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When you see a crowd of attractive Villagers flocking to a coffee zone sans wi-fi at all hours of the day, you must wonder how good the coffee actually is. After several visits I have to give my two thumbs up to Joe - The Art of Coffee, a Greenwich Village treat with three locations, including my favorite — located at the corner of Waverly and Gay Streets.
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When I moved to New York City in 2000, I started a list of things I have wanted to do. Nearly seven years have passed, and the list never stops growing. From only-in-New York stuff to touristy things that I have never had the chance to do, I am taking this moment to make a mid-year resolution: check off the list one item at a time. Number one: Sailing.
Learning to sail has been a goal of mine since I was a child. To make my dream a reality last weekend, I embarked on the Shearwater Sailing yacht, an 82-foot, double-masted schooner built in 1929. Taking advantage of the perfect, sunny 80-degree weather, I grabbed Glamourites Lauren and Tracee and headed for the horizon, with a detour at the Statue of Liberty.
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The French Guinea beat-boxed a rhythym with his barefeet, echoing electronically to silence the crowd. Every so often, Tamango’s focused, balancing gaze would raise toward the rafters and smirk suspiciously. The kind of look a child makes before they paint on the wall. That’s when you knew the troupe of artists from Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Haiti, Cote d’Ivoire, Jamaica and France was about to do something just as unexpected as it was phenomenal.
The performers built off of each other as if in conversation - first “speaking” one at a time, then “talking” over each other and after time harmonizing together. Elaborating on his signature style, the freestyle tap dancer pontificated, “Tap is a language. We can tap it, so it becomes a voice. It is articulated. And it becomes more than just the dance.” This common language was apparent when the dancers improvised with musicians and in battle with Tamango.
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