TORC's Birthday Crawl: Stops 5 & 6 - Pop Pie (revisit) + Stella Jean's Ice Cream

Our last two stops for TORC's bday crawl was here...

over in University Heights...

Mutual Friend Ice Cream

Earlier last month we visited a new ice cream place,

which is located right next to Dark Horse Coffee in Golden Hill...

Food crawl - Marleez Koffee, Nhu Y, Mi Quang Mien Trung

Last weekend was spent with Bert and some friends for a food crawl...

My friend had specifically requested one since it had been about three years since we last went out...

Glow mural in Manzanita Canyon & the Ocean Discovery Institute

We reparked the car so we could be closer to the pathway...

From up on the hill at the Manzanita Gathering Place, there was a steep walkway down...

Glow & Alex Banach art installation at Manzanita Gathering Place

After our visit to the new City Heights Coffee House...

I asked Bert if we could find a mural in a canyon...

City Heights Coffee House revisits

This past fall, Bert and I made a quick stop here...

but sadly, the shop was not yet open...

Fall/Specialty Drinks at Cafe Virtuoso, Moniker, Holsem & Black Stag

Fall is almost over with winter on the way,

with the new season are new drinks at some of the coffee joints that I frequent...

TORC's Birthday Crawl: Stop 3 - Return to Jaunt Coffee Roasters

I liked this place so much last time...

I came back but this time with the gal pals...

Return to Sarap Filipino Kitchen: Stop 2 of TORC's Birthday Crawl

Our second stop that morning was here...

at the new'ish Sarap over by the Pyramid on Miramar Road...

TORC's Birthday Crawl - Stop 1: Copa Vida, Sorrento Valley

A few weeks ago the Educator GF's and I were out on a belated birthday crawl,

this time to celebrate TORC...

Elijah's revisit + Scrimshaw

Bert and I had a free morning...

and I had a coupon in my wallet for this place...