My Houston Bucket List

A few years ago I realized I had done more things in China than I had in the city I was born and raised it. I made one simple addition to my bucket list, which was "Be a tourist in my own city". That one entry led me to create my Houston Bucket List. I took Houston for granted for too long. I am open for suggestions of more things to add and do!

1. Meet JJ Watt
2. Meet Mayor Parker
3. Meet Debra Duncan
4. Meet Grav3yard Girl
5. Meet James Harden
6. Meet Joel Osteen
7. Meet Jeff Bagwell
8. Meet Nolan Ryan
9. Meet Brian Ching
10. Meet George Foreman
11. Meet Chamillionaire
12. Meet Lyle Lovett
13. Meet a member of ZZ Top
14. Meet Slim Thug
15. Meet Paul Wall
16. Meet Arian Foster
17. Meet Lily Jang
18. Meet Marsha Mellow (I think she retired. Bummer!)
19. Meet Dayna Steele
20. Meet Mattress Mack
21. Take a piicture with Temple Houston (Great Grandson of Sam Houston)
22. Meet a Houston News Anchor
23. Meet a Houston Meteorologist
24. Get my hair done by Carri at Vita Mutari Salon
25. See an Astros Game
26. See a Rockets Game
27. See a Texans Game
28. See a Dynamo Game
29. See an Aeros Game (gone :( )
30. See a Skeeters Game
31. Tailgate with the Battle Red Freaks
32. Sit with the Red Rowdies at a Rockets Game
33. See an Astros game from the Crawford Boxes
34. Go the Houston Rodeo
35. See a Rodeo performance from a Suite
36. See Blue October in concert
37. Tour NASA
38. Feed animals at the Houston Zoo
39. Party at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
40. Do a Houston zoo animal tour
41. Ride the Zoo train
42. Be an Engineer for a day at Hermann Park
43. Visit City Hall
44. Visit the Houston Visitor's Center
45. Participate in Houston Restaurant Weeks
46. Go to a live taping of Great Day Houston
47. See the Nutcracker at the Houston Ballet
48. See a play at the Alley Theater
49. Go to TUTS
50. Listen to the Houston Symphony
51. Attend the opera
52. See something at Miller Outdoor Theater
53. See the Menil Collection
54. Hang Glide
55. Do the Polar Plunge
56. Do the Over the Edge rappel
57. Have a penguin experience at Moody Gardens
58. Eat some Greek food at Niko Niko's
59. Visit the Sky Space
60. Get a picture in front of the We Heart Houston sign
61. Be an actor in the San Jacinto battle re-enactment
62. Do the Great Bull Run
63. Walk in the Zombie Walk
64. Visit the Funeral History Museum
65. Visit the Museum of Fine Arts
66. Visit the Health Museum
67. Visit Rothko Chapel
68. Visit the Fire Museum
69. Visit the Museum of African American Culture
70. Visit the Arab-American Cultural and Community Center
71. Visit the Czech Cultural Center
72. Visit the Holocaust Museum
73. Visit the Children's Museum
74. Go the planetarium
75. See the butterfly center at HMNS
76. Visit the Weather Museum
77. Visit the Asia Society Museum
78. Meet Clutch
79. Meet Orbit
80. Meet Toro
81. Meet Diesel
82. Meet Chilly
83. Meet Swatson
84. Meet Mo
85. Visit the Orange Show Monument
86. Visit the Art Car Museum
87. Have an Art Car and be in the parade
88. Be in the Thanksgiving parade
89. Participate in Galveston Mardi Gras
90. Go to the Italian Festival
91. Go to International Festival
92. Go to the Japan Festival
93. Go to the Greek Festival
94. Go to the India Festival
95. See a concert at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion
96. See a concert at the House of Blues
97. See the David Adickes Sculptureworx
98. Have a drink at La Carafe
99. Have a story about me in a Houston Magazine
100. Eat at Chuy's
101. Eat brisket at Goode Co
102. Eat at the Original Ninfas
103. Eat chicken and waffles at The Breakfast Klub
104. Spend the day with a Houston Greeter
105. See Rocky Horror at midnight at the theater
106. Go to ComicPalooza
107. Go to the Pride parade
108. Eat lunch with a Houston Press food critic
109. Be in the rodeo trail ride
110. Do a helicopter tour over Houston
111. Do a Houston Segway tour
112. Do a Houston tunnel tour
113. Tour a Houston radio station
114. Tour the Chronicle
115. Do a pub crawl
116. Do a ghost tour
117. Stay in the haunted room 501 of the hotel Galvez
118. Be an actor for a night in a haunted house attraction
119. Do the AIDS walk
120. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
121. Do a marathon
122. Volunteer at the SPCA or Humane Society
123. Volunteer at the Houston Food Bank
124. Attend the Texans draft party
125. Go to the Astros fan day
126. Ride on a firetruck
127. Get some tamales from the Big Tamale Statue in Alvin
128. Attend Menu of Menus
129. Be in a flash mob (did the flash mob group break up?)
130. Go on a ghost hunt with a paranormal investigation team
131. Participate in Thrill the World
