• music: Arctic Monkeys, old Billy Joel, Wings
• barley
• recent travels (to DR and San Diego/LA)
• True Detectives
• daydreaming about summer
• everything about making homemade dumplings

• my rice cooker
  • and cooking non-rice grains in it - mmmm!
• sunflower seed butter
• downton abbey!
• learning how to play cribbage

silly list but....just to have on record:

• She Smiled Sweetly The Rolling Stones
• This Will Be Our Year The Zombies
• Every Night Paul McCartney

• disparate youth by Santigold
• dreams of post-test summer & the beach house
• ...and my life and being happy!

in alphabetical order

• The Antlers - Burst Apart
• Bon Iver - Bon Iver
• Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
• Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost
• Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for my Halo
• Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes
• Panda Bear - Tomboy
• Washed Out - Within and Without

• LBDs
• upcoming christmas parties/events
• The Economist
• kale & apple cider vinegar
• music: junip, tame impala, panda bear, ty segall, grungy garage rock
• sleeping in
• cherry red nails

• green tea with lemon
• music: Atlas Sound, Youth Lagoon, Final Path by Yeasayer
• everything about Clint Eastwood in For a Few Dollars More (1965)
• Thelonious Monkfish
• being a better friend
• french pressin'
• spanish wines (red)
• goin' steady with my fav guy from kentucky
• Real Slow by Megafaun
• learning new things (at work and in life!)
• GREEN OLIVES

• going.to.the.beach.every.weekend.
• Moscow Mules - best cocktail ever
• Jack D'Or
• The Antlers
• The Fountainhead (again. still. for life.)
• August/September concert lineup
  • Bon Iver - MMJ - Handsome Furs - Girls - Fruit Bats - ETC
• Becoming a Cambridge citizen (9/1)!

• teal or green cardigan
• summery patterned cotton scarf
• wedges like these
• pair of sperrys

• kickboxing!
• Thursday night wine tastings @ Central Bottle
• food:
  • kumquats
  • good neighbors hummus (roasted garlic)
  • chia seeds
  • kale
• the dodos
• gulu gulu, the howling wolf, soma, and the alternate universe of north shore socializing
• alright by girls

• ✔ sunscreen (SPF 30)
• cute beach cover-up
• ✔ new shades
• lots o' magazines!
• beach bag?

• stick to my fitness/eating goals
• be awesome at my new job
• SPEND WAY LESS $
• floss every night
• learn how to dance (lol)

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

• Oasis
• Radiohead
• Sufjan Stevens
• Fleet Foxes
• The Strokes (2)
• Kings of Leon (2)
• My Morning Jacket (2)
• Modest Mouse (4)
• Supergrass
• Elvis Costello
• Peter Wolf Crier
• Milagres
• Fruit Bats
• Bon Iver
• Handsome Furs
• The Horrors
• The Stepkids
• Girls
• Monsters of Folk
• Wilco

Basics

• Hummus
• Pesto
• Really really good tomato sauce

Main Courses

• Soups (mom's potato & onion, etc)
• Risotto
• Asian food (fresh rolls, interesting stir fry)
• Baked mac n' cheese
• Beef stew

Deserts

• PIE/PIE CRUST
• Elaborate cookies (practice for xmas?)
• Coconut bread pudding
• ...any great cookie/bread/muffin recipe

• zucchini
• Spoon
• NPR
• magazines
• pitchfork music festival 7/16-7/18
  • Chicago
  • eating in Chicago
• buying homeware
• Jean-Paul Belmondo
• the soundtrack from 180 Degrees South

• Ulysses
• ✔ One Hundred Years of Solitude
• ✔ Revolutionary Road
• Never Let Me Go
• Lolita
• Love in the Time of Cholera
• The Beautiful and the Damned
• Then We Came to the End

• Anna's Taqueria, Brookline MA : no need to explain
• Punjab Palace, Allston MA : best Indian food, always playing Bollywood music videos, never too crowded
• Smokin Joe's, Brighton MA : decent BBQ, live music, way closer than Redbones
• Deep Ellum, Allston MA : really good food, really really good cocktails
• Jim's Deli, Brighton MA : HASH OMELETS

Inspired by my ma.

