We went to the new jazz cafe!

(Normally I wouldn't let out a photo of me making this goofy of an expression, but I specifically asked Wax to take a picture too because most of the time there's only evidence that she was present since I'm the one taking pictures...)

This was their third day of operation, and everything wasn't quite settled yet! It still smelled like paint and lacquer inside and they didn't have speakers hooked to the stereo on the half of the café where we were sitting - all the sound was drifting along to us from the other leg of the big L-shaped room. It wasn't crowded enough that they had to turn people away (with covid regulations their limit is 40 customers), but there were people in front of us and behind us waiting to order when we got there. There's a wine fridge and a beer tap along with a case of sandwiches and pastries, but they were running out of snacks quickly and the menu boards weren't fully lettered yet. We deliberately went early, before the tickets-only album drop event they had later in the evening (because tickets, but also because it's some kind of avant-garde duo and I don't jive with that kind of jazz). The stereo was playing a mixture of instrumental and vocal melodic jazz, so just the styles I prefer. The decor was great - there are some little (presumably rentable?) rooms off the main L on each end furnished as a living room and a dining room and they've got to-die-for vintage furniture in them.

It will be lovely to go back some time in the evening with the brothers- and sisters-in-law, I hope!