Sunday, December 28, 2025
Neti pot. Mild chest congestion and a very occasional dry cough remains from a cold. After yesterday's carpet and rug spot-cleaning dried we did find a noticeable difference. It works! Breakfast: Hulu Wa leftovers, hot water. Orchid watering and fertilizing. Helped Patrick process edits I made to his story (MaM). Patrick napped. I continued working on the Recharge Medical dev website: reworked the safe space svg image to include animation on hover. This took a bit of work. Because the site supports five languages, I had five different svg files. I was unable to load it using the img element since classed elements within the svg cannot be manipulated from css outside the svg. So I copied the contents of the svg files into .html.twig files and included them in the template. The animation runs only on hover and it respects prefers-reduced-motion and it also changes colors in dark mode. Unloaded photos from my iPhone 16 Pro. Rode Uber to Super Mensch, meeting Tony, Drew, and Phil there. We shared an order of latkes, an everything bagel, pastrami on rye, chicken liver mousse on toasted rye, potato chips, and matzah ball soup. All food and drink were delicious. My only wish was that the bread on the pastrami sandwich didn't fall apart so easily, but it's a very minor complaint. Afterwards we walked to Palace of Fine Arts then back along Chestnut Street. Phil and Drew left to go home. Tony and I continued walking and browsing in stores along Chestnut Street before walking to the Marina Green. I stopped to get a beverage at Philz Coffee Truck, then we used the nearby public restroom. Tony was planning to walk across the bridge and back, and that was too much for me. I walked to Broderick and Beach then rode Uber home from there. Patrick began getting a sore throat today. Later I rode Uber to Tommy and Mark's place for dinner. I met scaredy-cat Peaches aka Kitty as well as guests Bruce, Alf, and Mike. Mark gave a tour of their beautifully appointed house full of art and collectibles. New lights framed the backyard which included a recently built small deck. In the living room we snacked on celery sticks, tortilla chips, and warm crab dip while awaiting the final steps of dinner preparation. Dinner: meat lasagne, salad with cubed apple, bread, roasted vegetables. We chatted about The Boyfriend, Pluribus, Heated Rivalry, The White Lotus, Taiwan, Japan, China, Australia, how we knew Mark and Tommy, the 49ers winning over the Bears, cooking shows, cooking, culinary schools, lasagna preparation, glass bottom steins, what it means to be shanghaied, the couple that recently attacked restaurant employees in Hayes Valley and were shamed on social media, and more.