Friday 6 February 2009

Things you Must Do in the USA

Right now, I cannot wait to start the trip - so I've come up with a list of things we should do while we're in the US. If you have any suggestions of your own, please post a comment underneath and we'll add it to the list...

Go to a rodeo
Climb the Rocky Steps
Eat a Chicago Deep Dish pizza
Watch live music in Austin
Find your identical hand twin in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
Double down in Vegas
Take a photo in front of the Hollywood sign
Work out at Venice Beach
Ogle at a Hooters
Gasp at the Grand Canyon
Get wet at Wet ‘n’ Wild
Get wild at Spring Break in Miami
Gorge on a Vegas buffet
Chow down on real Texas BBQ
Take a photo in front of the Las Vegas sign
Ride like a cowboy at a Dude Ranch
Cruise on a Missisippi Steamboat
Visit the world famous San Diego Zoo
Watch Jerry Springer being filmed
Take a day trip to Mexico
Throw up at an Orlando theme park
Munch a Philly cheesesteak – and a pretzel
Take a San Francisco cable car
Take a trip to the White House
Take a Creole Friday Lunch in Galatoires, New Orleans
Hike around Yosemite National Park
Tour Graceland
Get sizzled in California Wine Country
Tap your toe to Memphis blues
Hover over the Everglades swamps
Stop a Sloppy Joe dripping on your shirt
Stumble around New Orleans French Quarter
Decide whether Lombardi's or Grimaldi's does the best NYC pizza
Stroll through Central Park
Cross the Golden Gate Bridge
Drink a short in a Texas saloon
Swallow down a chilli dog
Chug a cigar in Little Havana
Cross-country on the Amtrak train
Snorkel at Key Largo
Shoot a gun
Cheer on a college sports team
Order a burger, fries and milkshake in a diner
Be imprisoned in Alcatraz
Cheer on the gunners with a branch of Arsenal America
Be serenaded while consuming Tex Mex burritos and fajitas
Take a St Charles streetcar in New Orleans
Score a strike ten-pin bowling
Go to a Coney Island freak show
Whoop with the cinema crowd US-style
Laugh at the Second City and Groundlings comedy troupes
Enjoy tax free shopping in Philly
Fall asleep next to a hobo on the Greyhound bus
Go down to Chinatown in San Francisco
Listen to Bruce Springsteen as you ride down Route 66
Remember the Alamo
Celebrate St Patricks Day in an Irish dive bar
Enjoy Gospel Brunch in LA
Get the meat sweats at Katz Deli in NYC
Get splashed at Seaworld
Cheer on John Cena watching Wrestlemania in a NYC sports bar
Go to the top of the Sears Tower
Cross the border to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls
Keep out of the tank at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, the best in the US
Chow down on Soul Food in the Deep South
Lick your fingers after eating Buffalo wings in Buffalo

3 comments:

  1. Visit an evangelical church in the bible belt and have a fit on the floor as you discover God

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  2. The first suggestion and it's blasphemous!

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  3. The tax free shopping's actually in Delaware, about 30 miles south of Philly, but you definitely have to add "get a real Philly cheesesteak" to the list. Go to Pat's Steaks on 9th & Passyunk!

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