Thursday, January 10, 2019
Microsites identity retheme followup tasks all day. Lunch at Presidio Pizza Company: sausage and pepperoni slice, romaine and kale salad, water. Back-to-back doctor appointments. Walked and rode Muni downtown. Dinner at Colibri (415-440-2737, 438 Geary Street, San Francisco, California, USA) with Patrick. Drinks: el tesoro silver margarita for Patrick, margarita avion for me. We shared: sopes surtidos, pechuga huitlacoche, arroz mexicano. Dessert: churros rellenos (cajeta caramel cream, dulce de leche ice cream), mexican coffee (coffee, tequila, kahlua) for Patrick, 1921 tequila crema for me. We were seated but shortly after sitting we realized we needed to move because the table was positioned exactly so that one person was sitting on the banquette cleavage. The host accommodated our request to move, but he wasn't very friendly about it. Then we realized that we were handed only one drink menu. It was a very long menu, and it's tedious to share. We asked for a second drink menu after our waiter introduced himself, and he brought one right away. We also learned that happy hour menu items were available only in the bar. Patrick thought the sopes were a little dry, but I thought they were fine. We received warm tortillas and a trio of salsas, but we were confused about whether they were to be eaten with a forthcoming dish or alone. We ended up eating them alone. Patrick particularly liked the pechuga and the dulce de leche ice cream. Service by Luis was good. $118.13 before a $18 tip. Afterwards we attended the opening show of SF Sketchfest 2019 at Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter Street), a tribute to Margaret Cho in conversation with Ben Fong-Torres. The show was great. She spilled the tea about a number of celebrities, including Joan Rivers and John Travolta. Afterwards we rode Lyft home.