The Post-Marques Seattle Era Begins

This past weekend was Marques' last in Seattle, so it was a busy weekend. There were lots of festivities, including hanging out at the Satellite bar, where MJ and I are regulars. Lots of friends were able to come and we had a grand ol' time.

When I was talking to Justin outside, he said that he saw something pretty odd on the way over to the bar. While walking through Cal Anderson Park, he and Yachi saw a marching band practicing at 11pm at night in the middle of the park. We all agreed that was pretty bizarre. It was more bizarre when Mike ran inside the bar around 1am and pulled several of us out to the sidewalk to see the band playing while they were walking up the street. And it took another twist when they all stopped playing and walked in to the bar with their instruments. Once everyone made it past the ID check at the door, they struck up the band and played us a couple of songs, for no apparent reason, with no explanation, in the middle of the Satellite bar. I apologize for the crummy picture, but it was really dark in there and hard to snap a non-flash picture. It was so great!

The weekend was awesome. I have a few more pictures, but I might spread them out a bit. It is really sad to see Marques go. He is the reason I chose Seattle as my new home. He's a great friend who I have literally known my entire life and just an incredibly fun person to be around and I'm really going to miss him. That being said, one of the best gifts he gave me was this city. I never would have moved here without him nor would I have met so many of these great friends of his that have even become friends of mine. Divya said it best when we were saying goodbye to Marques this morning. "This is the end of an era." It is a little colder and a little darker in Seattle today and that's just how Marques would have liked it.