Another Eightieth

Here's to Andrew on his birthday — Four score years is a damn good age Think of all the things he's worked at Drawing, poetry, and the page Whose proportions he knows so well, (Editing too — though, truth to tell, His menu spells "Domaine" two ways, And both can't be right) — what the hell, Eighty syllables, yes, or years, By now, should move you beyond tears.

San Francisco, December 1, 2015—

ANOTHER OLD FRIEND turns eighty: this one with a marvelous dinner party, black tie, with speeches and tributes, tap dancing and harmonica playing. The menu:

Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
Spiced butternut squash salad
Braised beef shortribs
Mashed Jerusalem artichoke and Yukon potato
Lemon garlic Swiss chard

Sauvignon blanc, Domain [sic] du Salvard 2014
Beaumes-de-Venise rouge, Domaine de Durban, 2014

Birthday cake, coffee, tea

☛Restaurants visited in 2015 are listed at Eatingday's Restaurants