Friday, December 8, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; tart cherry juice; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Followup with Peter L about web editing and Savic Lab site. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Made live Apsel Winger Lab site. At lunchtime I met Bernard, who was surprised I could access the 6th floor, and we walked to Blue Bottle (whose interior design I described as "a minimalist's wet dream") so that he could get espresso, then I got a salmon taco from a food truck at Spark. We chatted until two women at a nearby table asked us if we could offer them a hotspot to work, but we were about to leave anyhow. Later I realized we should have told them that Spark has free wifi (but I've never used it). Bernard and I discovered via Instagram that we both knew andiroo1. Back to work, encountering Levi briefly while reentering the building. Later Eric arrived, and we joined others in the Dean's Office across the street at STEM Kitchen and Garden (aka STEM Kitchen | Garden or, in Helvetica, STEM Kitchen I Garden) for a holiday party. Upon arrival we received one raffle ticket and three drink tickets. Suzan won a gift card! The food included a veggie platter, a cheese platter with crackers, shrimp cocktail, polenta with (tomato squooge?), fried chicken sliders, and more. For dessert, red velvet cake, gingergread cookie with chocolate mousse. We mingled and chatted for hours. Kathy said a few words. It was a nice time despite a low turnout. Rode Muni to dinner at Souvla Mission (758 Valencia Street): chicken sandwich and white wine for Patrick, chicken salad and red wine for me. Afterwards we attended Kitchen Table, a series centered around poetry and literature, food and drink, and culture and politics. We were invited by Paolo and Lucie. The featured writers were Zara Jamshed (poetry), Kimi Sugioka (poetry), and Ariana Bindman (food writing journalist, photographer, musician). The food collaborator was Porch Party serving jook and other foods which looked delicious but we did not try.