Where do all the preppy kids hang out?

JD and I began our Escape the Inferno road trip series this past weekend with a trip to Laguna Beach, where the temperature was enjoyable and we were able to lay by the pool, hike and play tennis, none of which is possible in Hellizona right now (shout out to Olivia for introducing me to this term).

We were finishing dinner on Saturday night at a great restaurant in Laguna Beach when the server said to us, "So where are you guys from?" Of course my immediate reaction is, what the hell? So it is THAT obvious that we aren't from around here that you automatically assume we are tourists?

When he walked away, JD and I discussed the possibilities. Maybe we sounded like we had an accent. Maybe he overheard us talking about our hotel. JD suggested that maybe I was too uptight to be from CA (quite the sense of humor he has).

So I asked the server when he came back to the table how he knew we weren't from Laguna Beach. I personally thought my outfit looked like something LC would wear (The Hills reference from those of you out of the loop) and JD was wearing light blue shorts, a polo and you guessed it, brown flip-flops.

His response? That JD's brown flip-flops and light blue shorts gave it away (Remy was right about the brown flip-flops).  He said guys there don't dress like that. Back in AZ, we have definitely noticed that we don't dress like the people here. JD's wardrobe was lacking RVCA, Quicksilver and Billabong.  My wardrobe is doing decent in terms of neon but lacking in Aztec and Native American prints.

Just before I arrived in AZ, JD was called out at a bar for wearing Sperrys and Kroakies. So when I arrived, I wondered, where do all the preppy kids hang out? Now we find ourselves in Pacific Sun and other stores that I have never stepped foot in before because when in Rome... I am slowly acclimating while JD seems to have dove in head first.

Today I am officially an Arizona resident.

Tomorrow I start at J.P. Morgan Chase as VP, Assistant General Counsel for the Collections Litigation Group. I am really excited to go in-house but could have used another week of vacay :)