5 Things I Overheard in Fresno This Week (That Made Me Smile, Cringe, or Think)

One of my favorite things about living in Fresno is that you never know what you’re going to hear. Whether you’re standing in line at Ampersand, waiting on a carne asada burrito, or dodging sprinklers while walking your dog through Woodward Park—Fresnans talk. And I listen.

Here are 5 things I overheard this week that stuck with me—some made me laugh, others made me wince, and at least one made me pause and reflect:

1. “If it hits 110 again, I’m moving to Alaska. I’m not built for this.”

📍Heard outside a Dutch Bros drive-thru
Same, buddy. Same. But let’s be honest—you wouldn’t last a week without tacos and tri-tip.

2. “That pool better be clean before Grandma gets here or she’s gonna throw a chancla.”

📍Overheard at Costco (pool supplies aisle, obviously)
This one got a full laugh from me. Grandma doesn’t mess around, and neither should you when the family’s coming over.

3. “I had no idea Fig Garden was that expensive now. I thought that was just old people houses.”

📍Outside a real estate open house
Ah yes, the market shock. Spoiler: If you still think Fig Garden is flying under the radar, you’re a few price increases too late.

4. “I miss when Tower was weirder.”

📍Heard at Component Coffee in the Tower District
Same. Though to be fair, I recently saw a guy riding a unicycle in a unicorn onesie, blasting Prince from a portable speaker. So yeah—Tower’s still got it. Just gotta look around.

5. “We should just go to Yosemite for the day.”

📍At REI, Fresno
This one made me think. We forget sometimes—we live 90 minutes from a national treasure. Take the day. Go. Touch a tree. Look up. You live in California’s backyard.

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Jason Farris

Head YES man at FresYes.com

I grew up in Fresno. Relaxed in its calm breezes, listened with my dad to the crack of the bat at little league baseball games when I was a kid and now take my son to do the same at minor league games. I broadened my mind at its schools (I went to high school right here at San Joaquin Memorial, and to college at Fresno State!) I love that if I drive for two hours in one direction, I can be in the mountains. For two hours in another, luxuriating on a California beach. I can enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere of San Francisco or Los Angeles, but still be able to come home to relaxation, calm, and quiet.

I love where I live, and I also love what I do. I'm lucky to be able to work in a profession in which I get to build relationships; one that has me meeting new people each and every day and helping them to build new lives in my beloved city. I'm lucky enough to work in a profession in which I can marry cutting-edge technologies and marketing techniques to good, old-fashioned, nose-to-the-grindstone work. I am lucky enough to work in a profession that allows me to work as an advocate for my clients; to use every tool at my disposal to get a job done well for them, and with as little stress and expense as possible.

I love my city. I love my job. One inspires my excellence for the other.

Fresno? I say FresYES

1. “If it hits 110 again, I’m moving to Alaska. I’m not built for this.”

2. “That pool better be clean before Grandma gets here or she’s gonna throw a chancla.”

3. “I had no idea Fig Garden was that expensive now. I thought that was just old people houses.”

4. “I miss when Tower was weirder.”

5. “We should just go to Yosemite for the day.”

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