I didn’t sleep well last night but was feeling extra refreshed and motivated when I got up. Weird. I got dressed and was working on my bug before 09:00 which meant Peter was probably not going to be online for a couple of hours. I had dreamed about some issues I was having and about some potential solutions so I worked on those things first. It’s amazing what the mind is capable of!

I worked through the morning and noticed that Peter was having connectivity issues. He tried checking in with me but it wasn’t working out. I just worked on stuff until Ed messaged to say he would pick me up for lunch and then we would go back to his place so we could both work.

He picked me up just before noon and we headed to a great little place called Lili Cafe. They had lots of vegan options and I chose the banh mi sandwich. It was great! I kind of felt like I was cheating on my very favorite banh mi place in Pittsburgh, Vietnam’s Pho. I hadn’t even been there yet and I typically go at least twice for lunch when I visit. I’ll go tomorrow I think.

After lunch we headed to Ed’s apartment. He had just moved in last summer so this was my first visit. He had at least four drawing tables set up throughout, boxes and boxes of comic books and shelves of bound editions. It was amazing! I made some tea and we both got to work. It was really nice to talk about aaaaaall sorts of things while we worked. It was also fascinating to watch him draw and to talk about his process. He knows a LOT about a lot of things! He’s an expert on cartoonists, comic books, the printing process, color palettes, hip hop….A lot more.

Toward the early evening his dad called to say some packages had shown up for him. He left to go get them and was back in no time with huge boxes of books, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Popeye, Charlie Brown and a bunch more. All stuff he uses to research technique and to also enjoy.

It was getting to be dinner time and Andrew was done working so we headed back to the hotel and picked him up so we could go eat. We ended up at the Double Wide Grill. Andrew and I had eaten there the first time we visited Pittsburgh and it was so-so. This time they had an expanded vegetarian/vegan menu but the food was still so-so. Oh well, it was nice to have dinner together.

Today I learned about silver nanowire.