Dream List

 

1. Fall in love and marry my best friend

2. Skydive (August 2003)

3. Bungee jump

4. Travel to Europe for fun (Spring/Summer 2005)

5. Ride in a hot air balloon

6. Travel to Afghanistan (November 2004)

7. Travel to New Zealand

8. Go to Hawaii (April 2009)

9. White water raft in BIG rapids

10. Adopt

11. See a revolution among children that follows the King

12. Write a personal article that gets published

13. Go to the moon and back

 14. Visit Dresden and Herrnhut Germany (April 2010)

15. Touch every continent with my feet

- North America

- South America

- Europe

- Africa

- Asia

- Australia

- Antarctica

16. Live in another country for a year (2009-2010)

17. Take photos all over the world (2009-2010)

18. Be interviewed on the Today Show or a daytime show

19. Take a helicopter ride (Hawaii, 2011)

20. Get a photo published in a magazine or paper (2008)

21. Wine tasting in Napa Valley

22. Travel to India (June 2010)

23. Swim with dolphins (Hawaii, March 2011)

24. Fly a plane (Summer 2006)

25. See a game in every MLB stadium

26. Watch a tennis match at the US Open in NYC

27. Travel to Greece (March 2010)

28. Travel to Israel (February 2010)

29. See U2

30. See Bon Jovi

31. Work in a bookstore

32. Work in a flower shop

33. See multiple Broadway shows

- Phantom of the Opera (1991, 19__)

- Lion King (London 2005)

- Stomp (2003, 2004, 2005)

- Hairspray (2006)

34. Learn to play drums

35. Be an extra in a movie

36. Write a speech for something/someone

37. Make a video using Final Cut Pro

38. Meet my friends in another country for vacation (March 2010)

39. Take tennis lessons (Summer 2007)

40. Watch Olympic gymnastics in person

41. Live on the water

42. Speak German well

43. Take surfing lessons (September 2008)

44. Learn to drive a stick shift

45. Live on a coast (April 2009)

46. Drive across the United States photographing/documenting people

47. Fly first class

48. Ride on the Concord

49. Learn to swing dance

50. Travel through Maine in the fall

51. Own a Jeep

52. Buy a dog (December 2006)

53. March in a protest

54. Work for a paper/magazine (Reporter 2008-2009)

55. Get my Master’s in Photojournalism

56. Live in a Loft/Row house

57. Open a shop

58. Own a Vespa

59. Go to space camp

60. See a whale (Hawaii, Jan.-Mar. 2011)

61. Climb Cadillac Mountain

62. Stay in a bed and breakfast in Rhode Island

63. Kayak in the ocean

64. See the green flash

65. Zip on a Zip line

66. Drive Highway 1 (May 2011)

67. Leave an inspiring message in 100 random places

68. Drink a beer in an Irish pub

69. Take a painting class

70. Become a Vegetarian – at least for a year

71. Create unique traditions for special holidays

72. Create a space I love

73. Hold a panda bear

74. Volunteer at a Mother Teresa Home (June 2010)

75. Get a second tattoo

76. Kiss the most handsome man in the world

77. Travel to Melbourne, Australia

78. Be memorized by Victoria Falls

79. Become a columnist

80. Buy the Canon 5D Mark II (Given to me in September 2010)

81. Open an art center

82. Be consistent with a workout schedule

83. Sing Karaoke (August 2010)

84. Witness a solar eclipse

85. Visit Boston

86. Own a bookcase full of books

87. Jump off a cliff in Santorini (March 2010)

88. Go rock climbing

89. See a million fireflies at once

90. Go camping with a small group of friends

91. See reconciliation happen in my family (Completed in 2010)

92. Have a LARGE blog following

93. Witness a meteor shower

94. See the Northern Lights

95. Host a costume party

96. Fly a kite

97. Give someone a memorable surprise (August 31, 2010)

98. Visit the Louvre again and take 3 days to explore

99. Dance in the rain (November 2010)

100. Sleep in a hammock

101. Visit the leaning tower of Pisa

102. Go to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany

103. Own a pottery wheel and kiln

104. Have my own darkroom

105. Take up gardening

106. Learn to sew my own clothes

107. Get through The Great Gatsby

108. Complete a campaign that raises a large amount of money for a good cause that helps others

109. Become an art collector

110. Sell my photographs (2009)

111. Go to Time Square on New Years Eve (2002-2003)

112. Sample crab cakes in Baltimore, MD

113. Visit the Grand Canyon as an adult

114. Picnic in Central Park

115. African Safari (Kenya, Summer 1999)

116. Big Sur, CA

...and still dreaming...