road trip day 1 (with super secret bonus day 2)
feis and i are driving to pittsburgh from mountain view (from seattle for him). yesterday we drove down CA-1, which is completely gorgeous, to san luis obispo and from there down a few miserable not-lit windy one-lane highways to bakersfield.
in san luis obispo we stopped at the Buona Tavola restaurant, which was a good decision all around. i had scampi and proscuitto ravioli in saffron cream sauce, which left me with one of those rare "i just had a very good meal" glowy feelings afterward. as we were leaving, the guy at the front desk asked me about my shirt (jack and i were both wearing the helper shirt), and as i was explaining, one of the waitresses (who apparently majored in math at a nearby college) came up and exclaimed "oh, you shouldn't have asked him! i was going to figure it out for myself!" after i finished, the guy told me about how he and his friends used to have a club/gathering/something which went by the name "entropic cement", with the logo being gravel.
partway along one of the later highways jack had us stop to look at the stars. i hadn't been in a place with so little light pollution since the last time my dad took the family out stargazing when i was a kid.
today we had worse food and much easier driving. it's difficult to sit at the wheel for many hours without snacking frequently.
in san luis obispo we stopped at the Buona Tavola restaurant, which was a good decision all around. i had scampi and proscuitto ravioli in saffron cream sauce, which left me with one of those rare "i just had a very good meal" glowy feelings afterward. as we were leaving, the guy at the front desk asked me about my shirt (jack and i were both wearing the helper shirt), and as i was explaining, one of the waitresses (who apparently majored in math at a nearby college) came up and exclaimed "oh, you shouldn't have asked him! i was going to figure it out for myself!" after i finished, the guy told me about how he and his friends used to have a club/gathering/something which went by the name "entropic cement", with the logo being gravel.
partway along one of the later highways jack had us stop to look at the stars. i hadn't been in a place with so little light pollution since the last time my dad took the family out stargazing when i was a kid.
today we had worse food and much easier driving. it's difficult to sit at the wheel for many hours without snacking frequently.