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Tuesday

May152012

A Tour Of Weehawken With Danny The Freelancer—Part II

Okay, yesterday you saw part one of my trip to Weehawken and met our host there, Danny the freelancer. Today, here comes part two, the search for Indian food and booze! And awaaay we go!

Okay, after some tequila and beer at Danny's apartment, we're on the road again.

This is a painting in a bank window that Danny pointed out to me. The tall building is the Weehawken Water Tower which was built in the 1800's.

And right across the street is the Water Tower Park, which houses the aforementioned water tower.

Here's a plaque that was put up in 2009 commemorating the 160th anniversary of the water tower in Weehawken.

And here's a shot of the looming water tower in the park. A nice chunk of history, standing tall.

Danny chose this Indian restaurant for dinner, Touch of Spice. It just opened last year and Danny said the food here is excellent.

James greeted us as we walked in the door, a friendly host.

The restaurant is very nice inside, and since it was early in the evening, we had the place to ourselves.

Here's Danny toasting at our table. The place is BYOB and we came armed with a six pack of Negra Modela beer.

The food here is delicious, I got so caught up in eating, I forgot to take food shots, but here's the after photo. We had vegetarian samosas, naan bread and I had the chicken vindaloo and I can't remember what Danny had, but I'm pretty sure it involved chicken as well. It was some of the best Indian food I've ever had and it's worth traveling to Weehawken just to eat here.

After dinner, James brought over this decorative wooden box.

Inside is the check and some Indian candy.

And as we soldier on, night is beginning to fall on Weehawken.

As we head out for a nightcap or three, we pass the church where Danny was baptized as a child. I didn't want to get any closer than this for fear that it might cave in.

And here's where Danny selected for our nightcaps.

It's the Park Avenue Bar & Grill.

It's nice and dark inside and plenty of room to sti at the bar, so Danny and I chose some seats at the end of the bar.

And here's Steve the friendly bartender serving up an ice cold bottle of beer. This is a great place and we got a buy back after the first round, doesn't get any better than that!

Here's the lit up bottles behind the bar.

Lights hang over the bar and there's sports jerseys on the ceiling.

And after several drinks, we head out the door and call it a night.

Here's a photo of the Manhattan skyline at night as I make my way back to the ferry.

And here comes the ferry to take me back to the city. It's starting to rain a little outside.

As I board, it's really starting to come down, perfect timing!

There's plenty of seats for the ride back.

I tried to take a shot of the Manhattan skyline from the ferry window, but it reflected back and it's a combination shot of the skyline and my reflection, kind of a cool shot that happened by mistake. Thanks to Danny for a fun tour of Weehawken, I had a blast!