Saturday, May 6, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. Lunch: leftover tomato-based bucatini, water. In the afternoon Patrick and I rode Muni to Castro Street station. He walked to the Pilsner to meet Aaron for a few hours then visit his mom and Kerry. I barhopped. At Hi Tops I watched Mage win the Kentucky Derby. I also received a very nice compliment and was so taken by surprise since I don't receive such nice compliments often that I probably had forgotten to thank the giver and get his phone number. I chatted briefly with someone I saw pull out a gym bag from a locker. It seems that anyone with a lock can use an empty locker at Hi Tops to store things whilst in the bar. On the sidewalk someone dressed smartly in black and white and walking a dog asked me if I was at Billy Porter last night. Patrick and I met for dinner at Starbelly: cocktails: chumbo picante (mezcal, Opuntia prickly pear liqueur, grapefruit, calabrian chile oil, lime) for Patrick, passionflower (blanco tequila, passionfruit, citrus, hibiscus) for me. House-cut fries with three dips, house-made dungeness crab and burrata cappelletti with shaved grana and garlic brown butter (order of 3, +$5 for one more to make it even for two persons), Starbelly bacon pizza no jalapeños with arugula and green goddess dressing. Our server was Alex D. We rode Uber Green home.