Lancaster City

It's really good to be home. Last weekend was Music Friday in Lancaster, and my friends Katie Becker and Cliff Lewis each played a set of music with their bands at Building Character, a neat grass-roots venue with a really cool vibe that started up just at the beginning of the new year. It was tons of fun to simply hang out with people and not have to play music - just enjoy it.
After the concert a bunch of us went across the street to The Belvedere, where our friend Matthew Monticchio was playing jazz with a bassist and drummer up in the martini lounge. I brought my video camera along and managed to get some footage of them playing (and riffing off of) Duke Ellington's tune 'In a Sentimental Mood'. It was a great night and it's good to be back in community again.

Vlog Day 68 - Home

I drove from Grove City to State College, where I spent the afternoon with my friends Paul and Katrina and their daughter Anna. We went to the book sale (which I forgot to take video of, unfortunately - tons of books in a big agricultural arena) and then had lunch and I hit the road again for Lancaster.
On the way home my 1985 Toyota Tercel hit 100,000 miles! Pretty cool - it is now officially broken in to life on the road. I must say it is really good to be home, and I made it in time for Mother's Day!

Vlog Day 67 - Grove City

I arrived in Grove City, PA on my way home from Ohio. My brother Seth lives here with his wife, and I also have some friends that go to school here. My friend Rachel was in the youth group at Wheatland where I have been a leader for the last year or so, and she showed me around the campus, talking a bit about the buildings and interesting practices ('creeking' for example) that have become part of life at Grove City College.