Goal completed: #36 - Go to a major league baseball game

Last night, Kevin and I went to the Red Sox game versus the Indians - Kevin's first major league baseball game ever, and my third. It was quite the exciting game, what with the fight in the bottom of the 8th inning leading to Josh Beckett's ejection. The weather was great, the sausage rolls were tasty, and the Sox won, 3-1!


So, one goal down, and 100 more to go! Hooray!

New-to-me restaurant: Toro (Boston, MA)

Last Wednesday (7/21), Jeff, Kim, Kevin and I went to Toro in Boston to celebrate Kevin and Jeff's one-day-apart birthdays. Jeff and Kim had been there multiple times, had been talking it up, and we hadn't had tapas in quite awhile, so off we went!

In one word... AMAZING! We were seated outside on a thankfully breezy and non-humid evening. The dishes were brought out at the perfect pace, everyone was up for trying a bit of everything... it was cool, it was relaxing, and most of all, it was delicious!

We had:

• Gambas al Ajillo - Griddled garlic shrimp
• Panza de Cerdo - Crispy pork belly with sunchoke, escargots, fava beans and smoked maple crumble
• Maíz Asado con Alioli y Queso Cotija - Grilled corn with alioli, lime, espelette pepper and aged cheese
• Asado de Huesos - Roasted bone marrow with radish citrus salad and oxtail marmalade (and this counts as one of my new foods - never had bone marrow before!)
  
• Pato con Membrillo - Smoked duck drummettes with quince glaze
• Patatas Bravas - Fried potatoes with alioli and spicy tomato sauce
• Tuna tartare with charred green onions and pine nuts
• Churros

Drinks:

• Caramelized Caipirinha - Agua Luca cachaca, muddled caramelized limes, sugar (Jeff and Kevin each had one)
• Sherry Julep - Pale cream sherry, muddled mint, sugar, cava (me)
• La Granada - Christiania vodka, pomegranate, housemade grenadine, splash rosé cavan (Kim)
• The Gypsy - Plymouth gin, yellow Chartruese, St. Germain Elderflower liqueur, lime (Jeff)
• Sanguinello Hi-ball - Fresh blood orange juice, Aperol, Plymouth gin, St. Germain Elderflower liqueur, splash soda water (Kim - swapped Hendricks gin for Plymouth gin)
• Ward Eight - Old Overholt rye, lemon juice, orange juice, grenadine (Kevin)

The list, and why I'm doing this

I'm a horrible procrastinator, and terribly lazy. Even when I'm excited about something, it really takes a lot for me to get off my duff and actually do something. I'm hoping that maybe, just maybe, having a list in front of me with a wide selection of different goals I'd like to accomplish will inspire me to see what I can do if I put my mind to it.

So, here it is - my official 101 Goals in 1001 Days. I'll be documenting my achievements in this blog - mostly to have my own personal record I can look over to shush that little voice in the back of my mind that says, "You're getting older, and what exactly have you done with your life?" And, if you want to follow along at home, go for it (though I'm warning you, this won't exacty be scintillating stuff). :) I'm planning on doing a monthly check-in post to update the list with in-progress items, and I will be blogging about finished items. At least, that's the theory.

Without further ado, and in no particular order... here's the list!
Start Date: 7/12/10
End Date: 4/8/13

1. Become a homeowner
2. Complete a large crochet project (such as an afghan)
3. Lose 50 lbs (0/50)
4. Complete couch to 5K (0/9)
5. Run in at least 2 5K races (0/2)
6. Have a baby
7. Learn how to knit
8. Visit Europe
9. Take a cross-country road trip
10. Geocache in another country
11. Finish the MA DeLorme challenge (geocaching) (37/54)
    
12. Take a cooking class to learn a new cuisine
13. Take a knife skills class
14. Complete our honeymoon scrapbook
15. Get at least halfway through the CT DeLorme challenge (geocaching) (3/20)
    
