Clubbing

Last night Evie and I went out clubbing until close to midnight at our favorite night club. I can just see Mom's head shaking in disappointment now. Washington DC is known for several well known clubs. Well Mom, it gets worse....we were out at a family...Jonathan and Joshua joined with us at Blues Alley.

Blues Alley is a night club in Georgetown and one has to literally walk off one of the main trendy streets (Wisconsin Ave) and 50 ft or so down an alley to get to the club. It is cozy and dark and is one that you need reservations even on most weeknights to get into. A good time was held by all last evening. The entertainment was top notch with the group playing several excellent items writen by members of the group. Our table was down front...with Josh and I sitting within 5 ft of one of the performers.

This was a historic night for Blues Alley and the performing group. Blues Alley is one of the major jazz night clubs in the nation and it was the US Army jazz band's first performance in a major night club. Over the last 30 years they have performed in concert halls, parks, schools, but never in a night club as a group (there have been individuals who have performed in Blues Alley and other locations while off duty). The group is seventeen players strong and each is an outstanding muscian. They were a joy to hear in such an intimate environment as we sat drinking our sodas while consuming fries, chicken fingers, chips and pretzels. And best of all, for this historic ocassion the normal heafty cover charge was not applied...but you had to have reservations.