• Arcade Fire: Funeral
• The Strokes: Is This It?
• Wilco: Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
• Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak
• Andrew Bird: Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

Honorably Mentioned:

• Spoon: Kill the Moonlight
• The Shins: Chutes too Narrow

Kitchen

• ✔ non-stick skillet
• crock pot
• blender or food processor
• glasses n' mugs (mom)
• trash barrel
• pot holders
• bowls n' plates (mom)

Living & Dining

• couple of table lamps
• coffee table? (yard sales or flea market)
• table n' chairs
• black & white rug from ikea

ETC

• bathroom floor mat
• shelving for bathroom storage
• iron n' ironing board
• ✔ drying rack

• focus on my career ($$$)
• be a better puppy mom
• save money
• start a food/restaurant journal to keep track of ideas for the future business
• restructure my wardrobe
• eat less/exercise more
  • buy more local produce/products
  • go to the gym often
  • join community sailing in the spring
• be happy and healthy!

• Monsters of Folk @ the Orpheum 11/3
• Series 24 Exam 11/9
• Road trip to West Virgina to pick up puppy Penny! 11/19
• Thanksgiving 11/26
• Five year highschool reunion (woohoo) 11/28
• Passion Pit, Phoenix & Spoon @ the Orpheum 12/4
• Sydney comes home from Spain
• CFN holiday party TBD
• Christmas 12/25

• BBQs
• good sandwiches (reubens, italian, cuban, etc.)
• buffalo chicken anything
• BACON
• steak-and-ale pie
• a good old cheeseburger
• going to restaurants wouldn't be as fun
• holidays wouldn't be as fun
• traveling wouldn't be as fun
• cooking wouldn't be as fun

• unnecessarily pretentious and/or mean baristas at coffee shops
• slow drivers
• static cling
• people who are always making the same mistakes
• when a roommate takes out the trash but doesn't put a fresh bag in the barrel
• unpredictable wireless connections
• cold feet (literally and figuratively)
• shoveling out a parking spot on the city street knowing that it will be taken by someone else by the time you get home from work
• drivers who don't use turn indicators
• pot holes
• people at work who send emails that are full of grammatical errors and they don't even notice
• people who like to talk about themselves and who try hard not to seem like they li...

• soy sauce
• espresso royale
• long distance driving
• grape leaves
• going to concerts early
• harvard square
• wagamama

• trueblood!
• house hunters
• family guy
• diners, drive-ins and dives
• cops

• new sheets/bed spread from IKEA or urban?
• decent blinds for my bedroom since it faces the street and is on the first floor
• new wall art for bedroom
• cool night stand/small end table
• alarm clock
• floor lamp and table lamp for room IKEA
• kitchen gadgets IKEA
• plants!

• (18 out of 50)
• Alaska
• Hawaii
• Washington
• Oregon
• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Nevada
• Idaho
• Wyoming
• Montana
• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• Nebraska
• Utah
• Iowa
• Louisiana

• kale chips
• apple cinnamon tea
• food blogs
• uber
• push ups
• always taking the stairs
• flour bakery & cafe
• hip hop (still?!)
• tennis
• outdoor activity in general (golf! walking! running!)
• never studying ever again! (maybe)

in no particular order

• Lonerism Tame Impala
• Family Perfume Vol. 1 & 2 White Fence
• Twins Ty Segall
• A Thing Called Divine Fits Divine Fits
• good kid, m.A.A.d. city Kendrick Lamar

• passing this test
• being supportive
• spinach smoothies
• music: tame impala, magic trick, grizzly bear
• jeopardy competitions
• making travel plans for 2013!

• hendricks martinis
• cooking only one meal ever and having that one meal be whole wheat linguine & tomato sauce (MMMMMM!)
• the fact that my bedroom is sunny and bright when I wake up @ 5:45 AM
• vern's tofu fried rice
• playing tennis ALL THE TIME

• developing/improving my personal style
  • more vintage shopping
  • more blogs/mags/inspiration
  • better professional wardrobe @ work
  • liking what i wear at all times!
• Brick & Mortar
• Puerto Plata, DR 2/12 - 2/20!
  • getting a sick tan (obvs)
  • relaxing & a lil soul searching
  • wind surfing lessons?
• loving and making the most out of Boston
• genmai cha
• being in my prime...?

in no particular order

• Spotify
• Thursday wine tastings at Central Bottle
• Trina's
• Ezekiel sprouted wheat bread
• Kale
• Beach house week in York, ME
• Summer of Rose (in general, best summer ever!)
• Sushi
• Parks & Recreation
• New job and friends at work
• IPAs

to keep track of what I buy and what I like!

