Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Little Web edits. Helped various students with account problems caused by communication problems at the Registrar's office. Dinner with Patrick and Anthony Ly and Marshall Moore at Thai House (2000 Market). This was the first time we met Anthony, who had just moved to San Francisco from New York two weeks ago. Later we walked through the Castro. The night was unusually warm, and the streets seemed filled with more activity than usual. Patrick and I stopped at Pottery Barn, and I asked a salesperson there: "Does anyone actually buy the denim couch in the window?" to which he replied, "I personally haven't sold one yet," and I smiled and let him off the hook. Patrick and I were horrified when we received their catalog a few weeks back which proclaimed, "Denim—it fits your style" or something like that. Okay, whatever, PB. At A Different Light Bookstore, Patrick bought Edmund White's newest book, "Our Paris"—a memoir of Paris with drawings by Mr. White's deceased lover.