Hi! I’m a little overwhelmed today with some life stuff, plus there’s the election going on that’s kind of intense on social media and TV. So I need a break, do you?
Last week when I was at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa I saw something fun. The tables in the café had ice breaker questions right alongside the salt and pepper.
I took a pictures of some of my favorite questions to share with you later and now seems like a good time. I just kind of want to hang out with a friend and talk about fun, random stuff. Anyone else?
Grab an iced coffee, glass of wine, some Spark or whatever your drink of choice is and share your thoughts…
What is the most beautiful place you ever visited?
This is the hardest question! I think I’m going with the Western Wall in Jerusalem because it wasn’t just beautiful, there was something about it that was powerful and really made me feel something.
I’ve also been to so many gorgeous places in nature like a glacier in Alaska, Hawaii, beaches in Florida, the rainforest in Costa Rica. There are so many beautiful places on the earth – I want to see them all!
What weird talent do you possess?
I can eat an impressive amount… and keep eating.
Does being able to run 26.2 miles count as a weird talent?
Okay maybe not. I don’t think I have a weird talent. I’m very LOUD.
*I’m going to ask my friends if they think I have a weird talent and get back to you.
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
The ocean. Love love love.
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
I don’t have one specifically – right this second I’d say Talladega Nights, Legally Blonde, Bridesmaids, Forest Gump…
I like funny movies because life is stressful and sad enough.
What is your favorite condiment?
Sriracha.
Now you go!
Questions:
What is the most beautiful place you ever visited?
What weird talent do you possess?
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
I can’t remember if I commented on the POTM today. I did 3.1 miles in the morning.
Most beautiful place I’ve visited. I’m not sure. Maybe the Bahamas or Vancouver. It was so long ago.
Weird talent is that I can wiggle my ears.
As I’m really wanting to try trail running, I’m starting to prefer the mountains.
Favorite movies: The Princess Bride, The Little Mermaid, Hotel Transylvania, and I can’t think of anything else right now.
Most beautiful place is definitely NZ! If you haven’t been, I emphatically recommend. South Island, Queenstown especially… amazing.
Weird talent, hmmm. That’s hard. I can eat some seriously spicy food.. like stuff most people can’t even put in their mouths. Yep, totally useless, but impressive I am told.
The sea! I live in San Diego
I honestly don’t have a favorite movie of all time. Nor do I have a favorite song. It all changes, all the time.
Almost forgot… 3 miles this AM. Ran to the polls and back!
The most beautiful place I’ve ever visited hands down is New Zealand. It’s just a lovely place. There are other places that I like better, and think are beautiful…Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, but New Zealand is just a beautiful place.
I don’t have any real odd talents . I’m sort of like you…I can run a lot. Is that weird? Maybe (or not)?
I love both the mountains and the sea. I think like the mountains more though.
My favorite movie is a little embarrassing….I have always loved the old Mad Max films (Mad Max, and The Road Warrior). They are just goofy fun films. I also like anything by David Cronenberg and George Romero (hello sci-fi nerd here).
What is the most beautiful place you ever visited?
-my family birthplace in Greece
What weird talent do you possess?
-I can memorize numbers really quickly
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
-sea (love diving)
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
-Cinderella (Disney original)
Most beautiful place: Ireland, by far. Green is my favorite color, and they have every shade. Plus, I love old shit ;P
Weird talent: I can recite the poem Paul Revere’s Ride in one breath.
I love the ocean, but after going to Colorado, I think I prefer the mountains!
Today was chest and back day at the gym!
The most beautiful place I have ever visited would have to be a tie between Jamaica and the Bahamas. So, obviously I would choose the ocean over mountains every time! I wish I could live at the ocean!
POTM Check in: I walked 30 minutes today!
1. Cozumel, MX with my kids, which made it even more beautiful!
2. I can cross just one eye.
3. Beach
4. Beaches
Rest day election day
I went to Banff and Jasper national parks in Alberta Canada last month and without a doubt saw the most beautiful sights of my life.
Forrest Gump totally is one of my favorite movies. pretty in pink and Gerri’s buellers day off as well. I’m a child of the 70s and 80s. 🙂
I definitely prefer to live by the ocean but love hiking in the mountains for short trips.
It’s been too long since I’ve went on a good hike 🙂
Yellowsrone. I can only snap with my right hand. Mountains. Amelie.
Ahem…that should be Yellowstone!
I thought you were talking about snapchat for a second and thought I can only hold down the button with my right too… then, I realize SNAP.
Beautiful Place: Jungles of Guatemala! I got to live at an archeological site for a semester wayyyy out there. Lots of monkeys, orchids, crazy plants, animals and bugs!
Talent: Being Bendy? And I can flare my nostrils and raise one eye brow. I keep trying to wiggle my ears like my mom.
BEACHES ALL THE BEACHES
Fav Movie: Beetlejuice, Edwards Scissorhands, Big Fish = Tim Burton
That sounds like an amazing experience to live on an archeological site! Very cool!
Lake Tahoe, especially when it’s snowing.
