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...