Murals at Pekin Cafe

[As of March 10, 2019, Pekin Cafe is now closed]


The original post was in the works last year but I am updating it with these newer images of this street art tribute...

to Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor (links to the NAACP and change.org petitions are listed at the end of this post)

The Waffle Spot

Does this sign look familiar?

It's on the south side of the 8 in Mission Valley near Hotel Circle..

John Marshall High School

The morning was still young. We were planning to take our Christmas photos on a particular painted flight of steps in a different neighborhood. For now, we were still in Los Feliz, having had some really great pastries from Twenty40...

A few minutes away was one of the most filmed high schools ever...

Candy from Philly - Goldenberg Peanut Chews

My good friend KD and her daughter recently visited this iconic American city...The City of Brother Love...

home to movie character, Rocky Balboa...

where she and her daughter walked up the famous steps leading up to this statue...

Old Mill Cafe

A few Fridays ago Bert and I had dinner at this old school diner...

which was pretty dead the night of our visit...

Perry's Cafe

The other day we went to Onami buffet in Mission Valley for my mom's birthday lunch. As we crossed the 5 off ramp to the 8, I saw Perry's Cafe below. It's one of those restaurants I've always looked at but never gone to...

The sloped roof and the old school look inside made me curious. The restaurant's kitchen had burned down several years ago but it was rebuilt and came back stronger than ever it seemed...

Pekin Cafe (aka Chop Suey)

It's back to regular blogging and although I have to start work this Friday (of all days, dammit), I'm going to do my best to crank out the posts like the Duggar woman does kids.

Earlier today, in North Park...

a few steps away from this beer billboard at the southwest corner of 30th and University Ave...

Rudford's plus drinks from Coffee, Tea & Collective

I've been enjoying the break so far. TC and I have gone to a lot of places, both old and new...

(The North Park Water Tower near Howard & Idaho St.)

In this case, we went with "old", as in celebrating their 65th Anniversary...

We've passed by it so many times while driving on the Boulevard...

It still works! The return of our record player...

When I got home yesterday, I was greeted by the sight of this relic...

But oh, what a welcome relic it was...