Diane Armitage
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Wine Gallery’s “Tasting Tuesday” Features Rosenthal Imports
Wine Gallery has another pop up Tasting Tuesday happening on Feb 25th, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. These are awesome fun. It's a mini-workshop … maybe more like a science lab … with a variety of wines and proffered pairings with the regular Wine Gallery menu. This coming...
Sapphire’s Chef Azmin Hands Baton to Award-Winning Restaurateur Russ Bendel
Rumors are true … Chef Azmin Ghahreman, Executive Chef & CEO of Sapphire Culinary Group, is selling the Sapphire Restaurant and Pantry at The Pottery Place to focus on other Sapphire Culinary interests. In a statement released late Thursday afternoon, Chef Azmin...
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3 Big Superbowl Parties: Just the Stats
Despite the fact that we’ve been seeing a lot of the New England Patriots in Superbowls lately, it’s important that America, as a collective, gather ‘round this Sunday for the Superbowl commercials. Oh. And the game. That, too. (As far as I’m concerned, the...
66,000 Homeless in O.C. – National Innovators on Homelessness Issues are Here Feb. 8th
On Monday, Jan. 22nd, Orange County officials began clearing the homeless encampment on the Santa Ana riverbed. This encampment, one of the largest in the L.A. basin and the largest in Orange County, stretches more than three miles and houses approximately 1,000...
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New Year’s Eve Dining 2011 in Laguna Beach
[singlepic id=567 w=320 h=240 float=left]Laguna Beach is putting on her party shoes for New Year's 2011, ushering in 2012! The New Year's Celebration is a massive event in Laguna Beach, and this is The Definitive List to all New Year's Dining & Restaurants in...
Laguna Beach’s Pizza Lounge decks pizzas for holidays
[singlepic id=219 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=right]Today whilst gathering information on the Best Laguna Beach Holiday Decor Shops, I had to do what is fast becoming a favorite lunch activity - I trotted over to one of the best pizzas in Laguna Beach - Pizza...
Two Laguna Beach restaurants still doing it really well
Friday, after attending a great wedding (purposely done on 11-11 at 11:11 a.m.), I wandered the downtown arena of Laguna Beach to see who had what going on. [singlepic id=495 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=left]I stopped in just before 5:00 at one of my Top 5...
First LBB reader review of The Broadway Restaurant!
Whilst I was traveling this week to Canada, my beloved readers still took care of business (and that's what I love about you folks out there). See one Laguna Beach Best (LBB) reader - Charlie - chime in on his evening at the new restaurant, Broadway by Amar Santana....
Laguna’s Broadway Restaurant Nears Open Date
[singlepic id=428 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=right]Just as the Laguna Beach Labor Day Weekend fell into play, I had the privilege of poking my head into the new Broadway by Amar Santana restaurant to see the progress they've made. And what progress! Lighting is...
Deck bars are hopping for Laguna Beach’s Labor Day start
I just did a quick round through Laguna Beach to confirm that the oceanside deck bars - namely Rooftop and The Deck at Pacific Edge – are happily packed. [singlepic id=423 w=320 h=240 mode=watermark float=right]At The Deck, there were a few tense moments earlier this...
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Austin Keen Takes 2013 Skim Crown
For the first time in years, the UST's last skimboarding pro tourney of the year took place under blue skies and in warm water temps. And, also for the first time in years, the Balboa Skimfest finally crowned a kid from "the other side" … Georgia, that is. Austin Keen...
Last Great Skim Contest of the Season: Balboa Oktoberfest This Weekend
The professional circuit for skimboarders is seeing its last official skim event of the season in the United States with this weekend's "Balboa Oktoberfest" at the Newport Peninsula. Better known to skim insiders as the "A Street Event," this hugely popular event...
Halloween Party: Little Shop of Horticulture at Montage Resort
Leave it to the Laguna Beach Beautification Council to come up with a Halloween party on the same night that Laguna boasts its Largest Annual Halloween Party and sees several hundred parents briskly trotting their kids around to the Halloween-iest of the Trick or...
This Sunday Sees Classic Car Show Return to Laguna Beach
A perennial favorite, the Laguna Beach Annual Classic Car Show takes place at our Festival of Arts grounds (where the Pageant of the Masters plays each summer), with 250-300 cars participating. The event runs Sunday, Oct. 6th, 9:30 a.m., to 3:30 p.m., and the cover...
Laguna Keeps Giving: Two Great Success Stories
Girls' Night Out Earns $70k for Boys & Girls Club Last week, two annual events achieved even greater success for their respective charitable foundations in Laguna Beach, The Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach, and the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. If you...
On Oct 1st, We Honor the Man Who Honored Our Beautiful Town
Whenever I have visitors to Laguna Beach, they just can't believe how luxuriously beautiful it is. Every street, every shop front, every park, even random bus benches and water fountains are a beautifully combined collective of design and forethought. It reminds me...
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