Summer 2012 To-Do List

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and Cary over at My Life's List inspired me with her Summer 2012 To-Do List. 

I thought I'd compile my own list.  Here it is!

• Go to the beach, preferably a mix of the city's north-side, south-side, and suburban locations.
• Go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field and/or a White Sox game at US Cellular Field.
• Go swimming at one or more of the Chicago Park District pools, and consider getting a pool pass.
• Have a meal on my building's rooftop deck.
• Go on a Segway Tour (without losing my balance).
• Get my bike's tires pumped up from their currently deflated status so I can bike the lakefront path and roam the city.
• Go to a Farmer's Market and buy something completely out of the ordinary.





• Picnic and listen to a concert at Millennium Park and/or Ravinia.
• Go to the Chicago Air and Water Show, Venetian Night, and perhaps the Taste of Chicago or Jazz Fest.
• See a parade.
• Just for fun, dabble with some outdoor sports, e.g. kick around a soccer ball, hit some tennis balls, throw some baseballs, work on my volleyball serve.
• Go on one of those dinner cruises that depart from Navy Pier.
• Try the Chicago Water Taxi.
• Explore different Chicago neighborhoods by foot or on bike (Pilsen and Hyde Park, here I come!)





• Try some new restaurants close to where I live, particularly in Greektown and/or on Randolph Street.  Dine alfresco where possible.
• Keep up with my marathon training as well as my yoga, strength-training, and physical therapy routines.  (Still debating if I want to maintain my speed-training routine while in the thick of marathon training.  To be safe, probably not.)
• See some improv comedy at a theater I've never been to before.
• Go to the Chicago Outdoor Film Festival.
• Visit southwest Michigan and come home armed with a minimum 10-lb. supply of local blueberries.  In preparation, clear out some space in my freezer.





• Use those blueberries in as many recipes as possible.
• Hopefully be successful with my herb-growing kit, and use those herbs in as many recipes as possible.
• Go to a theme park, most obviously and conveniently Great America - but I would always love to go to Disney!
• Try some new grilling recipes (watch out, Bobby Flay!)
• Yoga in Millennium Park
• Try Pequod's and/or deep dish pizza from a place I've never tried before.  Maybe finally do a self-guided deep dish pizza crawl.

Suggestions?  Anything that I missed?