Sunday, January 14, 2007
Morning run: 15 minutes. Weight training: push up, plank. Shower. Brunch with Mom Ryan, Patrick, and Sam at Boulette's Larder. We came specifically for the beignets after having seen them mentioned in (I think it was) BK's photostream. The beignets were not like those from Cafe du Monde in New Orleans, but they did not disappoint. Boulette's beignets were bite-size small and coated with granulated sugar and a little bit of black pepper. The bite was crisp, and the inside was doughy and a little bit wet. Very delicious nonetheless. Mom Ryan had griddle cakes, Patrick had a breakfast salad with pancetta and deep-fried eggs, I had scrambled eggs with wild mushrooms, Sam had the chevre tart. The server brought us a complimentary extra plate of griddle cakes, apologizing for it being rather hectic at the start of service. Each of us had hot tea to drink—mint verbena for me, dragon pearl jasmine for Sam, and english breakfast for Mom Ryan and Patrick. Home. Napped. It's been freezing cold the past couple of days and according to castrocam.net the temperature here in San Francisco has not gone above 53 since around noon on Tuesday, January 9—5 days ago! Last night's low was about 37 degrees, which is too close to freezing for me that at this point I would welcome some global warming. And hurry!