The day before the fair

Bumbershoot is a three day music and arts festival that takes place every Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center. It starts on a Saturday morning.

This year, I didn't go to the event, but I did stop by the Seattle Center on Friday night. Vendors were setting up their booths. Event staff were setting up fences. And the open maw of empty performance stages hungrily awaited their first acts.

There was an air of both anticipation and desolation. People were busy and walking around with energy, but without the thousands of attendees bumping into each other and making it impossible walk anywhere, it had an eerie quiet.

The Lamest Carousel Ever?

Hmm. I like carousels, but I wish they made me work harder.

I like riding my bike, but I don't like to go places.

I feel silly on my stationary bike.

If only someone would bolt a bunch of bicycle together to create a carousel that had no motor, then I could solve all three problems at once.