January 16, 2026 Breakfast - Lax on Bagel Lunch - Costco Hot Dog Dinner - Seared Tuna and Salmon Poke Bowl

January 16, 2026 Breakfast - Lax on Bagel Lunch - Costco Hot Dog Dinner - Seared Tuna and Salmon Poke Bowl

Sometimes the usual is the most satisfying, as it was today.

I woke up around 7:45. Suzette had slept 11 hours and I had slept about 9 hours.

It felt wonderful to be rested and the day went smoothly because of it, I suspect.

I watched the news until 8:00 and then cut and toasted the thick side of a new Wonder bread bagel I bought at Smith’s into two thin slices and spread them with the green onion cheese spread I bought at Smith’s and garnished them with the usual red onion slices, Gravad lax, and capers and drank a cup of tea for breakfast.

Then I worked at my desk sending corporate documents to a client and calling Wells Advisors to get a form to withdraw an over-contribution to my Roth IRA.

At 10:30 I drove to my podiatry appointment and then to Costco to shop and eat. I first went to the wine area, where I bought a case of Dos Equis beer, and 10 bottles of wine including another Smith Haut Laffite Bordeaux, two new Riojas, two new Cotes Du Rhone, another Faustino Ulcea Albariño, another New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and a Gavi Italian White. The variety and quality of Costco’s wines at reasonable prices is so impressive I cannot stop buying them, although I try to stay with single vineyard wine because their Kirkland brand varietals seem to be monopoles that have a fuzzy, indistinct flavor to Suzette and me. I looked for asparagus but there were none, so the only other purchase was a bottle of shampoo.

After I shopped I ate a hot dog, my usual lunch at Costco after podiatry and the drove home arriving around 1:00.

Suzette worked from home today and had eaten some of the delicious leftover enchiladas.

I filled in and sent in the withdrawal form and worked at my desk including working on the motion until 4:00 when Suzette wanted my help chopping ingredients for the Poke she planed to prepare for dinner.

Dinner - I minced 1 T. of fresh ginger, 1 1/2 shallots, and three cloves of garlic, while Suzette diced the two 8 oz. Aji tuna steaks and about 1/2 lb. of salmon. I had bought an entire fillet, so she sliced and added one more large salmon fillet to the diced fish and put them all in a gallon freezer bag with the ingredients i minced and then added soy, sesame oil, and mirin, apple cider vinegar and sugar she had heated to dissolve the sugar to the bag to create a marinade. She also sliced the remaining portion of the salmon fillet into three fillets that she wrapped in Saran and froze.

We then watched the news for an hour while the fish marinated.

At 6:00 Suzette skewered the marinated cubes of fish that had turned almost black and seared them on the grill outside. I cut flowerets off a head of broccoli and steamed them and we microwaved some of the PPI Mexican Rice I made several days ago. 

Suzette fetched deep bowls that I filled with rice on one side and steamed broccoli on the other and when the fish was seared Suzette added fish cubes to the top of the rice.

I fetched three Dos Equis from the garage. Willy joined us for dinner but did not drink a beer because he had a 7:30 soccer game.

After dinner and after Willy left we watched a recent Netflix movie we enjoyed with an all star cast, including Glen Close, and Daniel Craig titled Wake Up Dead Men that won an award for best ensemble cast that we found richly satisfying.

Suzette then went to bed and I stayed up to blog and drink a cup of tea.

Fish are on the menu for this weekend also. Tomorrow brunch will most likely be smoked trout omelet.

Bon Appetit