Special occasion meals + baking fun during Covid-19 April - June 2020

I know I already posted this...

but here it is again...since it fits in with the "special occasion" theme...

My Birthday in "quarantine" - April 2020

This pretty much sums it up for me...

(Happy Birthday from Mr. Chow!)

The year 2020 really threw everyone for a loop...

LASA LA

[Retroactive post - 6/26/20, heh heh]

We made it to our hotel in Burbank to unpack and freshen up....

LA's Chinatown looked so close on the map, but traffic was going to make this "fun"...

Birthday Highlights - I'm now 25 x 2

Well now...

I remember when my parents hit the half century mark...

Pre-Birthday Highlights

I know it's been a while since I blogged but we were in the midst of a remodel.

Through the magic of backdating (this is really 5/16 folks...), I will be posting highlights from my milestone birthday last month...

(passing by the deactivated San Onofre nuclear power plant, but I just call it the "tits")

in which Bert, myself and TC took a Friday off to spend a 3-day weekend in the OC and LA...

Birthday breakfast with MFH @ Little Lion Cafe

Although MFH's birthday was early September...

we were able to mutually meet up this weekend...

D's Belated Birthday Crawl: Stop #7 - Pamela's Kitchen Table

Our last stop would be lunch. Us gals gotta eat, right?

We were actually going to leave Little Italy and play it by ear for lunch...

D's Belated Birthday Crawl: Stops 4, 5 & 6 - Little Italy Farmer's Market, the new Little Italy Food Hall & Blick

It was nice walking around earlier before the crowds...

as we made our way back to the main drag...

D's Belated Birthday Crawl Stop 1: Return to Herb & Eatery

Although D's birthday was in early August...

we were only recently able to do her birthday crawl earlier today...

Bert's Birthday Dinner @ Tribute

Instead of seafood, which Bert usually wants on a special occasion,

he wanted Pizza...

Coffee Stops for Bert's Birthday Crawl - HOB Coffee + Mostra!

Since we were up in this area...

we took the scenic neighborhood route from The French Oven...

Bert's Birthday Crawl - The French Oven, Scripps Ranch

Today is Bert's birthday (we are 148 days apart; I've always taken his word for that too, ha ha),

and as has been our custom over the past few years...what better way to start a birthday weekend than to head out early for a crawl...

Astroboi's Birthday Crawl - Trimmed hedges + coffee stop #1 @ Modern Times Cafe

It was a belated birthday crawl for my good friend Astroboi..

we hit up our first photo stop this fanciful topiary garden...

Random birthday freebie odds and ends

After my birthday lunch at Himalayan Curry & Grill...

I made use of my birthday offer...

Brothers Family Restaurant + Heavenly Donuts revisit

Yesterday we made our way out here again...

Bert and TC hadn't tried breakfast here yet...

UTC + La Colombe Coffee Roasters + Sprinkles, lunch @ The Purple Mint & The Cupcake Store

Both of us hadn't been to UTC in years...

There is all kinds of new construction going on. I didn't realize the mall was undergoing a major overhaul...

Birthday crawl with Astroboi - Return to Sunshine Pancake House + The Lazy Hummingbird (El Cajon Blvd location)

I had been looking forward to my birthday date with Astroboi for weeks...

This past weekend took us to the outer edges of La Mesa...

Birthday crawl with MFH : Cafe 21 on Adams + Holy Matcha

Last weekend, I had the pleasure of meeting up with my dear friend MFH...

I hadn't seen her since her birthday last fall and now that it was spring...

Birthday lunch at Himalayan Curry & Grill

There was an interlude after James Coffee on Pacific Highway...

where we ended up going to Fashion Valley...

James Coffee, Pacific Highway

We took the surface streets from Harper's Topiary Garden in Mission Hills...

to get to a part of San Diego known as Middletown...