{"id":139,"date":"2007-09-06T08:26:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T14:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/seattle-for-bumbershoot\/saturday-912007-bumbershoot-day-1\/"},"modified":"2012-08-21T08:42:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T14:42:54","slug":"saturday-912007-bumbershoot-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/seattle-for-bumbershoot\/saturday-912007-bumbershoot-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle and the Start of Bumbershoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday morning, we went down to Bumbershoot to pick up mainstage tickets, then visited the Space Needle. Matt and I had been there before, but Colleen and Steve hadn’t.<\/p>\n

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Steve and Colleen had to run home briefly, so Matt and I bought half the inventory in the gift shop and then went and laid in the grass underneath it. It was gorgeous outside, and I could’ve stayed there all day.<\/p>\n

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We had lunch at the Mecca Cafe (where Steve ordered french toast and a gimlet), then walked back to their apartment to hang out for a while.<\/p>\n

Later in the evening, we went back down to Seattle Center to see Gogol Bordello’s set. I hadn’t seen them before, and loved it. Afterward, we headed back toward Steve and Colleen’s place, to a bar called Paddy Coyne’s. They didn’t know of the wonder of the Johnny Jump-Up, so we were only happy to spread the love to the city of Seattle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday morning, we went down to Bumbershoot to pick up mainstage tickets, then visited the Space Needle. Matt and I had been there before, but Colleen and Steve hadn’t. 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