Holiday drinks roundup

A few more days and 2017 will be over...

Which brings me to this compilation post featuring holiday drinks...

Return to Plazas Mexican Food

It sucks being sick during the holidays...

I acquired a fever the day before Christmas and while it broke, a few days later...

The West Bean Coffee Roasters, Bankers Hill

Last Friday was my coffee and breakfast date with D...

with an added person...

Christmas 2017

We put the tree up right after Thanksgiving...

(Talking Yoda in Santa hat on window ledge)

Because...Type A

Non boring Christmas music

Quite lovely these are...

this is what a real poinsettia plant looks like fully grown...

Christmas Pez 2017 + Christmas Kliks

After Thanksgiving..

the tree went up and along with that...

Siam Imperial revisits

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of having lunch at Siam Imperial...

for two separate occasions...

Elijah's Restaurant & Delicatessen

Yesterday I had the pleasure of being with Astroboi...

(heading west on the 52 towards Convoy St.)

the best BF ever as well as trusty driver and willing accomplice in obtaining extra free calendars (but more on that later...)...

Mocha flight @ Cafe Virtuoso + return to Imperial Grounds & Ms. Vintage

The day after Thanksgiving...

Bert and I originally intended to go to a different coffee shop in Logan Heights first.

However, since it was closed, we went to Virtuoso instead...

Lunch round up - Carnival, Halphen Red, Los Pollos, Pho Convoy, Cali Baguette, the food court in Su Mercado, Sandwich Bags Deli, Gunco Ramen and Mandarin

Time to clear out the memory card before the end of the year,

featuring past lunches...

VoG 2017

Here is this year's compilation of photos...

featuring the Virgin of Guadalupe, whose Feast Day is today...

Christmas decor at the Parol Festival 2017

Bert sent me this photos from the 20th Parol Festival...

held at the Jacobs Center for Innovation. I didn't go this year...

Bread and Cie - Breakfast & Lunch

A few weeks ago, I took a day off..

It wasn't for leisure though...

EaThai Bistro

Two Saturdays ago (and with TC), we tried a new Thai place...

recommended by my good friend Cathy who was recently there with the Mister...

Graffiti + one last sunset at OBSF

We've been here before...

It's one of our favorite places to see the sun set in SF...

Andytown @ San Franpsycho + Spicoli shirt!

We took the streetcar back to our hotel and freshened up for a few hours..

only to head out again (via car this time) to the Inner Sunset...

Meeting Thane for lunch @ The Slanted Door + Frog Hollow Farms @ The Ferry Building

Walking in the hot sun isn't fun I tell you...

but it wasn't that big of a deal especially since we would be seeing our good friend, Thane...

Taking the L to downtown SF

Unlike at home in San Diego...

we don't really utilize public transportation as much as folks do in the Bay Area...

Return to Home Cafe - Birthday Cake latte

[It's the return of the Spring Break 2017 Road Trip posts. Through the magic of backdating, this is being posted on December 1 but written on January 28, 2018, haha]

We had enjoyed a little snack at Rolling Out Cafe on Taraval (where the owner used to be a denizen of North Park until he moved up here)...

It was time to switch it up from Taraval to Noriega Street...

"San Diego Royalty" - Seau & Gwynn mural in Logan Heights

For Black Friday yesterday,

we kept it lowkey...

Friendsgiving + Thanksgiving 2017

Last year I wrote, "One of these days...

(not my wreath but my brother's)
I'll make a turkey!"

This happened to be THAT year...

Trident Coffee revisits

The once blank wall that greeted IB or Coronado bound drivers heading west on Palm Ave...

was now emblazoned with a new mural...

Roasting Waters, Westminster

Earlier this year, TC saw some of her friends post drinks from this place.

There is more than one location, but this one happened to be in Westminster...

Angel Food Donuts + another giant donut sign

I'm a sucker for stuff like this.

 I remember texting the photo of the giant donut from afar to Cathy of mmm-yoso. Her immediate reply, "You need to stop there!"

Steelhead Coffee @ Steel Craft

After our drinks and snacks at The Merchant,

we headed over to our second coffee stop of the day...

Saigon on 5th

Sis and I took a day off to bring our dad to his checkup...

over in Hillcrest...

Panels Comic Book Coffee Bar, Oceanside

Last stop of our North County Coffee Crawl...

was within walking distance from the bakery...

This place is new, as in just opened in August new...

Banana Dang! Coffee + Petite Madeline Bakery, Oceanside

Not too far north from Revolution Roasters was our second stop...

where you cannot miss this cheerful yellow storefront...

featuring, of course a banana...

North County Coffee Crawl - Revoution Roasters, Oceanside

Nearly every place we stopped after our breakfast from Tip Top Meats was on this road..

the South (which turned into the North) Coast Highway...

Finally...Tip Top Meats & European Delicatessen

We were up bright and early...

as in 6:15 am early. Considering the distance from our place to Carlsbad...

that was a good 45 minutes drive, but at least there wasn't any traffic due to the holiday...

Little Lion with Bert and TC

It was nice to have Friday off...

and spend it with Bert and TC...

Now we could all go together to my new favorite breakfast place in OB...

Return to Siam Imperial + Oasis!

Last night's dinner was spent in IB...

to try, once more, Siam Imperial...

Bayshore Bikeway revisit 7 months later

The bike shop had just opened...

with neighbor Trident Coffee open a little more than a month earlier...

We thought we would pay Bikeway Village development a visit...

Trident Coffee

There's a new coffee place in IB...

It's about time too...

So we waited patiently at the light at Palm Ave and 13th...

Tribute Pizza once again + Caffe Calabria

The scene of last night's dinner...

TC was at the season's last football game which meant...

Halloween 2017

Man, where are all the kids at?

I want to get rid of all this shit tonight, ha ha...

Drinks round up - S3, Kaffee Meister, Starbucks, Influx, Pavaraga, the Forum, Bird Rock (Morena) + Cafe Virtuoso

This is one of them round up posts...

It's easier doing compilations when the mood strikes, so let's start with S3...

Nomad Donuts Bakery & Cafe revisit + a few changes

We took the car in for a service checkup super early this morning...

Afterwards, we headed here....

Blush Desserts (under new management)

Months later...

I'm finally posting my visit to the newly revamped Blush...

The return of Mexico Lindo Bakery, renamed Sweet Bakery Mexico Lindo

While taking the surface streets back from National City...

I saw this yellow sign from afar...

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers

Sometime back in May, I was in the area...

remembering Mary's post about this place (linked at the end), I knew I wanted to stop by Freddy's...

All that glitters IS Gold! New drinks from S3

Earlier today Bert and I had a morning date...

(my Troll feetz)

TC was still asleep having come home super late from Knotts Scary Farm with the senior class...

Little Lion revisit with Astroboi

A mere one week later...

I was back in OB, but this time...

with Astroboi (the best driver of surface streets EVER besides Cathy of mmm-yoso)...