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walkitoutR. is feeling much better, and planned a very long bike ride starting in the morning. It’s going to be high seventies today.
We took the rental car out to New Hope in an effort to visit a canal state park, but parking in New Hope is Interesting and we never did figure it out. I parked on the street in town and T. walked over to get pictures at the canal. A. and I wandered the town and went into a few shops but did not buy anything other than food. We got chocolate — which was divine! — at Sciascia Confections in Ferry Market. Vegan options! Actually, lots of vegan options in town and multiple vegetarian restaurants. I had a vegan samosa in Ferry Market that was _fantastic_ (I think from The Good Gyro), and the people there were also really nice. Nice smiles, very genuine. I’ve been slowing down and actually responding to How Are Yous and in general, people are _not_ acting like that is weird but acting like that is really nice, which suggests that it’s normal here to take How Are You seriously, and it’s just the tourists that don’t.
We ate lunch at Triumph Brewery. I had the vegan shawarma , which was really good. I had a 10 ounce apricot ale, and I bought the Big Can so R. and I could have some after we return home. Light and refreshing, altho not a low ABV. My kinda beverage.
I talked to the kids a little about what happened last night, and how I am planning to really double down on not arguing with people. I won’t necessarily stop saying, Actually, that’s not totally / not at all / no longer true / etc., but if people double down, I’m going to take a 10 count pause and consider whether it is worth it to continue. I explained this to the kids and gave them permission to count out loud AND to tell people if asked what they were doing that they were trying to decide whether it was worth it to correct their ignorance. I asked them NOT to do that to their aunt, because we can’t just run away from her. Also, I warned them not to say it to someone who they cannot outrun, or to anyone who is in charge of them (boss or teacher), because it won’t go well and could be dangerous. What I am going to try to remember to do with my sister is to stop and saying something like, this doesn’t feel very fun. Are you okay? Do you need anything? R. thinks she is trying to pick a fight, and she’ll do that when she needs something that she does not know how to ask for directly unprompted.
Dinner was at Villa Barolo, because we were not sure how crowded TJ Smith’s and/or Pat’s Select/The Cage were going to be. Villa Barolo was fine as a roughly Papa Razzi equivalent choice. I had two sides (broccoli rabe and brussel sprouts) and bruschetta and a manhattan. I got A. a plain grilled chicken and fries. She had the snickers pie after with R. T. got ravioli with ricotta and spinach. R. got pea soup and then I think he had lamb, and boar, but I could be wrong about that.
We took the rental car out to New Hope in an effort to visit a canal state park, but parking in New Hope is Interesting and we never did figure it out. I parked on the street in town and T. walked over to get pictures at the canal. A. and I wandered the town and went into a few shops but did not buy anything other than food. We got chocolate — which was divine! — at Sciascia Confections in Ferry Market. Vegan options! Actually, lots of vegan options in town and multiple vegetarian restaurants. I had a vegan samosa in Ferry Market that was _fantastic_ (I think from The Good Gyro), and the people there were also really nice. Nice smiles, very genuine. I’ve been slowing down and actually responding to How Are Yous and in general, people are _not_ acting like that is weird but acting like that is really nice, which suggests that it’s normal here to take How Are You seriously, and it’s just the tourists that don’t.
We ate lunch at Triumph Brewery. I had the vegan shawarma , which was really good. I had a 10 ounce apricot ale, and I bought the Big Can so R. and I could have some after we return home. Light and refreshing, altho not a low ABV. My kinda beverage.
I talked to the kids a little about what happened last night, and how I am planning to really double down on not arguing with people. I won’t necessarily stop saying, Actually, that’s not totally / not at all / no longer true / etc., but if people double down, I’m going to take a 10 count pause and consider whether it is worth it to continue. I explained this to the kids and gave them permission to count out loud AND to tell people if asked what they were doing that they were trying to decide whether it was worth it to correct their ignorance. I asked them NOT to do that to their aunt, because we can’t just run away from her. Also, I warned them not to say it to someone who they cannot outrun, or to anyone who is in charge of them (boss or teacher), because it won’t go well and could be dangerous. What I am going to try to remember to do with my sister is to stop and saying something like, this doesn’t feel very fun. Are you okay? Do you need anything? R. thinks she is trying to pick a fight, and she’ll do that when she needs something that she does not know how to ask for directly unprompted.
Dinner was at Villa Barolo, because we were not sure how crowded TJ Smith’s and/or Pat’s Select/The Cage were going to be. Villa Barolo was fine as a roughly Papa Razzi equivalent choice. I had two sides (broccoli rabe and brussel sprouts) and bruschetta and a manhattan. I got A. a plain grilled chicken and fries. She had the snickers pie after with R. T. got ravioli with ricotta and spinach. R. got pea soup and then I think he had lamb, and boar, but I could be wrong about that.