Posts Tagged ‘Bucket List’
There is a hole in your bucket Dear Liza
Dear blog lovelies, two quick thoughts before I jump into my 2011/2012 review of my Bucket List:
- Did you sing that song when you were little? (The one referenced in my blog post title). If you have no idea what I’m talking about, click here.
- Have you noticed I never use punctuation in my post titles? My very favorite font doesn’t include any punctuation marks – even a period! Instead, a big weird star shows up. It drives me crazy, but I love the font too much to change it! If it were up to me, the real title of this post would be, “There’s a hole in your bucket, Dear Liza”
Anywhoozle, moving right along… the Bucket List wish list I created on NYE last year was hefty, to say the least. I ended up completing only seven out of the original 18. But I’m considering that a WIN anyway. Plus, I threw in a few more that weren’t on my list last NYE, ending the year with 13 completed (or almost finished bucket list tasks! Lucky number 13…
#4. Live in another city for at least one year
I moved to SF on 5/13/11, so my one year anniversary will
be 5/13/12, and I’ll be able to cross this off!#10. Meditate in a Buddhist temple
I did this many times in Bali#18. Teach myself to video edit
I’m not crossing this off yet, but technically I taught myself
with the 2011 video recap I did, I just want to get a little bit
better with editing real video – not just photos!#21. Make amends
There are a couple people I set up dinners or goodbyes with before I left Seattle,
in an attempt to “make amends,” and it feels so much better!#31. Visit Bali and wear flowers around my neck
Check and check! Best thing I’ve ever done in my life! Now that I’ve fully
processed the trip, I will be writing about it earlier this year.#32. Squash grapes with my feet
Had so much fun doing this in November at Rosenblum Cellars!#38. Collect my friend’s addresses and send out holiday cards
The holiday cards I created this year and sent out were a huge hit.#39. Take a yoga retreat
Yoga retreat in Bali! Two birds, one stone.#79. Finish the last quarter of my Life List
Duh!#84. Wine taste in Napa Valley
My parents and I took our first trip to Napa together
in August. Such great memories!#90. Go to dim sum for breakfast
I attempted this in February ’11 and technically
completed this in ’12, but who’s counting?#96 Fly somewhere every month, for a year, to get more comfortable with flying
I started this in August ’11 and will finish it this year!#97. Make a wine cork board from bottles of wine I’ve actually drank myself
I started this two years ago (no joke) and because I want all
the bottles to be ones I’ve drank, it’s taken FOREVER.
Currently Feeling: A teensy bit anxious for a big day tomorrow – a little bit fun, a little bit nerve-wracking!
Currently Anticipating: My first trip to Sonoma tomorrow for a winery tour for work.
Currently Loving: That I got my butt off the couch and watched The Bachelor at the gym during a 45 minute spin session – felt SO much better than staying on the couch all night.
Twelve Flights in Twelve Months
For the last couple years, I’ve really hated flying. It was something that awkwardly started in my mid 20s, for no real reason other than I had a small bout with acute anxiety from a terrible job I had, and suddenly, being in an airplane meant I didn’t “have an out” if I felt panicky and needed one. While the anxiety only lasted a short time, the flight nerves stuck around. It hasn’t been fun to deal with since flying is a big part of vacation and travel (which I obvs LOVE), especially when amazing, life-changing trips start with 24 hours of airplane travel. *cough* Bali *cough*
Someone once said to me that I don’t like to fly because I don’t do it often enough. So, around that time I added to my Bucket List, number 96: Fly somewhere every month, for a year to get more comfortable with flying.
To tell you the truth, I’m already half- to all-the-way cured after my Bali flight and moving away from home. (I feel really lucky that Seattle is only a couple hours away from San Francisco, and I have the luxury of flying home whenever there’s something I don’t want to miss).
However, I have a good jump on this Bucket List item of mine from my travel the last couple months and planned travel in the upcoming months, so I’m going to tackle #96 on my Bucket List with a goal of finishing it by July 2012.
I don’t currently have travel plans for May, June and July of 2012, but I do want to make it to New Orleans and Savannah (the dirty, dirty south, y’all!) next year, so perhaps those two mini trips will have to take place within those months. 
Lots of travel to look forward to in my near future – the best feeling!
Currently Feeling: A little guilty after my three bowls of Golden Grahams dinner. Damn you, corner store across the street from me!
Currently Anticipating: Getting home to Seattle on Friday for the holidays!
Currently Needing: Some blog recs – leave em in the comments if you have em. Bonus points if they’re fellow San Francisco bloggers!
Thermal Glass Igloos in Finland Added to the Bucket List
Normally I don’t blog about everything I add to my Bucket List and just sneak things in here and there. But this is too magnificent to not share with everyone.
Hotel Kakslauttanen in Finland has thermal glass igloos where you can lie on luxury beds and stare up at the lights of Aurora Borealis – one of the seven natural wonders of the world! These glass igloos are located within one of Finland’s national parks with zero light pollution, and they have a special design that keeps them warm inside and not foggy when temperatures reach negative 20 degrees outside.
The hotel also features the world’s largest smoke sauna (apparently Finish technology and custom), a restaurant that serves reindeer (!!), and a snow restaurant located inside a gigantic igloo. You can read more about this hotel here.
Could you imagine all the boots with da fur you’d pack for this trip?! So neat.
Currently Feeling: Productive working on some personal brand projects today. Got my About.me site up!
Currently Anticipating: Watching “The Big Game” with some friends tonight at Brick Yard. (Like Apple Cup).
Currently Loving: Top Ramen. It’s a throwback to my early 20s.
San Francisco Bucket List
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I’m happy to report, blog lovelies, that after six months in San Francisco – I finally have my SF Bucket List up!
Since here, I’ve collected lists everywhere from Notes in my iPhone to e-mail and bookmark folders every time someone mentions a great place, or I read an idea in one of the thousands of San Francisco sites I subscribe to. (My fav is 7×7, if you ever plan to come to San Francisco for vacation and need to know the what’s what on the best food in San Francisco and the best things to do in San Francisco. They’re know for their “lists,” ie: Top 10 Burgers in San Francisco, 100 Things to Eat in SF Before You Die, etc).
Much like my general Bucket List for life that I’ve been working on the last three years, I’ll bold the items and mark it with a date when they’re completed.
If you are one of my Bay Area friends or readers – let me know if there’s anything you want to do with me (or you think I should add).
I already have FOURTY items on the list, so I better get at it! (Most of it is food, so here’s hoping I don’t get fat *fingers crossed*!)
P.S. For those of you in love with Bucket Lists like I am, I found this Bucket List Tumblr that’s fun to peruse for ideas!Currently Feeling: Like I ate too many office snacks. Boooo office junk food – there should be a law against it!
Currently Anticipating: The Geographer show tonight with some girl friends at Rickshaw Stop with drinks/food at Straw in Hayes Valley first. Straw is known for their “carnival fare” (and they serve a hamburger between two glazed donuts!). That’s either really gross or really yummy, but either way tis’ on my SF Bucket List, so I’m off to a good start!
Currently Loving: Peanut Butter Cups from Trader Joe’s! So much better than Reese’s. Why? Cause the peanut butter is creamy, not hard!
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