Amy and I go back to our first year of teaching 2nd grade together.  Through the years our lives and families have ever so randomly laced themselves together, creating such a fun friendship.  After 3 girls, Amy is having her 1st boy so I threw her a shower.  Boy did things get lively and fun!

I pretty much ate myself under the table with truffles, goat cheese, and key lime cupcakes, not to mention the above.

These were a subtle homage to Amy and my 2nd grade team.  We made these as an art project about 8 years ago.

Embarrassingly enough, I am that person that thought it was a good idea to decorate for a baby shower with a picture of Hitler, Mario and Tom Sellik.  Awkward, I know.  But can you name the fa”moustaches” through history?

Those pages in the tree are for a little book for Amy and her little man.

I’m so thankful for Amy and the impact she has had on my life!  Wishing her the best with her new “little man!”

Just having a craving all to myself!

I’m starting to think that I might not really like Mexican food or perhaps all my tastebuds are dying so I crave savory food.  We started at Jimmy Carter’s for our Bite San Diego Tour in Hillcrest.  What a great date!  Quesadillas, tostados, and calamares tacos.  We walked about 15 blocks, hitting up 6 restaurants; learned a little history of Hillcrest and made some new friends in the process.

Local Habit What pizza can be complete without caramelized onion deliciousness?!  Will and I have had multiple conversations revolving around breweries and their ridiculous ability to have AMAZING food!  I swore I would be back for the Gouda Mac and Cheese.

Empirehouse  was once two little houses that have come together to delight us with food we love with a fun twist, not to mention the owners are fabulous.  It will see a reunion tour from us sometime soon.  The BBQ Bacon Burger casters with the red-miso sauce were so savory.

Brazen BBQ  OH my goodness!  I have not been so happy to have brisket and pulled pork in such a long time.  The owner wasn’t kidding when he talked about ribbons of flavor.  There is no surprise that they have won national BBQ competitions.  Watch out Texas!

Kona Coffee Shop  had a huge variety of delicious sounding coffees, but since I don’t do coffee, not to mention, I have enough perky without the coffee, I opted for a hazelnut steamer with whip.

Will was skeptical of the  Lotus Cafe…you know it being organic, vegan and vegetarian.  It was the trifecta of everything Will has no interest in food-wise.  Those are all swear words by his standards.    What a pleasant surprise.  We enjoyed carrot smoothies, hummus with pita bread and chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting.  We agreed each was delightful, even if the carrot smooth tasted suspiciously like pumpkin pie.

Doesn’t it seem that we have gone a little breakfast crazy at our house?  We can’t help it I guess.  Let’s be honest, pancakes are way more fun to eat when they take the shape of something awesome!

So can you guess what I bought that I don’t need?  I’ve actually been getting better about frivolous purchases, but I strayed this particular day.  I’m not worried though because my kids think I’m the bees knees now.  And yes, I noticed the toastier parts.  I just wasn’t fast enough out of the gate to spoon the batter into all those little leg and tail parts.  Next time, I resolve to do better.  I bought a convenient little squeeze bottle.  I think we’re golden!  Haha…get it?!…oh…I know Will may have his Star Wars pancakes, but now I have monkey waffles.  You know you want to do breakfast at our house!