Happy New Year! I hope you all had a good 2019 and here’s to a happy, healthy and successful 2020… If you’re new to CE, then you probably don’t know that each new year, I post my Bucket List (below) and talk about what I crossed off the previous year, and what I might be looking forward to in the year ahead. 2019 wasn’t the worst for the BL – I crossed two things off! They were conveniently the first and second days of 2019. On January 1st, I watched the Bruins beat the Blackhawks 4-2 in the Winter Classic at Notre Dame Stadium. This was the second largest crowd in history to see an NHL game! The following day, with time to kill before an 8pm flight, I spent the day by myself in Chicago. Really had myself a day! Walked to the Sears Tower but visibility was at zero, so I didn’t bother going up to the top. Then I strolled around a little, grabbed popcorn from Garrett’s, saw the Bean (aka Cloud Gate), popped into a few bars, ate Lou Malnati’s pizza, went up to the top of the John Hancock Building, few more bars, briefly saw Wrigley and then caught my flight back home. It was a successful day, but I’d really love to go back and dedicate more time in that city! Enjoy some pictures from that trip:

Winter Classic at ND

Chicago

Do you have a Bucket List yet? You should! Let’s help each other cross something off in 2020! And as always, I could go for a few more recommendations to add so let me know!

My Bucket List

Visit Ireland
Visit Italy
Visit Greece
Visit Brazil
Visit Australia
Visit Spain
Visit London
Visit Switzerland
See Saturday Night Live
See the Grand Canyon
See Mount Rushmore
See the Northern Lights
See the Southern Lights
See Christ the Redeemer
See the Taj Mahal
Go to every Major League Baseball park
Go to a Red Sox Spring Training game in Fort Myers
Go to Hawaii
Go to the Caribbean
Go to Madison Square Garden
Go to Chicago
Go to a Michigan football game
Go to a Notre Dame football game
Go to a USC football game
Go to New Orleans
Go to Preservation Hall in New Orleans
Go to San Diego
Go to The Masters
Go to the US Open
Go to The Ryder Cup
Go to the Winter Classic
Go to Disneyland
Go to Wimbledon
Go to Nashville
Go to Lambeau Field
Go to the Kentucky Derby
Go to the Hockey Hall of Fame
Go to a March Madness game
Go to an Olympic event
Go to Los Angeles
Go to Oktoberfest
Go to the Super Bowl
Go to Las Vegas
Drive a Maserati
Drive an Aston Martin
Drive a Lamborghini
Fly first class
Fly in a helicopter
Fly in a hot air balloon
Ride a motorcycle
Ride a horse
Learn how to snowboard
Learn how to ski
Learn how to surf
Go parasailing
Go sky diving
Go bungee jumping
Go hiking
Go scuba diving
Go snorkeling
Go ziplining
Go white water rafting
Climb a mountain
Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
Run the Falmouth Road Race
Run a half-marathon
Get a tattoo
Shoot a gun/Go to a shooting range
Skate at 30 Rock Plaza
Travel to all seven continents
Go to the Galway Races
Play golf in Ireland
Play golf at St. Andrews
Road trip cross country
See a concert at Red Rocks