Return to Andres and Gelato Vero Caffe

TC was watching a play for extra credit for school which meant...

date night for a few hours, so off we went to Linda Vista...

Music Box Steps

Our next stop was over in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles...

Apparently, this place is becoming more and more hipster (i.e. gentrified) from what I've read and seen...

I was curious about a set of steps that played a big part in an old Laurel & Hardy movie...

Tustin Trio - Cream Pan, return to Tan Hoang Huong & Kolache Factory

This past weekend we made a short trip (which ended up being 12 hours including driving time) to LA...

Our first stop was Tustin...

But first, we had to pass the tits the decommissioned San Onofre power plant...

Mountain Hawk Park

It felt good to be able to accomplish most of what we wanted this morning...

we climbed the Secret Stairs of La Mesa, had breakfast and coffee...

and took the 125 toll road down to a park whose background we've seen many times on friends' IG and facebook posts...

Return to Clockwork Coffee Shoppe

I just noticed the word "Hair" in red right in the middle of the sign...

which reminded me of our previous breakfast stop where I almost ingested one of those, ugh...

Shirley's Kitchen

Reader Christina C. commented on my recent "Breakfast with TC at lil b's" post not too long ago...

where she recommended Shirley's Kitchen for their version of my latest obsession...

La Mesa Secret Stairs

Veterans Day was in the middle of the week and with the day off for all of us...

it was prime time to get up early...

and get some exercise  and enjoy some views...

Old Mill Cafe

A few Fridays ago Bert and I had dinner at this old school diner...

which was pretty dead the night of our visit...

Mandarin & Cucina Urbana revisit

Lunch on a whim earlier this week...

with my friends, La Ley and Mr. TJ...

Champagne French Bakery Cafe, Carmel Mountain

Our last stop of the day, after having enjoyed a trio of amazing coffee drinks from Mostra was here...

at Champage French Bakery Cafe, also in Carmel Mountain...

Mostra Coffee

Our crawl was still going strong as we traveled eastward...

past Manila Mesa and on towards the Carmel Mountain Ranch Area. For a South Bay chick like me, this is like going to the moon (just kidding).

In an industrial business complex is a coffee company I'd always wanted to visit. Today was that very fortunate day...