{"id":3212,"date":"2017-04-04T23:51:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T04:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2017-04-04T23:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T04:51:57","slug":"a-switch-and-a-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2017\/04\/04\/a-switch-and-a-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"A Switch and a Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>You know your wife really loves you when she shows up to your work with a new video game console that most people could barely get their hands on. Despite being weeks after its debut, the new Nintendo Switch<\/a> remained sold out at most stores after many positive reviews for its innovative design. Once we knew a new shipment had arrived at Best Buy<\/a>, Melody showed up after work that day and scored the last one of the batch. The handsome gadget sat pretty on my desk, but could do very little since the system did not come with a game. So we spent our long weekend mostly taking it easy. Since Westley’s daycare did not have Cesar Chavez Day off, we took the opportunity to lunch out at Station 16<\/a> in midtown followed by macarons from Ginger Elizabeth<\/a>. On Saturday, we stayed at home while painters came to put the finishing touches on our windows, followed by a visit to Ikea to let Westley bounce on various Swedish furnishings. We ended our long weekend with a short field trip to Lake Berryessa<\/a>, where the heavy rains this winter have allowed the water level to rise above the poorly-named “Glory Hole” spillway, creating a mesmerizing vortex that became the feature of a recent NY Times<\/a> article. It was not as dramatic by the time we got there, but Westley seemed to enjoy the outing as we stopped for lunch at a local RV resort<\/a> diner. For Melody’s birthday, I left work early to check out the Davis Co-op<\/A> to feed her cheese addiction, then grabbed a bite at Tasty Kitchen<\/A> before picking up the baby. We also ordered our copy of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/A>, so we’ll be putting our Switch to good use after all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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