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Wooden Floor in OC!

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By Greer Wylder
June 03, 2011

Don your baby-blue and gold pride Saturday at the Wooden Athletic Fund's 5th Annual Orange County Celebration Dinner. The star-studded event will include Los Angeles Lakers player Matt Barnes, as well as Head Football Coach Rick Neuheisel and Head Men's Basketball Coach Ben Howland The Wooden Athletic Fund strives to provide academic and athletic opportunities for some of UCLA's more than 650 student-athletes and plays a pivotal role in offsetting the rising costs of collegiate athletics. Beginning at 6 p.m. at the Newport Beach residence of bruin alum Barry Saywitz, attendees will enjoy an open bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, all-you-can-eat…

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Save Music with Denim!

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By Greer Wylder
May 31, 2011

Celebrity denim designer Mychael Darwin is doing his part to support VH1’s "Save The Music Foundation." The OC-based designer kicked off his career making high-end leather themed tour jackets for musicians and concert world tours—including the Michael Jackson Dangerous Tour. You can bid on an exclusive VIP Denim Experience package from Mychael Darwin Custom Made Jeans worth $1,500. If you win, you’ll be in for a fashion extravagance: custom-made jeans hand-sewn to your exact body measurements from the premium denim fabrics made at his studio in La Habra. The "Save the Music" auction includes other signature pieces from high-fashion icons…

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Burn the Floor!

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By Greer Wylder
May 31, 2011

In celebration of Broadway's hottest ballroom dance show, “Burn The Floor” playing at Segerstrom Center for the Arts through Sunday, June 12, the cast will be giving a free preview performance Wednesday at 1 p.m. at South Coast Plaza in Carousel Court. Prepare to be dazzled, plus there will be ticket giveaways, autographs and photo opps with the cast. Tickets to Burn The Floor start at $20 and are available online at SCFTA.org, by calling 714.556.2787 and at the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa.

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The Coffee Lab Opens!

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By Greer Wylder
May 27, 2011

Exciting news for all coffee lovers in Orange County! The Portola Coffee Lab is officially open at the OC Mart Mix in Costa Mesa. Taste premium organic coffee always hand-picked and flawlessly-roasted. Portola takes the coffee experience to a new level, with its “Art of Brewing” process serving coffee from state-of-the-art Slayer espresso machine, Bunn Trifectas, at the Hario Halogen-Heated Syphon Bar, or v60 pour over bar. If all of these terms are new to you, you need to stop by Portola and learn more. We promise you will be hooked. Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sunday.…

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Switch a Watch for Clean Water!

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By Greer Wylder
May 25, 2011

Epic Timepieces an Orange County based online watch company with a simple philanthropic concept, for each watch sold Epic will provide clean drinking water for a person in a developing country for one year. Epic recently returned from Haiti to filter water that removes Cholera, Giardia, E. Coli, Salmonella, Dysentery, aluminum, iron, lead and much more. You can watch the video about their work here. In addition it’s offering switchable bands in several fun colors compatible with all its watches ($10 for first band, $7 each subsequent band.) 800.921.7065.

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