Sunday the 18th - Mourning Market, more Friends & Music

Gah - roused myself from my bed with only a couple of hours sleep under my belt. Today is Mourning Market - and we were encouraged to dress up. I couldn't bring my self to do it - too much fun last night. Quickly showered & dressed & hopped the boat to Seattle. Got to Motor just in time to set up. Mourning Market was a BLAST. Lots of fantastic vendors, lots of people. So nice to see many, many old friends & make some new ones. Met a few of my Etsy Dark Side teammates *hi ladies - hi Kurt* which was awesome. Here's just a few pictures.




I also got to pick up Ed the Head, my wonderful new friend, who I won in a Giveaway from Grimvisions. I love him!


One of my oldest & dearest friends, Michelle, came down to see me & we decided to carry on the festive spirit into the evening. I had started having some cocktails early (hair of the dog you know), so after I packed up my booth and we ditched the drunken Seahawks fans from Alaska, we popped up to El Corazon to say hi to our old friend Dre, who was in town to play a show.


Caught him outside, chatted a bit, took the pics above & then decided that though we love him very much, we weren't going to pay $20 to get in to see him. Parted ways & then off to Linda's for a couple more drinkies.

I had been told that the bass player for the .357 String Band was absolutely not to be missed, and since I had missed them play the night before, we headed over to The Bit in Ballard (where I had a brief stint as a barteneder). A couple of cocktails later & they took the stage. I was not misled - these guys are awesome and yes, the bass player just moved up to the top of my list. As most of you already know - I got a thing for bass - stand up, electric, whatever..my soul craves it. These guys are touring right now - so if they come to your town GO CHECK THEM OUT.


By the time they were done I was too. Time to get my butt back home & crawl into bed. It was a non-stop weekend that was worth it's weight in gold.

Saturday the 17th - Zombies, Cocktails & Corsets

Writing this a week late - as it took me that long to recover from last weekend. Too many cigarettes, not quite enough cocktails. First off, headed out to vend at Zombies 4 Ransom. Shared a booth with the wonderful Platipuses, who makes awesome plus size clothing. The show was great, good costumes, raised some money for AIDS and the Hard Money Saints played. I did an interview on Outlaw Radio Network that was broadcasting live from the event. Here's a few pics from the event:





Got out of there around 11:30 pm, and since I was all corseted up, I thought I'd pop on down to Winterland to see my friend Gina (aka Lottie Jynann Tonnyx). Not only was it her birthday and I had a lovely gift for her, but I was hoping to catch some of the bands that were playing that night - Joe Buck, .357 String Band and James Hunnicutt. I missed all the bands except Joe Buck - who is always a delight to see live, but I did get to hang out with the lovely Gina and my good friends from Smitty's Tattoo. I can never remember why I decided to become such a recluse this past year - I love friends & music...mix with alcohol & boobies & life doesn't get much better.

Tunes, Food & Fabulousness

Come join me this weekend at Taste of Lynwood Block Party on Bainbridge Island. I'll be vending, there'll be lots of good food and Soul Provider is playing some Funk music. It's from 12pm - 7:30pm and there's a free shuttle from the ferry. So you got no excuses bitches...