Fosselman’s Ice Cream

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Soo
Brick stacks upon brick
Buildings hold their mysteries
This one holds ice cream.
Bricks.

Bricks.

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Pure Burger 2641 Gateway Rd, Carlsbad, CA 92009

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Maggie Addleman

While quietly anticipating my dinner at Pure Burger, in comparison, I recognized just how few ‘other’ restaurants cater to people with food, dietary restrictions or the menu challenged sounds a bit better to me. I’m one of those people and it’s hard going out and winding your way around each menu and narrowing down the items you may eat. So when I find a restaurant like Pure Burger, I get really excited about the fact that if I want to, I may eat literally anything on their menu! Quite a breath of fresh air for me!

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Bison burger and chicken burger.

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Thomas Square 925 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96814

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Maggie Addleman

Pulling up to the curb alongside Thomas Square I knew we arrived in an historic part of town. After taking up most the afternoon at the Museum across the street, I just had to take a walk through this park.

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Somewhere along the way the importance of this landmark has faded through memories and time. The park sign has graffiti on it, the grass has seen better days and the restrooms are dark, unclean and scary for a girl to go in by herself.

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Still I persisted in my stroll throughout the park and I’m glad I did. The centerpiece is the beautiful, lovely fountain, perfectly surrounded by celestial Banyan trees. Homeless can be viewed in various states of undress, wakefulness and sleep. They don’t seem to notice anyone beside them selves.

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If the Banyan trees could only talk, they would tell you what happened so long ago to make this place an historical landmark.

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The trees draw the abandoned, forgotten and homeless near to her center. An abundance of peace and love emanate from the tree’s  beautiful, magical center causing water cascading down, marking the entrance to another place in time. Nobody else seems to notice this place of deep significance. The trees care for and sing their special song, only to those who will listen. I’ll save this story for another time.

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On July 26, 1843 Admiral Richard Darton Thomas sailed into Honolulu harbor with the intention to end the occupation by  Lord George Paulet. On July 31, 1843 he handed the islands back to King Kamehameha III, who said, “The sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”,  in a speech during a ceremony to mark his restoration. This became the state motto of Hawaii, incorporated into the Seal of Hawaii. Kamehameha III named the place where the ceremony was held in downtown Honolulu, Thomas Square in his honor. In 1925 it was made into a park managed by the City and County of Honolulu. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places, on April 25, 1972. It is state historic site, 80-14-9990. Wikipedia

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Florent, San Diego

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Soo

I leave you with photographs, pictures of trickery
Stains on the carpet and stains on the scenery
Songs about happiness murmured in dreams
When we both of us knew how the ending would be
The Cure – Disintegration 

Braised short rib taco

Braised short rib taco $2

 

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Coronado Cupcakery

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Soo

Mixer spins on high
Batter rises at 375 degrees
Frosting shines in sun.

Cute storefront

Cute storefront

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Candy Pro’s (Yelp Event) 2626 Southport Way, National City, CA 91950

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Maggie Addleman

Going into the Candy Pro warehouse it seems like everyone instantly gets transformed into that excited little girl or little boy from childhood, remembering the first time you went into a candy store. Such a mixture of hope, wonder, imagination and feeling invincible.

Somebody ate my candy! Wonder who it was? ;>)

Somebody ate my candy! Wonder who it was? ;>)

The dancing Jelly Belly persona really did a wonderful job of dancing around, greeting everyone with high fives, posing for pictures and jamming to the music! My inner Jelly Belly danced right alongside, well in my head anyway!

My favorite part of the event is getting to know the Candy Pro family just a little bit more from the informative speech. Warms my heart to see the love, unity and pride that obviously goes into the Candy Pro family.

While standing in line waiting eagerly for Brad and Sandra to do their finishing touch’s on this exciting event, I chatted a bit with new yelp friends and met more really nice yelp people along the way. It was obvious while asking questions and chatting a bit with the generous Taquizas Jose’ owner how much pride he takes in his food. I sampled the spicy beans, rice, chicken and carne asada taco’s with special avocado sauce, cheese, onions and cilantro. Oh so wonderfully tender, juicy they melt in my mouth. Summoning up my courage, I took the  ‘bean boozled’ challenge by spinning the card. Thankfully I got the buttered pop corn flavor, yum! Glad I did not get the centipede or pencil shaving jelly belly! While tasting the delicious watermelon cocktail, I spied the candy table had vodka gummy bears that just melted in your mouth, delicious!

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My glass was filled with chocolate malt balls, jelly belly packets, fresh marshmallows, red licorice and blue taffy.

The inside tour of the Candy Pro warehouse exceeded my expectations! So many different varieties of candy, protein bars and party/candy containers. Exciting to see ‘long lost’ candy you just don’t find anywhere else! During the tour the group got asked different questions and whomever answered correctly got a t-shirt! Woohoo! And last but not least, each yelp person received a glass yelp cup that we could fill up with candy, (so cool!) and a jelly belly gift bag with an assortment of (yes you guessed it) more candy! Think I’m gonna be on a sugar high until all my candy gets eaten!

Candy Pro’s will be on my list of places to go for any type of celebration! Oh darn Halloween is getting closer, I must go back and get more candy!

 

 

 

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