Revisits: Rice King, Bonchon, Pop Pie Co

La Ley and I went out to lunch the other day...

I hadn't gone to this place in two damn decades...

Hinotez with Astroboi & TC

On the last Friday of my vacation...

I met up with my childhood friend, the always so fun Astroboi...

Stop 3: Bonchon Chicken

Our third stop was at the newish Bonchon Chicken..

We were all excited to try Korean fried chicken...

Anny's Fine Burgers, Kearny Mesa

It was Veteran's weekend and we were out and about.

We had just gone to a local comic book shop and thought we'd stop at this burger place for lunch...

Elijah's revisit + Scrimshaw

Bert and I had a free morning...

and I had a coupon in my wallet for this place...

National Coffee Day - Stops 1, 2 & 3: Public Square Coffee House, Dark Horse La Mesa & Altered Ego Cafe + Lunch @ Pho Duyen Mai

Yesterday's post should have been today,

but I'm too lazy to make this chronological...

Altered Ego Cafe and Hideout @ Southern California Comics + last stop of our Coffee Crawl on National Coffee Day

Still in vacation mode...

I was happy that Bert and I were able to spend this morning exploring not only coffee shops...

TC has graduated and is college bound!

I still remember the day she was born...

fast forward to yesterday when TC graduated High School....

Mother's Day 2018 - Return to Que Huong & MNGO

We took our photos in our nice clothes for Mother's Day.

But now it was back to jeans and a nice shirt so we could be comfortable...

Coffee x 4 - Revisits to the old Blush (now Lab), the Forum, Virtuoso & Por Vida

A few weekends ago...

we returned to the site of the former Blush...

A failed visit to a new patisserie + return to Elijah's

Bert and I hauled ass to get here...

in the vain hope that maybe...just maybe...

KD's Bday Crawl: Stop 5 - MNGO Dessert & Coffee Bar to end the day...

I remembered seeing the signage late last year...

I hadn't realized that Big Joy was gone so it was nice that dessert in some shape or form would at least still be offered at the Convoy Plaza strip mall...

KD's Birthday Crawl: Stops 1, 3 & 4 - Cafe Virtuoso, Better Buzz + appetizers at Phuong Trang

As mentioned in my previous post...

We, the Educator GF's took KD out for her birthday crawl...

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...)...

Steamy Piggy+ desserts from Paris Baguette

We were up for trying a fairly new place,

over in the Convoy area of course...

Return to Cafe Stems

Last weekend we headed over to the Convoy area...

We were just at The Forum not too far away in Clairemont...

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)...

Recent drinks from Starbucks

I was at the Otay Ranch Town Center recently with a few friends...

as we passed Barnes and Noble, I saw a poster for a refreshing coffee drink at the Starbucks Cafe within...

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...

Cafe Stems with Kirbie + Cake de Partie revisit

During my break, it was nice relaxing with family as well as going out with my friends on different occasions.

(where I parked across the street on Daggett)

On this particular sunny January day (a nice break from all that rain), I made my way to the Convoy corridor for a lunch meetup with my good friend Kirbie.

I got there early so I could do street parking...