Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Ran in place to the remainder of John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, toasted unsweetened coconut flakes, diced half banana; water. Worked from home. Read CSS Layout News 342. Siteimprove linkchecking. Strategic Plan Retreat headshot photos distribution followup. Letterhead work: Joanne C. Walked to the library and back to borrow a DVD of Early Man by Aardman. Siteimprove a11y work. Rode Uber Green in a Tesla Model 3 to dinner at table 2 at DamnFine (3410 Judah Street) with Patrick, our first visit. It's both a restaurant and a bar. A large disco ball hides in the exposed rafters; we wondered when they turn it on. Patrick loved the three large glass objects above the bar. I couldn't tell if they were lights or sculptures. Cocktails: negroni (M&R bitter liqueur, gin, Punt e Mes, over one big rock with an orange peel) for Patrick, cozy town (hot apple cider, Bib and Tucker bourbon, Cointreau, cinnamon whooped cream) for me. Appetizer: La Rosa salad (pink radicchio, cara cara and blood orange citrus, fennel, Castelvetrano olives, mint, pistachio, honey, shallot vinaigrette). The menu didn't mention this, but our pizza came loaded with a rich crumbled cheese that seemed to be blue cheese. Pizza: sausage and sage (tomato, mozzarella, caramelized onion, sage, fennel sausage). Dessert: panna cotta with guava, strawberry, plum, and pistachio. All food and drink were delicious. The drinks were strong. A classic negroni is only three ounces, but this one was likely at least five or six (tho the large ice cube might have deceived some). My hot cocktail was beautifully presented with whole cinnamon stick and star anise atop a thick and lovely bed of speckled whipped cream. The pizza has a super-thin bottom—you'll need two hands. The circumferential crust and bottom have occurrences of completely black char by design. The bottom is floured instead of cornmealed. Service by Suzanne M was very good. There's a ton of seating here: indoors, a back patio, and many tables in a parklet in front. Afterwards we walked a few blocks to Other Avenues Groceries and shopped but didn't buy anything. Rode Uber Green home. We rewatched the remainder of John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City (again for me) then watched The Mandalorian s3:e3 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed.