Friday, March 30, 2007
Cut my hair, showered. Usual oatmeal breakfast plus fruit smoothie and pear-ginger scone. Unpacked and tried out the Targus Universal 25-in-1 memory card reader/writer (TGR-CRD25) that I bought for home use. It worked as expected with OS X and both a Kingston Ultimate 2 GB SD card and a SanDisk Extreme III 1.0 GB SD card. Did house cleaning and organizing. Lunch at home with Patrick: turkey burgers, wedge fries. Sunbathed/napped in the back yard. Grocery shopping with Patrick at Safeway. Went to Galen's birthday party at JY and Adrian's, ran into Adrian and (Sophie?) along the way. (Patrick stayed home—martial arts practice in the morning.) Galen prepared a gigantic meal—there must have been 40 or 50 people?—sangria; grilled vegetables; spicy grilled potatoes; seafood paella with shrimp, chicken, scallops, mussels; crackers and cheese. Afterwards a bunch of us went to Club Dragon and danced. Late meal: caesar chicken salad at Baghdad Cafe—it was an okay salad but much too big for me. I would not recommend it except in an emergency. I forgot to mention that yesterday I talked with people at Greenwell Farms. There was a delivery mixup with an order of coffee that Chris and Nate had bought us as a gift, and they were generous beyond my expectations in the resolution. I am very pleased with the service they provided. Haven't tried the coffee yet, but I am sure I'll like it. Thanks, Chris and Nate!