#51 - Ride a moped in another country (63/101).

We went to Bermuda, rented a moped and had a blast exploring the island. Check out a couple videos:

#87 - Paint a piece of pottery (62/101).

I like to think that I am creative but I wouldn't call myself artistic. I enjoy thinking about how colors mix together and how to turn a blank slate into a finished product. I asked a friend to go pottery painting with me last week because I love painting pottery and turning a white piece of pottery into useable decor.

The door sign entering into the pottery place read "Entering Into a No Stress Zone". I was very excited when I read this as I had a tough week and was looking forward to spending a few hours focusing on my creation. We brought wine and cookies with us to paint and enjoyed a fun few hours in the studio. I decided to paint a spoon holder using three different colors, a teal, sea foam green and baby blue. I first painted the whole spoon holder baby blue, used a sponge technique with the sea foam green and then used a lace technique with the teal. We ended up staying past closing so I was a bit rushed at the end but I think it still turned out ok. I am excited to use my spoon holder at home, it even matches my teapot!

Here is step one (pre-paint), step two (after paint, pre-kiln) and step three (after kiln, ready for use):

#68 - Donate my hair (61/101).

I have joked that while I don't like to donate blood because I'm afraid of needles, I at least have good hair genes and can donate my hair to those in need. 

I cut off eight inches of hair this weekend (was actually four little ponytails) and sent it in to a program through Pantene. I love Pantene Beautiful Length's mission of helping women fighting cancer feel like themselves again and was excited to donate eight inches. There is something so refreshing and fun about a new 'do and I love being able to support an organization doing incredible work. 

In the past, I have donated my hair both to Pantene's program and Locks of Love, which makes wigs for disadvantaged children under 21 who have permanent hair loss. I honestly usually make the choice based on how many inches I am comfortable donating at the time as Locks of Love asks for a minimum of ten inches of hair and Pantene asks for a minimum of eight inches.

I also decided in the spirit of giving to cancer-fighting organizations this week, I would take up the offer in our office building to take a new head shot to support Relay For Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. If you would like to donate to ACS through Relay For Life, my cousin Zoe will be walking at her university and would love a donation (click here to donate) to help everyone celebrate more birthdays. Check it out! #cancersucks

#17 - Hold a cookbook club (60/101).

For Hanukkah, I got a new cookbook, "Molly on the Range". One of my good friend's has the same cook book so a few of us decided to each pick a recipe from the cook book and eat them together, aka a cookbook club. Molly Yeh is an Asian Jew, who went to Juilliard and now lives on a farm with her husband. She was just named to the Forbes Under 30 2017 list. Her cookbook has a lot of great recipes, including many mediterranean ones. We decided to cool the falafel fatoush, hummus 'with meat all over it' and zhoug the other night. A few highlights:

• Zhoug looks like pesto but consists of jalapeños. It was surprisingly not too spicy but absolutely delicious on top of the hummus and falafel.
• The hummus 'with meat all over it' was incredible - it was basically hummus nachos with ground beef, onion, pine nut, pomegranates and parsley on top. We added zhoug on top of this dish as well.
• We used dried chickpeas (which is what the recipe called for) for the falafel and it made a huge difference. It gave it that authentic crunch that you usually taste when you bite into tasty falafel in places like Israel. 

I can't wait to cook more recipes from Molly's cookbook! 

#100 - Make a photo book (59/101).

There is something powerful about an image. We often hear the idiom "A picture is worth a thousand words" and it is true. It is incredible to see how a single still image can portray a complex idea and many times, an image can convey a description much simpler and more effectively than a written description would. Around my apartment I have many pictures. They exhibit rich memories, project emotions and capture meaningful moments in my life. Since images play a large part of my life, I wanted to create a photo book for one of my 101 in 1,001 days challenge.

For #41, I went camping in southeastern Utah. I decided to merge #100 with the trip and created a photo book. It was a lot of fun reflecting on the trip and the experience while creating the book. It brought back a lot of fun memories and I am hoping to take another trip like it at some point in the near future. One of my favorite parts of the book is the back cover, which reads "Trip sponsored by: Doritos, Taco Bell, McDonalds and Walmart". This demonstrates that through all the 30+ miles of hiking and exploring of stunning places we did, we also chowed down on some quality nourishment. I am looking forward to the next adventure, for now I will skim through my photo book.