6. Eat from a Food Truck

We've always dreamed of going on a Food Truck Friday adventure during the school year, but we never got around to it.

The Food Trucks are actually far away, and it was hard to find a good day to go.

However when Linda received the news that Food Trucks were going to be in our neighborhood, we HAD to check it out.

Unfortunately we had to leave Tina behind, because she had practice. But, Ashley got to come with us! 

The Food Truck Food Court raved about the various types of food trucks they were going to have that night. I was pretty excited, because I LOVE food. I really do.

However, when we arrived there was only three trucks. I may have watched too much Food Network, but I personally thought there would be some crazy fusion food or something completely out of the ordinary. Two of the three food trucks had American food. Meanwhile, the third food truck had American Southern food. 

Burgers, Hot Dogs, French Fries, Mac n' Cheese, Biscuits- say hello to America. 

The most interesting thing we could find was the Catfish Po boy.

Now, I've had a po boy before at Disney World. So, I was extremely excited, because I haven't had one since. 

Linda, on the other hand, had no idea what a po boy was.

Watch as we retrieve the food.

 Here's what it looked like:

I personally enjoyed my po boy, it wasn't mind-blowing, but it wasn't awful.

Linda on the other hand... learned that she did not like catfish or po boys for that matter. 

She was a bit disappointed and underwhelmed with the experience.

It was a semi-awesome experience, but I'm thinking it'll be worth a shot to get a better experience of Food Trucks at the other location. 

On the bright side, we get to cross off another thing on our list :)

31. Spend the Day at the Zoo

Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!

Just kidding, the bears were temporarily removed from the exhibit.

Today we visited the zoo with our good friend, Tina, and our white friend, Derek. (I feel like it sounds a bit racist, but let's be real--he stuck out in a group of Asian females! :P) It was Tina's first time visiting the zoo, so her excitement was contagious.

We started off our adventure by going through the Arizona Trail, which consisted mostly of various birds, reptiles, and predators such as mountain lions and coyotes. Personally, I found it quite boring, but there was one area that was indoors. While there it displayed creepy crawlies, I quite appreciated the air conditioning! (This became a theme over the 3.5 hour visit!)

Immediately after the Arizona Trail was Stingray Bay, where we all were convinced to pay money to touch the stingray. It was actually a cool experience! Some of us were a little hesitant though... ;) But we all enjoyed it in the end, I think!

After grabbing some lunch, we started off on a long, dry, hot trail that, if I remember correctly, went uphill, toward the big horn sheep. A little lower were the lions and tigers, although they were hiding out in the shade, for the most part. I don't blame them; at this point, it was really heating up! Pick the hottest day of the week to go to the zoo, why don't you. Smart. :\

But remember, this is for Tina! And we love Tina! REALLY LOVE TINA. (Or so I kept telling myself.)

At this point, I'm pretty sure we started to wander in no particular direction. Much to our dismay, many of things we wanted to do were closed for the day. We were deprived of camels and monkeys, but we did meander our way into the orangutan exhibit, which was my personal favorite. Why you ask? Well, by now it was early afternoon, and the temperature was almost up to 110 F. Seriously, I was slicked in sweat and felt really gross. This exhibit, however, was well air conditioned, so we spent a considerable amount of time in there. :)

Orangutans are fun, anyway!

After the orangutans, we were pretty much booking it, trying to get to as many of the remaining animals as possible. Derek really wanted to see a komodo dragons, so we stopped by there for a bit. We also flew by the jaguar (Harry!), the zebras, the rhino, and the elephants.

Unfortunately, many of the animals that we saw were hidden away because of the heat, but we did see some neat-o burrito creatures! (Heat exhaustion may be kicking in... :P)

Overall, I'm glad we went, and I'm glad I got to share Tina's first visit at the zoo! I'm also glad we got Philly cheese steaks afterward, and I'm sure Patherica would agree. :)

5. DIY Some Cute Clothes

On the same day we got our free donuts, Linda and I knocked out one more bucket list item. We decided to DIY some clothes, because a girl can never have too many clothes or be too cheap.

Linda wanted to go towards creating university shirts, since her orientation was the next day. As for me, I wanted to spruce up some basic shirts, so that I can easily slip one on and look at least a "bit" fashionable.

Linda's shirts were much more complicated than mine. In order to achieve a maroon color, she dyed the shirts with RIT dye, and used gold fabric spray paint for the sayings.

The stencils that we made were from paper. I definitely recommend card stock paper, because mine came out a bit mushy at the end.

Unfortunately, I had to go home early during our DIY sesh. But Linda has kindly sent me some pictures to share.

I made two shirts as well, but kept with the color scheme black and white. My first shirt was inspired by this tutorial I found on youtube. I'm assuming it's replicating a well-known design. So to avoid any trouble, I am not in any way claiming these designs to be mine. I did also make a shirt with a band's logo, and it's purely fan-made. I admire the band, and thought their logo was pretty awesome. The Neighbourhood-Go check out their songs! 

I heard acrylic paint is fine to use on fabric, so that's what I used. 

For my first shirt, I made a stencil and sponged on the paint. It came out messy looking for me, because the paint soaked under some parts of the stencil. Which kind of gave the shirt it's own flair I guess.

For my second shirt, I used tape. It came out much cleaner, but took much longer. I also cut off the sleeves of my t-shirt to make a muscle tee. I'm still unsure if I want to crop it or not though.

After I finished painting all of my shirts and they were all dried, I used parchment paper, put it on top of the design, and ironed over it. This allowed the paint to kind of seal and soak into the fabric, and prevents the paint from stretching.

I'm not sure how my shirts will hold up with washing... but I guess I'll update later about this lil' issue. 

We can pretty much tell that Linda is much better at diying. :P

But yep, number 5 is now checked off. Hurray!

46. Get Free Donuts from Krispy Kreme

Did you know that Krispy Kreme will give you a free donut--one per party--if you can answer their daily trivia question correctly? That was what we had in mind when we added #46 to our list. Of all the times we've been to Krispy Kreme, we've (more specifically, Patherica has) only gotten a free donut once, during Disney week.

As it turned out, we didn't need to prove our knowledge for free food because Friday, June 7th was National Doughnut Day, a.k.a. Free Doughnut Day at Krispy Kreme!

The universe is on our side!!!

We actually don't have a Krispy Kreme near us...we have a Dunkin' Donuts nearby, but they only gave out donuts with purchase of a beverage. That's not free! So, we made the trek to one farther away.

As you can see, we weren't the only ones to make the journey for free donuts. 'Murica!

Even though it was free donut day, we each bought a dozen extra glazed. If we're going to make the trip all the way out to Krispy Kreme, we HAVE to buy as many of their famous glazed donuts as possible, right??

Funny story about this adventure. The store is pretty far out, so there was some freeway driving involved. As we were waiting in the left turn lane going into the freeway on the way home, we were suddenly lurched forward. We had been rear-ended!! This was my first accident ever, but luckily my car (or rather, my brother's expensive luxury SUV) came out with only a few scratches. On the other hand, the car that hit me came out a lot worse. (Karma, maybe? Haha!)

That was pretty stressful for me, but I'm glad I had my best friend to support me, and I got to end the day eating donuts! All's well that ends well!

3. Go To A Concert

It's been a dream of mine to attend a concert since I was a wee little Jr. high kid, and I vowed to myself that my first concert would be with an amazing band... not Beyonce *cough* older sister *cough*.

To be honest, I'm actually a bit nervous writing this post, since it's one of the most... the most anticipated thing on our summer bucket list.

Fate would have it that Linda and I both have never been to a concert in our 17 years of living, and we both happen to LOVE Imagine Dragons.

So here we are now, the day after the concert. The day after the best night of our lives.

I was tasked with driving on this lovely day, so Linda could take a brake (hahha pun!). Bad jokes aside, I actually made it out there and we only had one problem really, finding a place to park. I ended up parallel parking (or faking it) pretty badly, since it was where oncoming traffic is and I don't like to hold up the line. Linda and I were going to park at the garage, but it wasn't open until later. What a good thing that was. The meter where we parked at turned out to be free after 5! FREE PARKING!

We took a bit of a stroll to get some food. Jimmy Johns was good, but I don't really like cold sandwiches so it wasn't that great to me. Linda thought it was ok... well she was the one that actually finished her sandwich.

We got in quicker than I thought, so unfortunately not many pictures were taken due to the dark atmosphere.

In our seats!

I didn't really know the people performing for the opening acts (X Ambassadors and Nico Vega), but still good!

Imagine Dragons about to come out!

Imagine Dragons came out... and I swear I was going to cry. It was amazing. I don't even know how else to describe it. It's one of those you-had-to-be-there type of things.

They are an amazing group of people, and I love how humble they are- you could tell how appreciative they are of their fans.

Linda and I danced the night away, and I was extremely sad when it ended. I could watch them perform for hours more and still be pumped.

We both agreed that this was the best night of our lives. It's only been a week and a half into summer, and I've had no regrets.

Imagine Dragons as our first concert. Perfection.

I'd like to thank Imagine Dragons for what they do. They make music that allows us to unwind and forget the world for awhile. I can't tell you how many times I've listened to their album. It was there for me through rough times and good times.

We both got shirts that are probably too small for us, and I'm thinking the next few posts are going to be about cheap, fun thrills. Your girl needs a job </3.

After the concert, we were both hungry, and so begins our second journey- finding food at midnight.

Taco Bell apparently isn't open 24 hours, and so we settled for Wendy's- ten minutes before they closed. I felt extremely bad, and apologized several times. However, they ran out of tortillas for Linda's caesar wrap... so the guy gave us food... for free. Yes. FREE FOOD. I don't know why he was so nice to us, but he was... at least I'm hoping he didn't do anything to our food.

I know my economics teacher is going to say "Nothing in this world is free." But it's free to me.

It was the best night ever. I can pretty much say Linda and I are going to have a hard time topping this, not that I think we would ever want to.

It was a night of memories, and I'm certainly glad I spent it with my best friend. :)