Five of my favorite people came to visit from Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Boise last weekend. It was incredible. We hit up the Sub Pop Records Jubilee, played in the tide pools at Discovery Park, scream-sang karaoke, went tubing down the Yakima River, sipped drinks at a speakeasy, poked around vintage arcades and feasted on fancy burgers, sidewalk brats and small-town BBQ. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday. Or better friends.