This Thursday, December 17, I'm excited to announce a very special holiday Frim Fram Jam, Yehoodi's regular Thursday night swing dance. First up, badass lindy hopper Todd Yannacone will be teaching an advanced dance lesson from 8-9pm and then DJing with Ryan Swift until 1am! As always, the lesson is from 8-9 pm, and still…
Category: New York
More fun footage of Vince Giordano and the Nighthawk’s: “Ain’t Misbehavin'” (video)
"Swingyoucats" has more fun footage from the Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks concert on Saturday in midtown Manhattan, including this vid of dancers enjoying the Nighthawks performance of "Ain't Misbehavin'". Such a fun song, and so deftly performed. Here's another one of WestieGrrl and I charlestoning to "When the Folks Up High Do that Mean…
Awesome Christmas sweater vest with five santas!
So for this Christmas, I decided that I wanted to find the ultimate Christmas sweater vest to wear to my family's holiday party. After some unsuccessful web searches and visits to various Goodwill and Salvation Army outposts in the city, I was about to despair. There are just too many ironic shoppers in the city,…
Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks doing “Royal Garden Blues” (video)
Here's some awesome footage of vintage swing big band Vince Giordano and his Nighthawks performing "Royal Garden Blues" at the "Holiday Tea at Three" in Manhattan yesterday. Taken by twentythreeskidoo, a wonderful young lindy hopper and swing jazz fanatic. I love how she captures all of the musicians doing their solos as well as the…
Update on New Year’s Eve Eve Salon Party
I got the updated info on the line-up for the Salon New Year's Eve Eve party happening on December 30th. They have an amazing assortment of entertainment on tap at the very swank Player's Club in downtown Manhattan: Headliner: George Gee and the Jump, Jive and Wailers Big Band in the ballroom Queen Esther and…
RidetheCity.com: Google Maps meets crowdsourced biking data
I'm really digging the new RidetheCity.com website, a service that debuted in 2008 to help bike commuters find the best route from A to B in the city. Let's face it: it's a jungle out there for New York City bikers. We need all the help we can get. The new site integrates elevation data…
NY Times on Vince Giordano’s Big Band
The New York Times has a swell tribute to Vince Giordano and his 1920s era jazz big band the Night Hawks in their NY Region section. I must admit that I've been hearing about the Night Hawks for awhile, but have not seen their regular Monday gig at the Hotel Edison. That needs to change…
DJing at the Salon Party on New Year’s Eve Eve
I ran into Patrick Soluri — composer, musician and just a great guy — at Swing 46 last night and we chatted about the fabulous Salon New Year's Eve Eve party that he and some friends are throwing on December 30th. They have an amazing array of entertainment on tap at the very swank Player's…
Lilou of France wins Red Bull BC-One (again)
Here's some exciting footage from the latest Red Bull BC-One breaking / b-boy competition in New York City, which took place a couple of days ago. It killed me that I couldn't be there to see this in person. But having this awesome footage (and so quickly!) is a nice consolation prize. Congrats to Lilou…
Vote for Global Kids to win $1 million in Chase Community Giving Challenge
I'm passing along the news that Global Kids stands to win $1 million in a competition on Facebook by Chase Community Giving. But we need your votes to win! Voting takes less than 60 seconds, please click here to VOTE FOR GLOBAL KIDS NOW! Want to know how your vote for GK can make a…