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Saturday night ended at El Corazon seeing Ariel Pink. Very fun place. Fun show. Seems like the sort of thing I might do in Minneapolis, which is always a little funny for me since I generally don’t see a ton of live music while on vacation.

Sunday we took a slow drive from Seattle to Portland, stopping whenever and wherever we wanted. We started with Snoqualmie Falls. I had no expectations and was just amazed. I love my Minnehaha Falls, but I’m realizing how “cute” they are after a look at some of these just majestic water falls in the real mountains. Also, the waterfall featured in Twin Peaks. Who doesn’t love a famous waterfall?

Next stop, the cemetery in Renton WA, to see Jimi Hendrix’s memorial. It’s impressive. I’ve been there twice and it was raining each time. So I think the angles are always crying for Jimi. The population the cemetery is very diverse. There’s a grave nearby that has chanting-type music blasting. It aids an interesting dimension.

Next step the Museum of Glass in Tacoma. Best thing, I got to get my Chihuly fix. I love his art; there’s great color and movement in most of his work. It’s amazing to think that anything would work in a medium that seems by its nature so fragile. Another impressive piece in the Salmon School Sculpture, which is created with salmon-like, silver hand-blown mini-sculptures hanging from the ceiling in the shape of a salmon. We both saw a lot of works we liked; there’s something whimsical and permanent in art that seems so hard to do.

We made a quick stop in Olympia. Lily went to a vintage shop – ironically one I remembered from an earlier trip with Aine. I checked out the local street art.

Eventually we made it back to Portland. We had a nice diner nearly Lily’s work (Grassa?) and we went to two of her favorite bars: the Blue Moon and the Book Pub. Both were nice but a pub that features books, where most of the patrons are readers or writers (and you can tell because they are reading and writing at the pub) is hard to resist.