Sunday, August 28, 2005
Worked on the sushi mailing list page. Worked on scheduling backups for the Mac Mini. Patrick and I drove to Clement Street to get some dim sum brunch. On the way we passed Mao Zedong Village Cuisine Restaurant (415-668-1100, 1829 Clement St), at which Patrick laughed. We tried to go to Good Luck Dim Sum (415-386-3388, 736 Clement St) but it was too crowded. We went to a nearby dim sum place across and up the street: Wing Lee (415-831-7883, 501 Clement St). I liked that it wasn't empty but we still found a table pretty easily. I didn't like that they didn't provide separate plates or chopsticks—I felt barbarous. The food was good. We stopped at Schubert's Bakery (415-752-1580, 521 Clement Street near 6th Av) for a slice of princess cake and opera cake and a Viennese coffee. Everything tasted delicious and all the pastries in the window looked divine. We stopped at the dog run near 8th and Lake and watched a dog's owner patiently wait about 10 minutes for his dog to find the ball that he had thrown but the dog had lost interest in it. We stopped at the Three Bees Nursery near Clement and 20th but didn't buy anything. Patrick wants to clear out some tall grasses in the back yard before looking into getting some herbs that might grow well in our area. The nursery looks new and very well kept except for the 50% off section in the back—would anyone really want to buy sickly plants for half off? Grocey shopping at Safeway on Taraval. Snack: grapes. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers. Watched Simpsons. While we were watching, a spider came down from the ceiling right in front of us—scary! Patrick took it outside with the spider catcher. We've been watching the news about Hurricane Katrina. Patrick has a lot of family in New Orleans and he's worried about them. He convinced his mom to leave, and she's headed to Houston.