DALLAS - Dirk Nowitzki’s weeklong run of championship celebrations was capped by a surprise birthday party thrown for him Sunday night by girlfriend Jessica Olsson and lifelong coach/adviser Holger Geschwindner at the Dallas wine club Graileys.
The private event to commemorate Nowitzki’s 33rd birthday, dubbed “Dinner For 41,” featured exactly 41 guests, including... former Stanley Cup-winning Dallas Star Mike Modano and three award-winning scientists who are also Mavs fans.
Special guests included Dr. Hans Deisendorfer, professor of biochemistry at UT Southwestern who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1988 for his work in X-ray crystallography; Dr. Al Gilman, chairman emeritus of pharmacology at UT Southwestern who won a Nobel Prize in medicine in 1994 for his work on how cells communicate with each other; and Dr. Eric Olson, professor and chairman of molecular biology at UT Southwestern who won the LeFoulon Delalande Grand Prize from the French Academy of Science in 2009.
ZZZZ... Oh, is that it? Sorry. Not exactly what I expect when I hear about a Dallas sports superstar's party though. This girlfriend of his probably thinks that his regular friends are terrible influences and that his normal bars aren't quite good enough for her, and therefore him. So she nixes bottle service at Ghostbar and thinks of something only a chick would think of, exactly 41 guests at a wine bar. Snooze City. Now girlfriend-of-the-year has to fumble around for some dignitaries at the last minute to make this thing respectable. Of course Modano is down for a Dallas social gathering. Instant RSVP everytime. While I'm all for X-rays and cell communication, these pocket protectors can't be the first Mavs fans at the top of every party invite list. Hope you had a great time Dirk, cause it looks like your future's got nothing but couple's baby showers, art gallery openings, and endangered animal preservation benefits. You can take dat wit you.
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