Diane Armitage

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Bodega Laguna Dropping Into Former Laguna Fish Co.

Laguna restaurateur Ivan Spiers is doing a fast and efficient restaurant...

Pinafini Joining Laguna’s Restaurant Row

At last a "coming soon" banner has appeared at the former...

Red Dragon Flying High

For oh … maybe about 8 years … the ownership of the Red Dragon enterprise on...

San Shi Go Closing Sept. 17th, 2023

The go-to sushi favorite for three decades, San Shi Go Laguna Beach, is...

Pageant of the Monsters Returns – Oct 2023

Just when you thought the backstage at Pageant of the Masters had gone dark...

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GG’s Bistro a Quiet Euro Breakfast

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 of Big...

Laguna’s House of Big Fish Happy Hour Changes Significantly

Laguna’s House of Big Fish Happy Hour Changes Significantly

While most restaurateurs in Laguna are changing up their Happy Hour menus now to accommodate the re-emergence of us locals, the House of Big Fish & Ice Cold Beer has created a significant change in their already popular Happy Hour menu. Unlike the old days when...

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Kids’ Art Studio Premieres Sunday at Laguna Art Museum

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 or...

Laguna Playhouse’s “Ring of Fire” Tributes the Man in Black

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...

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