"Animating Life - The Art and Science of Laika" at the Portland Art Museum (Spring 2018)

We didn't have to walk to far from St. Honore Boulangerie; get to the Portland Art Museum...

The familiar figures for Laika's four movies greeted us in the distance...

St. Honore Boulangerie, downtown Portland

Freshly caffeinated from our visit to Deadstock Coffee, we three trekked along the Portland streets to get to the museum...

(Bert and TC above)

I even took a sip of water from this four-bowl Benson Bubbler...

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...

Guahan Grill, Imperial Beach

[Update - CLOSED as of 2020]

Yesterday we finally checked out the newest location of Guahan Grill in the new'ish Breakwater Town Center in IB...

We'd only been to the one in Oceanside years ago...

Soups & more from Hoai Hue

A few weeks ago, we tried coming here to try their version of crab soup...and found this sign:

(photo from my "Bun rieu + bun suong at Saigon" post, Feb 2019)

Dammit!So we ended going to Saigon that night, but ended up here a few days later...

Red Hat Coffee, East Village

[Update  as of 10/19 , which was the last four lettered review; This place is now CLOSED]

Bert and I were up pretty early to head over here...
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the rapidly gentrifying East Village neighborhood in downtown San Diego...

North County Coffee Crawl Stop 4: Baba Coffee

Our last stop of the day was a few blocks from Sleeping Tiger.

In fact, we parked so far out, we passed this place by while on our way to Sleeping Tiger, ha ha...

North County Coffee Crawl Stop 3: Sleeping Tiger Coffees

We made the short drive down to Carlsbad for our third coffee stop. Around the corner from this colorful mural...

("Catnap" by Michael Summers, 2013) 

 was our next coffee stop which is housed in a winery of all places

North County Coffee Crawl Stop 2: Panels Coffee Bar and Comics (revisit)

It has been a while since we were last at Panels...

You can't beat the combination of coffee and comics...

North County Coffee Crawl - Stop 1: Steel Mill Coffee

During this holiday weekend, Bert and I made an improptu trip up north...

We were actually planning to go to Steel Mill tomorrow, but changed our minds...

Seven Seas Roasting Co., South Park

Yay, there's a new coffee shop in South Park,

which is a good thing. The other place that is there (Communal) is a bit too frou frou for me...

Valentine's Day 2019

Picked these up a few days prior...

The new ladybug and the Happy Heart crystal Pez...

Bun Rieu #4 + bun suong at Saigon, City Heights

Last night brought us to Hoai Hue which is located in that three story building in Little Saigon in City Heights...

We saw this sign (sadness),  but it made sense since it was Tet...

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Pacific Beach

The newest location of Bird Rock Coffee had opened not too long ago,

and we had a free Sunday morning....

Revisits: Rice King, Bonchon, Pop Pie Co

La Ley and I went out to lunch the other day...

I hadn't gone to this place in two damn decades...

Bun rieu #3 @ Mien Trung, Linda Vista

I can't believe it's been five and a half years since I've been here...

Earlier today, we were supposed to have breakfast at Boudin, but compulsively, I changed my mind...

The return of Suga Lips + farewell to Black Stag Cafe

Been doubling up on coffee places lately.

Our first stop was Scrimshaw...

Bun rieu #2 @ Phuong Nga 2, City Heights

After having had that bun rieu the other night from Pho Ca Dao,

I was on a mission...

Bun Rieu #1 @ Pho Ca Dao, Chula Vista

Last night was cold and rainy...

which was perfect soup weather, so Bert and I initially went to nearby Pho Ca Dao for some pho...