Pancake Parlour &c
Jan. 22nd, 2004 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skreidleJoined Jillian and Kit at North for a couple rounds of pool (I won!) and a drink (James Squire Pale Ale, this time), then we went to the Pancake Parlour. Interesting place--fully licensed restaurant, specializing in pancakes--go figure--but those pancakes could come with steak as easily as with cinnamon apples, for instance. Alternately, crepes, blintzes, coffees, and ice creams are all available, in an underground restaurant rife with early-1900s-style art on the walls and menus, as well as a chess set with pieces easily 6-8" high. :)
On the table was a newspaper talking about Bush's SotUA, so we all poked fun at that and at American politics and policies in general, and I was greatly pleased by Sen. John Kerry's comment wondering what world Bush was talking about. (Alas, I can't find that quote at the moment.)
After that, sat around North for a bit longer--pool table unavailable, alas--and helped a guy push another guy's stalled car out of an intersection. Unfortunately, it was an automatic, so there was no "drop the clutch in second" to get it going again.
Tomorrow, dinner at Latebra and outing to Tilley's; Saturday night, Cube--another club, one that I haven't been to yet.
Update to last post: Russian army beer rescue relayed out of the locked post I linked to. :)
Update to this post, 1am: Offloaded the latest picture from my camera to Nikon View and iPhoto, touched up and de-red-eyed* a few, stitched a panorama of sailboats on Lake Burley Griffin, upgraded Gallery Remote from 1.2.1b4 to 1.3b18, and still haven't uploaded a damn thing. :)
* iPhoto's red-eye reduction is pretty good, but only if the eyes are sharply red--otherwise the dark grey it replaces the red with spills into other parts of the face/photo. :)
On the table was a newspaper talking about Bush's SotUA, so we all poked fun at that and at American politics and policies in general, and I was greatly pleased by Sen. John Kerry's comment wondering what world Bush was talking about. (Alas, I can't find that quote at the moment.)
After that, sat around North for a bit longer--pool table unavailable, alas--and helped a guy push another guy's stalled car out of an intersection. Unfortunately, it was an automatic, so there was no "drop the clutch in second" to get it going again.
Tomorrow, dinner at Latebra and outing to Tilley's; Saturday night, Cube--another club, one that I haven't been to yet.
Update to last post: Russian army beer rescue relayed out of the locked post I linked to. :)
Update to this post, 1am: Offloaded the latest picture from my camera to Nikon View and iPhoto, touched up and de-red-eyed* a few, stitched a panorama of sailboats on Lake Burley Griffin, upgraded Gallery Remote from 1.2.1b4 to 1.3b18, and still haven't uploaded a damn thing. :)
* iPhoto's red-eye reduction is pretty good, but only if the eyes are sharply red--otherwise the dark grey it replaces the red with spills into other parts of the face/photo. :)
