Fall Bucket List
Make plenty of soup
Go to an NFL game
Try new craft beers in their best season
Continued from my other lists this year, keep walking everywhere before it gets too cold
Be on the hunt for 2017 calendars (one of my favorite things to do at each year-end)! Anthropologie released theirs
Drink boozy cider
Watch a scary movie
(Update: do the debates count?)
Come up with a good fall soundtrack for listening to at home (stay tuned for this!)
(Update: listen in here!)
Invest in some new cozy blankets and big throw floor pillows for lounging
Treat myself to a new pajama set (a favorite cool-weather ritual)
Make gnocchi with ragu, based on an unforgettable experience we had at FIG in Charleston
Go on a weekend getaway
(Update: we had a blast in Philadelphia with Dylan and Holly, my brother and sister-in-law!)
Host Friendsgiving
If we get our new house, have a house cooling party (inspired here)
If we get our new house, have a house warming party
If we don’t get our new house, have a party anyway
Make a Sunday stew or pot roast
(Update: did it! recipe to come!)
Make winter beer coozies as a little DIY project
Go apple picking with Jon’s sister and little nephew, Smith
Go hiking
Take a cooking class at New York’s Wine and Culinary Center
Go to New York with my mom to indulge in no-guilt shopping without any men around :) -
(Update: PS I just did this last weekend! And it was absolutely gorgeous weather in New York, so we sat on the roof of the Wythe Hotel for an entire afternoon)
Get back into the gym! I have a membership that is far too underused
Watch a couple of classic movies that I’m embarrassed to have never seen before. Titles TBD.
Have a bonfire on a chilly night
Eat at 5 new restaurants in Rochester
(Update: Vesper, Bad Apples Bistro, Red Fern)
Have a long, nowhere-to-be brunch out on a Saturday morning
Read a few more books by the end of the year
Pictured
Our beautiful Airbnb in Portland, Maine