132. Take a Bollywood dance class
133. Go to a drag show
134. Play drag queen bingo (I think they canceled this?)
135. Eat at Aura (closed)
136. Watch a drag car race
137. Watch a dragon boat race
138. Watch boat races
139. Eat oysters at Gilhooleys
140. Participate in Empty Bowls Houston
141. Volunteer at the Houston Food Bank
142. Eat at the Hubcap Grille
143. Get some Torchy's Tacos
144. Eat at Underbelly
145. Visit George Ranch
146. Milk a cow at the Oil Ranch (I tried but they were closed without notice due to wind)
147. Sky dive
148. Visit the Project Row Houses
149. Go the gay rodeo
150. Visit the Traders Village Pow Wow tribal dance contests
151. Throw a pitch in Minute Maid park
152. Shoot a basket (or try) in the Toyota Center
153. Kick a ball in reliant
154. Make a goal in the Compass stadium
155. Tour Reliant
156. Tour a News station
157. Tour Minute Maid park
158. Tour the Toyota Center
159. Tour the Medical Center
160. Tour Montrose
161. Tour the Heights
162. Tour Rice University
163. Take a cruise from Galveston
164. Take a bee keeping class
165. Collect shells on the beach in Galveston
166. Take a horse drawn carriage ride through the Strand
167. Take a sailing lesson
168. Take a flying lesson
169. Take a scuba lesson
170. Ride a few laps in a race car 
171. Ride the METRO rail
172. Attend the holiday lighting ceremony
173. Wakeboard
174. Get acupuncture
175. Go deep sea fishing
176. Drink absinthe
177. Take a hot air balloon ride
178. See a roller derby game
179. Soar at the Greater Houston Soaring Association
180. Relive the Guilded Age at the Bishops Palace
181. Tour Moody Mansion
182. Ride a ride at the Galveston Pleasure Pier
183. Ride something at Schlitterbahn
184. Ride something at Kemah Boardwalk
185. Ride the train at the Downtown Aquarium
186. Watch the dolphins on the Bolivar Ferry
187. Watch an old movie at Alamo Drafthouse
188. Visit the Houston Arboretum
189. Star Gaze at George Observatory
190. Get a henna tattoo
191. Climb a rock climbing wall
192. Ride an elephant
193. Go through a maze
194. Dress up for Ren Fest
195. Tell a joke at the Houston Improv (or watch a pro do it)
196. Watch a polo match
197. Visit a hookah bar
198. Get a psychic reading
199. Have my tarot cards read
200. Visit the Cullen Sculpture Garden
201. Visit the 1894 Grand Opera House
202. Shoot a gun at a shooting range
203. Visit the 1940 Air Terminal Museum
204. Visit the Rosenberg Railroad Museum
205. Play Bingo
206. See a show at Puffabellies
207. Shop in Old Town Spring
208. Do a Heritage Society Historic Homes tour
209. Do a photo scavenger hunt around Houston
210. Do the Great Urban Race
211. Go to Dickens on the Strand
212. Visit the Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig
213. Do a Port of Houston boat tour
214. Get a seat on the Houston Culinary tour
215. Do a police ride along
216. Tour Christ Church Cathedral
217. Get a past life regression
218. Get hypnotized
219. Learn Reiki
220. Perform a wedding
221. Eat at the Spindletop Restaurant
222. Sleep in a themed room at the Hotel Zaza
223. See the Moonlight Show at the Prohibition Restaurant and Speakeasy
224. Eat at the Hobbit Cafe
225. Have a picnic in Hermann Park
226. Have a picnic in front of the Water Wall
227. Give Free Hugs
228. Do a pedal party
229. Pick my own fruit
230. Ride on a zamboni on an ice rink
231. Ice skate in the galleria
232. Float in a sensory deprivation tank
233. Do a murder mystery dinner
234. Ride the paddleboats at Hermann park
235. Play Skeeball at Dave and Busters
236. Attend a service at Lakewood
237. Tour the Bluebell Creamery
238. Visit the Ima Hogg house
239. Spend the night in a Bed and Breakfast
240. Stomp grapes at Messina Hof
241. Tour a winery
242. Visit the Beer Can House
243. See the bats under Waugh Bridge
244. Find Howard Hughes grave at Glenwood Cemetery
245. Attend the Balluner Liftoff Festival
246. Attend the Westheimer street festival
247. Watch a soccer game at a pub
248. Have a crocodile experience in Angleton
249. Buy a book from Murder by the Book
250. Get a book signed at Blue Willow
251. Bet on a horse race
252. Bet on a dog race
253. See the camel and ostrich races
254. See a drive in movie
255. Get pumpkins from a pumpkin patch
256. Paint something at a drink and paint class
257. Make something at the Mad Potter
258. Eat at the Spaghetti Warehouse
259. Shop at the Buffalo Exchange
260. Ride the Wave
261. Get food from a Food Truck
262. Do a buffalo bayou pontoon boat tour
263. Tour St Arnolds Brewery
264. Eat at Tookies
265. Be on the local news
266. Feed ducks at Armand Bayou
267. Visit the Jade Buddha temple
268. Celebrate Chinese New Year