My Bucket(ful) List
Everybody’s making a bucket list these days. I’m now officially old, so here's mine.
- » Own a red sports car convertible
- » Watch Sandy Koufax pitch
- » Walk on hot lava from Kilauea volcano
- » Hike the Great Wall of China
- » Write and produce a silly stage play
- » Go horseback riding on the Mongolian steppes
- » Climb the Eiffel Tower at midnight
- » See George Balanchine dance
- » Scuba dive with sharks
- » Win “Best in Show” in a CostumeCon masquerade
- » Attend a sherry party with the Tolkiens
- » Get published in Elysian Fields Quarterly
- » Drink 1921 vintage Moët & Chandon champagne
- » See a production of “Pirates of Penzance” in Penzance
- » Wander through the catacombs below Paris
- » Handle a Fortuny Delphos gown
- » Drink mojitos in a Havana jazz bar
- » See Katharine Hepburn perform on stage
- » Stay in the Kasbah in Tangier
- » Take a slack key guitar lesson from Raymond Kane
- » Design a web site for a movie star
- » Hit an inside-the-park home run
- » Travel on the Trans-Siberian Railway
- » Get kissed by a famous person
- » Trek across Haleakala Crater on Maui
- » Visit a Constable painting in the V&A Museum stacks
- » Go wine tasting in Australia's Barossa Valley
- » Visit the Alhambra in Granada, Spain
- » Win a gold medal playing Golfimbul
- » Present a bouquet to the lead actor of a Shanghai stage play
- » Attend a game at AT&T Park when Buster Posey goes yard
Oh. Wait. I’ve done all this. I guess it’s time to start a new list.