• Root: 1 Pinot Noir, 2009
  • bought from: Harvest Co-Op, $12.99
  • origin: chile
  • grade: B
  • notes: cool bottle design & theme, ok taste

• Teen Dreams
• my massive bedroom in my awesome new apartment in Cambridge!
  • having my own room again
  • having a queen size bed all to myself
  • home-decor
• Central/Inman Squares
  • having friends as neighbors
  • exploring new bars/restaurants
• walking everywhere
• feeling like an actual adult
• being wined & dined
• rocktember!

• halloumi cheese
• The Black Angels and Handsome Furs
• BON IVER SHOW 8/5!!!!
  • tears of joy just thinking about it
• Pretty Things brewing co.
• maintaining my tan
• Forever 21 (summery dresses and shirts)
• al fresco drinking & dining everyday

• Beyond Belief by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
• My Morning Jacket (everything)
• Ezekiel sprouted wheat bread
• summer planz
• being friendly and nice (haha)!
• treasure huntin'

• starting over
• lemon in everything! (water & tea)
• learning to like sushi
• best coast
• eastern standard cocktails
• reconnecting with old pals
• PARKS & RECS
• kumquats!

• MTV's I Used to be Fat
• having short hair
• gingerbread coffee from Dunks
  • bad habit, can't stop, so good!
• fresh parsley on everything
• sriracha on everything
• cookin' homemade soup
• Thinking Cup cafe
• Downtown Crossing (who knew?)
• M I A M I ! (5 March - 9 March)

• ✔ bold patterned scarf
• those black platform clogs @ DSW
• oxfords or other flat city shoes
• ✔ new coffee maker/espresso maker
  • ✔ new coffee tumbler
• ✔ fleece/warm pants for winter dog walking
• tea kettle
• holiday party LBD
• ✔ Patagonia Women's Re-Tool Snap-T Pullover
• ✔ new work clothes
• quality sunglasses
  • Ray Bans?
• simple, flattering bathing suit
• new ipod
  • or iphone...?

• sweaters (mostly old man inspired)
• ernesto's pizza
• chai
• banana-peanut butter-honey
• the metro crossword puzzle
• improving my posture
• The Age of Adz - Sufjan Stevens
• walking along the waterfront

• apples
• walking everywhere
• Don Draper
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• fall wardrobe
  • oversized sweaters
  • boots
  • stripes
  • vintage trench coat
• haymarket

• cooking magazines
• Russo's Market
• home made salsa
• planning for my future cafe
• the North End
• bargain hunting

• watching documentaries
• drinking lots o' water
• pumpin' iron (haha...no really)
• jamin' 94.5
• trying out new walking routes with penny
• gettin' fit!
• Home by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
• Celestial Seasonings Vanilla Ginger Green Tea Chai

Friday

• Modest Mouse
• Broken Social Scene (!!!)
• The Tallest Man on Earth

Saturday

• LCD Sound System
• Wolf Parade
• Panda Bear

Sunday

• Pavement
• Girls
• Beach House
• Local Natives
• Neon Indian
• SLEIGH BELLS!!

• yoga & meditating
• throwing dinner parties
• running (workin' on it!)
• chatting with strangers
• speaking in front of a crowd
• drawing & sketching
• sewing
• surfing!

• frozen banana and soy milk smoothies
• Blake Lively
• finding the perfect pair of boots
• finding the perfect contemporary fiction book to ease my way back into recreational reading (suggestions welcome!)
• chamomile tea
• Passion Pit
• free time
• Penny (haha thanks Sam!)

