Bucket List

Things I want to do:

  1. Do karaoke*
  2. Fly on a trapeze*
  3. Try axe throwing*
  4. Ambulance ride along with Sage*
  5. Play laser tag
  6. Master the art of making a charcuterie platter
  7. Learn a line dance
  8. Learn how to sing within my octave
  9. Kiss on top of a ferris wheel
  10. Police ride along
  11. Play paintball
  12. Win a stuffed animal at a fair
  13. Write my name in wet cement
  14. Learn how to play pickleball
  15. Learn how to golf
  16. See a concert at the Hollywood Bowl
  17. Shop on Rodeo drive
  18. Surf Malibu
  19. Skinny dip
  20. Try psilocybin
  21. Watch gymnastics, diving events at the Olympics in person
  22. Go on a meditation retreat
  23. See the northern lights
  24. Publish something
  25. Go skydiving (indoors)
  26. Travel by train overnight on the coast
  27. Be a background cast member in a movie or tv show (ideally Mandalorian)
  28. Live in a foreign country for at least a month
  29. Fly on a seaplane
  30. Forage for truffles
  31. Own an Airstream
  32. Ride horseback on the beach
  33. Take a trip with friends
  34. Take a solo trip
  35. Go vegetarian for one month
  36. Try reiki
  37. Polar bear plunge
  38. Foster kittens
  39. Join the mile high club (is this illegal?)
  40. Airboat across an alligator infested swamp
  41. Ride in a luge
  42. Try curling (the sport)
  43. Have my body artistically painted in the nude
  44. Attend a murder mystery dinner
  45. Get hypnotized
  46. Sit front row at a professional basketball game
  47. Take a pole dancing class
  48. Make my own perfume
  49. Take a sourdough class
  50. Order one of everything on a menu
  51. Be on a Jumbotron at a stadium
  52. Do a boudoir photoshoot
  53. New Years Eve kiss
  54. Bid on something at an auction
  55. Be present at a birth
  56. Do 100 hours of volunteer work
  57. Help someone with a check on their bucket list
  58. Mud wrestle
  59. Fly in a blimp
  60. Ride on a toboggan
  61. Go to space
  62. Get married
  63. Cage dive with great white sharks
  64. Fly first class on Emirates
  65. Drive a Formula 1 car
  66. Sunbathe topless
  67. Own an exotic animal
  68. Attend Cinespia at the Hollywood Cemetery
  69. Attend a fashion show in New York during fashion week
  70. See the Nutcracker at the New York City Ballet
  71. National September 11 Memorial & Museum
  72. Check out Coney Island & Chelsea Market
  73. Ride in a hot air balloon (maybe at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico)
  74. Attend Comicon in San Diego in full costume
  75. Partake in a food fight (maybe La Tomatina in Spain)
  76. Attend the ballet in Russia
  77. Cowboy Poetry, Elko
  78. Win gambling in Vegas
  79. Visit a superbloom (maybe in Death Valley)
  80. Attend Outside Lands, San Francisco
  81. Attend Burning Man, Nevada
  82. Go to the Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz
  83. Attend an Indian wedding (or at least wear the full outfit)
  84. Buy a Rolex or Cartier watch for myself
  85. Go to Moulin Rogue, Paris
  86. Visit Hearst Castle, San Simeon
  87. Go to a drag show
  88. Get in to Club 33
  89. See a magic show at the Magic Castle in LA
  90. Go to the Huntington Gardens in Pasadena
  91. Go to the Rose Bowl Flea Market
  92. Go to a Korean Spa
  93. Attend a black light party
  94. Get a puppy (probably a female King Charles Cavalier)
  95. Get my hair and makeup done like a old Hollywood starlet

Sporting events I want to attend:

  1. Warriors Game
  2. Stanley Cup Final
  3. Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic
  4. Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week, Utah
  5. The Indy 500, Daytona 500, or NASCAR Cup
  6. Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, Georgia
  7. Head of The Charles, Boston
  8. Red Sox vs. Yankees baseball game at Fenway Park, Boston
  9. Kentucky Derby, Louisville
  10. Attend a Heavyweight Title Fight at Madison Square Garden, New York
  11. America’s Cup (sailing)
  12. Manhattan Beach Open (volleyball)
  13. Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska
  14. Liverpool vs. Manchester United football match at Old Trafford
  15. UFC MMA Fight
  16. FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid CF football match
  17. Wimbledon, England

Places I want to visit in the US:

  1. Surf Ranch in Lemoore, in central California
  2. Moab & Monument Valley in Utah
  3. Washington, D.C.
  4. Aspen, Colorado (for skiing and to make a custom hat at Kemo Sabe)
  5. Salem & Boston, Massachusetts (in October to learn about the witch trials)
  6. Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket, Massachusetts
  7. New Orleans, Louisiana (maybe during Mardi Gras or in October)
  8. Sun Valley, Idaho (for skiing)
  9. Deer Valley, Utah (for skiing)
  10. Orlando, Florida (for Disney World)
  11. The Hamptons, New York
  12. Louisville, Kentucky
  13. Wyoming (for hiking/camping Yellowstone)
  14. Newport, Rhode Island
  15. Palm Beach, Florida
  16. Miami, Florida
  17. Charleston, North Carolina
  18. Memphis, Tennessee
  19. Savannah, Georgia
  20. Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
  21. Grand Canyon, Arizona

