Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, slivered and toasted almonds, sliced strawberries; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Followup with Jeff P and Mary Anne S about Savic Lab website. Followup with Nathan D about Zhao Lab website. Followup with Angelie and Vicky about person page creation. Calendar management: create meeting for CCI website with Su, Frances, and Katherine. Handled a request from Angelie to update some web pages. Sent Angelie nameplates for cubicles that she requested. Followup with Li L about a digital letterhead request. Continued and finished editing draft content for a new TEC website for Olive B. Accepted a gift for KMG from two women from Shen Yun. Lunch at desk: leftover pasta primavera. Submitted to IT a redirect request for Wan-Yu L. Began work on posting strategic plan updates to the web for Sahru. Followup with CAB tasks. Lots of listserv work. Rode Muni home, dropped off my bag and did some house chores. Rode Muni to meet Patrick for dinner at The Rustic. We were 15 minutes early for a 7:30 p.m. reservation. The restaurant was almost empty, and were seated immediately and provided menus. Shortly someone brought us water. Then after we had made our decisions we realized there was a very long wait for our server. After 10 or 15 minutes, we asked the host who occasionally stood nearby at the entrance, and within minutes server Chantal appeared and took our order: iced tea, lemonade, wild mushroom pizza add proscuitto. Perhaps 15 or 20 minutes went by and our pizza arrived, but we still had not received our drinks, so we inquired, and we could see our server behind the bar preparing our drinks, and within another minute, they were brought over. The food and drink were delicious, but the poor timings were inexcusable. Our host even cleared some of our dishes, which I found odd. I wanted to leave no tip, but Patrick insisted on 15%, and I relented. Afterwards we attended Academy of Wine: Witchy Wines at The Academy with host Michael Wells who festively dressed in a witches hat and cape while sharing his extensive wine knowledge in a Halloween-themed tasting. We had an excellent time discovering and learning more about new wines. Chatted with James J. While exiting the building, I received a phone call from Joel who saw me crossing the street, and we chatted a while. Rode Muni home. To bed.