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B. Toffee Takes Off

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By Greer Wylder
December 19, 2016

B.Toffee, a handcrafted, luxury toffee brand based out of Orange County has experienced rapid growth after being chosen by several national retailers to be sold in select Whole Foods, Dean & Deluca and Bristol Farms stores; being featured in the luxury Robb Vices’ gift boxes, and growing an impressive corporate client roster, prompting an immediate expansion of their production and manufacturing facilities. B. toffee is moving to a larger facility in Newport Beach, near John Wayne Airport, which features a commercial kitchen more than twice the size of their previous space.  In addition, B. toffee will be hiring on more…

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Shorter Showers Made Easy, Pantene’s ShowerGlass

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By Greer Wylder
December 16, 2016

We don’t normally talk about huge commercial brands, but this one is too good to pass up. In response to California’s drought, Pantene introduced The ShowerGlass Limited Edition available now at Vons. Each bottle of shampoo comes with a five-minute hour glass timer so that you’ll better know when you should end your shower. According to SaveOurWater.com, if you take a 5 minute shower instead of a 10 minute shower, you’ll be saving between 12.5 - 25 gallons of water per shower. That’s substantial! Simply flip over the shampoo bottle with the ShowerGlass and it will time your shower for…

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7 AM Enfant Sample Sale

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By Greer Wylder
December 16, 2016

7AM Enfant, founded by French designer Rebecca Campora, offers a wide selection of versatile, urban and stylish baby outerwear and accessories, is having an online sample sale on Dec. 18-21. With over 70 items to choose from, you can receive up to 80% off their favorite 7AM products when you visit 7amenfant.

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ORANGE COUNTY PREMIERE OF ELF THE MUSICAL

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By Greer Wylder
December 15, 2016

The Broadway musical ELF will be making its Orange County premiere December 20– January 1at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. ELF is the hilarious tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Buddy’s enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth—that he is actually human. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, discover his true identity and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas. This modern day Christmas classic…

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Two Best Gift Card Deals Around

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By Greer Wylder
December 15, 2016

As we get closer to Christmas, the sales of gift cards soar as they become a best bet for last minute presents. For years restaurants have offered incentives to the buyer but many are restrictive. By far, the two best we've seen in OC this season are offered by Vaca and TAPS. Here's the details:  VACA Receive an extra gift card loaded with 25 percent of your initial gift card purchase of $100 or more at OC's hottest restaurant by "Top Chef" finalist Amar Santana. This can be loaded onto the same card or a separate one for you!  No…

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