Early dinner. Despite the heat and waste of energy, couldn't resist baking one more of Andrew's giant potatoes while proceeding to make the rest of the meal. Read the instructions on defrosted tuna after the fact (the Trader recommends defrosting in a marinade for extra tastiness--but I'd defrosted bare-naked--the tuna--not me). Marinated for about twenty minutes in a TJ teriyaki marinade I'd found in the fridge (one more item of unknown provenance--I hadn't bought it--but there it was).
As the tuna stewed in its marinade, I parboiled the by-now-aging green beans from the Sunday market. When the beans were cooked, I quickly seared the tuna in my cast iron pan with a bit of olive oil--just about two minutes on each side--to get that charred on the outside, pink in the middle look. Removing the fish from the pan, I quickly re-heated the beans with the few remaining cherry tomatoes from long ago, tossing in the remainder of the marinade.
I knew next to nothing (beyond limited Internet research) of the band Haim, but it was a beautiful warm summer night so why not bike to the pier to hear three sisters from the Valley who had grown up singing at fairs with parents. I arrived just as the first band (Wildcat! Wildcat!) had finished their set. The crowd was sparse--and it looked like the break would be long. Just before the music began again, Katya, Gina and Becky appeared in the crowd and joined me--my solitary outing suddenly transformed into a very social one. We were all surprised by how much we enjoyed the band--three hard rocking, guitar playing and drumming sisters. A surprise summer treat.
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