Cafe du Nord with Savage Republic - $6.50

Not a Wednesday night date! Hmm, no consistency, but we wanted to see Ethan Port play wiht Savage Republic at Cafe du Nord. Two other bands played as well - Toiling Midgets & Flipper - good show. Also, I had the flue on the Wednesday date night.

Manhattans were small but good. $6.50

Dinner at Cafe du Nord afterwards - burgers for both.

Wild Side West on a hot evening $5.00

Manhattans in the back garden of the Wild Side West on a hot summer evening is perfect. The Manhattans, rather small, were good an just $5.00. Three guys were playing guitar and laughter and cigarette smoke drifted from other garden areas. Laughter. Electric lights slung in trees. A water fountain dripping slowly overflowing onto my stony seat. Then the neighbor started watering his garden. The sprinkler blasted onto the wooden fence spraying us sitting on the other side. I wonder if he does this on purpose.

Dinner at Shiso on Mission Street featuring both a traditional Chinese menu as well as Japanese. Sushi. We decided on the Chinese and to return to try the Japanese next time.

Dalva Bar on 16th St in the Mission $6.26

Walked down the street and looking into this bar, Dalva, to see if we wanted to stop in for the Manhattan there. We found the bartender to be friendly and knowledgeable and he poured a big Manhattan. So big in fact that he asked us to sip the top off so he could pour the rest into our glasses. We like that.

Dalva might have been called Fireside in another lifetime 'cause that's the name outside on the brick. They show movies there but we didn't see any playing.

Went to dinner at the Thai place nearby on the corner of 16th and Guerrero. The owner had owned it for 25 years that night so we were treated to a free dish.