The now defunct I Heart Retro, Portland OR

Next door to Carnelian Coffee was yet another vintage store.

It was always fun checking out the many cool vignettes within...

Return to the Portland Spring Break 2018 Posts - Day 5: Deadstock Coffee

Hey folks, it's the return of the Portland Spring Break posts. This was our vacation from last fkg year man.

It's my goal to finish it within less than one year since we went on vacation, ha ha. So, starting today, the return of these posts, featuring Day 5...

Portland Day 4 - "Eat my shorts" or Bart Simpson in etched in concrete

This morning's pop culture stop...

is brought to you by Bert, who found this ...

The Waffle Spot

Does this sign look familiar?

It's on the south side of the 8 in Mission Valley near Hotel Circle..

Harper's Topiary Garden

Since we were already in Mission Hills...

I saw that we were pretty close to a hidden San Diego gem...

Portland Day 2 - Sterling Coffee Roasters

Our apartment suite was walking distance to our morning coffee stop...

It was quite brisk that morning (still in the low 40's)...

St. Patrick's Day - Coffee + art exhibit, breakfast, throwback design cap + capirotada

The weekend started off gloomy...

and rainy, but that didn't stop us from getting out for our weekend coffee...

Project Reo Collective

We were unable to attend their grand opening last June 24th...

Instead, I went several days letter while doing errands solo...

Horrible Monster Scene mural near Kababayan and inside Snoice + snacks!

After Cathy and I had breakfast, we got lost meandered through Paradise Hills...

we went to Island Pacific Seafood Market in National City to look around as well as a nearby Philippine clothing shop a few steps away from Tita's Kitchenette...

Mine-a-Lisa mural, Grape Street offramp to the I-5

The other night when TC and I picked up Bert from the airport, I noticed that the old mural on the Grape Street onramp to the 5 was replaced!

This was another reason why I wanted to return to Little Italy, so we could see this new art piece in the daylight...

Christmas 2016

It's Christmas time once again...

(Tokidoki calendar in my  office)

for those of you that celebrate it, Merry Christmas to you!

George Izay Park

Just oooone more thing...

before heading to the hotel, we had to see THIS...

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...

Painted utility boxes near Duet Coffee

Earlier this month, I met up with Cathy of mmm-yoso...

We had breakfast at the nearby Daily Grind Cafe and headed to this strip mall westward on ECB so we could have coffee at Duet.

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...

Muir Beach Overlook

Not too far from the Muir Woods National Monument was another scenic spot in Mill Valley...

We missed the turn and but no worries, we were able to find our way...

Lincoln Park Steps

A few minutes away from Moscow & Tbilisi Russian Bakery was another set of tiled steps...

We were able to find street parking nearby...

Bibbey's new paint job + a new cartoon themed mural

A couple of months ago I noticed that workers were painting over the existing murals at Bibbey's Shell Shop...

This is how it looked last weekend (a week after July 4th)...

Patrick Amiot Sculptures on Florence Avenue, Sebastopol

Bert read online about a street in Sebastopol where practically every house had a cool sculpture...

The street was Florence Avenue and it also happens to the same street that the artist and his wife/artistic partner live.

If you enter Floreve Ave on the western end, you will see the Tardis...

California Carnivores, Sebastopol

Our hotel in Petaluma would still be waiting for us...

but first, to Sebastopol...

where we passed by farms like these complete with bovine friends...