• Boston (home)
• London
• Reykjavik
• Dublin
• New York
• Rome
• Paris
• Berlin
• Amsterdam
• Prague

• study A LOT (no procrastinating)
• pass the Series 24 (Nov. 9th)
• go to the gym at least 4 days a week
• eat fewer:
  • potatoes
  • bread products
  • desserts
• eat more:
  • green veggies
  • greek yogurt
  • protein
• drink more tea at work, less coffee

• GIRLS
  • Savannah
  • Theodora
  • Georgina
  • Sloane
  • Poppy
  • Helena
  • Dagny
  • Lily
  • Kenley
  • Malin
  • Petra
  • Esme
• BOYS
  • Charles (Charlie)
  • Liam
  • Eli
  • Otto
  • Theodore (Teddy)

• how to bake bread/pie crust
• how to pickle things
• how to run
• how to save money
• how to make good investments
• ✔ how to not spend money on coffee
• how to ride a bike in the streets of Boston without being scared
• how to grow herbs in our apartment (without killing them!)

• Paddington (bear)
• Poppy
• Winston
• Tobin
• Ruby
• Davis
• Hugo
• Klaus
• Charlie
• Otto
• Ziggy
• Penny
• ...

• new work shoes (multiple pairs!)
• tan trench/rain coat
• gold watch
• pair of ray-ban RB2140 in black
• versatile tote bag
• LL Bean snow boots
• classic accessories
• small over-the-shoulder bag
• bold patterned scarfs
• everyday pair of flats

• The Gang finds a Dumpster Baby
• The Gang Dances their Asses Off
• Hundred Dollar Baby
• The Nightman Cometh
• Dee Dates a Retarded Person

• Music: Drake "Nothing was the same" and Elvis Costello "Imperial Bedroom" both on repeat. At home, mostly records: classical, Steely Dan, Billy Joel, more Elvis
• Food & Drink: green smoothies, roasted chickpeas, homemade pizza
• BEACON HILL <3
  • Our cozy apartment
  • Lovely tree-lined streets
  • Hill-toned legs
• Running in the Commons
• TV: Scandal & Top Chef & Jeopardy on DVR

• music: kendrick lamar, shabazz palaces, A$AP rocky, schoolboy Q, purity ring
• scrabble
  • specifically winning scrabble
  • specifically beating Vern
• healthy competition
• fuchsia lipstick
• red lentils
• being better at everything and not being complacent!

• sticking to a daily vitamin regime
• chamomile tea
• Garance Dore
• reading for fun
• only using computers while @ work
• whipped oatmeal w/banana, almond butter & chia seeds
• I Say Your Name by Magic Trick

• my bike
  • getting around faster
  • not being scared of riding on city streets
• tennis
  • playin' and watchin'
• music: grizzly bear, the supremes, the knife, summer jams
• taking better care of my hair
• channeling my anger

• music: bear in heaven, frankie rose, "too young to burn" by sonny & the sunsets
• studying (only because it has to be!)
• date nights in the back bay
• adventurous nail polish
• finally having long hair again
• the food court @ super 88
  • (really just eating bahn mi sandwiches)
• Hendricks martinis

• homemade soy lattes
• workin' out at my new gym
• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Feb 13th - Feb 20th!
• brown rice pasta
• Portlandia (kind of)
• Sex and the City
• taking cabs (the ultimate affordable luxury!)
• really really good croissants

• wear my hair in a high bun
• tell people I love that I love them
• eat fewer processed foods
• study and learn new things
• not over think things
• smile

• summer weather forever
• learning about whiskey
• cute neighborhood dogs
  • stocky curly haired golden retriever = dream dog
• burritos @ olecito
• deck hangin'
• music: milagres, real estate, kurt vile
• SUSHI
• spotify...obviously.

• Deerhunter
• Yeasayer
• The Antlers
• ✔ The Black Angels
• The Shins
• Andrew Bird
• Animal Collective

• fleet foxes and new bon iver
• sundried tomatoes
• driving around in convertibles
• sauvignon blanc & rose
• home brewed iced coffee
• lykke li
• BEACH HOUSE 6/25 - 7/2!!!!!!!

