Bumbershoot 2009

Another excellent year at Bumbershoot... and yet another reason I love living in Seattle! We saw...

• Dyno Jamz
• The New Mastersounds
• Katy Perry (yikes, I know)
• Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
• Say Hi
• Matt & Kim (yayyyyy!)
• The Black Eyed Peas
• The Old 97s
• The Long Winters
• Franz Ferdinand
• Modest Mouse

See, we had fun!

And Drew had... too much fun.

We got treats.

Drew was apparently the only one who was sweet on Katy Perry.

We goofed around plenty. And got lost?

We ALL got to use our Bumbershoots!

Best of all, I got to see The Long Winters again...

I had the perfect view- front row center for my favorite band.

And did I mention that I met the band? Because I met the band. I should probably also mention that I completely geeked out and forced them all to sign my schedule and take photos with me. Long Winters, should we meet again... please don't remember me.

Usually I'd be embarrassed to post a picture where my face looks so large and white... but that's John Roderick standing next to me.

Coming & Going

Hey all! Adam and I are back in Seattle after a whirlwind visit to the Bay Area. In under 48 hours we managed to get miserably lost several times, walk ourselves to exhaustion, and fill up my camera with blurry photos taken out the window of our rental car. We are still recovering. So, not exactly what I'd call a "vacation," but then again, we were sort of there on business. In fact, we have some big news...

But you'll have to wait until Tuesday! Bahaha!

In the meantime, we're jumping back into the fray. Literally. We're going to Bumbershoot!

Adam and I will be hanging out with my little brother, Drew, and enjoying two fairly epic days of music (The Long Winters! Yayyyy!). Drew has failed us this year by turning 21 one week too late to enter the Bumbershoot beer gardens, but we'll forgive him. After all, he proved to be pretty good company last year...

On the first day we endured quite the pummeling to get a good view of Band of Horses and Beck.

(And on the second day we rested.)

Adam and Drew were shady characters.

(Extra credit if you can find me in this picture.)

Seriously. Shady characters.

(I believe I took this photo while listening to The Offspring, which could explain their faces.)

On the third day we waited and waited and waited...

And we saw Death Cab for Cutie!

Our favorite image from the event. Not Drew's best angle though.

So, this year we're hoping for an encore of a great time- and we're really hoping we won't have to USE our bumbershoots (though the weather report isn't looking so hot).

Hope all of you enjoy a fun Labor Day weekend- give us a shout if you're at Bumbershoot!