Weird talent….mmmm….I put up with a lot of bs…
Definitely mountains. I’ve been living by the ocean for a year, and feel more at peace when I’m in the Sierra’s.
Movie’s…Italian Job, Blazing Saddlers, Mona Lisa Smile, Suicide Squad
My favorite condiment……ranch 🙂
Ha! Putting up with bs is a good talent to have in real life.
You’re right! This election business is stressful! Can’t stop watching the coverage and the back and forth is a rollercoaster!! Gotta ponder the rest, but my talent is I can drink a large coffee and then immediately still go to sleep (is that talent?).
You are immune to coffee!
Hard questions, but better than watching election returns…
1.) The most beautiful place would have to be Hampton Beach in New Hampshire. I was there in the fall and the leaves were changing…
2.) Not sure if this counts as a talent, but when bored (like long drives in the car by myself) I sing songs (Christmas ones are the best) as a chicken.
3.) Mountains.
4.) For favorite movie I’ll have to go with the I currently use as my go to, i.e. when bored what I put on, that is Oblivion.
Ha! Your #2 wins
4.5 walk in the gorgeous weather today.
What is the most beautiful place you ever visited?
Probably the wilds of Vermont. It was wintertime and completely breathtaking.
What weird talent do you possess?
I know every line of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie and most episodes of Gilmore Girls.
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
Definitely the sea. I am a beach girl at heart.
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
Of all time? Yikes…Pirates of the Caribbean is up there, obviously. Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally are the two I can always watch and never get sick of, so they’re up there too!
I need to watch Gilmore Girls, everyone’s talking about it because of the new episodes.
What is the most beautiful place you ever visited?
-I just got back from traveling around Europe for ~5 weeks and its even harder to pick out the most beautiful place! I guess right now would have to be Interlaken Switzerland. The Alps are just amazing, but I also have a love affair with Innsbruck Austria.
What weird talent do you possess?
-Weird? hmmmm I have several different handwriting styles (but still have not mastered “Lettering/Calligraphy”) and can write legible with my non dominant hand.
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
-100% toss up. I love the ocean (as I live by the sea) but I find much serenity and beauty with the mountains (where I grew up).
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
-of all time has to be Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I love a good movie I can laugh the whole way through.
That is a great movie!!
5 weeks – that is really awesome!!
Most beautiful place: Coastal Maine or Ireland
Weird talent: Remembering numbers and adding up my grocery bill before the cashier.
I love to hike & ski but the ocean relaxes & recharges me!
favorite Movie: Sound of Music, Rudy, Bridesmaides
I am so not good at estimating numbers in my head!
Beautiful place is a tie between Switzerland and Lake Louise in Alberta
Weird talent maybe diagnosing random illnesses in myself with no medical training whatsoever (also known as being a hypochondriac)
I prefer being near the ocean than in the mountains but I don’t especially love going in the ocean..too many creepy, bitey, slithery things
Favourite movie: too many but standouts are Love Actually, Terms of Endearment, Say Anything and Elf
Ha! I am totally a hypochondriac too!
I am a crazy-good French braider, the most beautiful place was Lofoten in Norway. I did a upper body lifting & elliptical workout today.
Can you even do a french braid on yourself? That’s talent!
What is the most beautiful place you ever visited?
The Dalmatian Coast in Croatia
What weird talent do you possess?
I can remember the most minute details from long ago/can pick out several different conversations at once (teacher skill).
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
The sea as long as I don’t have to get in.
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
I love Wall-E and Office Space.
I’ve never heard of the Dalmatian Coast – now I have to look it up!
I can’t pick up on more than one conversation at a time – I can’t even have the TV or music on and have 1 convo.
Paris, France
I can make a 3 leaf clover with my tongue
Mountains
This one is hard, shawshank redemption, identity, Christmas vacation, a few good men, there’s a ton
You must have extra muscles in your tongue!
I feel like I should watch A Few Good Men because it’s referenced in pop culture a lot.
Crane mountain in the Adirondacks. I can move one big toe making middle joint go up and down. I can also pick up pretty much anything with my toes. Prefer The ocean. Favorite movie is Rock Star with Mark Wahlberg. I did 20 minutes on stair stepper. Short Workout so I could go vote.
I’ve never seen that movie! My friend’s mom picks up things around the house with her toes and we think it’s funny and impressive.
Most beautiful place I’ve ever visited: The Grand Canyon. Indescribable!
Weird Talent: I don’t think I have any, but my left elbow, when fully straightened, has a little inverted bend.
The beach! All day, every day!
Favorite movies: Love and Basketball, Princess Bride, Never Been Kissed, Sweet Home Alabama, The Proposal, so.many.favorites!
I love Sweet Home Alabama too!
What is the most beautiful place you ever visited?
It’s super close to home but I love the Santa Cruz Mountains. Foggy, misty mornings in the redwoods are the best.
What weird talent do you possess?
I’m really good at untangling knots in yarn and necklaces. I find it to be relaxing.
Do you prefer the mountains or the sea?
Mountains!
What’s your favorite movie of all time?
Princess Bride, Bull Durham, Goonies, Field of Dreams
I need your help with necklaces – I am not good at that!