This post was updated March 3 at 1:35 p.m. Addison restaurant has more than 10,000 bottles of wine in its cellar – and each has a story. Read more...

Photo: As the wine director for Addison, San Diego’s only Michelin-starred restaurant, alumna Victoria O’Bryan oversees an extensive bottle list of 3,600 bottles in their selection and more than 10,000 bottles in the wine cellar. She said she was initially drawn to the field because it allows her to explore a number of different disciplines, such as geography and science. (Courtesy of Addison)

Creativity, childhood memories and death metal – all packed into one food truck. Evil Cooks, a pop-up restaurant, is a heavy-metal-themed taqueria co-run by Elvia Huerta, a former assistant cook at Rendezvous, serving dishes inspired by childhood memories. Read more...

Photo: Elvia Huerta, a former assistant cook at Rendezvous, runs a pop-up restaurant where she serves dishes inspired by childhood memories. Throughout the week, she moves her heavy-metal-themed taqueria to various locations across Los Angeles. (Courtesy of Christina House/LA Times)

Laurie Leyden is an academic counselor by day, but runs a blog for personalized life advice by night. As the student affairs officer of UCLA’s statistics department, Leyden assists both undergraduate and graduate students pursuing careers within statistics, advising on majors and helping students enroll in classes. Read more...

Photo: Laurie Leyden, the current student affairs officer in UCLA’s Statistics department, runs her personal blog “Life Lessons with Laurie” on the side. She said she was inspired to do so after two years counseling students and wanting to find something more meaningful to pursue outside of UCLA. (Sophie Marencik/Daily Bruin)