Food

Farmer’s Market and Kim’s House

After getting home from the bike ride we called Kim and the three of us went to the farmer’s market at the Agricenter. Mom was looking for a broom, but was unable to find one. The food looked really good, and I got a really sweet smelling cantaloupe. We then stopped by Kim/Ray’s house, and it was really large and nice looking. I wish I could have a house like that in the bay area. She introduced me to her cat Thumper, who was born without a tail.

She then attempted to do a cat beard with Thumper (She’s doing it wrong!). Just kidding, she was giving him all sorts of love.

Once Dad called we headed right back to the house, and met up with Dad.

May 26, 2013 0

Getting to Memphis

After spending time with Nana, I hit the road for Memphis. The trip took about 4 hours as expected, and 22 was a fast smooth ride. I drove to the Airport to drop off the Nissan Hatchback at Alamo by the airport and Mom came to pick me up. We went back to the house and had some dinner that Dad had gotten from the Club. It was a nice salad and some really tasty soup.

They gave me an iPad for my birthday, which was really nice of them. I of course downloaded the latest Zynga games along with the Supercell games.

Dad showed me the latest guitars he’s been working on, and they both look and sound really good.

Mom brought up the 23 and me info and we talked over it for a while, I showed he how to go more in depth for the ancestry and how to look at it in chromosome view.

Mom also had some really tasty cookies she had baked using almond flour. They had a really great tast and texture, and I think I’d like to give baking some almond flour cookies a try.

May 24, 2013 0

I had a great night’s sleep last night and woke up around 9:30 at Jeff’s, got ready, and headed to Birmingham. I forgot to get the 23 and Me kits from Jeff, but I’ll just remind people to get them and use them at their convenience. The drive to Birmingham was uneventful and nice.

When I got there I went to Nana’s house and gave her the trivet/bowl. She and Coleman thought it was really neat, and I think they will get some use out of it. We went down 280 a ways to Joe’s Crab Shack for lunch and we all got the Surf N’ Turf burger. It was pretty good, but I couldn’t get close to finishing it. She gave me a big update on the family, which was nice to hear, and all of the stuff that she had been up to. She gave me a tiny Disney Rubik’s Cube to give to Mom. I showed her my diving video from Cathedrals off Carmel and gave her the link to this blog.

May 24, 2013 0

Portal 2 and Move

I finally got to Jeffs and wasn’t able to get in, but the garage was comphy and got a quick 30 min nap. Jeff cooked some really nice pasta with Shirataki noodles. These were some pretty good noodles. Olive is adorable and I got to play with her while Jeff cooked.

We played a round of Portal 2 racing, which was pretty interesting and well done. There were parts of it that you could really mess with the other racer by overwriting their portals.

After that we played Bocci Ball, Ping Pong, Archery, and Frisbee Golf. Jeff won most of it, but it was a good time.

May 23, 2013 0

Lunch with Russel

I got to have a really nice lunch with Russel at Thai Spice. He also showed me around his office, which looks really nice. He has been there for 6 years now and is doing great. He is the technical sales guy, which means when the salesmen actually need someone who knows something he is the one who comes in to give estimates and design. We talked for at least 3 hours and it was really nice to catch up.

May 23, 2013 0

The Flight to Chick-Fil-A

I didn’t have a great flight to Atlanta, but I did manage to get a good bit of sleep while on the plane. There was a really big shouldered guy sitting next to me whom I could tell was really uncomfortable, and his shoulders were pushing me into the aisle. Whenever the carts came by I got a nice knock on the shoulder from that. Once I got to Atlanta I got my rental car and drove to the first Chick-Fil-A I could find and had a chicken biscuit. I then spent the next 3 hours taking a nap in the parking lot with the windows open.

May 23, 2013 0

Birthday Dinner at Shezan

After I cleaned out my desk from the Mountain View office, Steph and I biked to Shezan for a great birthday dinner. We got Samosas, garlic naan, paneer tikka masala, biryani, and another dish that I don’t remember the name. Afterwards she took me to the airport and I set out for Atlanta.

May 23, 2013 0

Oren’s Hummus

Last night after work I went to join Steph, Jeremy W, and Amarnath. I showed up a bit late and Steph got me the classic hummus, which was delicious.

May 22, 2013 0

Zeni

Steph and I went to Zeni after sailing to meet Jeremy there. We saw Abe and Karen when we got there and Karen is very pregnant. We didn’t get the combos like we had normally. Instead we got Yemizer Wat, Fava Beans, and Gomen Kitfo. Jeremy also got a seasoned beef. Steph got the honey wine.

May 19, 2013 0