Friday, September 5, 2025
Patrick hankered for Orphan Andy's pancakes, so we walked to and broke fast there. I had chicken apple sausage with eggs over easy with toast and home fries. Coffee with cream for both. All food, drink, and service by V were excellent. Walked home. I walked and rode Muni to Recharge Medical. Continued development website build. Resolved issues created after I added a right-side column to the layout. Began adding content. Lunch: turkey and smoked gouda sandwich with lettuce and mayo, pretzels, water. Walked and rode Muni home. Emergency hand-sewing repair. Walked with Patrick to The Academy where we met Phil, Drew, and Tai. This was their first time visiting. We got drinks from Tommy in the speakeasy then moved to the patio. The weather was overcast and cool, so we warmed ourselves at the rectangular fire pit. We chatted with Jess. We encountered Tony and invited him to sit with us and chat. Afterwards all of us left for dinner. We had intended to dine at Orphan Andy's. The diner was essentially full. We were told the wait for a party of 6 was 10 minutes, which I did not believe, but we waited a few minutes and decided the wait was going to be longer than 10 minutes and too long for us. We walked to Sausage Factory (517 Castro Street) and were seated immediately. Garlic bread to share. Shrimp piccata for Tai and me, baby salad (which was still huge) for Drew, spaghetti and clams for Phil, chicken parm for Patrick, and chicken milanese for Tony. Water all around, no alcohol. All food, drink, and service by Jose Or. were very good. Afterwards Patrick and I said our goodbyes and we returned home. Patrick went to bed. I archived documents that came with our home.