Nima and I had the best round of squash we’ve ever had today. I was getting really good placement, and he was able to figure out where I was going to hit it really well. This led to us playing only three games, with all three going to deuce. This happens usually every third game or so with us, but three in a row is unheard of. We had a great time playing and I look forward to next week.
We went to dinner with the Lee’s on Saturday and had a really tasty dinner at Da Sichuan Bistro. I had taken Steph there the week before, and she liked it a lot since it had a full vegetarian menu. The food was really good, and I had the steamed dumplings this time. The steamed dumplings were pretty nice, but I still much prefer the dumplings from dumpling kingdom.
I really liked the early premise of the movie with certain lego people being master builders that could build things out of any of the legos and if it looked right it would work. I really liked the way real world objects also came into play. When it changed over to the real world situation, it lost a little bit of the mystique that it had built up. I really enjoyed the movie, and it was a great date with Steph.
We tested out the games again with some friends at Beachhead. There was a lot of positive feedback and a lot of good information we got out of it. Steph and I cooked a good bit of Tom Yom, as well as Curry. Both dishes turned out really well. We had a crowd of about 10 people come and test, which is just about the right number. We broke out the cider and a good bit of it got drunk.
We watched Sherlock, and played some FTL at Riley’s place on Sunday evening. The episode of Sherlock was pretty good, but the bad guy didn’t get as built out as I was hoping. The FTL was fun, as I showed Riley and Steph how to win the final boss battle. We then had the others play through a round with me coaching them in some ways. Riley unlocked 3 ships along the way, and Steph was in sector 7 when she got taken out by a slaver. Wit just picked up the game, and I think his introduction was by far the most painless one can hope for, but he is surely addicted now.
For a valentines dinner Steph and I went to a well rated place that we hadn’t been to before, Da Sichuan Bistro. They had a separate vegetarian menu that was pretty expansive. Their dumplings were very different from the ones we got in SF, but still really good. I enjoyed it and wouldn’t mind going back.
Jeremy and I played some Mario 3D on Sunday, with Steph giving support. We were surprised that there was a bonus world for beating the bonus world. The levels started getting incredibly hard in the second bonus world. So hard that doing it single player was needed for one of the levels. Jeremy also rode his bike over, and we got to take a look at it. It is really pretty bike, but I’d want one with a bit more storage space. Besides the lack of storage it is an amazing machine.
We did another class at Yoga Belly, and it was pretty intense. This class had a lot more of stretching and balance, whereas the previous class was more about endurance. I like the stretching and balance more, but they were both really good classes. I’m going to have to go sometime this week, but It’ll be hard to find the time.
Saturday morning Steph and I took a quick ride to the Chocolate Garage. It was a very nice morning ride and we got to taste some of the chocolates we had gotten in the past. The hot chocolate they have been serving at the Chocolate Garage is also some of the best I’ve ever tasted. We aren’t sure what has happened to the Saturday morning farmers market in downtown Palo Alto, but it seems to not be showing up any more. We didn’t usually get that much at it, but it is still sad to see it go, even if only temporary.
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