The Sassoon Salon Experience
Sassoon Salon offers a truly exceptional cut and color that will effortlessly complement your personal style for the holidays.
Sponsored by Sassoon Salon, South Coast Plaza
A+ for A Restaurant
From the darling "valet girls" to the retro luxe interior, the legendary restaurant property has never looked so good. It's serving up a 3 p.m. bar menu daily; Saturday and Sunday brunch (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and dinner nightly from 5:30 p.m. 3334 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach. 949.650.6505
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Slide on your flip-flops Thursday and stop by the Tropical Smoothie Café in Irvine or Fullerton. (Who knew June 21 was National Flip-Flop Day? The Tropical Smoothie Café does.) If you're among the first 500 customers wearing flip-flops, you'll receive a free 24-ounce Jetty Punch smoothie.
And you can give $1 to help Families Forward, an Irvine-based nonprofit that raises money for low-income and homeless families in need.
On the first day of summer, the Tropical Smoothie Café gives customers a taste of a tropical vacation, putting them in a summer/vacation mode.
It also offers breakfast, lunch and dinner options, more than 35 real-fruit smoothies, specialty wraps, gourmet sandwiches made with only high quality Boar's Head meats and cheeses and salads.
In Irvine, open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. 3972 Barranca Parkway (in Crossroads Center). 949.387.7303.
In Fullerton, open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 229 E. Commonwealth. 714.680.3008.