Things to do before I die

Visit Israel

Float on the Dead Sea

Visit Montreal

Fly in a fighter plane

1. Definitely fun, way over the top, this is the best right here. http://www.barnstorming.com/ We can couple this with some nice tattoo’s by Kat on the trip!

   Christopher, May 27, 2007

2. Fantastic link, thank you Chris:)

   Brady J. Frey, May 27, 2007

Fly in a biplane

1. Ooooo….in a dogfight! That would be cool!

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

Run a marathon

1. Does the Bay to Breakers count?

   Eugene Santos, April 2, 2007

2. Yes sir!

   Brady J. Frey, April 2, 2007

3. Only if he’s wearing a batman costume!

   Sheryl Jang, April 11, 2007

4. Great idea Sheryl!

   Brady J. Frey, April 11, 2007

5. Technically the Bay to Breakers does NOT count. A marathon is 26.2 miles and a much bigger challenge than the BtoB, which is like 7.5.

   Eric, July 20, 2007

6. I’ll have to go back and forth 3.5 times then:)

   Brady J. Frey, July 20, 2007

7. There’s a goal at mobtropolis for running a marathon. People can post pictures after accomplishing their goals.

   http://www.mobtropolis.com/scenes/271

   Wilhelm, February 27, 2008

Experience weightlessness

1. This is gonna be hard And really expensive

   Santi H., November 5, 2007

Ride the Trans-Siberian Express

1. my cousin did this a decade ago — at a certain point overnight, the train stops, they lift the entire thing up in the air and swap the wheels so it can continue on a different grade of track. awesome. (bring a gun?)

   Noam Birnbaum, April 3, 2007

2. That IS awesome! I’d second a gun idea, though I’m not sure how well that would go over in customs.

   Brady J. Frey, April 9, 2007

3. Dont forget to load the gun. Russians are maniacs.

   Santi H., November 5, 2007

4. Are not! Americans are armed
   like the terminator. Stupid
   cliché bullcrap. Bring some
   vodka, you gonna make friends
   in a sec!

   misha, February 27, 2008

Visit the Senate and the House of Representatives

1. Inside. I’ve seen the outside.

   Brady J. Frey, April 1, 2007

2. I used to work as a senatorial intern. It’s pretty rad. Though the tours aren’t what they used to be. There’s a tiny Charley and the Chocolate Factory-esque train that runs between the office buildings and the actual senate and house **underground**. It’s crazy. If you do plan to go call your Senator and arrange a tour. A little known fact-they do that.

   Bradee Evans, January 18, 2008

Learn French

1. Just learn how to order in French. It easier, plus, with French you can use “I’d like the ham with gravy” in the bedroom and it sounds sexy.

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

2. itunes has several free languange podcasts, most all have restaurant phrases

   joanna, May 29, 2007

3. Huh, never thought to look there though I paid for some audio books. I took a little in school, my brain may require personal teaching so we’ll see:)

   Brady J. Frey, May 29, 2007

Learn Mandarin

1. Sheryl’s family speakes Cantonese, but they suggested Mandarin as it’s the national language and seen widespread growth.

   Brady J. Frey, April 1, 2007

2. good luck! actually i think the only effective way to learn is to be immersed in it daily– most of my friends learned by staying for a while in china.

   jean go, April 10, 2007

3. I’d agree with that for just about any language, but I can get atleast a level amount of learning… so long as I find a decent school.

   Brady J. Frey, April 11, 2007

Visit Cairo

1. Touch the Great Pyramids

   Brady J. Frey, March 30, 2007

2. See the Valley of the Kings

   Brady J. Frey, March 30, 2007

3. Ohhhh…I thought you meant Cairo, IL =)

   Tom Hesser, May 4, 2007

4. I’ve seen enough Gringo’s in my life, Illinois is out of my list:)

   Brady J. Frey, May 4, 2007

5. welcome to my city

   wael, June 28, 2007

6. Ooohh… Cairo’s great. i loved egypt. it was amazing.

   Frances, August 31, 2007

Visit NASA, JFK

1. Access to view archived Mission Control?

   Brady J. Frey, March 30, 2007

2. Watch a space shuttle launch?

   Brady J. Frey, March 31, 2007

Drive Route 66

Visit Comanche Reservation

1. Dude, there is no Comanche reservation

   Lloyd, May 5, 2008

2. You’re right in a sense: to clarify, there are still locations in Oklahoma where the last of the Comanche call home. You can visit these lands, though they are not a reservation in the traditional manner.

