things to do! and places to see!!

visit Martha's Vineyard and take pictures of beautiful homes all day long

go to the Black Dog tavern for lunch ;)

eat pizza at Bertucci's often

and get Country Kitchen donuts every Saturday!

find a pretty new library with pretty light

go to the Ben & Jerry's factory

go to the North End for Italian food and Mike's Pastry

make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Goldfish bread :)

watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade!!!

visit Paul Newman's favorite donut shop in Connecticut

get to know each and every Cape Cod beach

shop for kitchenwares at the Atlantic Spice Company (i hope they don't close for Winter... if it was open in April, it must be year round, right....?)

go to NYC to see the Rockettes!

visit the Museum of Modern Art

share a long table with cute firemen at Grimaldi's again :)

houseswap with Melissa

capture the Mall, snowy and still and perfectly empty in Central Park

ice skate in the park (Danny's request :)

let the dogs socialize in Central Park and pose them next to Balto in Santa hats :)

go for frrrrozen hot chocolate and take the boys to FAO Schwarz (is 12 too old for FAO Schwarz...?)

actually wear sweaters and jeans without having to tear them off by 11am ;)

fly to Dublin for a long weekend with my family

go to the Kennedy library (again and spend HOURS poring over every artifact without the foot tapping, permahungry children in tow)

get my hair cut and colored at Vidal Sassoon in NYC

mall hop in New Jersey

spend a wintery Cape Cod afternoon learning to make jam from scratch

build a huuuuuuuge snow dog

have four starfish in every window

spend an entire cherry blossom week(end) in Washington D.C. visiting the museums and having breakfast with senators and visiting the Oval Office and having lunch in Clinton's favorite McDs :)

go to the Holocaust museum

also even though i kinda hated that D.C. Cupcakes show, try a cupcake - just so i can check it off my list :)

pick wild blueberries

drive to Florida (but not on a Greyhound bus like in Midnight Cowboy ;)

find a perfect Cape to buy with grey shingles and unkillable hydrangea bushes and apple trees (near Target and Trader Joe's and not too far from Costco ;)

be happy and home(ish) again xoxo