We have performed at The Cornerstone in Hillsdale NJ twice, sat in at the most amazing gospel/soul open mic on Sunday night at The Village Underground (and tore the place up), performed at The Cutting Room on West 24th on Monday, (and got a very warm reception), got out to The Living Room on the lower east side to see a marvelous singer-songwriter named Catherine Feeny, met up there with friends Luba Dvorak and Allan Rogers; we have spent the daytime visiting so much of Manhattan...visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3 hours and I feel we didn't see anything...although I was inches from Matisse, Monet and Rembrandt originals), walked around and through Central Park, had cocktails at The Carlisle, cabbed and walked through Times Square...(btw, it is HOT here, with temperatures scaling 100 degrees F. We're hoping Con Edison can keep the power in NY on until we leave on Friday!)  I have subwayed and driven all over the place, already starting to find my my directional legs in this city...I love this city!
Rene took a side trip up to Boston, ran into Vancouver drummer Stephen Dick and his wife on the 52nd floor of the Prudential Building seeing a jazz trio...small world, eh?
This morning, Glenda, Miles, and I drove through old Jersey City, and had breakfast at Al's Diner, in business since 1929!
I'm going to turn the laptop over to Glenda now...

Tony