BBQ & Band

Erica (the Canadian) is American for the day.

Star Melissa and Sara

Aaron, Erica, & Melissa Grilling

Erica Masters the Art of Grilling

Dianthus

As a sort of housewarming gift, I took a bunch of lettuce and spinach seeds and a couple trays of potting soil over to Melissa & Erica's new place this spring.

Apparently I started a big gardening craze. Now they have all sorts of herbs, vegetables and flowers.

Erica, Aaron & Melissa - Time to eat.

Aaron, Sara & Melissa - The food was great!

Local Band Playing at the Channel's Edge

After dinner we walked down the street to the nearby giftshop/cafe to hear the live band playing there. They were quite good, but unfortunately I didn't catch the name of the band.

Aaron & Sara

Erica & Melissa

Metal in the Middle of Nowhere

I found out that one of my favorite bands is having only one concert this year. Opeth, considered to be one of the best death metal bands in the world, has naturally chosen to have their only 2007 gig in... Joensuu, Finland. Huh?

At least we have a bunch of good bands coming to Portland this year: Lacuna Coil, Epica, Nightwish... Nightwish will have chosen their new vocalist by then - should be interesting.

P.S. Sami probably should have mentioned that Joensuu, "the middle of nowhere", is actually in the middle of a bunch of lakes and that there is big festival there every summer called Ilosaarirock. Also I went to the University of Joensuu for one semester. - Sara