   Brady J. Frey, May 5, 2008

Visit Panama Canal

1. Been there, went through it, definitely not to miss.

   Christopher, May 27, 2007

Master Krav Maga

1. Level 6 at minimum would sit comfortable as master for me, I am using the term lightly.

   Brady J. Frey, March 31, 2007

2. Trip to Israel assumed for final training.

   Brady J. Frey, March 31, 2007

3. while in Israel, have the falafel

   Noam Birnbaum, April 3, 2007

4. Mmmm falafel!

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

Learn a Chinese Martial Arts

Get quality Batman costume

Meet Bill Clinton and/or Al Gore

1. They are not the same person therefore do not qualify as interchangeable.

   Christopher, April 1, 2007

2. Are you sure they’re not the same person, I’ve yet to see them together:)? My question is the same for either or, so whomever shows up doesn’t matter!

   Brady J. Frey, April 2, 2007

3. Well, Al now lives in town so your chances jsut went up!

   Christopher, May 27, 2007

Buy authentic Samurai sword - Learn how to use it with relative accuracy

1. More with the killing arts, how about water colors or build a ship in a bottle…

   Christopher, December 2, 2007

2. I’ve done the water colors and the ship bottle… I yearn for a samurai sword, Chris…

   Brady J. Frey, December 3, 2007

Visit the Forbidden City

1. Scheduled for February 2008, including Great Wall. We will be stopping in Hong Kong and more on our way to the philippines.

   Brady J. Frey, April 1, 2007

2. while in Philippines, have the falafel

   Eugene Santos, April 11, 2007

3. Ummm… but it’s FORBIDDEN!

   Tom Hesser, May 4, 2007

4. You walk A LOT in the forbidden city.

   Frances, August 31, 2007

Touch an Anaconda

1. i got an anconda, but i wont let you touch it.

   Eugene Santos, April 2, 2007

2. I don’t think that’s the type of Anaconda I had in mind, but thank you Eugene:)

   Brady J. Frey, April 2, 2007

3. I’ve held a yellow and white Boa Constrictor…that was awesome!

   Sheryl K. Jang, April 11, 2007

4. My anaconda will swallow a Boa easy.

   Eugene Santos, April 11, 2007

5. Gross dude Gross!

   Sheryl Jang, April 12, 2007

6. As long as you don’t let it hug you back

   joanna, May 29, 2007

Build an Igloo

1. Ooo I can build an huge snow man right next to it!

   Sheryl K. Jang, April 11, 2007

Touch a Penguin

1. You can do that in Edinburgh Zoo when they do a we parade thing every lunch time.

   Grace Collins, December 28, 2007

Touch a Puffin

1. oooo.. they hate that!

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

2. HAHAHAHAHAHA

   Lena, April 15, 2008

Visit the Andes Mountain Range

Ride a schooner

Ride in a tugboat

Meet Will Shatner

1. Are you sure?!

   Shatner Article

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

2. Shatner rules, read part II of the story.

   Casey, May 3, 2008

Go Hang-gliding

Go Spelunking

Go diving w/sharks

1. Does not ‘need’ to be highly aggressive sharks - just saying I dove with sharks should be minimum +2 cool points.

   Brady J. Frey, April 1, 2007

2. Baby sharks dont count

   Eugene Santos, April 2, 2007

3. Prove it. Get in a tank with baby sharks then, be man.

   Brady J. Frey, April 9, 2007

4. I have dove with many sharks, white tip, black tip, mako, hammerheads, they are some of the most beautiful creatures in the world. I watched sharks feeding in Indonesia, crazy stuff. They very rarely attack divers unless you are chumming or really asking for it. I highly recommend it, there is little to worry about. Only when you are getting in and out of the water do you really feel nervous.

   Christopher, December 2, 2007

Visit Germany

1. I’ve been there….it actually wasn’t that exciting.

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

2. Actually Germany is beautiful, you just got to meet the right people and go to the right places

   Ulf, May 30, 2007

3. if you like cars go to the Nürnburgring
   otherwise go to the south east of germany, north is industrial, same as west

   Jeffrey, July 24, 2007

4. In this case, rent a car that you can really go fast with. And also go to Berlin. It’s great. The only problem is that TV, Movies everything is dubbed to German. I visited Berlin a few years back and atm. as exchange student in Austria.

