Re-connecting

This is out of order, again, but until we figure out how to edit it otherwise, there is nothing to do about it. (and who cares anyway, you are all saying).

On Friday night, we went into the city to meet Jay and Lindsey. We had talked to them, but hadn't seen them yet, as they had been busy working and signing their lease for their new house in Alameda. They will move in at the end of the month.
We went in early on Friday, as there were some destinations that I (Pat) had seen that I wanted to check out. The first was an Art Deco antique store near Russian Hill, named Decorum. It had beautiful antiques in it, really beautiful! It was all Art Deco, alot of it french. But so expensive! Nice to see, a nice shop. How do these places stay open, you have to wonder? How can they make a living with this?

Anyway, we then bolstered our driving courage and drove downtown. We're not really wimps, after all, we drive in Chicago all the time, but the parking in San Francisco is actually the worst. We finally realized we should just bite the bullet and go into a parking garage, and pay the price. We walked to Belden Place, which was described as a small French little enclave in the heart of the city. Well, it was cool, it was a little street off of Post St., but all it had was restaurants. It would be cool to go there for a meal, esp. mussels. An interesting find, but not much else there. We walked around the area for a bit, then headed to Jay and Lindsey's.

We visited with Lindsey, who looks really good. She really does have that pregnancy glow, feels 70% better than when she was in Ann Arbor at Xmas time. When Jay got home, we went to this restaurant named "Aziza". I had been there before. I had taken Jay and Lindsey to it. It's one of their favorite places, and we all wanted to share it with Dan. It's sort of Moroccan-Mediterranean . It is really a beautiful place, many little rooms with couches and curtains. They have a "tasting menu" where the chef decides what he'll be serving you. Yikes, we had so much food! We were stuffed! So delicious! Their version of bisteeka, couscous, lamb shank, hummus, scallops, etc. The picture is from there, and the people in it are just random customers. It is very dark, but I wanted to include it.

We also just found out that the chef from Aziza will be on The Iron Chef on March 1st!

On Saturday night, we had Kathleen over, and we cooked. It was so good to see her again. We had a really nice time. Good to re-connect!

One final comment--the weather. It's been rainy and cool. The rain is off and on, as is the cool. It still isn't snow, and it still isn't cold. it doesn't stop anyone from activity, which is great. We have a hot tub in our complex, which is really nice too. It reminds us of Sweden, actually! The Swedes would call it a "Swedish Beach Day."(are you reading this, Per?) (to understand this fuller, you can check out our blog to Sweden--www.danklim.blogspot.com--and look up 7-6-08)