Sunday Stuffs - Flour Atelier, YikoYiko, and K-Food & Meat Coming to Kearny Mesa. The Bum Statue and Does Okeanos "Move You"?

Here are a couple of "coming soon" places I've seen while doing errands in Kearny Mesa:

Flour Atelier Coming to Hawthorne Crossings:

Aka, the Mitsuwa Marketplace Mall. Saw this when I went to pick some stuffs up recently.

Not sure why this caught my eye....probably the "Atelier" in the name.

Looks like this will be a specialty bakery.

4240 Kearny Mesa Rd.
San Diego, CA 92111

YikoYiko Coming to Mercury Village Shopping Center:

On a recent takeout visit to Sizzling Pot King, I noticed a sign for something called "YikoYiko" in Mercury Village Shopping Center (aka mall with the "Sign of Doom"), next to Chaba Thai.

Not quite sure what this is going to be....but it sure looks like a slice of cake or perhaps cheese?

Stay tuned!

8008 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92111

K-Food & Meat Replacing Dduriba:

I saw this earlier today when driving to Nijiya to do some shopping.

Dduriba lasted for quite a while....I'm guessing this is a small market/deli kind of thing?

4425 Convoy St.
San Diego, CA 92111

And from the "not about food files...."

Statue of Bum the Dog:

You know me and random "stuffs", right? I think things have escalated during these Covid times, though folks have called me a "Cesspool of Useless Information" for a good many years. A couple of months back, before our last trip, the Missus wanted takeout from Sovereign Thai. I had forgotten that there was a Padres game on that evening and the only parking I could find was way over on Island, near Fourth Avenue.

Well, at least it gave me a chance to check out a statue I'd been wanting to see. In the courtyard of Davis-Horton House, is the statue of Bum the Dog, who was a stow-away on a ship that arrived in San Diego in 1886. Bum became the unofficial mascot of San Diego with his exploits documented by James Edward Friend who documented many of Bum's exploits.

You'll notice that part of Bum's right leg is missing. During one of his explorations he was hit by a train which severed part of his leg.

This link has Bum's story. I'm posting this right now, because there's a "Edinburgh link" to it. Look for it in an upcoming post!

Getting to the Bottom of Okeanos:

**** Warning, you may not want to read this if you are eating...or even thinking about eating right now.

An acquaintance asked me where my office was located and I mentioned the area. His response was; "oh, are you located by the turd?" The turd?

And then I remembered this post by CC (hoping we get some new posts soon CC!). I decided to perform my "doo" diligence and find out where this was. And lo' and behold, it was a couple of miles from our offices, so  I decided to "drop" by on my way home. And yes, there on the corner of John Jay Hopkins Drive and General Atomic Court was the sculpture that was supposed to resemble:

"a rippling curve that seems to spew out of the earth and curl up like a wave"

You be the judge.

It was commissioned in 1987 by Scripps Green Hospital for $200k from artist William Tucker. It was then completed and put into place in front of Scripps Green. Apparently, after years of ridicule and earning the nickname the "Scripps Turd", Scripps paid another $40k to have it, ahem..."moved" to location "number two". Where it was dumped stands in "relief" today. And if you want to "grab a stool" and check it out; its on the corner of John Jay Hopkins Drive and General Atomic Court.

Where you can also find this sign....

More fun reading if you feel like it.

Sorry for all the "cheeky" humor and "Dad Jokes", but after all, it's Father's Day, right?

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Dad's out there!

Comments

[Junichi]

Thanks for the laugh! Google search of YikoYiko only turned up a restaurant in Peru. I doubt there's any connection.

[Kirk]

Glad you got a laugh out of the post Junichi! I did a Google search on YikoYiko as well and didn't find anything either.

[Sandy]

I think these types of mmm-yoso posts are my favorite (the restaurant comings and goings, not necessarily the cesspool of useless info). Thanks for the update, and I'll add that I still haven't seen any indication of when the Mira Mesa Golden Chopsticks will open.

[Kirk]

Thanks Sandy! I'm wondering what the delay is with Golden Chopsticks opening? I know a lot of folks are waiting anxiously.

[roman]

Yiko Yiko is giving me Japanese cheesecake vibes.

[Kirk]

I think you're right Roman! Thanks for commenting!

[Som Tommy]

Speaking of Japanese Markets. I just went to Marukai for the first time since the virus and saw it has changed? What happened

[Kirk]

You know ST...I thought I'd done a post on the changes at Marukai. But I guess not.

[Lynnea Fleming]

Kirk! XD you're killing me! wow, scripps actually paid real money for such a statue? I've never seen it and I can't say i want to, but I have seen the statue of Bum! Went to the Davi-Horton house a couple weeks ago when my mom was in town visiting. Bum's story is so heartwarming. My mom just loved reading about him.

[Kirk]

I just couldn't help myself Lynnea! ;o) Did you see the statue of Bum in Edinburgh? I made sure to find it when we were there.

[Lynnea Fleming]

We may have seen the statue? it was so, so long ago though and i've forgotten most of what we saw ^-^ which is why i'm enjoying your photos so much!! <3

[Kirk]

I really got a kick out of seeing that in Edinburgh Lynnea!