Last day in our pad was spent packing & cleaning. Nixed a pho or oyster lunch out for another mish-mash of random stuff from the fridge — king salmon lox, leftover bok choy, slice of pizza. I never once had pho while here 
Dinner was at the very dark, very sexy Double Knot, the perfect place to impress your date before you go home and … 
We made a meal of excellent hamachi carpaccio, which I liked much better than the ceviche we had last time,
and a variety of robatayaki: a couple of orders of the scallion bc I’m obsessed with it, excellent maitake, very good miso eggplant, salmon scallion, lobster tail, very fatty pork belly, very good chicken thigh, excellent lamb chop, nice n kicky shishito peppers, perfect scallop.
I love dining this way & wish I had a robata at home 
Bubbly (Prosecco, then Cava) for me, a Martinez-ish cocktail for my PIC.
Tomorrow, the biggest challenge will be to fit ALL THE THINGS into our Corolla bc we decided against renting another car in case they don’t ha ha 
Two suitcases and assorted kitchen things are already packed up in the trunk, but we still have: a cat carrier, scratching post, leftover booze, wok w/large steamer top, frying pan, braising pot, hot plate, blankets and pillows, frozen and refrigerated foods…oy.
Aside from that challenge, we also can’t leave until after 2pm bc my PIC has to attend a PhD oral exam on zoom, so it’ll be dark by the time we get home — but it will be so nice to be in our house again — much as we’ll miss city life!
