Thursday, March 22, 2007
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Patrick and I left today for vacation to San Diego to attend Domenica and Corey's wedding. Drew drove us to the airport. Thanks, Drew! Whereas I could print my boarding pass from home, Patrick had to check in with a human. Patrick and I had a small meal at SFO Willow Grille T-3. We flew United from SFO to SAN. Took a taxi to the Doubletree Club on Hotel Circle South where we checked in to room 315. Warm (not hot) chocolate chip cookies awaited us at the check-in counter. Once inside the hotel room, which we liked, I took two photos with my camera and then it gave an E18 error message and stopped working properly. It said to change the batteries even though I knew the batteries were fresh. I put in another fresh set and it again said to change the batteries. Tina picked us up from the hotel and took us to tapas at Picasso in Hillcrest. Afterwards we got coffee at Peet's Coffee. While sitting in the sun a man introduced himself to us and handed Tina his business card which said, "Enclosed brochure is very IMPORTANT—Happy New Year !!!—Stanley A. Grovom, 44th President—UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" and on the reverse side was a quote from the Bible: "When I was a child I used to speak as a child, when I became a man I put away childish things.—1 Corinthians 13:11." Tina took us to the Arts Institute bake shop where she works. She continued the work she had begun earlier in preparing Domenica and Corey's gigantic wedding cake. She removed baked cakes from their pans and crumbed them. To crumb is to apply a thin layer of frosting to seal any possible loose crumbs of cake so that they don't move when a final layer of frosting is applied later. After crumbing, the thin layer of frosting is hardened by placing the cake in a refrigerator or freezer. Back to Tina's. Mo arrives, we chat. Dinner at Saigon on Fifth with Tina, Patrick, and Mo. Back to Tina's. We watched The Holiday (2006) on DVD. Tina drove us back to the hotel.