Boudin SF, Clairemont

In the same strip mall as 85C and Chicken Charlie's FryBQ is a place we visited recently.

That place is Boudin SF which has been long gone from UTC and most recently, the Fashion Valley mall...

Desserts round up - Eccentric International Chefs Bakery, Arely French Bakery, home bakers, Niederfrank's & Mexico Lindo Bakery

This post kind of languished since January 2018...

so her it is, a compilation of desserts posts...

Coffee x 4 - Revisits to the old Blush (now Lab), the Forum, Virtuoso & Por Vida

A few weekends ago...

we returned to the site of the former Blush...

Drinks round up - S3, Kaffee Meister, Starbucks, Influx, Pavaraga, the Forum, Bird Rock (Morena) + Cafe Virtuoso

This is one of them round up posts...

It's easier doing compilations when the mood strikes, so let's start with S3...

Tropical Star Revisit

Last night TC was enjoying homecoming...

After dropping her off, it was time to do a revisit to Tropical Star!

The Forum Coffee House

This past weekend Bert, TC and I checked out a new coffee house in Clairemont...

It was near the strip mall with the now defunct Nazca Grill.

The Forum Coffee House has a makeshift banner for now but it's  under the auto insurance place...

Fast Times at Clairemont High + a cool rummage sale find

When I first snapped this shot on the PCH near Little Italy, I was trying to get the primate mural...

I didn't realize there was an incoming plane headings towards Lindbergh field!

That was pretty close, as the plane flew overhead....

Mysterious Galaxy

A month or so ago, Bert and I were exploring Balboa Interntional Market (you MUST try their vast selection of Turkish Delight, no lie)..

and wanted to stop by one of San Diego's premier independent bookstores, Mysterious Galaxy...

San Diego Serbian Festival 2016 + the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church

Last year TC and I went to the San Diego Serbian Festival on a whim...

I liked the food so much that well, we had to come back...

Raspados La Movida + treats from 85C

I had several places in mind to go for chamangos...

but ultimately chose a place we both hadn't gone to...

Snacks from Harvest International Market

Yesterday I thought I would get some Christmas shopping done at an ethnic grocery store I hadn't yet been...Harvest International Market in Clairemont.


This used to be North Park Produce...

San Diego Serbian Festival

Located on a hill overlooking the western edge of Clairemont and Bay Park...

is the beautiful cerulean blue domed structure that is St. George Serbian Orthodox Church...

the site of that day's festivities...

Bay Park Fish Company + dessert at 85C

Yesterday we treated Bert to an early Father's Day lunch...

Today we had lunch at my parents so we moved  Bert's lunch up by one day which was fine by him. Seafood he wanted and seafood he got...

Here at Bay Park Fish Company which is right next to Siesel's Old Fashioned Meats.

Lion Coffee, Balboa

Handily, the same strip mall as Tropical Star was the Lion Coffee kiosk which opened late 2014.

I remember this being another coffee place in the past as well..

It's been awhile...return to Tropical Star

So far we've had San Diego's infamous (yet normal) June Gloom...

I was craving a fried pastelillo...TC was game for anything that afternoon.

I'd been wanting to come back here for so long so today was the day...

Dessert at 85C, shenanigans @ Zion + more pastries at Paris Baguette with Astroboi

I know you've seen trays like this umpteen times in my previous posts on 85C...

This was Astroboi's inaugural visit. He wanted to see what the hype was about...

Dessert from 85c

Between coffee from Better Buzz and dessert in the near future, we'd gone window shopping at Home Goods (D wanted to see their lamps), Ulta (I bought nailpolish for $2!) and Bookstar at the former historic Loma Theatre...

We thought we could enjoy some desserts at 85C since none of the other gals had been to the new location...

Caffeine fix- Return to J.E.T.S., plus 85C, Up2You, Lion, and Melt

During the break, Bert, TC and I were able to try out a lot of different places...

This post will just focus on drinks...

A trio of additional 85c visits...

On a few recent Sundays TC did some community service and while she was out, Bert and I went to 85C for breakfast...

Rare clouds in sunny San Diego while en route on the 5...

85C Bakery, San Diego

Last week during the break, I took TC along with me to do some errands. The first one was a trip to the Superior Court to talk to a clerk about me finishing my online traffic school class. Yes, we waited 40 minutes to have a less than one minute interaction with the clerk. It was quite fun indeed.  To sweeten the deal, I promised TC that we would stop by the newly opened 85C Bakery...

Here is a shot while at the red light...

Look for this sign....