Pete Holmbeck in Town for the MN State Fair

I got an unexpected phone call earlier this week from my friend Pete Holmbeck.  He and his wife Sue are good friends of mine from college that now live in Florida with their FOUR kids, Macy, Reno, Dodge, and Nova.  We made a lot of mostly good music together back in the day.  It'd been a while since we'd been in touch, so it was great to get Pete's call.

The crazy thing was that he'd just arrived in town to sell his Guitar String Jewelry at the Minnesota State Fair (main level of the grandstand).  He was headed from Minneapolis to Woodbury, and I was in Saint Paul where I'd just hung out with Leo & Carolyn Campero and had dinner with Leo at Saigon Restaurant (best Pho in the Twin Cities!).

So it was great timing (which you expect of fine musicians) and it worked out perfectly that we were able to connect and hang out for a bit, which was a cool surprise.  (In the picture with Pete and me, Pete's the one holding the camera...and making the goofy face.)  I plan to stop by his booth at the Fair later this week.

Comments

[Leo]

When he says Saigon is the best pho in the Twin Cities...believe me...it is!!
Let's hang out again, maybe a movie next time?

Thanks for the link :-)

Leo

[Wendy]

My husband and I saw Peter's display at the MN State Fair and loved his craft. I picked up one of his business cards, because my son is an avid guitar player (he's babysitting 3 guitars right now for others). The only problem is when I try to go the his site www.GuitarStringJewelry.com, I got some weird search site, with no way of finding his contact info., or jewelry selection. I would love to buy something for my son for Christmas and I want Peter's company to benefit from the sale. Anyway, I can get a catalog?

[iwire]

Wendy, go to www.rocknrolljewelry.com

Peter has had difficulties with his original site, so this is his new (and improved) one.