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Skyloft Restaurant: Finishing Touches Steeped in Americana

by Diane | Oct 20, 2015 | Best Restaurants

Launching a restaurant in Laguna Beach can be a lot like waiting through a pregnancy without any real delivery date to depend upon. In early June, I wrote an article here in StuNews about 11 restaurants launching, eight of which were planning to be open by...

Chef Amar Santana in Bravo’s Top Chefs Season

by Diane | Oct 19, 2015 | Arts + Laguna Culture, Best Restaurants

At summer’s end when I finally caught Chef Amar Santana in his restaurant, I asked him where he’d been hiding all summer. He replied with a sly smile and a cheeky response, “You’ll find out soon enough.” On Monday, the whole world found out what Chef Amar...

Plein Air Invitational Begins This Saturday

by Diane | Oct 15, 2015 | Arts + Laguna Culture, Best Activities

This Saturday, Oct. 17th, 35 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. I love the Laguna Beach Plein Air. This is a nine-day event, giving you...

Outstanding In the Field Will Set Its Laguna Table at Iconic Beach

by Diane | Oct 13, 2015 | Best Activities

The innovative founder of Outstanding in the Field, Jim Denevan, is returning to Laguna Beach in November. He’s partnering once again with the Laguna Art Museum to produce one of his iconic dinners at one very, very, very long table to kick off the Museum’s Art &...

Autumn is More Awesome With Watermarc New Fall Menu

by Diane | Oct 12, 2015 | Best Restaurants

When Watermarc opened its doors, it was 2009 … the depths of the worst recession this country had experienced in decades. “I knew we had to make a major shift because people were just spending differently,” says Chef Marc Cohen. “Instead of committing to $40 for one...