New York, New York

I didn’t realized how much I missed living in New York until our recent trip there for New Year’s. I was going to write a blog titled “The top 3 things that I miss most about living in the New York”, but I lost track of time.

The feeling came back and slapped me in the face the other day when I ran into an old friend of mine on Facebook. Rob Corbett, ex DJ, has developed a really nice photography website and has some stunning pictures of New York. Check out his page, Rob Corbett Photography.

In case you were wondering, the three things I miss most about New York were: All night salad bars, Pizza and Danny Tenaglia.

Nothing beats being able to leave your apartment at any hour of the night and walk to the corner to pick up whatever it is that you’re looking for. Even more, New York is the only place that seems to offer decent Salad Bars. I assumed that would be common in St. Louis, but it isn’t (Go figure);  And nothing curbs a healthy pizza addiction like being able to walk outside your apartment at any hour of the night just to pick up a couple of slices. I don’t’ care what anyone says, B&T’s pizza in St. Louis is the closest I’ve seen to decent New York pizza.

As for Danny Tenaglia, we heard him play New Year’s Day at Pacha. I was reminded a feeling of musical spirit that I haven’t felt in a very long time. Don’t get me wrong, St. Louis has caught the occasional great show or two, but they are very few and far between. I don’t know when I can remember the last time I walked into a club and have felt everyone was there just for the music.

I really miss those nights of hearing Tenaglia at the Tunnel, and the various Friday night parties being thrown at Twilo. Twilo was a legend in itself, but even with all of the international talent that walked through those doors, Tenaglia was (and is) still my favorite DJ. We were fortunate to be able to hear him play such a great set, and I can’t to go back and hear him again.

We have an awesome gallery of Tenglia photos from our visit. Check them out here. We also have fantastically wonderful video of Tengalia playing at Pacha in our video section. There’s nothing like seeing him play the air bongos on stage lights…

Incidentally, for those of you wondering, I met Rob Corbett about 13 years ago. The first time I had ever been to a nightclub was around 1996 to hear him play at the Tunnel. Those were many moons ago…