Walking around in Montreal...

On the (crappy) freeways in Montreal...Slush Puppies are the Canadian equivalent to Icees or Slurpee and are the most popular ice slush "in the world" according to their company website.

TC thought their mascot was amusing...

I will never complain about the roads in San Diego again! The freeways in Montreal are atrocious! Worse traffic than LA (during rush hour), millions of pot holes, etc...

Luckily, our drive to get to downtown Montreal didn't take long and before we knew it, we were there scoping for parking...

Canada 2012 - Day 8 - Breakfast buffet @ Aloft, Montreal

Having spent our first and only night at the Aloft Hotel, we were ready for a big day to explore Montreal again...

but this time in the daylight. We had an idea of what we wanted to eat that day which included some iconic Montreal fare, but first...

Return to Homestyle Hawaiian

After having gone here a few weeks ago, we thought it would be a fine time to return...

to Homestyle Hawaiian. With me were my friends and lunch partners, La Ley, Mr. TJ as well as MFH (the newly retired)....

We snagged a corner table and when I looke dup, I saw these specials and a taped on review, which upon closer inspection...

Canadian Maple Syrup Pie

This weekend I was in a pie baking mood...

It was finally time to open up the hallowed can of maple syrup that I got as a gift last year...

Uno mas vez...Return to El Charco

[Closed as of late last year! Bummer!]

TC and I liked El Charco so much that we went AGAIN the next day...

This time, with Bert!  One more person means more choices too!

Return to Neveria Tocumbo, Chula Vista

Located just up the street from El Charco is a Mexican ice cream place that used to be Baskin Robbins back in the day.

Unfortunately, it's in a nearly deserted and depressing looking strip mall. The restaurant behind it used to be "Jimmy's" and even that is shut down.  Only a few businesses remain including the animal hospital, which made for some fun "dog watching" as we enjoyed our icy treats...

El Charco

[Update - Closed as of late 2013!]

Yesterday TC and I were running errands and were pondering where to go for lunch...

Fred's on the Southeast corner of Palomar and 3rd used to be a Sonic. Although we were curious since we hadn't been to Fred's yet, I remembered a place literally across the street that La Ley recommended...

Sidewalk talk @ Caffe Calabria

There's this store that's on the Northeast corner of 30th and University...they have a lot of wierd random stuff  in their windows...

Anyone want a mini Nativity set, an African head bust or a toy gorilla? They also have those ubiquitous California bear shirts  (another variation is Cali Love).

"The Good the Bad and the Sexy" - New Works by Billy Martinez @ the San Diego Art Dept

Remember this?

The mural looks pretty good in the late day...The faux shadows really make this pop as well!

Our next destination was just up Ray Street...

Return to Yog-Art

Now it was still quite "early" in the evening, perhaps around 6:45 or 7 pm'ish...TC wanted frozen yogurt and remembered that place we went to earlier this year...

For homebodies like us, it was kind of nice being out on a Friday night. I think we should make it a regular thing!

I had designs on another place for my dessert, but this stop was strictly for TC and Bert...

Sicilian Thing 3x

Earlier today, we paid a visit to one of our favorite pizza places...

It was a "I don't want to cook tonight" Friday, so off we went to Hipsterville North Park...