So I’m launched on a farewell tour, friends and places that I love, doing things that may not happen again, but no guarantees.
Today was lunch with Larry. Now this is undoubtedly not the last time we’ll lunch together because Larry and Mary Ann are partners in the Maury house and we’ll not only eat together in France, but I suspect they’ll show up again in this blog. But Larry and I meet often for lunch and not infrequently in North Beach as we did today and I’ll miss these times.
The lunch menu at Capp’s Corner… today. The food is good and it fits our budget. It also works for Jerry Brown. Our famously thrifty governor was also lunching at Capp’s today, with friends, without an entourage. The last time we ran into the governor was a few weeks ago at Tommaso’s, San Francisco’s best pizzeria. So I’m thinking the Governor and I share a taste for good Italian food in an unpretentious setting, which may explain why I always find voting for him to be a very satisfying experience.
The first time I met Governor Brown was in 1976. He was in his first term and I was shooting for Time Magazine.
Now he’s back in office, trying to make sense of a political system gone haywire. Good luck Governor, I wish you well.
Enough politics, Larry and I went on to the North Star and Comstock and discussions of Brooklyns, Manhattans and aged Rivesaltes. Diversity is truly a wonderful thing.
Ron, for the benefit of your more recent friends, what is Maury house?
OH, you mean the house in Maury, got it.
Ron,
Since you have seen Governor Brown and photographed him before, does he look as you would have expected after all these years? This is obviously from an aesthetic point of view – that of the photographer, artist, detailed observer. . .