I took an online drawing class during the pandemic, and an in-person one last year. I got a lot better over the course of it! (And I also have a nice drawing of a pear.)
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Drawing can be fantastic for body and mind, I have found. Itâs about the process just as much as it is about what you create. Iâm reconnecting with it myself after too many years. Go for it!
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The friend I recently reconnected with is also taking a drawing class. She posted a picture of a drawing of a rabbit, and it was so good I thought it was the instructorâs example!
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@tomatotomato @linguafood I figured drawing would be good for the mind - I do crosswords to exercise my brain and journaling as a form of therapy so I was thinking drawing would combine the two. But thatâs just my take on things 
The course Iâm taking is eight weeks and I have no plans on going further and no plans on being the next Picasso since Iâm just taking the classes for me. The instructor was showing us a small sketchbook she carries around with her and I am thinking of investing in one. During the summer I like sitting in a park reading and I think taking a small sketch pad would be neat since I can illustrate what I see while Iâm there. And the venue where the class is held has a farmers market on Sunday mornings which I am hoping to frequent when the weather gets warmer. There are lots of benches to sit on so it would be neat just sitting there watching people go about their business on market day and I can sketch what I see.
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Creating art is great for mind & spirit! I used to draw a lot as kid (I mean⌠who didnât?), but mostly horses 
You and my friend might inspire me to take it up again. Beats farting around online 
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You can draw AND fart around online! We would miss you (well I would anyway 
) if you ever left HO for drawing.
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Aw. Thatâs such a sweet thing to say 
I fear that my online habit wonât be going anywhere any time soon, lest I find full-time employment. No doubt any employer would have a stern word with me if I spent 8 hours on HO every day
But I could def use a good reason to be offline more, and you have inspired me to check local course offerings! Thank you for that 
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Yay!
Awww. Iâm just trying to expand my horizons and Iâm glad I inspired you to get back into drawing.
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Just what I want to make on a cold, blustery spring day!
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Just the beginning of a wonderful pastime!
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Fantastic first visit to Liholiho Yacht Club https://lycsf.com/ in the Nob Hill part of SF. New American with heavy influences from Hawaii and parts of Asia which creates some unique flavor profiles one doesnât see in many other restaurants. We picked our preferred way of the chef picking the dishes for us to give a good overview of the menu. Good service (the only small nitpick would be that if you serve courses in larger rounds, it would be better to serve the final hot courses in smaller rounds so that they donât get cold too fast) and a great night (so good that we even forgot to take picture of tasty tripe salad)
Tuna poke, nori cracker, sesame tamari, spicy aioli
Duck liver mousse, banana bread, meiwa kumquat, 5-spice
Pickled pineapple taro puff
Kanpachi sashimi, macademia nut salsa macha, coconut, grape, daikon
Gulf shrimp, longansia, forbidden rice, satsuma, cucumber salsa, chile crisp
Crispy tripe salad, roasted peanuts, fish cake, kohlrabi, red cabbage
Scallion rice noodles, tokyo turnip, spigarello, sesame tofu, trumpet mushrooms
Swordfish katsu, carrot japanese curry, pickled ginger, caper-bonito spread, crispy quinoa
American wagyu zabuton, japanese sweet potatoes, horseradish, chrysanthemum chimichurri
Baked hawaii, orange chiffon cake, coconut pog sorbet
Macademia nut cookie, white chocolate ganache
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@honkman that whole meal looks fabulous but the chiffon cake is a work of art. Did it taste as good as it looks?
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Yes, it was really a great dinner and the baked hawaiian with the pog sorbet was a great finish
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Wow, that looks like an incredible meal! The kanpachi, shrimp & wagyu dishes in particular speak to me.
Did the meiwa kumquat provide a tart counterpoint to all the other sweet components?
Yes, it was nicely tart but even the banana bread wasnât overly sweet but brought more a nice banana flavor which worked well with the duck liver.
And it is, in todayâs expensive restaurant world, ârelativelyâ affordable with $85/pp
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Itâs really good. We decided to eat the rest of it tonight instead of making another soup.
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Thatâs nothing given the amount of food. And for SF at that.
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A pear of what? Sorry, couldnât resist.
Iâm tighter than a bullâs arse in fly time, but Iâd shell out $85 for that.
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