Places I want to visit outside the US:

  1. 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)
  2. Barcelona (need to go back for a soccer game and shopping at Loewe)
  3. London (London Eye, Borough Market) (Designer outlets outside of London, called “Bicester Village” in Wembley Borough of Brent)
  4. China (for Lunar New Year, Hong Kong, & Great Wall of China)
  5. Deli (for Holi Festival & The Taj Mahal)
  6. Monoco (for The Grand Prix)
  7. Mexico City (for Dia De Los Muertos & luchador wrestling match)
  8. Venice (for Carnivale)
  9. Poland (for Auschwitz)
  10. Vienna (for classical Mozart concert at St. Peter’s Church)
  11. Versailles (for the masquerade ball)
  12. Jordan (for Petra)
  13. Normandy (for Mont St. Michel)
  14. Bora Bora (for an overwater bungalow)
  15. Dubai (for indoor snowboarding)
  16. Singapore (for Sky Gardens)
  17. United Kingdom (for Stonehenge, The Cotswolds, Oxford, Cambridge, & the Cliffs of Dover)
  18. Nepal & Bhutan (Paro Taktsang & Mount Everest)
  19. Vietnam (Halong Bay) & Cambodia (Angkor Wat)
  20. Singapore (Gardens by the Bay) (stay at Marina Bay Sands Harbor)(Make an Hermes scarf)
  21. Seoul, South Korea (for spa)
  22. Morocco
  23. Egypt
  24. Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia, Victoria Falls, Cape Town, Johannesburg)
  25. Italy (Positano, Capri, Lake Como, Pompeii, & Cinque Terre)
  26. Croatia (Split, Hvar, & Dubrovnik)
  27. Germany (Berlin, Neuschwanstein Castle, & Munich for Oktoberfest in authentic clothing)
  28. Luxembourg
  29. Copenhagen, Denmark
  30. Edinburgh, Scotland
  31. Rio, Brazil (for Carnival)
  32. Quebec, Canada (stay at the Fairmont Le Château Frontenac)
  33. Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
  34. St. Moritz (for skiing and the The International Concours of Elegance)
  35. Ibiza
  36. Netherlands (for The Corpus Museum)

Places where I want to eat/drink:

  1. The French Laundry, Yountville
  2. Napa Valley Wine Train
  3. Spago, Los Angeles
  4. The Polo Lounge, Los Angeles
  5. Vespertine, Los Angeles
  6. Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, Los Angeles
  7. Little A’Le’Inn, Rachel, Nevada
  8. Alinea, Chicago
  9. Zabar’s, New York
  10. Breakfast at Tiffany’s Blue Box Cafe, New York
  11. Katz’s Delicatessen, New York
  12. Peter Luger, New York
  13. Eleven Madison Park, New York
  14. Dinner In The Sky Montreal, Canada
  15. Sketch, London
  16. High Tea at the Ritz
  17. Grotta Palazzese, Italy
  18. Iris, Norway
  19. M6m, Maldives OR Ithaa Undersea Restaurant, Maldives
  20. Giraffe Manor, Kenya
  21. Hudson Table, Brooklyn (for the Chef Competition dinning experience)

Hotels/Places I want to stay:

  1. Amangiri, Utah
  2. Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
  3. The Carlyle, New York
  4. Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles
  5. Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, Ojai
  6. Rosewood Miramar, Santa Barbara
  7. One & Only Palmilla, Cabo, Mexico
  8. Villa d’Este, Lake Como, Italy
  9. Underwater hotel
  10. Treehouse
  11. Ice Hotel
  12. Castle
  13. Houseboat
  14. Sea Ranch Lodge, in northern California
  15. Harbor House Inn, in northern California

Artists I want to see in concert:

  1. Dua Lipa
  2. Rhianna
  3. Taylor Swift

Books I want to read:

  1. Marcus Aurelius
  2. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
  3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  4. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
  5. 1984 by George Orwell (loved)
  6. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
  7. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (loved)
  8. The Giver by Lois Lowry
  9. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  10. Hamlet by William Shakespeare
  11. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (loved)
  12. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
  13. The Iliad by Homer
  14. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  15. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
  16. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  17. Lord of the Flies by
  18. The Picture of Dorian Gray by
  19. Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
  20. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
  21. Dune by Frank Herbert 
  22. A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
  23. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Olive Sacks
  24. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
  25. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
  26. Naked by David Sedaris

Movies I want to see:

  1. Chariots of Fire (1981)
  2. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  3. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
  4. The Sound of Music (1965)
  5. Apocalypse Now (1979)
  6. Seven Samurai (1954)
  7. Boogie Nights (1997)
  8. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
  9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  10. Enter the Dragon (1973)
  11. Lone Star (1996)
  12. Heat (1995)
  13. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
  14. Goodwill Hunting (1997)
  15. Oppenheimer (2023)