Punch Brothers and other fun

On Friday night, Sweetie and I dragged ourselves back to the college after a long day in order to see a group called Punch Brothers with Chris Thile.  I wasn't really sure what to expect.  I had the impression that I SHOULD be impressed that they were playing at our dinky little college.  

Well, they are hard to define.  A bit of bluegrass.  A bit of alternative.  And a ton of technical musical supremacy and creativity.  

There were some rather serious bluegrass fans in the audience and I couldn't help to think that Sweetie and I and many of our colleagues were watching the band as if they were some sort of alien life form.  Studying them, if you will.  But also thoroughly enjoying them.

Good eatin'

As remarkable as it may sound, Sweetie and I have actually found some good eatin' in our neck of the woods.  There's a privately-owned historic mansion in town and they are now hosting dinners twice a week.  So, Sweetie treated me to a Valentine's dinner there.  The chef is a caterer/personal chef (I can't imagine anyone in this town actually HAS a personal chef), and she even caters to my vegetarian needs.  She's a genius.  It was a wonderful evening and we sipped on a wonderful Bordeaux that we managed to smuggle over the Ohio border with the help of various friends and family (we are unable to get wine shipped to Indiana, so we had to have it shipped to Ohio).  Really, really wonderful and we book one of these special dinners about once every two months.  We never eat out in this town otherwise, so it seems worth it to indulge in a really wonderful dinner now and then.

And the owner of the mansion loves Sweetie's accent:-)

And just when we've shoveled the driveway

 There is apparently yet another major winter storm headed our way.  Our weather alert went off today and nearly gave me a heartattack (usually it only goes off during thunderstorm/tornado season).  Just as Sweetie was finishing off our last-ditch effort to clear enough space for two cars in our driveway, I was informed by the National Weather Service that we are going to get hit by massive amounts of snow YET AGAIN.   Please, tell me it's not true.