Slept in.
In the afternoon, went to the tiny local zoo w/ S&D. That zoo has two emu. We saw one of the emu lunching on tree. Elsewhere, there were several red pandas flolloping about. In another elsewhere, an otter. He was lively.
Then we went to the Wethersfield Gardens. Strong recommend, d/t
a) excellent views, plus a bunch of Formal Vistas
b) peacocks, in both white and technicolor.
c) great big huge hedges
d) perfect places to have tea
e) frogs in the water features. Ribbit!
K&S each took a spin in Deadwood, while I daintily sipped lemonade and read HP on the lawn. D was immersed in earth-moving endeavors (he's moving the mulch from the place mid-lawn that used to hold a tree to the place under the kitchen window that now holds lavender).
Homemade pizza for dinner, plus G&N+G-A turned up. (A is studying German, in Germany.)
D turns out to be a contrarian. Ask a question, and his first response will be "no." Ask again, and the answer tends to be different. I'm trying to teach him to say "contrarian." I'd appreciate everyone's help with this.
S says he'd like to be taken to the Blue Nile for his birthday.
Today's earrings: little flowers, floral deco triangles
Bedtime reading: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
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I regret to inform S that the Blue Nile closed in 2005.
ReplyDeleteAsmara - good gomen wot, no shiro wot. Large room for small child to run around.
Cafe Colucci - not child friendly. So-so food, but injira is dry.
"Ethiopian" Restaurant - food good enough, usually very empty any time you go there and rickety furniture means they won't care if Daniel tries to summit it all.
Messob - only downside = it's in Oakland and should be relocated to my Berkeley hood. Excellent injira and shiro wot. Avoid beef tibs. Everything else = scrumptious. Always seem to be out of Ethiopian beer...