All about oysters

Lest we forget, Washington Platform celebrates its annual Oyster Festival for the remainder of the month of April. It's another great downtown restaurant to check out - especially before heading to show at Music Hall. (Just be sure you make a reservation.) Oysters continue to be strange things to this Midwestern gal, as they certainly weren't harvested on the shores of the mighty Ohio when I was a child (which means they only made it to Cincinnati in cans back then). But my mouth waters when I think of the fresh ones I ate on the harbor in DC last fall, with a squirt of lemon and a dash of cocktail sauce. Mmm...