Sunday, May 14, 2023
Rested in bed a while due to insomnia. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Patrick prepared Mother's Day lunch, and I helped. The menu: Southern fruit salad, crab cakes with remoulade, mini shrimp rolls, chocolate chip cookies. Cleaned and rested. Walked to dinner at Kingdom of Dumpling, meeting Chris and Andy there. We shared: crispy lotus root salad, beef shanghai soup dumplings, beef roll pancake, garlic string beans, pork and cabbage dumplings, lamb skewers, shrimp and chive dumplings, hot tea. Afterwards we got cocktails at Lost and Found: bourbon for Chris, The Painted Ladies for Andy, Grant Avenue Old Fashioned for Patrick, Market Street Desire for me. We walked them to their car; they gave us a ride home. Patrick went to bed. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo.