The Dose

The new Los Olivos Marketplace in Irvine

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By Greer Wylder
March 24, 2016

Irvine’s newest shopping and dining destination, Los Olivos Marketplace--off of the 405 Freeway and Irvine Center Drive---is already booming. Merchants and dining choices open include Blue Eyed Girl, Burger Lounge, Chase Bank, Flame Broiler,  Han Taiwanese Cuisine,  Hoag Medical Group & Urgent Care, Newport Colony, Panini Café, Rite Aid, Radiant Hot Yoga, Starbucks, Togo’s Great Sandwiches, 24 Hour Fitness, Wells Fargo Bank and Whole Foods Market. Coming soon include Angelina’s Pizzeria Napoletana, Burnt Crumbs, Cups Frozen Yogurt,  Phan55 Vietnamese Bistro, Puesto, Sugar Rush Sweet Shoppe, SwimSpot. Los Olivos Marketplace serves the adjacent residential and office communities to create a walkable…

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Mummies of the World in OC

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By Greer Wylder
March 23, 2016

For the first time, the nationally recognized Mummies of the World exhibit is in Orange County at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana for a limited time. The exhibition features more than 150 artifacts, real human and animal mummies from across the globe. More than 1.4 million visitors have already experienced Mummies of the World---the largest exhibition of real mummies and related artifacts ever assembled. The exhibit gives unprecedented insights into the lives of ancient people from every region of the world including Europe, South America and Ancient Egypt. Mummies of the World demonstrates how mummification can take place both naturally…

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Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Spring Launch Party

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By Greer Wylder
March 22, 2016

You’re invited to celebrate the launch of the Spring 2016 Collection at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams at South Coast Plaza Village on Wednesday, March 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Each season, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams introduces their stunning new collection with an event, and this exciting one features Emmy Award-winning actor and author Dan Bucatinsky. He’s coming in for a reading and book signing of his latest, “Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight?” Dan Bucatinsky is best known for this his roles in “Web Therapy,” “Scandal,” “The Comeback,” “Superstore,” and NBC’s “Marry Me.” You can also…

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A Fresh Start for Spring Organizing Your Life

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By Greer Wylder
March 21, 2016

Do you feel like you’re always short on time and overwhelmed? Simply put, you’re just too busy. To the rescue is Consider It Done! the premier personal assistance and concierge company servicing all of OC and LA. Their motto is: Your busy-ness is our business! The company was founded in 2004 by Sherri Durbin, with the mission of giving time starved, overscheduled local people back their precious time. “It's all about learning how delegation can make our clients (especially women) feel much more productive and balanced, and about valuing their most important commodity---their time,” Durbin says. Here are examples of…

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Spring Celebration at Roger’s Gardens

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By Greer Wylder
March 18, 2016

Celebrate the beginning of spring at Roger’s Gardens in Newport Beach today through Sunday. You can experience a weekend of natural beauty with artistic fresh floral displays, special events and seminars. And you can become inspired by the beautiful environments that celebrate nature, habitats, sustainable living, and bring beauty into your own home and garden. On Saturday. March 19 from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. you can join Roger’s talented floral designers, Kristen Silka & Onita Castillo, as they demonstrate how to create beautifully inspired spring floral arrangements right before your eyes. They will demonstrate “how-to” design some of them from your…

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