Hanging out in New York

New York is one of my absolute favorite cities in the world, bursting with all kinds of creative possibilities! I always find lots to do while I am here and have a list of great restaurants, music stores and other places to visit. I also take the opportunity to do a lot of street photography and this time have been trying out a new 21mm lens with my trusty Leica M camera. The photos below were taken with this lens!

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There is so much to see and do in New York and one of the best music stores is Matt Umanov on Bleeker –  http://umanovguitars.com/ which is one of the last great music stores on the planet. I bought my first uke here from Zeke (the go to guy for all stringed instruments) which was a Collings UC1 pre production model. That was a catalyst for creating the whole “Small Change Diaries universe” I also bought a great Collings i35 electric there, which is such a cool instrument.

On this visit we saw Bill Frissell at The Vanguard which is pretty much a perfect musical event. I’m planning many more trips to NY and for me its like a second home!