Yet Another Playlist

Uh, these aren't even running shoes. Or women's shoes. They're the away shoes that Brandon Roy wears. Yeah, they're pretty sweet. And have nothing to do with this post. Oh well.

I sure wish I was up-to-date on posting these… Eegads. I really, really liked my C25K Week 5 playlist. So much so, that I stuck with week five for a good, oh, THREE WEEKS! Yeah, since I live in fear of injuries (particularly the dreaded “knee injury”), I kind of psyched myself out about moving onto Week 6. Doh! But what I can say is that the upside of dragging this thing out for so long is that I ran the twenty minute segment several times, and can definitely say that I can run for that sustained period of time with no problem. So, I guess it’s a good thing in the end. Nevertheless, I’ve forced myself to move on, and am committed to sticking with the normal C25K routine–my paranoia about injuries is probably a bit nutty, and not neccessarily healthy at this point.

Like I said, this is probably my favorite playlist so far. It’s got nice pacing, and these are some great songs, for sure.

Ulysses – Mason Jennings (for the warm-up walk)
Girl Inform Me – The Shins (for the warm-up walk)
Universal Mind Control - Common (I have another Common song on this week’s playlist that’s so filthy, I’m slightly embarrassed to post it here.)
Candyman – Cornership
Champion – Kanye West
Double Up – Lifesavas (Oh yeah, they’re from PDX…)
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley (They’re on Warner Bros., who is really fanatical about online song clips and videos, so all I’ve got for you is the Wikipedia entry. They’ve even had amateur covers of the song removed from YouTube. Stay classy, WB, stay classy.)
The Way You Move – Outkast
Tell Him – Lauryn Hill (for the cool-down walk; this is the only full-length version of the song I could find online)

I made this playlist a tiny bit too short, so I would pick a random song on the iPod for the last couple minutes. Oops. Other lessons learned from this playlist? It’s a damn shame that Lauryn Hill went crazy and quit making music. She’s so freaking amazing. Seriously. It sucks in a big way. Ironically, in the Kanye song, there’s a great line insinuating the same thing about Ms. Hill. I didn’t realize this when I made this playlist, so it was a nice, slightly amusing, surprise.

~Sarah

Flashback Friday: At Last

Since this was only on Tuesday, I don’t think we can legitimately call this video “Flashback Friday.” But, whatever, it made us both cry.

Flashback Friday – Featuring “The Carlton”

This doesn’t really need any commentary, does it? The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — the gift that keeps on giving.

C25K Week 4 Playlist – Forgot to Post This One!

I forgot to mention during my Snowpocalypse “commentary” that the most annoying part of that weather event was what I couldn’t run for two whole weeks, and it unfortunately came the time when I really felt like I was kickin’ it in making progress. I’ve been doing each run around five times before moving on to the next week. I had read that a lot of people have trouble during the Week 4-Week 6 time frame, and I wanted to make sure that I was going to stick with it, progress-wise, even if it meant a slower progression in the running program. I’m very glad that I took this tact, as I feel very confident when I run, even when I’ve moved onto a tougher routine. With that said, I realized that I forgot to post my Week 4 podcast list. Week 4 was kind of an odd mix, but it fit together quite well, interestingly. Here you go:

The Long Way Around – Dixie Chicks
Brown Sueter – A Filial (note: that link takes you to a legal, freebie download of that song from this interesting hip hip group from Brazil)
Portland, Oregon – Loretta Lynn, feat. Jack White
Would You Believe – Mavericks
Love Lockdown – Kanye West
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Ballad of Who Could Care Less – Ben Folds Five
Phantom Limb – The Shins

~Sarah

Pearl District Discoveries

Since Josh started working in the Pearl District, we’ve been paying more attention to restaurants around there, and can highly, highly recommend this place. Yes it’s vegan, and, no we’re not we’re not vegans, although Josh is strictly a vegetarian and I pretty much am as well, except the occasional dabbling in seafood (gotta love the seafood!). However, the food is intensely flavorful and the folks who were there are also incredibly friendly. It’s a bit off-putting that the restaurant’s actually inside a yoga place, but once you get over that, and fight for one of the few tables in the place, it is AMAZING. Seriously. We couldn’t stop talking about the sandwiches from Blossoming Lotus all week. No lie. Plus it’s really near to Powell’s, which is awfully handy, considering how much time we spend there.

We wouldn’t have stopped into the new pizza joint in the Pearl District that had a sign in the window proclaiming, “Voted Best Pizza in Clark County” if we hadn’t read this review. (My assumption is always–fair or not–that everything in The ‘Couv is exponentially worse than everything in Portland.) Leonardo’s is super-good, the kind of pizza I love–that medium-thick, chewy crust, loaded with tons of toppings kind of pizza. My mom loved it too; Josh liked it, but still prefers Hot Lips–and I can’t dispute that, Hot Lips rocks in a completely different way. (Plus, Hot Lips is within walking distance of our house–a definite plus.) The staff was incredibly friendly, too, which is a HUGE plus in the often not-so-friendly Pearl.

And finally, Josh discovered the awesome Pearl Specialty Market & Spirits over on Lovejoy, right before you get onto the Broadway Bridge. The place is a serious liquor store. It seems that in Portland all the booze shops are of the scratch-off lottery ticket and swill variety, and aren’t really the “browsing” sort of place that Josh and I are hot on… Know what I mean? Anyway, this place is fabulous! They have about a million (okay, probably 30) different varieties of bourbon, which makes me happy, and loads of interesting liquors that are very tempting. Since we’re not big drinkers, when we do buy alcohol, we like to get nice stuff. Josh got me some amazing Blanton’s Bourbon for Thanksgiving, which has some of the most beautiful packaging I’ve seen on anything, ever. We went back after Christmas and he got me some Basil Hayden’s as well. (The Blanton’s is amazing, very deep and rich; the Basil Hayden’s is the exact opposite, very light and gentle. Interestingly, I really enjoy both, although the Blanton’s is definitely one that’s perfect on ice while the Basil Hayden’s is a lovely mixer–especially with a spash of ginger ale.) Anyway, again, the folks who work there are very nice, and I also appreciate that the guy carded me, even though it was Josh making the purchase, to make sure that he wasn’t furnishing alcohol to a minor. That sort of rocked.

~Sarah

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