Diane Armitage
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Tues, March 31st – New Laguna Restaurant Creativity + Updated Complete PDF Directory!
Restaurant operators: If I don't have your information listed here or if it needs to be updated, contact me at Diane@TheBestofLagunaBeach.com and we'll get it updated. Also, if you want a clickable link in the Restaurant Directory PDF to your website, contact me....
Thurs Update: 3/27/200: Laguna Restaurant Updates: It Just Keeps Getting More Creative
So, here's the thing I've learned about my beloved Laguna chefs and restaurateurs this week: If you want to see the real creativity they possess, just take them out of their daily routine and tell them to figure out how to make business happen any way they can. These...
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Sign Petition to Keep South Laguna Community Garden
Nine years ago, the vacant lot at the corner of Coast Highway and Eagle Rock in South Laguna was choked with weeds. At that time, owner Paul Tran gave written permission for the South Laguna Civic Association to install a Community Garden. Today, it is thriving with...
SoLag Community Park Honors Morrie Granger at Spring Fling Fest
It's hard to believe that the NINTH annual Spring Fling Potluck Festival at the South Laguna Community Garden Park is already upon us. It takes place on Sunday, April 29th, from 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. It's also hard to believe that the face we came to know so well at our...
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Summer Picnics in Laguna Beach Available Through Broadway
I'm going to start this entry with a caveat: You can't have alcohol on Laguna Beach beaches. There. That's over. Now, there are plenty of parks, concerts-in-the-park and even the Festival Grounds at the Pageant of the Masters that allow portable food and drink. And,...
Recipe: Camelita’s Grilled Pineapple Margarita
Carmelita's Laguna Beach is making a killing in its new home at Broadway and PCH. Deservedly so - their extensive menu doesn't miss a beat. It's always better to be IN the restaurant enjoying their best-selling Grilled Pineapple Margarita, but here's their best guess...
Best Ice Cream in Laguna Beach Arrives Cookie-Form
As a great pizza place with inventive pizzas and fantastic salads, Gary Decker’s Pizza Lounge was one of my most surprising finds in Laguna Beach. I’ve written a more detailed entry about his standard offerings, but THIS is about one thing that’s NOT on the menu...
Anastasia Cafe in Laguna Beach Rocks the Lunch Bunch
OK, perhaps I’ve belabored my point with my breakfast reviews of Anastasia Café in Laguna Beach. I think these folks serve the best breakfast in Laguna Beach, period. But, fact is, they also serve a mean lunch. For starters, our Anastasia chefs don’t know what “small...
Café Zoolu: Tiny Restaurant, Huge Flavors
Definitely in my Top Four Restaurants of Laguna Beach, Café Zoolu is a wonder all its own. For starters, this restaurant is dinky. Owners Toni (hostess and main waitress) and Michael (head chef) Leech have managed 18 years in this tiny cottage with an offering of,...
Best Margarita in Laguna Beach contest names 6th to the list
With this 6th addition to my “Best Margaritas in Laguna Beach” list, I might be hanging up my margarita taste-tester for good. When many LagunaBeachBest.com readers began steering me to the K’ya Jalapeno Margarita, I thought I was reading some sort of group hallucination typo. Over the last several weeks (and years, for that matter), I’d say I’ve tried just about every kind of flavored margarita known to mankind. But a jalapeno margarita? Now, that’s a first …
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Laguna Nursery’s Famous Christmas Cabaret This Friday
Now that you're done doing all your holiday running around (you are done, aren't you?) … it's time for the annual Christmas Cabaret celebration at Laguna Nursery. As I've mentioned many times prior, Laguna Nursery offers a live cabaret right in the middle of this...
Holiday Palette Contest Prize #2 – 6 Tickets to Sawdust “Winter Fantasy”
On Friday morning after Thanksgiving, check the LagunaBeachBest Facebook page for the next Holiday Palette Contest entry to "seek and find." Tell me exactly where it is, and you win 6 tickets to the Sawdust Winter Fantasy Festival, good the entire 2013 season of...
Sawdust Winter Fantasy Festival: Gift Ideas for Everyone on your List
If you're one of those gift-buying people who buys socks and coffee makers for people at the holidays, this column is not for you. You'll have absolutely no interest in going to Laguna Beach's annual "Winter Fantasy Festival" on the Sawdust Art Festival grounds...
What’s Santa Doing In a U-Haul Store?? It’s a Santa Incognito Contest!
This morning, I was picking up the last of the trappings I needed for my upcoming move, when WHAT to my wandering eyes should appear … Santa! Holy sugar plums! What's Santa doing in the San Juan Capistrano U-Haul store? I had to ask him the same (in a conspiratorial...
Holiday Palette Premier – Prize #1 – Laguna Nursery Orchid
Find the Holiday Palette in our Facebook entry today (Tuesday, Nov. 26) and win this gorgeous – and 'specially designed for us - Laguna Nursery orchid arrangement for your Thanksgiving Holiday table! This orchid arrangement will bloom through your holiday season...
Groupon Deal: Laguna Canyon Spa Gift Card with Laguna Beach’s Best Insider’s Guide!
Today, Groupon released three special offers at Laguna Canyon Spa, which just happens to be noted as the "best massage in Laguna Beach" in my book, Laguna Beach's Best. Check out Laguna Canyon Spa's amazing specials, including a $65 special that includes a gift card...
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