I had a fantastic ride this morning to the Milk Pail. I got a ton of fresh veggies and fruits and they were super cheap. I was expecting to pay $40 for the broccoli, peppers, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, and Stilton, but it came to about $20. I think I’ll have to shop there more often. After the ride I got back and made my juice, which was tasty and filling. I really look forward to being able to do this every week.
We had dinner at the Creamery and Brewpub in Klymath Falls, OR. All the beer there was delicious and the food was satisfactory. After a long day of caving anything would have tasted fantastic. Nick got the beer tasting and shared it around since he was driving.
After dinner we went to a Minimart where Nick’s Dad works. He seems like a man that could never retire. From the sound of it he has plenty of money just not enough to keep him busy. He seems like an incredibly active man, and I hope to be as active as that when I am his age.
We spent the night at Nick’s mom’s house and drove up to his Dad’s place the next morning. We stopped by the grocery to get some eggs and berries. When we got there Nick’s dad made us some pancakes and eggs.
As it was father’s day I called to say hi, and ended up waking them up since they were still in Hawaii. I was surprised to have woken them since it was already 6:30 where they were.
We got on the road shortly after breakfast, only stopping once around lunchtime. We took a walk around the sundial bridge, which was pretty accurate as we were only 6 days off from when it is calibrated for.
We then stopped for lunch at a place called Grilla Bites, which was really healthy food. They also had a Ruth Goldberg Machine that we had to play with. It had 2 big panels, but also went across the ceiling.
Last night for board games night I showed up early and Riley let me in. I got some of the Gyros Gyros falafel wrap for dinner, and it was delicious. Riley decided to make some pizza, which was also really tasty. I grabbed an angry orchard cider with elderflower, and it was really really good.
Chris showed up a little early and we played a game of Neuroshima Hex. I was Blue and he was Green. It was the first time I had played the game and I really like it. Chris got an early lead, but once I got the hang of it I was able to get good traction and take him down. The game went really well for me in both luck and figuring out the mechanics quickly. BGG Link
Nima and Caryn then showed up and we played a round of Shadows Over Camelot. The game was going really well, and then I decided to show that I was the traitor when we were all gathered around the Picks and I was supposed to put down the 5. Nobody else had a 5, but they were all there. They managed to get out of there, and even managed to finish the Picks since it didn’t come up for a while. I was able to really hit them hard in a number of situations and the game ended when they lost the holy grail. They weren’t doing very well in any other area either. It would have been a close game even without me turning traitor. BGG Link
Nima and Caryn left, and then 10 of us decided to get together to play a few rounds of Avalon. It is just like the card game mafia, but with some expanded rules. I think it makes the game actually fun since you can somewhat piece together who is who. Chris was the Merlin character and he knew that he was going to be assassinated no matter what, which was right. I think the game is fun and would love to play it again. I was loyal both times, won the first, lost the second. BGG Link
Last night Tina, Chris, Steph, Brian, Nick, Riley, and Amit were at Beachhead for dinner. I brought over some berries and wine, but ended finishing off most of the Riesling by myself. Tina was making spaghetti with her grandmother’s sauce, which was really tasty. Chris brought over a rum chocolate cake, which was delicious. The cream cheese icing always gets me.
Robert and I had a very nice meal at Curry Up Now and we talked about art styles and all kickstarter. I took it upon myself to start an analysis of kickstarter campaigns based on the top campaigns in the games category. I’m looking at the tiers and how many people backed them, at the stretch goal spacing, and at the qualities of the posters.
Candice, Brian, Ben(their neighbor) and I went to La Victoria Taqueria and it was delicious. They have this orange sauce that is phenomenally good. I don’t know what they put in it because it is somewhat creamy, but vegan, and sooooo good. I got the veggie burrito and it was amazing with the orange sauce all over it.
I had a great time talking to Robert at TGI Friday’s. I could really use his help on the board game to get the iconography right and the mechanics clearly displayed.
Today for lunch I went to Mela Tandoori Kitchen with Bo and Yumin. This was right before their wedding. I got lots of pictures of them but gave the memory card to Bo so that he would have the pictures, and I’ll update this post when I get the pictures.
I went to Suppenkuche with Chris H and Francis. Chris is pretty much done with his coursework for the PhD and is going to be hanging around SF a lot more. I will probably go hang out with him and work on PRAINZ some days. He lives in a nice place in the city and it will be fun to hang out with him. This will help him keep on topic as well as helping me to keep on topic. (Suppenkuche Site)
The restaurant was really nice, albeit a little expensive. I got a fabulous mushroom soup and dumpling stuffed roasted chicken with potato pancakes. I got two different beers and the second was really tasty, but I can’t recall what it is.
After Suppenkuche we got ice cream at a close by shop, Smitten Ice Cream. I got the salted caramel and it was delicious. (Smitten Site)
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