To Try:

• Ten Tables, Cambridge
• Craigie on Main, Cambridge
• ✔ Myers & Chang, South End
• Bon Chon, Allston
• Orinoco, South End
• Hamersley's Bistro, South End
• ✔ Foundry, Davis Square
• Highland Kitchen, Davis Square
• The Gallows, South End
• East Coast Grill, Cambridge

To Revisit:

• Eastern Standard (to eat, not just drink!)
• Toro
• The Butcher Shop

• Party Down
• almond butter
• thinking about spring
• finding crazy deals lately at DSW
  • 80% off frye platform sandals!
• kettlebells
• my new baby ipod

• Top Chef: All Stars
• nail polish
• lentils
• multigrain english muffins
• upcoming holiday festivities
• All Things Considered
• Deerhunter
• Stoddard's Fine Food & Ale

• Nigella Lawson
• Sufjan Stevens (concert 11/11!)
• dried cherries
• running...?!? (finally!)
• Eastbound and Down

• ✔ The Town (score: B)
• Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
• Never Let Me Go

• Shape
• Vogue
• The Economist (maybe)
• Real Simple (maybe)

• JEOPARDY!
• Amazing Race
• Cash Cab

• my new sneakers
• stripes
• lookbook
• making homemade pizza
• artichokes!!!!

• coconut water (SO GOOD)
• diet dr. pepper
• netflix
• coupon websites like this and this and this
• searching for condos
• anna's taqueria (more so than usual)
• being organized
• moonage daydream by david bowie
• the south end dog park
• brazil nuts
• cheerios

• summer (because it's too far away!)
• tea
• really good breakfast food like the neighborhood, deep ellum and jim's deli
• Big Love
• Mad Men
• Miike Snow
• last.fm

• Wake up @ 4 am (sometimes 5)
• Go to the park across the street and run around in circles
• Run, but never in a straight line, usually swerving to the left
• Have staring contests with me
• Bite/chew on everything, especially feet or shoes, limbs, rugs
• Pretend that her toys are actually real animals and chase after them
• Get her belly rubbed
• Sleep (usually on the floor in the corner of the room)
• Meet other pups!
• Play in snow/eat snow/roll in snow
• Eat, especially leaves, dirt, crumbs and paper towels

• vespa LX 50 $3299
• this espresso machine in "love red" or "kid blue" $749
• LL Bean snow boots $134
• j crew icon trench $298
• this chair $425
• plane tix + 3 night weekend getaway to Spain (to visit Sydney!) $1400
• sweet keyboard $629

• Big Love
• Lost
• Gossip Girl
• The Office
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Dexter
• Jeopardy

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

• Blue Moon
• Guiness
• Corona Light
• Sam Light
• Sam Cherry Wheat
• Sam Octoberfest
• UFO Raspberry
• Miller Highlife
• Delirium Tremmens (Belgium)
• Heineken

REVISED 8/31/11:

• Jack D'Or
• PBR
• Magic Hat
• Corona Light
• Longtrail IPA
• Blue Moon

• the smell of vanilla candles
• baseball
• mushrooms
• fish
• dogs
• beer
• waking up early (sometimes)
• Allston
• high heels
• cooking elaborate meals

• the infamous Chicken Tikka Rolls at Spitalfields Mkt
• hoummus, french fries and Bellinis at The Troubadour
• Tesco hummus
• veggie samosas from Sainsbury
• anything/everything from Marks & Spencer
• Ben's Cookies!
• Amai Udon (and Wagamama - it is just better there)
• the steak and ale pie from Oxford
• GBK
• those peach and raspberry muffins at Starbucks that they don't make here

• Argentina & Chile adventure
• Amalfi Coast or Croatia
• THE GRAND CANYON (and a road trip around the western states!)
• Somewhere tropical...Hawaii? (because I feel like I've never gone on a beach holiday)
• Ireland pt 2 - this time as a tourist and not a quasi-resident

• FRUIT I LOVE
  • Pineapple
  • Blueberries
  • Mangos
  • Bananas
  • Watermelon
  • Strawberries
• VEGGIES I LOVE
  • Spinach
  • Asparagus
  • Brussel Sprouts
  • Carrots
  • Cabbage
• VEGGIES I LOVE, BUT (I THINK) ARE ACTUALLY FRUIT
  • Tomatoes
  • Avocado
  • Eggplant