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A Tale of Two Southern Restaraunts
Oct. 20th, 2014 07:13 pmI was caught up enough in Saturday's San Franciscan adventures that I didn't write about the other exciting events of the last few days.
On Friday I took a break from work to have lunch at Picán with what was described as most of the Evil Hat West crew. Fred H. was in town for BigBadCon. The dinner also included me, Eric V., Chris H., and Chris R. We were noticeably missing Eric L. and Sean. There was much talk about upcoming plans. We also got to celebrate the success of the recent Kickstarters done for Eric V. and myself. Yay! I also broached the topic of possible future Designers & Dragons books — which we're all enthusastic about. (I swear, I'm going to wait until the New Year to start anything new though; really.) Finally, I received an advance on my first quarterly payment for Designers & Dragons, which was substantive and well-appreciated.
The Menu: a variety of food that felt like it was Cajun influenced. I enjoyed a "BLT" that included a spicy guacamole and shrimp. It was delicious. Also, a chocolate cake which was OK to good. Unfortunately, the owner of Picán has been fighting against the improved minimum wage bill that's up for vote in Oakland next month, despite the fact that studies have shown that minimum wage increases don't have an adverse effect on restaurants, so that'll keep K. or me from eating there in the future.
The High Point: I felt more like a part of a tabletop game publisher than I have since I left Chaosium just more than 15 years ago. It's great to be part of that sort of creative community again.
On Sunday Kimberly and I celebrated my aforementioned advance from Evil Hat with dinner at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen, one of our favorite restaurants in Berkeley.
The Menu: I had what I always had there, which is a shrimp po'boy sandwich. They have lots more that sounds great but we go there infrequently enough that I have to have my favorite. We also, of course, had hush puppies for an appetizer. They've changed their desert menu, and they now have a French chocolate pudding which was absolutely spectacular. Mmm mmm!
The High Point: Late in the meal I told Kimberly, "This is the first time I've ever gotten an advance on a book and it was big enough that I took someone out to dinner to celebrate." It made my feel like a "real" writer.
On Friday I took a break from work to have lunch at Picán with what was described as most of the Evil Hat West crew. Fred H. was in town for BigBadCon. The dinner also included me, Eric V., Chris H., and Chris R. We were noticeably missing Eric L. and Sean. There was much talk about upcoming plans. We also got to celebrate the success of the recent Kickstarters done for Eric V. and myself. Yay! I also broached the topic of possible future Designers & Dragons books — which we're all enthusastic about. (I swear, I'm going to wait until the New Year to start anything new though; really.) Finally, I received an advance on my first quarterly payment for Designers & Dragons, which was substantive and well-appreciated.
The Menu: a variety of food that felt like it was Cajun influenced. I enjoyed a "BLT" that included a spicy guacamole and shrimp. It was delicious. Also, a chocolate cake which was OK to good. Unfortunately, the owner of Picán has been fighting against the improved minimum wage bill that's up for vote in Oakland next month, despite the fact that studies have shown that minimum wage increases don't have an adverse effect on restaurants, so that'll keep K. or me from eating there in the future.
The High Point: I felt more like a part of a tabletop game publisher than I have since I left Chaosium just more than 15 years ago. It's great to be part of that sort of creative community again.
On Sunday Kimberly and I celebrated my aforementioned advance from Evil Hat with dinner at Angeline's Louisiana Kitchen, one of our favorite restaurants in Berkeley.
The Menu: I had what I always had there, which is a shrimp po'boy sandwich. They have lots more that sounds great but we go there infrequently enough that I have to have my favorite. We also, of course, had hush puppies for an appetizer. They've changed their desert menu, and they now have a French chocolate pudding which was absolutely spectacular. Mmm mmm!
The High Point: Late in the meal I told Kimberly, "This is the first time I've ever gotten an advance on a book and it was big enough that I took someone out to dinner to celebrate." It made my feel like a "real" writer.