Katuray salad

[Retro post - recently looked for these pix which were taken in summer of 2017 but am posting them Aug 2019 so I can have a post during that month, ha ha]

My parents recently gave us these interesting flower...

which were placed in a ziploc bag...

San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers

By now the sun was out in full force.

It wasn't burning hot at least, but made for a pleasant day out in the park...

Golden Gate Park that is...specifically the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers...

Spring Break Road Trip 2016 - Day 6 Highlights

Our vacation was almost over, but not just yet...

In keeping with my "making the most of our morning" philosophy, we were up and early to try breakfast...

Valentine's Highlights 2016

After having breakfast and coffee earlier today, I crashed when we got home...

and woke up to this...

Balboa Park - The Botanical Garden and Palm Canyon

After our quick coffee break at Industrial Grind, we headed over to Balboa Park to enjoy the morning...

where it was still nice and early and we scored a great spot behind the beautiful Spreckles Organ Pavilion...

Return to the Botanical Garden

See the year on the architectural detail?

The year 1915 will mark the centennial of the Pan Am exposition, which celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal. San Diego was the host city for the Panama-California Exposition, which was the impetus for Balboa Park's famous, Spanish colonial revival influenced buildings such as the California Tower (as seen in the opening credits of "Citizen Kane" as Xanadu), the Museum of Art, the Museum of Man, and various other buildings near main walkways...

"Game On!" - The SD Fair, Part 1 - The Sights

Earlier last week, we three plus TC's friend KDD headed out to the San Diego Fair (which I still refer to as the "Del Mar" Fair)...

We bypassed the traffic on the 5 on a side street...seeing the fair from afar before heading into free parking...

Random photos here and there

This is another post with one off photos. The kind where I only take a few and it's not really enough for a full post. Either that or I've forgotten about them until now.

Every weekend there's always a different group selling food after mass. Sometimes there's donuts or Mexican pan dulces. This time, it was Filipino food. I like the backwards dollar sign there!

With the weather getting warmer, that means it's time to wear open toes shoes again...

Day 3 - Lake Merritt

Well, it's been one month since our vacation and I'm still slogging through the posts...To recap, this was our third day in the Bay Area. We were originally going to go back to the Marin side and perhaps go to Mount Tam (Tamalpais) and/or the Muir Woods but I didn't really want to go back. We wanted to stay local so we remembered TC's request to go back to the Lake...

Lake Merritt is a large manmade lake in the middle of downtown Oakland. It was the U.S.'s first wildlife refuge in 1870. The pedestrian/biking path is 3.1 miles around. We got there around 9:30 am when it was still cool and overcast. There were lots of people walking their dogs, strolling their babies, jogging, etc. This is the Southeastern view of the Lake.

Auntie's garden...

These pics were taken the side yard from my auntie's house (my sis's MIL) in San Ysidro. Like most Filipino moms, she has a green thumb. I'm not sure what these were called but I know I've seen these before at the San Diego Zoo. I remember seeing the thorny stem but the flowers were red instead of yellow.

She also had what they call a "money plant". It's a succulent and you can break off pieces and replant them. Having one of these is supposed to bring good luck...