portlandia goes to the fifth

The Fifth is the diviest of dive bars in the heart of Bountiful, Utah. Since I may be vacating Bountiful, we've hit up this place a few times where fun ensues. Lots of karaoke and cheap drinks. And I have a cool card that the karaoke guy pulls up when I go on stage because ya know, I have my "preferred songs". Only regulars have those. I'm not really a regular but I feel cool.

When the Portland family was in town we wandered there on foot from our home to sing some songs. There are too many stories to tell, but fun was had and I think the photos reflect that.

Oh and for the record, my current karaoke list of favorites?

Push...Matchbox 20
Hey Jealousy...Gin Blossoms
I'll Be...Edwin McCain
Talk Dirty To Me...Poison
One Of Us...Joan Osborne
Silver Springs...Fleetwood Mac
All For You...Sister Hazel
Losing My Religion...R.E.M.

Yes, I like the 90's.

it's friday, friday

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Happy Friday!

Last night, somehow, Zack, Kramer and I stumbled upon karaoke.

It all started when Zack met up with one of his friends in the radio biz. I'd dropped him off at our local "dive bar" around 7pm and went home to Skype with Star and paint my nails. I was really looking forward to watching the Katie Couric news special, but when Zack told Kramer and I to stop by after I picked Kramer up from work I happily obliged. After all, I like beer.

Once we arrived, we saw Zack and his friend whom I will refer to as Flapjack, sitting in the corner. We all squeezed into the booth and talked for a bit, and marveled at the wonderful renditions of Lifehouse songs coming from the stage in the other room. Zack has been on an Everlast kick the last few weeks so he was very excited to upstage the Lifehouse fans.

After his perfomances of What It's Like, and an encore Love Shack, I performed my best Turn The Page (Bob Segar) and Take It On The Run (REO Speedwagon - also my go-to karaoke song). There was a request for Zack and Flapjack to entertain with some of Adam Sandler's The Hanukkah Song, but unfortunately they did not have that song in their library (what?) which was upsetting. So we left.

All in all it was a night of good nights. Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday!