Andrea's Bucket List

I'll be updating this as I add more portions to it on the blog.

ADVENTURE

Set foot on each of the seven continents.
Climb the cliffs to Masada
Trek to see Anasazi Cliff Dwellings
Participate in Carnival in Venice or Brazil
Walk the Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver, BC
Run to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Throw tomatoes at Tomatina

SCUBA in the Great Barrier Reef ( I have a horrible fear of sharks.....this will probably never happen)Raft in the Grand Canyon

Rappel in the dark at Natural Bridge Caverns

Take an around the world trip (maybe?)
WATCH the running of the bulls in Pamplona
Go on a red dress run
Travel somewhere foreign alone.
Rollerblade
Drive across America coast to coast
Heli-Hike in British Columbia
Hike in the Catskills
Travel for 24 hours with only a purse. January 2009 in Las Vegas
White Water raft in West Virginia
White Water raft in the Grand Canyon
Sky dive
Kayak in the San Juan Islands
Jeep (or ATV) through Moab
See Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills
Dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly
Ride a hot air balloon October 2009 in Central California

CONNECT

Make yourself spend a half-day at a concentration camp and swear never to forget August 2010

Visit a VFW hall or nursing home and listen to stories for a whole day. December 2011

Be someone's mentor.

Write the novel you know you have inside you.

Join Toastmasters

Volunteer abroad for one month. Teach English in a foreign country.

Give your mother a dozen red roses and tell her you love her. May2010

Join a flash mob

Be complaint free for 30 days (acomplaintfreeworld.org)

Practice Gratitude for 21 days (keep a gratitude journal)

Party at South by Southwest

Take a picture every day for a year.

CONTRIBUTION

Donate platelets once a month for a year.

Pay for the order of the person behind me in the drive thru lane

Tip a server 100% of the bill

Make a microloan at Kiva 01/18/12

Give a panhandler all the money I am carrying.

Volunteer to take care of the USS Missouri

Become a Child Advocate

Do Random Acts of Kindness for every year I am alive in one day

Pick someone up from a bus stop and take them where they need to go.

Buy a random person a baby gift from their Amazon wish list.  April 9. 2012

FASHION & WELLNESS

Spend 3 months getting my body in optimum shape

Learn Krav Maga

Master the Pincha Maurasana pose

Take a makeup lesson

Run a half-marathon

Walk a full marathon

Be able to do the splits

Do 100 consecutive pushups

Complete the Tough Mudder

Attend a Paris or New York fashion show

Own a leather jacket that feels like butter

Own a pair of Manolo Blahnik or Christian Louboutin shoes that look fantastic, cost a ton, but can only be worn while sitting down!!

GASTRONOMY

Eat poutine in Montreal

Become a Wine Connoisseur

Eat 5 deep fried foods at the Texas State Fair

Collect 30 wines that can age.

Take the Kentucky Whiskey tour

Drink Absinthe in Paris

Drink a pint of beer in Ireland

Do vodka shots in Russia

Have a formal dinner party with wine pairings

Eat tapas and pinchos in Spain

Eat kimshi  03/12

Visit the Heart of Charleston and eat Low Country Cuisine

Stuff myself at Maine’s Lobster festival

Eat at Charlie Trotters in Chicago

Eat at SuperDawg in Chicago

Eat peanut pancakes in Singapore