138. Visit Dr Johnson's house
136. Buy my own webdomain
Done.
135. Visit Himeji
134. Read Crime and Punishment
Along with GS, let's see who finishes it first :-)
133. See Bruce Springsteen live in concert
Did this 18/06/08, in A'dam. And oh my Lord. Bruce. Rocks. Best. concert. ever.
132. Go to Ireland
131. Go to Greece
130. See the Taj Mahal in real life
129. Visit all the Dutch waddeneilanden
Got a long way to go on this one, I've only ever been to Ameland.
128. Go to the Fotomuseum in Rotterdam
127. Become a fellow of the RSA
126. Go to the Barbican
Been wanting to do this for a long time, finally got round to it in Okt 2007. I didn't get lost.
125. Read something by Brett Easton Ellis
124. Read War and Peace
123. Get my motorcycle license
I've dreamt of doing this ever since I was 10 or 11. One day...
122. Renew my British Library reader's ticket
Done. I went in, they found my old reader's number, and within 5 minutes I had a new reader's ticket. The BL's one of my favorite places in London, I love the quietness and calmness of it.
121. Become a member of the London Library
120. Drink champagne at the Champagne bar at St Pancras
119. Go to an opera at the Royal Opera House
118. Go to Exmouth Market
117. Go to a BBC Proms concert
Did this in July 2007 for the first time, and it was absolutely magical. Listened to a French Baroque requiem mass which was angelic, and to the Soweto Buskaid String Ensemble who brought the house down.
116. Dance tango in Argentina
115. Take a singing lesson
114. Go to Teheran
113. See a play at the Globe theatre
112. Take a sculpting class
Taking my cue from Mr W.
111. Ride a Harley Davidson
110. Visit the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (again)
109. Go to all 50 states in the US
Working on it. So far: New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Washington, Illinois, D.C., Utah, Louisiana, North Carolina, Illinois
108. Visit Bhutan
107. Take the Creativity and Personal Mastery course
Did it in SUM 07 term. Loved it, this is the elective that will have the most impact in my life.
106. Find my purpose in life
On my way. Maybe that IS the purpose
105. Learn how to draw
104. Put together my family's cookbook
103. Write a good short story
102. Become an expert in something
101. Go to Spitalfields market
100. Go to Dallas
99. Go to the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg
98. Go to the Tower of London
97. Take a trip on the Reunification Express in Vietnam
96. Go on a retreat in a convent
95. Go to the UK Houses of Parliament
94. See the Himalayas
93. Go to El Escorial
92. Interrail through Europe
91. Go to Toledo
90. Go to Salamanca
89. Go to the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris
88. Go to Dulwich Picture Gallery
87. Make my own ice cream
86. Make my own dulce de leche
Tried this, with mixed results. It turned out to be more.. ehm.. solid than it was supposed to be. But tasted good nonetheless.
85. Ride the Shinkansen train in Japan
84. Go to Angkor Wat
83. Travel to Vietnam
82. Learn (more) tai chi
81. Go to Iona
80. Run a 10K race
Did it July 15th 2007. Am too embarassed to post a time, but I finished and absolutely loved it, so I'll train some more and some another one.
79. Watch the London Marathon in person, not just on TV
Did this in 2007, wow, it was amazing! Runners had written their names on their race-tops and people in the audience were cheering everyone on by name. It rocked.
78. Go to Hay-on-Wye
77. Go to the Tate Britain
Did this in July 2007 for the How We Are: Photographing Britain exhibit and I loved it. What a beautiful museum! I'm quite partial to the Tate Modern building, but the Tate Britain gets a two thumbs up! Great shop, wonderful building, love the Turners.
76. Ride (fly?) on the London Eye
Did this in 2006 and was surprised to find out that the dome above the British Museum is really a dome... somehow I thought it was a flat roof!
75. Go to Books for Cooks bookstore in London
Did it and I was amazed. So many cookbooks, so many recipes, so little time...
74. Have tea at the Dorchester
73. Go to Chile
72. Go to the Frick in New York
71. Go to the Guggenheim in Bilbao
70. Go to Graceland
69. Catalogue all the books in my library
68. Go to Sydney
67. Go to Seattle
Did it in Nov 2006 and it was wet!! Some great chocolate shops though (Dilettante and Fran's were my favourites), the Snoquamie Falls were gorgeous, loved Pike Place Market, and the Elliott Bay Bookstore on Pioneer Square is great (esp the secondhand section).
66. Become financially independent
65. Design my own house
64. Fall madly in love again
63. Live in a house on the beach
62. Live in New York
Did it in autumn 2006 and loved it. What a city!
61. Visit the MoMa in New York
Did it for the first time in Oct 2006, on Target Free Fridays (between 4 and 8pm). Loved it, but it was too crowded. Was esp impressed with the Andy Warhol paintings and the photography section.
60. Go to Boston
59. Go to Montreal
58. Visit Toronto
57. Visit Sir John Soane's Museum
56. Visit Vancouver
55. Take a photography course and learn how to properly use my SLR
54. Own a Le Creuset pan
53. Visit Berlin
52. Visit Savannah
51. Take the train across Canada
50. Learn how to surf
49. Visit the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg
48. Start my own company
47. Drive across Canada
46. Visit Capetown
45. Learn how to play guitar
44. Learn how to play bandoneon
43. Own an espresso machine
42. See the Northern Lights
41. Drink champagne in Champagne
40. Visit India
39. Visit Andalusia
38. Go to the North Sea Jazz Festival
Did this in the summer of 2005 with a dear friend and it rocked. Jamie Cullum and Solomon Burke were my favourites.
