yesterday we biked uptown along the hudson river to the topmost neighborhood in manhattan, inwood, to visit the cloisters.

it was quite hot out, but the ride was beautiful and thanks to the awesome parks system, uninterrupted by traffic, because the hudson river park runs all the way up the west side of manhattan. the cloisters was very cool, and featured a lovely outdoor garden

as well as some really cool stained glass, which I am a huge fan of in general:

afterwards, we stopped at dinosaur bbq for lunch. I had heard this place was awesome, and it was good, but I wasn’t a big fan of the brisket, and prefer both hill country and pete’s waterfront ale house for nyc bbq.

here is all the pictures we took.

just got a super cool “backup” amp, as my main amp is on the fritz. it’s really small, and means that for the first time ever, I won’t have to take a luggage cart to a gig!

it is surprisingly loud, pretty excited to try this out on my gig tomorrow!

I’m playing at the capital grille this friday, july 23rd, with the rich russo quartet. No cover or minimum, so stop by and have a drink! We play from 6:30-10pm.