Saturday, March 1, 2003
Breakfast at home. Shopping in Union Square and the Castro. Levi's, The Gap, Body Body, Banana Republic. Stopped for lunch at Kan's (415-362-5267, 708 Grant Av) where we had a good dim sum meal (though not as good as Ton Kiang and Harbor Village and Yank Sing) for about US$23. We chatted briefly with a table of gay men across from us who were visiting from L.A. (originally Israel) and Guadalajara. When the bill arrived, I was shocked that the restaurant had added in a $3.00 tip for us by default. I was tempted to cross it out and adjust the final value $3.00 less just to spite them for that, but I didn't. Perhaps they get so many tourists who don't know better, but I found it very un-Chinese-like behavior. We had a good day of shopping. I got two t-shirts at The Gap, a t-shirt at Banana Republic, a pair of corduroys at Levi's, and Patrick got a shirt at Body Body. Took care of bills and other paperwork. Dinner at home with Patrick: baked chicken with potatoes and corn on the cob. Got rid of files we didn't need. Did manual tape backups for 2 computers.