SUNDAY MAY 15 two seatings

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I am writing for the first time to announce an event that we are not hosting ourselves. Excitement, gratitude, and collegiality prompt me.

The Commonwealth restaurant in San Francisco invited us to do a dinner with them. Months ago, soon after they opened. And WITH them. I was flattered but without understanding. And then I dined there. And dined again, with more leisure. I sent photos to friends in distant cities urging the necessity of plane tickets.

From the beginning, we felt kindred, in some ways engaged in parallel projects. Their manager interned with us, and did real work. Not just tourism. I invited the restaurant out to the winery to taste. The front of the house, who would serve the wine if I were lucky, but also the kitchen, the engine and foundation of the restaurant . Both showed up. I was honored by their presence and their attention. And then our determination to do a dinner together became firm.

That visit was in January; we have been planning this dinner since then.

Please come celebrate this kinship with us. It is such a pleasure to see our wines on a table with food that is so serious and pleasurable at once. It is such a pleasure to know the people who make the food, and to know that in some way, I have hosted them too. Come be part of this festive collegiality—two projects reaching across different disciplines, all for the sake of offering informed sensuality.

PS: I have tried to send this invitation only to members of the mailing list who reside in california, even if I know that you live in LA. I am sorry if I have included you erroneously, or if you feel like you live a world away from Mission street.