another night at Caffe Vivaldi

Tonight I visted a specific open mike night for the fourth time - at Caffe Vivaldi in Greenwich Village. I've loved the atmosphere there, with good low lighting, a good listening crowd, and an entertaining host, Michael Karp... and I've felt energized by the feedback I've received there when I play. Tonight seemed to drag like past nights haven't, however... the place was pretty full up and so there wasn't room to sit and save seats for the friends who would be coming to see me. I was also 22nd on the sign-up list - kind of a drag to wait out the evening. But, I'm still glad I went, and tried out a new song, and I'm ever thankful for the friends who somehow see it as a fun thing to come out across town or on hour-long train commutes to share in evenings structured around my playing two songs at a bar on its open mike night.