The Dose

Yum, Mediterranean Flavors!

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By Greer Wylder
February 21, 2011

When Armenian born, Syrian raised Sousanna Alexander couldn’t find her favorite sandwich she grew up eating along the Mediterranean—a sujok sandwich with delicious spicy sausage tomatoes, pickles pressed in Mahdnakash bread—anywhere in Orange County, she fixed that problem. “I thought, 'Why don’t I just open a tasty place with a cozy feeling and great food?' ” Sousanna recalled. Last month she opened Zeytoon in Laguna Beach, a tiny deli and market that serves her favorite sujok sandwich along with about nine other grilled flatbread sandwiches that we can’t get enough of. Sousanna is an interior designer by trade, but she…

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Cruising for Food!

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By Greer Wylder
February 18, 2011

We want to be a stowaway on this food and wine lover’s cruise! You can join radio host and celebrity Chef Jamie Gwen on a 10-day Mediterranean cruise of a lifetime aboard Oceania’s newest luxury ship, The Marina. The voyage begins in Venice on Oct.11, stops in Crotia, Greece, Sicily, Positano, Florence, Cinque Terre, Monte Carlo and ends in Rome on Oct. 21. This award-winning foodie cruise ship received the highest rating from a recent Conde Nast Traveler poll, and the new ship even offers a culinary arts center, and 10 restaurants including Chef Jacques Pépin’s first namesake restaurant at…

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Happy Birthday Mr. Presidential Suite!

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By Greer Wylder
February 17, 2011

This President’s Day weekend, why not celebrate in style in the ultimate suite? The St. Regis Monarch Beach is offering guests a chance at a complimentary upgrade to the Presidential Suite (valued at $20,400) with an existing three-night reservation. When guests book a three-night stay in any room type over the holiday weekend (Feb. 18-21), they will be automatically eligible for a complimentary upgrade to the lavish and luxurious Presidential Suite. To sweeten the deal, guests are invited to take advantage of A Time for Pleasure, offering 20 percent off stays, any room and any day. The 3,100-square-foot Presidential Suite…

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Your Dream Wedding!

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By Greer Wylder
February 16, 2011

Need an expert who has been catering to the unique beauty needs of brides and wedding parties longer than most couples stay together? Since 1986, Caren Lazarus, owner of Newport Beach-based Design Visage, has provided hair and make-up artistry to more than 400 brides (and their moms and bridesmaids) each year. She helps them all look fabulous. Caren’s staff of stylists are trained in bridal beauty with knowledge on all of the latest techniques and styles. On her online boutique, brides also can borrow a veil or rent a hair piece or they can shop for wedding accessories. As a…

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Go Ahead ‘N Jump!

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By Greer Wylder
February 15, 2011

To be honest, we’ve known about Sky High Sports for quite some time. But due to the fact that our kids begged us not to tell anyone about it for fear that they would no longer have this bounce playground to themselves, we held off. But now we see the word is out big time about his trampoline fun center on Airway Avenue not far from John Wayne Airport. This is a kid’s dream facility—a place unlike anything we had as kids growing up in Orange County. It’s literally a giant warehouse of trampolines, even trampoline walls, along with areas…

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