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