This year, I’m skipping the Bumbershoot music and art festival here in Seattle. No booth for me. And what a great decision that turned out to be!

My daughter Caitie Lustig and my brand-new son-in-law Chris Gunderson are moving to California on Monday. And I wouldn’t be able to hang out with them these last few days if I was at Bumbershoot.

(Me taking Caitie down the “aisle” at her wedding to the theme from Star Wars. No, it wasn’t a traditional wedding.)

Caitie is going to be a grad student at the University of California Irvine. She’s going to get her masters and then her doctorate in Computer Science.

(Caitie Lustig & Chris Gunderson get hitched July 2, 2009.)

There will be other Bumbershoots. But this is the only weekend I’ve got before my daughter leaves town. No contest. I’m staying home.