June 7, 2026 Breakfast - an Almond Croissant and a Mushroom and cheese omelet, a smoked pork chop, and Cottage fried potatoes Dinner - Grilled steak, cottage fried potatoes, and steamed asparagus

June 7, 2026 Breakfast - an Almond Croissant and a Mushroom and cheese omelet, a smoked pork chop, and Cottage fried potatoes  Dinner - Grilled steak, cottage fried potatoes, and steamed asparagus

Today was the employee appreciation dinner at the Center at 4:00

We got up around 7:00 and I watched news and Suzette exercised.

Then I made a lovely 4 egg omelet with sautéed sliced mushroom, garlic, and minced red onion plus slices of triple cream cheese.

In a separate skillet Suzette sautéed a smoked pork chop and diced potatoes.

It was a large breakfast but we did not eat any lunch.

Instead at 11:30 I drove to Smith’s and bought two salmon filets, a carton of vanilla ice cream, two bunches of asparagus, three shallots, and two liter bottles of tonic water.

At 1:50 we drove to the Center and helped set up for the party.

I opened five bottles of 2022 Lussac- St. Emilion, but only one was consumed. It was mostly a beer crowd.

At 4:00 Suzette grilled steaks and I sliced them for the attendees.

Suzette gave a speech in which she mentioned me and thanked me.

It was a pleasant afternoon garden party in the big field under the big tent with the band playing on the stage and the poet writing poems for attendees beside the secret garden.

There was lots of kitchen help that set up tables and chairs and set the tables and made salad, baked potatoes, BBQ sauce, and sautéed sweet peppers and onions to garnish the T-bone steaks that Suzette grilled and I sliced.

Everyone ate as much as they wanted and there were 13 steaks left that Suzette will give to those staff that helped.

Suzette gave the five longest employed money leis we made and there was a poet writing poems for people and a good band, Back in Time, a raffle, and a scavenger hunt. So lots of employees got presents and recognition.

We left after the party ended at 6:00. Dan from the kitchen brought two to go plastic platters and lids and we filled them with steak, a potato and some sweet peppers and onion.

When we returned home we had a cocktail to recover from all the activity and then I steamed fifteen asparagus.

Suzette quickly diced sautéed cooked steak and baked potato and some of the sautéed sweet peppers and onion.

I sliced five or six chive stalks and we added sour cream and chives to the diced sautéed potatoes and drank glasses of the 2022 Lussac-St. Emillion for dinner.

This was a wonderful dinner. I packed slices of them or the filet mignonette side of the steak for us, so it was an excellent dinner

Willy came by after his hike and Suzette sautéed diced steak, potato, and asparagus for him. We talked about a house he is looking at to buy.

When he left around 9:00 Suzette went to bed and I blogged this entry.

Bon Appetit

une 6, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate Lunch - Vinaigrette Dinner - Leftover Beef Stroganoff with Egg Noodles

June 6, 2026 Breakfast - Pain au Chocolate  Lunch - Vinaigrette Dinner - Leftover Beef Stroganoff with Egg Noodles

We awakened around 6:30.

Suzette did aerobics in the hot tub and I watched Velshi and ate a pain au chocolate with a latte macchiato.

Then at 8:45 we rode bikes to the Farmer’s Market, where a Suzette bought two almond croissants and a regular croissant.

We then rode around the neighborhood that helped me accumulate over 4100 steps today.

When we returned we invited Willy over for an Almond croissants and a cup of coffee.

After he left we folded money into a flower shape-and Suzette tied the money flowers onto necklaces to make money leis.

At 11:30 Amy and Vahl arrived and we all went to Vinaigrette for lunch.

The funniest thing was that Amy and I both wanted Cajun Gumbo but when Amy asked if it contained okra the waitress said it did not and Amy ordered an arugula salad with grilled Pork tenderloin instead because she loves okra in her gumbo and could not think to order it without okra. Willy and Vahl ordered kale salad. Suzette ordered duck tacos and I ordered a bowl of Cajun Gumbo.

