Homemade meals during the time of Covid - March to May 2020 edition

With more folks "staying at home" due to the mandate in March and April...

a lot of home cooking, at least for me and my sister was going on...

25th Anniversary dinner at Lunada Garden Bistro, Cayucos

I am going to jump around with my posts and the timeline a bit...why? Because I can dammit.

Bert and I celebrated our 25th Anniversary this year and took a family road trip to the Central Coast.

Instead of doing sad ass takeout and eating it in our room out of styrofoam containers...

Guahan Grill, Imperial Beach

[Update - CLOSED as of 2020]

Yesterday we finally checked out the newest location of Guahan Grill in the new'ish Breakwater Town Center in IB...

We'd only been to the one in Oceanside years ago...

Summer Road Trip 2018 Day 3 - Father's Day Lunch @ Santa Monica Seafood

We were actually here earlier, waiting for the place to open at 9 am...

Unbeknownst to me, the market was only open and the restaurant would not be serving food until 11 am...

Mariscos el Pulpo, Barrio Logan

It was finally time for lunch...

after having gone to three separate coffee spots, ha ha, my seriously wired self needed some foodz....

Lunch @ Rincon Brewery, Carpinteria

There were three breweries in Carp...

During the course of our stay, we managed to do two of them...

Seafood Friday 2018 - Weeks 6 & 7: Fred Meyer deli sushi + mariscos from Nine Seas food truck

We were in Portland last week...

and had eaten meat for breakfast, but this was rectified for dinner...

Seafood Friday 2018 - Week 5: Trader Joe's Linguine with Clam Sauce + Purple Adidas!

Frozen dinner...

ready within minutes...

Seafood Friday 2018 - Week 4: Mariscos Hector's + Rubio's

Got these in the mail a few days ago...

Prince would approve of my new sneakers...

Seafood Friday 2018 - Week 3: Fuddruckers

It's the third Friday of Lent...

After all these years, I can't believe we haven't tried their version of...

Seafood Friday 2018 - Week 2: Sushi @ Tomodachi + the BEST wallet EVER!

I didn't forget...

earlier tonight we met up with a good friend of ours...

Seafood Friday 2018 - Week 1: Lunch @ Sab e Lee plus frozen stuff

After having watched "Black Panther" at AMC Fashion Valley...

Bert and I went for a late lunch over in Linda Vista...

Return to Siam Imperial + Oasis!

Last night's dinner was spent in IB...

to try, once more, Siam Imperial...

Nomad Asian Bistro

After our brief foray to the  Huntington Pier...

we headed to Long Beach to meet up with our friend for lunch...

Mitch's Seafood

Down the street is the popular Point Loma Seafoods. We didn't want to park in their lot (I believe there are fees) which is why we parked near the Dolphin Motel...

Not that much farther away than Point Loma Seafoods is Mitch's...

Easter 2017 - Seaside Buffet + new Easter Pez

Easter lunch was spent at Seaside Buffet in Mira Mesa...

chosen by my dad, we got there before they opened...

Seafood Friday 2017 - Week 7: Romesco's and Pho Hung Calli

Everyone in the department was game for Romesco's today...

I already knew what I wanted for lunch...

Seafood Fridays Week 4, 5 & 6

I ended up skipping the past two Seafood Fridays...

so I incorporated them into one post...

Happy St. Patrick's Day + Seafood Friday 2017 - Week 3: Chipotle orange salad with shrimp from Rubio's

He's at it again...

Good ole Dano, the ubiquitous sign painter extraordinaire...

Seafood Friday 2017 - Week 2: Ceviche kit from Northgate Market

Welcome to the second installment of this year's Seafood Friday. Bert was gone all week for a work training in Reno, Nevada (posts to follow!). He was coming home this evening and I opted to pick up something from Northgate Market....

(free magazine chock full of awesome recipes from Northgate Market)

so we could just eat dinner at home instead of trying to find a place on a Friday night..