Making Friends

Monday, August 4
Ravi's stay with us ended. Virg and I tried India Garden in Oakland, supposedly the best Indian food in the city. The food was pretty good, though not amazing, and the waiters were impressively unpleasant. Watched the Bourne Ultimatum on DVD in the evening. It was entertaining, but I think if you never saw a Bourne movie, you wouldn't be missing out.

Tuesday, August 5
On their way back from DC, Virg's parents stopped by for lunch with us at Aladdin's.

Wednesday, August 6
Tried Lucca's pizza for lunch. It was a much nicer place to eat than the many other pizza places near us, but the food wasn't nearly as good.

Many of our friends have tried to fix us up with their friends in Pittsburgh. We've now met a couple "friends of friends" here. It's pretty much like going on a blind date, where at first you're not sure who in the restaurant you're supposed to be meeting with, and in the end you're wondering how long you should wait to call them again. The asymmetry is that we need friends and they don't.

We met some friends-of-friends for dinner at Ka Mei--a chinese restaurant so close we can almost see it from our home. Had a nice time there, and the food was ok.

Thursday, August 7
We ate a delicious but microscopic lunch at the Tango Cafe. Then I had dinner with a high school student of mine at the Union Grill.

Friday, August 8
Another friend-of-friend meeting. We met a tech writer for lunch at Tamarind, not far from CMU. The Indian buffet there was delicious, and we had a good time chatting with her. Then Carlos arrived in the evening.