The Dose

Catch This!

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By Greer Wylder
April 05, 2010

The Catch is back. The 32-year-old restaurant recently opened on the ground floor of Avalon Bay’s Anaheim Stadium luxury apartment community, just footsteps from Angel Stadium and the Grove of Anaheim. The Catch is serving some new twists in food and cocktails plus an expanded craft beer lineup. Choose from American classics with a contemporary spin drunken mahi-mahi, miso marinated Chilean sea bass, as well as San Francisco style cioppino and brewmaster Victor’s fish & chips. The Catch’s fine, aged steaks—sourced from Creekstone Farms Natural and premium Black Angus beef—come with Dauphinoise potatoes and steamed asparagus. New to the menu…

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Lets Play Ball

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By Greer Wylder
April 02, 2010

Take us out to this ballgame! Opening week for The Angels 2010 Season starts Monday—- the Minnesota Twins and the Oakland A’s! What that means for you? Opening Day festivities, special tickets prices at 50% off, spring break savings, fireworks, giveaways, family packages, and quite possibly more fun then you can handle. Check online for special savings offers here. Here’s the line-up: Monday: Angels vs. Minnesota Twinsat 7:05 p.m. receive an opening night magnet schedule with everything you need for the season. And arrive early for the pre-game of a military aircraft flyover, a C-17 Globemaster 3! Tuesday: Angels vs.…

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Greek Goodness

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By Greer Wylder
March 31, 2010

Thasos Greek Island Grille, a fast casual restaurant offering fresh artisan Greek and Mediterranean cuisine just opened at Fashion Island’s Atrium Court. (It’s also at in South Coast Metro in Costa Mesa.) Thasos at Fashion Island is offering Greer’s OC readers a free house made hummus with pita appetizer, or a piece of baklava—just mention Greer’s Thasos special tomorrow through Saturday! The extensive menu includes snacks and appetizers like Greek island fries, freshly made hummus with pita, family recipes, homemade soups, fresh cut green salads, and much more. Choose from traditional Greek dishes such as moussaka (lasagna-style layers of grilled…

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Organically Delicious

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By Greer Wylder
March 30, 2010

What would we do without people like eco-friendly Ioana Hagiu, founder of OC based Luscious Organic Desserts? Even with her vegan ways, she will not let us be denied moist, decadent desserts. Sorry, but when we think of gourmet desserts, vegan treats never even come to mind. Thankfully Luscious Organic Desserts has changed that forever. For years, Ioana has been baking dairy-free desserts for her lucky friends and even baked her own elegant tiered wedding cake (btw, she wouldn’t recommend that.) She wasn’t satisfied with vegan bakery goods that focused too much on whole grains and eggs and butter replaces…

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Bikinis Gone Wildly Fashionable

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By Greer Wylder
March 29, 2010

OC-based Tyler Rose Swimwear is one of the hottest bikini lines on the market, being featured for the second year in a row in Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue; a spread in SURFING Magazine’s swimsuit issue and in April you can find Tyler Rose at Victoria’s Secret’s top 20 stores and in its catalog!  The latest Spring 2010 collection, Haute Indian Summer, is out in local boutiques (exclusively at Patina in Costa Mesa), and online at Shopbop, Intermix and Scoop. You can get a glimpse of the perfect fit (think modern day Woodstock-inspired bikinis) at www.tylerroseswimwear.com. Each Tyler Rose suit is…

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