Friday, February 28, 2014
Breakfast: part of an orange. (The other part was disappointingly uneatable; the flesh was unevenly formed, so part of it was juicy and part of it was dry and lacking supple structure.) Rode Muni to 9th and Judah. Walked to UCSF Parnassus. Along the way the southeast corner of 8th and Judah was completely flooded due to a clogged sewer drain following a recent rainstorm. I did not have time to report it to SF311. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Prepped for a meeting while waiting for the meeting to start. Meeting with Joe G, Susie, Eric, David J, Sue A, and Sharon Y: comm team progress check. Afterwards David drove Eric and me to UCSF Laurel Heights. Linkchecking, kiosk work. Eric and I implemented bulk image upload on dev, reviewed the image sizes problem on Residencies, and did some work on the funding section. Lunch at Pasta Pomodoro: free-refill lemonade; bread with green dipping sauce; minestrone soup; angel hair pasta lightly seasoned with olive oil and with baby tomatoes, baby kale, shaved pecorino, and a few other things I forgot: $21 after a generous tip. Continued prepping an email to respond to feedback from Esteban's team, and this work consumed at least half of my day. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. While waiting for the 7:10 bus 66 at 9th and Judah to leave, the driver alighted, permitted customers to board, and smoked a cigarette beside the bus even though it's illegal to smoke at bus stops. The smoke drifted in the bus and lingered enough that I got a headache, so I alighted and stood nearby in fresher air, usually upwind of her, until she was ready to leave. I did not report her. Dinner at home: I was too tired to cook, but nonetheless I made mac and cheese from a box and threw in some sliced asparagus. Separately I made baked kale chips using LucyDelRey's recipe on allrecipes. I was lazy and didn't use the parchment paper even though I had it. Problems: excess oil pooled in one part of the pan (so I probably o'erdrizzled), the chips burned easily, and I o'ersalted them. I'm still not sure that the parchment paper is useful; there's only so much oil it can soak up in one spot. Next time: (a) try the parchment paper to see if makes much of a difference, (b) instead of drizzling olive oil on top, put it in a plastic bag and shake to coat, (c) use a really low temperature (maybe 200 degrees F?), (d) salt them very lightly or not at all, (e) try instead in the toaster oven if it will fit.