Susan and I got out on Saturday night to see Peter Mayer play here in Des Moines. Susan became a fan while she was in college and I became a fan while riding in our car listening to him. He has some great, thoughtful music, and he does some nice work with the guitar. He played a fun show, intermingling serious songs, funny songs, and even funnier stories. I managed to record one of his ‘sing-a-long’ songs, Hot Pickles:
In other news, Sylvia, our babysitter, got our kids to sleep without a hitch. She just read to them, tucked them in, and then left the room. That is a first.