I would have been in heaven being able tag along with you on that day. Sounds like it was an all-around success from the moment your day started! And then to finish it off with a fine dinner and some tunes...what's not to love!
At the end of your article you mentioned picking up the Mofi copy of APP - I, Robot and wanting to do a shoot-out between it and the Classic Records version. I'm very much interested in your conclusions about this shoot-out as I also own both pressings.