| Tuesday, July 14, 2009 |
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Today Cindy took the entire office staff to lunch at Buckeye Roadhouse, a fine dining establishment in Mill Valley. Eric V, Eric D, Shirin, Lucia, Scott, JWG. (Unfortunately Carol couldn't make it.) I had a delicious heirloom tomato salad. Food and service were both excellent -- a very pleasant experience. Afterwards we stopped briefly at Walgreen's then did a short loop walk/hike in Muir Woods. I believe Eric D got half of us in for free. JWG got a new camera recently and has been learning how to use it. I successfully posted a photo via Loopt from the Roadhouse, but within Muir Woods there wasn't a strong enough signal and my Loopt update from there failed. We all wore lots of sun protection (hat, sunscreen) and at the end realized we didn't need it -- you don't need sun protection for a walk in a forest. After the woods, we were supposed to go to Muir Beach to share dessert that Cindy had brought, but somehow we missed the turn and ended up at a rocky parking lot not far from the Roadhouse, but it was still enjoyable to share some sweets and watermelon slices. Luckily we didn't have to pay a toll coming back since it had just turned 4:00 PM. (Carpoolers between 4 and 6 are free, or something like that.) Drove Scott E and Eric D to Safeway at Church and Market. After messaging Patrick, I decided to pick up some groceries before heading home. Dinner at home with Patrick: breaded pan-fried chicken, baked potato, side salad. Attempted to watch El Mariachi (1992) on Netflix DVD but it was damaged in a way as to be unplayable so we flipped over the disc and watched Desperado (1995) instead, which we both enjoyed. Weight training: superslow dumbbell fly. Stretches. Late meal: lowfat yogurt, hot nonfat milk, leftover pasta with chicken cacciatore. |
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