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Post by missatheornery on Nov 12, 2008 11:40:38 GMT -5
We've all heard of the "Bucket List" before, so there's no need in explaining what it is. However, if you do want to know what a bucket list is, it's simply put: A bucket list is a list of things you'd like to do or experience before you die, or kick the bucket. What are some things you want to do before you "kick the bucket"? Why? Here's a few of mine: -Go to New Orleans for Spring Break, hang out in the French Quarter, and visit some of those awesome graveyards. God, I am soooo morbid! LOL -Go to the Mutter Museum and see it's newest attraction: The Treeman's Roots! (They had a special about him yesterday on TLC. It shown him having a groundbreaking surgery to remove the "trunks" and "bark" from his skin.) -Go to the Red Square in Russia....I know it was a symbol of Communism, but it looks like ice cream! ;D
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Post by Fairweather on Nov 12, 2008 14:56:10 GMT -5
I agree with numbers one and three, but I'd put Stonehenge in place of the Mutter Museum and add a painted cave, the Pyramids (Egyptian or Central American, not picky), and the Ryman Auditorium.
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Post by Jamie on Nov 12, 2008 15:13:45 GMT -5
I've been to Stonehenge & Egypt (joined the Navy-saw the world). I've been to many places in this big/small world of ours-except Australia! My husband has been there twice, and I'd really like to go. New Zealand too. I spent a year south of the Equator in the IO-but not close enough to get THAT down under.
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Post by puhlease on Nov 14, 2008 20:58:11 GMT -5
You know, this one is really hard to answer. If I had unlimited time and funds, I would want to see EVERYTHING!! The best beaches, the highest mountains, the hottest springs, the loneliest places, the prettiest autumns, historical places, art galleries, shopping, hiking, camping, staying in luxury resorts, eating. I think guys who work for the History Channel or the Discovery Channel have the most awesome jobs in the world! There are enough things just in the US that I would like to see and explore to keep a person busy for a lifetime.
So I guess I can't answer your question, unless ALL OF IT! is an answer.
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Post by pdb on Nov 15, 2008 2:57:35 GMT -5
Two weeks ago I started telling my family and friends (I haven't been here alot; I'm pulling double shifts at school) that Hillary Clinton would be the next Secretary of State; people called me crazy and/or lauged at me, including my closest sister, Michele. Michele likes Hillary a lot; however, just didn't see it!!
It's nice telling them "I told you so" (only because they said I was nuts and laughed at me ;D); she IS in the running with only one other person, Gov. Bill Richardson!! I don't know why it hit me; however, I was laying on my couch and couldn't sleep (shock) and it hit me; I hope she gets it!! I think she'll be a wonderful Secretary of State!!
PEACE, HUGS & I MISS YOU ALL!!
One more day of school this week and then MY weekend is here!!
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Post by pattycake on Nov 15, 2008 11:46:48 GMT -5
This is a toughie. So many things. I have always wanted to see the pyramids. My oldest brother went to Egypt when he was 19, and I still remember him talking about his trip. I want to go to Posen, Poland where we have traced some of our family origins to. I have always wanted to go to Alaska (although maybe a little less now ). My uncle worked for a season on an fishing boat in Alaska and talked about the beauty of Alaska. I have been to the Grand Canyon, but would love to hike to the bottom and back up. Those are a few of mine, but I am sure I will be adding to the list.
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Post by puhlease on Nov 16, 2008 12:20:40 GMT -5
This is a toughie. So many things. I have always wanted to see the pyramids. My oldest brother went to Egypt when he was 19, and I still remember him talking about his trip. I want to go to Posen, Poland where we have traced some of our family origins to. I have always wanted to go to Alaska (although maybe a little less now ). My uncle worked for a season on an fishing boat in Alaska and talked about the beauty of Alaska. I have been to the Grand Canyon, but would love to hike to the bottom and back up. Those are a few of mine, but I am sure I will be adding to the list. Oh Patty, I took that hike in college. We didn't go all the way to the bottom, but we got to an overlook above the river. At the top it was over 8000 or so feet in elevation and the snow was about a foot deep. By the time we got to the bottom we had stripped down to t-shirts and shorts. Going down was fun, coming up was a "beach."!! You go through about 4 or 5 different climate zones on that trek! The plant life and animal life changes with each one. It is one of the greatest experiences of my life. The next day one of my buddies and I loaded a backpack with beer and smoke and took off on one of the "danger, ranger use only" trails partway down the canyon and watched the sunset from a secluded ledge. Stupid idea now, but hey, we were 20 then. We cleared a spot in the snow and slept in a clearing in our sleeping bags to watch the full moon go over us that night, ended up in 1 sleeping bag because it was soooo cold, and the next morning the rest of the group woke us up by dumping snow on our heads. Ahhh, yes, I can remember when.... Having said all of that, if you have never been to the North Rim, try to do that at least once in your life. Besides being higher in elevation, it is far, far less crowded and, I think, even more beautiful. It is one of my favorite places on earth along with Zion Canyon in Utah and, of course, Yellowstone. Sometime, I'll tell you about my romantic evening on the shore of Lake Yellowstone and the full moon and later finding out 300 boy scouts were camped right behind us!!
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Post by Jamie on Nov 16, 2008 13:17:59 GMT -5
Well, I can tick off climbing Mt Vesuvius. Though the majority of the 'climb' was in the car, it was fun walking up with our boys. Fortunately I got some pics before my batteries in my camera died-once in a lifetimes are just that, and I'm thankful for cameras.
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Post by Laura on Nov 16, 2008 19:59:25 GMT -5
Well, I can tick off climbing Mt Vesuvius. Though the majority of the 'climb' was in the car, it was fun walking up with our boys. Fortunately I got some pics before my batteries in my camera died-once in a lifetimes are just that, and I'm thankful for cameras. The picture was awesome Jamie. The boys are adorable, as I've told you before. Maybe one day I'll get to meet those little ones. Now that it's ok for you to come back to the states.. Take care..
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Post by missatheornery on Nov 17, 2008 12:57:51 GMT -5
Man....I wish I was able to go to some of these places. I can't afford to even think about going out of state, much less the country. I'm going to cry now, but at least the Travel Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, History Channel, and Animal Planet will keep me company.....
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Post by Fairweather on Nov 17, 2008 14:20:52 GMT -5
Man....I wish I was able to go to some of these places. I can't afford to even think about going out of state, much less the country. I'm going to cry now, but at least the Travel Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, History Channel, and Animal Planet will keep me company..... Hang in there, baby. Your day will come. Meanwhile, over on PBS for the next couple of Friday nights, they're rebroadcasting a 2005 series by the British historian Michael Wood called In Search of Myths and Heroes. Last Friday night's segment was about King Arthur and the homelands of my ethnic background, largely Celtic--Wales, Cornwall, Ireland and Brittany. So now I'm yearning for lands I never saw (and probably will never see) but which are, apparently, in my blood. That's Michael Wood with the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey--one place that may have been the Isle of Avalon--in the background. I've been in love with this man ever since I saw his series Legacy back in the early nineties. He presents history in such a way that it's not overly arcane--and did I mention that he's hot?
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Post by Jamie on Nov 17, 2008 14:56:07 GMT -5
Man....I wish I was able to go to some of these places. I can't afford to even think about going out of state, much less the country. I'm going to cry now, but at least the Travel Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, History Channel, and Animal Planet will keep me company..... When I was growing up in CA, FL was like a foreign country to me. As a matter of fact, I went to another country-Mexico-before I even went to another state. Going to TJ from SoCal really isn't Mexico-at least not for us. I didn't leave CA for another state until I was 12-and then I went to visit Grandparents in Kansas-woo hoo! Seriously though, there is no way that I would have been able to do 99.9% of the traveling I have, if I hadn't joined the Navy or married my Navy husband. The main reasons my Mom & siblings hav traveled out of the country have been to visit Me overseas, or my brothers being deployed with the Army (not that Iraq or Afghanistan are hot spots of vacation. I know that absolutely does NOTHING to resolve your inability to travel at this time, but I can empathize.
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Post by Laura on Nov 17, 2008 15:18:58 GMT -5
Man....I wish I was able to go to some of these places. I can't afford to even think about going out of state, much less the country. I'm going to cry now, but at least the Travel Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, History Channel, and Animal Planet will keep me company..... One day it will be your turn to see the country and the world Miss A. You are still young and have your whole life ahead of you.
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Post by missatheornery on Nov 18, 2008 10:52:23 GMT -5
Ah yes, it will, but it doesn't hurt to daydream, right? I mean, who wouldn't love to dream about going here? Those monks have it so easy--there's not a care in the world for them, except maybe for the occasional rats and spiders.
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Post by Fairweather on Nov 26, 2008 13:32:40 GMT -5
Vienna--home to Mozart and a myriad of other great musicians; Klimt, Schiele, Oscar Kokoschka; birthplace of Maximilian Schell; the Lipizzaner stallions; and last but not least, the Vienna Boys' Choir (but not the Vienna sausage)--a city with one of the greatest opera companies in the world, but one that has never quite come to grips with its twentieth century history, which included both the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the long nightmare of Naziism-- www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112101484.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletterGreat article from WaPo's travel section (Sunday's paper, online on Wednesdays) about a traveler and his mother in Vienna. The sadly common story of a far-right activist whose double life as a gay man was exposed after his death; museums, music, and above all, strudel. No wonder people could waste whole days in the cafes, just watching the world go by.
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Post by Jamie on Nov 26, 2008 14:32:16 GMT -5
Vienna--home to Mozart and a myriad of other great musicians; Klimt, Schiele, Oscar Kokoschka; birthplace of Maximilian Schell; the Lipizzaner stallions; and last but not least, the Vienna Boys' Choir (but not the Vienna sausage)--a city with one of the greatest opera companies in the world, but one that has never quite come to grips with its twentieth century history, which included both the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the long nightmare of Naziism-- www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/21/AR2008112101484.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletterGreat article from WaPo's travel section (Sunday's paper, online on Wednesdays) about a traveler and his mother in Vienna. The sadly common story of a far-right activist whose double life as a gay man was exposed after his death; museums, music, and above all, strudel. No wonder people could waste whole days in the cafes, just watching the world go by. Austria itself is beautiful. My husband & I went to Salzburg in the summer of '93 and had a great time. We went again in Oct of '93 with my Mom, G-ma & step-father-and that time we did the Sound of Music Tour. My favorite movie in my whole life is the Sound of Music, so some of the little secrets that we were shown sort of made me sad, however, seeing where this beautiful story was filmed, well, it was worth it. 'Eidel Weiss, Eidel Weiss, bless my home land foreverrrr.' Ah, where are Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews when you need them?
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Post by nanalinda on Nov 26, 2008 14:33:27 GMT -5
My dream vacation has always been to take an Alaskan cruise and then to take the glass-roofed train ride to Seattle, WA. You-know-who has not managed to ruin that dream. Another dream is to meet Jason Statham (Transporter 3 opens today!) Alex Trebek, Jeremy Paxman and Ewan McGregor.
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Post by Jamie on Nov 27, 2008 17:37:14 GMT -5
I've always wanted to go on an Alaskan cruise too-hopefully we'll still have a cold Alaska to cruise to.
Well, my boys 'bucket list' will be partially fulfilled in January. I booked our plane & train reservations for London earlier this evening-still waiting on our accomodations, though that should be settled by tomorrow.
Three of my 4 boys have lived in England (2 were born there), but they don't really remember. We'll be staying in Kensington, which is close enough to all our friends west of London, yet close enough to do all of the touristy things more in central London. Two not so touristy things will be the hospital where my twins were born, and visiting my OB that delivere them and helped me through my last pregnancy before returning to the US.
Anyway, there ya go. Happy Thanksgiving!!
