Mecca is a fabulous restaurant at 2029 Market Street in San Francisco. My friend Michael Fennely, who used to cook at the Santacafe in Santa Fe, and who wrote a wonderful cookbook called East meets Southwest, is the chef at Mecca. When I last enjoyed the food at Mecca in February, Michael and I talked about my band coming this Summer and playing for our dinner.

I called Michael a few days ago and we set up our impromptu performance for Tuesday evening. We were staying in Oakland and at first I considered taking the ferry and taxis, but I realized that the ferry stopped running before 9pm. Then I thought of getting a van service before I realized that we have busses!!!………

We arrived at Mecca in our band bus at 8pm and ate and drank and played music until 11pm. It was fantastic!