Saturday Stuffs: Goodbye Playa Azul, Hello Yakyudori Ramen & Yakitori, and a Balboa and Clairemont Drive Taco Truck update

Playa Azul Closes:


Sometimes when I take my sweet ‘ol time on posts, it backfires. After a visit to Playa Azul during the Autumn, I just kinda waited around…… A few weeks back, I decided to do one more visit, and finally a post, and this is what greeted me:


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Even the mural had been removed:


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Sad……


Anyway here are some photos from our visit.


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Yakyudori Ramen and Yakitori coming to Convoy:


Word of this has been spreading quickly. You know, I’ve never done a post on Yakyudori…. well, because my photos have never come out. This is the former site of BBQ Express Teriyaki, and before that Extreme Pita.


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The sign says grand opening will be… Monday, February 1st!!! Wow, that’s fast.


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 4898 Convoy Street, San Diego, CA 92111……. 


(Yet another) Taco Truck on the corner of Balboa and Clairemont Drive:


Two weeks ago I mentioned that the Mariscos German truck was back on the corner of Balboa and Clairemont Drive.  Well, this past week, I noticed another truck in it’s place:


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Sheesh, what is this…… taco truck roulette. Hopefully, I’ll be able to check it out before it vanishes…..


Not about food:


One of my favorite FOYs(Friends of Yoso) is “Canine Cologne”, whose blog Pink Candles at Ridgemont High is fun, delicious (in the virtual kinda way), and also somewhat nostalgic. One of my favorite series of posts that CC does is called ABC Music Videos, where Ms Cologne (he-he-he) posts music videos every week based on letters of the alphabet. I’ve kidded CC that one day I’d do a “homage” of sorts to her ABC videos….. and I think I found what I needed…. so without further ado:


A is for Akebono:







Yes, these are actually commercials for the series “Glee” in Japan. And in case you don’t know who Akebono is you can find more info here. Funny thing, I actually saw Akebono, when he was Chad Rowan playing basketball for Hawaii Pacific University!!!


Anyway, for some reason the commercials made me smile….. Hey, it coulda been KennyG ok!!!!


Have a great weekend!