Packed-Full Weekend

Just a brief update from this weekend before heading to bed:

Saturday: Spent a chunk of the day at the office. However, it wasn't all that bad--these are all "interesting little jobs I don't have time for during the week." E.g., installing an electrical logging system on the office circuit breaker panel, wiring up a fan controller that we wanted try out, and doing a series of measurements on our air handler unit--some data that I've been meaning to collect for ages. Also, the company is pretty good with flex time, so I'll be able to make it up later.


I then rushed over to with R. (birthday celebration, woo!) and her two visiting sisters for dinner in the North End. They got a recommendation from a local for Antico Forno--a very nice classic bustling Italian Restaurant. Worth going back to... although there are so many restaurants to try out in the North End, it seems a shame not to try out a new place every time. But it makes me realize that I don't get over to that part of town nearly that often.


Beers over in Faneuil Hall followed, including a small-world coincidence of the guy in the booth behind us having Nova Scotia connections with the three sisters. The maritimes seem to have this scary everyone-knows-somebody-else thing going on...


Sunday: Sunday was dim sum with Jofish, Erin, Rawhide, Terri & kids, JMD, Rebecca, Celeste, Indy, Violet, and Kraken. Jofish is in town for the CHI conference. BTW--Kraken is moving out of town, to Annapolis. Yikes! In other news, Indy has given notice and is looking for fields afresh--go Indy!


One of the interesting finds--Black Sesame Rolls. They are dessert--sweetened jelled sesame paste. Like a black, soft, fruit roll up, except not fruit-flavored. Very odd looking--black gummi log, anyone?



This was followed by a trip to REI--but I wrote about that already.

Ugh... this might be a long week coming up. Drinking will be required.