Gem Coffee, City Heights

[Retroactive post - written on 6/28/20]

Yesterday Bert and I were out and about...

This new coffee shop was our last stop in a long morning of exploring...

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...

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...

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...

Welcome 2019

We woke up in time to watch the Tournament of Roses parade - shown here was the "surprise" from the Trader Joe's float...

cute figurines revolving in a music box...

Food crawl - Marleez Koffee, Nhu Y, Mi Quang Mien Trung

Last weekend was spent with Bert and some friends for a food crawl...

My friend had specifically requested one since it had been about three years since we last went out...

Glow mural in Manzanita Canyon & the Ocean Discovery Institute

We reparked the car so we could be closer to the pathway...

From up on the hill at the Manzanita Gathering Place, there was a steep walkway down...

Glow & Alex Banach art installation at Manzanita Gathering Place

After our visit to the new City Heights Coffee House...

I asked Bert if we could find a mural in a canyon...

City Heights Coffee House revisits

This past fall, Bert and I made a quick stop here...

but sadly, the shop was not yet open...

Mural for SAY (Social Advocates for Youth), City Heights

During Fall Break we noticed something ne

This mural is located in an alley...

Brings Me Peace mural, City Heights

I was out and about one weekend and saw the multicolored hand...

I ended up making a U-turn somewhere....

Revamped murals in Glow's Art Alley

Sometime over the Fall Break, I did a revisit to an art alley...

which was in Azalea Park in City Heights...

Tumbleweed Coffee

A few weeks ago, I had the day off...

and while out doing errands, stopped at a relatively new coffee cart in City Heights...

Return to Nhu Y

Not even a few weeks later...

we were back, this time with TC...

Mi Quang Mien Trung (formerly Da Nang)

TC was out with friends this evening.

It's been bittersweet for her since many are moving out of San Diego to attend their respective universities...

Nhu Y

Bert and I had a free day to decompress after TC's birthday event...

it's hard to believe that she is now 18...

Drinks round up...

Recent drinks enjoyed...

from various coffee shops around San Diego...

The new City Heights Coffee House

I thought it would nice to spend some time with TC today.

She is on vacation as well and since she didn't have any morning plans...

Saigon & The Dojo Cafe revisits

It's great being on summer break...

I get to catch up with friends I normally don't see...

Mother's Day 2018 - Return to Que Huong & MNGO

We took our photos in our nice clothes for Mother's Day.

But now it was back to jeans and a nice shirt so we could be comfortable...