The Dose

SoCo - Your Destination for Design Inspiration

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By Greer Wylder
April 09, 2013

Are you doing some spring cleaning this month? If so, you need to replace the old with something fresh and new - and there's no better place to do it than the interior design showrooms at SoCo! SoCo is home to the top interior design stores in OC - including Design Within Reach's largest showroom in the world, and, coming in May - Brown Jordan's first to-the-public showroom! In fact, all of SoCo's interior design stores are open to the public. At SoCo, you'll discover designers you won't find anywhere else in Orange County like Pal + Smith, known for…

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Wild About Tacos

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By Greer Wylder
April 09, 2013

Twenty-five of Orange County’s most innovative and renowned chefs will be giving their time and culinary talents on Thursday at the 20th Annual Wild & Crazy Taco Night at Share Our Selves  in Costa Mesa. The fun and festive evening of beers, margaritas, and exotic tacos will be celebrated at the facility where SOS collects and distributes foods for people in need. The creative chefs will be cooking up delicious tacos for a great cause and you can arrive early from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. for VIP admission ($150) and meet all of the chefs and sample their tacos before…

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20 Questions with David Wilhelm

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By Greer Wylder
April 05, 2013

We are thrilled that longtime renowned restaurateur David Wilhelm just answered our 20 Questions. He says his best day is yet to come, and we love that, and says that for  breakfast he makes some decent buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy. He will be returning to Orange County’s restaurant scene this summer with the opening of Jimmy's Famous American Tavern in Dana Point. This will be David Wilhelm’s first restaurant to open in Orange County since his restaurant empire, Culinary Adventures split up in 2009. (Locals will remember fondly his Savannah's, Chat Noir, French 75, and many more successful restaurants…

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Steaming Up at Fixtures Living

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By Greer Wylder
April 02, 2013

The weather may not be heating up yet - but things are getting steamy at Fixtures Living at SoCo! For the entire month of April, Fixtures Living is celebrating steam - in your kitchen, in your shower, and in your life! Join Fixtures Living this Saturday, April 6 for steamy, live demonstrations from noon to 1:30 p.m. and 2 to 3:30 p.m. Can't make it? Don't fret! Fixtures Living will be hosting additional live demonstrations every Saturday in April at 2 p.m. April is all about steam at Fixtures Living at SoCo. For the entire month of April, the "steam…

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It’s Sprinkling in CDM

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By Greer Wylder
April 02, 2013

The originator of the cupcake phenom, Sprinkles Cupcakes that launched in Beverly Hills in 2003, is now bringing us a new Sprinkles Ice Cream shop at Corona del Mar Plaza opening Wednesday. Sprinkles Ice Cream will serve handcrafted ice cream made fresh daily using organic California dairy and carefully selected ingredients with classic flavors such as vanilla bean, strawberry and coffee as well as modern choices like salty caramel, cap’n crunch or butter pecan with caramelized pecan dragées. Sprinkles prides itself on making intensely flavorful ice cream that’s slow churned and densely creamy. To kick off their opening day celebrations, Sprinkles Ice…

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