Diane Armitage
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Bear Flag Looking at 18 Months Before Opening in Old Boom Boom
In August last year, the same Bear Flag Co. of Wild Taco announced its intentions to move its third Bear Flag Fish Co. restaurant into the former Boom Boom Room space. At that time, Bear Flag Founder Thomas Carson noted that he had always wanted to open his first Bear...
Best Margaritas in Laguna Beach 2020
National Margarita Day is Saturday, Feb. 22nd, and as far as I'M concerned, THIS is the LOVE holiday we really need to be paying attention to in the month of February. (I can't believe the greeting card industry hasn't caught on to this one yet.) SO, time to roll out...
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Big Pour is On: California Wine Fest is a Must in Dana Point on April 20th
The giant California Wine Festival is back in play in just a couple weekends, Friday and Saturday, April 20 & 21 at Dana Point’s Lantern Bay Park (top of the hill overlooking the Harbor by the Laguna Cliffs Marriott). Tickets for this event sell out well in...
ROUX Closes, Chef Michael Leech Might Step In “Temporarily”
On Tuesday, ROUX Creole, the well-received new restaurant in Laguna Beach, lost founding Chef Norm Theard due to “irreconcilable difficulties” between Theard and investor partners. Theard resigned early Tuesday morning, citing "lack of support and negativity from the...
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Best Food & Drink
Broadway Restaurant Chef Santana Introduces Summer Menu
I popped into Laguna Beach's popular Broadway restaurant by Amar Santana, about a week ago and was met by the smiling Chef Santana, himself, and his new summer menu. To date, I'm not sure that any of us were tired of Amar's great foodie menu, but chefs tend to get...
Grab Free Happy Hour Directory for Laguna Beach!
Hey beloved readers! [singlepic id=4 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=left]When I decided to compile a free Directory of ALL the Happy Hours in Laguna Beach for you, little did I know that there were over 30 of these things going on … actually 35 Laguna Beach Happy...
Superbowl Parties in Laguna Beach include Lumberyard
[singlepic id=156 w=320 h=240 float=right]The venerable Lumberyard Restaurant in Laguna Beach is joining the Superbowl huddle with its own mix of Super Sunday food and drink for all who are into the Superbowl-watching mode. The Lumberyard's usual Sunday brunch will be...
Deck eating on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, Laguna Beach
[singlepic id=572 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=right]You couldn't ask for much finer weather than this weekend saw in Laguna Beach. In fact, it was just balmy enough for 3 of us residents of Laguna Beach … the people who have access to this town at all times … to...
Best sandwiches in Laguna Beach … for starters, The Orange Inn
The last two weeks have been busy with friends dropping in from colder climes to soak up our Laguna Beach sunshine. Being the Laguna Beach tour guide that I am, I've been trotting these friends to a variety of Laguna Beach restaurants, and you'll see a number of...
At Laguna’s Starfish, Year of Dragon party is firing up your year
[singlepic id=571 w=320 h=240 float=right]OK, every time I think about writing this entry, the old Ohio Players song, "Fire," keeps running through my mind … this is one sassy year ahead! This week, the fire begins for the entire 2012 year when Year of the Dragon...
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Perplexing Perennial Pumpkin Predicament – Reward Offered!
When life is at its sunniest in Laguna Beach, we leave it to Laguna Nursery to tell us when October has arrived … the Great Pumpkins take their official positions. Charlie Brown's Great Pumpkin holds no candle to the enormous pumpkins brought in to "liven up the...
Dogs Who Brunch – Laguna
Laguna, a Bernese/Husky/Australian Shepherd mix of love Dogs Who Brunch SeriesLaguna Niguel You know your Sunday is off to a great start when the first "person" you meet is a lovely dog named Laguna. Given that Laguna is just 5 months old and a mighty mix of three...
Laguna Nursery Cabaret Welcomes Return of Saif Eddin
On Tuesday evening this week, I was invited to be part of a glorious book signing event at the Lumberyard for Suzanne Redfearn, the new author of the already-popular Hush Little Baby (you can find it at Laguna Beach Books). This was a "residents' party" at its...
Laguna Colony Owner Opens Baby Store at Fashion Island
Paul Mosley, the owner of the fantastic Laguna Colony decor and jewelry store in downtown Laguna, has just opened his third store in Fashion Island - Newport Colony Baby & Paperie. I stopped in to take a few photos for his coming-soon website and I have to say -...
Great Wine Tastings on Saturday Afternoons
Aside from their magnificent cooking classes and formal chef's school, Laguna Culinary Arts has the city's best cheese shop around, which I've covered in my book (no worries, I'll do an update here in the blog prior to the holidays, I promise). The NEXT best kept...
2nd Annual Pageant of the Monsters Returns
Back by popular demand, the family-friendly Pageant of the Monsters returns to the Festival of Arts grounds the weekend preceding Halloween ( Oct. 25, 26, 27) and then on Halloween (the, ehrm, 31st) from 6:00 - 9:30 pm. The backstage of the Pageant of the Masters is...
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