Browse Day: March 5, 2011

Personal Sanity Lunch Truck Day

On Tuesday, I took a “Personal Sanity Day” from work and had a productive yet adventurous day.  I had two rolls of 120 film sitting in my house for the last 2 years and thought this would be the perfect day to go to the camera shop to turn them in.  Being able to wander downtown on a regular work day made me feel like a tourist in my own city.  There’s a different vibe in the streets compared to the weekend.  There are lots more people, cars, and sounds.  All the stores are open and you are more likely to find random lunch trucks and street carts around every corner.

On my way over to the Ferry Plaza, I found a street cart that was selling onigiri.  Yum.  It was $1 so I thought I’d give one a try.  This teriyaki chicken one was tasty.

At the Ferry Plaza, Hapa Ramen was there along with a couple other food stands.  Inside, I went to Miette for a couple French macarons and a gingerbread cupcake.

I also walked past Jes’ work building and found a lunch truck selling Japanese curry.  Score!  I called him up at 12 and we ate lunch across the street before his 1:00 meeting.  I had pork katsu curry and Jes had the chicken.  Both were yummy and very satisfying.  Apparently they’re parked out there every Tuesday…lucky Jesse.

I ♥ Wine

On Sunday, we went to SFMoMA for their wine exhibit.  They had a bunch of really cool displays including this huge wall of wine that was categorized by label themes.

There was also a cool display of “portable wine”.  I was delighted to see these single-serving glasses of wine made to look similar to the juice containers you get at the hospital.  Just peel the foil off the top and you’ve got a tasty beverage!

On another wall, they had a bunch of flasks with a bulbs attached.  They’re made for you to squeeze the bulb and sniff the funnel to get a certain smell from the wine.  This one was gooseberry.  Pretty neato.  They also had bellpepper, star anise, and some others I can’t remember.

Overall, it was an educational and very unique exhibit featuring one of my favorite things in the whole-wide world.  Here are more photos from our afternoon.