we had a hard time finding hollingshead deli the first time around, driving up and down main street in orange/santa ana, cursing the giant star on the mapquest printout making it impossible to tell where exactly this hole in a wall was situated. finally we pulled into a probable strip mall plaza and in the most hidden corner, we found it. reminding me of my native germany, filled with snacks of my childhood and lotsnlots of beer.
served in half liter mugs we had a full sail slipnot imperial ipa and a drake's double ipa. one was $4.50 and one was $5. both were very potent at 3 pm on a wednesday. lots of people were eating sandwiches with their beers so we filed that away mentally for future reference.
a week later we were back and had that sandwich. we had a double ham salad sandwich for $9 (we then had to drive to downtown santa ana to get some tortas to supplement our 'snack'). next time we'll just go for the beer. this time we had the lagunitas brown shugga and lagunitas maximus ipa at $4.50 a piece. both were delicious.
after stopping for a torta we went to the opening day of h&m at the irvine spectrum. the place was very crowded and men were dancing while shopping which was a little funny and a little disturbing. i remember going to my first h&m in new york in 2000 and i bought a bunch of cool shirts. since then you can get cool shirts just about anywhere, so it has lost some of its appeal. however for me a big part of going to h&m are the bargains. i got a pair of leather pants in london which i have never worn and some sweaters in frankfurt which i cannot wear because i'm allergic to the material (but they were so cute!). so i'll be stopping at the nearby 3(!) locations periodically, just to check things out. the madonna line 'm' was/is awful.
also awful is the proenza schouler line at target. i really liked/loved the behnaz line so i'm surprised by this new ill-fitting mess. a lot of it is horrible 80s clothes that i had back then and swore i'd never wear again. so no tshirts with rolled-up sleeves, buttoned miniskirts, and cardigans.
back to beer, it is time to make reservations for the pizzaport real ale festival june 1st and 2nd in carlsbad, ca. it is not to be missed. nothing beats 'sampling' great beers and causing trouble down on the beach!
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