More than 1 year later...

Hello folks...if any of you are still out there reading blogs instead of doing Instagram or some other micro platform.

I am back...It has been more than one year since my last blog post which was dated June 18th, 2019....

Our 24th Anniversary - Dinner at the Bali Hai (plan B)

[Retroactive post - Actually  written on 6/27/20]

It was our 24th Wedding Anniversary...

Our original plan was to have dinner at Supannee House of Thai near Shelter Island...

Red Hat Coffee, East Village

[Update  as of 10/19 , which was the last four lettered review; This place is now CLOSED]

Bert and I were up pretty early to head over here...
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the rapidly gentrifying East Village neighborhood in downtown San Diego...

Bird Rock Coffee Roasters, Pacific Beach

The newest location of Bird Rock Coffee had opened not too long ago,

and we had a free Sunday morning....

The return of Suga Lips + farewell to Black Stag Cafe

Been doubling up on coffee places lately.

Our first stop was Scrimshaw...

S3, Rudfords & Embargo Grill revisits

Some of these pix are from a few months ago...

which got put on the back burner and are now just being churned out, heh heh...

Hinotez with Astroboi & TC

On the last Friday of my vacation...

I met up with my childhood friend, the always so fun Astroboi...

Stop 2: Lofty Coffee, Little Italy in the $#%# rain!

Lofty Coffee was just up the street ,

and while en route, started to sprinkle ever so slightly...

KD's Birthday Crawl - Stop 1: Parakeet Cafe, Little Italy

Yesterday was yet another fun outing with the Educator GF's...

This time, it was for our dear friend KD's birthday. First stop was at the very new Parakeet Cafe in Little Italy....

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...

Revisits - Bread & Cie

During the winter break, Bert and I were able to enjoy our mornings out...

one such recent morning involved a trip to Hillcrest...

Holiday Drinks compilation (Fall + Winter)

This post is a little late, but here it is...a compedium of holiday drinks including fall & winter.

Let's start off with this...

from Communal Coffee in South Park...

Barrio Dogg

Late last month TC took us, her good ol' parents on a tour of SDSU. It was cool seeing her "routine" (where she parks, where her classes are and where she hangs out). State has changed so much since I was last there as a student...

afterwards, she took us here to Barrio Dogg, one of her favorite spots to go with her friends...

Modern Times Cafe revisits

Last month Bert and I were out and about...

and made a stop at Modern Times Cafe...

Paradise Hills Night Market 2018 recap

We were fortunate enough to park at a friend's driveway for the Paradise Hills Night Market this year...

This was our view walking down Keen St. to get to Dusk drive...

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...

Fall/Specialty Drinks at Cafe Virtuoso, Moniker, Holsem & Black Stag

Fall is almost over with winter on the way,

with the new season are new drinks at some of the coffee joints that I frequent...