Date night in San Francisco

The following notable things happened today:

1. It rained. I am pretty sure this is the first time it has rained in San Jose since April or May. People on the East coast -- you really don't know what that's like. It's weird. This is definitely my first rain experience since Alaska.

2. We drove into San Francisco to go to a play. On the way, we decided to visit Bi-Rite Creamery, due to a) extremely positive reviews from friends and b) a gift card wedding gift from one of those friends. After spending about twenty minutes trying to find parking (grrrr), we finally made it. Salted caramel ice cream. Yummy.

3. On the way from Bi-Rite to the American Conservatory Theater, we almost got in a car accident. I had a slo-mo moment of watching the front of the car get closer and closer to the idiot who decided to pull out of their parking space on a major street without looking. Thank you, Subaru brakes. No damage done.

4. We got to the theater just in time to make it into our seats (we were literally running up the stairs) for the opening act of Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard. It was excellent.

5. We had dinner reservations at Canteen, and it was everything I had hoped. Canteen is this tiny restaurant in a diner space that was opened several years ago by a chef who'd been working at high-end Rubicon and decided to open his own space. There are four first courses, four second courses, three desserts, and three seating times -- that's it. There are maybe 19 seats. We sat at the counter. They sent out an amuse bouche of thinned goat cheese -- sort of a goat cheese soup -- with chopped raw apple. Then we got amazing fresh-baked melt-in-your-mouth brioche rolls (and by "fresh" I mean we had watched them pull them out of the oven about five minutes earlier). I had a salad of raw fall vegetables (wild mushrooms, celery, fennel, celeriac with pomegranate seeds, herbs and vinaigrette), and Stacey had pork tenderloin with figs. I had sole with tarragon; Stacey had steak tartare with a poached egg. I had their signature vanilla bean souffle, and it was perfect. Stacey had a pear and roquefort tart, which was perfect for her, since she always wants a cheese course for dessert (fool).

6. It is a Saturday night at 9:15 PM, and we are going to bed. Yes, we are that lame.