Saturday, May 20, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover quinoa with carmelized corn and scallions for Patrick, leftover pappardelle with smokey pork sugo for me, water. Patrick pulled out the external DVD drive to see what was on some DVDs he had while looking for homemade videos of him performing tai chi. We worked on Patrick's website, changing the color scheme, installing updates, and adding a forthcoming event. We shared a midafternoon snack: zong, water. Rode Muni to the Castro with Patrick. Dinner with Patrick at Thai House Express (415-864-5000, 599 Castro Street): we shared sleep shrimp, yellow curry chicken, one order of jasmine rice. Thai iced tea for Patrick, water for me. All food and drink were delicious. Service by Por-Phol was good. Afterwards we had drinks at Blackbird: Manhattan for Patrick, Mile High Club (reposado tequila, tamarind, spiced pear liqueur, fortified wine, bitters) for me. Next we had drinks at Toad Hall: pilsner for Patrick, margarita for me. We enjoyed meeting Julio from Oakland, who had earlier visited Wasabi Bistro and The Mix with friends. All the bars we visited seemed to have light traffic, but maybe that's because it was still early? Rode Uber Green home.