Update on Cafe Zoolu – Happily, Still Spectacular
So, if you’ve seen my Laguna Beach “Best of” book, you know this guide for residents and tourists alike devotes 129 pages to restaurant reviews alone. So . . . ehrm . . . I happen to like a LOT of restaurants here in Laguna Beach. But, when people...2nd Annual Pageant of the Monsters Returns
Back by popular demand, the family-friendly Pageant of the Monsters returns to the Festival of Arts grounds the weekend preceding Halloween ( Oct. 25, 26, 27) and then on Halloween (the, ehrm, 31st) from 6:00 – 9:30 pm. The backstage of the Pageant of the...
GG’s Bistro a Quiet Euro Breakfast
This Sunday, on recommendations from friends, I decided to drop into GG’s Italian Mediterranean Bistro for breakfast. For more than 9 years, this husband/wife team has managed to keep the life in the main level of this 540 South Coast Highway complex. The House...
It’s Coming Up Scarecrows in Laguna Beach
‘Tis the season, I know, but if you’ve noticed that a whole raft of scarecrows are perking up around town, you’re not the first one. As it turns out, it’s a citywide Scarecrow Contest. On the Laguna Chamber of Commerce’s suggestion, 22...
Austin Keen Takes 2013 Skim Crown
For the first time in years, the UST’s last skimboarding pro tourney of the year took place under blue skies and in warm water temps. And, also for the first time in years, the Balboa Skimfest finally crowned a kid from “the other side” … Georgia,...Last Great Skim Contest of the Season: Balboa Oktoberfest This Weekend
The professional circuit for skimboarders is seeing its last official skim event of the season in the United States with this weekend’s “Balboa Oktoberfest” at the Newport Peninsula. Better known to skim insiders as the “A Street Event,”...
Halloween Party: Little Shop of Horticulture at Montage Resort
Leave it to the Laguna Beach Beautification Council to come up with a Halloween party on the same night that Laguna boasts its Largest Annual Halloween Party and sees several hundred parents briskly trotting their kids around to the Halloween-iest of the Trick or...This Sunday Sees Classic Car Show Return to Laguna Beach
A perennial favorite, the Laguna Beach Annual Classic Car Show takes place at our Festival of Arts grounds (where the Pageant of the Masters plays each summer), with 250-300 cars participating. The event runs Sunday, Oct. 6th, 9:30 a.m., to 3:30 p.m., and the cover...Laguna Keeps Giving: Two Great Success Stories
Girls’ Night Out Earns $70k for Boys & Girls Club Last week, two annual events achieved even greater success for their respective charitable foundations in Laguna Beach, The Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach, and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. If...On Oct 1st, We Honor the Man Who Honored Our Beautiful Town
Whenever I have visitors to Laguna Beach, they just can’t believe how luxuriously beautiful it is. Every street, every shop front, every park, even random bus benches and water fountains are a beautifully combined collective of design and forethought. It...