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Tonight I went to Range, one of the new hot restaurants in SF. And, of course, it's in the neighborhood of neighborhoods: The Mission.

It was so good. The food was yum and the company was even better. I dined with my Food Editor. And if you're going to have a dinner companion, who better than a lover of food?

Dinner lasted 3.5 hours; just the way I like it. I hate how some people just shovel food into their mouths. That's no way to appreciate food, especially the good stuff. You need to savor each bite.

Thus, I am a notoriously slow eater. I savor, I drink, I talk, I take little breaks, I've even been known to nap at the table. As one of my friends has said, "Do you even know what hot food tastes like?" No, but I know how tepid food tastes.

There are two types of people in this world: those eat simply to stave off hunger and survive (a merely physical act) and those who eat to enjoy (a mind-body-soul act). I am of the latter camp.

The best part of dinner tonight was that it was on the company dime. Yay! We ate to our hearts' content. I had the most amazing beet salad with sheep's milk feta (which I am very picky about), a sauteed mushroom-focussed entree and a chocolate pot de creme with cinnamon whipped cream. Sigh. Why is life so good?

On the walk home, we passed a strange sight. At the bus stop, along with three other people patiently waiting for the #33, was what looked like a little girl dressed up remarkably like Snow White. Upon further inspection we realized that, in fact, it wasn't a little girl but a big pinata of Snow White.



How completely random. Who left it there? Why? We asked the other bus stop people; they had no idea why it was there. And they had the audacity to laugh as we took pictures like this:



Hehe. But it was all in good fun. One chick even laughed into her cellphone while talking to someone saying "Oh thank god, someone's finally taking a photo!"
Of course I was going to whip out the camera. The moment was way too random.

It was the perfect ending to a great night.