Tuesday 03/10/2026
Morning I was able to run my laundry early and got it almost done.
At 11 met with David M and we walked to the Sheraton hotel, This was to attend a meeting of the Fellowship Forum, a group of men that meet weekly to have lunch and hear a speaker. I will be the speaker next week so the idea was to get used to the format.
Pleasant bunch of older men in “business casual” meaning I had to wear my only sport coat. But no tie. The lunch was a nice hotel lunch soup and grilled salmon. The speaker was a guy from the Hoover institute talking about the Baltic nations, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. And how they are reacting to events like the Ukranian war. Interesting.
In the afternoon I finished the laundry (ironing my docent shirts) and practiced the talk I am giving next week. It’s a good talk, you can listen to how it sounded last November.
At 4:45 I met with Joanne and we went off for a little outing. Some performers we have heard at Channing House and liked, Terrigal Burn and Tamara Dunn, are performing in a hotel lounge on Friday night at 6pm. We thought maybe to go, but then Betty had given us a mixed review of that hotel lunge, and the hotel website was not clear on whether they had food. So we went to case the joint.
It’s the AC hotel, an upscale Marriott brand, on San Antonio road. We drove over there and were able to park on the street, avoiding the valet-parking. Checked out the lounge. Not the greatest venue for listening to music, but it will be ok, and they do have food, a Tapas menu. So we can eat and listen.
It was about 5:30 at this point and we were talking about taking a hike tomorrow, and I was saying my Hoka shoes are worn out. So Joanne jumps on her phone and says there’s Footwear Inc in Los Altos, open until 6. So we drive over there and get to the store with ten minutes to spare and I buy a new pair of Hokas.
Then shall we eat here or go home? Oh there are so many restaurants in Los Altos. But where? I get out my phone and zoom in on Apple Maps and start reading nearby restaurant names. When I hit “Urfa” Joanne says “yes”. So we walk to Urfa which turns out to be Mediterranean, mostly Greek, food. Nice supper at a table on the sidewalk.
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