Dixie Pops, Mission Hills

Recently Bert and I gave this new ice cream place a try...

There used to be a location in Little Italy but it closed...

Coffee revisits - Heartwork Coffee Bar, Genteel Coffee & James Coffee on PCH

After our breakfast at Bread & Cie, D and I made our way to Mission  Hills...

It has been quite awhile since I was last at Heartwork...

Dinner at Farmer's Bottega

Fall break has been nice...

spending time with friends...

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...

Harper's Topiary Garden

Since we were already in Mission Hills...

I saw that we were pretty close to a hidden San Diego gem...

The Brazilian Guys

My birthday was on a Friday...

and this breakfast place in Mission Hills was only open on weekdays...

Birthday Highlights 2018

I was fortunate enough to have Bert with me on my day off...

where my birthday fell upon Lucky Friday the 13th...

The Bean Counter + L'Atelier

The original plan was to have coffee in North Park or Little Italy but that was waylaid...

While on the 5, the plan became trying a new'ish coffee place in Mission Hills...

which entailed going to the Hawthorn exit...

Return to Brooklyn Girl

This past weekend, tradition reigned once more...

We met up at Mr. TJ's house for some light appetizers and Kir Royales before heading off to dinner and prom...

over in Mission Hills...

Return to Cucina Basilico & Gelato Vero Caffe + dramatic clouds

Last  night Bert and I had night out on our own...

(H St offramp to 805 N)

TC was doing volunteer service at a local Fall Festival...

and was looking forward to helping out with the game booths with her friends...

Return to Andres and Gelato Vero Caffe

TC was watching a play for extra credit for school which meant...

date night for a few hours, so off we went to Linda Vista...

Manna 3x + Mission Hills Coffee Company

Bert and I had some free time this morning...

TC was doing volunteer work so it was yet another morning date, this time in Mission Hills

Return to the Mission Hills Nursery plus the new North Park Nursery

Last weekend Bert and I did a quick visit here...

He hadn't been before and I was curious to show him the vegetables and get his opinion on what to add to our garden...

Farmer's Bottega

It's been awhile since we had a "date" afternoon...

TC was hanging out with friends so we took advantage to try out the relatively new (seven months new) Farmer's Bottega over in Mission Hills...

My god friend KD recently ate her and liked it so we wanted to give it a try...

Mission Hills Nursery

As we were driving on Fort Stockton while looking for the coffee place, we saw the Mission Hills nursery and made a mental note to visit before driving back home...

I hadn't been here in a long time, as in before TC was born...

Espresso Mio

After our excellent lunch at Supannee House of Thai, the sun actually came out of hiding...

we made our way out of cloudy Point Loma and headed to Mission Hills. There was a coffee place there I hadn't tried yet...

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...

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...

Return to Heartwork Coffee Bar

We kind of did this backwards by having our coffee after breakfast, which was pretty good over at The Patio on Goldfinch, down the street...

I thought Bert would like to try the coffee over at Heartworm, I mean Heartwork...