Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Closed some city tours for student NT. Web review and testing for Partners in D. Domain purchase for Partners in D. Staff meeting. Cindy brought angel food cake, orange juice, apple turnovers, and fresh cherries for a late celebration of Alyssa's birthday. Resubmitted surplus request now with signature. Began setting up new computers batch #2. Web edits for Cindy. Lunch: sandwich from Subway. Optical disk organization. Computer setup and staging. Patrick picked me up after work and we drove to Chris and Nate's new place in Showplace Square. They had just moved in and had some furniture set up. Nate prepared a platter of fresh grapes, cheeses, and crackers. They opened a bottle of chilled champagne. We took a tour—it's a big place by SF standards. Phil, Drew, and Paul arrived, followed by Jen. We appetized for a bit then headed over to Grand Pu Bah (415-255-8188, 88 Division Street) for dinner. I enjoyed it very much, and on the way back we returned via a different Myst-like path through the building complex—fun!