by Diane | Aug 4, 2020 | Best Activities
On Friday, August 14 at 5 p.m., Laguna Beach Books is pleased to present the latest virtual event in its new Signature Event Series. Enjoy a literary evening with author T. Jefferson Parker as he speaks about his new book, Then She Vanished. He will be in conversation...
by Diane | Jul 30, 2020 | Best Restaurants
I was so busy last week that I can’t even think of a metaphor to describe it. The weekend prior, I had invited four of my COVID-quarantined neighbors (meaning they’re being as cautious as I am) to my roomy patio table for a Thursday night dinner. As I tore...
by Diane | Jul 23, 2020 | Best Restaurants
One of my followers the other day commented that I was “focusing on too much meat,” and by golly, I can fix that! As it turns out, I haven’t pieced together a vegetarian-styled column since the end of April, when I mentioned many of my favorite...
by Diane | Jul 16, 2020 | Best Restaurants
With new closure orders issued this week for most California counties (including Orange), our Laguna Beach restaurateurs are “watchful.” “It’s great that we still have outdoor dining available to us, but I feel like I’m waiting for the...
by Diane | Jul 13, 2020 | Best Restaurants
Just when you thought you could get started on that diet after all your comfort food eating, Burger Week rolls around. (So, yes I’d recommend you put that diet off just one more week.) From Sunday, July 12th through this Saturday, restaurants throughout L.A. and...
by Diane | Jul 2, 2020 | Best Restaurants
On Wednesday this week, Governor Newsom announced that dine-in options would close in 19 counties, including Orange County, for the next three weeks. Outdoor dining and take-out can still continue. Minutes after the announcement, Laguna Beach restaurateurs and chefs...
by Diane | Jun 30, 2020 | Best Restaurants
Typically on the 4th of July in Laguna Beach, many of our dine-in restaurants close. Our 4th of July crowds tend to flock to Heisler Park and Main Beach, hunkering down for the day and rarely even sending one designated “food buyer” out of the fray to pick...
by Diane | Jun 26, 2020 | OC & LA Chef Interviews
Fourteen years ago, I decided I’d make a hobby out of covering all the “best of Laguna Beach.” Initially, it was just a few lonely blogs that – just as the movie Julie & Julie reported – seemed to only attract my Mom’s attention and...
by Diane | Jun 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
From StuNewsLaguna.com, Fri, June 19th: Governor Gavin Newsom and state health officials issued a statewide mandate yesterday that requires all Californians to wear face coverings in high-risk settings, including common and public indoor spaces and outdoors when...
by Diane | Jun 19, 2020 | Best Restaurants, Uncategorized
On Wednesday afternoon, a new patio restaurant was born in the heart of downtown. Aptly named Yard Bar, this patio is more of a little brother to the Lumberyard restaurant on Forest. A concept dreamed up by the ever-innovative Restaurateurs Cary and Suzanne Redfearn,...
by Diane | Jun 18, 2020 | Best Activities
Clearly, the above photo will NOT be happening at the Sawdust Art Festival this year. But they DO have a different solution! While the Festival of Arts, Pageant of the Masters and Art-A-Fair all cancelled their summer seasons this year, the Sawdust leadership worked...
by Diane | Jun 12, 2020 | Best Restaurants
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than seeing a talented restaurateur choose Laguna Beach. In Sapphire, Cellar. Craft. Cook’s case, Restaurateur Russ Bendel has stacked the deck with additional talent that plays at a very big culinary level. For daily...
