Business Insider’s 100 trips everyone should take in their lifetime

I found another great travel list on Business Insider. Definitely more fodder for my bucket list. Here is the list with the ones I’ve done crossed out: Ride a dogsled through the backcountry of Sweden. Taste some of the best pizza in the world in Naples, Italy. See the great wildebeest migration in Africa’s Serengeti National…

The Northwest Bucket List

I snagged this list from discoverthenw.com and thought I should tackle some if not all of it since I live here. Mount Si Trail – WA Grand Sawtooths Loop – ID Wallace Falls Hike – WA Sky Lakes Wilderness – OR Hall Of Mosses Trail – WA Boulder Chains Lake Trail – ID Oyster Dome Trail…

Books of 2015

I’ve never really been able to stick to a reading list. Inevitably an awesome sounding book comes my way and I have to derail my plans. This year, I’m actually giving myself assigned reading so I can power through some of these books I’ve either half-read or have been putting off for a bit. Here…

Cities to visit in your lifetime

As a supplement to my To-Do list, here is a list I stole from a HuffPost article about the top 50 cities to visit in your lifetime. I’ve striked out the places I’ve been. 13/50! Venice, Italy Seville, Spain New York City, USA Lhasa, China (the spiritual center of Tibetan Buddhism) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…

UNESCO World Heritage List

As a supplement to my To-Do list, here is a list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, a good list of more places to visit. I have bolded and striked-out the ones I’ve done so far. The links lead to a handy map to interact with. Enjoy! Afghanistan Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Cultural Landscape…

How to Hide Gold

I am currently helping a friend search through his father’s home for approximately $30,000 worth of gold coins he suspects are somewhere in the house. We’ve taken a number of measures: flipping through the pages of every book, knocking on walls, pulling out the insulation in the attic, testing out wood paneling. We’re considering pulling…

Things to do in my twenties

I creep steadily towards my 28th birthday. Don’t worry, I’m not going to complain or say I feel old. However, there are a few things that are on my to-do list that I think would be better done within the next two years than in my thirties or later because I doubt they will be as…

A Snippet of Seattle Public Transportation

A couple of weeks ago my dear dear 1999 Honda Civic started making strange noises and shaking. After a visit to the mechanic, she was diagnosed with the car version of pancreatic cancer: the head gasket needed to be replaced. I’d been holding onto her for a while because she belonged to my grandmother, may…

(Not-So-Little) Little Debbie Cake: The Best Thing I’ve Ever Made

Every once in a while we are presented with an opportunity to make a lifetime dream come true. Chance and fate play an intricate weaving game throughout our lives and we never know if we’ll get a shot at being truly great. I recently stumbled upon a chance to go for the gold. Gold in the form…