Summer bucket lists 🪣

We asked some friends of Dirt what they hope to accomplish this summer. Their answers may surprise you.

Lisa Kwon

I must simply be on a boat!!! 

Ashley Bardhan

This summer, I’ve become obsessed with overpriced juice with names like “Immunity Boost” that contain things like “cordyceps” and “sea buckthorn.” Having 5000% the daily recommended amount of vitamin C is the closest thing — outside of watching Instagram reels for three hours straight — to change the way my feeble soul feels in my body. My soul is now 5000% juice and stronger than ever. So vitamin-maxxing makes up most of my summer bucket list, though I’d also like to get engaged if my boyfriend and iron levels think I’m ready for it now

Maya Man

Summer bucket list: Complete my Dance Moms rewatch. Also: Do not cut hair.

Molly Mary O’Brien

Since re-reading Inherent Vice, I have been thinking about a menu item available at a fictional oceanside San Pedro restaurant, The Belaying Pin. No one ends up ordering it, so I don’t know what’s in it, but its name resonated: The Admiral’s Luau. In my head it’s one of those big baskets of assorted deep-fried seafood, cradled in wax paper and served with lemon and tartar sauce. I’d like to eat an Admiral’s Luau this summer, maybe at the location they used for the Inherent Vice film, which is a floating restaurant called The Chowder Barge. 

Colleen Kelsey

Touring the Grotto of Diana at Villa D’Este outside Rome; finishing Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series; eating as many tomato sandwiches as possible

Jameson Rich 

Most of my summer essentials can only be found on Cape Cod. The season isn’t consecrated until I’ve been to the Wellfleet Drive-In, one of only three drive-in movie theaters left in Massachusetts. I don’t have to stay for the full double-bill, but I must see the classic “Let’s All Go to the Lobby” intermission bumper. Fried whole belly clams are another must, and are best found within walking distance of a beach, despite noble efforts from some New York City bars. Ice cream scooped by teenagers who are half-distracted from flirting with each other. And at least one near-heat exhaustion from being on six different medications causing heat intolerance. 

Paul McAdory

This summer I'll become worthy of love, I'll respond to my cousin's text, I'll hang out with that one couple, I'll write the perfect short story, I'll dance like no one is watching the stories I post of me dancing, I'll be the change, I'll buy good shorts, I'll get a new job, I'll draw attention to causes, I'll be weird about a pop star, I'll gag the world.

Vivian Medithi 

FIREWORKS
SWIM
LET GO
CLIMB ROCKS
MALE TRAMP STAMP
QUIT VAPING (WONT)
NO ALCOHOL (SURE)
REENACT SHOOT (1971)
STAY AWAKE AT THE SYMPHONY
FOOTJOB
FACIAL PIERCING(S?)
DREAM BIGGER
STOP WITHHOLDING
ICE CREAM SUNDAE

Daisy Alioto

See Sargent and Paris at The Met. Eat fried olives. Learn InDesign. Learn to code.

JULY IS GOING TO SOUND LIKE THIS