Prologue notes: Dufus definition
Need I say more?
No. 19 Go to Portland Meadows
Opening Day Hat Contest Entry…(or so I thought)
No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet
Hood River Harvest Festival
The pumpkin with many faces. Expert level gourd carving.
No. 35 Go to a wine tasting
Between Wine Tasting locations, Emma and I decided to hit up this yard sale based upon the very enticing sign we saw on the side of the road.
(Address blacked out for obvious reasons)
No. 14 Visit the Grotto
See for yourself - visit. https://thegrotto.org/
No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse
One of the oldest buildings on the West Coast. Certainly one of (if not THE) oldest in Portland.
No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet
My bounty of purchases from the Hood River Harvest Festival
No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet
Basking in the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge in October
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
Halloween Night concert! Robert DeLong opening for St. Lucia
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
Preparation for the Halloween Night costume concert…Grunge Dorothy shoes in progress
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
Preparation for the Halloween Night costume concert…Grunge Dorothy shoes finished!
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
Preparation for the Halloween Night costume concert…Grunge Dorothy costume. Tattoo: temporary. Hair extensions: temporary. T-shirt iron on lettering: definitely temporary…didn’t last the night. There’s no place like home…
No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse
No. 46 Take a solo road trip. Must be gone from home at least the whole day
Figure 1. Marie's Unfortunate Tinder Algorithm
No, I never saw a photo on Tinder with a lip-pierced cat, but the rest of it is inspired on real Swipe Lefts.
Side Story #6: Cinderella Man
In addition to being left at a bar at 3am on New Years Day, I got tiny-thumbs-upped in a Facebook message. So. Pathetic.
No. 9 Geek Trivia Night at McMenamins Kennedy School
Championship trivia tie-breaker in the form of old-school Streetfighter battle
No. 3 Make a meal entirely out of farmer's market purchases
Definitely don’t buy raw meat or fish though…unless you bring an icebox WITH YOU ….ughhh
No. 32 Go to a Fashion Week event
No. 5 Go river rafting or kayaking
No. 21 Enter a contest
2015 2nd Annual Sunriver Chill Out Festival - Downhill Dummy Competition
Entry #8…(drumroll)….Crash Test Donkey.
No. 31 Take an art class or finish an art project already in process,
Instagram posting of my collage-building efforts…the beer went into me, not the canvas.
No. 4 Participate in a hiking group
No. 4 Participate in a hiking group
East side of Columbia River Gorge…hiking with Rashida and Seth, Rashida’s dad Michael Keaton
No. 15 Visit a new exhibit at the Portland Art Museum
No. 8 Visit the Oregon History Museum
No. 25 Go on a walking tour
Self-guided stroll along the Willamette River esplanade in Oregon City
No. 50
Put on a dress. Take out some friends. Buy them drinks. Have a great night. Then frame this epic List, because congratulations, you are a certified badass.
No. 50
My champagne-tipsy self smiling until my face hurt, with all the elation of finishing THE LIST and celebrating it with a group of friends.
Epilogue
More and more solo road trip adventures post-50 Dates…I got real sunburn sitting in that chair in the Columbia River
Epilogue
Finally and completely addressed No. 12 Confront your fear of biking post-List by participating in the 2015 World Naked Bike Ride. A truly epic day in my life. I wore a mermaid wig, rainbow makeup, my helmet, knee high rainbow socks, and tennis shoes. And that was it.
