As seen in Little Italy

After seeing those poor cats get chased down by children from hell, we left the Cat Cafe to headover to Little Italy...

Using our trusty passes. You tap your prepaid card on the sensor thing before boarding. We found that it helps to do it way ahead of time instead of right before you board.

This was at the stop near the Convention Center.

We would be Little Italy bound...

Sadie Rose flat bread

We recently discovered this flat bread during our Sunday grocery excursions...

This was the 3-pack flatbread from Sadie Rose, a local bakery in San Diego...

Trolley Adventure 2015 and the disappointment that was the Cafe Cafe

On MLK we had our first trolley adventure of the year...

We took off from the H St. station.

I lost my trolley card from two years ago, so I had to pay $2 for a new card, then $5 for the all day pass, which is still a pretty good bargain...

Bean Bar

Earlier this morning, Bert and I went out on a "morning date"...

TC had her weekend volunteer gig so off we went to downtown's East Village...

to check out a new "craft coffee" bar near the Central Library, whose dome you can see in these photos...

SF Roadtrip Day 3 - Starting the day off right at Devil's Teeth Baking Company

After last night's wedding festivities, we still managed to wake up early to head over to Devil's Teeth, a local bakery on Noriega Street, located in the Outer Sunset...

Although it was Beignet Sunday, we opted not to get one...

We had our sights set on a few other treats for that morning..

Day 3 - SLO Donut Company

Returning to our Summer Road trip, not to be confused with the SF Road Trip (which posts I am still trying to finish)....

It was time to say goodbye to Cayucos and the cute little place we stayed....


We would miss their beautiful garden just steps away from the beach and having our dinners out in the patio. As we took photos, we met another family also on vacation (they were from Madera, CA). Everyone we met during our stay was so kind and nice and we are hoping to make another stop here in the future...

Everything was packed and ready. Southward we would go...

Another Bunny Kitty mural @ the Animal House Pet Shop building

After my cold brew at the new hipster Heartwork Coffee Bar, I headed over to North Park to go thrift store shopping, passing by the Olympic Cafe on the corner of Texas and University...

I've always wondered about this little corner strip mall. Apparently they serve Vietnamese coffee at Golden Donut, which is a regular donut shop, not those craft donut joints, so a future visit may be in order....

A few blocks west of this corner, I saw a familiar street art icon and made a hard left into a seedy alley to see it up close...

MFS's wedding highlights from last summer

MFS's wedding from last summer was certainly one of the highpoints of the year...

It was a great opportunity for us as a family to go on a road trip and also celebrate the wedding of my former student...

Heartwork Coffee Bar

Last weekend, I was out and about on my own. TC had her volunteering gig while Bert had other errands.

This solo outing took me to the neighborhood of Mission Hills...

(photo from my post, "Meshuggah Shack", May 2014)

where I wanted to check out a new hipster coffee bar...

Sultan Baklava is back, Gaslamp Quarter

Last weekend, I met up with Kirbie for lunch...

We were both curious and excited to try the newly opened Sultan Baklava,

after having dined at their previous location in El Cajon in the past. Parking is convenient at nearby Horton Plaza and just a short walk to Sultan which took the place of the old Sammy's Woodfired Pizza...

Lofty Coffee Co.

Right on the N. Coast Hwy, just a few blocks away from the infamous Surfing Madonna mosaic was this rather newish live/work complex...

which houses the Lofty Coffee Co. on the bottom floor...

I hadn't had any coffee yet that day and wanted to try this place out in our quest to try many of San Diego's coffee joints...