Third time's a charm - Mother's Day dessert @ Blush

I'd been wanting to come back here again...

Bert and TC were happy to indulge my whims yesterday since it was Mother's Day, but even if it wasn't, they wouldn't have minded coming here again...

Mother's Day Lunch @ Que Huong 2014

Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful mom...

(circa 1961 at the Teacher's Ball, Zaragoza, San Vicente, Philippines)

My mother graduated from the University of Santo Tomas (a Catholic university which predates Harvard) in three years and at age nineteen, was the youngest school teacher in her province...

Donut Panic

Earlier this morning, I made the drive up to Grantville, that neighborhood near the Kaiser Permanente Zion Hospital...

Located in the stripmall with the (crappy) Soup Plantation that's stuck in a 70's time warp...

is the newest incarnation of what used to be Sunshine Donuts...

Happy Hour @ Cafe 21, Adams

Earlier this evening, we thought we would give Cafe 21 on Adams another try...

I really liked their Happy Hour at the Gaslamp and we wanted to go to the original location especially since the tapas are $1 less than the Gaslamp's...

Nijiya and Sage Cake with Kirbie

During last weekend's meetup with Kirbie we agreed to meet over at Nijiya Market...

It had been awhile since I'd been here and I was pleasantly surprised to see three large tables at the front of the store...

Walking along the Embarcadero and heading towards Pier 39

The last time we were at Pier 39 was nearly 10 years ago...

TC was but a wee tyke back then...and we've avoided that tourist trap ever since. However, it WAS on our daughter's list of "to visit" places so off we went by foot to enjoy the bayfront and trek over to tourist hell...

85C Bakery @ Chino Hills

I thought we would try going to a certain 24 hour donut shop in Glendora, just a half hour drive away...

The 210 was a horrendously jam packed freeway in some part...

Unfortunately, I should have checked ahead because...

The Ferry Building - Boccalone Salumeria, Miette Patisserie, & Blue Bottle Coffee

When Thane used to live within walking distance, we would visit the Ferry Market Building quite often...

Going in the morning when all the shops and eateries are just opening up is quite nice since there are no crowds and you can go about your business without bumping into anyone...

Day 3 - Bay Area Road Trip: Heading into SF

One of the best pieces of advice we got was, "Stay in the carpool lane"...

Getting out of El Cerrito onto the I-80 was a breeze....

EurAsia

After our foray to Solano Ave, we headed back to Thane's house to relax a bit before dinner...

Eurasia was the place we originally meant to eat first but I thought it was closed.  Well, it wasn't, so dinner it would be for tonight..

Trio - The Pie Whole, Pressed Juicery & Cool Haus

Right next to Intelligentsia Coffee was this trio of shops:

We actually didn't go in through the front, but through the back of Intelligentsia which connects...