30 Before 30

This will probably end up being its own page (much like my Reading and Cooking pages…if you’re in a Reader and don’t usually click over, you should!), but I thought it would be appropriate to post my 30 Before 30 on my 28th birthday. Celebrations started last night, when my mom and I went to a local “Ladies Night Out,” which mostly consisted of dodging over-Chardonnay-ed white ladies as we browsed Christmas tchotchkes, but also included my first birthday present! Thanks, Mom. Also, thanks for giving birth to me. That can’t have been easy, from what I hear.

And now, without further ado (not “adieu,” as much of blog-land seems to believe)…

1. Eat at a Michelin-starred restaurant

2. Take a cooking/cake decorating class

3. Take three weekend-trips to destinations I haven’t visited before

4. Complete a 10k (or two non-back-to-back 5ks)

5. Go horseback riding

6. Hike to the top of Mt. Tallac

7. Host a ladies brunch

8. Send birthday, thank-you, and just-because cards to three friends each month

9. Have a live Christmas tree in my house

10. Attend a UCLA football home game at the Rose Bowl

11. Have a Big Fat 30th Birthday Party

12. Wear skirts/dresses every day for a week

13. Fill up a paper journal

14. Save $10,000

15. Learn to apply liquid eyeliner well

16. Watch every Best Picture winner

17. Watch 12 live performances (musical, theater, etc.)

18. Take a photo a day for a year

19. Donate to a charitable organization each month for a year (money or time)

20. Support local artists/businesses

21. Adopt and train a dog

22. Reread six books that I loved as a kid

23. Teach someone to do something

24. Learn to knit or crochet

25. Create and send out photo holiday cards

26. Eat only non-processed food for a week

27. Weed my book collection

28. Develop a signature dish

29. Visit five local museums or historical sites

30. Own three “investment pieces”

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