Saturday, March 14, 2009
Stretches. Weight training: superslow concentration curl, superslow lateral raise, superslow dumbbell press, dumbbell fly, crunch. Stretches. Cut my hair. Showered. Usual oatmeal breakfast. Realized that my camera's date has been set incorrectly I guess since the daylight saving time change so a number of my photos have incorrect datestamps in the metadata. Corrected the date and time on the camera. I don't know an easy way to fix the metadata, so I'm leaving it alone. Lunch with Patrick at Kingdom of Dumplings (1713 Taraval, San Francisco, California, USA): shanghai dumplings, pork and shrimp dumplings, vegetarian dumplings, radish cake, onion pancake. $28 after a $2 tip. Service was very inattentive. There was about a 10-minute interval between the time when we finished our dumplings and when the radish cake and onion pancake arrived. It would have been better if all of it had been timed to arrive together. The food was okay. Patrick was disppointed with the shanghai dumplings but I thought they were fine. One radish cake was unacceptably burned on the underside, but Patrick chose to not send it back. Vacuumed. Uploaded photos to Flickr. Spotcleaned the carpet. Nap with Patrick. Drove to psychobauble and Nate's. We talked about iPhone lust, video game world generators, websites, Amazon Kindle, more. Dinner with psychobauble and Nate at Stelline (415-626-4292, 330 Gough Street, San Francisco, California, USA). Excellent service and food. I had beef stew over polenta, which was satisfyingly hearty—perfect for the cold evening. All-paper to-go container—very earth-friendly. Recommended.