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Archive for July, 2010 
The world is full of adventure and it is also cooking up a huge awakening around food and land usage as our industrial agriculture systems are breaking us and the planet. The fun thing about this revolution is that doing a little bit better by the land and our bodies and our animal buds opens the door to much learning and creativity. It is our absolute pleasure to introduce some dear friends and farmers, Seth Brown and Kenya Spiegel, two of the founders of Sowing Circle Farm. These ultra-creative individuals have formed a team in life, love and farming that is extremely productive and hilarious. If you ever need to get all learned up, you might want to talk to Seth and Kenya for a couple few tips. They take an unconventional approach and have been at the forefront of small urban farms and intentional communities since you were just a little grasshopper, and by that I mean, from sometime in the early to mid-aughts (way past now and way up into the future, I imagine).
A quote from the Sowing Circle Farm facebook page: To find out more, check out their farm on the internet: Sowing Circle Farm. Or better yet, head down and participate in some workshops about preserving food, beekeeping, teas and herbs along with your favorites, ducks, rain barrel flush systems and bat boxes. Here are their answers to our adventurer profile!
Where is your next adventure destination? Deer Island, OR to hang out with some survivalist friends who live in a 30ft yurt (or Ger). And . . . if you are so inclined donate to Sowing Circle Farm so they can continue to hold workshops that are open to all!
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Check back on the adventure blog next week for a link to all of the individual photobooth photos of you and yours!!
Well, I am happy to report that the Bastille Fete was more fun than ever, a mystical, magical, whimsical time spanning over nine hours!!! We were happy to see a lot of familiar faces: friends, clients, past clients and future clients. We met our friend Sue’s little precious niece Maddie, had a chance to hang out with a pregnant friend past her due date (note: she’s in labor as we speak!) and generally were able to party with babies and grandmas and rockers to our heart’s delights. We celebrated some birthdays, from Megan’s 30th Birthday eve to a 38th birthday to another 30th birthday . . . (you know a party’s good when people adopt it as their birthday party). Emily and Matt of The Corson Building made some wonderful Lamb and Anchovy dishes, Renee Erickson from Boat Street Cafe and The Walrus and Carpenter was there serving up divine oysters. Marc Papineau from The Corson Building and now also Bar Ferd’nand was serving up rosé and more. Wylie Bush of The Corson and Joe Bar fame was creating crepes when he wasn’t busy checking on the regulation Petanque court. The Aerial Bandits were up above it all, high in the sky. A photobooth, French Carnival games made by us here at The Adventure School and handmade disguises also captured the fancy of fete goers. We were treated to energetic performances by Mad Rad‘s DJ Darwin on the wheels of Steel and Chris Ballew (from Presidents of the United States of America) as Caspar Babypants, the incomparable accordion stylings of local favorite Jason Webley and the raucous band, Idle Times (ex-Catheters). Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream Truck and Hallava Falafel were holding it down with Western Bridge‘s Mungo Thomson Skyspace Bounce House just outside of the garden. All in all it was a wonderful way to celebrate a People’s Revolution and a beautiful community! Bonne fête!! See you next year! AND, please wish our Gao Gao well as this is the last party stateside she will create with The Adventure School for awhile as she’s almost off seeking a Masters in the UK.
Hullo Adventurers. This week is important for two reasons. 1) I am leaving for China in a week. In order to celebrate my time here in Seattle, come to Bastille Day. It’s very simple. KIR! PASTIS! MAGIC! AERIAL BANDITS MUSIC! CARNIVAL GAMES! BOUNCY CASTLE! FOOD! MOLLY MOONS! FALAFEL! PETANQUE! Franco-glorious goodness.
Matt Dillon, the award-winning chef behind the inspired food at Sitka & Spruce and The Corson Building is our adventurer today. He will be hosting, along with us, a very fun and totally gorgeous Bastille Day Fete this Wednesday. So, before you all have a chance to taste his oysters and get drunk with him in the name of revolution, we thought you might want to get to know Matt Dillon a little bit better. Check out his profile and go say hi to him at the party on Wednesday night at his beautiful restaurant in Georgetown, The Corson Building.
