New Hearties in Laguna Beach – All Organic, Plus Gluten-Free & Vegan
It’s the Food Network’s fault. The new Hearties restaurant in Laguna Beach (next to Thalia Surf Shop) wouldn’t have been a possibility to Owner Sonny Mehta if he hadn’t started watching the Food Network. A happy Toronto hotel owner and manager, Sonny admits he became...Drum at the Full Moon with Monthly Drum Circle in Laguna Beach
In Laguna Beach, we’re entirely too sophisticated to bark at the full moon, but we will DRUM at it . . . in a massive, talented drum circle that is, thanks to our eclectic organizers at LaVida Laguna. A mainstay in this town for more than eight years, the Full Moon...On Sale March 20th, Outstanding in the Field Comes to Laguna Beach
I’m writing this with sincere trepidation. This event is so awesome and glorious that I’m afraid all you readers out there will actually get tickets before I’m able to elbow my way in. (Sigh.) It’s so awesome and glorious, though, that I am simply compelled to tell...
Blue Water Music Festival is March 29th & 30th
It’s been 10 years since the Blue Water Music Festival began at the Festival of Arts grounds. It’s only grown since then, still remaining a 2-day event, but pulling in larger crowds, larger names in the business, and finally moving to three stages at the...Pageant of the Masters Tix Just $17 Through St. Patty’s Day
The only show of its kind in the world, the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters has a pot of gold waiting for you at the end of this short-lived rainbow. Now, through Monday (March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day), get your tickets for the 2014 Pageant of the...
Saving Seals and Sea Lions Another Day in the Office for Kirsten Sedlick at PMMC
If it hadn’t been for her knee injury, she wouldn’t have discovered the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (PMMC) in Laguna Canyon. Kirsten Sedlick began as a PMMC volunteer and now, 18 years later, she is a PMMC Supervisor with an extraordinarily unique life experience...
Broadway Restaurant’s Chef Amar Debuts Ingenious Spring Menu
In downtown Laguna Beach, the restaurant, the Broadway Restaurant by Amar Santana, is manned by an extraordinary chef. To the uninitiated, the restaurant might sound oh-so-haute, but Chef Amar is the farthest thing from “haute” imaginable. He sits across the table...
Andree’s Patisserie – 30+ Years of Flaky Greatness
As his regulars cross the Andree’s Patisserie threshold, he is already bagging their favorite item. He greets each customer with a happy grin, and gestures with the bakery bag in hand, filled with flaky goodness. This person always wants a Bear Claw. That one prefers...