We have renewed the lease for another year, which involved signing an assortment of things, three times each, including a form with the statement that "a child under six years of age does not live in this apartment" (reference to lead paint) and another that no child of ten or younger lives here, and we do not want window guards (which we could have in any case, but are required if there's a child present). There was also one intended to serve as notice that they have applied for a rent increase because of the "major capital improvement" of installing security cameras, but with the amount, date, and docket numbers all blank. I carefully wrote "zero" in percentage: if they want me to sign it with something else, they can provide the data.
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cattitude and I have played a lot of Scrabble this weekend.
I have also spent some time this weekend on the massive project at work (which is eating everything else for the moment, at least in editorial).
We're getting some good fall colors in the park. Cattitude and I went for a walk, and looked at pretty leaves and random birds; we also saw two turtles, but just heads poking up above the surface. I am now fiddling with some photos I took, this afternoon and earlier in the month.
The other cool thing this week was taking Cattitude to Ido Sushi for a birthday dinner. Thank you again,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
roadnotes, for introducing me to that restaurant. They had really good mackerel and melt-in-your-mouth sashimi. The only problem was that an appetizer that I asked about and was assured wasn't spicy turned out to be so; our best guess is that the sauce the deep fried soft shell crab and bits of mango were sitting on had hot peppers in it. It was on the edge of okay for me, and sort of snuck up, because not everything was in contact with the spice. I ate all the crab and about half the mango salsa, and told the waiter about the problem. For me, this was an annoyance. For someone else, it could be either reason to send the dish back (I still have some tolerance for capsicum spice, but not everyone does) or a more serious problem. So, I enjoyed the meal, and will be going back again, but am going to be cautious about bringing people with allergies or other food sensitivities.
cattitude and I have played a lot of Scrabble this weekend.I have also spent some time this weekend on the massive project at work (which is eating everything else for the moment, at least in editorial).
We're getting some good fall colors in the park. Cattitude and I went for a walk, and looked at pretty leaves and random birds; we also saw two turtles, but just heads poking up above the surface. I am now fiddling with some photos I took, this afternoon and earlier in the month.
The other cool thing this week was taking Cattitude to Ido Sushi for a birthday dinner. Thank you again,
roadnotes, for introducing me to that restaurant. They had really good mackerel and melt-in-your-mouth sashimi. The only problem was that an appetizer that I asked about and was assured wasn't spicy turned out to be so; our best guess is that the sauce the deep fried soft shell crab and bits of mango were sitting on had hot peppers in it. It was on the edge of okay for me, and sort of snuck up, because not everything was in contact with the spice. I ate all the crab and about half the mango salsa, and told the waiter about the problem. For me, this was an annoyance. For someone else, it could be either reason to send the dish back (I still have some tolerance for capsicum spice, but not everyone does) or a more serious problem. So, I enjoyed the meal, and will be going back again, but am going to be cautious about bringing people with allergies or other food sensitivities.