mark weinberger, 11 years older, was already a very successful ear nose and throat doctor. >> we were bonding about medicine because i had just gotten through doing a stint in neuroscience at the university of chicago. we were just making jokes about the medical milieu. he was very funny. >> so you hit it off right off the bat? >> we went out to dinner. it was thursday. i spent all weekend with him and by monday i was enamored and smitten. >> within months michelle had moved out of her parents' home and into mark's townhouse in chicago. the whirlwind was on, athens, miami, caribbean sunsets and french champagne. >> michelle, you look beautiful. >> for a southwest chicago girl whose father was a pipe fitter, this was head-turning stuff. >> just want to say this is the best vacation ever. i love you, baby. >> her new love was a philosophy quoting poetry writing renaissance man. >> he professed his love in a