Monday, April 10, 2023
Staycation day 3 of 9. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted and sliced almonds, toasted shredded coconut, diced half banana; hot water with squeeze of lime. Cold is essentially done. Sam came over for lunch: sandwiches from Jane the Bakery. Sam had prosciutto burrata. Patrick had a muffaletta. I had turkey with carmelized onion. We also shared plantain chips and sweet potato chips from the grocery. For dessert we sang a song for Patrick over a single cardamom bun instead of cake, then shared it. Patrick opened musical instrument gifts from Sam: percussion fruit, slide flutes, recorders. Sam departed. I installed iOS 16.4.1 for our phones and iPad Air while Patrick napped. Later we rode Muni to Kerry and Mom Ryan's. Patrick recently finished revisions on his new book Fancy Gumbo. He dropped off one of the short stories for Mom to read. They gave us cards for Patrick. We walked to and through Clarion Alley then to Casements Bar where we had cocktails in the back patio: Cara Merchant (West Cork Peat Charred, toasted coconut, cochi di turino, averna) for Patrick, Splash Hit (vodka, creme de noyaux, guava syrup, honey, lime, prosecco) for me. A man next to us setting up a projector caused a minor alarm when he pulled a thick power cord over the top of a functioning heat lamp and it briefly made contact. Afterwards we walked to dinner at table 51 at Delfina (415-552-4094, 3621 18th Street) with service by Tyler C: one stellare spritz each, sparkling water. Antipasti: we shared Zuckerman asparagus (prosecco zabaglione, pecorino, pane strappato). Primi: agnolotti dal plin (orange gremolata). Secondi: liberty duck breast (delfina sauerkraut, kumquat mostarda, brown butter polenta). With the duck we each had a glass of Piaggia Il Sasso Carmignano red wine. Dolci: we shared one tiramisu. Patrick also had a single cup of french press coffee. All food and drink were delicious. Service was mostly excellent except the kitchen timing was off enough for our server to apologize for delays without us mentioning it, and they comped the dessert. Total after tax and before a 20% tip was about $206. We rode UberX home.