Trolley stops + SDSU

[The return of the Trolley Adventure posts from MLK 2015]

After our having drinks and a (horrid) pastry (it was vegan that's why) from James Coffee...we thought we would walk to the next trolley stop instead of going all the way back to the Little Italy stop.

We walked on Kettner for awhile and passed by some really sketchy places...

It's one thing to drive by it in the safety of your car and another to actually walk it...

Romesco's once again...

At the stroke of 12 noon, we found ourselves here...

hungry for lunch at what is probably one of the nicer restaurants in the Bonita area...

Places that are now closed plus dinner & a movie! Little Star Pizza & "Episode IV: A New Hope"

As we left Oakland and headed towards Berkeley,

we could see Sather Tower in the distance...

Rasputin Music

Not too far from Amoeba Records was yet another record store...

that Bert and I were eager to show TC.

A trio of bakeries - Moreliana, Mexico Lindo and Paris Baguette

This is a compendium of bakeries visited over the past month...

starting off with Moreliana Pan,  my favorite panaderia in all of San Diego...

Amoeba Records, Berkeley

Now we were in Berkeley after having experienced hipsterdom in Oakland.

The afternoon was still "young" and there were two established vinyl pillars of the community to still visit.  We parked near this brightly painted bathroom which happened to be at the historic People's Park.

More on this later...

As we walked down the street, I noticed this mural in an empty lot. Apparently, it gets painted over a lot.

Our first stop was just down the street on the corner of Telegraph and Haste, Amoeba Records...

Farmer's Bottega

It's been awhile since we had a "date" afternoon...

TC was hanging out with friends so we took advantage to try out the relatively new (seven months new) Farmer's Bottega over in Mission Hills...

My god friend KD recently ate her and liked it so we wanted to give it a try...

The Hog's Apothecary

Like unknowing fools, we actually reparked when we could have just easily walked here...

The Hog's Apothecary was just one block away from Homeroom...

Imperial Beach Farmer's Market plus Monday Night Traffic

Earlier today...

I jammed the hell out of work (first day back) to make it here...

in laid back IB...

DK Che

After seeing this place since late last summer...

TC and I finally went to check out the no-longer-new fruiteria on Palm Ave...

Sub Rosa Coffee

Diagonally across from 1-2-3-4-Go! Records is this building...

which houses a guitar and bike shop as well as a tiny coffee place...