Summer Skin
My favorite things about summer:
1. The freckles come out on my nose.
2. The five-minute internal debate as you sit by the pool in sweat-drenched agony until you "just have to get in the water."
3. Spitting watermelon seeds. It's an excuse for behavior unbecoming a lady.
4. Whatever summer beer New Belgium decides to trot out. Although Skinny Dip is just slightly below Loft, it's not a bad attempt for these guys.
5. Buck night and watching the Royals.
6. Anything cooked on a grill.
7. Staying out late with my teacher friends on a work night...pretending like I don't have to get up for work in the morning.
8. This scene: 150 degree car, windows down, music BLARING.
In an homage to my little list of 8, I give you all a summer-themed playlist.
You all know the drill. Check it out and bask in the loveliness of a Midwestern summer.
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding - Beg, Scream & Shout!: The Best of '60s Soul, Vol. 1
Hey You - Floetry - Floetic
Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) -Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
She Gives Me Religion - Van Morrison - Beautiful Vision
P Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up) - Parliament - Parliment's Greatest Hits
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon - Graceland
Burn One Down - Ben Harper - Fight for Your Mind
Dreamgirl - Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
California - Joni Mitchell - Dreamland
Summer Skin - Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Redemption Song - Bob Marley & The Wailers - One Love
Summer's Gone - Aberfeldy - Young Forever
Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach
Another Sunny Day - Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
She's Only Happy In The Sun - Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside
This Modern Love - Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
The Light - Common - Like Water for Chocolate
posted by Ally @ 5:01 PM
3 Comments:
wow. apparently you know beer. you and kevin could teach this rookie a thing or twelve.
Kevin - Thanks for the suggestions, and for the beer tasting details. Will you forward that blog to me so I can gear up for the Belgium tasting in a few weeks?
Oh, and agreed on the hanging. You and missus are seriously fun.
Myles - I'm deceptively educated. I just know what I like and spend most of my time talking about that :)
Don't know if you gathered as much, but Newcastle is my favorite. I turned E onto it a few days ago, and she's a devotee now. You should check it out.
Newcastle and I are old friends. I found a TX microbrew called Live Oak last month, and it's stolen my heart. But at the hole in the wall across town, Newcastle comes second only to Bass.
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