Who's Feet Are These??

Well, in approximately 30 hours, they're ours.

We leave tomorrow for Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo. We're there until Monday. We live in Portland. Do I have to tell you how excited we are?

Happy Second Birthday!

Happy Birthday to you, my pretty little ACL #2!

Cat Farm: Meet Neil Young

Neil joined us in August of 2006. He's our big love buddy. Size extra large.

Roadtrip

President's Day weekend found us zipping (that's a relative term) up to a friend's cabin at Mt. Baker in NE Washington. The Cascades there are more of an actual mountain chain (you can see the Canadian Rockies in the distance in places) than the here and there volcanoes we have here. I think my mouth was hanging open a good bit of the time.

Andy spent two days on the mountain and was quite happy with it - the weather was perfect. Those of us not inclined to throw ourselves downhill at breakneck speed had a great time checking out the scenery, having drinks at the lodge, and hanging out. Monday's drive home was two hours longer than it should have been due to traffic, but it was worth it.

You know what they say...

You can't have one without the other.

Rodrigo y Gabriela

Andy got us tickets to see Rodrigo y Gabriela last Friday at the Crystal Ballroom. It was my first show at the Crystal - a fun albeit not acoustically fabulous venue that has springy floors. I first heard R&G last summer on one of the local indie radio stations, and they seem to have quite the following judging from the crowd at the show. It was one of their songs that led to the embarrassing (or entertaining, depending on which side of it you were on) spontaneous dance we "performed" at our reception. That was NOT planned, people.

The most amazing talent is in Gabriela's hands - virtually all the percussion in their songs comes from her guitar. Here is a video from when they were on Letterman - it may take a minute to load - it's best to let it start playing and then hit pause until it's completely loaded (when the bar is all red). She has a solo about half-way through that is just ridiculous.




The second video is a performance of my favorite song, "Tamacun" (the aforementioned wedding choice). It was the last song they played at the concert and it was great to be in a big crowd of people with the floor bouncing away...

Be An Informed Voter!

CNN has a great summary of the candidates' stands on major issues here.

Georgia Primary Day!

Yes We Can.

Snow!

Just a little.