Diane Armitage
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A Week of Eating With my Visiting Friend
Two weeks ago, my best friend from Denver (Diana) was in town. People are always asking me where I would send a tourist if they had just a few days here, and to that I always reply, "It depends on what the tourist wants to experience." Diana wanted to experience the...
It’s Official: San Shi Go is Staying in Laguna Beach
As of this past weekend, it's official: The longtime local favorite, San Shi Go, is taking up residence in the old Okura building at 858 S. Coast Highway. The San Shi Go "elves" have already been busy at work at the new location and Owner/Principal Koichi Sakamoto...
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45+ Top Orange County Chefs are Tackling OC Homelessness at OC Chef’s Table Grand Event
The biggest, swankiest chefs' dinner in the LA Basin, OC Chef's Table is back at the largest ballroom Disneyland® has to offer in the Disneyland Hotel's Grand Ballroom on Sunday, March 1st. Here's your chance to dine at your favorite chef's table and give to a worthy...
Pageant of the Masters – Casting Call, Jan 10-12
For more than 50 years, hundreds of volunteers have filled the Pageant of the Masters' stage each year. It doesn't necessarily require acting, dancing or vocal skills. In fact, your greatest talent lies in your ability to stand as still as a stone for 90 seconds. It's...
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Restaurants in Laguna Beach: A Decade in Review, Part I
Part I – Total Number of Restaurants in Laguna Beach Now vs. 2010 and What They’re All About When I started writing TheBestofLagunaBeach.com back in 2006, I was just interested in getting to know our chefs and restaurants in town. I had no idea that so much would...
Scott McIntosh’s Two Popular Restaurants Concepts are Expanding (In More Ways Than One)
Eleven months ago, Restaurateur Scott McIntosh was ready to leap into action with two large expansions of his restaurant brands, Reunion Kitchen and Asada Cantina + Kitchen, at the San Clemente outlet mall. At that time, he trotted me around the vast expanse, pointing...
“12 Days of Christmas Cocktails” at Royal Hawaiian
Here's a fun one. Royal Hawaiian's resident Mixologist (and local favorite) Sean Melia has come up with a whole new raft of holiday and seasonal cocktails (hey, Hawaii dreams of a white Christmas, too). What better way to celebrate than to offer a uniquely crafted...
Tommy Bahama Closes Its 10-Year Operation
Tommy Bahama, known internationally for celebrating the island life, will begin island hopping this Tuesday when it closes its Laguna Beach location in search of a new home. On Saturday morning, the corporate offices notified management at both the restaurant and...
Royal Hawaiian Wins “Best Steak of O.C.”
After just seven months of operation, Laguna's Royal Hawaiian Fire Grill took down top Orange County accolades with the "Best Steak in Orange County" award. Notified by OC Weekly's editors, Chefs Maro and Martin Molteni were all grins. "It's a really great honor and...
Laguna Restaurants Scaring Up Rumors at October’s Close
Fishbone, Wild Taco hoping to open next week While most Laguna-bound restaurants aim to open in early spring, a surprising number end up opening in the quieter months of fall. This makes Laguna locals extremely happy as it gives us a small window of time to get to...
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“The Voice” Taps Laguna Voice’s Janice Freeman for Its Monday Night Premier Show
On Monday night, Sept. 25th, more than 12 million viewers will be tuning in to see the premier of The Voice. And in that premier, an international circle of fans is going to be introduced to Janice Freeman, who performed (and won) repeatedly at Mozambique’s Laguna...
Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational 2017
On Saturday, Oct. 7th , 25 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 2017. I love the Laguna Beach Plein Air. This is a nine-day event,...
“Rocktoberfest” Officially Launches Sept. 16th
While most folks think that Octoberfest begins in … ehrm … October, the event begins on the 3rd Saturday of September every year. Who gets to determine this date? Why, Munich, Germany, of course. Held annually in Munich, the world’s largest beet festival begins...
Chef Debra Sims Exits Laguna To Pan for Gold at Prime
The worst thing about being buddies with the great chefs of Laguna Beach? When they leave. When the great Chef David Fune exited Splashes a couple years ago, I was inconsolable for weeks. (I might still be inconsolable, now that I think about it.) When Chef Camron...
Ohana Fest is Back With Bigger Love
Last year, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and the surfing world’s #1 surfer, Kelly Slater, decided to create a music festival at Doheny Beach - Ohana Fest - because they love surfing there and at nearby Trestles. The Fest was a giant success with more than 22,000 fans...
2017 Football Season, Skyloft is Ohio State Buckeyes’ Skybox
Yesterday, I was tooling down PCH when…What to my wondering eye did appear? A huge Ohio State flag on Skyloft rafters – right here… Last time I checked Columbus, Ohio was 2,250 miles from Skyloft’s front doors. And, there are at least 758 colleges in the U.S. that...
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