For those near the San Diego area, or just passing through, I’d love for you to come visit either of my restaurants! I’m humbled to say that my first restaurant, Common Stock, has remained open for business every day this year, serving free meals to those experiencing economic uncertainty, while finding tremendous support from those […]
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Matt Brewer ’01
Matt Brewer’s S.F. restaurant, Che Fico, makes Bon Appétit’s top 10 new American restaurants with The New York Times, The Washington Post, and San Francisco Chronicle all raving in print. Anderson Cooper reported, “Best food I’ve had in a long time.” Matt Brewer CdeP 2001
Matt Brewer ’01
Matt is in the process—with another co-owner and a chef—of opening Che Fico restaurant on Divisadero in San Francisco. Read the San Francisco Chronicle article here. Matt Brewer CdeP 2001
Mandy Sonenshine Wynn ’96
Mandy has become a restaurateur! She and her husband have taken over the ownership of well known establishment Bklyn Larder. bklynlarder.com Mandy Sonenshine Wynn CdeP 1996
Maggie Reniers ’92
This year has been full of lovely changes! Though I have kept the hotel and restaurant in Otavalo, Ecuador, I started a M.A.-TESOL program here in California… where I met an amazing woman, Gwyn, an acupuncturist and Chinese medical practitioner from Portland. One thing led to another and I proposed… and she accepted. We have […]
Rob Montgomery ’73
Moved to Coronado, Ca in Februrary one year after selling Wendy’s franchise. Started real estate investment company with son-in-law to acquire value-add multi-family properties in San Diego County. Rob Montgomery CdeP 1973
David Laylin ’55
My wife and I recently spent a week in Cuba, traveling legally – by AA charter flight from Florida – under the category “Helping the Cuban People.” That means staying in a private house (Air BNB), eating in private restaurants (delicious and inexpensive) and using private transportation. (The latter refers to bicycle powered “rickshaws,” often […]
Matt Brewer ’01
Matt, with partner with David Nayfeld, is opening Che Fico—a rustic Italian restaurant—in San Francisco. Read the full article here. Matt Brewer CdeP 2001
Jack Brown ’96
Our second son was born in December, and last spring my wife Laila won a Peobody Award for her documentary on Bangladeshi garment workers. I published my fourth book, Misquoting Muhammad, which was named one of the best books on religion in 2014 by the Independent. I miss all my Thacher friends and was so […]
Ric Laurence ’54
Spent nine days exploring San Antonio, TX, during the first week of March. Saw all the sights, the Alamo, the River Walk, numerous great restaurants, side trips to Gruene (old German settlement) and Fredricksburg (Nimitz Museum). The weather was “iffy” but the people were great and it was a wonderful time. Ric Laurence CdeP 1954