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Olivia

"Things I'd Rather be Eating" Thursday

I'm passionate about a lot of things in life, food being one of them. Specifically, burritos. I don't know what it is, but I find that things often taste infinitely better when wrapped in a tortilla. I go hard when it comes to burritos. I'm THAT girl at Chipotle with the filling that bursts out of the tortilla because there's too much stuff in it and then they're forced to rewrap it. 

As you can imagine, going to college in San Diego only added fuel to the fire. "Burrito runs" are a part of the culture there, so I fit right in! Dreams are made of these kinds of things, I'm telling ya. It was on one of these burrito runs that I was introduced to one of the great loves of my life: The California Burrito. 

What is the California Burrito, you might ask? 
A California Burrito, or Cali B as I like to call it, includes the following:
Carne asada, cheese, salsa,  sour cream, guacamole, and..... FRENCH FRIES.
If you didn't know you needed it in your life, now you do. It's worth the trip to San Diego, I promise.

Here's a handy burrito cheat sheet that you didn't know you needed! Which one is your favorite? Any weird but amazing food that I should try? Let me know. 

ALSO: Tomorrow will be the first installment of FRESH KICKS FRIDAY So break out those fire kicks 



Courtney

5 Things That Prove You're Smart

A recent Forbes article I dove into explained the high costs of getting a truly accurate IQ test done. To be honest, I’m not sure I’d appreciate having an exact number to place my intelligence along a scale of people anyway, but a study of the numerous IQ tests taken over the years did find some correlations to higher numbered individuals, including these five:

  1. You’re anxious - yay! Not always a bad thing..this comes to people who can comprehend the ramifications of what may become..I guess you’re extra extra smart if you can harness it for good!
  2. You were an early reader - going to have to ask my ma about this one
  3. You’re left handed - Interestingly enough, this has also been known to correlate with the chances someone being a criminal..hmmm
  4. You took music lessons as a kid - The flute counts. I checked. Probably not as smart as those piano playing kids though..
  5. You’re funny - This correlates with both verbal intelligence and abstract reasoning, which gives me a new appreciation for Aziz Ansari


Whether you have 1 or 5 of these qualities, I just saved a ton of money on IQ tests by switching to the Loop (;

 

Nery

Story Time with Nery

A semi-sleepless night and early morning drive. Wanting to sleep but the excitement of the unknown keeps sleep away. The drive starts like many others a long paved road leading out of the city. As the car passes a sign that says, Hot Creek Campsite the count begins. "one" the first dirt turn off is in the rearview mirror. "Two" beginning to slow down. This alpine lake is said to be three dirt roads past the campsite. "Three" almost missing the turn a cloud of dust appears and the car makes its way down this dirt road pointed straight towards the mountain ahead.

The drive can only be made by a four-wheel drive vehicle, a great appreciation for the capability of our vehicles was felt as it flexed and warped through the rocky terrain. The road turned from dirt to rock as it climbed to the higher reaches of the mountain.

As we crested over the peak and the road turned downward; all I could see was the color. This wonderful pale turquoise that calmed me inexplicably.

Nothing could be wrong with this trip. Until we notice the back left tire looked low, and we had no spare...

But, hike back to get help was quite the adventure too but that is a story for another time.