A walkabout E-ville
Last night J- and I went for a stroll around our part of E-ville. Within a 4-5 block radius, there were the parts we knew, and then these little unknown pockets. Bungalow houses, both cute and rundown. And then a plum tree. (Peabody and Vallejo) The plums were not quite ripe, but tasty. All of this got us back to the question: do we want a loft or a little house?
Friday evening, we were in the Mission having sushi with one of J-’s friends, BB. Just before the end of dinner, BB started talking about this ice cream sorbet place around the corner that sold spicy Thai lime sorbet, but they were closing in two minutes. So J- and I shooed him out the door (BB was dithering about the check). The waiter(s) thought this was hilarious. Later BB said that when he got to the ice cream shop, they were closed, but he stood outside the door and put his hands together as if praying. All of the people eating their ice cream outside started chanting “let him in!” Which the owner did, while scolding BB “You’re a regular. You should know better!” Thus we had spicy Thai lime sorbet.
This sorbet is a bit of a devil. It’s cold, sweet and lemony. But it’s also very spicy, which you don’t feel until your mouth starts to warm up again. That’s when it kicks you and you scramble for a glass of water.
