Things I want to do:
- Do karaoke*
- Fly on a trapeze*
- Try axe throwing*
- Ambulance ride along with Sage*
- Play laser tag
- Master the art of making a charcuterie platter
- Learn a line dance
- Learn how to sing within my octave
- Kiss on top of a ferris wheel
- Police ride along
- Play paintball
- Win a stuffed animal at a fair
- Write my name in wet cement
- Learn how to play pickleball
- Learn how to golf
- See a concert at the Hollywood Bowl
- Shop on Rodeo drive
- Surf Malibu
- Skinny dip
- Try psilocybin
- Watch gymnastics, diving events at the Olympics in person
- Go on a meditation retreat
- See the northern lights
- Publish something
- Go skydiving (indoors)
- Travel by train overnight on the coast
- Be a background cast member in a movie or tv show (ideally Mandalorian)
- Live in a foreign country for at least a month
- Fly on a seaplane
- Forage for truffles
- Own an Airstream
- Ride horseback on the beach
- Take a trip with friends
- Take a solo trip
- Go vegetarian for one month
- Try reiki
- Polar bear plunge
- Foster kittens
- Join the mile high club (is this illegal?)
- Airboat across an alligator infested swamp
- Ride in a luge
- Try curling (the sport)
- Have my body artistically painted in the nude
- Attend a murder mystery dinner
- Get hypnotized
- Sit front row at a professional basketball game
- Take a pole dancing class
- Make my own perfume
- Take a sourdough class
- Order one of everything on a menu
- Be on a Jumbotron at a stadium
- Do a boudoir photoshoot
- New Years Eve kiss
- Bid on something at an auction
- Be present at a birth
- Do 100 hours of volunteer work
- Help someone with a check on their bucket list
- Mud wrestle
- Fly in a blimp
- Ride on a toboggan
- Go to space
- Get married
- Cage dive with great white sharks
- Fly first class on Emirates
- Drive a Formula 1 car
- Sunbathe topless
- Own an exotic animal
- Attend Cinespia at the Hollywood Cemetery
- Attend a fashion show in New York during fashion week
- See the Nutcracker at the New York City Ballet
- National September 11 Memorial & Museum
- Check out Coney Island & Chelsea Market
- Ride in a hot air balloon (maybe at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico)
- Attend Comicon in San Diego in full costume
- Partake in a food fight (maybe La Tomatina in Spain)
- Attend the ballet in Russia
- Cowboy Poetry, Elko
- Win gambling in Vegas
- Visit a superbloom (maybe in Death Valley)
- Attend Outside Lands, San Francisco
- Attend Burning Man, Nevada
- Go to the Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz
- Attend an Indian wedding (or at least wear the full outfit)
- Buy a Rolex or Cartier watch for myself
- Go to Moulin Rogue, Paris
- Visit Hearst Castle, San Simeon
- Go to a drag show
- Get in to Club 33
- See a magic show at the Magic Castle in LA
- Go to the Huntington Gardens in Pasadena
- Go to the Rose Bowl Flea Market
- Go to a Korean Spa
- Attend a black light party
- Get a puppy (probably a female King Charles Cavalier)
- Get my hair and makeup done like a old Hollywood starlet
Sporting events I want to attend:
- Warriors Game
- Stanley Cup Final
- Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic
- Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week, Utah
- The Indy 500, Daytona 500, or NASCAR Cup
- Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Georgia
- Head of The Charles, Boston
- Red Sox vs. Yankees baseball game at Fenway Park, Boston
- Kentucky Derby, Louisville
- Attend a Heavyweight Title Fight at Madison Square Garden, New York
- America’s Cup (sailing)
- Manhattan Beach Open (volleyball)
- Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska
- Liverpool vs. Manchester United football match at Old Trafford
- UFC MMA Fight
- FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid CF football match
- Wimbledon, England
Places I want to visit in the US:
- Surf Ranch in Lemoore, in central California
- Moab & Monument Valley in Utah
- Washington, D.C.
