Sunday, April 20, 2008
Breakfast at home by myself: black forest ham and cheddar omelette, hash browns. House chores. Wrapped a gift. Worked on homepage changes for Danny's website. Picked up Mom Ryan and we 3 went to The Mint so that Patrick could sing some songs. We arrived a little too early, we thought—the place was empty—so we browsed a while in Get Lost (415-437-0529, 1825 Market Street, San Francisco), a terrific travel bookstore, and I bought a small gift. We were hoping to run into Julie B and her friends in case they showed up, but no such luck. Patrick sang 3 songs which he forced me to record with my digital camera. He did very well, but I'm not sure yet if the camera captured it well. If Patrick approves, we'll upload to YouTube. Dropped off Mom Ryan at home. Went to Recharge Spa on Nob Hill to wait for Danny to get off work. Drew showed up. We met Phil, Quyen, and Dave outside. We had a quick dinner at Miller's Delicatessen on Polk Street. Miller's needs a lot more people working. I counted 7 tables requiring busing for the entire duration of our meal. Afterwards all of us went to 1000 Van Ness to see Forbidden Kingdom, which was fun and preposturous, but forgivingly so.