16. Go to 3 musicals (0/3)
17. Get back to Cedar Point
18. Ride in a hot air balloon
19. See a drive-in movie
20. Buy something from Etsy
21. Adopt another kitty
22. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet (0/26)
23. Complete a 365 day photo challenge (0/365)
24. Go to the zoo
25. Try Ethiopian food
26. Visit 3 new museums (0/3)
27. Try snowboarding
28. Hike up a mountain
29. Swim in the Pacific Ocean
30. Visit 3 new wineries or breweries (0/3)
31. Get my flute fixed
32. Join a community band
33. Have a garage sale
34. Ride 10 roller coasters that are new to me (0/10)
35. Visit 2 new bed and breakfasts (0/2)
36. Go to a major league baseball game
37. See someone in concert I've never seen before
38. Do an overnight trip to one of the CT casinos
39. Visit one or more of the Long Island wineries
40. Picnic at 3 different parks (0/3)
41. Get our geocaching count to 500 (167/500)
42. Visit and photograph northernmost point of Route 1
43. Hide at least 1 geocache
44. Revisit one of our honeymoon destinations
45. Paint a wall a color other than white
46. Buy couches that don't require slipcovers
47. Participate in a charity walk
48. Volunteer at or donate to an animal shelter
49. Make our lives CRT-free
50. Host a dinner party with both families
51. Have the in-laws up for a Boston day trip
52. Meet the in-laws for lunch at the Publick House
53. See a professional orchestra
54. Make our own raw fish sushi
55. Go to a celebrity chef's restaurant
56. Attend a live taping of a TV show
57. Go on a Boston Harbor cruise
58. Go to Kimball Farm
59. See a 70s/80s rock power ballad cover band (Journey, REO Speedwagon, Styx, etc.)
60. Enter a photography contest
61. Host something that requires us to use our good china
62. Host a Super Bowl party
63. Learn to play the piano
64. Watch the entirety of Firefly and watch Serenity
65. Make ice cream that contains bacon
66. Make olive oil gelato
67. Go to Lombardi's in NYC
68. Go to a planetarium
69. Go snowtubing
70. Read a new book every month (0/33)
71. See the sunset and the sunrise without sleeping in between
72. Fly first class
73. Plant herbs and use them throughout the summer
74. Find out my blood type
75. Finish a Wednesday or harder NYT crossword puzzle with no help and 100% correctly
76. Own a Mac
77. Visit a friend I haven't seen in at least 5 years
78. Visit a state I haven't visited in my adult life
79. Make a meaningful edit to a Wikipedia article
80. Play mini golf at 5 new-to-me courses (0/5)
81. Go on the swan boats at the Boston Public Garden
82. Try a new (local-ish) restaurant every other month (0/16)
83. Make things I can sell on Etsy or at a craft fair
84. Attend a midnight movie premiere
85. Ride in a very expensive car
86. Visit Harry Potter theme park
87. Make a Mom D. dessert specialty for Kevin, just because
88. Clean out my closet and be ruthless about getting rid of clothing I don't want
89. Win some sort of a contest
90. Have a rainy day Harry Potter movie marathon
91. Try 5 new food items (meats, veggies, milk/cheese, etc. - not spices or small ingredients) (0/5)
92. Bake a proper loaf of bread (yeast-risen, not a quick bread)
93. Fly a kite
94. Reread 15 of my favorite childhood books (0/15)
95. Start doing creative photography on a fairly regular basis again (sustained over 6 months at least)
96. Take part in a scavenger hunt
97. Get a stamp and go letterboxing
98. Go rollerblading or ice skating
99. Take an overnight train trip
100. Go to the Boston Pops 4th of July fireworks show
101. Keep a photographic record of these accomplishments and blog about them

Progressive Goals

A fair amount of my goals are progressive, so here's a post to keep up with my progress towards finishing them.

3. Lose 50 lbs (0/50)
4. Complete couch to 5K (1/9)
5. Run in at least 2 5K races (0/2)
11. Finish the MA DeLorme challenge (geocaching) (37/54)
15. Get at least halfway through the CT DeLorme challenge (geocaching) (3/20)
16. Go to 3 musicals (0/3)
22. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet (1/26)
23. Complete a 365 day photo challenge (0/365)
26. Visit 3 new museums (0/3)
30. Visit 3 new wineries or breweries (0/3)
34. Ride 10 roller coasters that are new to me (0/10)
35. Visit 2 new bed and breakfasts (0/2)
40. Picnic at 3 different parks (0/3)
41. Get our geocaching count to 500 (173/500)
70. Read a new book every month (0/33)
80. Play mini golf at 5 new-to-me courses (0/5)
82. Try a new (local-ish) restaurant every other month (1/16)
91. Try 5 new food items (meats, veggies, milk/cheese, etc. - not spices or small ingredients) (1/5)
94. Reread 15 of my favorite childhood books (0/15)

#22: 26 movies

Here's my list of movies I've watched to fulfill #22 (watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet

A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
I - Inception (7/25/10)
J -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P -
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

#70: A new book every month.

Here's the list of books I'll have read while fulfilling #70 (read a new book every month).

#94: Reread 15 favorite childhood books

Here's the list of books I've read to fulfill #94 (reread 15 of my favorite childhood books).

Some ideas include: the Anne of Green Gables Series, the A Wrinkle in Time series, The Twenty-One Balloons, The Pushcart War, The Westing Game, the Little House on the Prairie series...