Best Retail in Laguna Beach Archives

Bianchi Tasting Room: A Tasteful Tease to Award-Winning Wines

by Diane | Mar 6, 2022 | Best Restaurants, Best Retail in Laguna Beach

It’s been four months since the popular Paso Robles winery, Bianchi opened its “bottle shop” in North Laguna. It was almost an afterthought, really, as the primary reason for the real estate was to situate a southerly home office back in Laguna Beach where family...

Sunglass Gallery’s Harry Bagga Shines

by Diane | Feb 2, 2021 | Best Activities, Best Retail in Laguna Beach

After properly grieving the loss of my 14-year Fendi sunglasses, I trooped back to the only man I trust – 31-year Sunglass Gallery Owner Harry (Harjit) Bagga. This is the guy who looks at you once and heads right to the perfect sunglasses. Fendi, apparently, has...

Laguna Beach’s best chocolate store – Chocolate Soldier

by Diane | Feb 13, 2019 | Best Retail in Laguna Beach, Holiday Events & Gifts

If red “heart” boxes of stale chocolates aren’t your Valentine’s style, Laguna Beach’s Chocolate Soldier is for you. Squeezed into the little alley between the Sapphire Restaurant and Tootsie’s/Laguna Beach Books at the old Pottery Shack, Chocolate Soldier will...

Silk and Frills for your Valentine at Romantic Boutique

by Diane | Feb 8, 2015 | Best Retail in Laguna Beach, Holiday Events & Gifts

Who wants to wear off-the-rack Valentine lingerie that 10 million other women might be wearing? Bleh. Your Valentine deserves something more unique than THAT. For several years now, the Romantic Boutique shop in South Laguna has always offered such a splash of color,...

Sawdust Festival Wraps Up Season With Free Admission Nights

by Diane | Aug 13, 2014 | Arts + Laguna Culture, Best Activities, Best Retail in Laguna Beach

Once again, the Sawdust Art Festival has enjoyed a stellar season of both visitors and record numbers of purchases of every imaginable kind of artwork from our local Laguna artists. Now that the Sawdust Festival is already down to its last two weeks (last day is Aug....

These Global Top Sellers Began in Laguna Beach Garages

by Diane | May 15, 2014 | Arts + Laguna Culture, Best Retail in Laguna Beach

Given that we seem to have skipped winter this year in Laguna Beach, it’s time to discuss a very serious “summer” matter: Flip-flops. Proper flip-flop selection is a paramount decision for every man, woman and child. Fortunately, two of the best-selling flip-flops in...