Scenes from the Purple Door

I am finally almost completely settled into my new place at the Purple Door. I've already entertained my first house guests and discovered some new favorite places in my new home in the city.

The actual purple door.












A good place to get some breakfast on the weekends.














The Pagoda in Patterson Park.












One of the best places to get a soft pretzel....in my opinion.

Junior Mance in NYC

I had the great pleasure of venturing up to NYC Sunday to see Junior Mance at a jazz brunch at the Blue Note in Greenwich Village. He is one of the finest jazz pianists and one whose work I've come to admire a great deal.

When I told him I was very much in love with his work and it was a pleasure to finally hear him play, his face lit up. He indulged me with a photo :) It was absolute heaven to hear him play "For Dancers Only" I LOVE his version of that song.

Check out http://wsdc.blogspot.com/ for videos that I posted of the performance.














After the show we ventured out with Phil's friend Pat, a native New Yorker, for some beer at the Blind Tiger Ale House on Bleecker St. I had a fabulous beer called Schneider Weisse, a really awesome hefeweissen, or wheat beer for the non-beer drinkers among you.




Afterwards, we went across the street for some pizza at John's Pizzeria. Awesome NY style pizza. Thanks, Pat!

Fells Point

Birds along the waterfront & the Bonaparte Bakery