we made it in one piece 21 June 2008

hi everybody. we’re home safe and sound from our west coast odyssey. it’s nice to be at home at the proper altitude.

our first stop was beautiful missoula, montana where we first saw a surfer riding a continuous wave in the river and later played a show at the palace. it was ladies night and the feeling was right. we enjoyed some lovely music and played jenga.

next we stopped in seattle, washington where we enjoyed the moist weather, went thrift store hopping, ate rainier cherries from pike place market and took a ferry to bainbridge island. oh, and we also played a really fun show at the mars bar with some amazingly talented folks, including troubletown and the kindness kind, and ate some amazingly delicious food from the cafe venus next door.

we traveled next to portland, oregon where everyone deeply sniffed roses in the experimental rose garden and napped in the sun while i caught up with dear old friends. we drank as many cups of stumptown coffee as we could and wandered through powell’s before playing a show at the towne lounge with some lovely and gracious folks, porches and autopilot is for lovers. it was a pleasant way to spend an evening.

we went on to san francisco, california and enjoyed perfect weather and cocktails on a rooftop deck in the mission. we wandered over the whole city and finished the day in golden gate park before playing another satisfying show with some great bands, including tiny television, helene renaut and indian valley line, at the hotel utah.

we drove all night to salt lake city, utah to make it to KRCL, a fantastic community radio station who was gracious enough to host us in their studio. we gobbled up some of the best mexican food ever at the red iguana (where i drank a jalapeno margarita that was so deliciously spicy it seared my throat; it was a truly religious experience) before heading the urban lounge for a show with the rocking dead horse point.

all in all, it was a fantastic trip, but we missed denver and are sure glad to be home.