Day off went great!
Aug. 25th, 2006 05:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamsharkI did finally call 3 roofers, and one came over right away to do an estimate. It turned out to be good to do this on a rainy day, since he couldn't work outside and was available for estimates. This was Trevor Washek, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lsanderson's recommendation. We really liked him. It's such a small company that the owner does all the estimates himself and then works on the roof too. I prefer that to the large companies where they send you a salesman first, and then people you never saw before show up to do the work. We're getting two more bids, though, since I called 3 companies, just like you're supposed to. I did a few more little chores, like balancing my checkbook, and then spent the afternoon on another in-town vacation.
Richard and I went to the Art Institute (or MIA, as they've taken to calling themselves) to see the Calder exhibit. The Calder show is delightful, but rather small. Even if you stop and read every word of the background signs, watch the little circus film, and cycle through all the rooms 3 times you're pretty much done in 45 minutes. Considering the admission for that show is $8, it feels pretty skimpy. But you don't actually have to pay anything to get into the museum proper (voluntary donation only), and it's a wonderful museum, so it's hard to feel ripped off. We spent more than 3 hours there, what with waiting for the monsoon outside to subside, and didn't see half of the exhibits. There's a whole new wing to explore, so it was a great time. Of the new stuff, I think my favorite was the Melanesian art.
After the rain slowed down, we went over to Eat Street and ate at Yummy's, an excellent Chinese restaurant (despite the silly name). It's the kind of place where the specials of the day are scrawled in both English and Chinese, and the Chef's Favorites are things like chicken feet and fish maw. They specialize in seafood, as signified by the large fish-tank in the middle of the room with lobsters and crabs lurking at the bottom. Richard got the Seafood/Tofu Hot Pot (highly recommended) and I got Tofu Three Treasures (also very good). Portions were huge, so we took about half the food home. It was even better the next day. I'm still not sure I like calamari, but if I keep getting it cooked this well I might decide that I do.
lsanderson's recommendation. We really liked him. It's such a small company that the owner does all the estimates himself and then works on the roof too. I prefer that to the large companies where they send you a salesman first, and then people you never saw before show up to do the work. We're getting two more bids, though, since I called 3 companies, just like you're supposed to. I did a few more little chores, like balancing my checkbook, and then spent the afternoon on another in-town vacation. Richard and I went to the Art Institute (or MIA, as they've taken to calling themselves) to see the Calder exhibit. The Calder show is delightful, but rather small. Even if you stop and read every word of the background signs, watch the little circus film, and cycle through all the rooms 3 times you're pretty much done in 45 minutes. Considering the admission for that show is $8, it feels pretty skimpy. But you don't actually have to pay anything to get into the museum proper (voluntary donation only), and it's a wonderful museum, so it's hard to feel ripped off. We spent more than 3 hours there, what with waiting for the monsoon outside to subside, and didn't see half of the exhibits. There's a whole new wing to explore, so it was a great time. Of the new stuff, I think my favorite was the Melanesian art.
After the rain slowed down, we went over to Eat Street and ate at Yummy's, an excellent Chinese restaurant (despite the silly name). It's the kind of place where the specials of the day are scrawled in both English and Chinese, and the Chef's Favorites are things like chicken feet and fish maw. They specialize in seafood, as signified by the large fish-tank in the middle of the room with lobsters and crabs lurking at the bottom. Richard got the Seafood/Tofu Hot Pot (highly recommended) and I got Tofu Three Treasures (also very good). Portions were huge, so we took about half the food home. It was even better the next day. I'm still not sure I like calamari, but if I keep getting it cooked this well I might decide that I do.
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Date: 2006-08-26 03:46 pm (UTC)