So...Can I Do It?

It is no small task I have set out for myself -- to see 1,000 places all over the world.

And, if I have my way, this is just the first of many guidebooks I will use in my new life.

So, can I do it?

Can I complete just this one guide?

Let's see -- I am 43 years old. If I live to the "average" 76 years, I have...33 years to go! Oh my. That doesn't sound like much when you sit down and figure it up, does it?

But nonetheless, if I live another 33 years I will need to average...let's see 1000 divided by 33...30.30 places a year to see them all. Or about 2.5 per month.

Okay, that doesn't sound too difficult. Surely there are many that can be grouped. Quick Look...yeah, see, in Chicago (my favorite city) there are six places listed. The Art Institute, Arum's and Charlie Trotter's Restaurants, The Blue's Scene, the Frank Lloyd Wright Tour and Superdawg. A little planning and you're looking at only two days. Three tops. One day would be pushing it with three restaurants, but two days is doable.

From this Quick Look two things immediately pop out at me though.

1. No Sears tower? Or the more stunning John Hancock building? What's up with that. Quick Look -- Yes the Empire State Building DID make it.
2. There is nothing else in Illinois listed in the book. I always suspected as much.

So yes, it is doable. Very doable. Ms. Schultz... Oh, let's call her by her first name as I plan on getting to know her very well in the coming years...Patricia states in the introduction that it took eight years to write the book so 33 years seems like more than enough.

Let's get started, shall we?

Mark