Friday, September 19, 2025
Breakfast at home: toasted Wise Sons everything bagel with whipped cream cheese on one half and peanut butter on the other, hot water. Continued Recharge Medical work: content editing, bulk email address verification followup, email campaign revisions and prep. Napped. Continued Recharge Medical work. Lunch while Patrick napped: I prepared for myself yakisoba from frozen with mixed vegetables: spinach, broccoli, onion, shredded carrot, cilantro; cold water. Continued Recharge Medical work. Swept the patio. Swept in front of the house. The sidewalk and gutter seemed overrun with debris. I swept the gutters and in the street, too, since the nearby drain was almost entirely blocked. A man walked by and mentioned that that made such a mess. I asked what was it? He said a water main had broken up the street. I said, and after the main down the street broke? Crazy! Later Patrick and I walked the Castro Night Market then to dinner in the garden at Fable: little gem caesar salad with anchovy-garlic dressing, parmesan, and herbed crouton crumbs to share; Patrick had chicken breast on panzanella with mixed stone fruit, arugula, sourdough croutons, and champagne vinaigrette; I had pork chops with creamy polenta, rainbow chard, and yellow peach chutney. Two glasses of wine each. Dessert: we shared chocolate mousse with whipped cream, sea salt, and mint. All food and drink were delicious. Timings were not great tonight. The salad arrived before wine or even water. There was a noticebly long delay between the salad and the mains then again another long delay before ordering dessert. But we were focused on talking, and it did not bother us too much. Service by Alejandra was very good when it arrived. It seemed every table in the restaurant was filled—even in the middle throughway leading to the garden. $167 before a $25 tip. Walked home. We watched various YouTube videos then The Sandman s2:e12 (season finale) on Netflix. Patrick went to bed, and I joined after resolving issues with Corinna's website. Jury duty on call ends. I escaped.