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SOL Cocina Turns One!

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By Greer Wylder
July 10, 2010

Newport Beach’s SOL Cocina is in celebration mode through Thursday for its one-year anniversary!  SOL’s serving up its most popular margaritas and Baja culinary favorites at $5 for fun-loving local foodies. The specials – all SOL’s best-sellers – will be offered during lunch and dinner hours through Wednesday starting at 11:30 a.m. Monday: $5 ceviche; and $5 Casa Noble organic slim margarita. Tuesday: $5 carnitas street tacos; and $5 Corzo cucumber jalapeno margarita. Wednesday: $5 guacamole SOL, and $5 Herradura margarita. Join SOL for its anniversary bash Thursday from 6 to 10 p.m. You can enjoy a free Partida Margarita…

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OC’s Hottest Ice Cream Truck

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By Greer Wylder
July 08, 2010

Remember when an ice cream truck could make your day, especially in the summer? The hokey music heralding its arrival from blocks away. The chocolate-covered ice cream bars, Big Sticks and Bomb Pops. The drivers who your mom kept a wary eye on. Well, ice cream trucks are back, at least now that the OC Fair has its own. Starting Saturday, the truck will be giving out free ice cream bars, OC Fair treats and Pepsi throughout Orange County. If you need up-to-the-minute details, just follow @ocfair on Twitter and OC-Fair on Facebook, but here’s a cheat sheet (that could…

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Best Birthday Rate!

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By Greer Wylder
July 05, 2010

Here’s a screaming deal that you need to know about. The Tides in Laguna Beach, a great spot and a fantastic value for families, couples, and business travelers is offering a birthday treat through June 2011! The last two digits of your birth year is your rate on your birthday. A two-night minimum stay is required; standard rates apply on additional room nights. Here’s how it works: if you were born in 1969, your rate will be $69 on your birthday night. My favorite is the guest who got a room night for $12 on her 98th birthday from her…

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Tickled Pink!

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By Greer Wylder
June 29, 2010

Pinkberry is now offering a new limited-time summer flavor: watermelon. And stop by Pinkberry’s special Watermelon Happy Hour daily, from 5 to 7 p.m. and you will receive 50% off any size serving of watermelon Pinkberry, including swirls and side by sides. Pinkberry is OC at Fashion Island in Newport Beach, Bella Terra in Huntington Beach, The Irvine Spectrum, Santa Ana, Tustin and Fullerton. For the nearest OC Pinkberry, check here.

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Triple Savings: Passport to the Arts

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By Greer Wylder
June 27, 2010

Laguna Beach’s world-renowned outdoor summer art festivals— The Festival of Arts, Sawdust Art Festival and Art-A-Fair —are offering a passport that allows unlimited admission to all three festivals for the entire season. You can purchase a triple value Passport to the Arts just $19 (a $36 value, which includes a one-time all-day free parking with each ticket). That’s one pass and three art festivals all summer long! The festivals feature more than 500 artists, 300 hands-on workshops, 200 musical performances, dozens of special events, and an array of restaurants and other food purveyors. Additionally, selected retailers and merchants throughout Laguna…

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