A Family With Attitude, A Restaurant With Latitude, or, What I Ate: Tasting Dinner At Latitude 41

Mussels in Thai-style coconut milk broth--fragrant and lovely

Lively salad with fresh greens, pears, vanilla vinaigrette, Point Reyes blue cheese and a scene-stealing pumpkin seed brittle

Roasted squash soup--rich and velvety

Hanger steak and trimmings--an elegant touch on a bistro classic

(Not pictured: a parade of clever and delicious flatbreads as the opening course)

We celebrated a family birthday at Lat 41 last week, and as you can see, the action was non-stop--lotta fun, lotta wine, lotta blurry (but good!) memories.