- Aspen, Colorado (for skiing and to make a custom hat at Kemo Sabe)
- Salem & Boston, Massachusetts (in October to learn about the witch trials)
- Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket, Massachusetts
- New Orleans, Louisiana (maybe during Mardi Gras or in October)
- Sun Valley, Idaho (for skiing)
- Deer Valley, Utah (for skiing)
- Orlando, Florida (for Disney World)
- The Hamptons, New York
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Wyoming (for hiking/camping Yellowstone)
- Newport, Rhode Island
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Miami, Florida
- Charleston, North Carolina
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Savannah, Georgia
- Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
- Grand Canyon, Arizona
Places I want to visit outside the US:
- Japan (for a cherry blossom festival, Shibuya Crossing, Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park, Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo Disney, animal cafes, onsen, sumo wrestling, and Kintsugi)
- Barcelona (need to go back for a soccer game and shopping at Loewe)
- London (London Eye, Borough Market) (Designer outlets outside of London, called “Bicester Village” in Wembley Borough of Brent)
- China (for Lunar New Year, Hong Kong, & Great Wall of China)
- Deli (for Holi Festival & The Taj Mahal)
- Monoco (for The Grand Prix)
- Mexico City (for Dia De Los Muertos & luchador wrestling match)
- Venice (for Carnivale)
- Poland (for Auschwitz)
- Vienna (for classical Mozart concert at St. Peter’s Church)
- Versailles (for the masquerade ball)
- Jordan (for Petra)
- Normandy (for Mont St. Michel)
- Bora Bora (for an overwater bungalow)
- Dubai (for indoor snowboarding)
- Singapore (for Sky Gardens)
- United Kingdom (for Stonehenge, The Cotswolds, Oxford, Cambridge, & the Cliffs of Dover)
- Nepal & Bhutan (Paro Taktsang & Mount Everest)
- Vietnam (Halong Bay) & Cambodia (Angkor Wat)
- Singapore (Gardens by the Bay) (stay at Marina Bay Sands Harbor)(Make an Hermes scarf)
- Seoul, South Korea (for spa)
- Morocco
- Egypt
- Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Victoria Falls, Cape Town, Johannesburg)
- Italy (Positano, Capri, Lake Como, Pompeii, & Cinque Terre)
- Croatia (Split, Hvar, & Dubrovnik)
- Germany (Berlin, Neuschwanstein Castle, & Munich for Oktoberfest in authentic clothing)
- Luxembourg
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Rio, Brazil (for Carnival)
- Quebec, Canada (stay at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac)
- Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
- St. Moritz (for skiing and the The International Concours of Elegance)
- Ibiza
- Netherlands (for The Corpus Museum)
Places where I want to eat/drink:
- The French Laundry, Yountville
- Napa Valley Wine Train
- Spago, Los Angeles
- The Polo Lounge, Los Angeles
- Vespertine, Los Angeles
- Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, Los Angeles
- Little A’Le’Inn, Rachel, Nevada
- Alinea, Chicago
- Zabar’s, New York
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s Blue Box Cafe, New York
- Katz’s Delicatessen, New York
- Peter Luger, New York
- Eleven Madison Park, New York
- Dinner In The Sky Montreal, Canada
- Sketch, London
- High Tea at the Ritz
- Grotta Palazzese, Italy
- Iris, Norway
- M6m, Maldives OR Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, Maldives
- Giraffe Manor, Kenya
- Hudson Table, Brooklyn (for the Chef Competition dinning experience)
Hotels/Places I want to stay:
- Amangiri, Utah
- Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
- The Carlyle, New York
- Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles
- Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai
- Rosewood Miramar, Santa Barbara
- One & Only Palmilla, Cabo, Mexico
- Villa d’Este, Lake Como, Italy
- Underwater hotel
- Treehouse
- Ice Hotel
- Castle
- Houseboat
- Sea Ranch Lodge, in northern California
- Harbor House Inn, in northern California
Artists I want to see in concert:
- Dua Lipa
- Rhianna
- Taylor Swift
Books I want to read:
- Marcus Aurelius
- The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1984by George Orwell (loved)A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451by Ray Bradbury (loved)The Giverby Lois LowryThe Great Gatsbyby F. Scott FitzgeraldHamletby William ShakespeareThe Handmaid’s Taleby Margaret Atwood (loved)Harry Potterby J.K. RowlingThe Iliadby HomerThe Little Princeby Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLolitaby Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitudeby Gabriel Garcia MarquezLord of the FliesbyThe Picture of Dorian GraybyTell-tale Heartby Edgar Allen PoeMan’s Search for Meaningby Viktor E. FranklDuneby Frank HerbertA Brief History of Timeby Stephen HawkingThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Talesby Olive SacksThe Year of Magical Thinkingby Joan DidionUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemptionby Laura HillenbrandNakedby David Sedaris
Movies I want to see:
- Chariots of Fire (1981)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Howl’s Moving Castle(2004)- The Sound of Music (1965)
- Apocalypse Now (1979)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- Boogie Nights (1997)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Enter the Dragon (1973)
- Lone Star (1996)
- Heat (1995)
- Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- Goodwill Hunting (1997)
- Oppenheimer (2023)