The Daily Sabs

Sleepy pals

sabs — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:25:06 PDT

After work I came home and took sushi dog on an urban hike throughout the neighborhood. We walked about for an hour and then met up with Randall. When we got home puppins tried to eat my dinner or at least stare me down. I didn't give in and eventually she gave up and started snoring on the couch. Pig family indeed.

that beach is the (15 course) baume (aka randall the magic dragon)

sabs — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:44:03 PDT

this morning samshrew texted to see what we were up to. since the only thing for the afternoon agenda was laundry, i told her that we had nothing planned. amazingly she also had nothing planned, so we decided to all meet up and go to the beach. that sushi dog entertained us for a while, but when we got bored we left and had joe's ice cream - for the record, root beer swirl ice cream is delicious.

speaking of delicious, after beach time, randall and i came home and got ready for an early 5:30 dinner seating at baumé in palo alto. tonight was the quarterly scheelbarrow dinner (aka pitstop) and we decided to go all out and order the 15-course tasting plus wine pairing. it wasn't the most amazing meal i'd ever had, but it was definitely worth it. while i've had bits of pieces of molecular gastronomy infused meals, i'd never had one where it was the focus. i can't remember the last time i had so much fun at fancy dinner (even if it initially felt weird, stuffy, and with colorful plates out of 1997. sure it's gimmicky, but it was a blast, and luckily for us the gimmick tasted great too. plus they get bonus points for bringing us an extra dish just for photos/videos (they wanted to make sure we all ate ours right away). if it wasn't for that we never would have proof of randall the magic dragon - it was better the first time he ate it, but its still awesome, see for yourself:

okay. if i didn't make it clear earlier, i just had a 15 course menu with a wine pairing. it's time for a nap before bedtime.

but first, some random photos from today:

I can has a lazy cheezburger dog

sabs — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:50:08 PDT

This afternoon Randall went out to hang with some folks, and samshrew
and chris went hunting for houses in our neighborhood. This meant I
was on sushi dog duty. I tried to get her to help me with my long
neglected chores (seriously, there was so much stuff to do including
laundry folding from three weeks ago), but all she wanted to do was
sit around with a cheeseburger on her head.

Ps. Check the size of those pandas. This clearly explains why this is
a weekend for resting.