Saturday, August 26, 2006
Breakfast at home with Patrick: mini chocolate chip scones, yogurt, oatmeal. Picked up Mom Ryan at her place, and the 3 of us drove to Stanford Shopping Center. We got beverages at the Nordstrom espresso bar, bought mixing bowls and dishtowels at Crate and Barrel. We strolled through the mall for a while. We observed some people sitting at tables by the farmer's market with 6 large dogs (whippets?), each of which had its own soft blanket for lying on. Melissa met us there, and we soon got a table indoors at Max's Opera Cafe. We started with a shared plate of potato pancakes (latkes). Melissa had half sandwich and matzo ball soup, Mom Ryan had a chicken sandwich with fries, Patrick had a chicken salad, and I had a salmon burger with fries. Afterwards we did a little more shopping. Melissa went off to study, and Mom Ryan, Patrick and I went to Ortega Park for Kiana's first birthday party. The weather was perfect, and the park had everything one needed—grills, massive lawns, a fun water play area for kids, a playground, tennis courts, and more. Back to San Francisco. Dropped off Mom Ryan. Home. Tired, early to bed.