   Santi H., November 5, 2007

5. BERLIN IS AWESOME! OLD GERMAN
   CASTLES ARE AWESOME! capslock
   is not though

   misha, February 27, 2008

Visit a Black Beach

1. Black Sand is what I define by ‘Black Beach’

   Brady J. Frey, April 1, 2007

2. I want to go to a black beach too!

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

3. I’ve been to one. Not that great. The sand is really sticky. there´s one in Macau. It´s called Hac-sa Beach (black sand beach)

   Pedro Silva, May 21, 2007

Meet Steven Hawkings

1. YES! Totally. And get Apple to give him a better voice for his synthesizer.

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

Light Sparring with a Chinese Monk

1. LIGHT sparring?! Wimp.

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

2. What about full on sparring with Chuck Norris

   Eugene Santos, May 10, 2007

Come too close to a Tazmanian Devil

Visit Scotland

1. I wouldn’t recommand that, unless you like rain… ofcourse you have to buy a few bottles of wisky before you leave Scotland, if you go

   Jeffrey, July 24, 2007

Visit Cheers in Boston

1. He just wants everyone to know his name :p

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

2. its actually called the bull and finch pub and is very very small

   joanna, May 29, 2007

3. i can go there any time i want!

   Samantha B., June 25, 2008

Visit Coney Island

Visit Notre Dame

1. The cathedral, not the sports team.

   Brady J. Frey, April 1, 2007

2. beautiful

   Frances, August 31, 2007

Visit the Vatican

1. Now the Vatican was pretty cool. I saw it last year. Sheryl has to cover her knees and shoulders. They are a bit stodgey that way.

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

Visit New Zealand

Visit Australia

1. Do Melbourne.

   Meaghan, March 2, 2008

Visit Russia

Touch a Whale Shark

1. What is it with you and touching things?…Mr. Touchy…Mr. Touchy Feely

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

Visit London

1. Brady took all my travel ideas!

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

Visit Venice

1. Most beautiful place in the world. Be sure to ride a gondola.

   Katie, December 14, 2007

Visit Florence

Visit Jerusalem

Visit Rome

1. Coliseum is a prime visit, and would love to view some of the surviving aqueducts.

   Brady J. Frey, April 2, 2007

Visit Athens

1. View the Acropolis of Athens

   Brady J. Frey, April 2, 2007

Great Wall of China

1. Are you Chinesse? Your obsessed with chinese things.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

2. Smarter than Gringos - plus they’re the oldest living civilization in earth’s history, spanning over 5000 years without failure. Intrigued, not obsessed. Except for Pot Stickers, I maybe obsessed with those.

   Brady J. Frey, April 5, 2007

3. Eugene? You wanna fight?

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

4. I dont want to fight you, you take Yoga classes. You might throw a yoga flame at me.

   Eugene Santos, April 10, 2007

5. Hahha maybe if you’re lucky

   Sheryl Jang, April 11, 2007

6. Whew!! Walking the Great Wall is a day’s excercise… even just a little portion… well, I walked the part with all the steps, so it was really hard going up, but easy coming down.

   Frances, August 31, 2007

Visit Tokyo & Older Japan

1. You have to go to the japanese deer park… hahaah… well, you get to pet deer there, so.
   But japan is beautiful with it’s culture and scenery.

   Frances, August 31, 2007

Visit Paris

1. you must go to the Rodin museum. or all is for naught.

   Noam Birnbaum, April 3, 2007

2. Good call. I love Paris! Do the Eiffel Tower at night and be wary of the tourist traps at Le Sacre Coeur!

   Darren Mills, May 29, 2007

3. Paris is one of my favorite cities.

   Frances, August 31, 2007

4. Hopefully you would add to this list something from my home country. VISIT SANTA CLAUS in the north of Finland!

   Santi H., November 5, 2007

5. climb the effil tower! but wear a heavy jacket… verry windy up there. nice city…not many public bathrooms though…

   Marie, December 14, 2007

Get Married

1. I recommend it!

   Noam Birnbaum, April 3, 2007

2. Good Luck, Make sure he is the right guy.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

3. Nice one Eugene, nice one there;)

   Brady J. Frey, April 5, 2007

4. Uhhh…was this a “hint”?

   Tom Hesser, May 5, 2007

5. So subtle how you pointed that out Tom…

   Brady J. Frey, May 18, 2007

6. Climb the highest peak on earth- Mt. Everest!

   Edwin, May 29, 2007

7. I’ve known you and Brady long enough now, I don’t know what you two are waiting for. Make that boy an honest man! You guys are perfect for it!

