and made my way to our room at the Drisco where these were the views of the room
and of the bath.
It was San Francisco time -- Jane was there for the summer, I had some business there and Suzanne had to be in Tucson which is in the neighborhood (or at least the same time zone this time of year) and so we headed the wagons west. I parked the (very retro, very odd) rental car on the street
and made my way to our room at the Drisco where these were the views of the room
and of the bath.
Next morning, I was able to get the views out the window where these beautiful flower boxes were
before I assembled this meal
and Suzanne
and I sat down to eat.
My next stop was to drive across the bay and park under this eucalyptus tree
by the campanile
at the oval in front of Mills Hall at Mills College
where my car would sit with fronds of eucalyptus
as I checked out my goal
and then closed in on the bell tower
and the space for computer science (among other departments)
while admiring another tree
and watching a group of kids assemble by the sculpture in front of the student center
while surveying the large welcoming signs
and getting some documented photos of the healing gardens pertaining to willows.
Back at the hotel, I rested and then began a walk past (and often up and down) hills such as this
before getting to down town where I found Suzanne approaching from another direction
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with the proper address for Jane to emerge from her work.
Once Jane emerged, we headed for the BART station
where we waited 6 minutes for the 9 car train
that would take us to Berkeley where we could walk by this sign
at the Cafe Gratitude
and once Suzanne passed
I could record their message of the day
before Jane posed for the obligatory phone booth picture
and we found a post office
at which Jane could mail her post card to Ben
before we arrived at Chez Panisse
and went in to be seated by the hostess.
Some darkened attempts to read the menus
only amounted to a plate of olives
before I flashed and read (and dear reader, these can serve as a guide to the food that follows).
We began with bead
and butter
and a glass of wine
before the first course came.
After the first course we were treated to a tour of the kitchen which began with the freezer full of dead animals
which were being cut into small pieces
before the long view of the kitchen
took us past various stations
before we saw these that would be part of our dessert
and the remarkable bowl of peaches
along with what would turn into tasty chocolates
and as we watched the peaches
be sliced
we saw blackberries
and eggs being prepared (for what we just ate)
along with the tasty greens.
Next we heard the tale of $7 a dozen eggs
and the pasta of many eggs
and beautiful cherry tomatoes
as we watched more preparation
and some cooking
before some further assembly
had us back at our table for the next course
and a view of the wine
as our final course came
and a dessert drink menu
led to the candle
to ever so belatedly celebrate Suzanne's birthday
as the waiter took our picture
and we took his
and after a final sweet
we made our way past these flowers on the street
into the BART station where this sign stood
and Jane and Suzanne settled onto the BART car
on our way to Jane's apartment where Jane showed us the bedroom
and the wall hanging
and Jane's shoes
and floor decorations
as we winded through the hallways
back to the kitchen
where Jane and Sara posed
and then through the dining room
to the living room with fireplace
wall hanging
television
and amazing lamp.
