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...

Spring Break 2017 Road Trip Day 5: Andytown (location #3)

It's back to the Spring Break 2017 posts...

going waaaay back to March 29th for our 5th day of our vacation...

D's bday crawl - G&B + Blue Bottle @ The Bradbury + the Last Bookstore

After our Breakfast Part 1,2 and 3 at the Trifecta in Tustin...

(4th Ave exit from the 101)

we headed into DTLA...

Spring Break Road Trip 2017 - Day 4: Return to Andytown Coffee Roasters (Taraval)

Before making our way to the city...

we had to have some coffee up the street...

Return to Hawthorn Coffee

Yesterday, we dropped off TC to go on a retreat with her youth group. It was right after school so we had the whole afternoon and weekend ahead of us. We had to circle around the block a few times before finally finding parking near a cremation place (yeah, wtf).

I was so glad it was a Friday...

Hawthorn Coffee

This is a bit of a "late" post, but then again many of my posts have been in the queu for quite awhile, including our Summer 2014 road trip (which I promise to finish soon)...

So here is a fairly new coffee shop located in University Heights...

It's off Adams and 30th and across the street from Antique Row Cafe. The green vintage tile and the handmade benches were inviting...

Mostra Coffee

Our crawl was still going strong as we traveled eastward...

past Manila Mesa and on towards the Carmel Mountain Ranch Area. For a South Bay chick like me, this is like going to the moon (just kidding).

In an industrial business complex is a coffee company I'd always wanted to visit. Today was that very fortunate day...

Coffee 'n ice cream @ Holsem and Hammond's for D

As it is with all of the Educator GF birthday outings, this was a full on crawl...

After our lunch at Chi Extraordinary Kitchen, the next stop was a few minutes away in North Park at one of my favorite coffee places...

Holsem revisits or trying to go through their whole drinks menu

If you haven't noticed, I've been on a coffee kick this past year.

Until earlier this year, the only coffee I would try was iced or cold brew. Never hot drinks. Until this year. Tasting for the sake of "research", heh heh.

Ironsmith Coffee Roasters

Our quick jaunt to Moonlight Beach came to a close...

as we admire this vibrant hibiscus bloom somewhere along D Street.

Around the corner from the Encinitas arch was yet another coffee shop we wanted to try...

Bean Bar

Earlier this morning, Bert and I went out on a "morning date"...

TC had her weekend volunteer gig so off we went to downtown's East Village...

to check out a new "craft coffee" bar near the Central Library, whose dome you can see in these photos...