• Dad’s Donut & Bakery Shop

    Top five uses for a banana: #5: Source of potassium #4: Banana phone

  • Mick’s Karma Bar

    Seems like every other post is about a burger place – but I just had to spotlight this one. I’ll try to vary things up after this, unless another stellar burger place comes up. We’ll see. Mick’s Karma Bar is located in a nondescript area between a bunch of financial buildings in Irvine. The area …

  • Half & Half Tea House

    A little back story about my quest to try the most elusive and hyped boba milk tea since boba’s introduction in California over ten years ago. I’d visited Half & Half at least four times in the past year, and left empty-handed because the place was either closed or there were simply too many people. …

  • Chocolatier Blue

    Chocolate. Universally loved, and with good reason. The perfect combination of sweet and milky, right for any occasion and time. And if you really needed justification, you could reason that chocolate is good for your heart, too. Chocolatier Blue is a Berkeley specialty chocolate store, with some very unique (and colorful) chocolates that make great …