We had a nice, leisure-filled morning and afternoon, eating and eating and eating and eating all sorts of stuff and looking out at the water in Martha’s Vineyard. President Obama + family were on the island, and we caught a glimpse of his entourage at the most inopportune time: on our way to the ferry to get off-island.

The Obamas were getting ice cream 1/2 a mile from the ferry terminal, which caused a major traffic jam, so we all plopped out of the van and hoofed it with our guitars + crap over to the ferry terminal. The ferry was already taking off, so we jumped in the water and swam to the boat and climbed aboard like pirates! Ok, that last part is a lie. We did see a shark (true) jump over a Coast Guard boat and catch a seagull in mid-air (not true).

Anyway, rolled up to the TT’s, a place we’ve all been a zillion times with other bands. We setup, did our thing, sweated, and had a relaxing evening otherwise. Elisha’s brother Phil put us up in Cambridge, and we repaid him by fixing his plumbing. That’s the kind of guys we are.

25 Aug 2010