Cake Shop is kind of a divey bar type place downstairs that doubles as a coffee, tea, and well ... cake shop upstairs. There's also a mini record store in the back. White Hinterland played there last Friday. The performance was intimate and catchy.

Casey Dienel has been in pretty heavy rotation on my iPod for close to a year now. Especially the song "Frankie and Annette," which I frequently put on "Repeat One," a setting also known as "OCD? What OCD?" . . .