Granary Burial Ground, Boston |
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
101 Things in 1,001 Days
Sick as a dog. |
Nothing like a few hours of watching other people's lives to make you feel like you are wasting yours. So, I was intrigued when a friend of mine mentioned that she is doing the Day Zero Project. Essentially a bucket list organizer, the Day Zero Project allows you to set goals, monitor your progress, and share your success with the website's online community. The site's most popular challenge is its "101 Things in 1,001 Days" list. 1,001 days is approximately 2.75 years and puts me just a couple of months shy of my 40th birthday. I'll keep you updated as I (hopefully) strike goals from my list.
101 Things in 1001 Days
Oct 22, 2013 - Jul 19, 2016
- Build a bonfire and toast marshmallows
- Wake up at 5:00 AM everyday for a week
- Kiss at the top of the Empire State Building
- Pack a picnic
- Volunteer 50 hours through the Junior League
- See Niagara Falls (New York)
- Paint the walls
- Buy something fabulous for myself
- Take a yoga class
- Go to London
- Have a baby
- Run a marathon in under 4 hours
- Host a cocktail party
- See a Broadway show
- Become flexible enough to touch my toes
- Buy an original piece of art
- Complete a 100 Pushups Challenge
- Read 10 classics I should have read but have never got around to
- Watch the sun rise over the Atlantic and set over the Pacific in the same day
- See the Northern Lights
- Eat a lobster in Maine
- Visit Julia Child's kitchen in the Smithsonian
- Buy a new car
- Have professional photos taken of my dog
- Eat caviar and drink champagne on New Year's Eve
- Do a hangover run on New Year's Day
- Go snow shoeing
- Learn a new language
- Take a lesson at the Land Rover Experience Driving School in Equinox, Vermont
- Go canoeing
- Reach my goal weight
- Eat dinner at Commander's Palace in New Orleans
- Hike part of the Appalachian Trail
- Join a book club
- Go to a jazz club
- See a Shakespeare play
- Learn to sew
- Find a new job
- Complete my silver pattern
- Go to the Brimfield antique show
- Do a detox
- Refinish an old piece of furniture
- Attend a lecture
- Have a spa day
- Enter something in a food competition
- Attend a black tie gala
- Attend a unique small-town event
- Go to the top of the CN Tower
- Eat oysters at Union Oyster House
- Learn to drive a stick shift
- Rock a bikini at the beach
- Get certified in CPR
- Go to a live professional sporting event
- Try 10 new local restaurants
- Go on a spiritual retreat
- Order engraved stationery
- Go on a road trip
- Go to a wine tasting
- Participate in a political party or an organization
- Donate money to charity
- Do a home improvement project
- Have a candlelight dinner
- Stroll the Cliff Walk in Newport (Rhode Island)
- Test drive a convertible sportscar
- Visit Nantucket (Massachusetts)
- Do some birdwatching
- Eat a food I've never tried before
- Host a tea party
- Attend finishing school
- Go to see an Opera
- Take piano lessons
- Go a month without junk food
- Take a self defense class
- Make a new friend
- Create the perfect up-do
- Landscape the backyard
- Take a knife skills class
- Get a passport
- Keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge, just in case
- Learn how to change a tire
- Take advice from an older & wiser woman
- Make a snow angel
- Send cookies to troops overseas
- Catch a firefly
- Learn to play bridge
- Visit the Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.)
- Go clam digging
- See the Christmas carolers at Faneuil Hall
- Climb a mountain
- Climb an indoor rock wall
- Mix a French 75
- Ride on a sleigh
- Stay up all night
- Learn how to do a cartwheel
- See a lunar eclipse
- Visit a cave
- Do something completely spontaneous and crazy
- Show gratitude
- See a financial planner
- Fly on a trapeze
- Have a Hawaiian bracelet engraved with my dad's name
Monday, October 14, 2013
Columbus Day in Rockport
This weekend, artisans in the Cape Ann towns of Rockport and Gloucester opened their galleries for their 30th Annual Studio Tour. We decided that this was a lovely excuse to drive to the coast and enjoy the blue skies and salty air. Those of you who are George Clooney fans (and really, who isn't?) might know Gloucester as the setting for the movie The Perfect Storm. It's also home to that yellow slicker-clad icon, the Gorton's Fisherman. Gloucester is incredibly scenic, and deserves its own post sometime. For this outing, though, we decided to spend most of the afternoon next door in Rockport's Bearskin Neck, a touristy stretch of lobster shacks, art galleries, and souvenir shops.
Here on Bradley Wharf, you can see what has been called "the most often-painted building in America", a red fishing shack known as Motif #1.
After lunch at the Blue Lobster Grille, we wandered down the streets and through the shops.
Here on Bradley Wharf, you can see what has been called "the most often-painted building in America", a red fishing shack known as Motif #1.
After lunch at the Blue Lobster Grille, we wandered down the streets and through the shops.
The intriguingly named "Dark Star Philosophia" |
Gorton's Fishergulls? |
This buoy was calling my name. |
Lobster Traps |
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Fall Fashion Essentials: Boston Edition
I'm sure it will surprise you not in the least to hear that there is a uniform in Boston too. Over the last week, I've been shuttling visiting relatives all over town, and doing some fashion reconnaissance on the sly. So, what are all the cool girls wearing this fall?
#1: Longchamp's Le Pliage
This bag is everywhere. Navy is the most popular, but several girls walking around the Common today sported dark red.
Here. |
#2: Frye Melissa Button Boot
There are still a few brave souls wearing their Navajos, but most are tucking their skinny jeans and Lululemons into riding boots.
Here. |
#3: The Quilted Puffer Vest
Your torso is ready for the tundra in a down vest. Again, navy rules, but yesterday I saw a beautiful version in burgundy with ruffles down the front at Sara Campbell in Concord.
Here. |
#4: The Infinity Scarf
I am convinced that Une Femme is the only chick in Southern California who understands scarves. So, I'm encouraged to see women wearing circle scarves, like this one from Lilly Pulitzer. No mad origami skillz needed. Even I can pull this look off.
Here. |
#5: Needlepoint Hat
Worn with a bun peeking out at the nape of the neck.
Here. |
Friday, October 4, 2013
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