Hello from Room 512 at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Annapolis, Maryland. It’s almost 11 a.m. Checkout time. Hit the elevator button and wait. Exit into the empty lobby. Place the room keys on the front desk and say thank you to the person behind the counter. Grab one more free coffee for the road. Onward.
I was in the mid-Atlantic region this past weekend to attend the Annapolis Baygrass Festival, which included squirreling away some interviews for this bluegrass book I’m currently working on, and also hosting a live audience panel with musical legend Sam Bush and others. The festival’s “Workshop Pavilion” was packed to the gills as we talked shop. Hearty banter and friendly laughter echoing across the property and into the depths of the mighty bay.