At my customer's house is this hand-drawn map from 1928 of a part of Philadelphia ("Old Houses of Fairmount Park" showing the historic houses of about twenty distinguished families. Some of these houses are along Girard Avenue near the zoo, and I remember driving down that street and remarking on the huge (now dilapidated) houses and how grand they must have once been.
Played with Ron Davis last night... it looks like the November dates are really going to happen. It is a tour called "In the Mood" out of Eastern Canada with singers and a big band. They can save thousands by hiring us instead of flying out their regular band. The dates are all set; Ron just has to negotiate the deal. Hooray for Ron!