Manna Restaurant

Earlier today, TC and I were here...

on the southwest corner of Broadway and F...

to have some breakfast at a place recommended by Cathy...

Late night tapas at Romesco's

The work year is winding down...Senior Awards night was the night before.

Instead of going home, several of us went over to Romesco's for late (for us) night appetizers and drinks...

Appetizers & drinks @ Sea 180 Tavern

In early May the day it rained super hard, MFH and I headed over to Sea 180 Tavern...


It was our association's end of the year party...

Return to Cucina Urbana

After the prom which we enjoyed seeing our students looking so sharply dressed and so beautiful...

we headed across the Prado bridge over to Cucina Urbana.

Brooklyn Girl

A few days ago, Mr. TJ, La Ley and I met up for drinks and appetizers at Brooklyn Girl

before heading over to the Prom nearby...

Crocevia Coffee plus better coffee AND service at WestBean downtown

Several days ago we had to do a few errands downtown...

If you take the 94 and head west, this is what you'll see at the end...Horton Plaza.

We strategically parked near Nordy's (they have nice bathrooms) and the stairs...

Recent revisits to Holsem Coffee

I loved the coffee and atmosphere at Holsem so much that we later went back the next day, which was Mother's Day.


I wanted Bert to give this place a try...

Cheaper than the Fair! Fried zucchini + more from Homestyle Hawaiian

Forget Chicken Charlie's!

Over at this modest Hawaiian eatery in east Chula Vista...

is some cheapass fried zucchini...

Trouble Coffee

From Noriega Street to Judah Street...

where we saw this beautifully painted Mandala on the side wall of Outer Sunset brunch hotspot, Outerlands...which was right around the corner from a small and notorious coffee shop

Iceskimo

After dropping off D at the newly opened Filipino School in Mira Mesa (a separate post is forthcoming), we had a bit of fun wandering the aisles of  H-Mart along with Daiso where everything is oh-so-cute-but-also-oh-so-unnecessary...

Our last stop that afternoon was at the new'ish brick and mortar location of Iceskimo, a shaved snow dessert place in the heart of the Convoy district...

You can't miss the robin's egg blue exterior. It's also in this strip mall which also houses the newly opened Kula Revolving Sushi Bar...

The First Korean Market is now gone and has been replaced by the newly relocated Dumpling Inn which shares space with its hipster counterpart, Shanghai Saloon...

More Nomadic Donuts

It was such a pretty day to be out and about...

TORC and I found parking on the other side of Nomad Donuts...

which I hope you aren't sick of seeing yet...

Return to Kettle & Stone

So, no Heart Work for our caffeine fix (well the second one for them; the first for me that morning)...

It was the return to Kettle & Stone and I noticed that the tree lines streets had light blue streamers tied everywhere...

which was a different color scheme from last February...

Belated Birthday Brunch with the Educator GF's @ The Patio on Goldfinch

The second birthday of our little group (the Educator GF's) is always mine...

The first is KD's, the third, D and the fourth is KD's. Ever the good friends that they are, they let me select the destinations today...

The original plan was to do a Trolley Food Crawl but that was thrown out the window...

Embargo Grill + The Cravory

While it was cloudy and gloomy down in Chula Vista and in central San Diego, it was sunny and verging on almost warm in Point Loma...

Lunch and dessert with Kirbie was on the agenda and it would be killing two birds with one stone. If you look above, you will see both of our destinations that day.

Holsem Coffee

A couple of weeks ago, I had to run some errands solo...

Holsem, a new coffee place had just opened up earlier that week in North Park....

Return to Half Door Brewing Co.

We made our near near Petco Park..

back to the Half Door Brewing Co.

and enjoy our breakfast on the top deck...

Return to Coffee Tea & Collective, East Village

Taking the 5 to J Street seems to be the easiest way to get to the East Village...

Finding parking along Market has been relatively easy in the mornings before it gets crowded...

We wanted to visit this place once more...and OMG, I just noticed but does that little squiggle down at the bottom look like a SPERM?

Street art in North Park

Before heading out to our next stop, Bert and I took a quick stroll along University Ave...

to check out some of the painted utility boxes which I've been obsessed with for years...

T-Pop Desserts & More

As I mentioned in the previous post, dessert was only a few steps away...

and luckily, Kirbie also had some sort of coupon deal going, so double score for that....

Donuts 'n Coffee Deja Vu Birthday Edition - Nomad & Calabria

Well now, this post is nearly ONE MONTH late.

I finally did something I never did before...

Mother's Day lunch at the newly relocated Sab e Lee

Having enjoyed Bert's heart shaped waffles for Mother's Day breakfast, we had plans for lunch after mass...

over in this community, along the eponoymously named main road where you will find the relocated Thai favorite, Sab e Lee...

in the same strip mall that houses Thuan Phat...

Siam Nara

Before I forget these neglected draft posts, here is my recap of lunch with Kirbie last month over in Manila Mesa

at a Thai place I hadn't tried yet...

which is in the same strip mall as Seafood City and Pho Ban Mai

Happy Mother's Day 2015

And now this gem from Mr. T...

"Mother, there is no other...

Like mother, so treat her right"

Gotta love his outfit and his sentiments!

TC made me this card...

which was written entirely in Filipino...

More birthday freebies from The Cupcake Store and Coffee Couture

I'm so behind (hangs head with resigned dejection). Here are some posts that I'm trying to cram in from my birthday month.

Finally, I got here early instead of at 4 pm the week before literally nothing was left...

It helps going early to beat the rush...

Return to Better Buzz Coffee kiosk

After our lunch at The Purple Mint Bistro we headed over to Fashion Valley. I had to pick up a few things but before we left...

we visited the Better Buzz Coffee kiosk...

The Purple Mint Bistro

From this...

to this..

There is now a new Vietnamese vegetarian place in Grantville, just a few doors away from Donut Panic and a Thai place...

Half Door Brewing Company

We didn't really have any set plans for breakfast places in the East Village.  We were walking around and heading near the Petco Park area when we saw this...

We remembered seeing construction on this older house last year during our morning date outings. Now, it looked like it was ready for business...

The house had been renovated as a new Irish styled brewpub...

Scenes from Noriega St. plus Noriega Produce

We return to last year's late summer road trip...

The night before was pretty fun. My former student got married and had a fabulous hipster wedding. We enjoyed a tiny bit of breakfast at Devil's Teeth Baking Company (which supplied the cupcakes at her wedding...Across the street, you can see Devil's teeth with the parklet in front.

This cool mural was for a local surf/skate shop...

Before heading over to these tiled steps in the Inner Sunset, we took a quick stroll on this particular street...

Coffee & Tea Collective, East Village

Last month Bert and I went to check out the newest location of Coffee & Tea Collective...

having been to the original location in North Park...

The new place shares space with a juice bar ("Juice Saves")...

New Barrio Logan arch sign

As you head west on Cesar Chavez Parkway off the 5, you will see this new sign,

which was recently put up last December...

Temporarily closed...Donut Panic

Our lunch destination was just a few doors away from Donut Panic...

which now has the new black signage...

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Rancho Bernardo

Earlier today Bert and I were in search of a coffee place near TC's track meet.

We weren't familiar with this area. Although yelp lists this coffee joint in Rancho Bernardo, the map said 4s...

Return to Ryan Brothers Coffee

The start of our day after dropping off the teen at her volunteering gig...

Just beyond the new Barrio Logan arch...

was our coffee destination, a revisit actually...