The Swift

Last weekend, Jess and I did a little exploring to find a fun bar for everyone to meet on Friday night and we think we found a gem. The place is called Swift in the East Village. Neither of us had ever noticed in the past, but it's a cozy joint themed after Jonathan Swift. Thus, it's full of dark wood, lots of cool literary references, and a great beer selection. There's also great big wooden picnic style tables in the back, loungy cushions around small tables in the front and plenty of room at the bar. This picture to the right is one of the murals on the wall.

On another note, here's another recent musical find that Jess and I have been listening to a lot these days. We saw these guys play at the Mercury Lounge in February and had a blast. They are called the Felice Brothers (three of them are actually real brothers). You'll get a heavy dose of Bob Dylan with some Townes Van Zandt-like storytelling and the Band well... sounds like the Band. Besides the fact that their drummer is an attention junkie and gets up all the time to show off his terrible dance moves, there's really nothing not to like.