It Begins...

Instead of making a bunch of New Years resolutions that I am not going to actually follow, this year I decided to create a list of 50 things to do before the year it is out. I recently moved back to the San Francisco Bay area after being gone for nearly 10 years and figured exploring this place would be a great way to kick off the year. The list below ranges from going for hikes and runs, to visiting certain places, to doing things at certain times. However, having grown up in the bay there are a lot of things that I don’t feel the need to do again, such as drive down Lombard street or visit Alcatraz. This list is going to focus either on things that I’ve never done or I haven’t done as an adult (I’ve driven across the Golden Gate bridge, but never walked. I’ve been to the Japanese Tea Gardens, but I think I was 5). This is also the reason that Santa Cruz and the Monterey Bay Aquanasium are not on this list. I am more than fond of both of those places and will probably go anyway. Having been gone so long, hopefully I can meet some people along way.

Lets see how many of these I can get through!

The List:

1.   A’s Game

2.   Art Museum in SF

3.   Bay Area Derby Girls bout

4.   Bonfire on the beach

5.   Brew my own beer

6.   Bring a Picture of Aberdeen Scotland to Aberdeen, WA

7.   Bus tour of SF

8.   Build a bird feeder

9.   Catch a jazz show in SF

10.        Take a ceramics class

11.        Eat Caramel in Carmel

12.        Finish reading Kurt Vonnegut’s catalogue

13.        Find a bar with at least 8 taps of local craft beer and drink down them all in one sitting. (help allowed)

14.        Gamble in a Reno Casino

15.        Garlic festival in Gilroy

16.        Go fishing

17.        Go to a rugby game

18.        Gun range

19.        Hike to the top of Squaw

20.        Hike to the top of Mt Tam

21.        Hike the Tahoe rim trail

22.        Ice Skating with my sister

23.        Japanese Tea Gardens

24.        Kickboxing Class

25.        Knit a jumper and/or socks

26.        Learn to carve a turkey

27.        Ride a horse

28.        Rock climbing

29.        Run a 5k (specific)

30.        Run a 10 K (specific)

31.        Run an obstacle course (Dirty dash or something)

32.        Oldest bar in California – The Saloon?

33.        San Francisco Zoo

34.        Sea Kayaking

35.        See the San Andreus Fault line

36.        Shakespeare in the Park and/or Opera in the Park

37.        Sharks Game

38.        Tai chi in the park

39.        Take a dip in the Pacific while eating a fish taco

40.        Take a French class

41.        Tour Satsop Nuclear Power Plant and/or wind farm

42.        Try 10 new gins

43.        Try snowboarding

44.        Visit 10 breweries I’ve never been to before (Suggestions?)

45.        Visit 20 bars I’ve never been to before (Suggestions?)

46.        Volunteer in a soup kitchen

47.        Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge

48.        Washington Distillery

49.        Watch the sunrise from Berkeley hills

50.        Wine tasting in Napa