This week, the Bungalow Restaurant, a longtime favorite for steaks and fresh fish in Newport Beach’s Corona Del Mar, has acquired The House of Big Fish & Ice Cold Beer here in Laguna Beach. Bungalow owners Jim Walker and Louie Feinstein will be renaming the...
At last Wednesday’s Taste of Laguna event at the Festival grounds, it was great to see all the executive chefs representing their restaurants at the booths. Of the 33 restaurants there, I’d say less than a handful of the primary chefs were MIA, and that says a lot for...
Next Sunday, October 12, more than 40 of the country’s top “plein air” (meaning “painting outdoors in natural light”) painters will descend on our lovely town for the Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational. I love the Laguna Beach Plein Air....
We all know that the hallowed Monday Night Football probably rivals the Sunday afternoon games now. On the average, about 17 million people tune in to watch, and that’s just a statistic from single televisions being turned on at home. With the Lumberyard...
It has now been five years since The Barefoot Movement took off their shoes and took to the stage. Hard work and talent have taken this bluegrass team all over the country and even overseas, and now they’re arriving in Laguna Beach. On Saturday, Sept. 21st, the...
A month from now, Sept. 19-21, the very first Newport Beach Wine and Food Festival will premier at the Newport’s Civic Center. Every time I mention this Festival, people immediately think I’m talking about the Taste of Newport, which, after its 24-year run, was...