The Dose

Downtown Santa Ana’s New Farmers’ Market

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By Greer Wylder
March 27, 2014

The new Santa Ana Farmers’ Market comes to life today at the Spurgeon Promenade from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., as another bonus to the Downtown area’s revitalization plan and will continues every following Thursday, rain or shine. The market features locally farmed produce, eggs, and meat, along with artisan foods from specialty vendors. Some niche and local products include Santa Ana’s own Bread Artisan Bakery offering fine baked goods and breads; Taart Pan will offer gourmet savory hand-held pies and dessert tarts made with natural ingredients. There will also be Laguna Salt Company’s environmentally sound, whole mineral sea salts…

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Eat LBC: 50 Restaurants in Seven Days

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By Greer Wylder
March 26, 2014

Eat LBC is the city’s first-ever Restaurant Week In Long Beach kicking off Sunday, March 30 through Saturday, April 5. More than 50 eateries will be offering special three-course, prix fixe menus available at either $26 or $38 per person, excluding tax and gratuity. Eat LBC’s co-founders, Elizabeth Borsting and Terri Henry live in Long Beach, have tons of marketing and PR experience and took it upon themselves to create the inaugural Long Beach Restaurant Week. They adore the great restaurants and talented chefs in their community. “Most every major city hosts a Restaurant Week and Long Beach, California’s fifth…

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Let’s Misbehave: Auction Teaser

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By Greer Wylder
March 25, 2014

We are getting so excited about the premiere gala of Orange County, the JDRF OC's annual Dream Gala “Let's Misbehave!” on Saturday, March 29 at 5:30 p.m. at the St. Regis Monarch Beach. They’ve just added more spectacular live auction items, and even if you can’t make it, JDRF is offering proxy bidding. Just call the JDRF office at 949.553.0363 to register. The evening features a Speakeasy theme, a hosted cocktail reception, collectible wine and silent auction, dinner, live auction and Fund a Cure. Our live auction members and honorees have been working hard to secure some amazing packages for…

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Love Your Lashes

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By Greer Wylder
March 24, 2014

Join LashSpot, an eyelash extension spa in Costa Mesa, for a night of beauty on Wednesday, March 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. As a guest, you’ll enjoy complimentary mini lash extensions and luxury strip lashes, a well as giveaways, raffles to win lash extensions of your choice and exclusive LashSpot gift bags. There will also be hosted cocktails and light bites. Please respond to rsvp@theaceagency.com LashSpot only uses premium silk or mink lashes and the highest quality bonding adhesive to keep your extensions sealed to your natural lashes. LashSpot perfected the technique of creating longer, thicker, fuller lashes that…

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SoCal Style Clambake

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By Greer Wylder
March 21, 2014

Ways & Means, a casual and elegant New England-style oyster house in the heart of Old Towne Orange features sustainable and seasonal seafood dishes, 40-day dry aged steaks from Chefs de Cuisine Benjamin Wallenbeck and Justin Odegard, as well as hand-select oysters. Inspired by New England’s traditional clambakes, Ways & Means Oyster House will be offering a mid week celebration with “Clambake Wednesdays,” a kitchen clambake special for $9.99. Chefs Wallenbeck and Odegard have created a California-style version of the seafood feast using seasonal West Coast little, middle, and top neck clams, mussels, Andouille sausage, potato, corn on the cob,…

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