The Jazz & Gospel Brunch Date:
Our Valentine’s Day in 2010
This year so many prix fixed dinners in NYC on Valentine’s Day ran from $65 per person to $150. We didn’t want to spend that so we came up with an alternate plan. Our friend Leah who is an actress, artist and singer handed us a flier for a singing gig that she had on Sunday. It was $20 and it included brunch and beautiful music for up to three hours.
So we went to a place called ‘Tea & Things of that Kind’ in Harlem to see Lady Leah & The Blues Masters. Lady Leah was really our friend Leah Finney and the band that she was singing with yesterday was great. Her three sets consisted of love songs and her sunny passionate energy came shining through as usual. We had a great time. The food there was good. Brunch consisted of a small sandwich (you had a choice of a few kinds), a small soup and coffee or tea, plus the wonderful performance. For that price, it was well worth it. Having said that, if you normally associate bunch with eggs Benedict this is not that. It is more like a light bite than a full brunch meal so do not come there really hungry.
Nonetheless, my husband and I would go there again. I believe that Lady Leah will be singing there regularly. Both she and ‘Tea & Things of that Kind’ are working on finishing their websites now. So for the time being, I will post the contact information for them both that I do have. Lady Leah is also available as a singer for private and corporate events. So, go check her out! We had a romantic, low-key, lovely and inexpensive Valentine’s Day treat. I will post the slideshow and video below.
We decided to make fondue for our Valentine’s dinner at home. We finally broke in our fondue pot. I will paste the links to the recipes we used here in case you want to try it too. Cheese Fondue: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cheese-Fondue/Detail.aspx and a Totally Groovy Chocolate Fondue: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Totally-Groovy-Chocolate-Fondue/Detail.aspx. It makes for an easy, quick romantic and cozy dinner.
I hope you had wonderful Valentine’s Day and that you’ll check out a jazz brunch place or make fondue with your next date. Enjoy!
My Best in Love,
Paulette
www.mydatingschool.com
Author of ‘Dating from the Inside Out: How to Use the Law of Attraction in Matters of the Heart’ published by Atria Books.
CONTACT INFO:
Tea& Things of That Kind
2340 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (Corner of 137th St)
NY, NY 10030
(917)829-5891
Singer: Leah Finney aka ‘Lady Leah’ 646-319-0409; PEARSONART7@GMAIL.COM
Band: The Blues Masters
