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13 Sep

Seattle And Bumbershoot 2011 – Part 3

Did you miss the first two parts? Read part one here and part two here. And there will be a bunch of pictures soon too… Monday September 5 Last day of the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival and the routine is familiar. A bit of food in the room and then we took the monorail [...]

11 Sep

Seattle And Bumbershoot 2011 – Part 2

This is the second part of the trip recap. To read part one, click here. Saturday September 3 Mid-morning we took the convenient monorail over to the Seattle Center, the site of the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. Today was the first day of this amazing event. Doors opened at 11:00 but we got there [...]

08 Sep

Seattle And Bumbershoot 2011 – Part 1

We just got back from our annual trek to Seattle for the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival (and more). I’ll post some pictures soon, but in the meantime here is a short synopsis of what we did. Enjoy, and maybe we’ll see you there next year… Wednesday August 31 We flew to Seattle (Southwest Airlines) and arrived in the [...]

25 Sep

Seattle 2009 And Bumbershoot – Part 1

What we did on a summer vacation, the first four days anyway… We recently went to Seattle for a week, as we have done over Labor Day for the last nine or so years. The big attraction is the Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival. It’s a three day festival with entertainment on about 15 stages, plus [...]

02 Dec

Petra B. Is An Artist!

My wife and partner, Petra B, will be one of the Swell Sister artists included in a Second Saturday art show, titled Gather The Women. This will be her first time to have a piece of art included in a public showing. Way to go, PB! Her piece is a work of fused glass and [...]

04 Sep

The Excellent 2008 Seattle Trip: Days 1 – 3

Note: Be sure to check out some of the links too!! Wednesday 8/27 We flew into Seattle. Actually the plane did, but we were on it. There was me and Petra, friends Larry and Robin, and Mama O (who would meet up with the rest of her posse later). We took a crowded bus to [...]

08 Aug

Open Mic Night – Brave Or Crazy?

Thursday night is “Open Mic” night at the Coffee Garden in the Curtis Park area. I was there to see some entertainment last night and saw about 7 or 8 (or was it 9) local people doing their musical thing. There was a guy with a guitar singing folk songs, a woman singing John Lennon and John Mayer, two [...]