2015 Summer in A2

What a great summer! First, our dear friends Walt and Bronwyn Pedano, came to Ann Arbor for a few weeks and stayed in a VRBO on the Old West Side. What a great treat for us to get to share our town with them – Sonic Lunch, Zingerman’s, The Arb, the Ark and all the other great stuff A2 has to offer. Seems like as soon as we got there, it was time for the annual cottage on Conesus Lake. All the usual suspects – and a few new folks as well. We had great weather and it was great to see everyone -loved that George and Jess came; we hadn’t had a George Hart sighting in some time. Other than hanging out a little at Mid Lake with John and Ginger Gajar, most of the summer was spent on our music. The Solo Duo played a bunch of open mics – we even did the Ark stage at Art Fair. Heart Cruise (my duo with Kevin) started playing the open mic at Brewed Awakenings pretty regularly, often with Dave Solo – always a treat. What a great bunch of musicians we met there; we’ll miss them this winter. Just before we left, I had a great weekend in Pittsburgh with my main gal pal, Patty Niles. We had dinner with the soon-to-be-wed Kristin Hart and Kevin Macksamie and another dear friend, Peggy Stubbs. On the way down, we stopped in Nashville for a couple of days and had a good ol’ time, went to the Ryman and the Country Music Hall of Fame and generally soaked it all in getting ready for Watermelon Wine with Bill Scott and Keith Townsend.