What skill do you want to learn? Orcharding and Beekeeping Food and drink you donʼt want to live without? Dungeness Crab, Cynar, Chartreuse, Nectarines What’s the scariest thing you can think of? Kiddie pools What is your favourite party supply? The Adventure School and Schoolyard Heroes Your favorite book of the moment? The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka Describe your dream party place. The cliffs at Table Mountain on Blewett Pass What is the evil version of you like? Works for whole foods, eats tomatoes in January, buys pre-made ice cream base, and plays only zydeco music in his restaurant. What gives you confidence? The Kentucky Monk (equal parts chartreuse and rye whiskey) Name four essential elements of a good party. Wood Fired Cooking, Loud Ass Music, Bangin’ Ass Shakin’, and, of course, Love. What do you appreciate most about a party host? Big Ass Trees and Riverfront Property Favorite adventure supply? That rad ass Spin Art Bike Describe the best party you ever attended. Ryan Bubnis and Celias wedding on the river in Oregon last year; that shit was loud. Or Bastille Day at The Corson Building. That was loud too. Hotel room or campsite? Campsite Do you have a style icon? 70 year-old Basque Sheepherders, Che Guevarra, Josey Wales, or Lennie from Of Mice and Men. Where is your next adventure destination? The Basque Country or Patagonia If you could teach a class about anything in the world ever, what would you teach? How to make Yogurt Your motto? Easy, Breezy, Japanesey What is your spirit animal? A bear
Hello Adventure Fans, Thanks for having me back on this delightfully hot DIY day here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. In honor of the recent passing of the most Patriotic of all holidays, I thought I might dedicate this post to all things FLAG. Indubitably becoming a regular on the DIY wedding scene, flags are one of the easiest, least expensive and most varied ways to deck out any number of soirees. Check out these examples on one of my regular stops for wedding inspiration, the lovely Once Wed . And here are a few I’ve created for parties in the past.
This is a strand of simple felt triangles, all cut the same size, sewn together (either by machine or hand) until the desired length is reached. I love how simple, geometric and modern these are. Felt is a wonder fabric- so easy to work with and looks surprisingly great in any season.
Here is another very simple strand I made for my parents 40th anniversary party last summer. I know there a bit hard to see here, but I used a variety of scrap fabric in blues, greens and yellows. They are cut in various shapes and sizes- rectangles, triangles, squares and flowers- and then sewn with invisible thread in a random order. The only trick with using most patterned cotton fabric is that you will need to cut two sides for each piece and lay them back-to-back so that the flags look colorful from every angle.
These mini flags are so simple to create and can be used in adorning nearly everything! I mean just look at how they make this simple jar look fabulous! I made these with thick gross grain ribbon (so they would not fray when cut), a glue stick and small dowels I stumbled across in the baking aisle at my local grocery store. I am envisioning these in cupcakes or sticking a few in a pot of blooming succulents. They would also make great drink stirrers (perhaps with a longer, thinner dowel) or even stuck in the lawn as aisle runners (again, a longer dowel and perhaps wider ribbon might work best). So, what do you think? Are you a Flag Fan? While I haven’t yet figured out how to incorporate them into our wedding, there is no doubt that some sort of flag fantastic-ness (Yes, I know it’s not a word. But it should be!) will make an apperance. Happy Flag Making!
The Adventure School and The Corson Building are teaming up again to bring you the best Bastille Day Fete this side of Versailles. Be there next Wednesday 3 pm to 12 am at The Corson Building!
Hullo Adventurers. On the 14th of July, Georgetown will be unrecognisable. The Corson Building and The Adventure School announce Bastille Day Fête: an afternoon and evening of music, food and fun to celebrate friends, family and Franco-glorious traditions! Sounds include Caspar Babypants aka Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America, accordionist Jason Webley and Mad Rad’s DJ Darwin and more!. Prepare to be astounded by Andrew Evans, Illusionist Extraordinaire. Watch with wonderment as frilled aerialists twist and turn in the skies. Savor a smorgasbord of oysters, stews and pastis by Wylie Bush and Matt Dillon of The Corson Building. Spoil yourselves with Molly Moon‘s scrumplicious ice cream or tasty tasty falafel. Chicken races! Pétanque! Carnival games! Bike-powered hijinx! Lose yourself in the sensory delights of Bastille Day and Run away with la Cirque Parisienne! This event costs $35 and is open to the public. Tickets are available at the door. Three drink tickets are included in the price of the ticket. The party will be held at The Corson Building in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood from 4 pm to 12 am. Kids under 12 are free. Just to get you really ramped up, take a gander at last year’s shenanigans!
bastille-day-at-the-corson-building from Mike Prevette on Vimeo. Be there Adventurers.
Check out a slideshow from our Independence Day event last Saturday at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill! All photos by Jenny Jimenez
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