Pre- Burrito-ing

I have always gotten a huge kick out of different kinds of work jargon. In my former field, we talked about play-based programs, age appropriate activities and hands on learning. My neighbors, who are both cops use their own work jargon which mostly consists of numbers "528?" "Totally!" and word spelling to throw off their five year old. "Dude is a total Adam Henry..." Jargon is a convenient way to shorthand a conversation and a way to speak privately in a crowd. Plus, it helps pass time in boring meetings because you can play Buzzword Bingo and win valuable prizes!

Every profession has jargon, but I've gotta say my favorite all time phrase came out of my husband's mouth one day when I asked him what was on tap at work that day. "I'm going to Hayward Shoreline" he said. "Really? How come? " I asked, because it was out of the ordinary. "I've got a birdwalk there on Friday and I want to pre-bird the trail". I started giggling "Pre-bird?"yuk, yuk, yuk "What do you do, wire their little feet to the branches?" Hahahahahahaa. Just as I started running for the bathroom, he explained " No - I just want to see what's there so I'm prepared for questions" "Oh," I said, "that makes sense"

So, when he suggested a trip to The City to do recon for the HEAD Society's September burrito event, I said "We're gonna pre-burrito the trail?" And we did. We hopped on BART and headed to the 16th and Mission station then walked to La Cumbre. This is a cheefully decorated restaurant with a painting on the wall of a woman with huge tits on a battlefield. Judging by the painting, she either really likes the battlefield or its cold there. There's some other art on the wall, a huge menu, and a salsa bar. Also a clean bathroom.

We shared a burrito then set out for El Faro which was not too El Faro away. The only thing was that  we went to 2239 Folsom. It wasn't there - a PG&E substation was. Confused, we rechecked our map and then I said "Well, Dyslexia Boy, you think maybe you reversed some numbers?" Ira pulled out his phone and said "Let's find someplace out of the glare so we can see the screen on this thing." We looked up and there on the corner was the Homestead Bar - the 4th oldest bar in the City!!! We went in, shared a beer, met Deb who is Ira's twin separated from him at birth. While I was in the bathroom, he told her about the HEAD Society and she showed him the binder she had full of maps, documents and photos of the place through the years. We decided to end the September event there.

On we meandered to 2399 Folsom and El Faro. Gotta say, the place is dank but we were there to try the food not the atmosphere. It seemed a little dicey since there was taped up broken glass over the food but we put the Society over our personal safety and ordered a burrito. Well obviously we survived since we got home and I'm writing this, but I just want you all to know what lengths we will go to provide you with a quality HEAD experience. You are welcome.

Remember - watch out for more HEAD Society alerts. Keep September 17 open, and be ready for some FUN!!!  We may even create some jargon of our own...