Christy and I are in Seattle right now, as our summer of weddings continues. This is number three of four, which means that soon enough we will have to come up with our own reasons to go on vacations.

This one has been pretty fun, I must say. We've checked out some good spots in Seattle, walking around to see the fish market, Mario Batali's dad's restaurant, lots of cool little stores and coffee joints of the non-Starbucks variety. We did walk by the first Starbucks, and while I did not go in, I did humbly to tip my hat for their brilliant scheme of world coffee domination.

We saw Mt. Rainer raising beautifully in the distance, which should say something about the weather the last two days: perfect. Two days without rain, I see why they wedding was planned for this week.

We also saw some peeps of ours from our collective pasts, which is great. If any of you are reading this, thanks for coming out.

We are off to Bellingham, WA this afternoon. I'll report back from there. Right now I need some coffee.