Drove a lot today. Plans were to drive straight to SF from Walnut Creek, where I spent the night, but I ended up having to drive home to Sunnyvale first (because of the bay bridge collapse scare, although it wasn't going to affect me, but mostly because the lousy handyman broke the water supply in my parents' house).
The drive to SF was lovely in 75-degree top-down weather (down from the 90 degree heat I drove through yesterday) but it became 53-degree chilly as we drove through clouds into the city.
Thanks to luckymonk3y, I decided to take Yelp seriously and picked a restaurant based on its reviews. Lahore Karahi was a hit with both my friends! After I dragged them both up 6 city blocks from Union Square, the shall we say - modest - appearance of the exterior and the lack of customers almost made me scream out "stupid yelp!". But how can 143 people be wrong? And indeed, the food was awesome. Great looking fluffy nans. No white-boy spice-levels for my spice-loving caucasian homies. Great tasting stuff. Great pricing ($6 entrees!). Funny waiter. I'll maybe yelp out a detailed review myself. Too bad we had to rush out to catch the show, or else I would have had their Rass Malai for dessert.
The highlight of the evening - the fire dance by the Temple of Poi troops in Union Square was awesome, just like last year. I'll post pictures later and upload a couple videos on youtube.
Post-event munchies at Segafredo Zanetti: I had a dark chocolate-raspberry cake and a latte. Decent, I guess, but certainly doesn't compare to Coupa Cafe.
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