The Dose

Instapparel

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By Greer Wylder
August 13, 2012

We’ve just discovered Orange County based Instapparel, the “why didn’t we think of that?” t-shirt company. Here’s the low-down: you can have any one of your artsy and creative images you’ve uploaded to Instagram on a custom comfortable t-shirt in no time at all.  Sport your favorites shots that you’ve been taking on your iPhone or Android. Just virtually design a shirt on Instapparel with up to four images, select the shirt color (white, silver, or beige), choose size, and then, voilà, for $20, you’ll have a one-of-kind shirt delivered to your door.

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Rolling in The Sushi

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By Greer Wylder
August 10, 2012

RA Sushi Bar Restaurant just rolled out updated menus for dinner and drinks for the summer season, with tasty appetizers, shareable plates, and specialty cocktails at its Huntington Beach and Tustin restaurants. Make it in to RA soon for their new crispy Asian tacos, there are five different flavors, but hands down we choose spicy tuna as our favorite. In between a rice paper shell, enjoy a spicy tuna mix, lobok, lettuce mix, crumbled wasabi rice cracker bits, and guacamole in a rice paper shell ($9.25). Other tacos choices include the chicken featuring chilled shredded sake steamed chicken with Asian…

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THE ROYAL TREATMENT

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By Greer Wylder
August 09, 2012

Enter to win a $1,000 Shopping Spree with a Personal Shopper and town car service to fabulous shopping destinations. Visit Fashion Island, Irvine Spectrum Center, The Market Place, or more than 35 neighborhood centers throughout Irvine and Newport Beach and enjoy these sophisticated, yet relaxed open-air shopping destinations. Also included in the prize package is a 2-night stay at the Island Hotel Newport Beach, a AAA Five Diamond property that combines luxury with casual elegance, and Dinner for 2 at True Food Kitchen in Fashion Island. Enter to Win here

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Eat It in the Raw

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By Greer Wylder
August 07, 2012

Award-winning Chef Jenny Ross is now nourishing Anaheim with her organic living cuisine at her new 118 Degrees Community Café on Center Street Promenade. For the past five years, at her flagship 118 Degrees at the Camp in Costa Mesa she’s served delicious raw delights to fans who subscribe to the theory that raw foods provide more nutrient density in every bite, and to those who just crave tasty salads, entrées and desserts for breakfast through dinner. 118 Degrees serves living sweet corn tamales, Spanish tapas, Sicilian foccacia, paninis with pesto aioli, olive carmelata, avocado, marinated red onion, Portobello mushrooms…

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Supper Crown Affair

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By Greer Wylder
August 07, 2012

Now that Executive Chef Greg Harrison joined Five Crowns in Corona del Mar, he will be unveiling a new “Chef’s Supper” on Fridays at 6:30 or 7 p.m. starting Aug. 17. You can gather up a group of 8 to 10 friends for this one-of-a-kind dining experience paired with wine, beer and cocktails. At the Chef’s Supper, Harrison will use his culinary skills learned in top kitchens such as Morimoto Napa, Michael Mina’s Aqua at the St. Regis Monarch Bay Resort, and at NobHill Tavern and Seablue at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Also, at the Five Crowns is…

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