While the back half of this long weekend will be spent doing work (probably) the first part was about unwinding from the week, and having a bit of fun.

First, on Friday: Lob, an indoor bocce track / bar that opened near us earlier this year. We met a bunch of friends there and played our little hearts out (I sucked) and had some pretty good beers — Lindsay drank Radical Road Yuzu pale all night, and I drank Left Field Bang Bang sour. More fun that I reckoned it would be, actually.

Yesterday, after plowing through a bunch of Making A Murderer season 2 we went to see First Man (imdb | rotten tomatoes) at the Scotiabank theatre. I knew it was a straight procedural and obviously knew how it ended, but the personal lens (Armstrong’s) and style with which it was done made it so good. It certainly didn’t feel like its 2:20 run time.

After the movie we went to dinner at Patria. I’d been many times but it was Lindsay’s first visit. Not to brag, but I think we kinda killed it.

• cocktails: Spanish Manhattan, Spanish Negroni
• pimientos de Padrón (blistered peppers + sea salt)
• aceitunas (house marinated olives)
• palacios chorizo
• cheese: oveja con trufa la quesera, 12 month d.o. manchego, d.o. murcia al vino
• tartar de carne (striploin + organic egg + chili + guindilla + alhambra cheese)
• bombas con salsa brava (house chorizo + aioli + spicy piquillo sauce)
  • Cava: Raventos I Blanc ‘de Nit’ 2014 (Monastrell, Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Parellada)
• carne de Wagyu (Australian Wagyu + crispy potato bravas + jus)
  • glasses of Terres de Vidalba ‘Tocs’ 2007 (Cariñena, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah)
• Mousse de Avellana (hazelnut mousse + salted caramel + dulce de leche + carajillo syrup + candy roses)
  • 1955 Bodegas Toro Albala Don PX Convento Seleccion