Friday, June 25, 2004
Oatmeal with banana. Updated Sophos on home computers. Edited an Ofoto album for Sue and Susie. Today's playlist: All Beastie Boys. Updated the CSHP mailing list for Tiffany M. Electronic forms for James. Lunch: leftover pizza. Did weight training during rest breaks: upper arms, upper abs, pecs. Dinner at Xiao Loong (www.xiaoloong.com, 415-753-5678, 250 West Portal Avenue) with Patrick: xiao long bao (steamed pork dumplings), spicy dry fried chicken—not spicy, combination chow mein, Oolong tea—about $32 before a $5 tip. Xiao Loong is a brand new restaurant in the space of a former Chinese restaurant which was a typical greasy chopstick kind of place. The change of ownership is a welcome one. The interior is completely refurbished and redecorated to be modern and upper-middle-class elegant, making it the closest such Chinese restaurant to us now. The food is all quite delicious; the menu includes a variety of dumpling dishes. Patrick's fortune: The mysterious side of your nature makes you most alluring. My fortune: You will be a dragon of creative fire this week. Watch your aim.—Patrick made a funny joke while we were driving home. We saw a jogger wearing a nondescript sweatshirt with mulberry striped pants, and I said, jokingly, "Who's he running from?" And Patrick replied, "The fashion police." Rented and watched Harry Potter 2 (The Chamber of Secrets) on DVD at home.