The Dose

#LiveSoft at the First Soft Surroundings in OC

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By Greer Wylder
May 31, 2018

The first Soft Surroundings store in Orange County is celebrating its grand opening at The Shops at Mission Viejo on Friday, June 1 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The first 100 shoppers will receive an amazing gift bag filled with products. The day of the grand opening Soft Surroundings will also provide complimentary beauty treatments, drinks, treats and 15% off customers’ entire purchase. Soft Surroundings mission is to help women to #LiveSoft and take time out for themselves. The women’s lifestyle brand of apparel, beauty, gift and home décor products continues to expand in product offerings across the country. They…

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The Spirits Event Of The Year

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By Greer Wylder
May 30, 2018

Spirits enthusiasts can look forward to Proof-- A Whiskey Social presented by Hi-Time Wine Cellars & Westside Museum featuring over 220 different whiskeys, bourbons and ryes from around the world at Westside Museum in Costa Mesa on Saturday, June 2 from 2-5 p.m. Attendees can indulge in a wide array of whiskeys from the United States, Scotland, Ireland, India, and Japan, along with fine cheeses & charcuterie and tray passed appetizers from Westside Museum while interacting with distillers & mixologists, enjoying games and live musical performances.  The world of brown spirits in general, and whiskeys, in particular, is one of…

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New Haven, Connecticut-Style Pizza Arrives in OC

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By Greer Wylder
May 29, 2018

Parallel Pizzeria, the first New Haven, Connecticut-style pizza joint in Orange County just opened in Dana Point. It’s a collaboration between Chef Ryan Adams, owner/chef of Three Seventy Common Kitchen+Drink in Laguna Beach and former musician turned chef James Nunn. What makes the pizza New Haven, Connecticut-style is its oblong shape and the thin, yet chewy, and charred crust. The dough is made fresh every day using organic flour, and to ensure that the dough was as close to the original in New Haven, they worked with specialists at UC Irvine to mimic East Coast water by adding a couple…

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von Hemert Interiors Warehouse Sale

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By Greer Wylder
May 25, 2018

von Hemert Interiors is celebrating Memorial Day with their giant furniture sale going on now through Monday, May 28th at their Costa Mesa and Torrance location. At the biggest sale of the year, you can expect to find savings up to 75% off everything! Everything in both stores are on sale at the deepest factory discounts of the year. They offer a beautiful selection of furniture, lighting, bedding, rugs, accent pieces, accessories, art, Italian furniture and more. They also carry one-of-a-kind items, discontinued and unique "one-offs" that are sold "as-is" under their tent at their Costa Mesa location. They are restocking from their warehouse daily. Come by…

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The All New Anaheim White House

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By Greer Wylder
May 24, 2018

What a difference a year makes, Bruno Serato just celebrated the reopening of the new Anaheim White House after the original building tragically burned down last year. The restaurant, its banquet hall known as the West Wing and surrounding grounds have been painstakingly renovated so that they closely resemble the 1909 Colonial-style mansion and property that he converted into a restaurant more than three decades ago.  The fire was particularly devastating because Serato used its kitchen to prepare 4,000 dinners nightly for local needy children. Thankfully, he was able to continue cooking meals by using Christ Cathedral’s kitchen. It’s the…

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