Lunch at Fairmont Hotel Fountain Restaurant. Anita purchased a discount from Travelzoo.com for $29 - it's good for 2 starters and 2 entries.
The reservation was for 12:30, we left the house at 12:00 and got there at 12:20. As all parking at the hotel are valet based, we left the car at underground garage valet stop and went to the restaurant. We were seated right away - there weren't many patrons at the time. I ordered Spiced Prawns and Tarragon Roasted Organic Chicken Breast while Anita had Dungeness Crab Cake and Grilled Eggplant & Vegetable Involuting, as always, the starters were excellent although the entries were not that bad :-)
We finished the meal in less than 30 minutes, the bill was $51 plus $4.71 tax in which tax was our only obligation, we tipped $10 for the service. A parking voucher was delivered to us along with the bill. Although valet parking was included in the discount deal, I still gave a $5 tip for it.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
2011 Movie experience
You Again: High school classmates reunite (1/12/2011, UA838 SFO->NRT->TPE)
Life as we know it: Strangers care for infant of deceased mutual friends (1/12/2011, UA838 SFO->NRT->TPE)
Unstoppable: Runaway train (2/9/2011, UA838 TPE->NRT->SFO)
Secretariat: About the triple crown horse in 1972 (2/9/2011, UA838 TPE->NRT->SFO)
Win Win: A lawyer's high school wrestle team coaching experience with a wrestler, his mother, ada grandfather(4/5/2011, SantanaRow CineArts)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams: A documentary about the Chauvet Cave in southern France in 3D (5/13/2011, Santana Row CineArts)
Midnight in Paris: A dissatisfied Hollywood screenwriter vacationing in Paris travels back in time to the 1920s and met many literary icons and artists (6/3/2011 - Camera 7 in Pruneyard Campbell).
Empire of Silver: A documentary of the late 19th and early 20th centtry banking (silver based) family of China (6/10/2011 - AMC Mercado)
X-Men First Class: A prequel of X-Men film series, depicting evolution of mutant talent/power (6/17/2011, Camera 7 Pruneyard Campbell)
Super-8: A group 0f youngsters shooting films with super-8 camcorder accidentally uncovered government cover-up of alien. (6/20/2011, Santana Row CineArts).
Beginner: A man reflecting on the life and death of his father while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman (7/1/2011 SantanaRow CineArts)
Horrible Boss: Three guys from different companies helping each other avenging their bosses' horrible treatments (7/8/2011 Santana Row CineArts).
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2: Finale of the Harry Potter adventure (7/25/2011, Santana Row CineArts)
Foot loose: A remake of the 1984 film, story about a young dancer fight to revoke a small town's ban on public dancing (11/16/2011 Bluelight Cupertino)
Life as we know it: Strangers care for infant of deceased mutual friends (1/12/2011, UA838 SFO->NRT->TPE)
Unstoppable: Runaway train (2/9/2011, UA838 TPE->NRT->SFO)
Secretariat: About the triple crown horse in 1972 (2/9/2011, UA838 TPE->NRT->SFO)
Win Win: A lawyer's high school wrestle team coaching experience with a wrestler, his mother, ada grandfather(4/5/2011, SantanaRow CineArts)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams: A documentary about the Chauvet Cave in southern France in 3D (5/13/2011, Santana Row CineArts)
Midnight in Paris: A dissatisfied Hollywood screenwriter vacationing in Paris travels back in time to the 1920s and met many literary icons and artists (6/3/2011 - Camera 7 in Pruneyard Campbell).
Empire of Silver: A documentary of the late 19th and early 20th centtry banking (silver based) family of China (6/10/2011 - AMC Mercado)
X-Men First Class: A prequel of X-Men film series, depicting evolution of mutant talent/power (6/17/2011, Camera 7 Pruneyard Campbell)
Super-8: A group 0f youngsters shooting films with super-8 camcorder accidentally uncovered government cover-up of alien. (6/20/2011, Santana Row CineArts).
Beginner: A man reflecting on the life and death of his father while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman (7/1/2011 SantanaRow CineArts)
Horrible Boss: Three guys from different companies helping each other avenging their bosses' horrible treatments (7/8/2011 Santana Row CineArts).
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2: Finale of the Harry Potter adventure (7/25/2011, Santana Row CineArts)
Foot loose: A remake of the 1984 film, story about a young dancer fight to revoke a small town's ban on public dancing (11/16/2011 Bluelight Cupertino)
The Artist: A silent movie about a silent movie star struggling to transform to accept/make movies with sound (12/27/2011 Santana Row CineArts)
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sink plumbing and faucet installation
12/26/2010:
The IKEA faucet took about 2 hours to install, major challenge was to figure what exactly the graphs in the installation manual meant - there were almost no descriptions in it. Test run went well, may have to adjust the water flow somewhat later. Since we decided to remove the disposal, using existing plumbing or reinstall a new one became an issue, each option has its own challenge - components are not all available if I want to modify and make use of existing plumbing, and
12/30/2010:
After pondering how to tackle plumbing issues for a couple days, I found the best solution - use existing plumbing with some old and a couple of new parts, it turned out to be OK.
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