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What If Ohana’s Best Idea Belonged in Laguna? (opens the original)
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Last Friday, I grabbed one of my best friends, Heather, for a completely spontaneous adventure south.We sat up on the bus bench by Coyote Grill, finally snagging a free Laguna Beach trolley that trundled us up to The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel. We hopped off, waited just a couple of minutes for the free Dana Point trolley, and were promptly deposited at Doheny Beach and the gates of Ohana Festival.I’ve attended plenty of Ohana Fests over its 10 years – I even had rare media access in its first c
A Band You’ve Never Seen, Ben Harper Under the Stars + More Restaurant Buzz (opens the original)
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Welcome to your weekly “Coastal Culinary Buzz” (with my weekly Buzz Bites), keeping you in the loop on Laguna Beach and our coastal neighbors’ latest restaurant news, insider tidbits, favorite discoveries and a few surprises happening around town.This One’s for the LocalsAs I pulled this week’s Coastal Buzz together, I realized every story has the same thread running through it: locals supporting locals.Our homegrown Coast Film & Music Festival is bringing extraord
OC Burger Week: Laguna’s 3 Burgers in the Fight (opens the original)
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National Cheeseburger Day is today, Friday, Sept. 18th. And, not coincidentally, the Annual OC Burger Week runs Sun, Sept. 20 through Sat, Sept 26 Of the 70 restaurants participating in Orange County Burger Week this year, just three hail from Laguna Beach: Lumberyard, Mozambique and Sapphire Cellar • Craft • Cook.And here’s the great part: All three have already survived the considerably more opinionated gauntlet known as Laguna Beach locals. Each has landed in my annual Best of Laguna Beach™ b
Laguna Open Volleyball Weekend + Sammy Hagar Discovers Amorelia (opens the original)
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Welcome to your weekly “Coastal Culinary Buzz” (with my weekly Buzz Bites), keeping you in the loop on Laguna Beach and our coastal neighbors’ latest restaurant news, insider tidbits, favorite discoveries and a few surprises happening around town.Thanks for reading Best of Laguna Beach! Feel free to share this news. <a class="button primary" href="https://bestoflagunabeach.substack.com/p/laguna-open-volleyball-weekend-sammy?utm_source=substack&utm_m
Breaking: Licensing Issues at Festival of Arts Postpone 2 Coast Film October Concerts (opens the original)
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Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Aloe Blacc dates postponed; Coast Film & Music Festival concerts in late October remain scheduledTwo high-profile Coast Film & Music Festival October concerts scheduled for the Irvine Bowl have been postponed due to the continuing licensing issues at the Festival of Arts property.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qs-K!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fima
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