"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...