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Gracious. More laggardly posting behavior on my part. I am half-caught up over at gastronome, but i still owe a review of a dinner we had with my dad over at Limon. I'm a month behind updating litwank - naughty, naughty me. Hopefully i'll get all the October reviews up before the month is out.
While things have been hellishly (and oh, how i do mean hellishly) busy at work, i have still managed to find time to do some fun things.
anne & Dave's martinis toro wasabi hamachi black cod lobster butter sausages feast was fantastic. You can read about my first lobster-murder experience over at gastronome. Good conversation, good food, and good friends. Lychee martinis, tasty wine, lobsters with so much butter and smoke.
Andy gave a reading at Modern Times a few days before he left for a writer's colony. It was ostensibly to promote the paperback version of The Path of Minor Planets, but we cajoled him into reading from the book he just finished. So tasty! A reception at 16 Hill #3 afterwards; i caught up with Shola and met a few interesting folks. Socializing! Me! With strangers! A few days later, i loaded Andy down with so many books - since he's just finished a novel, he gets to read again. I look forward to hearing what he thinks of the books we loaned him.
Robert scored tickets to see David Sedaris read, which he kindly shared with us. On the 18th, we trek'd over to the Fox Theatre in Redwood City. The theatre is gorgeous - old & art deco & swank. David Sedaris is a bad, bad, man - in the best sort of way. I laughed until my throat hurt. Good medicine. (Thank you, Robert!) If you ever get the chance to hear Sedaris read, definitely go for it.
We were treated to another art deco theatre on the 25th - we went to the Paramount in Oakland to hear Ani sing and play. Utah Philips opened for her - and he was an amazing font of scathing wit and political commentary. Ani played on her own this time - just her and a guitar, alternating new songs with old favorites. As always, she's a pleasure to behold. (Now, the irritating girl behind us who was so excited about the political commentary/activism that she shouted through all of her favorite lyrics and lines, so noone around her could actually hear Ani? Less of a pleasure. It's a good thing i was too tired to smack her - so much for peace!)
Posted by meriko at October 29, 2002 09:21 AM