Sunday, August 7, 2016
Breakfast at home: leftover frittata, one pink lady apple, earl gray tea. Phil, Drew, and Paul picked me up. We drove to Cavallo Point and brunched at Murray Circle: warm pistachios to start, chicken confit hash for both me and Phil, eggs benedict for Paul, smoked salmon omelette for Drew. Everyone insisted I had been to Cavallo Point with them before, but I insisted I had not. Afterwards we visited the small and unnoteworthy Ansel Adams exhibit in the gallery and briefly visited the church building up the hill. We drove thru Sausalito but did not stop. Pit stop at Recharge Medical. We drove to North Beach. Drew wanted to try whiskey gelato at Naia Gelateria; the alcohol flavoring was not very strong—disappointing. We walked in North Beach stopping briefly at Al's Attire and at Barbary Coast which has taken the space that I remembered Bocce Cafe once held. We visited a home sale open house at 422 green. We got drinks and a brunch platter to share at 15 Romolo. Paul and I got rides home. Rested. Edited, uploaded, and titled Vancouver BC photos. Tried making a movie in iMovie 10.1.1 but realized that I no longer knew how it worked. I tried using help in the application but failed even in trimming a single clip. Gave up for now. Dinner at home with Patrick: Green Chef penne all'arrabbiata with arugula-fennel salad and garlic-parsley artichokes, red wine. Finished watching The Little Prince (2015) on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. I liked everything about the film except the story which I found confused and disjointed, delving into philosophical, moral, and coming of age themes without making any sense of any one theme. I had never read the book; maybe the book makes more sense. Performed some journal surgery, reconstructing the China trip from notes I had taken in Simplenote.