Seafood Friday 2015 week 1 - Fish Fry

Lent has begun and for us that means, Seafood Friday.

This was a local church's fish fry that we wanted to try...

Return to Bean Bar

I didn't quite like (okay, I hated it) my iced coffee from the new Meshuggah Shack so I asked Bert if we could dp a return visit to Bean Bar...

which was just a few steps down the block...

Bert was keen on trying a pourover...

Kettle & Stone

After our hearty breakfast at The Huddle, we headed over to a fairly new coffee shop...

over in the tony West Lewis Shopping district of Mission Hills...

which shares space with a cute gift shop...

Valentine's Breakfast at The Huddle

Bert and I are SO OVER going out to dinner for an overhyped holiday...

Instead, we went out for breakfast in this here neighborhood...

The new Meshuggah Shack, East Village

After our dismal breakfast (well, mine at least) from Bottega Americano, we walked up Park so TC could see the murals on the hArt Lounge building...

On our way there, we saw this bright lime green shipping container serving coffee...

It was the new location of the Meshuggah Shack (the original location is on Goldfinch in Mission Hills)...

Silly Love Songs - Valentines Playlist 2015

Happy Valentine's Day....

Like last year, I put together a playlist, once again  using songs with the word "Love" in the title...

Breakfast at Bottega Americano

We all had the day off (yay for 4-day weekends!) and thought we'd go out as a family for breakfast...

It's nice having TC with us during our morning excursions. We recalled seeing this place during our trolley adventure, Bottega Americano...

and despite our not so great first impression a few weeks ago after we visited Bean Bar...decided to give this place another chance...

The mandatory stop at Cream Pan - LA Roadtrip Day 1

See the window? And it's already February...

Can you tell I'm a bit behind in my posts? Oh well, this was the storefront next to Starbucks off the Red Hill exist in Tustin...

It's our first pre-stop for Bert's coffee (and a much needed bathroom break) before we head over here...

Cream Pan is almost always our first stop whenever we make any trip up north and this trip was no exception...

Panera + St. Tropez Bistro, downtown

Our coffees at WestBean were so good, I was already thinking of when we'd come back!

We all didn't really eat breakfast yet, so we headed over to Panera to get TC's first before ours...

Next to Panera by Horton Plaza is this statue of Pete Wilson...

Denny's Diner + Pistachios 3x

A few weekends ago, I met with a former co-worker and his wife, along with MFH in their neck of the woods...

This was the view of Spring Valley while stopped in a long line at the Jamacha offramp off the 125...

My friend chose the Denny's Diner in Rancho San Diego...

WestBean Coffee Roasters, downtown

TC's volunteer gig for the morning was cancelled because on of the instructors was sick, so she came along with us for our morning date...

We made our way downtown and parked at Horton Plaza (word to the wise, DO NOT park there before 9 am like we did; you will get charged up the @$$; I'll explain later) because I thought it would be more convenient.  It turned out not to be, moneywise, but I digress...

There's a new third wave coffee place downtown, having only opened two weeks ago. It's right in front of the NBC Studios near Horton Plaza and next to the US Grant Hotel...

Like the Bean Bar, one of the owners is a Portland transplant...