Birthday-Boy Herman at Oysterfest

It’s one of those rare, beautifully warm summer days in San Francisco, and to celebrate Herman’s sixty-third birthday, we spent the afternoon at Oysterfest, down on the Embarcadero. There were dozens of wines to sample, and non-stop oysters in served in every way possible—raw on the halfshell, baked, grilled, in tacos, made into sausages. You name it, they served it. A great day with old friends, good food, and superlative wines. Wow, I’m wiped out.

Me and the B-day Boy

Me and my old friend Ben Wong

The Oysterfest gang.