Bucket List

Bucket List. Life List. Jack Canfield’s 101 Things to do in life.  Whatever you call it, it’s a lot of fun. 

Here is a list I have been compiling for a while, in no particular order. I hope this list intrigues you, inspires you and gives you ideas of things that inspire you.

Leave me a note in the comments section! (*= complete).

My Bucket List: 

+Feed sharks in Tahiti.*

+Feed a monkey.*

+Stay in a haunted house.*

+Fly fish in Alaska*.

+See the salmon run.*

+Touch an iceberg.*

+Climb a mountain.*

+Pan for gold.*

+Kayak in a Bioluminescent Bay.*

+Blue Lagoon, Iceland.*

+Stay up all night and watch the sunrise.*

+Ride a roller coaster.*

+Visit the Grand Canyon.*

+Portofino.*

+Go on a midnight walk on the beach.*

+Milk a cow.*

+Make snow ice cream.*

+Learn to drive a stick shift.*

+Serendipity sundae in NYC.*

+Hike all of Cinque Terre in Italy.*

+Have an original Bellini from Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy.*

+Be interviewed for a radio show.*

+Camping.*

+Glamping.*

+Hike on a glacier.*

+Attend a professional football game.*

+Visit a nude beach (Barcelona Summer 2014).*

+Disney World as a VIP.*

+See a traditional Chinese Opera.*

+Get flowers for no reason.*

+Drive faster than 100 mph.*

+Ride a horse.*

+Go deep sea fishing.*

+Go on a blind date.*

+Fly in a helicopter.*

+Fly first class.*

+Fly first class to Europe.*

+Fly first class to Asia.*

+Fly on a private jet.*

+See a play on Broadway.*

+Ride Camels in the Gobi desert.*

+Ride an elephant.

+Plant a tree in Israel.*

+Receive fan mail.*

+Get hypnotized.*

+Get a tattoo.*

+Whale watch.*

+Shoot a gun.*

+Sand Sled.*

+Snow Sled.*

+Scuba Dive.*

+Snorkel.*

+Snow Ski.*

+Snowboard.*

+Be part of a flash mob.*

+Be Published.*

+Be on the cover of a magazine.*

+Be on the cover of a magazine for something other than being a model.*

+Be a Bridesmaid.*

+Attend an art gallery opening.*

+Attend a winemakers dinner.*

+Attend a Master Distillers dinner.*

+Attend a random seminar.*

+Attend a murder mystery dinner.

+Attend the Westminster Dog Show in NYC.*(2015)

+Interview a celebrity.*

+Drive across the country.*

+Visit tourist attractions in my own town.*

+Do charity work in a foreign country.*

+Stay on a private island.*

+Go on a cruise.*

+Ireland.*

+New Zealand.*

+South of France.*

+Dubai.*

+Stay at The Armani Hotel Dubai.*

+Burj al Arab.*

+India.*

+Climb the Great Wall of China. In a dress.*

+See Jerusalem.*

+See Mt. Fuji.*

+Travel the Silk Road of China.*

+Vietnam.*

+Morocco.*

+Fall in love.*

+Walk the red carpet at a movie premiere.*

+Throw a successful cocktail party.*

+Be in a beauty pageant.*

+Win a beauty pageant.*

+Judge a beauty pageant.*

+Act in a play.*

+Volunteer.*

+Ski Aspen.*

+Go on a safari in Africa.

+See the Xian Terracotta Warriors.*

+Spend a weekend in Vegas like a high roller.*

+Drink a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby.

+Sun Valley, Idaho.*

+Visit the Taj Mahal.

+Visit all 50 States.

+Visit all of Central America.

+Celebrate the 4th of July outside of the US.*

+Have Brazilian BBQ in Brazil.*

+Attend a foam party.*

+Attend a white party.*

+Attend a masquerade party.*

+Attend a boxing match.*

+Shuck oysters.*

+Take a trapeze class.*

+Hunt for truffles.

+Eat lobster in Maine*.

+Attend a yachting race.*

+Archery.*

+Kayak.*

+Parasail.*

+Zipline.*

+Fencing.

+Pike Place market in Seattle.*

+Stand on the Eiffel Tower.

