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Catalina Express and Hotels Offer Best of Winter Mid-Week Packages

By Greer Wylder

December 30, 2022

Catalina Island, named as one of the country’s favorite islands by readers of Conde Nast Traveler, is famous for its Mediterranean vibe, outdoor activities, and open spaces. This trend continues beyond summer with more room to roam, cooler weather to incredible savings. Now through March 17, 2023, Catalina Express and hotel partners offer combination boat and accommodations packages at more than 10 hotels in Avalon as part of its popular annual “Best of Winter” offering. With activities galore to experience from Eco tours into Catalina’s interiorand undersea adventures in a semi-submersible submarine, to kayaking, parasailing, hiking, and enjoying the myriad shops and boutiques,…

Give the Gift that Always Fits!

By Greer Wylder

December 19, 2022

Spa Gregorie’s Day Spas & Salons is giving a free luxury robe with a certificate purchase, available here, spagregories.com/gift-certificates.*One robe with every $300 gift certificate purchase. While supplies last. Gregorie’s, voted Best Day Spa by American Spa Magazine, Day Spa Magazine, City Search, and SpaFinder, is an oasis, a unique retreat for men and women to escape the rigors of daily stress, replenish the body and soul and achieve whole body well-being. They offer guests an exceptional atmosphere and comfortable setting where they can experience a full line of spa and salon services.Guests are guaranteed to receive top-of-the-line services from their staff of…

OC’s FIRST and ONLY Zero-Waste Grocer

By Greer Wylder

December 05, 2022

More than a grocery store, Amis de la Terre Market in Costa Mesa is a zero-waste market. Now, you can find your favorite organic pantry staples and health foods without contributing to the waste cycle. Amis de la Terre Market is the brainchild of newlyweds Jessica Walden and Chris McGuire, two graduate students of the UCI Ph.D. program in Earth System Science. After years of research on the ocean, while finding microplastics in water samples from local beaches, they decided to create an answer to eliminating plastic packaging from pantry staples that can have a dramatic impact on consumer plastic waste. At…

Cyber Monday deal at Tower23 Hotel (and all Eat.Drink.Sleep hotels)

By Greer Wylder

November 28, 2022

The biggest sale of the year for Southern California's boutique hospitality company, Eat.Drink.Sleep offers 25% off room rates at all five of its hotels this year with travel dates available for the next year. Must be booked today, Monday, November 28 until 11:59 p.m. This includes Tower23, voted as one of the top 25 hotels on the water in the US by TripAdvisor and its Wine Spectator award-winning destination restaurant, JRDN, and Bellanca Hotel, recently voted #1 hotel on Catalina Island by TimeOut and The Naughty Fox, Catalina Island’s lifestyle boutique hotel and restaurant with spanning ocean views. More about their portfolio of hotels can be found here.Book Dates: Friday, November 25, 2022 - Monday, November 28Travel Dates: December 1, 2022 -…

Irvine’s Newest Farm Is Ready for Harvest: Malaia’s Microgreens

By Greer Wylder

November 09, 2022

Malaia’s Microgreens, Orange County’s newest hydroponic farm, will be ready for its first harvest in November. Founded by young entrepreneurs Malaia Martinez, 22, and Jaebin Yoo, 22, the specialty farm grows over 50 varieties of organic microgreens, edible flowers, and specialty herbs at their state-of-the-art indoor hydroponic lab in Irvine.Malaia’s Microgreens is reinventing traditional agriculture with an innovative approach to sustainable farming. Equipped with rows of tall shelves illuminated by bright grow lights, their hydroponic system looks nothing like a traditional farm. Built with scalable sustainability in mind, their farm is 90% more water efficient than traditional farms producing the…