One Night, Three Dinners

You know how sometimes, when you drink, you just can't stop eating? Well, yesterday I had the most hysterically fun Sonoma trip I've taken in a long time. And even though I was the designated driver and politely sipped and spat my wine all day long, by 5pm I was starving.

So on our way back, we stopped at In N' Out. I was with a first time visitor to California and a native son who's been gone too long, so it was animal style cheeseburgers and animal style fries for everyone. Our Pittsburgh-area native agreed the cheeseburger is the best way ever to spend $2.20.

Not a bit over two hours later, we met J and others for dinner at Tommy's Joynt on Van Ness. I polished off the corned beef and cabbage and J finished the turkey plate. I think everyone was pretty much flabbergasted that I could eat after a cheeseburger. But that's what happens when Pei misses 3:00 snack!

We went to Mad Piano's near Foley's Irish Bar for a few hours of loud singing and drinks, then stopped at Ryoko's for a late night snack. We had a volcano roll, Ryoko's famous peanut butter deliciousness. It's weird, but actually really good. The half empty jar of Skippy proves that everyone else likes it too! We also had some great fish and shitakes.

We ended our night drunk and full at 1am. It's very rare these days for us to stay out that late, both because everyone's trying to save money and because we're just too old to do this often. But when there are visitors in town, it really is fun to show them why SF is America's favorite city!