+Scrapbook.*

+Have my picture published in a newspaper.*

+Design a website.*

+Be a mentor.*

+Be a piece of artwork.*

+Be a game show contestant.*

+Touch a famous piece of artwork.*

+Meet Bill Gates.*

+Meet Donald Trump.*

+Meet Richard Branson*.

+Have a maid.*

+Collect something.*

+Try Absinthe.*

+Alcatraz.*

+Visit the Playboy Mansion.*

+Take a road trip.*

+Take a press trip.*

+Take a girls trip.*

+Read a book before the movie.*

+Tour a lighthouse.*

+Tour Ann Frank’s house in Amsterdam.*

+Meet a real-life Princess.*

+Hearst Castle.

+See a foreign film.*

+Pay the toll for the person behind me.

+Smoke a cigar.*

+Start a blog.*

+Visit a castle.*

+Smoke a hookah.*

+Join a book club.*

+Join Big Brothers/Big Sisters.*

+Inspire someone.*

+Be a muse.*

+Have a dedication to me in a book.*

+Do a reality show.*

+Get a tattoo.*

+Get Married in Lake Como*. (2015)

+Go on a honeymoon*. (2015)

+Watch a movie in 3D.*

+See Cirque du Soleil.*

+Drive down the Pacific Coast Highway in a convertible.*

+Play in a blackjack tournament.*

+Win a writing award.*

+Win an Emmy. 

+Learn a martial art.*

+See the Northern Lights.*

+Sleep in a converted convent in Guatemala.*

+Float in the Dead Sea.*

+See the Amazon Rain Forest.*

+Stomp on grapes at a winery.

+Petra, Jordan.*

+Bermuda.*

+Have dinner with a celebrity.*

+Have a speaking role in a film.*

+Run a 5k for charity. *

+Shop in an open-air market in Istanbul.*

+See Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” and “Mona Lisa”.*

+See Michaelangelo’s “David” in Italy.*

+See the Dali Lama.* (July 9th, 2015 NYC)

+Go on a cruise.*

+Be in 3 countries in one day.*

+Write a book.*

+Rescue an animal.*

+Teach English in a foreign country.*

+Sleep under the stars.*

+Sleep in a tepee.*

+Sleep in an ice hotel (Hotel De Glace Feb 2019)*

+Shop at Harrod’s in London.*

+Shop Rodeo Drive.*

+Shop 5th Avenue in New York.*

+Ride in a hot air balloon.*

+Invent something.

+Own a company.*

+Visit every continent. (North America, South America, Asia, Europe, done. Australia, Africa, Antarctica, next).

+Stay in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora.*

+See the red prawns on Vatulele Island.*

+Have a Philly Cheesesteak in Philly.*

+Seychelles.

+Anguilla.*

+Bermuda.*

+Turks and Caicos.

+Go on a hike in a rainforest.*

+Arc de Triomphe.*

+The Louvre.*

+Notre Dame.*

+Musee d’ Orsay in Paris.*

+St. Tropez in the summer season. *

+Sail the Greek Islands.*

+Watch a live concert in the Acropolis.*

+Explore the Italian Riviera.*

+Take a cooking class in India.*

+Take a meditation class.*

+Art of Living.*

+Yoga Teacher Training Certification Level 1.*

+Yoga Teacher Training Level 2*

+Reiki certification.*

+Produce a short film.*

+Ride a gondola in the canals of Venice.*

+See flamenco dancing in Madrid.*

+Induldge in Amsterdam’s street cafes.*

+See a tango in Argentina.*

+St. Moritz.

+Visit a mosque.*

+See the covered bazaar, Blue Mosque & Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.*

+See the Roman ruins of Ephesus, Turkey.*

+Statue of Liberty.*

+Drive on the beach.*

+Dance on a bar.*

+See an Opera.*

+Name a star.

+Sing karaoke.*

+Go to a book signing.*

+Adopt a dog.*

+Hug a penguin.*

+Raise over $1,000 for charity.*

+Have my palm read.*

+See a psychic.*

+Try exotic game ( Antelope, Moose, Kangaroo, Alligator, Boar, Goat, Deer).*

+Bora Bora.*

+Santorini.*

+Ibiza.*

+Vatuele, Fiji.*

+See the Iditarod in Alaska.*

+Take a picture in the Red Square, Moscow, Russia.

