For our monthly “dinner date”, Avdi took me to Kirkwood, an old gentrified town full of eateries, pubs, and boutiquey shops at a busy railroad crossing.  We watched trains go by–there’s an old but still in use station there–as we ate and drank our way down Kirkwood Road.  We had an assortment of excellent tacos and margs at Mission Taco, then craft brews at 4 Hands tasting room and patio, where we sat outside at sunset along the busy tracks and talked.  Then we checked out Andy’s for authentic frozen custard–my first, and really good.  Finally, we watched a freight train and Amtrak pass each other at a crossing.  It’s like a train lover’s paradise there.  It was a beautiful evening.