We rendez-voused at a restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan around 11 am on a Sunday. The restaurant was located on the first floor of an old building, but although was old, the restaurant was renovated very artistically. The Upper West Side was the next most popular area among young people following Greenwich Village in those days. Sunday brunch usually was accompanied by a glass of Champagne. Steve started to talk about when his car was stolen during his residency, while sipping Champagne. It seemed that besides loosing his car, his case report which was left in the car, had also
disappeared. Which was more important? Anyway, he also talked a lot about the movies he loved. He enthusiastically recommended me to watch “ Cat People” in which Nastassja Kinski played a sexy cat woman.

After one-hour of harmless conversation, he became a little bit serious and said “I’m going to start a private practice in Manhattan as a family physician. I know it doesn’t pay much in Manhattan. Everyone wants to be seen by a specialist here. But I want challenge myself. Tomoyuki, you will start a new family medicine department in Osaka, won’t you? Let’s do our best in our challenge.”