Drink

Makeup Party

We went over to Adam’s house for a makeup party. We decided that I would do Stephanie’s makeup and that she would do mine. I chose to make her look like an egyptian, she chose to make me a two face.

One side of the face has “normal” makeup and the other has “fancy” makeup.

We did this at Adam’s house with Andrew, Jeremy B, and a couple of people I hadn’t met before. I had a really nice alcohol free diet ginger beer, but I added a little bit of vodka. Adam also made a drink with lavender syrup. Adam also served really nice cheese, it was a goat cheese with garlic and herbs.

May 5, 2013 0

After sailing we decided to go ahead and get an early dinner in Santa Cruz. Steph looked on Yelp to find Lillian’s and it was fantastic. They had a wine special for a gewurztraminer that was crisp, but not sweet. They also had some stuffed pesto gnocchi, which was really good. I’d still say that Cafe Moulin is better, but not by that much.

Yelp link

April 27, 2013 0

Chocolate tasting

Yesterday, Stephanie and I hosted a chocolate tasting at my place. She set up the chocolates and I set up the wines. I served a white (the heinz eiffel riesling), a rose, and a red. Jonathan brought some Sherry, which was very tasty. The night was very nice and we had a pretty decent crowd show up.

There were 12 different chocolates, 1o of which we got from the Chocolate Garage. The others were the best we could get at Safeway. They tasted like wax when comparing them to the Chocolate Garage chocolates, even though they were the best from Safeway. I feel very spoiled now that I have had really nice chocolate.

I took all the leftover pieces in a plastic bag with me to work, and enjoyed them on the train ride to and from SF.

April 25, 2013 0

After Diving

After diving 8 of us went to a restaurant called Hula’s (Yelp). They had something called ‘Mac ‘n’ Cheese ‘n’ Cheese’ which of course Stephanie and I had to get. We also shared a Tofu Taco. Since we had already eaten lots of bonali we didn’t need to get too much to eat at the restaurant. I think it is a good plan that I at least should continue, by eating beforehand on something healthier and tasty, then getting something small and healthy at the restaurant itself. To drink I got a Mai Tai, which was a little too sweet for me, but not bad.

After that we went to Otter Bay, a company that makes custom wetsuit parts. Stephanie decided to get a custom hood made that is thicker and a set of cat ears. The cat ears are red on the front and purple on the back.

We then went to a BBQ with some of the dive community from Diver Dan’s. I saw Jim, Tommy, Aaron, and some others that I should remember their names but don’t. Aaron was a great host and we had some really tasty things. There was something called a pink greyhond that was a tasty drink, and a lot of really nice foodstuffs.

April 21, 2013 0

Holy Grill with Bo

Bo and I talked a lot last night at the Holy Grill, a little burger place just next to Zynga. I got the diablo burger, which was nice, but a little too fatty. Bo and I had two beers each and had a pleasant conversation. It was an interesting conversation where we talked a lot about where we wanted to go with the next stage of our lives. He is in a pretty tough spot and need to find something relatively stable. The biggest problem is that he still sees finding a job as giving up on his dreams. He doesn’t allow for the possibility of going after his dreams while working. I think once he does have a real job, since he hasn’t held one for any significant time before, that he will see that you can work towards your dreams and work a normal job. I hope he finds something that allows him to do that, but he may just have to settle for something stable to start out and then work towards the job that supports his dreams.

April 19, 2013 0

Tuesday Drinks at Beachhead

Tina hosted a drinks night at Beachhead last night. It was a rather enjoyable affair, with Wit, Riley, Adam, Tina, Stephanie, and Myself in attendance. There were some really interesting conversations around fonts, Adams prospects in jobs, and core functionality of basic console commands. They pranked Riley by changing his console commands so that ls printed to the screen “I love Orwin” and which would not find the ls file that had caused it. I found it hilarious, but Stephanie wasn’t too interested since she hasn’t ever dealt in console. I broke out a bottle of the really good Riesling Heinz Eiffel, and also tried some of Adam’s Manhattan from Utah. The manhattan was decent, but I still much prefer the Riesling. We ate a bunch of Bolani, and Stephanie put bean curd sauce in with her egg salad tofu to make a splendid mix of flavor and texture. Tonight we can try the bean curd sauce with the spicy tofu, which I think will be even better.

April 17, 2013 0

Savvy Celar

This is a nice little place. When I say little, I mean little. It is much smaller than I expected when I saw it from the outside. I was expecting a full 2 story place with mostly chairs and tables inside. What is actually there is a set of wine racks and a gigantic bar with tables and chairs only along the wall. There also isn’t a second story to speak of. That said it was a nice atmosphere, and I’d like to go back to get some food. There was an artichoke, jalapeño dip, which sounds really good. I got their Sauvignon Blanc, which was light and very nice.

Yelp link

April 11, 2013 0

Steph and I had dinner with Bo at Umami. Alexey, a guy bo met at the meteor presentation, met us there as well. I got the palo alto special, late nighter, and it was OK. The beer was really good, Brother Thelonias. It had a really rich and unique flavor, with no bitterness. The bike ride from work was really nice as well, it took about 45 minutes to get to Stanford, but it was a wonderful day.

April 6, 2013 0

Sah’tea beer

This is a really tasty beer. It has tons of spice and isn’t bitter at all. It is a little too sweet to drink a good bit of it, but when looking for a sipping beer over a little time this is a great choice.

April 1, 2013 0