Past Events

Bite San Diego: The Boulevard - Tiger Tiger house-made sausage

Bite San Diego - The Boulevard

05/15/2014 - 6:50pm

I've heard of the Bite San Diego walking tours before and was finally able to check one out last week. The El Cajon Boulevard tour we signed up for is a new tour held on Wednesday during dinner...

Taste of Hillcrest 2014 - D Bar

Taste of Hillcrest 2014 recap

05/06/2014 - 1:39pm

Only a week after stuffing ourselves at College Area Taste, we were back for more at Taste of Hillcrest! This year’s Taste of Hillcrest was on April 19th 2014 between noon and 4. Dennis and I came...

College Area Taste 2014 - Living Room Coffeehouse

College Area Taste 2014 recap

04/16/2014 - 7:21pm

I got lucky and won a pair of tickets to College Area Taste from the SD food blog This Tasty Life. We also bumped into Mary herself (and Jake) at the ticket pickup and joined their posse for a few...

Ramen Yokocho 2014 - Tsujita Tokyo ramen bowl #2

Ramen Yokocho Fest 2014 recap

04/05/2014 - 2:24pm

I saw a friend post a facebook link about Ramen Yokocho Fest 2014 and I immediately knew Dennis would want to go! He is, after all, the ramen expert of our household! Not to mention, we'd also get...

Escondido Chocolate Festival 2014 - Coco Savvy Chocolate collection

Escondido Chocolate Festival 2014 Recap

02/19/2014 - 9:02am

We attended the Escondido Chocolate Festival 2014, also known as "For the Love of Chocolate". This was the first time we had ever heard of this event so we were definitely excited to check it out...

Hillcrest Taste N Tinis - Snooze

Hillcrest Taste N' Tinis 2013 Recap

12/27/2013 - 11:22pm

If you're a foodie like us and prefer mixed drinks over beer, then Hillcrest's Taste 'N Tinis is for you! Pick up a ticket, walk, eat, drink, then take the free trolley to hit the other side of...

Tequila Trail 2013 - Barra Barra Saloon

Spirits of Mexico Tequila Trail 2013 Review Part 2 of 2

09/22/2013 - 4:09pm

And the Tequila Trail continues from part 1!

Inside the Cosmopolitan Hotel bar area, they were serving El Jimador, which actually did well in the competition in previous...

Tequila Trail 2013 - Cafe Coyote margaritas

Spirits of Mexico Tequila Trail 2013 Review Part 1 of 2

09/22/2013 - 12:26pm

The Spirits of Mexico Festival is in its 10th year of production with this being the 3rd year of participation for San Diego. We attended the Tequila Trail 2012 last year and had a blast! Some...

Spirits of Mexico Tequila Trail Muerto tequila

Spirits of Mexico 2012 Tequila Trail Part 2 of 2

09/16/2012 - 11:23am

Continuing on with the Tequila Trail... (see part 1 here)

Barra Barra Saloon was the first place we hit that provided mini water bottles and I was so thirsty by this point! After a little '...

Tequila Trail Cafe Coyote carnitas tacos

Spirits of Mexico 2012 Tequila Trail Part 1 of 2

09/12/2012 - 10:55pm

Welcome to Tequila Trail 2012, the kickoff of a week-long celebration of the "Spirits of Mexico" as well as a fundraiser for the Old Town Chamber of Commerce. Apparently, no other town in the US...

Taste of Hillcrest 2012 - Tractor Room pheasant sausage

Taste of Hillcrest 2012 Recap

04/26/2012 - 10:25pm

Our first visit to Taste of Hillcrest! We got there about 15 minutes before the start of the event but took a little more time than expected to find parking.

NOTE: carpool with your friends...

Taste of North Park 2011 - West Coast Tavern bread pudding

Taste of North Park 2011 Part 2/2

10/15/2011 - 12:45pm

Taste of North Park 2011 continued from part 1...

Veg N' Out - This slider was different than the vegetarian patties you find at the grocery store, and the onions were...