Saturday, February 9, 2019
Before I awoke, Patrick ate cereal and milk for breakfast. We walked together to Antigua Cafe where I had a plain breakfast croissant sandwich and small chai tea latte and Patrick had a small mocha. We rode Muni then BART to Lake Merritt Station in Oakland then walked one block to The World of Charles and Ray Eames at Oakland Museum of California ($19.95 each, includes admission to the other museum exhibits). We both enjoyed the large exhibit. My favorite parts were discovering that the Eameses were also communicators in addition to being designers and observing similarities in how their work might probably have influenced designs found in the Walt Disney Family Museum, particularly in communicating different images on multiple screens as part of a single presentation. Afterwards we visited the gift shop and garden. The garden's sculptures were disappointing to me. All day today moderate rain fell now and again and somehow we encountered only a few drops briefly while walking to lunch at Nido Kitchen and Bar (510-444-NIDO, 444 Oak Street, Oakland): horchata ($4) and two tacos plate for Patrick (one: muslito [chamoy glazed chargrilled chicken thigh, red onion escabeche, citrus-tomatillo salsa], two: guiso de res [stewed beef in chile negro, grilled onions, salsa asada], $13), water and carne asada [grilled bavette steak, potato, scrambled egg, refried black bean, queso fresco, guacamole, salsa de chile cascabel], $18. All the food and drink were delicious. Service by Noemi C was very good. $37.87 before a $7 tip. Rode BART then Muni home. Evening cocktail: brandy milk punch. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover tortellini in pork bone brodo, Hint cherry. Rewatched Star Trek: Discovery s2:e3 on CBS All Access with Patrick and popcorn, then watched clips on YouTube by myself. Installed a Mojave update for Patrick's computer. Mended an elbow hole in a brown waffle-knit long-sleeve t-shirt by hand. Attempted to mend an Amsterdam windmill refrigerator magnet with superglue but it didn't hold so I threw the magnet away. Recharge Medical work: Coolsculpting changes. Archived documents. Pantry organization. Sharpened several pairs of scissors with a small, handheld Fiskars scissors sharpener. Today while at Antigua I had noticed that I had left my iPhone X at home. We didn't go back for it. The thing I missed the most: accessing my notes in Simplenote. Next-most-missed: the camera.