Well, so far the first couple of weeks of the New Year has been quite hectic....not only work, but sadly, Frankie had a seizure on New Year's Day. He's doing fine now, eating, drinking, pooping....going on walks. He's been blind for a while and has dementia, but hanging in there. We've set-up sort of a "senior living" area for him, with an indoor/outdoor rug, several beds, indoor dog gates, and one of those indoor wifi cams with pet motioned detector, and such. He's doing as well as possible considering the circumstances.
And like I said, we take a couple of walks during each day and I'm surprised that there are places within two blocks of home that I had never discovered before.
And then of course; there's been the weather! From the mid-40's around New Year to record breaking highs in the 80's this past week.
Our eating definitely reflects that.
We started with our usual takeout from Menya, during the first week of January with temps dipping into the high 40's and low 50's; adding in a "ahem" snack for me, some Negipon; which the Missus also enjoyed.
I've gone thru "my drill" with the stay at home kit before; so I won't beat that dead horse. I will say that I used the leftover noodles to make a nice Japanese curry noodles for one of my lunches.
Menya Ultra Ramen
8199 Clairemont Mesa Blvd
San Diego, CA 92111
858-571-2010
Current Hours:
Mon - Thurs 1030am - 2pm, 4pm - 8pm
Fri - Sun 1030am - 8pm
And then this past week happened....man, I don't recall having the mercury hit the mid-80's where we live in January. So the Missus was wanted Her "fix" from HFS.
I had to work a couple of hours during the weekend anyway and then headed off at around 935, getting to HFS right before 10.....and there were already 3 parties ahead of me in line!
Regardless, things went quite quickly. I hadn't been here since winter hit.....now HFS has two registers and things go a bit faster.
The Missus got Her fix....though one of these days I'll go through "the drill"....as the Missus has Her poke "done" a certain way.
In my opinion, still the closest I can get to "home". Though "FOY" ChrisR, who is from Hilo told me things can be slim pickins' around closing time at HFS......which makes sense; we wouldn't go to our poke places near closing as all you going get is da leftova's….
Anyway, we're hoping you're hanging in there. My true hope is that we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
The Market At HFS
6491 Weathers Place
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 282-0591
Current Hours:
Daily 10am - 4pm
Take care and be safe!
aw Frankie...glad he is doing better...stay safe you guys!
Posted by: kat | Sunday, 17 January 2021 at 09:46 PM
Be well Frankie.
Posted by: Soo | Monday, 18 January 2021 at 08:19 AM
Glad that Frankie is doing better. We usually get the miso ramen kit, but I should insist on getting the tonkotsu next time. The ramen hit the spot when we had colder weather a couple of weeks ago. Poke sounds really good now.
Posted by: Sandy | Monday, 18 January 2021 at 09:36 AM
We're going from summer heat to rain this week. Back to soup weather.
Posted by: Junichi | Monday, 18 January 2021 at 03:37 PM
He's doing much better Kat! Thanks so much!
Frankie thanks you Soo!
That poke sure was good Sandy! Frankie thanks you for the well wishes.
And I'm looking forward to that Junichi!
Posted by: KIrk | Monday, 18 January 2021 at 03:41 PM
Will have to get those poke some day!
Have you visited Tsujita Ramen in LA area before? Any thoughts compared to Menya? A local desert cafe is doing a pre-order pop-up food from a few places in LA and wondering if it would be worth ordering :)
Posted by: Si O | Thursday, 21 January 2021 at 11:49 AM
Check out HFS Si; it's pretty good. I think Tsujita is quite good Si. hey actually owned Tatsuki for the short period it was opened in the Gaslamp.
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 21 January 2021 at 03:01 PM
Hang in there Frankie! Glad he has you and the missus who love him so much to help him lead a long and happy life!
Posted by: Lynnea | Saturday, 23 January 2021 at 03:26 PM
Thanks Lynnea! Hope all is well.
Posted by: Kirk | Sunday, 24 January 2021 at 08:50 AM
Oh no I'm just seeing this post but I'm so relieved to read in the comments that Frankie is doing better. I hope that continues to be the case. The seizure must have been scary I'm sure (for him and for you and the Missus). But clearly you've made him as comfy as possible and I'm sure he knows how much he is well loved and taken care of. Not much more to ask for when one is such a senior doggie. Wishing you well, Frankie!
Posted by: dancing | Saturday, 20 February 2021 at 06:17 PM
Thanks Dancing! We've created Frankie his own little "Senior living" spot and have a camera to check on him. All padded so he can't hurt himself.
Posted by: Kirk | Sunday, 21 February 2021 at 03:31 PM