the anchovy-forward collards and kale of the Braised Greens over Parmesan cream tasted like an entire kelp forest and I ate it like one. -- This sounds so delicious, and I like the idea of you munching your way through a kelp forest like a pleasant leviathan.

Of the kids, I applaud the one who was trying to pry open a maintenance hatch. Go, mini secret agent, go! And I think it's pretty great that another wanted to show you what he was learning. That kind of friendliness is such a balm.