Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Breakfast at home with Patrick: two-egg omelette, hash brown, toast with butter. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Styling work: microsites identity retheme. Chatted with James about a task to resolve the inability to tab to search and menu objects at mobile widths. Lunch from The View Cafe: small fried rice with ha gow. Web-based training: Security Awareness for Privileged Users. The training failed with an error at screen 4. Web-based training: SANS Cyber Security Awareness refresher—completed. Left my bag and laptop at work. Rode UberX to the Castro. Met Patrick. We visited the GLBT History Museum which featured A Picture Is a Word: The Posters of Rex Ray and The Briggs Initiative: A Scary Proposition — both excellent. Dinner with Patrick at Poesia: San Pell and happy hour negroni sbagliato (campari, sweet vermouth carpano, prosecco) for Patrick, tap water and happy hour Diablo rum cocktail for me, warm ciabatta with dipping pesto. Two small plates from the happy hour menu: crostini di carciofi (toasted bread topped with marinated artichokes hearts, whipped lemon burrata, black olives, mint) and rustico (puff pastry with tomato sauce and cheese). For the remainder of the dinner we split a side of polenta e funghi and a daily special of broccolini ravioli in a cream sauce with diced filet mignon — heavenly. For dessert we shared a chocolate and pistachio cannolo, and Patrick had an espresso. All the food is always fantastic enough here to forgive the sometimes slow but very friendly service. $88.97 before an $18 tip. Afterwards we visited Papi Rico which had advertised that they would begin playing the film Sister Act at 7 PM, but we arrived shortly after 7 PM and there was no Sister Act playing nor any mention of the event. This was the third time we tried to visit Papi Rico with the intention of enjoying ourselves, and every time it just didn’t work out. I’m ready to give up on the place even though it seems like it has potential. We rode UberX home in a ride that was stocked with the most snacks I have ever seen in an Uber. We continued playing Samarost 3. The game is cute but we have a really hard time solving the puzzles.