NW Neighbors

Two weekends ago, we traveled north to the Emerald City. Yea though the Tacoma Dome tried to attract us and all other traffic within a 30-mile radius, we made it all the way to Seattle. Our hosts for the weekend were Cousins J & M, who have already told their side of this story. They were excellent hosts and cooks. And their new dog Lulu was the perfect playmate.






Here's Wuggie chatting up Lulu, me showing the proper way to belly rub the puppy, and Lulu showing her appreciation:



We ventured out for the last two sets of the No Depression Festival on Saturday. No, Wugs, Iron & Wine is the little red dot in the other direction.




The highlight for M & D was, of course, Gillian Welch. M & Wuggie even waded into the stage crowd for the first few songs. I liked their new song Sweet Tooth, because I thought it was about little bears and honey bees; D seemed to like the parts about novocaine and St. Peter letting people into Candyland.



You may remember the last time we went to see a show of hers. (There seems to be a theme developing in my life of my parents mooching off their relatives for room & board to see a Gillian Welch show.)

We also got to hang out with Marty and his folks, and get some sprinkly doughnuts. Marty taught me how to play cards, and I love petting his cats.



And I finally got to show M & Wuggie the Space Needle!





Thanks to everyone to making our trip so much fun! And if Ms. Welch ever comes towards our hometown, you are welcome to crash with us.