Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Performed stretches good for the back. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted grated coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced mango; hot water. Worked from home. Continued building Bo H's website. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers. Patrick left with Sam to take Mom Ryan to the mall. Midafternoon snack: shrimp chips, water. While trying to get an Uber, it was taking longer than I had expected, so instead Patrick and I rode Lyft to Stonestown Galleria. We dined at Kura Revolving Sushi Bar: 9 plates, green tea. We delighted at the conveyor belts carrying sushi, some of which we had never seen before, and the robot delivering hot tea, and the plate disposal slot. There wasn't much human service, but that was attentive and efficient. All sushi tasted fresh and delicious to me. Our last plate was a Hokkaido milk cream tart, which I liked but Patrick didn't. We paid via self-checkout: about $52 including a small tip. We weren't sure how much to tip given so much automation, but the human workers did do some work refilling tea, training us how the belt works, and answering questions, so we felt at least a small tip was justified. Afterwards we visited Regal Stonestown Galleria for a showing of Barbie, which we enjoyed with popcorn and a root beer. This was the first time in a long time we visited a theater that wasn't Alamo Drafthouse. Alamo did not have showings for Barbie in the large theater at times we wanted. Regal was clean, but they didn't have the expanded food menu their website claimed they would have, and the many ads shown before the trailers and film were annoying. We rode Lyft home.