Wandering in the Park

Bunny, Teenie and I took a really nice stroll in the park this afternoon - after a nice 2 hour journey from Daly City into San Francisco. What a nightmare - traffic in the park was horrific, traffic on 19th was horrific, which I can only assume means traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge was unbearable. After we finally found parking, we meandered around taking photos and watching the squirrels (unfortunately we didn't bring any peanuts), and we shared those little treats from the Fifth Floor after we took this photo near the totem pole. Teenie liked my sunglasses so much we went took her downtown to get her own pair, so now we're matchy!

Second Taste at the Fifth Floor

Bunny and I had a date at "The Fifth Floor" restaurant at the Hotel Palomar in San Francisco tonight. With a stroke of serendipity, we were seated at the same table (#16) as we sat at on my birthday this year. Just like before, the food was phenomenal, and our server, Matt, was great too. Our appetizers were lightly grilled calamari & a crab cappuccino (crab bisque with crab foam on top), followed by our entrees; tea-smoked duck breast and slow-roasted pork belly. For dessert we ordered the flourless chocolate cake with coconut foam and popcorn ice-cream (which tasted like peanut butter or caramel corn depending on taste pallets) which was delicious. But then, Matt surprised us with a free dessert! We received an almond tart with almond ice cream (they called it bitter-almond, but it was exceptionally sweet) and some cherry/cranberries which were really tasty too. And even after all of that food (not to mention the little amuse bouche and the tasty red-wine bread before we even ordered), we got this little box of treats to take with us! Bunny and I really love this restaurant and can't wait to go back again - it's a wonderful special-occasion restaurant. We did a bit of shopping this afternoon - I got some shield-style sunglasses (the kind with a single lens, very fashionable now), and this morning I helped move some stuff around at the storage facility. A very nice start to this weekend, and I hope the rest goes as well too.

A Driving Day

So while I'm driving to San Francisco for the weekend, I have some time to talk about Snow Leopard for my Mac Mini. I mentioned it a few days ago - so I won't dwell on it too much, but it is a good system update and for the $10 it cost me as part of my Mac purchase earlier this year, I'm very satisfied with it. It's basically a collection of tweaks for the Mac that make things run a bit smoother, but to be honest I'm already happy as a clam with my Mini to begin with, so this upgrade doesn't really offer a specifically noticeable change for me. Tonight Bunny, Teenie, my parents and I went to Kitaro for dinner, yum! I'm up here for the weekend so these posts are being written a few days late - hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend. It's really weird to think that only a year ago I was driving to Reno with my dad :)