Happy 50th Anniversary of Elvis Slept Here Day!

Musique - "If You Talk in Your Sleep" by Elvis Presley

Happy Elvis Slept Here Day! It's the fiftieth anniversary of this momentous occasion!

Okay, kidding aside, there is a house here in West Seattle that has this plaque on it:

I have always thought this was really funny because I only kinda like Elvis (okay, I LOVE Viva Las Vegas) and I don't care where he slept or when. So, for the past two years, I've made the people that live in this house "Happy Elvis Slept Here Day" cards on May 18. I just leave them anonymously taped to their front door.

I wondered if it was true that Elvis slept here so I googled it and found that while he was in Seattle to film It Happened at the World's Fair in 1962, it wasn't until later in the year. But, it's conceivable that he came to visit his army buddy (who lived at this house back then) and to see what Seattle was like that May. It was actually the daughter and son-in-law of the army buddy who sent the people who live in the house now this plaque.

So, this being the fiftieth anniversary of Elvis sleeping in West Seattle, I will have to make them a really special card. I was going to make a cake with Elvis sleeping on it or something, but let's face it, I'm no Peeta Mellark; and really, would you eat a cake that some random stranger left on your doorstep?