Philippine Expressions Bookshop + First Thursday Art Walk, downtown San Pedro

Next door to Pinta Dos..

was Philippine Expressions bookshop...

Originally based as a mailorder bookshop in Rancho Palos Verdes...

"Disruptions" exhibit at Pinta Dos Gallery, downtown San Pedro

First Thursday for San Pedro's Art Walk was in full swing...

we were here to check out an exhibit at an art gallery in the Arcade, a historic building in downtown San Pedro...

The artist was supposed to be there that evening...

Takeout from Little Hong Kong

Graffiti in a nearby alley near our car...

along with this repair shop (do people still use typewriters?)...

It had been a super long day...

Secret Scoop Thai Gelato

Only in Berkeley will you find Indigenous People's Day as a holiday on their parking meters...

I like it!

Before heading back to Thane's, I wanted us to check out a newly opened gelato place but with a twist...

the flavors here were Thai...

Summer drinks from S3 Coffee Bar

What does this drag queen inspired Disney villainess have to do with my post?

(True story...Ursula WAS inspired by Divine, a character actor who gained his start in early John Waters' films)

S3 Coffee Bar's latest summer drinks were intriguing, thus my latest visit...

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

Cal has a world class botanical garden attached to it's name...

Of all the times we've visited Berkeley, we hadn't been here before...

and TC was excited to take photos of the different plants here...

Curbside Creamery, Alley 49

Conveniently located across from Cro Cafe was an ice cream shop...

complete with "artisanal flavors" and old timey font...

Cro Cafe, Alley 49

Across the street and literally in an alley was our next stop...

I wasn't aware of how hipster this place really was until we set foot there...

My MO was just, "find another coffee spot" nearby in google maps and this place popped up...

Bowl'd BBQ - Oakland

(Back to the Spring Break road trip posts)

Fresh from our foray into the forest at Redwood Regional Park...

we headed into the Temescal neighborhood in Oakland for lunch...

Breakfast & Coffee @ Subterranean + Holsem

A few months ago we went out for breakfast...

where we parked around the corner on Gunn St., near the cafe...

Korean Bell of Friendship and Pavilion @ Angel's Gate Park & more

It only took a few minutes to get here...

at the top of the hill in Angel's Gate Park is this spectacular sight...