I’m going away tonight until next Saturday night, to a town whose name I do not know in Maine, near an also unnamed lake. I do not need to know specifics in certain situations. I am equipped with sore arms from typing, a sleep deficit, several burning existential questions, and a thirst for wine, and the extra weight of a quaint town name might be enough to keep me from getting on the plane at all.

I wish I could request that nobody do anything exciting while I was gone, because I hate to miss things, and find vacations, for this reason, fairly … forced, but at least if you do something exciting, tell me later? Or post on The Stranger’s online arts forums?

One update: Seattle Art Museum spokeswoman Erika Lindsay said today the museum has no idea whether its park will be postponed by the concrete strike I Slogged about last night. “We’re still under construction, they’re still planting, they’re still putting art in the park, but we do need concrete to finish.” Concrete workers have been on strike since July 31 and recently walked out of federal mediations, Lindsay said. “That’s all we know about the strike.”

She said the museum may have an update next Wednesday, so check back for posts by people other than me next week.

Over and out.