Mural in alley, San Pedro

We'd parked nearby on S. Centre St near W. 6th...

It was still pretty early in the morning so downtown was pretty deserted...

San Pedro Road Trip Day 2 - Breakfast + the Sports Walk to the Waterfront

We would be leaving San Pedro this morning...

but first, the in-house breakfast at our hotel...

Dinner @ Brothers Pizza on Taraval + another OBSF sunset

Fast forward a few hours later...

We were back near Andytown #2, but we weren't here for coffee...

Honey Creme, Inner Sunset

After our lunch at the now defunct Takuya Hot Dog Bowl...

we crossed the street to this new dessert shop...

Edge of 17 - Breakfast Republic in North Park + Blackmarket Bakery

Another year has gone by...

and TC is now seventeen and driving...

D's Bday Crawl - Return to Mae Ting's, LAX-C, LA's Chinatown + Dinner on Convoy St. @ Hui An Garden

Funny..this post is being written on 10/22 but backdated to 8/26...

I'm trying to finish D's birthday crawl posts and this one...

Hui An Garden

A couple of months ago, I met up with Kirbie for early lunch...

Hui An Garden used to be Fu An Garden (which Kirk had posted on earlier this year before they closed)...

D's bday crawl - G&B + Blue Bottle @ The Bradbury + the Last Bookstore

After our Breakfast Part 1,2 and 3 at the Trifecta in Tustin...

(4th Ave exit from the 101)

we headed into DTLA...

SFSU + the now defunct Takuya Hot Dog Bowl, Inner Sunset

We did make to the university on time...

ahead of time in fact, making sure we parked in the structure closest to the meeting place...

Breakfast at Devil's Teeth

We really liked out visit to this place last year...

I totally recommend their sweet potato fries!  We were in the area because of the bakery...

D's Birthday Crawl - The Trifecta: Cream Pan, THH + Kolache Factory

Last weekend we celebrated D's birthday with...

what else? A food crawl!  As is our MO for these trips, Cream Pan was our first stop...

Revisits to Butler's and Clockwork Coffee Shoppe

TC had a school function so it was a morning date for us...

utilizing one of my newer coupons in the Entertainment Value book (it's so worth it)...

Breakfast would be here first...

Spring Break Road Trip 2017 - Day 4: Return to Andytown Coffee Roasters (Taraval)

Before making our way to the city...

we had to have some coffee up the street...

Return to George's Zoo deli +snacks from Trader Joe's

Construction at the southwest corner of 46th and Wawona was shaping up.

The old structure is still showing up on googlemaps...

Andytown Coffee Roasters (location #2) on Taraval

Sometime between hanging out in the Outer Richmond and coming here for coffee...

we had checked into our favorite motel in the area to freshen up a bit...

Green Apple Books & Music

Right across the street from Toy Boat Dessert Cafe was an eye catching mural featuring books...

The green awning said it all..

so of course, we had to take a quick peek...

Toy Boat Dessert Cafe

Literally right down the street and on the corner was this light blue building...

which you cannot miss...

King's Thai Cuisine #2

We were originally going to go to Seakor Polish Deli...

but in the end, this section of Clement St. won out since many of the places I'd saved were close by...

Saltroot Cafe

While searching for a particular dessert shop in the Outer Richmond...

I saw that another place I'd bookmarked was closer...

Siam Imperial + new paleta flavor from Oasis

It was finally a Friday and I wanted us to try a new place recommended by a co-worker...

Down near the end of Palm Avenue in IB, where you will see variously shaped red metal sculptures along the sidewalk. This, I just found out, was part of the Imperial Beach Outdoor Surfboard Museum. Every board has a plaque with the year, the shape  and size style, plus the shaper.

The newest Thai restaurant in IB opened three months ago...

which replaced a former bike shop...

Spring Break Road Trip 2017 - Day 3: Why having a FastPass kicks ass + Sutro Baths & Land's End Trail

[Resuming my  Spring Break 2017 posts]

Day three started off with us leaving the confines of Thane's abode in El Cerrito...

and heading into the city across the bay...

Philippine Expressions Bookshop + First Thursday Art Walk, downtown San Pedro

Next door to Pinta Dos..

was Philippine Expressions bookshop...

Originally based as a mailorder bookshop in Rancho Palos Verdes...

"Disruptions" exhibit at Pinta Dos Gallery, downtown San Pedro

First Thursday for San Pedro's Art Walk was in full swing...

we were here to check out an exhibit at an art gallery in the Arcade, a historic building in downtown San Pedro...

The artist was supposed to be there that evening...

Takeout from Little Hong Kong

Graffiti in a nearby alley near our car...

along with this repair shop (do people still use typewriters?)...

It had been a super long day...

Secret Scoop Thai Gelato

Only in Berkeley will you find Indigenous People's Day as a holiday on their parking meters...

I like it!

Before heading back to Thane's, I wanted us to check out a newly opened gelato place but with a twist...

the flavors here were Thai...

Summer drinks from S3 Coffee Bar

What does this drag queen inspired Disney villainess have to do with my post?

(True story...Ursula WAS inspired by Divine, a character actor who gained his start in early John Waters' films)

S3 Coffee Bar's latest summer drinks were intriguing, thus my latest visit...

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Cal has a world class botanical garden attached to it's name...

Of all the times we've visited Berkeley, we hadn't been here before...

and TC was excited to take photos of the different plants here...

Curbside Creamery, Alley 49

Conveniently located across from Cro Cafe was an ice cream shop...

complete with "artisanal flavors" and old timey font...

Cro Cafe, Alley 49

Across the street and literally in an alley was our next stop...

I wasn't aware of how hipster this place really was until we set foot there...

My MO was just, "find another coffee spot" nearby in google maps and this place popped up...

Bowl'd BBQ - Oakland

(Back to the Spring Break road trip posts)

Fresh from our foray into the forest at Redwood Regional Park...

we headed into the Temescal neighborhood in Oakland for lunch...

Breakfast & Coffee @ Subterranean + Holsem

A few months ago we went out for breakfast...

where we parked around the corner on Gunn St., near the cafe...

Korean Bell of Friendship and Pavilion @ Angel's Gate Park & more

It only took a few minutes to get here...

at the top of the hill in Angel's Gate Park is this spectacular sight...