Stephanie and I went to Andrew’s place for some curry. Adam and George were also there. It was really tasty. We then watched an episode of Naked and Afraid, which was nice.
We went to Alexander’s for dinner on Andrew and Haru’s birthday. We had a delicious dinner, with some amazing hamachi shots beforehand. I struggled with the diet Stephanie and I are starting, but the steak was delicious enough to keep me going.
Steph and I went shopping Saturday morning at REI, Petsmart, and OSH. There was an interesting setup of paintings outside of REI, but none of them particularly struck a cord with me.
Steph’s coworkers had a barbecue that afternoon that we went to. They were all pretty cool, and we’ll probably go hiking/backpacking with a few of them. I really enjoyed the conversations. There were four children there, all about the same ages (2-4), but they were mainly well behaved, or at least distracted. The food was particularly good, especially the cherry cider.
On Friday Steph and I went to dinner with her parents, at Burma Ruby. The food was great but the noise level in the place was way to loud. Afterwards we went by the beam store and her parents were pretty impressed by the beams there. I think they really liked seeing something that Steph had been working on up and around. There was an actual product she could show off after a ton of work and headaches. We also told them about us moving in together, and I think they took it well. They were concerned about certain parts, but we have most of their concerns covered.
Bo is doing well, but has been going through some rough times with family getting sick. He also had the company he was contracting for go under, but he found another company to contract for. We went to a small cafe for breakfast and had some pretty good food. It was good to see him, and I’m glad I’m able to reconnect with people in the city.
Stephanie and I went to lunch with her extended Bay Area family for Chinese New Year. It was actually 2 days after, but close enough. We went to a nice restaurant and got some really tasty food. I invited Jeff and Patty to a Paint Nite and they were happy to join.
I met Nick for dinner Friday last week, and we got some Thai food. I had a nice curry, and he got something that seemed fermented and had a good bit of shrimp paste. I liked the first taste, but the aftertaste didn’t appeal to me. We went back to his work afterwards and hung out for a bit while I waited on the next train. He was trying to set up an automated plug, but the network was too complicated. I made a 5 sided lego structure, and it worked surprisingly well.
Steph and I went to dinner with her parents at a nice restaurant in San Carlos. They got a decent groupon for dinner, and I assumed it was at a decent but not fancy place. The place was actually rather fancy, and Steph just happened to wear a decent looking sweater, but I was looking somewhat ill suited for the place in a t-shirt. Steph and I both got gnocchi and it was delicious.
Steph and I spent New Years at Nick’s place in SF and we played a game of Betrayal at House on the Hill. I got a pretty simple game, but it was difficult for me based on all the character sanities being really high. Luckily for me since all of them had really low might they couldn’t complete their goals anyway. My character went away which was fine since she had gotten beaten up pretty badly. We then played a few rounds of Hanabi and didn’t do too well.
We then got a Lyft to the restaurant for dinner, and they put us in the back room. We got a ton of food and the duck was delicious. I really enjoyed the conversation and it was a lot of great food.
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