Saturday, December 19, 2009
Alemany Farmer's Market with Tina and Patrick, spent about $60 (!). Ritual Coffee at the market. Breakfast at Boulevard Café in Daly City. Home. Patrick took a nap. Tina and I went to Central Computer to buy a RAM and hard drive upgrade for her MacBook. Stopped at Sunnyside Conservatory on the way home. It's the first time I visited since it was remodeled. It's beautiful! A neighborhood gem. Safeway for a few items. Home. Patrick woke up from his nap. Snacks: cranberry scone, spiced cider, croissant, danish. Tina showed us how to season the tagine she got for us. I worked on her laptop upgrades: installed the RAM first, used Carbon Copy Cloner to clone the drive. Had a bit of a scary few minutes because I didn't have a torx T8 in my toolkit. I thought I would have to drive to work to borrow tools from work, but after much searching and giving up I found a flathead jewelry screwdriver that happened to just work—whew! Must buy a torx set right away to avoid this problem in the future. Midafternoon meal: vegetable tagine with persimmon, leek, lemongrass, shallots, scallions, crimini and chanterelle mushrooms, basil chiffonade, poached egg, walnut bread toast points, lime wedge. Patrick and I went to the Recharge Spa holiday party. They gave us great gift bags at the end. I'm looking forward to a bath with elizabethW bath salts. On the way home we decided to drive past Smuggler's Cove. The entrance is rather nondescript, and indeed there was a short line out the door indicating its popularity.