                                                        The Cajun Gumbo

Amy and I were surprised when the gumbo was served because it contained lots of okra. The waitress seemed clueless.

I especially enjoyed the gumbo, which I think is the best dish at Vinaigrette and not expensive at $9.00. We also ordered an order of focaccia that was served with olive oil and balsamic vinegar with bread plates. We made puddles of oil and vinegar on our bread plates and soaked the fluffy chunks of focaccia before eating them.

After lunch we all went to an open house of an inferior house on the edge of the Sawmill district north of Mountain Rd. In a Willy’s search for a house.

Then Amy and Vahl left for Santa Fe and Willy and we went home.

We finished making money necklaces and then I lay down for a nap. Suzette went shopping for clothes for our trip to California this week and returned around 5:30.  

At 5:00 I watched the Belmont Stakes, which was won by Golden Tempo that also won the Kentucky Derby and is probably the fastest three year old.

We then snacked on pistachios and at 6:00 watched Texas played Oregon in the College World Series and Carolina played Las Vegas in the Stanley Cup finals game three that went to double overtime and did not end until after 10:00.

At 6:30 Suzette reheated the Beef Stroganoff and egg noodles and I opened a bottle of Bogle Heritage red blend that was mostly Zinfandel grapes.

The stroganoff was better tonight after sitting in the fridge for several days and the wine opened up after about 1/2 hour to express its normal pepperiness.

Suzette went to bed at 8:30 and I watched Bill Maher at 9:00 and then the final two overtime periods of the hockey match and at an apple.

Then I blogged antibiotic I am applying to my eyes seems to be working because I am feeling better and seeing better, which is wonderful 

Then I blogged this entry.

Bon Appetit

June 5, 2026. Breakfast - Granola with Blueberries. Lunch - Wonton Noodle Chicken Soup with Snow Peas. Dinner - Salmon Tacos with avocado crema and cole slaw

June 5, 2026. Breakfast - Granola with Blueberries. Lunch - Wonton Noodle Chicken Soup with Snow Peas. Dinner - Salmon Tacos with avocado crema and cole slaw

Another interesting day that switched my attention completely from the market to practicing law, which was very important because the market suffered one of its worst days ever. My portfolio shrank by 4.5%.

I started the day with a bowl of granola with milk, mango yogurt, and blueberries.

We then picked peas and then after Suzette left  I tried to renew my driver’s  license and renew my handicapped placard on line.

It took several hours and before I completed it I received a call from Bill Turner reminding me that I needed to review a water rights conveyance file at Waterbank, so I drove to Waterbank and began reviewing the file.

It soon became complicated by a death of one of the parties to the transaction and I had to do a significant amount of drafting to the deed. With the help of Matt and the buyer we corrected the deed, but it took several hours to obtain the necessary documents. 

When I drove home I knew I had done some great lawyering and I felt good.

When I returned home I reheated the broth leftover from my chicken noodle and wonton soup on Wednesday lunch at Lime, to which I added two chicken dumplings, a bundle of rice vermicelli noodles, some green onion, a T. of red miso, more water, and five snow peas cut into thirds. When the noodles and dumplings were fully cooked I added the leftover noodles and wontons from lunch and heated the soup to nearly a boil.

The resulting soup was delicious, especially when I added fresh cilantro leaves and a squirt of hoisin.  I ate all two bowls of it, as I watch the market close on this historic day when the air went out of the AI bubble.

Trump in his completely self-serving and grossly inappropriate timing way said he was going to convene the CEOs of the tech firms and shake them down for the government to get a portion of their profits. 

After lunch I worked on my license and placard renewal again until Suzette came home.

Dinner- Suzette thawed several pieces of frozen salmon soon after she came home. Then we started cooking at 5:30. Suzette cut the salmon into chunks and dusted and fried the salmon and heated leftover beans  and corn tortillas in the microwave, while I made avocado crema by mixing avocado with sour cream. I also made cole slaw. I chopped about 1(/8 of a medium head of red cabbage into thin strips and then added about 1 cup of mayonnaise and 1/3 cup of sweet pickle relish and 1/4 cup of minced red onion.

