The Dose

Earn Your Denim!

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By Greer Wylder
October 14, 2011

Orange County just landed the first Earnest Sewn boutique, and you can find it at Fashion Island. This is the place to find premium denim and sportswear for men, women and select children’s denim styles like skinny, straight and bell-bottoms. LA-based Earnest Sewn is known for its iconic denim, expert tailoring and hand-crafted details. Choose from favorites such as the Hefner, a women’s boot cut and the Harlan, a low-rise skinny leg fit. The most recent debut since the return of Earnest Sewn’s original designer Benjamin Talley Smith is the limited  edition "Golden Ticket" jean called Newport, an over dyed black micro flare jean that uses 24K gold buttons,…

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OC Weekend: Save for the Environment!

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By Greer Wylder
October 13, 2011

Here’s your chance to save on some of highest quality, traditional and contemporary furniture collections on the planet. Environment Furniture, a company committed to using materials with low environment impact, is opening its Costa Mesa warehouse Friday through Oct. 31 for a sample sale on stunning furniture from previous collections. Choose from high-end, mahogany furniture reduced 50 to 80% (some are even 90% off!)--an even greater bargain when you consider that it will last a lifetime. Some items were originally priced at $4,000 and are now priced as low as $750 to $900! The space will be open from 10…

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Tchaikovsky Symphonies in OC!

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By Greer Wylder
October 12, 2011

Classical music lovers can revel in seeing one of the most sought-after conductors of our time when Russian conductor Valery Gergiev leads the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra for two nights only on Thursday and Monday at 8 p.m. at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. We are giving away five pairs of tickets for each performance. Just email Gretchen@pacific-creative.digital to enter to win a pair of tickets. We will announce the winners tomorrow, and tickets will be left at Will Call. The orchestra will be performing Tchaikovsky’s most revered symphonies as the kick-off for the…

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Good Ship, Lollishop!

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By Greer Wylder
October 11, 2011

Searching for sweets near the beach? Lollishop will take care of your candy fix. Owner Kim Keirstead grew up in Newport Beach and just opened the fantastic candy store across from City Hall in Newport Beach. But her mission is more than supplying lollipops, novelty candies and holiday themed sweets to customers. She hopes to inspire other merchants to open in this area. “I have lived in Newport Beach my entire life and I have very fond memories of riding my bike to this area and spending  hours looking through all of the cute and interesting shops,” Keirstead says. “I am doing my best to restore a sense of…

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Peace in OC!

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By Greer Wylder
October 10, 2011

This Thursday, the Center for Living Peace will present Women, War and Peace and play host to the woman responsible for bringing the world's attention to one of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners. Academy Award-winning actress Geena Davis will join executive producer and filmmaker Abigail Disney for a discussion about the PBS SoCal series, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell.” The Disney documentary, which begins Tuesday and runs through Nov. 8, features Leymah Gbowee, winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, along with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (now Liberia’s president) and Tawakkul Karman (a pro-democracy campaigner in Yemen). Gbowee is…

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