37. Be part of the audience on an Oprah show
36. Visit New England in autumn
35. Visit Tibet
34. Learn how to sail
33. Take a writing course
32. Grow herbs from seed
31. Bake the perfect (or pretty good) chocolate cake
30. Publish my travelbook (see 29)
29. Write a travelbook
28. Travel on the Orient Express
27. Eat a Thai meal in Thailand
26. Visit the Guggenheim museum in New York
Did this in December 2006. Loved the building, although the lack of places to sit was a downside.
25. Visit Pierpont Morgan Library in New York
Done it, liked it, brought back many happy thoughts of my book historian days, his study and especially library are uber-tacky ;-)
24. Visit Glasgow
23. Visit Venice
22. See the Dutch queen in person
Did this on April 30th 2005, with my parents, and our queen looked fab.
21. Visit the Keukenhof
Did this with my friend M and was impressed. So many flowers, so little time to photograph 'em all...
20. Take an arthistory course
19. Drive an Audi TT
18. Drive a Dodge Viper
17. Walk to Rome from my parents' house
16. Take a photography course
15. Take a silkscreen printing course
14. Visit the Louvre
Did that in April 2006 and loved it!
13. Visit every Rubens painting in public collections
Working on it...
12. Teach a part-time course
11. Travel from Moscow to Beijing on the Transmongolian Express
10. Visit all London zone 1 tube stations in one day
9. Visit Kyoto
8. Visit Tokyo again
7. Visit the Forbidden City in Beijing
6. Learn to speak Spanish
5. Take a pilates class
Done it, and liked it!
4. Take a yoga class
Doing it, and love it :-)
3. Visit the Prado Museum in Madrid
2. Learn how to cook Thai food properly
1. Eat a Michelin star meal
Done. A lovely, wonderful tasting menu at The Square in London. Definitely got a taste for Michelin stars :-)
Whoa... It's been a while since I've put thoughts to paper (or this blog's case fingers to keyboard), so time for some catching up, with lots of pictures this time and I'll try and go down my list of pictures chronologically. Top left a treat for all my banker-friends in the MBA, pictures of Wall Street. We went there almost two weeks ago, to represent LBS at a Forte Foundation event which was held in Deutsche Bank, which was a blast, despite the organisation losing our boxes with leaflets!
To the left of this paragraph is one of the typical cubicles that in US office/schoolculture seem to be normal (this one is in our Graduate Reading Room). There are walls on three sides, and they are so high that you can't see anything but walls. I've seen them in offices here as well. So the Dilbert cartoons are right... I always thought they were kinda exaggerated! 
These are the birthday cakes that I bought to celebrate my birthday, they come from a place called Patissier on Union Square and were reasonably good. Shout out to FL, who's birthday it is tomorrow, happy new year's eve, sweetie!
This is a picture of the Nokia concept store, which just opened in New York. Because the US is not on the GSM network (and I reckon because you also pay to receive calls), the mobile phones here aren't as advanced on the whole as in Europe. So I went to the store to get my fix, and check out in the flesh my favourite phone: the N93, which I would love to get once I get back to the UK (although if it were up to the sales staff I wouldn't get it. The guy who helped me didn't really help me and was very very snooty). 
On the left the venue for the Washington MBA fair I attended last week, which was very good. The building (National Building Museum) was stunning, and light and airy, and the people very interesting. I tacked on two more days in Washington, and I enjoyed my time there (the National Gallery of Art goes in the top 3 of most beautiful museums), but I thought the city felt cold and empty and arrogant. Maybe I am becoming a New Yorker, at least for a little bit. I've heard that 'real' New Yorkers hate Washington, so I fit right in!
This photo is for JeffD (shout out to our correspondent in Japan!). At the Washington MBA fair Brandeis was right next to us! So I couldn't NOT take a picture to show to JeffD. The strangest thing happened on the way to the fair (yes, this is what the title of this post was alluding to... and yes, I am saving the best for last). I was sitting in the train, minding my own business, reading up on my Advertising Management textbook as a stranger sat opposite me. We got chatting and he looked kinda familiar, but I couldn't place him. It didn't take us long though to figure out that we knew each other! It was Alex, who interviewed me for Wharton, and who's a legend in the MBA blogosphere (now with Clear Admit)!! We had a nice chat on the way down, and obviously I had to blog about this ;-) !! Great to meet you Alex!
One correction, US is on the GSM network but yes, generally speaking, the US mobile phone market is 6 months behind.
Posted by: Moe | Monday, 02 October 2006 at 03:49 AM
and a happy belated to you hun! Thanks for the shout and the email ;-)
Posted by: Farhan | Monday, 02 October 2006 at 10:54 AM
Having arrived in Japan in September I can second what Moe said. With the addendum that Japan is probably six months ahead of the curve. My friends phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, free mail and web browsing, can trim and chop a mackerel, etc.
Suzy, that is quite the coincidence! I'm guessing you met Gerard, as Holly (the dean of admissions) is in India right now. They were here in Tokyo on Sept 7th (five days before I arrived) or we would have been participating in the event here.
And a late happy birthday to you. I still have several years on you, which should help to keep you feeling young and spry.
It seems like you are enjoying New York. I know class is busy, but throw us the occasional tidbit!
Posted by: Jeff D | Tuesday, 03 October 2006 at 07:37 AM
Thanks Moe, I didn't know that the US is also on GSM... I always thought they went with another standard?
FL: you're welcome!
JeffD: Unfortunately I didn't get to meet any of the Brandeis people, they were quite late setting up, and the whole thing was quite busy. I was on my feet chatting and listening for 4 hours straight! Will do my best to throw out the occasional tidbit!
Posted by: Suzy | Tuesday, 03 October 2006 at 10:18 PM