Moving Around

First, let me apologize for being late with my post this week, but it has been a whirwind past few days for The Colored Man. Where shall I start?

Well, most importantly, I moved into a brand-new living environment, one that has a spacious kitchen, large bathroom, hardwood floors, and 10ft. ceilings, gas stove, and did I mention that the new villa-ette has "welfare heat."  For those of you who don't know, welfare heat is steam heat that has a tendency to overheat.  It's 17 degrees outside as I write this, but I am sitting here in shorts and a tee-shirt with the window open.  And best of all the heat is FREE!  The neighborhood is in transition, and is becoming quite the artistic haven.  About three blocks down the street, I have a 6-mile walk/run trail, so there are no excuses for not getting out and exercising.

I am already enjoying this new place, which is a good ways from my old stomping grounds, but offers me the opportunity to do what I want, when I want, how I want.  Eventually, I will purchase another house, but for right now, this is the place to be and it's where I chose to call home, and I am lovin' it.

On Sunday, my good "judy" girlfriend, Ms. Loveheart, invited me to a grand opening party for Dhani Jones' new coffee shop, Bow Tie Cafe.  Dhani Jones is a professional athlete who is also the star of Dhani Tackles the Globe on the Travel Channel, and is an all-around bon vivant and philanthropist.  The reason that the coffee shop is called Bow Tie Cafe, is because he designs and sells bowties, with the profits assisting various charities, such as Juvenile Diabetes.

Ms. Loveheart was looking quite stunning in a purplish knit dress, which featured sculpted, draped shoulders and just enough cleavage to not be vulgar.  Kim Kardashian ain't got nothing on Ms. Loveheart.  She was in that dress, which highlighted her hour-glass figure.  Her legs were covered in purplish-brown tights, and she strutted in suede 4-inch heels.  Yours truly, the Colored Man wore a pair of jeans that had shrunk a few years ago (wink-wink), a black and white gingham shirt, black sweater-jacket with a faux fur collar, and grey suede wingtips. We were quite fashionable if I say so myself.

The party was quite a melange of people - business people, hanger-ons, black, white, Asian, Middle Eastern, pro athletes, hoochie mommas, older, younger, straight, gay, half-way crooked, invited and party-crashers, Rolex, Timex, and Cartier watch wearers.  The food offered was sushi, sliders -made with very good beef, assorted cheeses and charcuterie.  Wine, beer and sodas washed the delicious lite fare down.

The highlight of the evening was a mini-concert by a pianist named Eric Lewis, or ELew as he calls himself.  If you can imagine Yanni and John Tesh on steroids, than you have ELew.  His styles range from New Age, Punk, Rock, jazz to the Delfonics' LaLaLaLaLa......Means I Love You.  He is a fourth-generation musician, and grew up in a home in Camden, New Jersey that also served as a music school.
He makes the piano rumble like thunder, and does it all while crouch down in a runner's starting gate position.  When I inquired why he played in that position versus sitting on a bench, he told me that he likes the "lines" that his body creates while he plays.  I will be honest, his music is not for everyone's taste.  Personally, the Colored Man tended to gravitate more towards his jazz and pop interpretations versus his rendition of Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana.  Of course, Ms. Loveheart who is the Colored Man's junior by 20 years loved all of the rock and punk music renditions.  All that I could do was ask her who the song was by, and reply, "I've never heard of them."  There were rumours that Terrell Owens was giving a party on Monday night, but we were not able to get full details, or else we would have been there also, and I would have a full report for you.  I guess his orbit is just a little bit more rarified than Dhani's.  All in all it was a very enjoyable evening.

The party ended for me around 12 midnite. Of course the youngster Ms. Loveheart went to the "afterglow," and had plenty of stories to tell me the next afternoon.

So, as you can see, that between packing and unpacking, hanging out, and living life, it has been quite a busy week for the Colored Man.  I am tired, and ready to sit back and enjoy a good book surrounded by welfare heat.

The Colored Man
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