Sunday, July 29, 2007
Cut my hair, showered. Usual oatmeal breakfast. Patrick and I met Chris and Nate at Starbuck's Chinatown Gate. We ate dim sum brunch at Kan's—Chris and Nate's first dim sum in San Francisco, I believe. Chris went home and did some napping and other things. Patrick, Nate, and I went to Up Your Alley Fair (aka Dore Alley Fair), which was pleasant. I was surprised that I didn't run into anyone I knew. Patrick left the fair early and did some shopping downtown. Nate and I stayed on a bit longer. We observed with amusement a woman with a ball gag valiantly attempting to give directions to two other people—you sort of had to be there. After we left the fair, we got a snack and drinks at a Starbuck's and sat for a bit talking. We met up with Chris and Patrick again at Sutter Stockton Garage where we all hopped into a City CarShare car for an exploratory trip to the East Bay. It was the first time in a City CarShare car for all of us. I was impressed with the many video panel controls of the car, a Toyota Prius. Chris said the feel of the car seemed like a normal car except that the brakes seemed to seize up a little as the car neared stopping—a negligible annoyance, I thought. We browsed stores on 4th Street. We drove to Shattuck and just before eating dinner at Beckett's we ran into Wilson, one of our recent graduates. We chatted briefly and I introduced. Nate and Patrick each had fish and chips. Chris had the sunday special—a meat pie something. I had roast chicken with mashed potatoes. Too dark inside for photos. On the way home, we ran into and chatted with Bucy. To bed early.