Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Breakfast at home: I made steamed basmati rice and ate that with leftover hoisin chicken, vanilla lemonade, hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Received spam pretending to be a wrong number from 1-803-574-8330 about making companies show up in results when people ask Amazon Alexa for home services like plumbing. Read CSS Layout News by Rachel Andrew. HR email mailing list update. Siteimprove work. D8 planning meeting with Eric and James: issue queue weeding. Read WDRL 279 by Anselm Hannemann. Walked and rode Muni to meet Patrick at Commonwealth Club for Robyn Crawford: Year-end Michelle Meow Holiday Special. Food and drink at the event: beef chow mein, a meat pie of some kind, dumplings; Patrick had white wine, I had red wine. We encountered and sat with and chatted with Joel. The event was interesting and, at times, moving. Dinner with Patrick at Prospect (415-247-7770, 300 Spear Street): still water for me, San Pell for Patrick. Cocktails: suntory solution for Patrick (Toki Japanese whiskey, ancho reyes, Italicus Rosalio, honey, lemon), amaluna for me (inspired by the Cirque du Soleil show: gin infused with orange zest and mint tea, gran classico, passion fruit, lemon vanilla syrup, butterfly foam. For an appetizer we shared roasted sea scallops (crispy artichokes, artichoke puree, barigoule butter). Entrees: filet mignon with roasted broccoli, spigarello, red wine pearl onions, bordelaise for Patrick, Berkshire pork chop with savoy cabbage, fuyu persimmon, and red cabbage agrodolce for me. Dessert: ice cream sandwiches, which was really one ice cream sandwich sliced in half. $174.82 before a $28 tip.