Tata’s 90th Birthday Bash

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Sat 5 Sept 2026 · San Diego Bay

TATA

and he turns

NINETY

Landon “Tata” Wellman waving, in a white guayabera and amber aviator sunglasses. LANDON C. WELLMAN

White boots.Gold aviators.Zero notes.

The particulars

Where to be, and when.

When
Saturday, September 5, 2026
Arrive 11:30 AM, lunch at 12:00 PM. His actual birthday is Friday the 4th — we’re giving him the whole weekend.
Where
Hudson & Nash
The waterfront patio at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101. We have the whole patio to ourselves.
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Parking
Bring your ticket to the table
Three hours validated in the ACE garage next to the Hilton. Self-park only, no in/out — so come straight in. We can’t validate a ticket you left in the car.
Directions to the garage →
The bill
$65 a head for lunch
Drinks are hosted — Lucas and Jen have the bar. Kids welcome, obviously.
Tata outdoors in amber-gold aviator sunglasses and a white guayabera shirt, one hand raised in a wave.

Landon Clayton Wellman — the Navy, the Blue Angels, NASA, and a three‑wheeled Harley he still rides. We rented the whole waterfront patio on the bay. It won’t be the same without you on it.

Lunch

Have a look now, so the RSVP takes a minute.

The kitchen needs every single person’s order ahead of time. Pick one from each list — for yourself and for anyone you’re bringing.

First course — pick one

  • Sweet Corn Bisque gluten free, vegetarian
  • TJ Caesar dairy

Main — pick one

  • So-Cal Turkey Club
  • Blackened Mahi Tacos
  • The Double Burger dairy
  • Impossible Burger vegetarian
  • Bayside Wedge Salad gluten free, shellfish, dairy

Sandwiches come with fries or a side salad — tell us which. Any allergy goes straight to the kitchen when you RSVP.

The patio

The whole thing is ours.

Not a corner of it — the entire waterfront patio. Open air, the bay right there, fire pits going and string lights overhead. A man who spent his life looking at the sky should get to eat lunch under it.

The open-air waterfront patio at Hudson and Nash: lounge seating and a long fire pit, glass railing, and San Diego Bay beyond.
Three cocktails on a small table with the bay blurred behind them.
The entrance to Hudson and Nash at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront.
String lights strung under the patio canopy with the water beyond.

Hudson & Nash, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Blvd.

Twenty-one of us. One lead.

 

Tap your name.
Pick your lunch.

RSVP & pick your lunch

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Deadline Friday, August 28, 2026