Checking in

[mdlbear]

(mostly cross-posted to healthy_fen)

I walked half an hour yesterday -- call it a mile and a half. Eating healthily on Wednesdays is always something of a challenge, since it's our open house night and there's always pizza as well as bread, cheese, and sometimes fruit. Fortunately, I'm not all that fond of pizza these days, and there were apples and blue cheese. We won't mention the hot chicken wings.

Today I'd scheduled a belated Valentine's Day lunch with the flower_cat, so it was looking as though a walk would be unlikely, except that I crossed paths with one of my coworkers, finagler. Brad, like me, likes to walk while he's thinking, and he was working on a presentation about the project we're both working on. (Cool stuff, but I can't say much until the patent is filed, at the earliest.) We put in about 2 miles walking round and round the building (it's about 1/3 mile).

We had lunch today at Chef Chu's in Los Altos; it was already a fixture in the area when I arrived as a grad student in '69, and was my introduction to Szechuan Chinese food. It was one of two favorites of the Stanford AI Lab crowd, the other being Hsi Nan in Palo Alto. The Cat and I spent a lot of time in both restaurants while we were courting, so a Valentine's lunch at Chef Chu's was perfectly appropriate.

Dinner today was stir-fried pork and sugar-snap peas, with an apple and blue cheese for desert.

Comments

[chriso.livejournal.com]

Hey, we were at Chef Chu's tonight. Every year we attend one of their New Year's banquets and Chef Chu creates a menu every year that tops the last year. This year was no different and the wines from King Mountain Winery were absolutely superb.

[mdlbear]

We saw the flier up on the wall on our way out; have to keep it in mind for next year.

[chriso.livejournal.com]

We go every year, perhaps we can coordinate which night we go next year. We always make our reservations on Jan 2, which is the first day you can make reservations.

[mdlbear]

Sounds good!