I've had this list for quite a while; I actually compiled it while Jamie and I were driving to LA to check off number 1, which is why it's number 1. It was about 3 weeks after my first kidney transplant, and the roadtrip had been something we weren't able to do when I was on dialysis.
So I compiled (completed) this list while on that trip. I brainstormed and we talked and I came up with a list of 100 things. I originally called it “100 Things to Do Before I Die,” but then that Bucket List movie came out, and that's what they're called now.
The List
Go to an away game2004 – SF Giants at Dodger Stadium- Fly first class
Drive or ride a train cross countryAugust 2013, Chicago to Emeryville- Go to Giants Spring Training
- Parasail
Own Manolo Blahnik shoes2006 – Bought and wore them for my weddingAppear on television2005 – “Inked” on A&E featured me getting a tattooPlay a table game in a casino2005 – At the Golden Gate casino in VegasSee Madonna in concert2006 – Sticky & Sweet Tour- Stand at the edge of a volcano
See a show on BroadwayยHedwig & the Angry Inch, July 2015Go to an NFL game2005 – Go Niners!Go to an NBA game2008 – Go Warriors!Be a mom2008 – Hi Max!Own a convertible2006 – Acquired by marriage ๐- Learn to fry a really good egg
- Scuba dive
Be in a live studio audience2012 – America's Got Talent audition filming in SFHave a scrap layout published2005 – My transplant album featured in Simple Scrapbooks magazineOwn my own house2004See “Beach Blanket Babylon”2007 – Birthday gift from my parentsMeet someone famous… really famous2009 – Al FrankenSee my name on the Jumbotron at a ballparkAug. 2011, Shoreline Jumbotron at MUSE Music Festival (My face, not my name) ETA: On TV/big screen at 2016 AMAs with #KohlsVIPsGo to a drive-in movie2008 – Solano Drive-in when Max was teeny tiny- Own a bathtub I can stretch out in
Go to LegolandยSan Diego, April 2014 & Florida, April 2015Host a dinner party for 6 or more peopleRegularly – Thanksgivings and Christmases are big now!- Ride in a biplane. Go upside down
Have a pint at the Guinness Brewery2007 – Honeymoon!- Ride an air boat in the Everglades
Take an Alaskan cruiseยAugust 2015- Go to a game at Fenway
Go to a game at Wrigley FieldAugust 2013 – Cubs v. BrewersAttend a black-tie gala2010 – Ed and Kristin's wedding- Go to the Grand Ole Opry
- See Mt. Rushmore
- Attend a Democratic Nat'l Convention
Buy a brand new car2005 – My Mazda3. And now I never need to buy new again- Cross the Panama Canal
- Cruise the Mediterranian
Drink a bottle of wine that's older than I am2005 – 1975 Stag's Leap Cab- Make a dish that involves setting something on fire
Paint something and hang it on my wallยPinot's Palette, 2015- See all the movies on AFI's “100 Best” list
- Throw the 1st pitch at an MLB game
See Paris from the Eiffel Tower2007 – HoneymoonSpend some time in Ireland and England2007 – Honeymoon- Go on safari in Africa
- Pet a sheep in New Zealand
Drive a moped or motorcycle2004 – Jamie's little brown moped- “Jump out of a perfectly good airplane” (Skydive)
- Cross the Equator on a boat
- Attend the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics
- Explore Washington DC, see all the monuments
- Have a beer at Oktoberfest in Munich
- Spend New Year's in another country
- Witness Carnivale in Rio
Go to New Orleans, but not during Mardi GrasยDad 2.0 Summit 2014- Learn to juggle… well!
- River raft through the Grand Canyon
- Drink a champagne toast in a hot air balloon
- Drive on the “wrong” side of the road in England
- See the aurora borealis
- Hurl a tomato at La Tomatina in Spain
- Pour soap bubbles in a public fountain
- “Discover” and name my own constellation
- Make a pilgrimage to Graceland
Walk across Abbey Road barefoot2007 – Honeymoon, but not barefoot- Visit a former concentration camp
Have high tea in London2007 – Honeymoon- See a play at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival
Brew beer. Actually drink it.2006 – For our wedding reception- Send a message in a bottle
- Ride in a helicopter
- Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- See the Great Pyramids at Giza
- Walk on the Great Wall of China
- Go to Burning Man. Once.
See the SF Giants win the World Series2010 AND 2012 AND 2014 baby!Participate in a political protestDaily – It's my responsibility as an American- Float in the Dead Sea
Watch an eclipse from start to finish2012 – Partial solar eclipse- Visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Go spelunking
Marry my best friend2006 – He's the bestDye at least part of my hair an unnatural color2011 – Added my red streak- Go to Yellowstone and “smell the geysers”
Participate in a flash mob2011 – #OperationGlory at Blogher11Attend a blogging conferenceSeveral times over! Blogher11 and 13, BBCPHX, AL Non-Con…- Visit Moffat, Scotland
Own a fisheye camera lensGoPro 2015- Add a Kodak Beau Brownie to my collection