The captain has now been habitating San Fran for a month plus a few days so time for an update. As I am still unemployed I've taken to some adventures in cooking, some with good results, others not so good. On the high points, I made this Red Velvet cake and man the cream cheese frosting was to die for, cake was just a vessel. On the low points, I have taken seriously the embodiment of "garbage disposal" and have lowered my standards of what is considered eatable, and hence eaten my share of slightly moldy/bruised food over the past month. Don't think I'll be needing that flu shot this year.
Significant events of the month include the following 1) nailing down my favorite coffee shop to "Thinkers" of the 3 in my area. Short walk and massive breakfast sandwiches won out over good people watching and "better coffee". Ps. SF is really serious about their coffee. 2) The pro/con of my first trip for Mexican: amazing huge burritos with fresh ingredients wherever you go, it's true I haven't had anything comparable/they're expensive in the $8-9 range. They rationalize this because they're big enough for 2 meals . . . unless you're a fat kidd. 3) Did my first real bike ride over the GG bridge and into Marin Headlands Park. Absolutely stunning and sometimes scary views as you come screaming over the summit and have a view of the entire Pacific below.
Spotlight restaurant of the month is "Walzwerk" in the Mission where I enjoyed massive jager schniztel, beer, and blueberry cobbler, ate it all and then after an hour of walking still had to lie down from the pain of being full. It was soo worth it.
