New year. New home. New traditions.

Living on our own for the first time in over 10 years has been a source of ever-growing happiness for me and my son. Even though our move was in the same county, it was a new city, and that provided fertile ground for us to explore. We started going to new restaurants—tasty new eateries—some even awesome. I never realized how much of a rut we had been in. Same old food, from the same old places. Don’t get me wrong, I cook—just not all the time.

So here we are, in an awesome location—San Diego. Add an awesome time—our new start—and it made all kinds of sense to create a tradition of dining at a new place every week. Awesome.

We made only three rules:

1.     The restaurant had to be new to both of us;

2.     It couldn’t have a drive-through; and

3.     The person who chooses the place has to pay.

We are ready to try new things, make new memories, and hopefully find some new favorite places. Let’s eat!