Buy Your Own Elephant This Weekend!
For a couple months now, elephants have been roaming freely in neighboring Dana Point. This Sunday, they’re ready to be adopted into many lucky homes, with proceeds benefitting the endangered Asian elephant (the live version). SEE THE GALLERY OF JUST A FEW OF...
3rd Annual Holiday Palettes Contest Begins With Bigger Prize Booty!
If you’ve been a reader of LagunaBeachBest.com for any length of time, you know I’m a die-hard holidays fan. Three years ago, I implemented an easy “seek and find” contest to celebrate the many original painted holiday palettes by our Laguna...
Huge Orchid Sale at Laguna Nursery
Now through Nov. 30th, buy beautiful, long-lasting orchids for your holiday tables from Laguna Nursery and save 30% on any selection! Undoubtedly the largest purveyor of orchids in Laguna Beach, Ruben Flores’ Laguna Nursery does an annual Orchid Festival just in...For Thanksgiving Non-Turkey Lovers, Starfish Asian Cuisine Offering Lobster
While many restaurants in town are open during Thanksgiving and offering traditional turkey-and-all-the-fixins, the folks at Starfish Asian Cuisine have another solution. Rather than chowing on a big bird, consider Starfish’s answer to Thanksgiving gratitude...Film Star Val Kilmer at Laguna Playhouse as “Citizen Twain”
Suffice to say that every talent that stands on the stage at the venerable Laguna Playhouse is a powerhouse talent. On Nov. 21st, we’re all in for a real treat with film star Val Kilmer in a 4-evening run of “Citizen Twain.” This one-man show...Visiting Monks Completing Sand Mandala Sunday
Our visiting monks continue to work tirelessly on the “Buddhist healing” sand mandala at the Neighborhood Congregational Church. Their work is so crazily intricate and careful as they hunch over their work in progress for hours at a time. Tomorrow,...
A Perfect Weekend for the New Mozambique Verandah
With Santa Ana warmth predicted through our Laguna Beach weekend, there’s no better time to head over to Mozambique’s new Verandah. In fact, if you head there today (Friday), you still enjoy the weekly Happy Hour cocktail lineup there, too. An open-air...Many Great Activities in This Weekend’s “Art & Nature” at Laguna Art Museum
The Laguna Art Museum has a flurry of activities happening this weekend for adults and kids alike, and this is some kind of creative going on! Both a festival and a conference, this weekend’s Art & Nature’s largest draw (I mean this quite literally)...This Sunday, Sip & Shuck for Surfrider Foundation
This Sunday, Nov. 10th, it’s an Oysterfest at the ocean shore when The Deck and neighboring Bungalows host a shindig for The Surfrider Foundation. Aptly named “Sip & Shuck,” this Oysterfest offers a rare opportunity to enjoy fresh oysters on the...
Tibetan Monks Begin “Buddhist Healing” Sand Mandala
On Tuesday, I like to think Laguna Beach suddenly became brighter when the Buddhist monks arrived to complete a “Buddhist healing” sand mandala at the Neighborhood Congregational Church. Various Facebook fans and friends have checked in to tell me that...