Dream To-Do List

to do list

I once heard that the first step to making a “Bucket List” is to personalize what you call it. So here are some of the things on my dream “Dream To-Do List” .

Local

Things to do on a weekend when you’re bored and need something fun!

  • Blow glass
  • Knit a scarf
  • Take a pottery class
  • Learn to say “Hello” in 10 languages
  • Get a blow out
  • Have a spa day/Get a facial 
  • Get a tattoo
  • Relax in a “Sensory Deprivation Tank”
  • Make fresh pasta
  • Fly a kite
  • Learn to throw a boomerang
  • Learn to ski 
  • Drink only Water for a Week

Local “Us” Things

Life is more fun when you have someone to share it with, fun your person and love them hard.

  • Go to the Kentucky Derby
  • Go wine tasting
  • Go Skydiving (indoor acceptable)
  • Have a progressive dinner 
  • Get bottle service at a fancy bar
  • Set a Guinness Book of World Record
  • Get outfits from a thrift shop and go out
  • Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride
  • Destroy Stuff in a Break Room
  • Make/Eat breakfast in bed
  • Cook a 3 course meal from a cookbook
  • Go horseback riding 
  • Make ratatouille 

Someday “Us” Things

Hey, a girl can dream right?

  • Attend the Olympics
  • Sponsor a Child’s Wish through the Make-a-Wish Foundation
  • Finish a half marathon together
  • Scuba Dive (ideally in Australia) 
  • Drive a Snowmobile
  • Fly in a Helicopter
  • Go on a Spontaneous Road Trip
  • Sleep in an Overnight Train
  • Throw a Dart at a Map and Just Go
  • Ride the Orient Express
  • Time Travel to Experience New Year’s Eve Twice

USA

Things that don’t require a $500 flight…

  • Gamble in Vegas
  • Drink at an Ice Bar (Vegas)
  • Helicopter into the Grand Canyon (Arizona)
  • Visit Anthony Chapel in Garvan Woodland Gardens (Arkansas)
  • Wine Taste in the Napa Valley (California)
  • Tour the Biltmore Estates (North Carolina)
  • Eat a Philly CheeseSteak in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania)
  • Visit Mount Rushmore (South Dakota)
  • Visit the White House (Washington DC)
  • Attend the Biggest Outdoor Rodeo (Wyoming)
  • Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta (New Mexico)

New York

They say there is no where quite like it.

  • Christmas
  • Walk Through Grand Central Station
  • See a Broadway Musical
  • Stand in Times Square
  • See Niagara Falls
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Go to the Westminster Dog Show

Canada

What do ya say, ey?

  • Go Tidal Bore Rafting in Nova Scotia (Canada)
  • Banff, Canada
  • Skiing in Vancouver, Canada

International

Gotta find those deals on deals on deals!

  • Pull an all nighter in Ibiza (Spain)
  • Walk part of the Spanish El Camino de Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
  • Drink a beer at Oktoberfest (Germany)
  • Sleep in an Ice Hotel (Sweden)
  • See the Great Pyramids at Giza (Egypt)
  • Go on an African Safari (Tanzina, Africa)
  • Rent a vintage car in Havana (Cuba)
  • See the Sunrise at Borobudur Temple (Indonesia)
  • Go Gorilla Trekking (Uganda)
  • See the Taj Mahal (India)
  • Get a Henna Tattoo (India)
  • Go Dog Sledding in Tromsø in (Northern Norway)
  • Sit on the Edge of Preikestolen (Norway)
  • See the Iguazu Falls (Argentina/Brazil border)
  • Drink fresh juice from a coconut (Hawaii) 
  • Attend a luau (Hawaii) 
  • Stay in a Glass Igloo (Finland)
  • Tour a windmill (Holland)
  • Eat fondue in Switzerland
  • Sit in the Outdoor Jacuzzi at Iglu-Dorf Hotel (Switzerland)
  • Ski the Swiss Alps (Switzerland)

New Zealand

Time change is killer, but someday!

  • South Island
  • Explore the Waitomo Glowworm Cave
  • Get Warm Near the Champagne Pool
  • Go Black Water Rafting
  • Hike the Franz Josef Glacier

Places I must go before I die…

  • Sydney, Australia
  • Cape Town, South Africa
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Maui, Hawaii 
  • Amsterdam
  • St.Lucia
  • Prague
  • The Maldives
  • Dubai, U.A.E

Go. Do. Live.