8 THINGS

Beantown Prepster was nice enough to tag me with the "8 Things Tag" - I have been a terrible blogger and am just now getting around to posting. I'm going to do this tag in parts, so here is Part 1!

8 TV Shows I Like to Watch:
1. Lost
2. Gossip Girl
3. Vampire Diaries
4. Fringe
5. Burn Notice
6. Desperate Housewives
7. Ugly Betty (so sad that this is over!!!)
8. Plus way too many reality shows! It's a good thing they are all interspersed throughout the year! - American Idol, Amazing Race, Project Runway, Real Housewives (NYC is my favorite), The Rachel Zoe Project, Tori and Dean.
-My taste absolutely runs towards pure, escapist fun when it comes to television! I also used to be a daily watcher of General Hospital, but stopped about a year ago after getting too frustrated with the storylines. Although I have to say, I just finished watching The Pacific mini-series on HBO last night and it was really good. Certainly very violent and graphic, but incredibly moving and it really taught me a lot about WWII as I feel as though when I studied it in high school and college the focus was always on the war in Europe.

8 Favorite Places to Eat and Drink:
1. Parish Cafe in Boston
2. Cafe Lalo in New York City
3. Le Celler in Disney World, Florida
4. Legal Seafoods
5. Bertucci's - anywhere
6. Pizzeria Regina in the North End
7. Upper Crust and Fig's on Charles Street in Beacon Hill, Boston (are you seeing a pattern of pizza??)
8. 21st Amendment on Beacon Hill in Boston (just a little tiny pub that feels like you're stepping straight back into 1776! The food is typical bar food, but I like the cozy atmosphere.)

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Going to the Red Sox game this Thursday
2. Getting my hair cut this Friday
3. Wearing my two new Lily Pulitzer skirts
4. Finishing the book I'm currently reading, A Rather Curious Engagement
5. Summer's official arrival with Memorial Day weekend
6. My good friend J's move back to Boston in June
7. Going to Parish Cafe (a tradition amongst my friends!) when she returns
8. Visiting London in September

8 Things I'm Passionate About:
1. My family (Pink Maple Puppy included!!)
2. My friends
3. Reading - I can never get enough books
4. Shopping - I can never do enough shopping
5. Politics
6. Education
7. Art and architecture
8. Disney World!

8 Places I would Like to Visit/See:
1. Buckingham Palace (hopefully checking this one off my list this fall!)
2. Pompeii
3. The Faraglioni off of Capri
4. The Alps
5. Big Sur
6. Lombard Street in San Francisco
7. Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain
8. Fallingwater, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Pennsylvania