Friday, August 7, 2026
Breakfast at home with Patrick. Patrick prepared french toast using Andersen's white bread with strawberries and maple syrup, side of small sausage patty, Nespresso coffee with milk, hot water. After breakfast we inspected the heating system in the garage; one component was making a noise that Patrick had not remembered hearing before. I washed dishes then cleaned the kitchen after Patrick had emptied the dishwasher before visiting Mom Ryan. I continued wall repairs after hardware had been removed a while ago. Erase-A-Hole followed by spackling seemed to work reasonably well—better than I had expected, especially after giving Erase-A-Hole repairs a little more time to dry and solidify. It's not yet perfect, so today I sanded then respackled. I also sanded in various places some wall bumps which will need to be touch-up painted later. Made new vinegar solution for cleaning. Plant care. Began a new home improvement project to repair a crack in the wall above the dryer. I scored around the crack with a razor blade to remove loose wall material then vacuumed and dusted the work area then spackled. Vacuumed the north bedroom aka office. Emptied the paper shredder and resolved a problem in which some items in the bin were not completely shredded. Recharge Medical work: removed the link to the before and after gallery from the Revanesse Versa blog page because the Revanesse website changed to remove it. Began using spanishdict.com to learn Spanish, recommended by Andy M. Late lunch: half peach, leftovers from La Mediterranee, hot water. Washed dishes and cleaned the kitchen. Trash management. Another round of sanding and respackling. Emptied the handheld vacuum directly in the trash bin in the garage (instead of doing it in a smaller bin inside the home). Cleaned dirt stains from the outer stairwell floor created after doing the door bottom renewal and replacement project from a few days ago. Patrick napped and I rested, unable to fall completely asleep. Later Patrick and I visited establishments participating in the Art Walk: Art House SF (Kenichi Kuriyagawa), Photo Booth Museum, Chartreuse by Roje. We met Paul at The Academy for wine (pinot gris and secreto) and small bites: grilled cheese sandwich with potato chips, goat cheese flatbread, and deviled eggs. Afterwards we again stopped at Art House SF gallery so that Paul could see the Kenichi Kuriyagawa works. We then walked to Hot Cookie for cookies: pecan chocolate chip for Paul, one toffee and one peanut butter chocolate for Patrick and me. Patrick walked home. Paul and I barhopped: 440, Blush!, Midnight Sun, Moby Dick. At all of these we did not stay very long. At Last Call we had one drink each, watching Spice World on the television, and staying a while then left. At The Mix Paul was denied entry because he was carrying his coffee thermos having come directly from work and they have a rule of no outside drinks. We walked to my home so he could drop that off and a few other small things he was carrying. We continued barhopping, dancing for a while at Toad Hall before a round of drinks at The Edge where I met his friend and childhood schoolmate Michael B. Paul and I returned to my home. He retrieved his belongings and walked home. A fun evening.