Words fail me. M needs to get a job working with this guy, quite possible the greatest living architect . Not a bad gig, office in Zurich, world travel, fusing art and science. Calatrava’s art marries an understanding of the beauty of the body with the technical wizardy involved in defying gravity with thousands of tons of steel and glass.
Roasted maitaki mushrooms, buttermilk blue cheese, almonds, frisée , balsalmic vinaigrette . Perhaps the best salad I’ve ever had .
The umatilla smash. A prohibition- era style cocktail with palm ridge whiskey, charbay Meyer lemon, muddled spiced pears , and Demerara syrup. It was the best cocktail I’ve ever had .
No pic of the mahi sandwich with Bibb lettuce, and roasted tomato with truffle fries.
So what were the chances that the Indian restaurant we bumped into in Jacksonville Florida had the yummiest masala dosai, coconut chutney and sambar ? So good we’ll have to make a special stop on the way back.
Took G to visit the new teaching lab at Uncw . NIH did agree to fund us this month to do the neurofeedback study . I am official in the ivory tower , haha.
Redeemer pres in am. The worship was sublime. Anne and Mason went to Potted Potter,a two person off Broadway Monty Pythonesque romp through about 5000 pages of Harry Potter in 70 minutes while I took Caden to hunt for dinosaurs and gummy worms at FAO Schwarz. We then had dinner at Bobby Flay’s ode to the American Grill- Bar Americain. That glazed , eyes closed smile on Mason is the post-prandial expression of bliss after 12 oz. of succulent NY strip with Bar Americain glaze and two desserts – pistachio creme brûlée and German chocolate cake with coconut cream.
Caden James loves Spiderman, despite never having read a Spiderman comic nor having seen a Spiderman movie. Which would he have selected if the store had carried dinosaur-sheets? Good question. He was so enthusiastic about the sheets
that he brought them to school for show and tell.
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