The Dose

For the Love of Surf and Furniture Making

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By Greer Wylder
January 17, 2020

With a love of surf, the ocean and art, Duranne Collins of Willow Creations OC in Costa Mesa took a 30-year hobby of creatively using paint, wood, glass, metal, fabric, epoxy resins, and or recyclables and up-cycling, re-purposing, restoring, and refinishing all kinds of furniture and opened a custom furniture business. She pulled her expertise together, along with her creative knowledge in art, gardening, farming, working many mediums as well as a lifetime in the surfboard industry working with resin and epoxies. Her surfing heritage comes from her dad, Lance Collins of Wave Tools Surfboards. “Growing up with a father…

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Calling All Women: The Vagina Dialogues

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By Greer Wylder
January 16, 2020

Orange County's premier anti-aging institute and women's sexual wellness clinic, Liftique in Newport Beach presents a ladies’ night on Wednesday, January 22 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Come out and experience an honest discussion for women by women about the relationship between intimacy, sexuality, and vaginal rejuvenation. It’s a women’s evening to open the discussion about vaginal health, rejuvenation, and tightening plus their impact on sexuality, intimacy, and pelvic floor wellness. The medical discussion about vaginal rejuvenation will be led by Nurse Practitioner Elaine Kopinga. It’s a great opportunity for you to learn, ask questions, and find out more…

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Japanese Souffle Pancakes Are All The Rage

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By Greer Wylder
January 14, 2020

Japanese-style soufflé pancakes are still hard to come by in the U.S. – and for good reason. They’re notoriously finicky with so many variables involved to achieve the desired results of thick, fluffy discs that eat like golden airy clouds. For those small handful of cafes that do serve them, it takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour to get an order out to awaiting customers. And so it was that Burnt Crumbs' Chef Paul Cao, the former sous chef of Michael Mina set upon a never-ending quest to find out what the soufflé pancake hype was all about…

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Newport Beach Restaurant Week Kicks Off January 13 - 26

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By Greer Wylder
January 13, 2020

If you’re thinking you’ve always wanted to try a new or established eatery, now’s the time. Newport Beach Restaurant Week, a 14-day dining event is kicking off today through January 26 with 75 restaurants offering multi-course menus in distinct price tiers. Presented by Dine Newport Beach and the Newport Beach Restaurant Association, NB Restaurant Week is Orange County’s longest-standing restaurant week. It offers diners prixe-fixe menus for lunch ($10+), dinner ($20+) and weekend brunch ($15+) from Newport Beach restaurants featuring the region’s best and brightest chefs. For the first time, Newport Beach Restaurant Week is partnering with local food bank,…

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Traditional Mexican Cuisine Since 1963

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By Greer Wylder
January 10, 2020

Following in the footsteps of its 1963 namesake, Little Onion Mexican Restaurant’s much anticipated second location recently opened at Irvine’s Walnut Village Center. Featuring warm Spanish Hacienda style interiors and a lively outdoor patio, the new casual Mexican eatery is owned by Lori Reich Rowe, whose father Lorin Reich founded the original Little Onion Mexican Restaurant 56 years ago. The Little Onion brand has enduring Southern California roots. After years of restaurant work, founder Lorin Reich acquired a Red Onion location in Hawthorne – renaming and transforming it into the hugely popular “Little Onion” brand. The Hawthorne location closed in…

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