Jazz, anyone?

Anyone reading this here blog a fan of jazz? Contemporary or classic, leave a comment with your favorite artist, clubs or whatever listed.


For the record: I enjoy classic jazz artists such as Miles Davis, Hank Jones, The Duke, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins and Stacey Kent.

Last night, I was listening to Sketches of Spain by Davis and it hit me how well he tells a story with that sax.

On Girls Schools.....Blech.

We're in the parsha.

No, not that one. The other one.

Da Gurlie is interviewing for preschool now. We went on 2 interviews so far.

Our first choice turned us down because......my daughter gets minor speech therapy and has a SEIT.

Excuse me, but thats such bullshit.

Da Wife explained that DG was behind in her speech but will not be getting services at all next year as she is doing great now.

"Sorry, but we dont want to be bothered" in so many words. A kid who that dos not fit inside the box is not welcome.

People. My daughter is no dummy. She follows everything in class and is well-behaved. What more do these folks want?

 As for the second interview, The principle liked me but it was clear that I was not frum enough. 

And the tuition!!!! Seven to eight thousand dollars a year?!?! Wow! Makes me want to send my kids to public school.

My post might not be too eloquent as usual but thats because stuff like this pisses me off.

I'm not despairing. There are plenty of good girls schools out there to choose from. But now I need to also start worrying about Da boy...The choices out there are not so good.

On Borscht....

Courtesy of the Barefoot Cook

My upstairs neighbor gave me 2 cups of homemade borscht on Friday night. It was actually pretty good. Maybe those Russians got something right ...Even Da Wife admitted that it was good.

I like trying new things ;) 

NYC Tweetup Review

After work, I trekked up to Manhattan to the Tweet-Up /Blogger Meet at the 92Y in Tribeca organized by Hesh and Itamar from JewNews.com. Mad props guys.

There were new and old faces there. Excitingly, Brooklyn Wolf showed up. After reading his excellent blog for 3 years, it was great to put a face to him.

I had a good time. Hesh treated me to some exotic beer and there were great corporate sponsors as well giving out free food. Sam from Oh!Nuts distributed chocolates and nuts, there were cakes from Grandpa's Coffee Cakes and a bonanza of Hummus and other yummy spreads from Sonny's and Joes which is distributed by Flaums. MMMM. I loved the Hummus. Took home alot of that stuff.

Bloggers in attendance: Moshe and his wife, Mottel and his spouse, Susanne and her husband @RavTex, Brooklyn Wolf, Shlomo,Hesh and Frum Female (didn't speak to her though) . I also met my first blogger couple who met via Hesh's blog, The Real Shaliach and Elisheva.

Also met some people from Twitter: @ffidler who does social media and @jewishrobot , the creator of the Shabot6000 Robot comic.


 Posted pictures of the meeting on Twitter but if you wanna see them, you're just going to have to join and follow me- @jacobdajew ;)

Just kidding. Good times:

Me and Hesh.

Mottel "mekareving" me for a hug

Da Jew and Da Wolf

On the subway with the Real Shliach

NYC Blogger Meet/Tweetup Tomorrow

I will hopefully be attending my first Blogger/Tweetup meeting tomorrow. Hesh will be co-hosting so you know it won't be lame.

Details: Via FrumSatire

Jewish Tweetup NYC
Weds Nov,4th 5:30 – 7:30pm
92Y Tribeca @ 200 Hudson Street

Drop a comment, email or just say hi if you are gonna be there.