Bucket List … aka [As Many As I Could Think of] Things I Hope To Do Before I Die

1. Play on a lacrosse team again, even if only for one season.
2. Find a sand dollar on the beach.
3. Find a live starfish in the wild.
4. Go on a Mediterranean cruise.
5. Visit Barcelona, Spain.
6. Get accepted to law school and/or Columbia Journalism School.
7. Get published in the New York Times.
8. Visit London, United Kingdom.
9. Move out of Florida.
10. Own a small bungalow in the Hollywood Hills, preferably Laurel Canyon.
11. Adopt a child from a third-world country.
12. Visit Paris, France.
13. Live in Manhattan while I still can, even if only for a year.
14. Sponsor a child in Africa through Children of the Nations.
15. Go on a mission trip.
16. Ride a mechanical bull.
17. Visit Athens, Greece.
18. Sail in the ocean on a catamaran.
19. Take classes in another foreign language—Greek or Arabic.
20. Ride in a hot-air balloon.
21. Swim with a dolphin.
22. Visit Bangkok, Thailand.
23. See the “Mona Lisa” in person.
24. See “Starry Night” by Van Gogh (my favorite painting) in person.
25. Become 100% debt-free.
26. See a real, well-done Broadway play in New York.
27. Attend the Sundance Film Festival (as a spectator).
28. Try Vietnamese Pho soup.
29. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center.
30. Attend the Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center (I love Christmas trees).
31. Go snowshoeing.
32. Visit Dubai, UAE.
33. Be able to fully pull myself up on water skis and stay there for at least one minute.
34. Be in New Orleans, LA for Mardi Gras.
35. Go on a wine tour in Napa Valley, CA.
36. Drink coffee at the original Starbucks in Pikes Place Market in Seattle, WA.
37. Drive the Pacific Coast Highway from San Diego to Vancouver.
38. Enter and win a writing contest.
39. Visit Nantucket, MA.
40. Go on a whale-watching cruise in the Pacific Ocean.
41. Visit the Christian Louboutin boutique in Manhattan.
42. Go on a horse carriage ride through Central Park.
43. Visit Chicago, IL.
44. Own a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes.
45. Own a pair of Manolo Blahnik shoes.
46. Visit Maldives.
47. Order a plate of raw sushi and eat the entire thing.
48. Completely change my way of thinking from negative… to positive.
49. Learn not to take what others say or do personally.
50. Obtain a job that I truly enjoy going to every single day.
51. Work for a company that values my education and talents as an employee.
52. Work for a company that I’m truly interested in what they do as a business.
53. Wake up in the morning and truly love my life.
54. Get married to the love of my life.
55. Learn to not be so selfish.
56. See Paul McCartney in concert.
57. Physically meet the love of my music life, Thomas Earl Petty.
58. See Radiohead in concert.
59. Physically see Pau Gasol with my naked eye. DONE! January 20, 2012
60. Stay at a Four Seasons resort, even if just for one night.
61. Visit San Francisco, CA.
62. Ride a Sea-Doo in the ocean.
63. Take a wheat grass shot.