Spring Has Sprung at Fashion Island
I walked through Fashion Island today on my lunch break (oh how conveniently located Fashion Island is to our Visitors Bureau office) and immediately a smile came across my face upon seeing the vibrant colors of Spring displayed across the storefront windows. Pops of green, yellow and hot pink splash all over jackets, shoes, belts, [...]
Divine Italian Cuisine in Newport Beach - Canaletto Ristorante Veneto
I checked out a fairly new restaurant located at Fashion Island in Newport Beach this past weekend, Canaletto Ristorante Veneto. I found out that the restaurant is owned by El Fernio and is one of two Canaletto’s in the country. The first one is located at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Anyway, enough of [...]
A rockin’ good time at California Beach Restaurant & Sushi Bar.
Last Saturday night, I was craving sushi and some rock and roll and fortuitously fell into a restaurant in Newport Beach that had the best of both! California Beach Sushi located a few doors down from the historic Regency Lido Theatre on Balboa Peninsula, is a unique sushi spot with a bit of an [...]
Biking through Newport Beach
You’ve ridden the oceanfront boardwalk now for years with all the visiting relatives and friends. Ready to expand your universe? There are some fabulously exhilarating routes that require perhaps a little more energy and OK, some that require nerves of steel. Some weekends the boardwalk can resemble the 405 Fwy., and that’s when you’ll welcome a [...]
John Wayne: Hollywood Legend & Newport Beach Resident
To kick off this blog I thought I would point out some interesting news that has recently popped. On Jan. 29 the annual Harris Poll of America’s Favorite Movie Stars came out. Again, a familiar name from Newport Beach was on the list (and has regularly made the cut since the survey began in 1994). [...]
