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Two (count them) people have suggested that I make a list of things that I want to do in Boston this summer. "If you write them down you're more likely to do them!" says my mother. So, this is a post full of summer lists.

Because who doesn't like lists?

Boston Summer Fun List

• SAIL. Because, good grief, it still hasn't happened. But it will, darn it. 
• Visit the JFK Library and Museum. Shocking I haven't done this yet, no?
• Traipse around the USS Constitution.
• Wander through the Boston Athenaeum. This might never happen. We've planned it a bajillion times. (UPDATE since starting this list: it is happening today! In roughly an hour!)
• See the exhibit on printmaking at the BPL. Seriously! (UPDATE: happened. See two weeks ago.)
• Go to a Red Sox game.
• Go to John Adams's house. I hear the library is stunning.
• Play with Lindsay in Plymouth.
• Go to Salem. Witches. Nathaniel Hawthorne. How is this not a good idea?
• Drink another peach-mango smoothie in the North End. oh goodness. (Dan, you'll vouch, they are amazing, aren't they?)
• Attend the Coldplay concert with McCall (woohoo!).

East Coast Summer Fun List

• See the Hannah Duston statue in New Hampshire. I'm so close. How can I not go?
• Go to Maine! And eat lobster! And figure out why I've been in love with it for years (with Maine, not lobster. I've never tried lobster.).
• Wander to Prince Edward Island? Oh that would be awesome.
• Meet Miranda in Providence. Might turn into NYC/Boston/DC (we don't know yet).
• Visit Michelle's family in New York again.
• See DC one more time. Man, I'll miss that city.
• Play tour guide for Kait and Erik when they come down, yay!

Summer Reading List

• Anna Karenina (UPDATE: I was told to avoid the Russians this summer because of how much what I read affects my mood.)
• The Problem of Pain
• Howards End
• Imagine
• The Lost World
• Les Miserables
• Crime and Punishment OR The Brothers Karamazov (UPDATE: see Anna Karenina.)
• Midnight's Children
• Dandelion Wine
• The Sun Also Rises
• Persuasion
• Eve and the Choice Made in Eden
• Anthem

That's it for now. But we all know I'll make more lists. I love lists. So, suggestions?