Return to Ranas & Pistachios

The winter break was really great because not only was I able to go out and enjoy the weather...

but it gave me the chance to try old favorites with some friends...

Farewell Mr. Pizza Guy, Taylor Negron

For those of you that know the classic 80's movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", you may remember this memorable scene...

in which stoner Jeff Spicoli (played by a young Sean Penn) orders a pizza in U.S. History class...

Aroma Thai and return to Babycakes in Imperial Beach

Several weekends ago, Bert and I were in IB. We had just dropped off TC to finish up some volunteer work with her friends so...

we headed down Coronado St. which turns into Imperial Beach Blvd. The "Art" noodle scuplpture is at the very end...

Frost Me & free eggs from Bristol Farms

After our delicious lunch at Draft Republic, Kirbie and I ventured across the street over to the UTC mall...

I hadn't been here in awhile and I was curious to try a cupcake place she recommended...

Draft Republic

Sometime during the break, I met up with Kirbie for lunch in the UTC area...

more specifically in the Costa Verde Center...

at a place that used to house the now defunct La Jolla Strip Club (as in meat, not nekkid chicks)...

Homestyle Hawaiian, Linda Vista + Lion Coffee

Continuing our vacation routine of going out to lunch with friends, TC and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Carol of CAB Cooks...

over at Homestyle Hawaiian near Kearny HS...

Caffeine fix- Return to J.E.T.S., plus 85C, Up2You, Lion, and Melt

During the break, Bert, TC and I were able to try out a lot of different places...

This post will just focus on drinks...

Ethnic market roundup

Before the end of the year, I visited a number of ethnic markets. TC was with me for some of the visit as my "accomplice".

I wanted to buy some snacks and supplies for various get togethers and gifts for the season, but mostly...

LA Roadtrip Day 2 Highlights

A beautiful morning in Burbank, birthplace of Tim Burton (and Wil Wheaton!)...

where we traversed from our "go-to" hotel to Bert's favorite breakfast place...

LA Roadtrip Day 1 Highlights

Earlier today, we headed to points North...

It was a two-part road trip in which we would visit some old and new favorites as well as a couple of museums...

Welcome 2015

New Year's Eve was a low key affair for us...

It was just three and the TV, watching the ball drop in Times Square...