Friday, March 4, 2016
Ran a speedtest.net speed test at 1:42 am on our Sonic Fiber and got 939 Mbps down and 106.90 Mbps up. I then ran a testmy.net speed test and got 198 Mbps down and 53 Mbps up. To bed (late). Cut my hair, showered. Rode Muni to Church Street Station. Brunch at Chow with Patrick and Mom Ryan with Christopher serving: coffee for all, veggie scramble for Patrick, carnitas for me, two eggs breakfast for Mom. My dish was too spicy, so I traded with Patrick. $63.12 after a $12 tip. We parted with Mom at Walgreen's and Patrick and I continued to the Castro. We separated to run errands. I bought plywood craft board for a project in which I am adding new bottoms to woven baskets so that the original bottoms of the baskets can become lids. Rode Muni home from Castro Street Station. Nap. Rode UberX ($17.57) to The Big 4 where I met Drew for a drink. Walked around downtown for a while. Had trouble meeting Paul at Aventine because Google Maps strangely took me 10 minutes in the wrong direction and I wasn't paying attention to whether it was right. Annoying, but I got a lot of walking done today, and I was thirsty when I finally met Paul. Aventine was too full, so we walked around in search of something less packed and ended up at 15 Romolo where we sat at table 13 and enjoyed a few drinks: picon punch for me, pimms cup for Paul, french fries, then one velvet jukebox each: $56.75 after a $10 tip. From our receipt, our server's name was Server. We met Danny, Drew, Phil, Quyen, and Dave for a special occasion dinner at Bix. Afterwards Paul and I were dropped at Paul's, and I continued on walking to the Castro. It was a rainy night but not terribly cold, and I had an umbrella. I encountered and chatted for several minutes with Rob F and Evan. We chatted about Noe Valley, dogs, Greenlake in Seattle. Rode Lyft Line home ($10.67).