Ron needed a last minute Halloween costume and this is the best he pick up at the Halloween store in the afternoon, he was a “SACK”:
The name tag was part of the costume but we weren’t sure why….
Ron’s Halloween Costume
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Halloween Morning
I woke up early this morning to have breakfast but not any morning coffee so by noon, I was tired and decided to take a nap. The kitties decided to join me for my afternoon nap. Misu at my waist and Maxwell at my feet. I haven’t seen them sleeping so close to each other in a long time, usually Misu is chasing Maxwell and Maxwell is hissing and swatting at Misu.
After my nap, Ron and I walked downtown since he needed to find a costume for tonight’s Halloween party. After we scavenged at the Halloween store, we went for coffee at the Blue Bottle Cafe in Mint Plaza.
I ordered the New Orleans style iced coffee for Ron. It’s a cold drip brewed coffee with a bit of sugar and they say this one is okay with milk or cream. They also have Kyoto style iced coffee which they recommend drinking black. I originally ordered the Kyoto style, not knowing it’s not recommended with milk, but they exchanged it for the New Orleans in a heartbeat, knowing that Ron does not like black coffee. If you go to the cafe, check out the contraption used for the Kyoto style, it’s a REALLY slow drip.
For myself, I ordered an Affogato. The ice cream was Humphry Slocombe’s Special Breakfast topped with a shot of espresso. The ice cream itself was nice and creamy but kind of unidentifiable, it had some sort of cake/cookie/grain/nougat pieces in it. Once topped with the espresso = YUM! The bitterness of the espresso made the ice cream even better.
After coffee, since I slept through lunch, Ron and I went to have dinner at Bangkok Noodles. I ordered the roast duck noodles with flat noodles. Flat rice noodles are my favorite and I love roast duck. Their broth is kind of addictive but also a bit oily and salty but very satisfying. Those fried garlic pieces were so good.
Ron’s heading to a Halloween party tonight while I am opting to stay home since I’m working in Oakland tomorrow. With the Bay Bridge closure, it’s going to be a bit of a pain to get across the bay. In hindsight, I should have said no when the regular RPh called me on Friday to ask me to work… oh well, too late now.
Blue Bottle Coffee Co. Cafe
66 Mint Street
Bangkok Noodles
110 Powell St
Teatro Zinzanni
Ron and I had a fabulous time at Teatro Zinzanni. A generous donor gave our workplace some free tickets and I happened to be one of the winners for the raffle. The vouchers had to be used before the end of October so we finally found an evening free to go.
We were lucky to find street parking and paid 4 hours at one of the meters, it was only about $3.50 versus the $15 for the parking lot next to the the show. We arrived a bit before 6:30pm and the doors were already open (they open at 6pm) and there were lots of people inside the tent already starting on drinks. We went to the maitre d’ to redeem our vouchers for our table number, #14.
While we were waiting, we had a drink and took a quick scan of the boutique. While at the boutique, a lady came to offer us face painting so Ron agreed to pay for it for me ($10). I was amazed she was so quick, it took less than 10 minutes as I stood there and all I asked her to do was match my outfit. After she finished, we made our way inside to be lead to our seats. We weren’t supposed to take pictures inside but Ron took this one before the show started. I’m a bit tired from the long day at work.
Since we weren’t allowed to take photos inside, I can summarize by saying the show was fabulous and worth the visit. The five-course meal was tasty, although served a little slow as each course was part of the act. The acts included singing, dancing, juggling, trapeze, acting, audience participation, and more. It was really hilarious and Ron and I were busting up laughing during most parts of the show. We’d love to go again sometime, especially with a big group of friends.
At the end of the show, we headed back out to the lobby and I felt like having “Tsarbucks” (part of the show)…
Outside the tents:
Presenting “Under the Gypsy Moon”, showing until January 2010:
At the boutique, I bought myself a cute headband to wear to work tomorrow. I’m going to see if I can save my face painting until tomorrow so am sleeping on my right side. Here’s a close-up before it gets smeared…
I feel very lucky to have won those tickets or else who knows when we would have gone. We’ve driven by it so many times but just never found the time to buy tickets to see it. I hope to send the donor a well-deserved thank you for giving us all such a generous gift.
Teatro Zinzanni
Pier 29
Red Velvet Cupcakes (made to look like eyeballs!)
http://www.marthastewart….velvet-cupcakes
We had a Halloween pot luck at work so I wanted to make something appropriate for the occasion. I just saw a repeat of the cupcakes episode of Throwdown with Bobby Flay where they make red velvet cupcakes. I didn’t realize they had the actual recipe on the Food Network’s website so instead went to Martha Stewart for her red velvet cupcake recipe.
Then from Epicurious, I followed their directions for decorating Eyeball Cupcakes. I used store bought cream cheese frosting and red icing. The tip on the icing can was a bit thick so it didn’t quite come out the same. Gummi savers with chocolate chips are the irises.
The entire platter:
A close-up of two eyes:
It’s best to use the paper cupcake liners as I made some in silicone molds without them and they stuck and the cupcakes broke in half. The cupcake is so moist that it breaks apart easily.
Cako Bakery
http://www.cakobakery.com/main/index.html
Our friends brought us some cupcakes from a new bakery in Union Square: Cako Bakery. They have a simple, cute logo.
The cupcake on the left was some sort of carrot cake with a cream cheese frosting. Ron ate the cake with only about half the frosting. I believe the one I ate was a red velvet cupcake, also a bit too much frosting so I only ate half of the frosting, but without it, the cake was a bit dry.
They’re worth a try while they’re having a buy one get one free offer when you mention Yelp but I prefer my cupcakes a bit more moist with less frosting (or at least frosting that isn’t so sweet).
Cako Bakery
211 O’Farrell St