Maui Day 1 - McD's for lunch, plus quick stops at Walmart & Safeway for local stuff

Sadly, because the Geste Shrimp Truck was closed on Monday...

we ended up going here...

Island Brewing Company, Farmer's Market, Robitaille's + Carpinteria Valley Museum of History

Located near the train tracks is a brewery...

which is one of three in Carpinteria...

UTC + La Colombe Coffee Roasters + Sprinkles, lunch @ The Purple Mint & The Cupcake Store

Both of us hadn't been to UTC in years...

There is all kinds of new construction going on. I didn't realize the mall was undergoing a major overhaul...

Heading out of San Francisco and on to the Jelly Belly Factory

It's back to the Spring Break 2016 Road Trip pix...

This was Day 6 and we were en route from San Francisco to the state capitol...

Carpinteria Road Trip - Day 2 Highlights

We began the morning at a nearby trail...

Their local high school had an awesome 3D head of their mascot...

Mother's Day 2017

I love how the windows at Beef'n Bun always following the holidays...

(photo courtesy of Cathy of mmm-yoso)

Without fail...Dano and his crew always make sure to adorn this burger joints windows with the major holidays...

Spring Break Trip 2017 Day 6 Highlights

As we left SF amidst rush hour traffic, we took note of the two new buildings going up downtown...

We noticed them on our way in a few days ago....

El Cilantro, Imperial Beach + revisit to Deb's Cookie Jar

One of our friends ("One") recommended El Cilantro to us...

It actually used to be located on Palm Avenue near the car wash...

The changing of the Pez - November 2016

October has come and gone...

So long to these characters!

It was time to take these down and choose the next batch for November...

(unceremoniously dumped on my kitchen table)

And yes those are pasta storage containers and old Belgian chocolate tins that I use for my Pez...

Return to Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia (formerly known as the Pez Museum), Burlingame

Has it really been this long since we were last here?

Bert and I first visited this museum when it was still called the Pez Museum...

Candy from Philly - Goldenberg Peanut Chews

My good friend KD and her daughter recently visited this iconic American city...The City of Brother Love...

home to movie character, Rocky Balboa...

where she and her daughter walked up the famous steps leading up to this statue...

Lunch and snacks from the Cayucos Farmer's Market plus return to the Cayucos Candy Counter & the Brown Butter Cookie Company

We noticed this on our way in...

and definitely made a stop back before they closed for the day..

Robitaille's Fine Candies + return to Carpinteria State Beach

Earlier we were curious about Robitaille's Fine Candies...

Sadly, it was closed. Several young boys on skateboards were also bummed out. We ended up coming a little later after having had pastries across the street at Reynaldo's Bakery.

Every town has to have a candy shop and Carpinteria was no exception...

Nikka Japanese Market

Since we were still in Goleta...

TC wanted to come back to the Japanese market we saw next to Kyle's Kitchen a few nights ago...

Time to load up on some Japanese snack, eh...

Slugs 'n Stones Ice Cream Cones plus Taffy Town Taffy

Right around the corner from The Hungry Clam was this curiously named ice cream shop...

We were up for some dessert after our fried clam meal...

Vietnamese salads @ Pho Mai Cali & Phuong Trang + a revisit to Tokyo Central & Main

I had just picked up TC from a volunteer gig.  Nearby was a place we hadn't been to in awhile...

It was time for a revisit...

Return to Tom's Farms

Taking the 15 down to San Diego, I knew we would be passing by Corona...

which has Tom's Farms, a good stop for a quick stretch and also a looksee for snacks or a bite to eat...

Mendocino Chocolate Company

We were at a different town every day of our road trip. From Point Arena, we made our way to Mendocino...

A quaint seaside town reminiscent of Cape Cod.  More on the building above later...

This would be a short rest stop before gearing up for where we would later spend the night...

We're not big into antiques, but we do like our chocolate and there was a shop here calling our name...

Valentine's Highlights 2016

After having breakfast and coffee earlier today, I crashed when we got home...

and woke up to this...

More random pix...this time from January to April 2015

Slowly but surely these pix are coming out of the woodwork.

Here are some taken from the first quarter of this year....

which include snacks like this..