2850 miles away.: July 2008

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Huma Tour, also a Part 1

Huma, with the fabulous Shenandoah Davis, began the first leg of their Stereo Summer tour with shows in Seattle, Olympia, Eugene and Portland. Cities to be played in August/September include Hoboken, NYC, New Brunswick, Philly, DC, and Boston.

Brian nervously drives the rental suv down I5. It literally came off the dealership floor and into the hands of us, yikes!

Directions to work the PA in Olympia..

What a beautiful room.

We are so excited!

*Following this show came the worst night sleep any of us had experienced in awhile.. we will spare you the details but I will just say that the kid whose floor we slept on also invited the other two bands we played with to crash. We all decided on our way to Eugene that we were definitely going to get a motel room that night.*

Chaarlie joins us on our way to Eugene, and unfortunately passes away on our way back from Portland.

Rocking out in Eugene, OR

Jess adding some clarinet for Shenandoah.

Brian getting carried away with the free drink tickets

And onto Portland! After spending the day in beeautiful park, we stopped for beers at Amnesia Brewery before going to the venue. Here you can also catch a glimpse of Shenandoah's iphone, that led us to food and prevented us from getting lost during the trip.

Relaxing after the show in Tim's backyard with a fire, friends, and some refreshments! Thank you Tim for letting us stay with you!

Huma and Shenandoah make their East Coast return/debut at Maxwell's in Hoboken on Sunday, August 31st!!!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

West Coast Summer, Part 1

Here are a collection of images from the start of our West Coast summer..

Fourth of July started off with the usual bbq.

We were excited to see the fireworks from a friend's rooftop deck that had a great view of the city.

This is a little dramatic.. but it is the first fourth of july that we needed to wear sweaters!

International Beer Festival. Brian, Jess, Keith, and I worked the day before to get free admission and that awesome t-shirt. Laura's parents arrived the next morning, and after dropping off their bags at the apartment we headed down to the festival!

Kayaking in Lake Washington.

Laura, Brian, Jess, and the fam went on a 10 night vacation to Mt. Rainier, the Olympic Peninsula, Victoria/Vancouver Island, and Vancouver. Sadly for Keith, he had to stay behind in Seattle and work.. wah wah. Buuut, he was happy to have the time to clean up and prepare for the arrival of his parents and brother the day before the other crew returned. July was a crazy month of visitors for us!

Mt. Rainier & the Cascades.

7.5 feet of snow in July.. how are we going to do this hiking trail?!