Sunday, January 6, 2013

Stuff I've done

As I've been nosing around I've come across other people's bucket lists, and while I've gotten some great ideas reading these, I've also noticed that I've done a lot of the things that are on people's lists.  One thing I am grateful for is that so far I have lived a pretty good life, done a lot, and experienced a lot.  So with that in mind, I decided to compile a list of things that I've done that WOULD have been on my bucket list, if I had made one earlier, again in no particular order.


  1. Bungee jump
  2. Visit Times Square
  3. Hike in a redwood forest
  4. Drive around Lake Michigan
  5. See the Statue of Liberty
  6. Drive across the Golden Gate Bridge
  7. Gamble in Vegas
  8. See the Northern Lights
  9. Go camping (real camping)
  10. Attend a fish boil
  11. Run a 5K
  12. Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras (ok I went during Jazz Fest, but close enough!)
  13. Feed an alligator
  14. See the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup
  15. Go snowboarding
  16. Eat a cheeseburger at the Billy Goat Tavern
  17. Visit the House on the Rock
  18. Make a bet on horse racing
  19. Attend a rooftop game at Wrigley
  20. Crowd surf at a concert
  21. Stand atop the Empire State Building
  22. Get a tattoo
  23. Blow something up
  24. Shave my head
  25. Stay up all night and watch the sunrise
  26. Visit Central Park
  27. See the Milky Way
  28. Make a Thanksgiving Day turkey
  29. Moon someone
  30. Visit the Hockey Hall of Fame
  31. Touch the Stanley Cup
  32. See the Hover Dam
  33. Attend a private event, small venue, concert with a major band
  34. Play pond hockey
  35. Sit in the bleachers at a Cubs game
  36. See each of Chicago's professional sports teams play
  37. See all the major Chicago museums
  38. Go on the Miller Brewery tour
  39. Try sushi
  40. Eat frog legs
  41. Go to a Bears vs. Green Bay game
  42. Swim in the ocean
  43. Touch the bean in Grant Park
  44. See a Broadway show
  45. Spend the night downtown Chicago
  46. Ice skate downtown Chicago
  47. Eat alligator
  48. Make someone breakfast
  49. Try beignets.
  50. Visit Brookfield Zoo
  51. Eat a burrito after 2 am at LaBamba
  52. Eat at a Golden Nugget Pancake House in the city at 4am after bars close
  53. Stay at a bed and breakfast
  54. Attend Midget Madness at Casey's bar in Pittsburgh
  55. Eat at Primanti Brothers
  56. Go to a dueling piano bar
  57. Go whitewater rafting
  58. Tailgate at a sporting event
  59. Go to a Jimmy Buffet concert and party in the parking lot
  60. Watch a lunar eclipse
  61. See a comet
  62. Watch a solar eclipse
  63. Help build a Habitat for Humanity house
  64. Do a charity walk
  65. Try raw oysters
  66. Drink at a dive bar (done this one a bunch!)
  67. Participate in a bar crawl
  68. Order room service
  69. Eat a deep fried Twinkie
  70. Get my picture in the paper
  71. Go to a drive in movie
  72. Go to a Renaissance Fair
  73. Tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue
  74. Tour a winery / vineyard
  75. See a band perform at The House of Blues (done both Chicago and New Orleans)
  76. Go to Taste of Chicago
  77. Drive down the coastal highway in Northern California to Carmel
  78. Tour the Winchester Mystery House
  79. Fall asleep in a hammock 
  80. Go paintballing
  81. Visit Alcatraz 
  82. Check out a "Mystery Spot"

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