Baseball, Rainbows and My Mother's Maiden Name

Hey all! Here's some more pictures from my summer in Washington. Back in June I went to a Mariners/Bluejays game with the Foss family. Turns out it was Canada day and since the Bluejays are the only Canadian team, there were tons of Canadian fans at the game. In fact, I am pretty sure there were more Canadian fans than Mariner fans, but the Mariners pulled out the win despite the obnoxious Canadian catcalling (which was totally weird because all the Canadians I know are like the most polite nice people I've ever met).

One of the things I got to participate in recently was a social justice conference for high schoolers from the North Pacific Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church. It was happening at Seattle University, a Catholic university in downtown Seattle. Last Saturday I took a few people to a concert as part of the conference. Michelle Lang and Stillwater were fantastic, a mix of gospel and hip-hop, they really knew how to get a crowd going. We got there an hour and a half early (I'm still trying to figure out drive times in Seattle!) and were treated to a spectacular rainbow, and 3rd row seats!

Also...guess what the auditorium was called? Pigott Auditorium. Crazy huh? Pigott is my mom's maiden name and I have never seen it anywhere else besides our family on that side. I guess some of the ol' Irish Pigotts were Catholic and some were Protestant-oohh!...religious controversy in my ancestry, how thrilling!

...boy am I a nerd or what?

The building also has a Chihuly glass scultpture, the first one in a public place in Seattle. It was spectacular and gorgeous!

This is what the plaque said about it:

"Reknowned artist Dale Chihuly revolutionized the Studio Glass movement by expanding beyond the solitary artist to encompass the notion of collaborative teams. Chiluly's leadership has moved blown glass out of the confines of the small precious object into the relm of large-scale contemporary sculpture. "Accendo" (Latin for "ignite" "illuminate" or "inflame") is the first permanant public Chihuly glass tower in Seattle."

Although you might not be able to tell it from this picture, the sculpture is over 20 ft. tall!