The Dose

SWIMINISTA Partners with Fashion Industry Icons

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By Greer Wylder
October 28, 2020

During an incredibly tough season for the retail industry, SWIMINISTA Founder Andréa Bernholtz joins forces with fellow industry innovators Lisa Kline, Jennifer Lewis, and Jessica Harmon, combining their retail/online strength and support in bringing luxury swimwear to Southern California shoppers. Unhappy with the environmental fallout from traditional swimwear manufacturing, former Rock & Republic Co-Founder and serial mompreneur Andréa Bernholtz developed SWIMINISTA. Using luxury, silky soft recycled fabrics, the brand actively reduces the industry’s carbon footprint while offering modern silhouettes designed to suit every uniquely beautiful body with adjustable, personalized fits in sizes A-DD. Southern California shoppers can now find the…

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Big Parm in Tustin Offers $1 Slices for National Pizza Month

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By Greer Wylder
October 27, 2020

Orange County pizza lovers can celebrate National Pizza Month through the end of October with $1 slices of select pizza at Big Parm at Mess Hall Market in Tustin. The popular New Jersey-style pizzeria will also offer two-for-one pies on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31. In addition to classics such as Margherita, pepperoni, and veggie, Big Parm serves specialty pizzas such as Lobster (with tomato sauce, Maine lobster, drawn butter, mozzarella), Spicy Garlic Shrimp Pizza (with tomato sauce, shrimp, roasted garlic, chiles, mozzarella), Pastrami (tomato sauce, pastrami, Thousand Island, chopped tomato, mozzarella), White Pizza (Alfredo sauce, parm, bacon, mozzarella), and a…

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Shop for a Worthwhile Cause with this Floral Scent

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By Greer Wylder
October 26, 2020

A Newport Beach entrepreneur with a passion for promoting female empowerment and fighting human trafficking has launched Elia Parfum, a fragrance line that donates a portion of every sale to fight human trafficking. Amanda Meyer, who has 15 years of experience in the fashion industry, combined her love of fragrance with her dedication to helping others to create Elia Parfum. She is currently partnered with A21, a leading global anti-trafficking organization with a regional office here in Orange County, to help in the fight against human trafficking, designating 10% of every sale to the organization. The fragrance line’s debut scent…

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Live From the West Side: The Women of Broadway

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By Greer Wylder
October 23, 2020

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is offering three new livestream concert events that are part of the Live from the West Side series which began last month with a performance by Christopher Jackson. Live from the West Side: Women of Broadway features two-time Tony Award® winner Patti LuPone on October 24, Tony Award winner Laura Benanti on November 14, and critically acclaimed actress and singer Vanessa Williams on December 5. All performances are at 5 p.m., Pacific Time. The Center is one of a select group of not-for-profit arts organizations participating and the only arts center in Southern California to…

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Fork & Knife Celebrates Grand Opening By GIving Back

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By Greer Wylder
October 22, 2020

Newly opened concept, Fork & Knife in Costa Mesa will celebrate its Grand Opening by giving back as it launches a weekly Paella offering on Friday, October 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Chef-Proprietor Jonathan Blackford will donate 50% of Paella sales to the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center at USC, where his late-partner, Doug Garn, was treated before passing shortly after Fork & Knife opened its doors earlier this month. During the fundraising event on October 23, Chef Blackford will introduce his signature Paella, which will be offered every Friday for pick-up between 11:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.  Every week, Chef…

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