Sound Bites

Last month, my friend Danielle and I decided to join the boys in The Wandas on their west coast tour. The band and their crew drove an RV but we opted to rent a car for the trip and stay with friends and family along the stretch from San Diego to Seattle.



The first two nights the boys played the Ruby Room in San Diego and Mr. T's Bowl in L.A., then it was on to San Fran. We took the Pacific Coast Highway and drove up the coast which took us about 8 hours, but the view of beaches in Malibu and the mountains in Northern California were definitely worth the extra driving.

San Francisco was the best turnout as far as shows went. Another Boston band, Ketman, opened for the Wandas at Thee Parkside, so there were lots of familiar faces at the venue. Danielle's cousins took us sightseeing to the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown. San Fran was everything it was rumored to be: beautiful city, great music, Jack Kerouac memorabilia everywhere, etc.

Portland was different than any city I've ever visited, very hipster... the boys played at Kelly's which was packed for a Monday night. Seattle also fit the cliche, it poured the whole time we were there, but I got a snapshot of Cobain's house and had dinner at the Space Needle, which had a beautiful view of the entire city and rotates every 46 seconds. The only downside was that after we came out of the space needle, someone had smashed the window to our rental and stole our laptops, GPS and ipods :(

Here's a video I put together of the trip, although I lost the footage of driving up the coast because it was on my stolen computer, but most of it I still had on my camera.