+Grand Canyon.*

+Sufi Whirling Dervishes in Turkey.*

+Kennedy Space Center.*

+Hotel del Coronado.*

+Host an exchange student.*

+Have a meal with a (former) monk*.

+Key West.*

+Per Se.*

+Sedona, Arizona.*

+Martha’s Vineyard.*

+Play ice hockey.*

+Hamptons.*

+Have ribs from Jack’s in Nashville, Dreamland BBQ in Alabama & Jim N Nick’s in Alabama.*

+Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.*

+The National Mall and Monuments.*

+Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort.*

+Robot Dining in Tokyo.*

+Learn to tie flies for fly fishing.*

+Times Square.*

+Niagara Falls.*

+Iguazu Falls.*

+Zihuatanejo.*

+Panama Canal.*

+Monte Carlo.*

+Copacabana Palace Hotel, Brazil.*

+Easter Island, Chile.

+Thailand.

+Punta Del Este.*

+Jamaica.*

+Have a NYC corner hot dog.*

+Bali.

+See Ground Zero in New York.*

+Tianamen Square China.*

+Griffith Observatory.*

+Hike down an active Guatemalan volcano.*

+Ride a San Francisco trolley.*

+Amsterdam in the springtime*.

+Swim with the dolphins.*

+See dolphins in their natural habitat (Maldives & Everglades)*.

+Smithsonian.*

+Tate Modern.*

+El Prado.*

+The Met.*

+Indoor skydive.*

+Dinner at French Laundry.

+Dinner at Blue Hill Stone Barns.

+Thursday night Turtle races in Los Angeles.

+Lakers game in a suite.*

+See a baseball game at Dodger Stadium.*

+See a baseball game at Yankee Stadium.*

+Sea World.*

+Cannes Film Festival.

+Sundance Film Festival.

+Join the Travelers Century Club.

+Jose Andres’ minibar in Washington, DC.

+Eat chocolate in Switzerland.

+Own Chanel.*

+Attend the U.S. Open.*

+Have a photograph published.*

+Maldives.*

+Capri.*

+See a full eclipse.* (2017)

+Stay in an overwater bungalow.*

+Participate in a sailing regatta.* (Nevis 5/15)

+Cacao Ceremony* (2018).

+Temazcal Ceremony.*

+Ayauaska Ceremony. 

 +Try every Michelin-starred restaurant in NY. (Done = Ai Fiori, Aldea, Aureole, Babbo, Batard, Blue Hill,  Cafe Boulud, Carbone, Casa Mono, Daniel, Del Posto, Hakkasan, Meadowsweet, Per Se, Jean Georges, JoJo, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Le Bernardin, Le Coucou, Gabriel Kruether, Gramercy Tavern, Gotham Bar & Grill, Junoon, Gilt,  The Modern, Oceana, Marea, Marc Forgione, Minetta Tavern, NoMad, Eleven Madison Park, The Breslin, The Clocktower, The Musket Room, Spotted Pig, ZZ’s Clam Bar).,
Need to try: Agern, Aquavit, Aska, Atera, Atomix, Bar Uchū, Blanca, Café China, Casa Enrique, Caviar Russe, Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, Claro, Contra, Faro, Masa, Ichimura at Uchū ,  Jungsik, Ko, Sushi Ginza Onodera,  Kajitsu, Sho, River Cafe, Rosanjin, Sushi of Gari, Tamarind, Yakitori Tori Shin, Hirohisa, Jeju Noodle Bar,  Kanoyama, Kosaka, Kyo Ya, L’Appart, Nix, Noda, Okuda Oxomoco, Peter Luger, The River Café, Satsuki, Sushi Amane, Sushi Inoue, Sushi Nakazawa, Sushi Noz,  Sushi Yasuda, Tempura Matsui, Tuome, Wallsé

+See the 7 wonders of the modern world (Empire State Building, Golden Gate Bridge, Panama Canal done. Next: CN Tower/Toronto, Itaipu Dam in South America, Delta Works in the Netherlands and Channel Tunnel linking UK and France).

+See the 7 wonders of the Medieval World (Great Wall of China and Hagia Sophia done. Next up: Stonehenge, Colosseum in Rome, Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa in Egypt, Porcelain Tower of Nanjing in China and Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy).