A FEW OF ARIANA'S FAVORITE THINGS
IN THIS 2013 FILM, CONSIDERED ARIANA'S ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE, DOMNHALL GLEESON PLAYS TIM LAKE, A MAN WHO LEARNS A MAGICAL SECRET FROM HIS FATHER WHEN HE TURNS 21.
WHAT IS ABOUT TIME?
IT WAS THE BACKROOM OF THIS NATURAL WINE BAR WHERE ARIANA'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS SURPRISED HER AFTER RICKY PROPOSED.
WHAT IS RHODORA WINE BAR?
THE ALPHA KAPPA CHAPTER OF THIS SORORITY IS WHERE ARIANA MET SOME OF HER CLOSEST FRIENDS, INCLUDING MANY PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM!
WHAT IS ALPHA CHI OMEGA?
ON THE BANKS OF THIS RIVER, WHICH RUNS 150 MILES FROM EUGENE TO PORTLAND, ARIANA'S PARENTS HAVE BUILD A HOUSE WHERE SHE AND RICKY WILL GET MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER.
THIS PULITZER-PRICE WINNING NOVEL, WRITTEN BY DONNA TARTT, PROVIDED RICKY AND ARIANA WITH THE INSPIRATION FOR HOBIE'S NAME.
WHAT IS THE GOLDFINCH?
THIS RECENTLY-NAMED US CEO OF HARPER COLLINS WAS ARIANA'S FIRST BOSS AFTER GRADUATING COLLEGE IN 2019.
WHO IS LIATE STEHLIK?
THIS "MOLINO & CAFE" IS HOME TO ARIANA'S FAVORITE NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKFAST - A BREAKFAST GORDITA.
WHAT IS FOR ALL THINGS GOOD?
THIS CHINESE FUSION CHAIN IS KNOWN FOR ITS SIGNATURE LETTUCE WRAPS, AND WAS ONE OF ARIANA'S MANY SERVICE-INDUSTRY JOBS WHILE IN COLLEGE.
IN THIS MEXICAN MOUNTAIN TOWN, ROUGHLY 130 MILES NORTH OF MEXICO CITY, ARIANA FIRST MET RICKY WHILE STUDYING ABROAD.
WHAT IS QUERETARO?
THIS BIRD ROCK, SAN DIEGO-BASED YOGA STUDIO IS ONE OF ARIANA'S FAVORITE PLACES TO START HER DAY, AND NOW INCLUDES A SAUNA AND COLD PLUNGE!
WHAT IS RIFFS YOGA?
THIS HOLIDAY-THEMED BOOK WRITTEN BY RACHEL GREENLAW WAS THE FIRST MANUSCRIPT ARIANA ACQUIRED.
WHAT IS ONE CHRISTMAS MORNING?
ARIANA ONCE TOOK A COMPARATIVE LITERATURE CLASS ON THE WORKS OF THIS GREAT FILMMAKER, KNOWN FOR FILMS LIKE PAN'S LABYRINTH AND THE SHAPE OF WATER.
WHO IS GUILLERMO DEL TORO?
WHAT IS SAN SEBASTIAN/DONOSTIA?
WHILE SHE RARELY DRINKS LIQUOR ON THE ROCKS, ARIANA OCCASIONALLY ENJOYS DRINKING THIS PEANUT BUTTER-FLAVORED WHISKEY STRAIGHT.
NAMED AFTER VERMONT'S INDEPENDENT SENATOR, THIS WHITE CAT LIVED WITH ARIANA DURING THE SUMMER OF 2018 - AND NEARLY CONVINCED HER TO NEVER GET A CAT.
WHO IS BERNIE?
WHEN SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, ARIANA THOUGHT THAT THIS PRIVATE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ON THE CLIFFS OF MALIBU, CALIFORNIA WAS THE RIGHT COLLEGE FOR HER, NOT U OF O.
THIS BIRD IS BELIEVED TO ACT AS A MESSENGER FOR DECEASED LOVED ONES, AND IS ALSO THE NAME OF ARIANA'S PARENTS' FORMER CUL-DE-SAC.
WHAT IS MOURNING DOVE?
ACCORDING TO FAMILY LORE, JUAN BONILLA SPENT A FEW YEARS SELLING THESE ON THE BLACK MARKET.
WHAT ARE BLUE JEANS?
BEYOND WORDS, THE HILLSBORO, OREGON-BASED PUBLISHER OF THIS BOOK--WHICH MADE FAMOUS THE "LAW OF ATTRACTION" AND RECEIVED PRAISE AND PROMOTION FROM THE LIKES OF OPRAH WINFREY--WAS ARIANA'S FIRST PUBLISHING INTERNSHIP.
WHAT IS THE SECRET?
THIS OUTCOME-FOCUSED FORM OF REPORTING WAS A FOCUS OF ARIANA'S, AND GOT HER A COVER STORY FOR THE DAILY EMERALD!
WHAT IS SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM?
THIS AGREEABLY-NAMED NORTHWEST DC NEIGHBORHOOD BACKS UP TO ROCK CREEK PARK AND THE NATIONAL ZOO, AND IS WHERE ARIANA SPENT THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC - IN RICKY'S BASEMENT APARTMENT.
WHAT IS MT. PLEASANT?