergence of some incredible food and drink venues, projects, people in this part of the world. Hopefully, more and more of us can enjoy each other's company in them, and the love can spread.


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