5/366 being normal

[ironymaiden]

C's birthday was this weekend, so we made a trip to Capitol Cider. it's so nice to have a meal out and not have to ask questions about the menu or make special requests or only eat certain things.* we shared a flight of barrel-aged ciders while we ate a fruit and cheese plate, then another glass of cider paired with our entree, and dessert. it was lovely.

we indulged in a Lyft there and back again; we had an interesting conversation with our driver on the way out about the economics of driving full-time. he's a single parent and feels that being self-employed is the only way to make it work. he leases his car on a plan that is specifically for rideshare drivers - he swaps it out every 80,000 miles and all vehicle maintenance is included in the fee. they also will immediately issue him another car if he gets in an accident. he says that he certainly wouldn't use a car he intended to keep with this job, that wear and tear is brutal.

it occurs to me that the expectation of how cars are to be used is that they're driven in short bursts and then sit for hours and hours, with the occasional road trip. imagine doing a road trip at least five days of every week, but almost entirely in stop-start traffic. no, not great for the car.



*their kitchen is gluten-free and also free of peanuts and tree nuts. AND they mark things on the menu that are free of eggs. we only care about the gluten but we know folks with other concerns.

Comments

[annofowlshire]

I’m glad to hear Capitol Cider is still about and that you can eat there without concern! (Having a son with an egg allergy has definitely made me have to look at labels and ask lots of questions at restaurants more than I used to.)

There was a cider bar in Fremont when we were living there—is it still around? I don’t think it served food at all, though.

[yourlibrarian]

it occurs to me that the expectation of how cars are to be used is that they're driven in short bursts and then sit for hours and hours, with the occasional road trip. imagine doing a road trip at least five days of every week, but almost entirely in stop-start traffic. no, not great for the car.

Interesting thought. I mean, cabs everywhere have always been in the same situation, but I expect cabbies have always separated work and home vehicles.

[novel_machinist]

I LOVE when restaurants do that with menu items! It's great to just ORDER and I'm sure it takes a lot of stress off of waitstaff.

[sistawendy]

Capitol Cider is my favorite place to take people who need gluten free eetz. The Tickler turned me on to it.

[ironymaiden]

Schillings? I think so. (Which reminds me that somehow we haven't gone there.)

[ironymaiden]

And I *think* cabs are usually fleet vehicles that the cabbie leases. Which makes "ride share" so close to driving a cab that one wonders about the regulatory separation.

[ironymaiden]

what I love is that there's no sense of wierdness about the menu. We used to like Carnivore as a safe GF place (a Paleo place with all kinds of wacky meats, RIP) but it was clearly a specialty joint and that was reflected in the food selection.

[annofowlshire]

Schillings sounds right. I enjoyed going there for the most part, but I like to nibble while I drink so their lack of food put me off once the novelty of a cider bar was gone.

[jesse_the_k]

Where "ride share" is Uber/Lyft?

I can only dream!

[jesse_the_k]

what a wonderful thing.

[ironymaiden]

Yes.