14 July 2017, Friday

Ran into and chatted very briefly with Jess. J. on 72nd St. on my way to the diner. Whence was he coming?

Northern Blvd. After fasting nearly four days, I greatly enjoyed my chef salad at JI with both blue‐cheese dressing and mayonnaise on the side. {My first food since beginning fasting Monday at 05:00.} The cute S. Asian (Nepalese?) busboy refilled my water glass. I had a hankering for dessert and so ordered blueberries with yoqurt not knowing they’d charge me seven dollars therefor.

Maintenance site with “Do not move it” sign (1175–78), 73rd St.

37th Ave. إشتياق and I were able to mildly greet one another at DR (05:31) while he was otherwise busy standing near the employee room doing paperwork with a vendor or deliveryman. I bought discount items of the week: organic dark chocolate and their impressive deluxe mixed nuts.

Second Ave. GA DA at Duke’s. (See Keep, 18 July, and comments on Meetup event page.) Some of us imagined a very long “alphabet” song for Chinese. Only the second time I ever ordered any solid food at Duke’s, I again ordered something the menu said came with avocado but wasn’t actually served with it (the steak sandwich last time and the poblano burger this). After having eaten and chatted quite a while, the remainder of us (about eight of the fifteen) decided it was time to leave even though we didn’t know our next destination, so we wound up standing right outside the restaurant using their awning (and to some extent my umbrella) to protect us from the drizzle. Rob. B. decided it was time to go home, and then after we decided we would go to JRP like we did last time, Steph. S. left us before we even made it across the street.