Sunday, June 19, 2005
Breakfast at home with Patrick and Tina: fresh grapes, strawberries, and backyard wild plums; English muffin, blueberry bran muffin. Stopped at Jamie's to say hi. Went to the Embarcadero Farmer's Market, where Tina was happily overwhelmed by the number of fabulous cafes, shops, and restaurants under one roof. We had a very delicious light meal at Mistral Rotisserie Provencale (415-399-9751, Ferry Building Marketplace, One Ferry Building, Marketplace Shop #41): macaroni and cheese, ratatouille, herbed polenta, pork roast. The macaroni was surprisingly light-tasting with a subtle, rather than strong, cheese flavor. Grocery shopping at Tower Market for food items for the provencal lunch that Patrick will cook tomorrow afternoon. Tina took off in the early evening for Nicki and Brandon's house, not far away in the Sunset, to watch a basketball finals game and have some pizza. Patrick and I made good use of the time to ourselves, got some Lodestar work done, had pizza leftovers and Patrick ate a Chinese chicken salad from TJ's. I was very sleepy and took a short nap. Tina returned and she and Patrick did some prep work for lunch tomorrow: beets were steamed and diced, and creme brulee was prepared for chilling. In the late evening, Tina and Patrick spied what seemed to be one or possibly two mice crawling through the trees just outside our garden door.