   Christopher, December 2, 2007

Eat Lobster in Maine

1. They have a yearly lobster festival. I saw it on Food Network.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

2. Ooooo yummm! Lobster!!

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

Meet Linda Carter

1. Ooooo…she was smokin’ in her Wonder Woman outfit!

   Tom Hesser, May 4, 2007

2. Met her at the bebe store about 10 years ago in Bethesda, MD. Very tall lady. Still beautiful… I think she lives in Potomac.

   Amy Ehmann, January 28, 2008

Get quality Wonder Woman costume

1. Would you meet Linda Carter dressed up in it?

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

2. Hahhaa I don’t know about that…

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

Visit New Orleans & Eat Crawfish

1. Not during Hurricane season, thank you much.

   Brady J. Frey, March 30, 2007

2. What a whimp, you afraid to get wet.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

3. make sure you book any mardi gras trip a year in advance and do you know how to eat a crawdad?

   joanna, May 29, 2007

Visit Miami

1. Not during Hurricane season, thank you much.

   Brady J. Frey, March 30, 2007

2. Like i said, what a whimp.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

Visit Graceland

Touch an Armadillo

1. Amber had one jump at her face in Brazil, it would have torn her face off if our guide had not grabbed it’s tail. they aren’t the friendliest of creatures so good luck with that.

   Christopher, December 2, 2007

Hold a Koala

1. oooo do they smell! there were wild koalas near my cabin in australia that my instructor would feed. the are the dirtiest, stinkiest, cutest mammals on earth!

   robbi, December 29, 2007

2. Don’t mess with a wild Koala. They will rip your head off

   Meaghan, March 3, 2008

Visit Washington, D.C.

1. not the summer, very very hot

   joanna, May 29, 2007

2. Yeah, I remember - I stayed there when I was a kid and my dad was in the military. The humidity took 5 years off my life! Sheryl hasn’t seen it, however, so it’s good for her to learn from:)

   Brady J. Frey, May 29, 2007

3. Best education on America you can get, awesome city!

   Christopher, December 2, 2007

4. I live in DC. You only like it if you don’t live here. I think DC is overrated.

   Anonymous, June 7, 2008

Visit the Animal Kingdom, FL

Visit Petra

Go to Kaui

1. Ive been there, its the most green out of the other 3 Hawaiian Islands.

   Eugene Santos, April 29, 2007

Visit New York, NY

1. it is an amazing city, and much more cleaned up crime wise than its past legacy. i recomend pizza and good waling around shoes, all the mueseums have a pay what you wish night plan ahead

   joanna, May 29, 2007

2. You will love Manhattan!

   George, May 30, 2007

Visit Queens, NY

1. Uh… Why?

   Christopher, December 2, 2007

2. Make some friends, you know, business. Forgetaboutit.

   Brady J. Frey, December 3, 2007

Pet a Lion or a Panther

Visit the North Pole

1. Say hi to Santa for me. I suggest taking the polar express.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

2. I don’t HAVE to sit next to Tom Hanks do I?

   Brady J. Frey, April 5, 2007

Visit Alaska

1. Make sure to bring Brady, because he wants to build an igloo.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

Visit the Grandcanyon

1. Dont forget to visit the Sky Walk.

   Eugene Santos, April 4, 2007

Visit Mount Rushmore

1. don’t forget the crazy horse monument near by, should be finished by now

   joanna, May 29, 2007

Visit Jamaica

1. Sounds like a fantastic idea! Just watch out since I’ve heard rumours that they really dont like tourists. But if you are with a guide it’s no problem. But whatever you do, dont get lost from the guide.

   Santi H., November 5, 2007

Visit Caribbean

1. St. John and Barbados should be top on that list!

   Christopher, December 2, 2007

Visit Florida Keys

Ride a Dolphin

1. I know you can swim with dolphins in Kauai, but i dont know about riding em.

   Eugene Santos, April 29, 2007

2. San Diego zoo, southwest frequently has $49 flights

   joanna, May 29, 2007

Meet Johnny Depp

1. Hard to do now that he has been swallowed by a giant sea creature. Wait for Pirates III and maybe, just maybe he will reemerge!

   Christopher, April 1, 2007

2. I can’t wait!

   Sheryl Jang, April 8, 2007

3. of course he’s back… hes johnny depp. shame on your for ever soubting captain jack.

   jess, May 27, 2008

Swim with the Manatees

Raise a Toyger