Sunday, sunday.

We had a great sunday with friends. R&D invited us out to go whale watching on their boat, which was docked near the Marriott at the Embarcadero. ´ showed up as well as Leigh and Nick and some family from back east. No whales this time but it is always a great experience to be out on the water. It was a pretty strong swell as we powered past Cabrillo Point, the explorer's first stop in Alta California.

R had picked up a huge passel of fresh vegetables from chino farms so in addition to the great fruit, cheeses and what have you, we feasted on strange mutant purple and yellow carrots and sweeter than sweet green beans, mushrooms and broccoli.

On our way back we passed a schooner sailing into the wind in all her glory.

Leslie and I cruised Horton Plaza for an hour, she bought a few new pairs of sued boots, then we headed back to meet the gang at Cucina Urbana for dinner. The artist Dan Welden and his business associate Fernanda showed up as well as D's brother, wife, son and daughter in law from Columbus. Connie and Dixon came by as well, our dinner hosts on Friday.

We had one of those amazing Kevin Bacon moments with unseen connections between parties popping up all over. The meal was fantastic, dinner for 14, huge rustic platters of short ribs pappardelle, caesar salad's, chopped, burrata with garlic, pizza, scampi, agnoletti. It was a truly memorable evening, service and food just outstanding. Desserts were over the top, fresh donuts in dipping sauce, cannoli, gelato, just bacchanalian. A big thank you to all concerned.