The Dose

Pretending Turns 2!

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By Greer Wylder
August 29, 2011

Pretend City is turning two in a big way. You can help celebrate on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with free admission, fun activities, special guests and birthday cake!  More than 500 children are expected to sing happy birthday, and enjoy cake from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Since it’s opening, more than 335,000 visitors have come to Pretend City Children’s Museum to experience an educational facility unlike anything we have seen in Orange County. It’s a place for children to enjoy purposeful play, hands-on learning, role playing and educational programs. And thankfully with the help of scholarships, 30,000…

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Look What’s Coming to OC!

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By Greer Wylder
August 26, 2011

We just found out that the Belgian bakery and café, Le Pain Quotidien, will be opening it first OC location this October at Fashion Island’s Pacific Court. Pretty soon, you’ll be sitting down at a communal table or on the patio enjoying incredible ocean views while having breakfast, lunch or dinner that feature in simple and delicious boulangerie foods. Le Pain Quotidien will offer a selection of soups, salads, tartines (open-faced sandwiches, a house specialty) with its signature breads baked fresh daily. The Brussels-based eatery stays true to its mission by offering high quality, simple and authentic foods, and always…

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Get Freshii With Us!

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By Greer Wylder
August 25, 2011

Looking for a new place to eat? Freshii is a healthy casual restaurant that just opened its first Orange County location at The Bluffs shopping center in Newport Beach. Freshii offers custom-made salads, burritos, wraps, rice bowls, yogurt parfait, or soups perfect for a quick breakfast, lunch or dinner. At breakfast try a bacon, egg and cheese wrap, a spinach and goat cheese wrap, slow cooked oatmeal, yogurt parfaits and more. At lunch or dinner choose from a Bangkok burrito (brown rice, grilled chicken, carrots, cucumbers, mushrooms, bean sprouts and warm peanut sauce); vegan wrap (spinach, avocado, carrots, broccoli, cucumbers,…

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Women Are Wonderful!

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By Greer Wylder
August 24, 2011

Spa Gregorie’s in Newport Beach will be celebrating women of all ages in a major way Monday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. with its 5th annual "Women are Wonderful: In Full Bloom" event. It’s a women’s expo featuring beauty demonstrations, exhibits, presentations, spa gifts and the evening benefits local charities. More than 50 vendors will be participating, including spa and wellness experts (like Clarisonic and Epicuren) as well as local boutiques, fitness studios, fashion and more. Experience high-end service demos including tanning and shimmer applications, a Spa Gregorie's custom skin analysis and facial prescription, and a Nuface Brow Lift demonstration;…

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Sustain Us with Wines!

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By Greer Wylder
August 23, 2011

With organic foods on our minds now more than ever, where does that leave us with wine? Easy enough to find some local restaurants incorporating sustainable, organic and biodynamic wines on their lists such as True Food Kitchen at Fashion Island and Seasons 52 at South Coast Plaza, now we’ve found that Laguna Beach is home to the Organic Wine Cellar, an importer, distributor and online retailer. Founder Brian Cuddy has built this family-run organic wine company that started with domestic organic wines and now works with producers throughout Italy, including major wine-producing regions of Veneto, Piedmont, Tuscany, Apulia, Abruzzi,…

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