Published on Sunday, April 01, 2007
By Pasadena Star Staff Writer
Jack Merrick was drawing on the straw in his jumbo Scorpion cocktail with such gusto, it seemed the drink's floating gardenia would be vacuumed up.
Surrounded by old friends, good food, four anesthesiologists and two colorectal surgeons at Trader Vic's in Beverly Hills, Merrick had chosen a heck of a way to celebrate his 43rd birthday.
Like many birthday parties, this one had a theme. A medical theme. It was called Scope Fest 2007, and it involved eight 40-something guys who made a party weekend of getting colonoscopies.
"Interesting way to get back together, huh?" Don Chiesa, 40, said earlier that day as he waited his turn at the Specialty Surgery Center in Beverly Hills.
Merrick, a self-described "recovering lawyer" who now runs his own home health care company, says he is known for both his appetite for partying and his ability to hatch great ideas that die on his couch
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