Because It All Relates Back To...

real estate.

My parents are in town for a few days (more on that below), so we took advantage of their babysitting prowess last night to check out some jazz at the nearby Tea Lounge.

The Tea Lounge - which is roughly 100 yards from our apartment - is a stroller derby lounge by day. By night, it's a hip jazz venue, a movie theater, a performance art space... or still a stroller derby, depending on when you drop in. Monday nights are jazz 'n movie nights. The Alan Ferber Nonet kicked things off with a blend of electric and straight-ahead. Beautiful stuff. We didn't stay for the movie because Leah needed to be fed. But wow, was it some fantastic music.

How does this relate to real estate? It's obvious - There's no Tea Lounge in Maplewood.

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Leah's Simchat Bat - a celebration of her arrival - was on Sunday. We waited two months partially because that's the earliest we could get a space in the neighborhood, but also because we thought it would be nice for Leah to be more alert. And it was. She behaved perfectly.