find 10 new things to do in my city by the end of the year

The Columbia Bottoms Conservation area where you can can see the actual confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers…

Going to count my first time eagle watching in the Grafton/Alton area just across the river…

I failed miserably in this goal for 2007…but the good news is we have a new year, and I am going to strive to complete this one by the end of 2008. And if not, there is always 2009! LOL

Gonna do some research and find some new things to do here in St. Louis instead of the same old things over and over again. This I can get excited about…

Check! I did this today with husband, and we had the nicest afternoon. Yellow Springs has such a hippie heart (home to a liberal arts college like my beloved Otterbein!), and I loved the unique, eclectic, all locally-owned shops. We lunched at a 107 year-old tavern, and I bought some apple butter at a local dairy farm, and then I found some beautiful little Tibetan prayer flags at a…you guessed it, Tibetan gift shop. It was a sunny, beautiful day, and walking around in Yellow Springs today, admiring the local theaters, floral and jewelry shops and eateries, reminded me that even a city I’m less than enthusiastic about living in has a few surprises in store. I just have to be willing to look around…

6. The Oregon District (don’t know much about it besides that it’s a bar and restaurant area).
7. Second Street Public Market

refers to Dayton as the “armpit of Ohio,” and I can’t say I disagree, it’s time to embrace the city I find myself a new resident of, and get out and explore. Some ideas:

1. The Dayton Art Institute
2. Dayton Dragons game
3. Air Force museum
4. Dorothy Lane market cooking class
5. Boonshoft Kids’ museum

Just a few to start with.