Friday, August 8, 2003
Spent the whole day drawing plans for our new office cabinetry in Illustrator. Dinner at Blue with Patrick: "salad in a bowl" (no garbanzos) and an iced tea for me, roast chicken with mashed potatoes and broccoli and a Peroni for Patrick, no dessert: US$22.41 before a $4.00 tip. We ate late—around 8:15 PM—and tho the place was packed we waited only about 5 minutes for a table. My salad arrived with garbanzos, but when I sent it back both the deliverator and our waitron (Cathleen 9) apologized with sincerity, and I got a new salad quickly enough. Sitting at Table #10 by the propped-open door was colder than we realized, but Cathleen 9 closed the door without complaint when we asked. Bar hopping in the Castro.