The Dose

A Restaurant Within a Restaurant

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By Greer Wylder
December 22, 2016

If you’re looking for something out of the ordinary this holiday season, there’s the new Bluegold & LSXO at Pacific City in Huntington Beach. It’s a restaurant-within-a-restaurant concept from Jed Sanford and and chef Tin Vuong. Bluegold is a California coastal eatery with unobstructed ocean views and a diverse menu. LSXO highlights cuisine from District 1 in Saigon (where Vuong’s family come from). Both concepts are open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and LSXO offers a relaxing afternoon tea with open-faced finger sandwiches, French pastries, and specialty sweets to complement international tea blends. Bluegold’s menu offers European/Mediterranean roots and features…

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La Buena Nocha and the Mesa Gala NYE

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By Greer Wylder
December 20, 2016

Looking for a chic and delicious spot for Christmas Eve dinner or a stylish New Year’s Eve gala like no other? Look no further than MESA at the Camp in Costa Mesa. Executive chef Niki Starr Weyler who has worked in some of the best kitchens in OC, including French 75, Charlie Palmer’s and Broadway by Amar Santana has created La Buena Nocha, a special Christmas Eve dinner menu featuring the season’s best tastes and paired with some of the best cocktails in OC. You can choose from Jamon, Queso y Chorizo with thinly sliced prosciutto, Manchego cheese, Spanish cured…

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The 2017 OC Restaurant Week Launch Party

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By Greer Wylder
December 19, 2016

It’s already time to start thinking about the 2017 Orange County Restaurant Week and the highly anticipated OC Restaurant Week Launch Party on Saturday, March 4 that will kick off the ninth year of the County’s most celebrated culinary event.   Orange County Restaurant Week is happening from Sunday, March 5th through Saturday, March 11th with more than 100 restaurants offering prix-fixe menus within the following price categories: lunch for $10, $15 or $20, and dinner for $20, $30, $40 or $50, with a limited number of $80 “luxe” menus. Participants involved are listed online at orangecountyrestaurantweek.com. Tickets are on sale now for the kick…

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The Ultimate in Cryotherapy, MojoCryo

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By Greer Wylder
December 16, 2016

We just discovered MojoCryo in Newport Beach that offers the ultimate in cryotherapy. At the luxury spa like setting, near Fashion Island, you can experience the benefits of whole body cryotherapy, cryofacials, local cryotherapy, light therapy, and normatec recovery that helps you recover faster between workouts by reducing muscle soreness and improving circulation. Whole body cryotherapy takes only three minutes and it’s proven effective for pain management. It reduces inflammation, increases energy levels and stamina, improves recovery time and helps increase metabolism. It even helps with anxiety, skin conditions and reduces signs of aging. We aren’t the only fans. Celebrity…

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Best Blowout in OC

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By Greer Wylder
December 15, 2016

Butterfli Me Makeup & Lash Studio—the one stop beauty studio just added blowouts and hairstyling to its repertoire of services. Now you can go in for expert makeup application, lash extensions, brow shaping, skin tightening and get a perfect hair style for your next event or night out.   Johnathan Kristen is the lead stylist and there are five more awesome hair stylists in studio. Butterfli Me is all about the client experience. Everything is beautiful at Butterfli Me (including the studio, artists and stylists) and once you step in the studio, you will be pampered. Butterfli Me also offers…

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