Current mood:

thoughtful

What a busy weekend....
I don't know who was responsible for this one, but I bet the Seattle Police hopes they don't do it again. First, there was the National Governors Conference downtown at the Westin, which required blocking off the hotel with barriers on four sides. Which made the buses reroute. But it made a nice playground for protestors like ADAPT. Lots of police presence there. Then there was the Bite of Seattle. This used to be a festival at Seattle Center where you could taste "bites" of the food at fancy restaurants for $2. The bites, however, kept getting smaller and smaller. The cost of the bites went up to $5, you can't buy a drink there for less than $2. And this year there wasn't even many fine restaurants represented, mostly it was the same old festival food you get at Folklife and Bumbershoot. Last year they added music, and this year it might as well have been another music festival. Living three blocks from Seattle Center, IMHO, we don't need another music festival with its attendant parking problems, traffic, and drunks yelling at 3am. Big police presence there, too. The Boyo and I had to have our ritual strawberry shortcake anyway. I am sure the Bite committee is pleased, there were more people there than in years past. The third big deal in town was the Seafair Pow Wow out at Discovery Park. The Boyo and I went out there Sunday after our morning rites to Pan and Aphrodite. We enjoy watching all the Indian Fancy-Dancers. I don't know if I like the jingle dancers or the feather dancers better. The food was cheaper at the Pow Wow, if not much better. Of course, I couldn't afford the salmon bake at $10, and as late as I ate, I was lucky to get a cremated burger. No danger of E-coli there. But what do you want from a food booth staffed by volunteers. Police presence? Two Native American cops. But then the Pow Wow is clean and sober. Something I can't say for the other two events.