Return to Restaurant at the Pearl

While TC and her friends were waiting in line for the Matterhorn, the spinning tea cups, and Space Mountain, we  enjoyed our few hours in Little Italy as well as dinner at a restored mid-century Travelodge (or something of that ilk), revamped as the Pearl...

They play old movies and tv shows by the poolside such as old episodes of "I Dream of Jeannie"...featuring a very young Larry Hagman and the babe-a-licious Barbara Eden, who wasn't allowed by the network prudes to show her belly button in her sexy genie outfit...

The plasma tv at the bar was playing the episode (and movie) for the evening and we had fun watching snippets of each during our dinner...

Dessert Part 2 - Adore Cupcakes

[Well hello, Karma strikes - This place no longer exists. It sure didn't last long. Maybe one year or so? Plus, the owner stole one of my photos without asking permission and posted in on her fb. Well now...ain't life a bitch. Anyhow, in its place is Heartsleeves Coffee, which used to be Mad Fix Coffee]

Last November when we ate at Napizza, we saw this tiny pink awninged shop from afar. Hoping to try it out after our lunch,  we were disappointed to see the gates locked and closed. Until today...

where we were happy to see this unassuming pink arrow pointing the way to road to hell dietary destruction...

Dessert Part 1 - Little Italy Farmer's Mercato

After our lunch at Isola Pizza Bar, we wanted to take a peek at all the hubbub and hullaballoo

at the Little Italy Mercato, the farmer's market that everyone goes gaga over...

Seafood Friday: Week 3 - Shrimp Burritos

Dinner was enjoyed against the musical backdrop of The Cure's "Greatest Hits"...

complete with a straitjacketed, frightwigged and lipsticked Robert Smith caterwauling, "Why....caaaan't I be you...."....

Isola Pizza Bar

Last weekend, Bert and I enjoyed a rarity...

which was practically a whole day without TC who was gone for a field trip with her school...

A whisper to a scream...

"What...is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?"

(image from etsy.com)

"What do you mean? An African or European Swallow?"

Quotes are from the "Bridge of Death" scene in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in which almost every scene is quotable!

I could have used another "swallow" reference from "Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me", but...

Brunch at d bar

Last weekend, we took the scenic route to Hillcrest via the Gaslamp...

via Barrio Logan. We had just visited the SD Public Market and I was kind of irritated that one of the farmers who promised he'd bring rhubarb for me forgot to bring it. I'd never worked with rhubarb before and wanted to make a chutney. Oh well, next time if it's even in season...

We wanted to use a coupon I'd been holding on to...

The Incredible Cheesecake Company

Traveling east on Adams "between the Heights" (University and Normal), you will pass this bridge...

Well stop right there at the dark maroon building on the corner if you wants a sweets fix...

The Old Trolley Barn Park

Continuing on after our lunch from the bfd, we headed north up Park, passed the University Heights arch and hung a right on Adams...

At the foot of Adams and Florida street was this park we'd always wondered about...

BEE EFF DEE (bfd)

OMFG....

BTW, WTF is this supposed to mean?

Seafood Friday: Week 2 - Rubio's

This will be a quick and dirty post.

Thanks to the powers of Blogger, I'm posting yesterday's lunch today and dating it from yesterday. I know, no BFD for the tech-savvy, but it's me we're talking about, eh.