Soon, when everything was ready, we filled tortillas with fried salmon, creama and Cole slaw and put a pile of beans on our plates and ate a wonderful dinner.

We then watched a lovely 2014 Rob Reiner directed movie starring Diane Keeton and Michael Douglas titled “And So It Goes”.

We shared a tiramisu that I bought at Trader Joe’s that was not very good, so I will not serve it at the BD party.

We then went to bed, Suzette to sleep and I to blog for a while.

Bon Appetit

June 4, 2026 Breakfast - Two men on Islands Lunch - with Mike at Padilla’s Dinner - Leftover Baked Chicken with Lemon and Tarragon and Mashed Potatoes and Butternut Squash and Blanched Snow Peas with butter

June 4, 2026 Breakfast - Two men on Islands Lunch - with Mike at Padilla’s   Dinner - Leftover Baked Chicken with Lemon and Tarragon and Mashed Potatoes and Butternut Squash and Blanched Snow Peas with butter

Today turned out well but much of it was spent getting treated for a bacterial infection in my eyes.

I woke up at 7:00 and watched the Market open down but the market slowly came back and my portfolio managed a small .5% gain by the close.

I had a long and pleasant conversation with a client in the morning. Then I made Two Men on an Islad for breakfast, which was my mother’s title for fried egg sandwiches. I melted butter in a skillet and toasted two slices of Whole wheat bread on one side and then flipped the bread and added a bit of butter to toast the other side and added an egg on each and when the other side of bread was toasted flipped both together to cook the eggs to over easy. It is one of my favorite breakfast dishes. I drank a cup of chai with it.

At 11:00 I drove to East Ocean and met Mike but the restaurant was closed. Mike suggested Padilla’s, so we met there and each ordered blue corn enchiladas with beef. Mike made a suggestion on what computer to buy to replace my current laptop and explained AI to me a bit, especially why lots of memory is critical, which explains why large data centers are being built and why memory chip stock makers’ stock is rapidly rising.

After lunch I drove to my dentist’s office and bought a tube of toothpaste and then drove to Eye Associates for my appointment. I was early bur was taken early for the initial eye exam by the technician. I scored 20/20 vision on the exam, even with an eye infection, which later proved very important when the doctor examined me because she approved my vision on a Vision Report for MVD that will enable me to renew my driver’s license. 

I also called Red Tail Ridge and ordered a case of their natural Sparkling rose.

Finally at 3:00 I finished my doctor’s appointment and drove to Costco to pick up my prescription. It was not ready so I called Suzette and picked up some nuts for the employee party. I then went to the liquor department. They still had Precision Cabernet Sauvignon n sale for $11.99 so I bought four bottles, I also bought two bottles of Bogle Heritage red blend for $7.99 that is mainly a Zinfandel, a bottle of Kirkland Chablis Premier Cru that is highly rated.  

I need to slow down the wine buying, but there are so many good wines.  I hope we finish the wine cellar soon, so we will have a place to put the wine.

It was almost 5:00 by the time I arrived home and I was getting sore so I made a snack of herring opin wine sauce on whole wheat breadtoasted and spread with dour cream and garnished with red onion slices. I drank the last glass of La Granja Viura/Verdejo blend.

Around 5:45 Suzette heated two of the previously baked chicken thighs and

the leftover Mashed potatoes and butternut squash combined with the leftover gravy and blanched some snow peas from our garden.

I opened a bottle of Le Ferme Julien rose from the Southern Rhone.

After a pleasant dinner we each took a glass of rose to the big chairs in front of the RV and watched the U T women’s softball team beat Texas Tech to win the women’s NCAA softball National championship.

We then watched Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals. It was an exciting game thar Las Vegas tied 3 to 3 in the last 2 minutes to Deb’s it to overtime, which Carolina won to even the games at 1 each.

I then blogged and went to bed around 10:45.

Bon Appetit