I finally went to have middle eastern food at Nicholas this rainy afternoon. It took me eight years (amazing, since I’m a huge fan of baba ganoush and theirs is among the best I’ve ever had), but I made it.

And it got me thinking – what other Portland icons (culinary or otherwise) remain on my to-do list?

• A movie at the Mission, Bagdad, or Kennedy theater(s).
• Dinner at Genoa.
• First Thursday. Or Last Thursday, for that matter.
• A trip with the kids to Alpenrose Dairy.
• A visit to the rose gardens in Washington Park.
• An evening at Jimmy Mak’s.
• Tad’s Chicken & Dumplins
• A spanish coffee at Huber’s
• A Blazer basketball game
• Sausages from Otto’s
• A hike through Forest Park
• A bike ride – anywhere in PDX

What’s on your list today? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

Tomorrow or Sunday, I’ll come back with the flip side – 10 or so things on my ‘no way in hell’ list. And next? The ’sorry I bothered’ list.