Saturday, May 11, 2019
Breakfast at home: everything bagel with cream cheese, 8 ounces of orange juice. Patrick and I rode Muni to Church Street Station then walked to lunch at It's Tops with John and Jay, our first time meeting Jay. Jay had two eggs with hash, potatoes, toast, and orange juice; John had an omelette with bacon with cheese sauce and potatoes and toast and bloody mary; Patrick had pancakes and coffee; I had giant burger #10: Don's bleu cheese and bacon burger with fries and lemonade. Afterwards we walked to Boba Guys where Jay got a drink, then to Smitten where John, Patrick, and I got ice cream. John got chocolate chip with a waffle cone and chocolate crispies. Patrick and I shared a two-scoop in a cup: one scoop of toffee with oatmeal cookies and one scoop of chocolate ganache. We walked Jay back to Octavia and Market where he departed. John, Patrick, and I walked to the Lookout and stopped for drinks, including peach margarita slushies with mini bottles of Korbel Champagne turned upside down in the glass. We continued having drinks at Hi Tops: cucumber vodka with mint and lime. Afterwards we walked to dinner at Poesia. The video playing on the wall was The Star Maker, aka L'uomo delle stelle. Appetizer: burrata e vegetali to share. John had fettuccine with lamb and petite syrah, Patrick had eggplant parmigiana with black negroni, I had orecchiette with pork with blood orange san pell. $144.31 before tip. John accidentally broke a glass of wine and got some of it onto his Oklahomo t-shirt. Service by Alessandro R, food, and drink were all excellent. We walked to Jay's place so that John could change. We rode UberX home. John came along and we chatted and had drinks until late. A fine day.