Mortar, Studio

Zoe ate bagels this morning, which she LOVED. She kept requesting more "créme" (cream cheese) and was equally excited about the lox.

Ian came by shortly afterwards, and we went up to Indian Rock and Mortar to throw ourselves at various problems. I felt pretty good and actually did a few sections of Nat's that had always felt really hard to me. Next came lunch at Vik's Chaat, which has moved down the street into a much swankier space. Since we were nearby, we dropped into Wrench Science to ogle all the fancy frames before meeting up with the parents and Zoe at my Dad's studio. Zoe was working on some new oil paintings (!) when we arrived. Earlier, she had gone with my mom to the little farm, and then eaten lunch with the parents at an East Oakland favorite