MY hometown date.

 she's so wicked.

 "these mou'ains are really just incredible." - rachel, the fashion buyer from NYC, speaking of the mouNTains in utah.

"these more down to earth dates are nice because you get a good gauge on whether or not you have chemistry." - ben, upon arriving on a private lake via helicopter. 

"relationships are all about trust and diving into the unknown. i'm really hoping we can kind of come together and conquer this thing." - ben the REPEAT OFFENDER. 

one on one cocktail party time: "i've been on three straight group dates and i don't know what that means and i really would like that one on one time and see if it can get further." {interview: "i have such crazy feelings for this guy and i feel like i should already have a ring on my finger so i need more time with ben, like one on one time."} one on one time: "what are you thinking... pretty much?  i don't know what you see in these group dates... *laughter*..... i've been on THREE. so what are you observing?" - sad, sad, foot-in-mouth samantha.

"i like that jennifer's easy going. i like that she's a good kisser. it seems like she has a really good family, she's outdoorsy. i'm really looking forward to enjoying the evening." - ben. these people have got to be mormon, right? family, outdoors, good kisser. check, check, check.

"it's the most painful thing in this world." monica, the dental consultant who was sent home to slc from park city. i hope the limo driver took her straight to her front door. like, in south salt lake {but not ogden.}.

and just when i was about to report what a yawn this week had been - three gems right there in the end to save the day:

"vacas, puuuueeeerrrrto riiiiico" - ben, the white guy.

"i was just there." - an ungrateful bachelorette.

"i can go higher than anybody." courtney, next week's skinny dipping, skanky, b-word.