a++ would eat again

[kespernorth]

Allyson and I went to Crave for brunch this morning. We both had their mimosa eggs benedict, which features prosciutto (or lox if you are so inclined) and a startlingly delicious champagne-shallot-orange hollandaise sauce. Transports of ecstasy followed.

I've had very good luck with running into old friends I haven't seen in years at the Mercury -- sharkcowsheep last week, and silverbrood's ex-roommate Diego last night. I'm planning on going out again tonight -- I wonder if some other person I haven't seen in years will show up?

Fall is upon us and I am enjoying the coolness in the air, and the crisp electric feeling that lasts until November. I used to think that I disliked Fall and Winter, but these days I think I enjoy any change in seasons. The change is refreshing to me, exciting the mind and imagination.

I leave you with another of the little conversations with Allyson that I love so much:

B: I can see a couple of hot air balloons in the far distance.
A: Oh? It's a good hobby for a chemist to take up.
B: Really? Why's that?
A: It's all about establishing laminar flow patterns. There are some very interesting thermodynamics at work there.

Comments

[wendolen.livejournal.com]

Crave is excellent -- their salmon platter (for Allyson's sake), their blintzes, and the Madame Crave sandwich, along with the benedict, pretty much form the rotation I follow.

If you get there before 9am or so, you can usually get a table without waiting, too.

[saffyre-dragon.livejournal.com]

That was really weird seeing Diego at the Merc of all places. *And* finding out that you knew him too. This city is far too small.