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...

Foodcrawl with Cathy - Stops 5, 6, 7 & 8 - Star Dust Donuts, DK-Che, Gloria's Bakery & Gonzalez Panaderia

Continuing the food crawl with Cathy...

we hit the jackpot when we saw Star Dust open!

New Year's Eve Breakfast with friends & Dinner at home

Fresh from hosting our holiday party last Friday,

We hosted one more event with friends...

Welcome 2018

It's here...

2017 has come and gone...

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...

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...

Valentine's 2017

The windows of Beef 'n Bun change with the holidays thanks to Dano!

(photo courtesy of cathy of mmm-yoso, 2.14.17)

Next month, there should be some shamrocks and a leprechaun (a good one, not an evil one)...

But first, Valentine's Day..

"Holiday" drinks roundup - Starbucks, Dark Horse, Imperial Grounds + bathroom decor

It's that time of the year when coffee places offer drinks that evoke that "holiday" feeling...

I was kind of glad because I strongly disliked all of the pumpkin flavored items that were out there for public consumption. Out with the fall drinks and in with the winter...

Thanksgiving 2016

One of these days, I'll actually make a turkey...

(stuffing, jicama pineapple slaw, cranberry sauce, sauteed corn with bacon, gravy, baked mussels and pancit palabok)

but until then...my parents' version is just so much better than mine ever could be...

The changing of the Pez - November 2016

October has come and gone...

So long to these characters!

It was time to take these down and choose the next batch for November...

(unceremoniously dumped on my kitchen table)

And yes those are pasta storage containers and old Belgian chocolate tins that I use for my Pez...

Valentine's drink specials x 2: Hawthorn & James Coffee

It was a holiday weekend which  meant...

(image from this BlackBaroque, an Etsy seller)

time for caffeine and what better places to try a few Valentine's coffee specials...

Valentine's Highlights 2016

After having breakfast and coffee earlier today, I crashed when we got home...

and woke up to this...

Feliz Ano + Rosca de Reyes

Earlier this morning I was out during errands...

and thought I'd drop by La Concha bakery...

Fire! More holiday art and yay, I finally made it - Finnish pannukakku

Earlier this morning before heading on the 805 North from H Street, I saw a thick black plume of smoke in the distance...

You don't see it anymore in the photo above since it was taken about an hour and a half later...

Christmas 2015

Christmas it is...

Merry it shall be...hmmmm?

You know it's the holidays when you see these paintings....

This is actually a throwback photo from four years ago...

but nothing shows that the holidays are here in San Diego until you see store windows painted (usually by the prolific Dano)...

"Luke, I am your Fahjah"....

Recently this was on TV and for some reason, I thought it appropriate to include for today's Father's Day post...

Out of all the Austin Powers movies, the third one, "Goldmember" is my least favorite but I can't help but laugh when he says, "I don't speak freaky deaky Dutch!"

Happy Father's Day to my husband Bert and to any readers that are fathers...whoever you are since most of my (known) readers are chicks who don't have kids...

Green Pez for St. Patrick's Day

No corned beef and cabbage this year since TC is eschewing red meat.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I swapped out my cute red and pink hearts and Hello Kitty Pez for dispensers that had green in them...

The changing of the Pez...

It's finally February which means...

the random PEZ arranged by TC on our TV shelf switches over to the next themed holiday dispensers...

Last day of 2014 - breakfast plus dinner and a new dessert

Earlier this morning....

like waaaaay fkg earlier (5:30 am)....I had the kitchen set up for today's breakfast with some very good friends. Yeah, I'm pretty anal and set things out with labels a night or two ahead of time. Actual breakfast wouldn't be until a few hours later but I had to time things right with time to spare because that's how I roll...