Not my usual Memorial Day weekend...

I'm sitting in a Super 8 Hotel in Ellensburg (on the east side of the Cascades), having spent the first day of Memorial Day weekend, not at the Seattle International Film Festival, not hanging out in my P-Patch, not begging someone to have a BBQ (not before July 4th Michelle!) but figuring out where to have breakfast before heading back to Sasquatch Music Festival. Sasquatch is a 3 day festival of a variety of amazing groups (for the most part) that takes place in the Gorge - which is similar to Blossom Music venue near Cleveland, except the GORGE carved by the Columbia river - it's impressive and aw-inspiring and creates a experience for really good sound!

The beers are outrageously expensive and there are more frat boys (and you can recognize them by their t-shirts and token one tattoo) then I've seen since college but the music has been pretty damn good so far and the rain held yesterday until almost the end of the concert. Beirut and MIA were fantastic. MIA had such HUGE energy (for as tiny as she is) and invited people on stage - the response was 200 people jumping up there. It was amazing. She was worth the entire day of waiting. Beirut started our day off and MIA ended (we went over to hear the Breeders but I'm not a huge fan.) I'm off to breakfast in Ellensburg (36 miles from the venue) and then back for some more shows. It's suppose to rain - again - so we'll see how long with last. The Gorge is in the high desert... but it's Washington - I guess you can expect the rain anywhere.

I'm pretty excited about doing something completely different...