I was meeting an old colleague from my old days of being a research assistant at Columbia. I walked to the door man, in this case, gatekeeper and said, “I’m meeting a friend here.” The dark-skinned man with an enormous grin replied, “Is it a man? Go get ‘im baby!” That was awkward, considering his job was to check my ID and welcome me. I was at the Harlem Tavern, Beer Garden, Kitchen and Bar. The place was at full occupancy once again. […]

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