1:51am: Bohemia Redux On The Upper East Side
Long day, abrupt rebirth at 8am for another bout with the challangers: a bottomless pit of manuscripts which shall herewith remain nameless, but whose most promising contenders we may occasionally refer to as ss1, ss2 and n1, n2, etc., with a little fun avec Pilgrim and Co. tossed in between rounds (a welcome distraction if you happen to find yourself writing serious invectives through a glass darkly--an avocation which I strongly recommend to no one.)
Happy Hour at Mo's Caribbean as usual, a typical Monday Happy Hour--as Neil Young described "Don't Let It Get You Down" on 4 Way Street, "...starts off kind of slow and then fizzles out altogether." Actually it picked up nicely toward the end, but the true virtue of every Monday shift is the aparatif, a misnomer considering the JazzMonday shift in the Havana Room is longer than Happy Hour out at the front bar, but then a good snifter of cognac may last longer than the appetizer, entree, and dessert combined, if it is a good cognac. And a good cognac we do, indeed, have in the Havana Room on Monday nights: Doug White and the Juniper Record All-Stars. Now here is a tenor sax magician the likes of which you are not likely to hear any time soon. (If you live in New York I invite you to come sample his musical wizardry any Monday nite in the Havana Room. If not, you may order his cd's thru Juniper Records.)
And, we had a great crowd tonight, Karen brought Jules, Joanie, Leif and the gang; Marco brought a cadre of friends, family and walk-in business, Gary Wiatric stopped by to say hello after an absence of many moons (during which time his newborn -Ian- was busy teaching him to change diapers), and Denver transplant Andy found his way back to the Havana Room. Sasha sang (a special treat, always), and everybody had a great time, to be sure. So, a long shift, a short post, wide open down the middle of the field, a good throw, easy catch...touchdown.
Back tomorrow with more lowbrow hijinx.
Posted by cronish at March 26, 2002 11:18 AM