Scenes from Venice...LA

It was time to break out some of the potato ballz from Porto's from earlier that morning...

Despite the Martial Arts History Museum owner's warnings NOT to go to Venice Beach...

Intelligentsia Coffee

With sandwiches from House of Basturma packed away in our trusty cooler, we all headed over to Old Town Pasadena for a coffee shop that's supposed oozes hipster cool...

This has got to be one of the busiest streets in Pasadena, East Colorado. Rather than try to find parking nearby, D elected to do valet...

Post recital dinner at Bamboo Garden + Rita's again!

This past weekend, TC's dance recital went quite well and we were happy to see her perform many new Philippine dances with the other apprentice dancers.

 Her cuisine of choice was Thai so we kept it local at Bamboo Garden over in Otay Ranch...

Felix's BBQ with Soul

This past Friday Bert and I had some free time while TC was doing her dress rehearsal for her dance concert...

We'd always wondered about this place which is located right next to the Jacobs Center for Innovation on Market Street.

This whole shopping complex has given the community a new place to shop, eat, and gather...

Food gifts and more...

Last month when I met up with Kirbie at Pizza Studio, not only did we share a great lunch together,

we also exchanged birthday gifts (belated fpr her but early for me)...

It's always exciting to receive food gifts...

House of Basturma

Literally just steps away from Carmela Ice Cream was a place highly recommended by Cathy...

We weren't going to eat there though, but rather, just pick up a few sandwiches..

Snacks & Sweets & other random items...

Wasn't last week a scorcher?  Wednesday was also pretty windy, starting fires all over the county.

The wind was so strong, blowing down trees, branches, and making these palm trees bend as seen at the Jaguar dealership (that's my red car in the driveway, yo') on Convoy...

Carmela Ice Cream

With today's helllishly hot weather, I kind of wish I was back in Pasadena...

if only to have more ice cream from this place...

Carmela, which rolls off the tongue beautifully....

Fresh from our Burmese lunch at Daw Yee Myanmar Cafe, we ventured into D's "other 'hood", Pasadena...

Return to Daw Yee Myanmar Cafe

After having had our snacks at 101 Noodle Express, it was time for the "real meal"!

D requested somewhere with rice...

So soon already? Return to Blush Desserts

The day after I visited Blush with MFH, I went again the next day with Bert and TC...

I was curious to see if she had any new macaron flavors and to try a wider ranger of her offerings...

Return to Rita's

So this is what Rita's looks like in the daytime...

I was here a few weeks ago for an icy treat...