North County Coffee Crawl - Stop 1: Steel Mill Coffee

During this holiday weekend, Bert and I made an improptu trip up north...

We were actually planning to go to Steel Mill tomorrow, but changed our minds...

It's the Dirty Dozen! 12th Blogaversary for PCaRH!

Can you believe it...

This blog is now in it's twelfth year...

Phileas Foggs Bar & Restaurant

Our lunch was located on the northern end of the Sabre Springs Plaza strip mall which also houses HOB Coffee....

CAB, fresh from her trip from England thought we could try this place out...

Non boring Christmas music

Quite lovely these are...

this is what a real poinsettia plant looks like fully grown...

RIP Tom Petty

Another legend gone...

Farewell to rock icon Tom Petty (October 20, 1950 - October 2, 2017)

"Say Hello 2 Heaven" - RIP Chris Cornell

RIP Chris Cornell

July 20, 1964  - May 17, 2017

Sometimes It Snows In April - Prince -1 Year Later

"Sometimes it snows in April..."

(from my "Murals at the Redwood Laundrymat" post, Oct. 2013)

Prince Rogers Nelson 
(June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016)

Turn it up to 11 for PCaRH's blogaversary!

A decade plus one...

(purple Bingo number from flckr user Leo Reynolds)

It's the11th Blogaversary of Pink Candles at Ridgemont High...

Return to Lofty Coffee Cafe and Bakery, Little Italy

TC and I were so happy that Bert was back home...

Daylight Savings time was the other day and we were crazy enough to head over to Little Italy the next morning...

Some coffee was in order here...

Zankou Chicken, Pasadena

While looking for parking for our dinner destination...

I noticed Afters near an alley slash parking lot.  Known for their "milky buns" (ice cream donut sandwiches but without a hole).  We ended up parking on the street, near the restaurant...

In front of the Pizza Man, a pizza joint complete with a mustachioed and soul patched hipster man logo...

Fast Times at Clairemont High + a cool rummage sale find

When I first snapped this shot on the PCH near Little Italy, I was trying to get the primate mural...

I didn't realize there was an incoming plane headings towards Lindbergh field!

That was pretty close, as the plane flew overhead....

Ch-ch-changes...in North Park + Poke One n Half + Dark Horse & the Prince mural once again!

My sister called me up earlier today wanting to have lunch. TC was off early from practice so off to North Park we went. Apparently, there is a newish poke place there now..

My nephew drove and parked near this wall (the "North Park" mural on the side of a furniture store).

The blank slate straight ahead used to have street art on it...

Prince and David Bowie mural @ the Moonlight Beach 7-11, Encinitas

After our first coffee  of the day from Steady State in Carlsbad,

we headed down to Carlsbad for our second hit of caffeine, but also for  another main reason...

Prince mural in Barrio Logan, Santa pinata + more caffeine @ Por Vida

A mere few minutes away in yet another neighborhood...

was a mural that a friend of mine told me about...

"Dearly Beloved" Prince mural, Normal Heights

Over on Adams Avenue...

a few steps away from the Normal Heights sign was...

Mysterious Galaxy

A month or so ago, Bert and I were exploring Balboa Interntional Market (you MUST try their vast selection of Turkish Delight, no lie)..

and wanted to stop by one of San Diego's premier independent bookstores, Mysterious Galaxy...

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...

Coronado Spice & Tea

Earlier this morning while enjoying our drinks at Santos Coffee House...

I didn't realize that this other spot I'd been meaning to check out was right across the street...

Bert's Birthday Dinner @ Sea 180 Coastal Tavern + a sunset at the IB Pier

It was a rare occasion for all of us to be out on a week night, a school night if you will...

The main reason for our outing in Imperial Beach today was to celebrate Bert's birthday.

We were able to make it with ten minutes to spare before Happy Hour ended, ha ha...

RIP Prince

Prince Rogers Nelson

June 7, 1958 - April 21, 2016