I am a list maker. Always
have been, always will be. I suppose it’s the eternal student and researcher in
me. I never really forget the things I want to do, but I like to have the list
at hand just in case. But the really big fun comes when I get to cross
something off. It is the most fun after looking through my pictures. Once that
is done I know there will be at least two more activities to take its place. I
feel like I am constantly learning about places I want to try whether to
sightsee or even to eat at. Patricia Schultz kept her number at “1,000 Places
to See Before You Die”, but I am thrilled when my number for a particular year
isn’t that high.
So I have decided to focus
in on my own city, trying to scratch the surface of the things I want to
accomplish here in NYC year to year, on top of my travels elsewhere. Last year
when I began this blog I set a goal for myself at the end of my NYC series (http://bit.ly/qnILEW).
Last year I was able to
accomplish many of the things on my list. More so, I was able to do, see, and
eat so many things that were not on my list. That is the best part, when you
stumble upon a new sight that was not in your plans but suddenly becomes a
great adventure. For me that happened with my visit to Thomas Paine’s house (http://bit.ly/Iy8uCG). I had only learned of its
location a week before and then happened to be in the neighborhood with time to
spare on the day I went. Sometimes fate is just on your side.
Then there are the items
that you had in the back recesses of your mind but never thought you could
accomplish so quickly. For me that happened with the Bouchon Bakery (http://bit.ly/JrNrWr). I had heard of it before,
had it filed in my NYC folder but haven’t really planned a trip there. Then I
got tickets to see Anderson Cooper tape his new daytime television show and
what do you know, there is a Bouchon Bakery in the Time Warner Building where
the show is located? I love good food karma. The food at Bouchon Bakery is ever
better.
Keeping track of what you
want to do and where you want to go each year is more than just a hobby or a
path to guide these blogs of mine. I really do believe in not letting a moment
pass you buy or waiting on others to fulfill the dreams you have in your heart.
I do plenty of things by myself, I actually prefer it. I know that I am going
to enjoy it and not ruin my day by complaining. That makes me my own perfect
date. Ultimately if I have to choose between going solo or missing out on some
experience I find extraordinary I can’t give it up. More importantly I don’t
believe anyone should hold their breath waiting to find someone who can
schedule the time to do what you want to do. People miss out on a lot that way.
I refuse to miss out on anything. I do what I want when I want. I am the Queen
of F-cking Everything, hear me roar.
This list is more exciting
than the last because now I have my mojo working. I know how much more
determined it makes me. I am more excited to see where I will go and what I
will do that isn’t even on this list yet.
I have decided to call this
blog “Year 2” because for me this is only the second time I am making a list
and checking it twice. Just like the big guy up north. These are my new goals.
I know it is the end of April but I have been formulating this list for quite
awhile and considering my blog only turned one year old in March (http://bit.ly/IpJd3V)
we are still early on.
The things I was not able
to accomplish last year, will be filed under their appropriate heading and
labeled “From 2011” so that everyone can see what is new and what is repeated. Every
time I complete an event, I will of course proceed as normal and share my
reviews with my readers so that they may plan accordingly.
Here we go, just a little
over seven months and we have all this to do!!
1)
Plays/Shows
Death
of a Salesman
The
Best Man
Other
Desert Cities
Harvey
Memphis
(want to see it again now that Adam Pascal is in it)
Madame
Butterfly Opera
2) Activities/Lectures/Exhibits
Terracotta
Warriors at Discovery Times Square
South
Street Seaport Museum
Alexander
Hamilton’s Grange
Slavery
and Underground Railroad Tour
Harriet
Tubman’s House
The
Cloisters
Battle of Brooklyn Re-enactment at Greenwood Cemetery
Historic Tour at Greenwood Cemetery
Weeksville Heritage Center
Intrepid Sea, Air, Space Museum
From 2011
Circleline Cruise (of NYC skyline and 5 boroughs)
Wicked
Backstage Tour
Grant's
Tomb
Teddy
Roosevelt’s Sagamore Hill
FDR
Home in Hyde Park & FDR Presidential Library
Vanderbilt
Mansion Historical Site
The
Museum of Natural History
Brooklyn
Botanical Gardens
3)
Food
Blue
Spoon Coffee
Sugar,
Sweet, Sunshine Bakery
S’Mac
Big Gay Ice-cream
Gorilla Cheese Truck
Phil’s Steaks Truck
Japadog
Beacher’s Handmade
Cheese
Buttermilk Channel
Triomphe
Lure
Steak
n’ Shake
Hill
Country
Lauduree
(loved the one in Paris)
Neely’s
BBQ Parlor (loved their restaurant in Memphis)
Four
& Twenty Blackbirds
From 2011
Locanda
Verde
Rue
57
The
Palms
Butter
Cafe
Naidres
Butter
Lane Bakery
Wish me luck!
For a complete list of
what to see and do in NYC:
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