F/V

After sleeping in a bit, M and I headed off to the Ballard Seafood Fest, a celebration of the fishing tradition and Ballard's Scandinavian heritage.

We arrived too late for the lutefisk-eating contest and for the "Deadliest Catch" captains autograph-signing, but we did get there in time to see a very nice street fair. An elderly couple said hello and talked to us for a while and encouraged us to say hi to people since "hello" is the cheapest word in the English language.

Also, on the way from where we parked, someone had writted "Edgar" in dirt on a window. Edgar is one of the deckhands on The Northwestern. He's the captain's (Sig Hansen) brother, and the "cute" one that all the girls, including M, have a crush on.

When M's parents came to town we went to Ray's Boathouse, a seafood icon in Seattle, and we saw The Northwestern come into port. The entire restaurant stopped and watched the boat come in, and talked excitedly about it. I really like that there's this bunch of salty crab fishermen that are celebrities around here. The show is great, and you should watch it.

Also, on another window, someone has written "I wish my wife was this dirty", which is an odd thing to write on a window, and is an improper use of the subjunctive as well.