We may have turned a corner

Weather in NYC was sunny & in the 70s this weekend. Finally! Everyone's been suffering from serious cabin fever, so the city parks & restaurants/bars with outdoor seating were completely packed at this first hint of warm weather.

When the weather is nice, my weekend ritual is to get coffee & a bagel and read the paper in Tompkins Square Park. I like this mainly because Latin musicians from the neighborhood trickle in and basically jam throughout the afternoon. It starts as one guy with drums or a guy with a guitar and can grow to as many as 10 or 12 people.

Spring has sprung: the park musicians are back in full force.

Went to Banjo Jim's on Sunday night to see Van Hayride, a country band that covers Van Halen songs. In addition to the classic favorites you'd expect to hear, they also have a song called "The Night They Fired David Lee Roth," which is sung to the tune of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." Nice bit of levity to end the weekend.

Van Hayride in action.