A Life List, Revisited

A Life List: Revisited.

I first made this list in 2010, having been inspired by Maile Wilson of Epiphanie Bags. I’ve gone back to update and check things off every now and then, but recently looked at it and thought it might need some adjustment, so here we go:

1. 1. Live in Venice, Italy for a significant amount of time
   2. Visit Venice Italy and see the flooding of St. Mark’s Square
   3. Photograph Bhutan and its people
   4. Photograph the Pyramids and the markets of Egypt
   5. Photograph the Neon Graveyard in Las Vegas as of May, 2012! (See the photos at ThatLalaGirl.com!)
   6. Own a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV as of June 2019!
   7. Learn to scuba dive
   8. Cage dive with Great White Sharks as of August 2019 in Gansbaai!
   9. Go on a photo expedition to Svalbard
   10. See the Moai at Ahu Tongariki on Easter Island
   11. Have dinner at Babbo in New York City as of September 5, 2011!
   12. Hug Chris Evans
   13. See U2 live in an outdoor stadium
   14. Photograph Chernobyl
   15. Have a photograph featured in a gallery exhibition as of September 21, 2010!
   16. Have my own gallery exhibition
   17. Have a photo published in a book
   18. Get paid to have a photo(s) published in a book
   19. See Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” at Museo del Prado as of June, 2009! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   20. See René Magritte’s “The Treachery of Images” at LACMA as of May, 2012! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   21. See Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” at Convent of Sta. Maria delle Grazie
   22. See Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” at Museo Reina Sofia as of June, 2009! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   23. See Raphael’s “School of Athens” at The Vatican as of July, 2007! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   24. Photograph Highgate Cemetery in England
   25. Photograph Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa as of September 26, 2010! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   26. Visit Cinque Terre as of September 26, 2010! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   27. Learn how to make Soup Dumplings (and successfully make them)
   28. Get a tattoo
   29. Learn to speak Italian fluently
   30. Learn to speak Spanish fluently
   31. Be 100% financially secure
   32. Do a photoshoot with my mom and grandma
   33. Read every book I’ve acquired and never read
   34. Watch every film I’ve acquired and never watched
   35. Get a Dr. Fish pedicure in South Korea
   36. Go to Carnival in Venice
   37. Go to Carnival in Rio
   38. Visit Kruger National Park in Africa
   39. See the Northern Lights
   40. Visit Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park
   41. Develop my own photos in a darkroom again done in my kitchen sink – totally counts!
   42. Visit the Great Wall of China
   43. Visit the Taj Mahal
   44. Skydive
   45. Visit Japan as of November, 2017! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   46. Photograph the Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto and the Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima as of November 2017! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   47. Photograph Saint Basil’s Cathedral in The Red Square
   48. Scuba dive in Great Barrier Reef
   49. Visit Israel
   50. Hold a baby orangutan
   51. Ride an elephant
   52. Pet a tiger
   53. Visit Thailand
   54. Take a road trip through the American Southwest Done, in part, December 2016! See photos on Flickr!
   55. Visit South America Done, as of February 2013 (Buenos Aires & Uruguay! – See the photos on Flickr!)
   56. Adopt a pet and give it a good life Done, as of March 28, 2016! Follow @alittlepretzel on Instagram!
   57. Own a Canon 85mm f1.2L II
   58. Own a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L Lens as of July 2019!
   59. Have a photo studio of my own
   60. Publish a book of photographs
   61. Cruise the Arctic
   62. Make my own pasta as of September 28, 2010!
   63. Eat paella in Barcelona
   64. Photograph the cemeteries of New Orleans
   65. Visit my friends in California Half done (visited Ashlyn in LA) as of May, 2012! (See the photos on Flickr!)
   66. See a woman become POTUS
   67. Visit Mono Lake and Bodie Ghost Town in California
   68. Visit The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando Done as of December, 2011 (See the photos on Flickr!)
   69. Own a Mac desktop As of January 5, 2011!!!
   70. Fully understand Javascript
   71. See an opera at La Scala
   72. Learn to ski
   73. Knit a hat
   74. Own my own business
   75. Visit Santorini
   76. Visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC Done as of January 2013! (See the photos on Flickr!)
       
   77. Make my own Ice Cream
   78. Visit Machu Picchu
   79. Stay at a resort where I can literally jump into the ocean from my room
   80. Learn to speak Hebrew fluently
   81. Photograph my grandmother and her sister My Auntie Ann passed away before I had a chance to do this. 
   82. Visit Cuba
   83. Set foot on all seven continents (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America)
   84. Be successful/diligent as a blogger (again)
   85. Learn how to properly use my Holga and get good results from it and developed the photos myself!
   86. Find out the name of the book my grandmother used to read to me when I was little (the one with the girls on the swings in the upper corner of the page!)
   87. Go in a deep sea diving vessel and see the ocean floor
   88. Have my own vegetable garden
   89. Learn to make perfect macarons
   90. Visit France (again)
   91. Drive a Lamborghini
   92. Go on an Alaskan cruise
   93. Visit Auschwitz
   94. Own my own home
   95. Accomplish at least half the things on this list
   96. Visit Banff and Jasper National Parks in Canada
   97. Road trip from Cape Town through Namibia and visit Etosha National Park as of August/September 2019 (Road Tripped Namibia, Vited Cape Town)!
   98. Visit Denali National Park
   99. Hike to Delicate Arch in Arches National Park
   100. Be content with all my life choices