I am ashamed to say that I have lived in Washington my entire life, and until last weekend, had never been to the Gorge. I've probably driven by it 499 times and peed in the Columbia River right below at least 100 times if that counts for anything? Actually, that just makes it worse, so nevermind. When I found out the Zac Brown Band was performing at the Gorge in September I squealed. And then in

How can September already be half over?! The sun is disappearing entirely too early in the evening, Week 1 of the NFL is in the books (the Seahawks are still terrible), and I'm about to rehash my summer. What?! Life can slow down any second now--I'm ready.  Now that I have that out of the way... you know how I always say my birthday should be a holiday, or at least be noted