Oliver Coffea, Hillcrest

On our way to the car...

my sis and I stopped by the coffee shop at the bottom of these towers...

My birthday morning - Cream Pan in Tustin + Hopper & Burr coffee in DTSA + Mexican fruit cup from vendor

Bert's bro was kind enough to let us stay in his pad overnight. TC and her cousin were able to catch up while we were crashed out...

My birthday morning was started at one of my favorite bakeries...

St. Honore Boulangerie, downtown Portland

Freshly caffeinated from our visit to Deadstock Coffee, we three trekked along the Portland streets to get to the museum...

(Bert and TC above)

I even took a sip of water from this four-bowl Benson Bubbler...

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...

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...

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!

The French Oven revisit

After lunch at Tambayan, D and I headed up north...

we would have coffee but first, the French Oven...

Desserts round up - Eccentric International Chefs Bakery, Arely French Bakery, home bakers, Niederfrank's & Mexico Lindo Bakery

This post kind of languished since January 2018...

so her it is, a compilation of desserts posts...

D's Belated Birthday Crawl Stop 1: Return to Herb & Eatery

Although D's birthday was in early August...

we were only recently able to do her birthday crawl earlier today...

Bert's Birthday Crawl - The French Oven, Scripps Ranch

Today is Bert's birthday (we are 148 days apart; I've always taken his word for that too, ha ha),

and as has been our custom over the past few years...what better way to start a birthday weekend than to head out early for a crawl...

Return to Petite Madeline and Panels Comic Book Coffee Bar

It was really nice driving along the coast. No traffic!

And no crowds (yet)...and easy to find parking on the streets...

Summer Road Trip 2018 Day 2 - Coffee & pastries from Intelligentsia, Venice + random street art

It was a short walk from the canals to Intelligentsia...

One thing about going early is that it's more peaceful out and there are no crowd...

Summer Road Trip 2018 - Starting off at Cream Pan, THH, a vintage Taco Bell & a stop at Neat Coffee

We can never have a road trip up north without stopping here...

It's pretty much required...

Wayfarer Bread & Pastry

Yesterday we made the rare trip up to La Jolla...

more specifically the Bird Rock area...

Sabor a Ti Caffe

Although Sabor a Ti has been here for almost a year...

we hadn't been until earlier today.

Portland Day 3 - Red Fox Vintage + Grand Central Bakery in Woodstock

Just up the street from Cloud City Ice Cream...

is another of of Portland's many thrift stores...

Portland Day 2 - Ken's Artisan Bakery

Literally a stone's throw away from Sterling Coffee Roasters

was a bakery we had bypassed six years ago...

Patisserie Melanie

After our drinks from refill, we made our way back to this building...

This photo was actually taken as we were walking TO refill...

Blue Lagoon Coffee

[Update - Blue Lagoon is now gone and has been replaced by Dark Horse Coffee as of August 2018]

Yesterday, I took the day off to spend some time with my parents...

Before meeting up with them, I made the short journey to a new coffee shop in La Mesa...

Meeting Thane for lunch @ The Slanted Door + Frog Hollow Farms @ The Ferry Building

Walking in the hot sun isn't fun I tell you...

but it wasn't that big of a deal especially since we would be seeing our good friend, Thane...