This is a work in progress, and I will continuously be adding new things.

bold = completed
italics = in progress

Travel
In the US
“Get busy” in all 50 states & Washington D.C.
- as of 8/1/11: 12/51 -NY, NJ, CT, PA, MD, FL, TN, CA, MA, D.C., LA, VT
Visit all 50 states and Washington D.C. (airports don’t count)
- as of 8/1/11: 22/51 -NY, NJ, CT, PA, MA, NH, MD, AZ, CA, TX, NV, LA, FL, TN, IL, UT, VA, DE, D.C., GA, WA, VT
Go camping with a group of friends
New York
- See Niagara Falls from the US side
- Go inside the Statue of Liberty
Visit Portland, OR
- Get a Voodoo Donut
Visit Seattle, WA – 3/31 – 4/2/11
- Drink coffee at the original Starbucks
- Get a fish thrown at me at Pike Place Market
- Take a picture with the Fremont Troll
Visit Denver or Boulder, CO
See the Grand Canyon
- Do the Skywalk
- Take a Pink Jeep tour
In California:
- Wine tasting in Napa
- See the sea lions at the Wharf in San Francisco – 5/11/10
- Ride on a Cable Car
- Take a picture in front of the Hollywood Sign
- Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge -6/3/11
Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Take a road trip cross-country
Paint my name on one of the cars in the Cadillac Ranch
Visit Harry Potter World at Islands of Adventure.
Do the Boston Beer Marathon
Visit Hawaii
Visit Alaska

New York State of Mind
Visit Water Taxi Beach at the South Street Seaport – this is now called Beekman Beer Garden.
Eat at:
- Have Mac ‘n Cheese at S’MAC
- Enjoy a burger and “concrete” at Shake Shack – 6/9/10
- Munch on some PB(& maybe J) at Peanut Butter & Co. – 8/10/09
- Get cheesecake and an egg cream at Junior’s.
- Arthur Avenue. Home to the best Italian food and desserts and I haven’t eaten there yet. - 3/20/12
- Have pizza at the famous Spumoni Gardens – 2/5/11
Visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex. closed
Take the ferry to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. – 6/20/10
New York City Duck Tour!
Get half-price tickets to a Broadway show at the TKTS booth. – 1/27/12
Go boating in Central Park.
Hit up the Brooklyn Flea. – Smorgasburg 6/7/11, and 11/2011

Internationally
Visit 15 countries
- As of 2/24/2011: 12/15 – have visited Mexico, Canada, Italy, England, Bahamas, Israel, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, France, Dominican Republic
Visit France:
- Stand at the top of the Eiffel Tower – 7/11/10
- See the Mona Lisa – 7/12/10
Go back to Israel
Visit Australia:
- Hold a koala bear
Pay my respects at a concentration camp
Go on a week or longer cruise
Visit Vancouver
See Niagara Falls from the Canada side
Stay at an all-inclusive resort – 2/18 – 2/24/11
See the Egyptian pyramids
Take a bike tour – 7/5/10
Visit Amsterdam:
- Visit the Anne Frank House – 7/9/10
Walk along the Great Wall of China

Across the Globe
Visit 15 breweries/brew pubs:
- As of 8/1/11: 12/15 – Have visited: Heartland Brewery (3 locations), Brooklyn Brewery, Sam Adams Brewery, Chelsea Brewing Co, Crescent City Brewery, Heineken Brewery (Amsterdam), Captain Lawrence Brewing Company, Ithaca Brewing Company, Harpoon Brewery (VT), Magic Hat Brewing Co.
Visit 1 country on every continent (America is a given and not counting Antarctica… cause let’s be real here.)
- As of 2/24/2011: 3/6 – North America (US, Canada, Mexico), Europe (Italy, England, Czech Republic, Germany, Holland, France), Asia (Israel)

Mind, Body and/or Soul
Get a tattoo
Try acupuncture
Get a body scrub at a spa
Get a drastically different haircut, showing off my curly hair for once – 9/8/10
Take a Zumba class
Complete the 30 Day Shred
Get laser eye surgery
Try Bikram Yoga – 1/6/11
Trade my mountain bike for a beach cruiser – 7/2011
Get a hot stone massage

Foodie
Cook a whole chicken/turkey
Bake a frost a multi-layer cake from scratch
Join a local CSA
Learn to cook/bake 50 new recipes in a year – 10/30/2010
Plant and harvest a vegetable/herb garden – 8/2011 – gonna call this done, we had some herbs of our own, and moved into a house with a full garden!
Take a sushi making class
Make pie crust from scratch
Bake something with yeast

Miscellaneous
Meet/spot 10 “real” celebrities (not reality show people.)
- As of 3/28/11: 8/10 – Nathan Lane, spotted @ Schnippers, 10/09/09, Padma Lakshmi @ BlogHer, 8/6/10, Joan Rivers, spotted on 5th Ave, 12/9/10, Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, Anne Miera, Jim Gaffigan and Aasif Mandvi  @ The Shorty Awards, 3/28/11
Learn how to play one song on the guitar
Learn to knit - 6/18/11
Get on the Amazing Race
Ride a mechanical bull – 10/24/09
Ride a segway (do a segway tour)
Own all of the Brat Pack DVDs
Volunteer on a Habitat for Humanity trip or something of the same nature
Go to BlogHer – 8/6 – 8/8/10
Smoke a cigar – 7/15/10
Smoke a hookah – 5/30/10
Make a scrapbook of my relationship with Dave
Collect every single Hard Rock Cafe shot glass (of currently existing Hard Rock Cafes/Hotels)
- as of 1/29/12: 22/52 US cafes & hotels – 15/108 international cafes & hotels (+ Montreal, which is now closed)
Have a surprise party thrown for me
Send out photo holiday cards – 12/25/10
Throw a theme party
Watch all 3 Godfather movies
Expand on HarryPotterFestaThon, and watch all 8 Harry Potter movies once they’re all released – 3/17-3/18/12
Preserve/clean my wedding dress
See a Cirque Du Soleil Show
Go to a taping of The Daily Show/Colbert Report/SNL
Take a photography class – took two, 9/10 and 10/10
Go to a drive-in movie
Ride in a hot air balloon
Swim with the dolphins – 2/20/11
Make another T-Shirt blanket, w/ Dave’s shirts
See Jason Mraz in concert and hear my wedding song live. – Dave bought tickets for my birthday!
Shoot a gun – 1/2/11
Go Geocaching
Learn American Sign Language

The Future
Own a house with an in ground pool
Get married on March 20, 2010 and have the best wedding ever Done and done! Read here
Have kids – our little Sadie Faye was born April 27, 2012
Host Thanksgiving for the whole family
Bury a time capsule in the backyard of our first house, to be uncovered only upon moving, or 25 years passing
Start saving money to own the house of my dreams
Become the “Halloween House” on the block like my parents
Be promoted at work
Transfer over my 401k from my last job – 8/4/11 FINALLY (Should have done this 4 years ago!)