THE LIST
100 Things to Do Before Summer Ends:
The 2008 Edition
- Get ice cream from an ice cream truck
- Build a sand castle
- Make lemonade from scratch
- Take a nap on a hammock
- Tie-Dye Something
- Watch ‘The Sandlot’
- Have a water balloon fight
- Go jet-skiing
- Catch fireflies
- Visit 5 different states: Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York
- Play on a playground
- Eat watermelon outside with my hands
- Read: ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’
- Get a Henna Tattoo
- Visit an art museum
- Build a bonfire and roast marshmallows
- Sleep outside all night
- Jump on a trampoline
- Get away from city lights and star gaze
- Play outside in a rainstorm
- Run a 10K
- Volunteer at the SPCA
- Go to an amusement park
- Plan and cook a three course meal
- See at least 4 concerts
- Make a short film: 5-10 minutes
- See a play
- Ride in a convertible with the top down
- Take a shot without a chaser
- Make a CD Mix with songs that have back-up gospel choirs
- Go to a farmer’s market
- Buy something ridiculous that I will never need
- Go see Pineapple Express (the way it was intended to be seen)
- Play in a sprinkler
- Learn a song on the guitar
- Write someone a fan letter
- Learn an entire poem by heart
- Watch every season of ‘Weeds’
- Complete my Kanye West album collection
- Watch a sunrise/sunset on the Beach
- Get a pedicure
- Order and taste every single flavor of limeade at Sonic
- Try every flavor of bubbalicious
- Spend an entire day barefoot
- Do a yoga video all the way through
- Buy and consume a whole box of ‘Gushers’
- Have a ‘Global Guts’ marathon
- Climb a tree
- Go hiking for more than two miles
- Make my own batch of fruit drinks (Pina Colada, Margarita…)
- Watch Four movies at the theater in one day
- Jump off of a high-dive
- Get my picture taken with an “Ireland” Street sign
- Drive to Ocean City just to dip my feet in the water
- Eat a caramel apple
- Go to Five bars in one night
- Stay in a hotel
- Tip someone 50% for good service
- Start a pen-pal relationship with a friend
- Play a game of tennis
- Take Riley to the dog park
- Go on a picnic at a park or on the beach
- Go surfing
- Watch a movie on an outdoor screen while sitting on the grass
- Go to an outdoor professional sporting event
- Get Rita’s or Sno-To-Go
- Ride paddle boats
- Make homemade ice cream
- Swim in a fresh water river or pond
- Make and eat strawberry shortcake
- Pick a bouquet of wild flowers
- Set off some fireworks (and sparklers!)
- Ride a horse
- Go to a Zoo
- Blow Bubbles!
- Fly a kite
- Steal something and write a ransom note with magazine letters
- Make a homemade pizza
- Go bowling
- Bake and decorate cupcakes
- Jump in a pool with all of my clothes on
- Buy a giant lollipop and finish it all
- Take an outside shower
- Take a walk while there’s a full moon
- Go on a bike ride
- Wash my own car on a hot day
- Ride a rollercoaster
- Wear a flower in my hair
- Drink a whole bottle of wine
- Go see ‘The Dark Knight’
- Be vegetarian for a day
- Enter a contest or sweepstakes
- Eat fresh pineapple or coconut
- Mow the grass
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- Ride the subway to Central Park
- Play photographer for a day and have a photo shoot
- Go rock climbing
- Paint something
100. Have an epic end of summer celebration!