Summer Fun

Yes, the line for those of us who bought our tickets early to the Capitol Hill Block Party was longer than for day-of sales. But whatever--a lovely day, a closed off street, $2 PBR, four stages with all sorts of good music . . .



Girl Talk was a lot of fun.



Guess I'm just drawn to musicians who like to bring the crowd up on stage . . . us? no, no . . .

[Updated, 22:05: want to watch the whole set? Go ahead.]



Highlight for us, though, was definitely Vampire Weekend. Their set was great (played their whole album, plus a couple of new ones ("every song we know")). Almost as exciting was their entrance: they were introduced by Christine Gregoire, the governor of Washington! (If you're wondering, yes, she was "fired up," even at 10:45pm.)

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We also recently enjoyed over four hours of beautiful, bruising roller derby action featuring the Rat City Rollergirls. Super cool.

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What else? Oh, Fran and Dave are in the area--we hung out for a couple of days, and then dropped them off on Mt Rainier . . .

How cool is it that my phone knew where we were, even out on the water?


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Probably can't see it, but Rainier is there, just above and to the right of Emily.

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See Emily Play Run!

Running? Yes, running! Now featuring an interactive website and (beta release) training program, which--combined with the fancy pedometer on Emily's shoe--is, I admit, pretty cool.

You can also track her progress in a bit more detail over on her page on the Nike+ site.

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Finally, a taco truck follow-up: my favorite place, Tacos El Asadero, recently got some good press in Seattle's Only Newspaper. Mmm. I'm hungry.