I know, I know. What a cliche. But, there lies a truth in every cliche and I’ve recently had the epiphany that we are all, each and every one of us, a cliche. Let’s face it. Not a single thing I or you can or will ever do is truly that unique. Someone out there has done it before, thought it up already, or is at the very least copying you now (yes, I’m talking to you Gaga). And while that can be viewed as a depressing thought, I prefer to see the glass half full and embrace my own cliches! So I made a bucket list!
Also, summer just slipped by once again, fall is here, and before you know it, we’re going to be buried under 3 feet of snow and a gloomy gray cloud cover for the next six months. If I’m going to survive yet another winter, I need to experience the joys of life beyond my normal winter pastimes of watching back to back episodes of NCIS in flannel pj’s from my couch. So, I made a bucket list of things to do this winter, including planning and dreaming of big-ticket items. I also made some sub-catagories for Chicago-specific stuff and stuff in the Midwest. (Mostly, because when I’m living in the south of France someday, I don’t want to be making small talk with the locals over a bouteille de vin and have to say, “What’s that? No, I never went to a jazz club, blues bar, Second City show, top of John Hancock, insertanyChicagothinghere.”)
In any case, here it is. I’ll keep adding to it as I think of things, obviously. And, I’ll mark them off as I do them, too.
Chickago’s Bucket List
