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Marie MacMillan

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Prologue notes: Dufus definition

Prologue notes: Dufus definition

Need I say more?

No. 19 Go to Portland Meadows

No. 19 Go to Portland Meadows

Opening Day Hat Contest Entry…(or so I thought)

No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet

No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet

Hood River Harvest Festival

The pumpkin with many faces. Expert level gourd carving.

No. 35 Go to a wine tasting

No. 35 Go to a wine tasting

Between Wine Tasting locations, Emma and I decided to hit up this yard sale based upon the very enticing sign we saw on the side of the road.

(Address blacked out for obvious reasons)

No. 14 Visit the Grotto

No. 14 Visit the Grotto

See for yourself - visit. https://thegrotto.org/

No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse

No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse

One of the oldest buildings on the West Coast. Certainly one of (if not THE) oldest in Portland.

No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet

No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet

My bounty of purchases from the Hood River Harvest Festival

No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet

No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet

Basking in the beauty of the Columbia River Gorge in October

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

Halloween Night concert! Robert DeLong opening for St. Lucia

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

Preparation for the Halloween Night costume concert…Grunge Dorothy shoes in progress

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

Preparation for the Halloween Night costume concert…Grunge Dorothy shoes finished!

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater

Preparation for the Halloween Night costume concert…Grunge Dorothy costume. Tattoo: temporary. Hair extensions: temporary. T-shirt iron on lettering: definitely temporary…didn’t last the night. There’s no place like home…

No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse

No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse

No. 46 Take a solo road trip. Must be gone from home at least the whole day

No. 46 Take a solo road trip. Must be gone from home at least the whole day

Figure 1. Marie's Unfortunate Tinder Algorithm

Figure 1. Marie's Unfortunate Tinder Algorithm

No, I never saw a photo on Tinder with a lip-pierced cat, but the rest of it is inspired on real Swipe Lefts.

Side Story #6: Cinderella Man

Side Story #6: Cinderella Man

In addition to being left at a bar at 3am on New Years Day, I got tiny-thumbs-upped in a Facebook message. So. Pathetic.

No. 9 Geek Trivia Night at McMenamins Kennedy School

No. 9 Geek Trivia Night at McMenamins Kennedy School

Championship trivia tie-breaker in the form of old-school Streetfighter battle

No. 3 Make a meal entirely out of farmer's market purchases

No. 3 Make a meal entirely out of farmer's market purchases

Definitely don’t buy raw meat or fish though…unless you bring an icebox WITH YOU ….ughhh

No. 32 Go to a Fashion Week event

No. 32 Go to a Fashion Week event

No. 5 Go river rafting or kayaking

No. 5 Go river rafting or kayaking

No. 21 Enter a contest

No. 21 Enter a contest

2015 2nd Annual Sunriver Chill Out Festival - Downhill Dummy Competition

Entry #8…(drumroll)….Crash Test Donkey.

No. 31 Take an art class or finish an art project already in process,

No. 31 Take an art class or finish an art project already in process,

Instagram posting of my collage-building efforts…the beer went into me, not the canvas.

No. 4 Participate in a hiking group

No. 4 Participate in a hiking group

No. 4 Participate in a hiking group

No. 4 Participate in a hiking group

East side of Columbia River Gorge…hiking with Rashida and Seth, Rashida’s dad Michael Keaton

No. 15 Visit a new exhibit at the Portland Art Museum

No. 15 Visit a new exhibit at the Portland Art Museum

No. 8 Visit the Oregon History Museum

No. 8 Visit the Oregon History Museum

No. 25 Go on a walking tour

No. 25 Go on a walking tour

Self-guided stroll along the Willamette River esplanade in Oregon City

No. 50

No. 50

Put on a dress. Take out some friends. Buy them drinks. Have a great night. Then frame this epic List, because congratulations, you are a certified badass.

No. 50

No. 50

My champagne-tipsy self smiling until my face hurt, with all the elation of finishing THE LIST and celebrating it with a group of friends.

Epilogue

Epilogue

More and more solo road trip adventures post-50 Dates…I got real sunburn sitting in that chair in the Columbia River

Epilogue

Epilogue

Finally and completely addressed No. 12 Confront your fear of biking post-List by participating in the 2015 World Naked Bike Ride. A truly epic day in my life. I wore a mermaid wig, rainbow makeup, my helmet, knee high rainbow socks, and tennis shoes. And that was it.

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Prologue notes: Dufus definition
No. 19 Go to Portland Meadows
No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet
No. 35 Go to a wine tasting
No. 14 Visit the Grotto
No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse
No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet
No. 33 Attend a festival you haven't been to yet
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
No. 24 See something at Roseland Theater
No. 17 Tour Pioneer Courthouse
No. 46 Take a solo road trip. Must be gone from home at least the whole day
Figure 1. Marie's Unfortunate Tinder Algorithm
Side Story #6: Cinderella Man
No. 9 Geek Trivia Night at McMenamins Kennedy School
No. 3 Make a meal entirely out of farmer's market purchases
No. 32 Go to a Fashion Week event
No. 5 Go river rafting or kayaking
No. 21 Enter a contest
No. 31 Take an art class or finish an art project already in process,
No. 4 Participate in a hiking group
No. 4 Participate in a hiking group
No. 15 Visit a new exhibit at the Portland Art Museum
No. 8 Visit the Oregon History Museum
No. 25 Go on a walking tour
No. 50
No. 50
Epilogue
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