The Dose

The Bold Blend

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By Greer Wylder
February 19, 2014

Coffee enthusiasts can now get their fix at Bruxie, known for its unique waffle sandwiches. All six Bruxie locations just introduced, The Bold Blend, a rich and flavorful custom crafted coffee, along with a full barista service with espresso-based beverages, including cappuccinos and signature flavored lattes. Bruxie’s partners have been on a mission to offer a new coffee and espresso experience--bold and complex--to complement the flavors on the Bruxie menu. The locally roasted specialty coffee features a proprietary blend of 100% fair trade imported coffee beans. The four-bean blend, Sumatra, Brazil, Ethiopa and Costa Rica, uses a variety of roasting…

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Closing Time at Detroit Bar

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By Greer Wylder
February 17, 2014

The Detroit Bar in Westside Costa Mesa, one of the best venues in Orange County for live indie, rock, and alternative music, will be closing in a few weeks and reopening as a new incarnation, the Wayfarer, a House of Social Provisions. New owners, Jeff Chon and the Wayfarer Group, also of the Alley in Newport Beach and Tabu Shabu in Costa Mesa, will continue the beloved Detroit Bar’s legacy of live music while serving classic and modern pub fare. For its final month, the Detroit Bar has planned great shows for its music loving fans. Doors open 8 p.m.,…

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Japan’s Stylish Brand Coming to OC

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By Greer Wylder
February 14, 2014

International fashion followers are in for a major thrill this fall, when UNIQLO opens one of its first SoCal boutiques at South Coast Plaza. (The second one is slated to go in the Beverly Center in Los Angeles.) The Japanese based brand is already huge in New York and the Bay Area, as the go to place for affordable style: think the Gap meets H&M, but with brilliant fabrics and collections for men, women and kids. Fans can’t get enough of its Heattech line, a Japanese technology fabric that adapts to your body temp, and keeps you perfectly warm; ultra…

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Resort at Pelican Hill

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By Greer Wylder
February 13, 2014

Still making plans for Valentine’s Day? The Resort at Pelican Hill at Newport Coast has made it easy with a variety of Valentine’s Day inspired offerings through February. In celebrating of Valentine’s Day, it’s introduced a wine-inspired couple’s massage at The Spa, and a hands-on culinary academy available every Thursday evening in a Villa kitchen, and intimate dining options, including the Dinner of the Senses served in a private poolside cabana. The Valentine’s Chardonnay Body Butter Massage features a dry brush exfoliation, Swedish massage techniques and a silky smooth Chardonnay body butter, followed by a romantic bath for two. The massage…

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Feast From the Mid-East

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By Greer Wylder
February 12, 2014

What started out as a passion project for Yusuf Abdo, 65, of Jerusalem, a retired a engineer, who bought a flailing Middle Eastern restaurant in Anaheim’s Little Arabia in 2006 and named it the Olive Tree, without any restaurant experience, but plenty of love for Arabic home cooking, has prospered into Orange County’s top rated Middle Eastern restaurant. It’s been praised by the OC Weekly, Los Angeles Times, OC Register, Saveur, Westways, Riviera, and soon, even a review in the New York Times.    Abdo’s Olive Tree is all about home-style Arabic cooking; there aren’t any hookahs or late night…

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