Aditi and Alex and I went to brunch at La Note in Berkeley, someplace I hadn't been in a long time. I had the Cote Nord, a goat cheese omelette on bread, which was as rich as I remembered but somehow blander -- still good --and a hard cider. I also tried some of Alex's meal (the great pancakes with creme fraiche) and Aditi's (an okay omelette). We'd originally intended to go hiking, but the weather wasn't cooperative; this was a good substitute.