The hit list

In what is likely another fit of eternal optimism, I am planning for a few things I want to do in 2021. There are many ways to describe the things I want to do the day when we no longer have to lock down, shelter in place, mask up, stay 6 feet apart, and deal with the threat of viral death or life long disability during routine activities. I am especially anxious for the day that we no longer have to deal with backward morons more concerned about their convenience than the health of their fellow citizens.

In what may be MORE eternal optimism, I think that 2021 and life post virus is going to be an explosion of life. I am sick of just surviving. I want to LIVE, so here are my Goals, Resolutions, a to-do list, or future plans for when that day comes. You can call it whatever you like–I’m calling it a hit list. Here, In no particular order, is my current list:

Survive the plague
…and the idiot hordes that threaten to kill us all; get vaccinated at the FIRST possible moment!

Move out of the suburban wastes and back into Portland
I want to find an affordable place with character somewhere South of Powell Blvd and East of I-5. South Portland, Sellwood-Moreland, Milwaukie, and adjoining areas get first dibs.

Embark on a quest to visit every independent book store in Portland (Not Powell’s)
Drop in to “Title Wave Books” at 216 NE Knott St

Continue my quest to have an Old Fashioned at every bar/pub I visit–especially the dives
Drop in to a few places or go for a tasting in the Distillery Row area of NW
Check out “The Rose City Book Pub” at 1329 NE Fremont
Check out “The Library” at 3433 SE Hawthorne
Drop in on The Basement lounge at 1024 SE SE 12th st
Go back to “Gold Dust Meridian” in Hawthorne
Go back to “The Conquistador” in Belmont

DO a LOT of tourist-y stuff, both in Portland and out
Go soak at Kennedy School, then have a cigar in the Detention Lounge
Go to the outdoor/night market in the Produce Row/Mural District area
Do Dinner/Drinks at “Saphire Hotel” on 50th @ Hawthorne
Take a drive out to Silverton and Mt Angel

Catch up with other Utah escapees over pizza and beers
Refreshments are grand, but much better with stellar humans like Laura, Peaches, Pam, and Steph (AKA Messenger).

Travel!
Check out Mcminnville’s “downtown” area
Go to Bend and goof off for a weekend
Take a trip to the Coast (Seaside, Canon Beach, Astoria) that DOES NOT involve work
Do SOAK?
Go home and to SLC for a weekish

Meet people (when it’s safe)
Get involved with SOAK or KF and the PLA (if you know, you know)
Find a concert or 4 that doesn’t suck