Leaving Frisco in style

… with an absolutely delicious dinner at Michael Mina’s restaurant in San Francisco (Mina wikilink), located just in the lobby of the Westin St. Francis hotel, Union Square.

My 3-menu choice (with accompanying yummy pictures that I couldn’t help taking; the light was rather dim however; hence, ultimately, the photo quality is not what it could have been…):

  • Dungeness Crab ~ Local and Seasonal
    • Endive, Poached Claw, Aïoli
    • Butter Roasted, Whole Leg, Espelette
    • Cioppino, Backfin Meat, Tinkerbell Peppers
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The new RAE UK is out

…and for Economics and Econometrics, the quality profiles can be consulted here.

By strictly ranking percentages of research in the highest and respectively second highest research categories, the first 10 Econ Departments in UK RAE 2008 (not very unexpected) are the following:

  1. LSE
  2. UCL
  3. Essex, Oxford, Warwick
  4. Bristol, Nottingham, Queen Mary
  5. Cambridge
  6. Manchester
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