Sunday, November 26, 2017
Day 16 of a cold. Return by transit from Honma House was uneventful except for rain. Caltrain Mountain View to Millbrae. BART to Daly City. Muni 28 to 19th and Taraval. Muni L to 26th and Taraval. Walked home. Much shorter than the trip there, this trip was about 2 hours and 30 minutes door to door. Lunch with Patrick: Good Eggs elbow pasta with roasted cauliflower and ricotta, which Patrick had made yesterday and to which he added diced sweet italian sausage. Nap. Rode UberX downtown. Dinner at Monsieur Benjamin with Patrick: appetizers: potato and leek croquettes, butter lettuce salad. Mains: duck confit for Patrick, roast chicken for me. Drinks: BTG cotes du rhone bauries serre de la dame for Patrick, sly fox cocktail for me, sparkling water for both. For dessert we shared a marjolaine, and Patrick had an espresso. $174.47 before a required 20% service charge (no additional tip required). Saw a jazz performance at SFJAZZ: Joey Alexander, Reuben Rogers, and Eric Harland. As part of a 90-minute set with no intermission, Joey Alexander played two new original compositions called Bali and Fourteen. I was blown away.