Saturday, February 16, 2002
Picked up doughnuts at Krispy Kreme in Daly City. It's our first visit to a Krispy Kreme. We get two dozen for US$10.99: one dozen glazed and one dozen assorted. I thought they were overpriced donuts—you're paying for the fancy box, which doesn't allow stacking. (Each donut lies flat in its own space in the flat-like-a-pizza-box box. They aren't put into boxes on their edges.) Patrick said, "They're okay. They're not the best, but they're fun. There's something Japanese about them, like this... mass-produced happy food." We visit my sister, Rob, and Jeremy in Mountain View. Patrick and I are amazed at how much Jeremy is speaking since our last visit. He calls us "Uncle Frank" and "Uncle Patrick" with ease. He is like a parrot. I teach him how to say things like, "What's goin' on?" and he says it right back (but only once and then it's forgotten). We all go to lunch at Passage to India. The food is delicious and the service is efficient. Patrick and I return to SF to go to Kabuki Springs where we have full body massages and enjoy the use of the baths area. We dine at Mifune. We watch Shakespeare in Love on DVD.