Popular Asada Restaurant Finally Returns to Laguna Beach
In late 2013, when we lost Scott McIntosh’s Asada Restaurant on “restaurant row” in Laguna Beach, you certainly couldn’t blame the quality of food or standard of service. With decades in the restaurant creation business, McIntosh in one of the...
Laguna Beach Music Festival Returns Feb. 10-14
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the upcoming live jazz season, Jazz Wednesdays, produced by LagunaBeachLive! As the regular jazz season gets underway, the ever-creative LagunaBeachLive.org is also teaming with a number of sponsoring festival supporters for the 14th...
Art of Juicing: A Palette of Creative Cures
With the New Year over a week old, I’m here to keep you on your New Year’s resolution track. (You wanted to get healthier and drop that holiday partying weight, right?) While there are a vast number of fresh juice shops sprouting everywhere in Laguna Beach, I have to...Live Music in Laguna Beach, 12/28 through NYE, 2015
Given that this is one of those weeks when people really don’t work as much as they had planned, I’m filling you in on live music in Laguna Beach that’s happening throughout this holiday week, from Monday, Dec. 28th, 2015, through New Year’s...NYE Dining in Laguna Beach + New Year’s Day Closures
If you’re not necessarily in the mood for a large New Year’s Eve Party in Laguna Beach as we see in the year 2016, perhaps you’d prefer a lovely NYE dinner, instead. Many of Laguna’s finest are stepping up to the plate with specialty dinners on...
Oregon’s Archer Vineyard – Fantastic Wine, Inviting Owners
Diane’s note: A few ago, when I was visiting family in Oregon’s famous Willamette Valley, I decided to make a day of it with three “VIP wine tastings” … and took my brother, Rob, along to all of them. This review covers our day’s last...
Sneak Peek on Chef Amar Santana’s Vaca Restaurant
Opening a restaurant is a lot like being pregnant with no idea when the delivery date will be. As much as you plan and schedule, the restaurant gestation period can be frustratingly delayed. In the case of Chef Amar Santana’s second restaurant – Vaca...