The Dose

Feeling Healthier Just Got Easier

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By Greer Wylder
January 24, 2020

The Hydration Room is the premier IV and Injection Therapy clinic in Orange County. Founded by Dr. Brett Florie who grew up in Newport Beach and Long Beach, and finished his residency training at the University of Southern California, in the field of Anesthesiology.   It was created by Dr. Florie out of concern for his wife who suffered from migraines. He developed a vitamin IV therapy that helped with her symptoms and as he got more involved with what vitamins can do intravenously, he realized he could help patients from all walks of life. The Hydration Room offers IV…

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Virtual Reality Like Never Before

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By Greer Wylder
January 23, 2020

Are you ready for an immersive social experience that people have dreamt of since the dawn of computing? Through a unique combination of motion capture and VR technologies, you can become anyone and go anywhere at Sandbox VR. It just opened its doors at Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos. Guests transform into virtual avatars of themselves and enter experiences that are mapped over the physical world. Groups can feel haptic feedback, see their friends, and interact with each other just as they normally would. Immerse yourselves in five exciting Sandbox experiences: The Curse of Davy Jones is a thrilling treasure hunt…

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Orange County’s Only Gluten-Free Restaurant Celebrates 5 Years

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By Greer Wylder
January 22, 2020

Orange County’s only dedicated gluten-free restaurant, Oceans & Earth in Yorba Linda is celebrating its 5th year anniversary. It also offers organic dining from Chef Adam Navidi’s owned and operated award-winning aquaponic garden. Chef Navidi will be bringing back the top five dishes throughout the years for a prix fixe menu on one night only on Sunday, January 26 with one seating at 6:30 p.m. for $65 per person with an optional wine pairing for $25. The dinner will be followed by drink specials and live music at the bar. 1st Course / Year 1 Tasting of the Tides Sea…

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Celebrate The Lunar New Year at The District at Tustin Legacy

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By Greer Wylder
January 19, 2020

The District at Tustin Legacy will kick off the Year of the Rat with an afternoon of festivities to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Beginning at noon Saturday, Jan. 25, the first 500 guests will receive a lucky red envelope containing a crisp $1 bill, a tradition that symbolizes good fortune for the coming year. Highlights of the event will also include lively lion dance performances at 12:15 p.m. and 1:15 p.m., along with Taiko drummers at 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m., plus roaming stilt walkers and plenty of kid-friendly activities including body glitter art and balloon twisters. The lion…

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For the Love of Surf and Furniture Making

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By Greer Wylder
January 17, 2020

With a love of surf, the ocean and art, Duranne Collins of Willow Creations OC in Costa Mesa took a 30-year hobby of creatively using paint, wood, glass, metal, fabric, epoxy resins, and or recyclables and up-cycling, re-purposing, restoring, and refinishing all kinds of furniture and opened a custom furniture business. She pulled her expertise together, along with her creative knowledge in art, gardening, farming, working many mediums as well as a lifetime in the surfboard industry working with resin and epoxies. Her surfing heritage comes from her dad, Lance Collins of Wave Tools Surfboards. “Growing up with a father…

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