Friday, August 4, 2006
Set up James to work at a different workstation while we wait for new ethernet hardware for his computer. Polly threw an impromptu cheese party with yummy fizzy grapefruit juice. I continued helping Joel with his curriculum document project in InDesign. Troubleshot problems printing to our tabloid printer. Chatted briefly on the phone with Tina who was trying to get connected wirelessly in a cafe—she had the 169.254.x.x problem and it was not easily resolved even after renewing and repairing the connection, so we gave up. Spent most of the day putting together the city tours page. It's about half or more done. Lunch with Joel at Ten Japanese Cuisine (415-665-1010, 524 Irving Street between 6th and 7th). We got the lunch special bento boxes, cow teriyaki for me, chicken teriyaki for Joel. These $8.95 bento box lunches included miso soup, steamed rice, 2 gyoza, a salad, 3 pieces of California roll, tempura vegetables and prawn. After lunch, Joel and I stopped briefly to check out a new tiny grocery store in the neighborhood—Essential Foods (415-242-1936, 403 Irving Street at 5th). Their hours are 8 to 10 daily, which is helpful because the grocery across the street closes just when I'm leaving work. Essential Foods even has Niman Ranch and organic chicken. Prices seemed higher than normal, but the convenience might be well worth it. I had so much food that I fell asleep for a short while at work (!). Dinner at Kathy's Chinese Cuisine (415-665-6888, 408 Dewey Blvd) with Patrick: steamed dumplings, garlic chicken, mu shu pork, steamed rice. It was our first time to this restaurant. Although the service was not as polished as we had hoped, it was polite and attentive, so we were satisfied. Although we were expecting to see a lot of garlic in the garlic chicken (which appeared to have none), all the food was delicious. My fortune: For best way to open conversation... use cork-screw. Patrick's fortune: You are thought to be the most charming character in the world. Google Maps Saved Locations is a cool new feature. Love it.