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Artventure: The countdown has begun. aerial bandits, andrew evans, Artventure, Bastille Day, casper babypants, delicious food, Gao Gao, jason webley, Molly Moon's, petanque, The Corson Building

Hullo Adventurers.

This week is important for two reasons.

1) I am leaving for China in a week.
2) Tomorrow is Bastille Day.

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.
Be there Adventurers, before I say Adieu.

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C’était Si Bon Bastille Day, The Corson Building

Between the chicken races, can can girls, carnival games, divine cuisine, and creative mustachios, there was something for everyone at The Corson Building Bastille Day Fête last week. Party-goers of all ages feasted, danced, and frolicked late into the night at the most charmed secret garden hideaway in the city. If you haven’t visited The Corson Building yet, you really must make the trip.

Despite the fact that Bastille Day fell on a Tuesday this year, no one seemed to care or even recall that they’d have to get up and drag their bleary selves to work the next morning. 

More Pastis?

Bien sur!

That’s the French spirit!

It became quite clear that one wanted the night to end. Many of us shed a single tear. The way you see those French mimes do.

It was like the Yoplait commercial in past tense: C’était si bon– it was so good.

Photos courtesy of the endlessly sophisticated Godolewa Gao Gao, girl with the extraordinarily refined British accent and wielder of the black liquid liner aka mustache medium. As you can see, in France even les bébés have chic facial hair.

Can’t get enough Bastille Day? There is more!

Follow this link to feast your eyes on the photographic stylings of Curt Doughty.

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Bastille Day Fete at The Corson Building Bastille Day, Bastille Day in Seattle, Buster benson, Caspar Babypants, Matt Dillon, Mike Prevette, Mungo Thomson Skyspace Bouncehouse, Pastis, Schoolyard Heroes, Seattle Bastille Day Party, Seattle Event Planner, Seattle foodies, Seattle July 14 party, Seattle kir, Seattle Party Planner, Seattle pastis, The Corson Building

bastille-day-at-the-corson-building from Mike Prevette on Vimeo.

At our The Corson Building Bastille Day Fete we welcomed over 350 people into a french village for a night (and day!) The party was bumping from 3 p.m. to the stroke of midnight. Kids, French people, scenesters, foodies, families, chickens, rockers, neighbors, crepe enthusiasts and dreamers all mingled together under a tri-color canopy of tissue-paper bursts playing games and eating delicious foods. The entertainment included Caspar Babypants aka Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America, Schoolyard Heroes, The Pharmacy and Can Can dancing by The beautiful Atomic Bombshells. Savory Corson crepes, oysters, and stew were eaten en masse and les boozes were enjoyed by all, including French specialties kir and pastis. Someone named Michelle won dinner cooked by Matt Dillon as a reward for supporting The Vera Project through buying some raffle tickets. Young and old alike went nuts in the Mungo Thomson Skyspace Bouncehouse (2007) provided by Western Bridge Gallery. Francosonic DeeDay Jack nee DJ Jacque ran a crazed dance floor while people made bike-powered spin-art, got psychic readings and particpated in chicken races. An epic fete for the ages.

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A beautiful place to spend next Tuesday Bastille Day, Georgetown, The Corson Building

Seattle’s, The Corson Building.

Photos of the outside, inside and kitchen of The Corson Building are linked to their sources.

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Bastille Day Fete Bastille Day, Georgetown, The Corson Building

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July: The Adventure School Goes Public 4th of July, Bastille Day, Cal Anderson Park, The Corson Building

A few days ago, one of our new blog readers asked an excellent question:

“OK, this is fun – what’s the next event? Are these all private or are any public?”

Typically, Adventure School events are private affairs, but as luck would have it, the month of July will feature TWO events open to the public! Can I get a really huge WOOHOO!!?

The first event will happen on good old Independence Day in Cal Anderson Park and– get this– it’s FREE. Now, a description to make you wish it were the 4th of July already:

The Cal Anderson Park Alliance announces the 7th Annual Capitol Hill Independence Day Community Picnic: a day of music, food and fun to celebrate our country and community. This free event is open to the public and will be held at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill, Saturday, July 4th from 12 to 5 pm.

Bands hitting the stage all day will include kids-jammers Recess Monkey, the urban Latin beats of Picoso, the lo-fi pop of Katharine Hepburn’s Voice, and the funky soul sounds of Lady A and the Baby Blues Funk Band, not to mention buskers galore.

Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream will make root beer floats, and delicious treats will be available from Via Tribunali as well as Wandering Wieners. Caffé Vita will be on-site with coffee; attendees will also be able to enjoy free cotton candy. Party-goers will be able to participate in the All-Park Parade, try the11th Avenue Inn Root Beer tasting garden, and get involved with other free activities including a Spin Art Bike, patriotic tie-dye, a pie-eating contest, Urban Family Portraits (Any type of family!), Pet/human look-alike contest and more!

We’re also very excited about our July 14th Bastille Day party at The Corson Building. This event is going to be awesome, but you will have to fork over some moolah to attend, $25-$50 to be imprecise.

Starting at 3pm, bring the fam down to Georgetown for some inter-generational debauchery on this national partying holiday from France. We’ll have kids bands including Schoolyard Heroes and Casper Babypants, carnival games, and delicious Frenchified eats including crepes and oysters along with a variety of kid-friendly foods.

As the evening wears on, we’ll produce sparklers, some grown-up bands, and can can girls galore!