Julian daytrip 2018 + Lunch at Pete's BBQ & Burgers, Ramona

This post is late, like many of mine, ha ha.

Our Julian visit was during Veteran's Day. Along with us was TC's friend who is a boy...

Return to Pop Pie

Friday night...

and we were out and about...

Clayton's Coffee Shop

While mom was in surgery...

My dad, sis and I had a late breakfast at one of Coronado's institutions...

Return to Petaluma Pie Company + a visit to Green String Farm

We had to pass by the local pie shop first before walking back to our hotel...

We were here the previous night to get a dessert pie.

This time, we would be picking up our lunch...

Downtown Petaluma + The Petaluma Pie Company

We thought we would explore downtown Petaluma on foot before calling it a day...

Dating from 1882, the clock tower is fixed atop the three story Masonic Building on the corner of Petaluma Blvd. and Western...

Pre-birthday Food Crawl with the Educator GF's - First stop for caffeine and pie @ James Coffee!

The Educator GF's and I departed from my abode earlier this morning and were pretty much out the majority of the day...

No sign of rain (which would come later tonight). As early as it was...

parking on the northern end of Little Italy was actually quite painless...

Thanksgiving 2015

It's time to give thanks....

(banner seen at one of the houses on Mt. Nebo near the La Mesa Secret Stairs)

for all that we've been fortunate to enjoy this past year...

Fried pies from McD's

Earlier this morning we had some time to kill before mass while TC did her volunteer service. I had a craving for a hash brown but when I saw this sign (see below)...

we just had to...

Guerneville Bank Club

Fresh out of the Armstrong Redwoods...we drove the few short minutes to get to town..

(the mural behind our snack destination; it was in an enclosed garden)

in Guerneville that is...

which we later found out was a big vacation getaway

Julian Station, Don's Market, and Julian Pie Company

Ater our quartet of apple related treats at the Julian Pie Company, we wandered around town for a bit before heading out for our real lunch.

But first, we would check out a place I saw in a Julian visitor guide...

Quartet of goodness at the Julian Pie Company

The good thing about Julian is that everything is so close together...

We had a few bites of the pastries earlier but made sure to save room for this place...

It would be our "one stop shop" for all things Julian related...

Trio - The Pie Whole, Pressed Juicery & Cool Haus

Right next to Intelligentsia Coffee was this trio of shops:

We actually didn't go in through the front, but through the back of Intelligentsia which connects...

Proof Bakery

With a slight sugar buzz from our cookie snack from Milk Jar,

we made the short drive over to a bakery I was curious about.

As I was snapping the shot above, the dude walked right in front of the Jim Morrison Portion of this bus bench's artwork. WTH was he holding? Was that a stuffed dog toy? Okayyyy....

We hadn't really had a meal since breakfast and wanted something to tide us over 'til dinner...

Pie 'n Burger

Day two started off with the wonderful news that "Jamzilla" was in full swing that weekend...

As "blissfully-unaware-of-L.A.-traffic-problems-San Diegans", we had no clue that was to be a major traffic snarl on the northbound-405 (near Sepulveda Pass), but luckily, nowhere near where we were going...

The other Julian Pie Company, Santa Ysabel plus return to Don's Market

As we headed over to Santa Ysabel, we passed by several "apple themed" businesses like this inn...

along with apple stands and roadside markets. The orchards, unfortunately were already closed for the winter. We'll have to try our hand at apple picking next Fall.

We had one more stop before heading back home...

Charley's Famous Burgers

Now this was a place I've been wanted to go to forever. It was a beautiful and sunny not like the day before which was Black Friday. What a nice change up this was.

Before heading home from our errands that took us out to the La Mesa area (I had to stock up on my puff pastry squares from Vine Ripe), we made the trip out to Lemon Grove...

since it was on our way down...Bert's interest was piqued when I mentioned Charley's Famous Burgers. TC, of course, is always interested in burgers, except for the gourmet kind. No, these were nothing of the sort....

The Julian Pie Company in Julian

As you can see, the sun was now out but there was still a bit of a nippular (yes, that's a new word) feel in the air...

Luckily, it still was relatively quiet and peaceful here...

The girls, and of course, us, were craving some triangular crusty fruit filled goodness...

Pie and ice cream

It was time to take off and head back to Ottawa before returning to the Island. Before that, we made a quick stop at C's aunt's house on another island.

Heading north on St. Charles Blvd is the welcome sign to the community of Kirkland...

which is a suburb on the Island of Montreal, located in the southwesterly portion of Quebec.

Maple Syrup pie once again...

Last night, TC helped me make our second Canadian Maple Syrup Pie...

I wish I could bottle the smell as it came out of the oven...

Canadian Maple Syrup Pie

This weekend I was in a pie baking mood...

It was finally time to open up the hallowed can of maple syrup that I got as a gift last year...