Being Back In California

There are so many things that are fantastic about being in the Bay Area. The weather has been amazing for almost the entire time that I've been here. Sunny, warm enough for shorts but not so hot that you sweat in jeans, cool breezes blowing through. Then there's the mouth-watering food which seems to be everywhere for next to no money. The cheap-ass burritos found on every corner here put Chipotle, our only real New York contender, to shame. Then there's the political situation. In one of the more conservative communities nearby, there's a huge war protest monument on the hill next to the commuter train station, visible from the freeway.

This is also where people joke about your carbon footprint if you send a dish back at a restaurant. It's Peet's Coffee, Delfina, and Berkeley. With all that, I nearly missed the bullshit. Like the other day when I went out with a group of friends and caught shit for the fact that I'm driving around in Mom's Camry. I almost forgot that in California people really are shallow about those things. Excuse me now, I have to go meet Heather and Jessica at the mall.