Sunday, July 2, 2006
Slept in. When I woke up, Patrick was already up, preparing some dishes for dinner tonight. I helped him with the cake. Breakfast at home with Patrick: spinach scramble, hash browns, sausage. Over breakfast we listened to Frequence 3. Cut my hair, showered. Phil, Drew, and Danny invited us to join them at the beach, but today didn't look like a beach day to us, and Patrick had a lot of Lodestar work to do. (We're behind on this issue again.) Set up an extension cable for my digicam cable to make it easier to keep that cable handy for uploading photos. Took some photos of the revani that Patrick made, uploaded them to Flickr. Our accordian mirror in the bathroom broke today. Felice came over for dinner. Patrick made fabulous Greek food: marinated mushrooms with rosemary and coriander; horiatiki salad with feta, bell pepper, cucumber, marinated kalamata olives, tomatoes, torn romaine lettuce, red onion, oregano, olive oil, and red wine vinegar; chicken baked in yogurt with spinach; and revani, a semolina and almond cake. Mint iced tea, sparkling water, and, compliments of Felice, a bottle of red vino. Perfect meal! The revani came out particularly well. A very syrupy sweet, yet surprisingly light dessert. The conversation was quite enjoyable, covering quite diverse subject matter: the "other" Patrick Ryan, Felice's upcoming library exhibit, plans for Lodestar Quarterly, Andrew Holleran's reading, and much much more. The night ended with Felice guiding Patrick through a divination exercise using the I Ching, which Patrick has been reading quite avidly lately, and with which Felice has a great deal of experience.