I had an interesting birthday.
I woke up in the extremely lovable bohemian hotel, the carlton arms (where furniture goes to die). said hotel and the vermissitude of folks who work/live/hang out there also happens to be the subject of a dan bern song recording on which I spent about 300 hours of my life.
later, after failing in attempt to get my birthday breakfast for free, I hung out for a while in the fine business digs of my friend brian winton of foundations music. we know each other from playing and touring together and from working on a terrific meliaa ferrick record a few years ago.
then later, I made my way to the show venue in alohabet city in alphabet city (which you may think of as rough & tumble but which now is the hot nightspot area of nyc). after soundcheck & before the show, I went off in search of food. I paused at 5 or 6 places & then doubled back, still trying to decide.
A couple approached and the man opened a door to a italian bistro. in a londoner accent he asked if I'd like to join them for a drink. thinking that he'd mistaken me for someone else, I started to decline but they were insistent. I finally said, 'sure' 'fine', etc. and we went in. no sooner had we sat down at the table when the owner greeted us and explained that is was the grand opening and they were going to give us all the wine and bottled water/coffee drinks and they just started pouring and bringing plates of food. which were out of this world great, besides.
the couple from london and I talked about this and that and were served a 5-course meal (or more; there was wayyyy too much food to keep track), complete with dessert and wine and espresso drinks afterward. in nyc, that's probably at least a $150-175 tab for three. our bill was $36. quite a nice birthday surprise. it was, as I told the owner, 'as close to italy as
anything I'd ever experienced outside of italy'.
I made it back to the alphabet lounge and, to our surprise, it was quite filled with a happy and enthusiastic crowd. the show was short but really fun and surprisingly good at a venue which looked a bit sketchy at first.
so, in short, I had lunch with a good friend I don't get to see often, dinner with complete strangers, and I played an unexpectedly great show. very fun.
ttys,
wil m.
later, after failing in attempt to get my birthday breakfast for free, I hung out for a while in the fine business digs of my friend brian winton of foundations music. we know each other from playing and touring together and from working on a terrific meliaa ferrick record a few years ago.
then later, I made my way to the show venue in alohabet city in alphabet city (which you may think of as rough & tumble but which now is the hot nightspot area of nyc). after soundcheck & before the show, I went off in search of food. I paused at 5 or 6 places & then doubled back, still trying to decide.
A couple approached and the man opened a door to a italian bistro. in a londoner accent he asked if I'd like to join them for a drink. thinking that he'd mistaken me for someone else, I started to decline but they were insistent. I finally said, 'sure' 'fine', etc. and we went in. no sooner had we sat down at the table when the owner greeted us and explained that is was the grand opening and they were going to give us all the wine and bottled water/coffee drinks and they just started pouring and bringing plates of food. which were out of this world great, besides.
the couple from london and I talked about this and that and were served a 5-course meal (or more; there was wayyyy too much food to keep track), complete with dessert and wine and espresso drinks afterward. in nyc, that's probably at least a $150-175 tab for three. our bill was $36. quite a nice birthday surprise. it was, as I told the owner, 'as close to italy as
anything I'd ever experienced outside of italy'.
I made it back to the alphabet lounge and, to our surprise, it was quite filled with a happy and enthusiastic crowd. the show was short but really fun and surprisingly good at a venue which looked a bit sketchy at first.
so, in short, I had lunch with a good friend I don't get to see often, dinner with complete strangers, and I played an unexpectedly great show. very fun.
ttys,
wil m.
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