Spring Break Trip 2017 - Day 7 Highlights

This was the building we saw peeking behind our hotel's courtyard...

Today happened to be as, what the teens would call it, "Windy af" (yes, click on those letters to be enlightened)...

Spring Break Trip 2017 Day 6 Highlights

As we left SF amidst rush hour traffic, we took note of the two new buildings going up downtown...

We noticed them on our way in a few days ago....

Spring Break Trip 2017 - Day 5 Highlights

Our vacation days cannot begin unless...

we have coffee...

Spring Break Trip 2017 - Day 4 Highlights

Back in the Sunset District again...

The street car lines, telephone poles and vibrantly painted homes make us feel at home...

Spring Break Trip 2017 - Day 3 Highlights

Thank goodness we have a Fast Pass transponder and used the carpool lane...

Shaving off fifteen to twenty minutes of wait time to get onto the Bay Bridge was pretty damn nice...

Spring Break Trip 2017 - Day 2 Highlights

Near Thane's home was a local coffee shop...

(that's an espresso con panna, my new favorite drink)

where Bert and I enjoyed our first caffeine of the day...

Spring Break Trip 2017 - Day 1 Highlights

In the wee morning hours...

we headed out in the darkness up to the Bay Area...

Coffee Revisits - Hawthorn, Duet, Virtuoso, Por Vida and Moniker

Sometimes I look on IG to see what new drinks are being concocted at local coffee shops...

This visit brought Bert and I back to Hawthorn on Adams...

Pasadena day trip but first, THH

Last weekend, we were finally able to use these...

which were a gift from my friend Caren, co-owner of the Velveteria in L.A....

Japanese Revisits - Tomodachi, Gunco Ramen and Bento Sushi

Here's another compilation post...

This time focusing on our "go-to" Japanese haunts in the South Bay...

The Nest on Third

In January I noticed a new coffee place had opened in downtown Chula Vista...

It's on the west side of Third Avenue before you hit Davidson Street.

and next to a streetwear store...