Rich Wallace's Blog - Posts Tagged "keene-brewbakers"
Caucuses
So with the weirdness of Iowa behind us, the national media spotlight now shifts to New Hampshire, which Chris Matthews beatified on "Hardball" this evening as a state where, in next week's primary, "What they'll do will make sense - to them - and will seem like good sense to the rest of the country. It very often does. It's why New Hampshire has won this job of holding the first primary."
Tonight in NH, we did what we do several nights a week: go down to Brewbakers on Main Street for tea. The wind chill is on the wrong side of zero so we drove there for a change. Didn't know there'd be an open mike tonight. Got there as they were setting up, and it looked like it'd be an early night. But soon every other person who came through the door was carrying an acoustic guitar, and it was standing room only (in a room that holds about 25.) Great stuff; probably the best open mike I've ever been to. Particularly liked the two guys from Blackjack Crossing (Brattleboro bluegrassy band) and hilarious but Dylan-Neil-Youngish Tad Dreis, newly arrived from North Carolina. Also the two pots of tangerine-ginger tea and the housemade brownie. Looks like the first Wednesday of the month for now.
Always blown away by how much talent there is out there, and how gutsy people are to get up there and perform their stuff. We stumble upon things like this all the time in Keene. Coolest town I've ever lived in.
Tonight in NH, we did what we do several nights a week: go down to Brewbakers on Main Street for tea. The wind chill is on the wrong side of zero so we drove there for a change. Didn't know there'd be an open mike tonight. Got there as they were setting up, and it looked like it'd be an early night. But soon every other person who came through the door was carrying an acoustic guitar, and it was standing room only (in a room that holds about 25.) Great stuff; probably the best open mike I've ever been to. Particularly liked the two guys from Blackjack Crossing (Brattleboro bluegrassy band) and hilarious but Dylan-Neil-Youngish Tad Dreis, newly arrived from North Carolina. Also the two pots of tangerine-ginger tea and the housemade brownie. Looks like the first Wednesday of the month for now.
Always blown away by how much talent there is out there, and how gutsy people are to get up there and perform their stuff. We stumble upon things like this all the time in Keene. Coolest town I've ever lived in.
