Saturday, January 21, 2017
Breakfast at home at Casa Tranquilo. Wine tasting in Russian River Valley with The Group With No Name: Matrix (very personalized and friendly service, but we did not stay here long), Twomey, Geyser Peak (where we saw interestingly flickering liown candles and where I bought a True Fabrications Twine Rustic Farmhouse acacia cheese board), Landmark Vineyards Hop Kiln Estate, a California registered historic landmark due to its involvement in the hops industry. In Healdsburg we browsed at Moustache Baked Goods before awkwardly aborting a large purchase. Richard stayed behind a few minutes to select a trio of cupcakes. We browsed at Healdsburg SHED. Bought a chocolate birthday cake from Costeaux French Bakery. I tried to get us in for dinner at Willi's Seafood and Raw Bar, but they didn't have space for us. They referred me to a sister restaurant nearby called Bravas Bar de Tapas, and Bravas was excellent. We sat on the back patio with heat lamps in the middle of light and medium rain. All the courses were excellent, and the standout was the octopus which had no chewiness to it at all. Unfortunately I feel that we can never return because of Danny's inappropriate comments to one of the staff members; it embarrassed the whole table. We returned to Casa Tranquilo. Peter almost got left behind. We consumed cake and dessert wine. We watched The Boss (2016) I think via Quyen's Chromecast, then Jason Bourne (2016) via a Redbox disc that Paul had picked up at Safeway Guerneville. I think it was today that I again lost data with Simplenote I think due to poor internet connectivity and making changes to the same note on different devices (iPad Pro and iPhone 6 Plus). Disappointing, but it doesn't happen often, and I like the Simplenote and Notational Velocity combination still.