Nomad Donuts

As San Diegans experienced this Wednesday, it was wet and miserable from the storm and if you had to take the freeways, it totally sucked.  This coming from me, the person with the five minute commute. I know, wah wah wah, right. But man, it was a white knuckle drive for me until I got to surface streets.

(the random store on the corner of 30th and University is going out of business!)

I had the day off to attend several appointments and from the 805 all the way up the 94, it was a damn nightmare with traffic crawling along. Out of frustration, I got off on the 94 instead of going up to the El Cajon Blvd exit. I thought to take the "long way" up 30th to get where I wanted to go....

85C Bakery, San Diego

Last week during the break, I took TC along with me to do some errands. The first one was a trip to the Superior Court to talk to a clerk about me finishing my online traffic school class. Yes, we waited 40 minutes to have a less than one minute interaction with the clerk. It was quite fun indeed.  To sweeten the deal, I promised TC that we would stop by the newly opened 85C Bakery...

Here is a shot while at the red light...

Look for this sign....

Return to TJ Oyster Bar (3rd location)

During Black Friday weekend,  we had a craving for tacos and since Bert hadn't been here yet...

it was a good excuse for a revisit...

Bart, a sorpresa, more yarnbombs at BGCB, and baklava cake from Donut Panic

[Update - Broke Girls Coffee Bar closed May 2015 and is now Backyard Cafe]

From City Farmers Nursery, we drove up the hill and turned on Fairmont Ave...

before taking the "scenic" route through El Cajon Blvd. to get to Normal Heights to our favorite bookstore...

Sunflower Coffee Company

It was time for some cold drinks...

containing caffeine...Of course, diligent readers already know (or have a 50/50 chance of guessing) what I ordered because I'm predictable like that...

Bunny Kitty, Christmas display windows,yarn bombs, pastries at Rebecca's and Stop Target poster...

Originally we were going to take our Christmas photo near the Bunny Kitty mural in South Park....

It was a good thing we didn't since there was some sort of yard sale going on...

City Farmers Nursery

In early September,  the Educator GF's and I celebrated TORC and D's birthday at Nate's Garden Grill. We also took a peek at the adjacent City Farmers Nursery...

It was a pretty hot summer if you recall...

Our anti-Black Friday - Return to Nate's Garden Grill

Shopping on Black Friday has never really been our thing. Instead of heading off to the mall with the rest of the angry hordes, we put up our Christmas tree and once it was up, headed off to lunch...

over in City Heights, right off Home Ave from the 805...

As you can see, not a cloud in the sky...

Return to Grant's Marketplace

Last weekend, we headed over to South Park to take our family Christmas photo in the parking lot of abandoned laundromat on 30th and Redwood.  Why there? They have awesome street art murals and I wanted something entirely different from last year as well...

We did "photo shoot" first, then it was off to breakfast in the same neighborhood...

South Cali Steak Burger Bar

A few days ago TC and I were down in south CV which gave us an opportunity to finally go here...

The South Cali Steak Burger Bar on the southwest corner of Third and Montgomery. Back in the odle days, this used to be a mariscos place for the longest time...

Thanksgiving 2014

It was so nice getting this card in the mail earlier this week...

I have such a thoughtful hairstylist who is "old school" in that she loves to send cards for all of the major holidays. I like that and who doesn't love getting something nice in the mail?

This year, Thanksgiving was once again spent at my parents' house...