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Post by Fairweather on Jan 1, 2009 11:50:26 GMT -5
Darlin's, you know this place is going on my personal bucket list: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123002776.html?wpisrc=newsletterA special for WaPo's Travel Section (they publish it in the Sunday paper and it appears online on Wednesdays) about the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. A far cry from the Richmond Poe would remember--he lived there longer than any other place in his short sad life--but with a rich history nonetheless. And the Poe parody isn't bad either.
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Post by moonstone on Jan 1, 2009 11:56:37 GMT -5
Darlin's, you know this place is going on my personal bucket list: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123002776.html?wpisrc=newsletterA special for WaPo's Travel Section (they publish it in the Sunday paper and it appears online on Wednesdays) about the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. A far cry from the Richmond Poe would remember--he lived there longer than any other place in his short sad life--but with a rich history nonetheless. And the Poe parody isn't bad either. Quoth the Maven, "Evermore."
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Post by moonstone on Jan 1, 2009 19:40:02 GMT -5
Darlin's, you know this place is going on my personal bucket list: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/30/AR2008123002776.html?wpisrc=newsletterA special for WaPo's Travel Section (they publish it in the Sunday paper and it appears online on Wednesdays) about the Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. A far cry from the Richmond Poe would remember--he lived there longer than any other place in his short sad life--but with a rich history nonetheless. And the Poe parody isn't bad either. Quoth the Maven, "Evermore." Good golly. And thanks to all my kind friends who did not point out that it should have been NEVER more rather than evermore. Sheesh. Since the talk has been mostly culinary lately, I suppose the appropriate punishment would be to give me 40 lashes with a wet noodle. Well. I'll surrender to the nearest authorities. As soon as George Bush does.
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Post by Fairweather on Jan 2, 2009 16:27:18 GMT -5
Quoth the Maven, "Evermore." Good golly. And thanks to all my kind friends who did not point out that it should have been NEVER more rather than evermore. Sheesh. Since the talk has been mostly culinary lately, I suppose the appropriate punishment would be to give me 40 lashes with a wet noodle. Well. I'll surrender to the nearest authorities. As soon as George Bush does. Linguine? Spaghetti? You're gonna have to educate me. Macaroni (like from the Country Crock container) is all I know about pasta. ;D
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Post by moonstone on Jan 2, 2009 16:51:14 GMT -5
Good golly. And thanks to all my kind friends who did not point out that it should have been NEVER more rather than evermore. Sheesh. Since the talk has been mostly culinary lately, I suppose the appropriate punishment would be to give me 40 lashes with a wet noodle. Well. I'll surrender to the nearest authorities. As soon as George Bush does. Linguine? Spaghetti? You're gonna have to educate me. Macaroni (like from the Country Crock container) is all I know about pasta. ;D I don't know much about it, either, but here's a delicious source of information .... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pastaChoose your weapon. Carefully.
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Post by Laura on Jan 2, 2009 17:07:03 GMT -5
Linguine? Spaghetti? You're gonna have to educate me. Macaroni (like from the Country Crock container) is all I know about pasta. ;D I don't know much about it, either, but here's a delicious source of information .... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pastaChoose your weapon. Carefully. Wow Moon, thanks for this. I had no idea there were so many varieties of pasta, and some aren't even shown because they are not common ones. I like all types, but the bow tie pasta is good in cold salads.
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Post by moonstone on Jan 2, 2009 17:27:09 GMT -5
Wow Moon, thanks for this. I had no idea there were so many varieties of pasta, and some aren't even shown because they are not common ones. I like all types, but the bow tie pasta is good in cold salads. You're welcome, Laura. You're absolutely right about bow ties and salads. I like them with pesto, too. Ummmm. I'll have to post my pecan pesto recipe. I also like the corkscrew ones -- like cavatappi and rotini -- because they hold a sauce and feel good on the tongue. My favorite of the long-strand pastas is angel hair. Pasta pomodoro with angel hair. Now THAT'S heavenly.
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