This weekend sounded rather familiar: Work during hours such that I am sleep deprived on Saturday, get some small amount of work done on the bathroom, go out to dinner, mess with some computer stuff around the house in downtime.
The work wasn't too bad this weekend - had a 5.5 hour window for sleep Saturday morning even. (slight sarcasm here)
The bathroom now has shiny new valving equipment and some new electrics, but still no floor covering, nor paint. HGTV really needs to show the part of the bathroom remodel where they need a 2.75 inch long piece of threaded pipe, yet Home Depot only carries 2.5 or 3.0 inch varieties, neither of which provide correct clearance, forcing a delay while a specialty plumbing supply shop with a half-inch pipe threading die is found so that the correct length piece can be fabricated.
Other made-for-TV bathroom renovation moments - finding a cracked tile while you're putting on the second coat of grout sealant (the absolute final tiling step)
Food: Lulu - creative menu, tasty bistro-style food, in an old house just south of Midwood - the waitress was a bit slow - and the wine a bit overpriced, but that's about it for the complaints. As an example of the menu to food creativity: the dish I ordered was the Silence of the Lambs - fork-tender lamb chops with a port wine glaze over some ground pistachio nuts with white bean puree hushpuppies ($16). It is a restaurant that doesn't take itself too seriously, and the chefs seem to be having fun with the food, though with enough skill to back it up... it's interesting to find places like that. It reminds me why I like cooking.
Time to disappear for another week. Cell me if something interesting happens, or gmail, which is equally accessible now.
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