The 5-Spot

I was up around 2-3, had my coffee yadda yadda, and just kind of dragged myself through my "morning". I then had two hard-boiled eggs and some scrounged celery. Because I wanted to get going, I tried a couple of the eggs I'd just bought that I was hoping would be easier to peel, and they were.

I rode right downtown, stopping at the blessing box on 5th to see if the note's still there and it wasn't. There was a children's book with one of those plastic covers on the grass, kind of dirty, so I cleaned it with a wet wipe and neatened the box up a bit.

Then I rode over to City Hall and there were not very many people but there was a table set up with snacks and water etc. I handed the guy there my latest batch of sign vinyl.

Then I went over to the Amazon Hub and picked up a "Weishi" safety razor, a package of 100 "Derby Premium" blades, and a knife called a "G.I. Tanto" which is sold by a company called Cold Steel, and which I've seen advertised for decades. I think they started making them in the 80s. This cost me about $28, and seems to be what I was contemplating spending $60 or $70 for a Ka-Bar for. Something to chop with, dig with, like a Ka-Bar is good for, but more sturdy and a lot cheaper.

With this stuff in my bike bag as well as plenty of padded envelopes from the Amazon Hub, I couldn't close the zipper all the way so I didn't want to stop anywhere where I'd have to lock up the bike. The original plan was that I might go to Lee's and get a couple of egg rolls, or La Vic's and get a super taco, then go over to Discovery Park and watch the bird airshow again, and do a little veggie harvesting.

Instead I wandered down First, looking for some sort of little place where I could order from a window with my bike right there next to me, and I finally decided I'd try the 5 -Spot; just get a burger or two and just not eat the buns. So that's where I went, and it had changed over to Mexican food. I got two "Super" tacos and a beer, and they had tables out front so I was able to set on the opposite side of the patio from a family at a large table at the other end.

It was really nice. The food was good, the beer good enough, there was Mexican music playing from the 5-Spot, from a place across the street, and then a third source from the occasional lowrider going by. Yeah, I spent $15 because I tipped 25%, but it was a nice day and it was worth it.

I'd have played my trumpet today, but I've got a sniffle in my nose and sinuses that's very persistent and I've also been having a bit of the runs. My theory on the runs is either I've indeed had covid for a while and it's just another part of it popping up, or, it's the cucumbers I've been eating. I think when they go bad, they go bad all the way through. Also, I think they're a lot older when they get tossed out, as opposed to celery which will get tossed very soon if it has any flaws. So I think I might remove cucumbers from my diet, at least the free ones.