Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Tightened handle screws on kitchen doors and drawers. Physical therapy exercises to treat a minor back issue. No breakfast. Walked and rode Muni to meet a subset of The Syndicate at Woodhouse Fish Company for their $17 lobster roll and fries special. Emery arrived first and got us a place in line. Everyone arrived before we entered, and I believe we luckily obtained the last two tables in the first seating. We were a party of six, and they sat us at a 4-top adjacent to a 2-top, not moving the tables together. Not ideal, but not the worst. Scott and Andy shared one lobster roll cold, one lobster roll hot, and one order of fries. Tim C had one lobster roll cold. I had one lobster roll hot. Scot B had ceviche with tortilla chips. Emery had a lobster roll hot for here and a lobster roll cold to go. Scot and Tim also each had a cup of clam chowder with crackers. Everyone drank wine in addition to water. All food and drink were delicious. Service was very good, considering that the place was packed. I had thought that the $17 anniversary special lobster roll came with either fries (as pictured on brokeassstuart.com) or potato chips (as pictured in the restaurant's own poster advertising the special), and I was a bit surprised to learn that it came with neither. Fries were $7. I sat at the 4-top with Tim, Emery, and Scot. Our bill came to just under $70 each. We talked about health issues, Apple, using AI to generate custom meal plans, Jou Jou, omakase, Maria Isabel, the shock of San Francisco restaurant prices after returning from travel, Atlantis and Vacaya, learning Spanish, gophers and voles, airline mileage points, airport lounges, Virginia's congressional redistricting map, genetics and seasickness and fear of heights, and more. Scott and Andy left a few minutes before the rest of us because they had received service earlier and so they had finished earlier, and Andy probably had to return to work. I walked with Scot and Emery to Lululemon where we shopped but didn't buy anything. They departed, then I did tour #28 Japantown and Fillmore in a 2000 copy of the book called Walking San Francisco. I did not feel inspired to take many photos. The Peace Pagoda is being renovated and is covered in scaffolding. I know the book is old, and several of the sites mentioned are no longer there or were boarded for construction. But at least I got a lot of walking. A bit of rain fell during my walk, and I ducked into the mall to avoid it. When I emerged the rain was sparse and light. I walked and rode Muni home, reencountering Tim C on his way to the farmer's market. I found Patrick taking a nap, and I joined him napping a while. Later, dinner at home with Patrick: Bi-Rite minestrone soup with warm bread, hot water. We watched Pluribus s1:e3 on Apple TV then JR De Guzman: I'm Your Son Papa on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: one sumo orange; one blueberry muffin, heated.