1.
Make every recipe in a given cookbook.
2.
Go to Brooklyn Boulders.
3.
Go to a concert at St. John the Divine.
4.
Go Vegan for a week, decide that you actually
hate it, and then eat a huge cheeseburger.
5.
Go gluten-free for a week, decide that you
actually hate it, and then make and eat a huge loaf of bread.
6.
Go kayaking in the bay or on the Hudson, etc.
7.
Spend an afternoon reading at the NYPL Bryant
Park.
8.
Drink an entire cup of coffee.
9.
Go to the movies alone.
10. Finally
learn Rhapsody and Blue.
11. Write
a piece of music and have it performed by professional musicians.
12. Write
a piece of music that I’m proud of.
13. Approach
a celebrity that I admire.
14. Hike
Hadrian’s Wall.
15. Visit
all 50 states (starting now!).
16. Visit
Liechtenstein.
17. Learn
conversational German, go to Germany, and order a hot dog.
18. Visit
a piano building factory or historic piano repair shop.
19. Make
a perfect batch of macarons.
20. Ride
100 miles on a bike (maybe Babylon to Montauk?).
21. Run
a half-marathon.
22. Climb
one of the seven summits (not including Australia). Also, don’t die climbing one of the seven
summits.
23. Learn
how to ice skate backwards.
24. Somehow
get on stage at the Met.
25. Buy
something that can be passed down to my children.
26. Research
the McMillan/Hill ancestry and give the findings to family.
27. Watch
the sun rise at Floyd Bennett Field.
28. Read
all of the books that I have purchased over the years.
29. Climb
Half Dome.
30. Read
the major Tolstoy novels.
31. Read
Lord of the Rings.
32. See
a Rachmaninov concerto performed (preferably No. 2).
33. Get
a stand up Kitchenaide – and actually use it.
34. See
Antarctica.
35. Own
a dog.
36. Own
a cat
37. Buy
a house/apartment/condo.
38. Learn
how to fix up said house/apartment/condo.
39. Drive
across the country.
40. Tour
the Hudson Valley.
41. Try
fishing one last time before you decide that you’d rather just eat donuts on a
pier without fishing poles.
42. Read
an entire Sunday Times while eating poached eggs on English muffins in some lazy
fashion.
43. Make
a lobster roll from a live lobster, decide that it was a horrific experience,
and never do it again. (But obviously
continue eating lobster rolls…)
44. Make
a Thanksgiving Day turkey.
45. Open
a retirement account.
46. Drink
a bottle of wine with someone in Tuscany.
47. Eat
In-N-Out animal style burger and
animal style fries in one sitting.
48. Get
8+ hours of sleep a night for an entire month.
49. Camp
overnight at Governor’s Island.
50. Teach
a significant other or kids to play bridge.
51. Give
at least $100/year (outside of church related fundraising) to charity (in
December?).
52. Have
the piano tuned.
53. Go
on one volunteer/mission trip out of the country.
54. Spend
a week in the middle of nowhere.
55. Go
a month without eating out.
56. Learn
how to drink wine. And know what I’m
talking about. Essentially, become a
wine snob. And use these skills in Napa.
57. Build
a list of all the movies to which people have said, “you’ve never seen _______?!”.
Watch the good ones.
58. Disconnect
from social media, email, and phone for an entire week. Not connected to No. 53!
59. Throw
a surprise party for someone.
60. Finally
start sending Christmas cards.
61. Record
all family birthdays, anniversaries, and special events.
62. Cook
with every single vegetable offered in my grocery store.
63. Make
a dish from every world culture.
(www.foodbycountry.com is a good start)
64. Skinny
dip.
65. Take
a yoga challenge.
66. Learn
how to play and score tennis. Use this
as an excuse to buy a tennis uniform.
67. Be
able to do 25 real push-ups.
68. Refuse
to lose contact with close friends.
69. Grow
a vegetable/herb garden.
70. Keep
a plant alive for more than 5 years.
71. Give
up processed sugar for 3 months.
72. Stargaze
in an open field with no one else around.
73. See
a solar eclipse.
74. Create
a signature drink.
75. See
either the winter or summer Olympics.
76. Donate
blood.
77. Learn
to dance (socially) and go to Midsummer Night Swing with someone.
78. Go
hiking in New Zealand.
79. Fly
my parents somewhere they’ve always wanted to go to.
80. Visit
Nepal.
81. Delve
into the history of _______________.
82. Have
real Dim Sum.
83. Stay
up all night with someone for no particular reason (in a non-drunken way).
84. Document
all of my grandmother’s recipes.
85. Knit
a baby blanket for someone.
86. Make
homemade jam with homegrown fruit.
87. Buy
something at Bergdorf.
88. New
Year’s kiss at midnight.
89. Learn
how to make a brilliant croissant.
90. Have
an occasion to wear a formal evening gown.
91. Stay
in a small European village (with considerable charm!) for more than one night.
92. Go
buy produce at a farmer’s market every week for a year.
93. Try
snowshoeing.
94. Have
an excuse to save a quality bottle of wine for 5+ years.
95. Visit
some of New York Harbor’s lighthouses.
96. Meet
a special someone that doesn’t think this list is dumb. Marry said person.
97. Raise
a family.
98. Find
peace with God and my faith.
99. Learn
to stop caring about what others think.
100.
Learn to stop worrying. Living is pretty damn good.
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