{"id":772,"date":"2015-06-13T17:30:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T21:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=772"},"modified":"2015-06-13T17:30:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T21:30:25","slug":"new-york-city-blog-june-8-june-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=772","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog June 8 \u2014 June 15"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On a hot summer night a friend and I went to Gigino\u2019s in Tribeca, perched at a little table on the cement porch because the a\/c was down. We had a terrific time. Gigino\u2019s has been in existence since 1994 but seems more settled, more of a landmark. I had assumed the charming snapshot of nonno, cigarette planted firmly in the corner of his mouth, running after his grandson, was a family photo. Who knows? Maybe it\u2019s a clever publicist\u2019s stunt to play on the homey quality that the word, trattoria, conveys.<\/p>\n

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We then went to Highlights in Jazz at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center. It\u2019s NYC’s oldest running jazz series, as we are constantly reminded by the genial host, Jack Kleinsinger. This last concert of the season featured the jazz pianist, Randy Weston and Billy Harper the saxophonist. Alexis Cole, the singer and Dylan Meeks, the pianist rounded out the first part of the evening. We left early and slogged our way through the NYC humidity.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m about to breech the new Whitney. As everyone knows it\u2019s in the newest, hottest Manhattan area, the former meat packing district and a stone\u2019s throw from that other trend setter and tourist attraction, the High Line. Did you like the former bunker -er- museum space on Madison and 75th Street? I didn\u2019t. It was more like a prison that a museum. Actually, it could be Rikers East. Can you imagine the reaction of the people in the \u2018hood?<\/p>\n

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