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FLOWER CHILD BLOOMS IN NEWPORT BEACH
05.30.19
Flower Child healthy, fast-casual eatery will open its third SoCal location this June in The Bluffs Shopping Center in Newport Beach, building on its success in Santa Monica and Del Mar. Flower Child is known for its healthy, balanced menu that caters to any and all dietary lifestyles including vegan, vegetarian, Paleo, gluten-free and more.
Flower Child offers a variety of Salads, Plates, Bowls and Wraps, a Healthy Kids menu and a catering menu. You’ll be able to to add proteins of choice to any dish, including all-natural chicken, sustainable salmon, grass-fed steak, and organic, non-GMO tofu.
Flower Child Newport Beach will be among the first Flower Child locations to feature the eatery’s new Summer menu, which includes items such as Roasted Broccoli with lemon, garlic and parmesan crumbs, Summer Watermelon with green curry & avocado pesto and roasted cashew and the Spicy Coconut Curry Bowl with grilled pineapple, bell pepper, eggplant, zucchini, yellow onion, Thai herbs and brown rice.
In an effort to conserve and make use of every bit of food, Flower Child incorporates the same fruit and veggies used to make its main dishes and sides into a rotating daily menu of fresh juice options. Flower Child also serves organic wine, local California beer and kombucha, and cold brew coffee, along with a variety of lemonades made with fresh ingredients and seasonal flavors.
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3rd ANNUAL NEWPORT HARBOR UNDERWATER CLEAN UP
05.30.19
Help Your Harbor, a coalition of community environmental groups along with hundreds of volunteers who participate in a variety of weekly beach and water clean-ups, will be at the 3rd Annual Newport Harbor Underwater Clean Up scheduled for Saturday, June 1 at the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach.
More than 250 scuba divers and above-water volunteers will canvas the Newport Harbor to collect trash, plastics and other water pollutants in a dedicated effort to keep the 25.2 miles of coastline, bay and harbor waterways pollution free. Last year, volunteers collected over 4,000 pounds of trash and plastics from Newport Harbor.
Volunteers will gather at the Balboa Bay Club lawn for a hosted breakfast and lunch, post-event party that includes a live band, raffle drawings, and an awards ceremony for the most unusual items.
Some of the most interesting past finds included a holstered pistol, shopping carts, car engines, two woman’s purses (containing ID, cash and credit cards), Christmas trees, and an unopened champagne bottle with two flutes dubbed “the engagement gone wrong.” Of course, LOTS of single-use plastic items were collected, much of them being bottles and fishing line which is very hazardous to marine life.
The post-party starts at 11:30 a.m., and will feature the popular Phoenix-based Grateful Dead cover band – The Harvest – and is open to the public for a donation of $20. For event details and volunteer registration for both under-and-above water positions, visit nhunderwatercleanup.com.
Balboa Bay Resort is at 1221 West Coast Hwy. in Newport Beach.
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