Diane Armitage
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Mozambique & Skyloft Get Back in the Game
When this pandemic crisis began, Ivan Spiers chose to close both of his restaurants. A few weeks ago, he announced food trucks in his parking lot at Mozambique, each offering different cuisines. While the food trucks are still in place, he has also decided to re-open...
Copper Mugs, New Specials & Tiki Cocktails Debut
Earlier this week, I announced the sad news that Chef Marc Cohen had decided to permanently close his popular Watermarc restaurant. While rumors circulate about other possible "permanent" closures, not one restaurateur has made any mention or announcement. In fact,...
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Skyloft Welcomes OSU Buckeyes Again: Kickoff Party Saturday
Last year as the college football season rolled into play, Skyloft hoisted a flag that caused quite a stir – an Ohio State Buckeyes flag, a mere 2,250 miles from the famed Columbus, Ohio Buckeyes stadium. While it took residents and visitors by surprise, it certainly...
Star Treatment at The Ranch: National Geographic Night is Heavenly
If you’ve visited Mark Christy’s renovated Ranch at Laguna Beach, you know we have a special gem on our hands. I call it our “oasis in our oasis” as it’s such a serene world tucked less than a half mile back from our raucous summer. National Geographic thinks it’s a...
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On Sale March 20th, Outstanding in the Field Comes to Laguna Beach
I’m writing this with sincere trepidation. This event is so awesome and glorious that I’m afraid all you readers out there will actually get tickets before I’m able to elbow my way in. (Sigh.) It’s so awesome and glorious, though, that I am simply compelled to tell...
Broadway Restaurant’s Chef Amar Debuts Ingenious Spring Menu
In downtown Laguna Beach, the restaurant, the Broadway Restaurant by Amar Santana, is manned by an extraordinary chef. To the uninitiated, the restaurant might sound oh-so-haute, but Chef Amar is the farthest thing from “haute” imaginable. He sits across the table...
Andree’s Patisserie – 30+ Years of Flaky Greatness
As his regulars cross the Andree’s Patisserie threshold, he is already bagging their favorite item. He greets each customer with a happy grin, and gestures with the bakery bag in hand, filled with flaky goodness. This person always wants a Bear Claw. That one prefers...
What I Recommend You Try for Laguna Beach Restaurant Week
OK, OK, OKAY! Stop bugging me! Sheesh, you people keep peppering me with requests on where you REALLY should go for Restaurant Week in Laguna Beach (starts next week, Feb. 23 - March 1st), and I'm supposed to be something of a Switzerland here. I think ALL 18...
Best Steakhouse (Plus a Whole Lot More) – Mozambique Restaurant
Years ago, when the Mozambique Steakhouse & Coastal Lounge set up shop in an enormous failed restaurant space at the corner of Agate and Coast Highway, we Laguna residents figured we’d be counting the days of its short existence, too. But, despite lagging and...
RSVP For Restaurant Week in Laguna Beach Now
The Annual OC Restaurant Week is fast approaching. It officially kicks off on Feb. 23rd and runs through March 1st. Now, OC Restaurant Week can be intimidating, in and of itself. TWENTY EIGHT cities are participating in the event … I bet you didn't even know there...
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“Dirty Blues” Bill Magee Lights It Up at Mozambique
On Wednesday nights, Laguna Beach is in for a treat at Mozambique. Every week, the venerable Bill Magee takes down “Blues Wednesdays” on the restaurant’s 2nd floor stage, from 7 – 10 p.m. Now, our Bill isn’t a newbie to the blues. In the mid 1960s, Bill befriended...
70-Year-Old Mick Dunoff Kicks Off Cross-Country Ride on Sunday
This week, Mick Donoff turns 70. “After last year’s birthday, I started thinking about what I wanted to do for my 70th, he says. “I didn’t want a big party, and I didn’t feel like sitting at a resort somewhere, and then I knew what it had to be …” On April 6, just...
Drum at the Full Moon with Monthly Drum Circle in Laguna Beach
In Laguna Beach, we’re entirely too sophisticated to bark at the full moon, but we will DRUM at it . . . in a massive, talented drum circle that is, thanks to our eclectic organizers at LaVida Laguna. A mainstay in this town for more than eight years, the Full Moon...
On Sale March 20th, Outstanding in the Field Comes to Laguna Beach
I’m writing this with sincere trepidation. This event is so awesome and glorious that I’m afraid all you readers out there will actually get tickets before I’m able to elbow my way in. (Sigh.) It’s so awesome and glorious, though, that I am simply compelled to tell...
Blue Water Music Festival is March 29th & 30th
It's been 10 years since the Blue Water Music Festival began at the Festival of Arts grounds. It's only grown since then, still remaining a 2-day event, but pulling in larger crowds, larger names in the business, and finally moving to three stages at the Sawdust...
Pageant of the Masters Tix Just $17 Through St. Patty’s Day
The only show of its kind in the world, the Laguna Beach Pageant of the Masters has a pot of gold waiting for you at the end of this short-lived rainbow. Now, through Monday (March 17th, St. Patrick's Day), get your tickets for the 2014 Pageant of the Masters for...
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