Early 25th Wedding Anniversary Dinner at the Bali Hai

It feels so weird to be blogging again...

I didn't miss it too much but it's good to be back. Earlier this evening, Bert and I went out for an early dinner...

El Pez Kitchen - Last meals out before the stay at home mandate

I debated about backdating this post but decided against it. You're welcome.

This post includes two visits to a relatively new spot in South San Diego...

in my old neighborhood where I grew up...

Our 24th Anniversary - Dinner at the Bali Hai (plan B)

[Retroactive post - Actually  written on 6/27/20]

It was our 24th Wedding Anniversary...

Our original plan was to have dinner at Supannee House of Thai near Shelter Island...

Irenia Part 1 - The decor + the art exhibit, "Maiden Voyage" by Patricia Ybanez

I'd recently read about Irenia and was excited to know that it was written up favorably by the late LA Times food critic, Jonathan Gold.

Since we were staying overnight at my brother in law's pad for the evening, Irenia was the perfect spot in keeping with my birthday crawl theme...

Karangalan Scholarship Fundraiser dinner at Tidal (Spring 2017)

Although this is dated March 8, this was supposed to be posted back in Spring 2017.

Yes, more than 2 years ago.

I am going through my drafts and realized I never posted on this Filipino fusion dinner, so here goes.

The occasion was for a Filipino American scholarship fundraiser for my district...

Paradise Hills Night Market 2017 recap

Talk about procrastination...

(not us, but some other folks we were following as we headed to Penn Athletic Field)
This is a post for last year's Paradise Hills Night Market...

which debuted last year and will be returning....

Mexipino Craft

Yesterday I was out with two of the Educator GF's...

TORC was MIA but will hopefully join D, KD and I in our future excursion...

West Pac Noodle Bar

This post was originally written to go out in late January of this year, however, I decided to wait it out because I wasn't sure if we would revisit...turns out we didn't, for reasons which will be discussed later in this post...

But hey, enjoy this awesome view of the San Diego skyline while crossing the Coronado Bridge...

Bert and I were off to visit my mom...

Oi Asian Fusion

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting up with CAB.

We were originally going to do a South Bay taco truck crawl but...

City Sports Bar & Grill, Vacaville

In this large complex,

is a recreational area/sports bar...

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...

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...

Late lunch @ Trade Winds Tavern

The short-lived Char House is now Trade Winds Tavern...

Our last stop of the day for my birthday crawl...

You can't miss this place due to the striking mural in front...

Cake de Partie - the last stop for TORC's birthday crawl

When searching for a dessert place for TORC's birthday crawl, I wanted to go somewhere that we all hadn't been to before. Here's my "drive by" shot (I was the passenger mind you, not the driver).

There were a couple of choices in this area, but Cake de Partie seemed to be the most versatile since it offered not only desserts, but snacks and drinks (soda, teas, and coffee).

Cake de Partie (only two weeks new at time of writing), is located at the site of the now defunct Tea Garden and next to the now empty Pangea Bakery storefront...

Pokirrito

With our second week of break nearly done, I took TC and her good friend out to the lunch spot of their choice...

which was in one of the parking lots from Heck on Convoy.

San Diego Poke Co.

I know I'm "late to the party" for the poke trend...

My sis and her son (nephew #3) wanted to give San Diego Poke Co. a try....

Summer Road Trip 2016 Day 6 - Breadologie Bakery, Granada Hills

For our vacations, we USED to just want to make a straight shot down from wherever we were to San Diego.

But nowadays, I see it as an opportunity to explore. A road trip is an excuse to try new places...

and this last day of our summer trip was no exception...

Yanagi Sushi

Bert had a craving for Japanese food...

saw that Yanagi Sushi was located near the town square...

Return to Ocean Pacific Grille

[Update - OPG is now closed as of December 2016. Sad panda]

I'd been meaning to post this much earlier but as you have it...

life gets in the way and thus, I have a huge backlog of posts...

A belated Valentine's dinner with the Educator GF's was pushed back to early March...

KD's Birthday brunch @ Ocean Pacific Grille

[Sadly, Ocean Pacific Grille is now CLOSED, as of December 2016 - Sadness]

Yesterday, the Educator GF's (me, TORC and D) celebrated KD's birthday...

and as they usually do, let me plan the itinerary for today which brought us to the Gaslamp for brunch...