OC Animal Med Center Offers Down-Home Southern Vet Love (and Specials!)
I love it when someone in a timeworn industry shakes it up a little bit. The OC Animal Medical Center in Laguna Canyon (about 100 yards east of Ganahl Lumber) has done some serious shakin’ and stirrin’ with the recent partnership of two great vets, each of whom...
Selanne Steak Tavern Pulls Off Hat Trick
With my recent return visit to Selanne Steak Tavern, I’d say the team has managed a hat trick with three wins in one seating: Chefs’ Attention to Superb Detail A Happy Hour That Has Definitely Become a New Watering Hole The Majority of the Team On Board...
Upcoming Witte Lectures Feature Fantastic Speakers
Every now and then, I hear about such a great event that I have to write about it even if it IS outside the city limits of Laguna Beach. (Thankfully, in this case, the event is the brainchild of a particularly philanthropic couple who lives here in Laguna Beach, so it...The Official Travel Guide for Laguna Beach
Initially released in 2013, the Official Travel Guide for Laguna Beach is a 4-color, 270-page book on all the best food, drinks, places and events in Laguna Beach. Written from a local’s perspective, Laguna Beach’s Best is an objective, insider’s...
Kids’ Art Studio Premieres Sunday at Laguna Art Museum
Yesterday, I had the most interesting conversation with the one-man marketing wizardess of the Laguna Art Museum, Marni Farmer. We got together to discuss her upcoming year’s events and it started with three or four events, and then she remembered another three...
Selanne Happy Hour is a Foodie-Rich Treat
This last Wednesday, I brought two wealth managers with Merrill Lynch to Selanne Steak Tavern for an introduction and a try at the Selanne Happy Hour. Fortunately, we were there just as the hostesses cracked the doors open as the bar filled quickly. Only the bar...
Laguna Playhouse’s “Ring of Fire” Tributes the Man in Black
In my review of the Laguna Playhouse’s “Ring of Fire: The Songs of Johnny Cash,” I have just two initial comments: First, although I imagined myself an avid and eclectic collector of all sorts of music, it wasn’t until I was in Hob Childer’s spin class in 2001 that I...
Laguna Beach Music Festival: Tickets Selling Fast
Believe it or not, it’s been 12 years since Laguna Beach officially announced its winter Music Festival. It’s been an extraordinary 12 years, though, as the festival has virtually exploded into multiple events at multiple locations with world-class talent...