An edgy find at The Spare Room

After our lunch at Ono's, Astroboi and I popped over next door at this consignment shop...

I'd been there a few months ago and ended up getting a orchid cordury pair of jeans here. It looks better than it sounds. But I told him, I just wanted to "look"...

Return to Ono's Cafe

Sometime last week, I had the pleasure of having lunch with one of my very dear friends, Astroboi, who I haven't seen since the last Twilight movie and ate at Pink Noodle.

Earlier that morning, I had a few errands to run and snapped this shot (while at a stoplight) at the intersection across the street from Southwestern College.

I love when the jacarandas are in bloom...

My car smelled like something died in it, so I had gone to JNC Pinoy Food Mart to buy one of those "My Shaldan" air fresheners.

Vermont Street Bridge

Have you ever gone to the Trader Joe's in Hillcrest?

Perhaps, you've parked in the back...

and you might have noticed a bridge...

Return to the Barbecue Pit plus Father's Day dinner

As mentioned previously, Father's Day lunch was spent at the good ole Barbecue Pit in National City...

located across a place I detested in my youth, Yardage Town. As children, my mom would drag me and my siblings here to wander the fabric bolt filled aisles while she shopped for patterns to make our clothes. I haven't  been there in years but the stale "fabric-y" smell of that place still reminds me of childhood...

But back to across the street....

Deconstructed Krab wraps

I know the title of the post sounda rather boring, unimaginative, and maybe even unappetizing,

but this wanna be chirashi sushi (made with that fake Krab stuff) still came out pretty damn good...

It's so easy, you don't really need a recipe but...

Father's Day recap

This will be just a quick post.

This is how we spent Father's Day...

Lunch was Bert's choice...

Deli SA

As you head east on Clairemont Mesa Blvd, past Ranch 99, you might see this sign on your left. If you pass it, you will be near the freeway exit which means you've gone too far.

(this was taken on the way out, actually)

I was curious to pick up some of their savory pies to enjoy later...

Eclipse Brunch revisited

Another one of my almost forgotten Spring Break posts...

We finally decided to make use of Bert's "winning ticket" from Eclipse...

Crazy Burger - North Park

I'm determined to finally finish off my "hanging chad" posts from Spring Break...one of which includes this burger place in North Park...

Gifted with a groupon from KD, we headed out to give this place a try...

Return to E & Drink

Now that Zion is open, the crowds seemed to have abated at Ranch 99. It also helped that we went before the lunch hour and on a weekday...

Otherwise, I wouldn't have even attempted going here!  Right now, Zion is the "shiny new toy" and it's not even busy there yet.

Lunch was on our minds...

Return to Cream Pan

Since Tustin was on our way up, I thought it would be good to squeeze in this visit...

I wanted Cathy to try one of their specialities here and she was quite amenable to make a stop here on our way up to Pasadena...