Takeout from Little Hong Kong

Graffiti in a nearby alley near our car...

along with this repair shop (do people still use typewriters?)...

It had been a super long day...

Traveling on the 4 and return to Catahoula Coffee, Richmond, Albany and El Cerrito

Our gps had us take the 4 all the way to the Bay...

About to cross the bridge near the Middle River in Stockton...

EurAsia

After our foray to Solano Ave, we headed back to Thane's house to relax a bit before dinner...

Eurasia was the place we originally meant to eat first but I thought it was closed.  Well, it wasn't, so dinner it would be for tonight..

Return to Pegasus Books and Andronico's

We had been snacking all day...first dim sum, then drinks at three different places and Chinese snacks...

To kill some time as well as walk off our calories, we headed over to the Solano shopping district in nearby north Berkeley..

Our first stop was a bookstore that TC and I really liked during our last visit...

Pacific East Mall - Hong Kong Snack House, Candy Box & Sheng Kee Bakery

After our drinks trifecta from Asha Tea House, Guerilla Cafe and Philz...

we headed over to nearby Richmond to an all Asian shopping complex......

We were curious to check out several shops and eateries...

Andy's Donut Stop

With Bert's fresh hot coffee in hand, we made our way to a local donut place that has been here for at least 40+ years...

Although I like to bag on that four lettered site, I admit I do use it to look up places and then read the reviews with a grain of salt. This was one of those "finds"...

Catahoula Coffee Company

After our lunch at The Red Onion, we ventured north on San Pablo to check out a coffee place I'd looked up...

It turns out that the Catahoula Coffee Company is named after a Louisiana dog breed...

The Catahoula is also known as a "leopard dog"!  Hmmm, you learn something new everyday!

Bert wanted to get a cup before we headed over to a local donut joint...

Bay Area Roadtrip - Day 1 Highlights

On the I-80 near the University Ave bike bridge...

on our way to visit Thane and his family in the Bay Area. Here are just a few highlight from our first day...