Urbun Burger takes up fried chicken slack in Laguna Beach
For those of you still weeping over the loss of Laguna Beach’s Kentucky Fried Chicken, there’s still hope: Urbun Burger, the High End Burger Cult Classic of San Francisco, should be opening its doors in just a few weeks’ time at the same PCH/Cleo Street location. Known for – as one Yelp reviewer has noted [...]
Skimboard contest for amateurs – Laguna Beach, April 29th
Skimboarders, just a reminder that this Sunday, April 29th marks the last stop of the Green Eggs and Am “tour.” After hitting Balboa and Aliso Creek Beach in March, this final event occurs at West Street Beach in South Laguna Beach. (Click the poster image for a larger view.) Largely headed up by pro skimboarders [...]
Popular Blue Laguna Bar in Laguna Beach Goes Dark
On the heels of the surprising Laguna Beach restaurant closings of Café Vienna and The Royal Hawaiian comes a third closing in just a week’s time. Laguna Beach’s Blue Laguna, the happening nightspot for people who…
Laguna Beach Cafe Vienna closes tomorrow (Sunday, April 15th)
South Laguna Beach’s favorite coffee house, Cafe Vienna, is closing its doors after its usual hours of business on Sunday, April 15th. Owner Ferdanand Lettner sold Cafe Vienna to another restaurant owner, whose plans are still not known. He’ll stay in the area, however, and will continue to own/operate the popular Sands Cafe at Aliso Beach. [...]
Best Massage in Laguna Beach (& Best Mother’s Day Gift, too!)
So, I have just exited Laguna Beach’s Laguna Canyon Spa after yet another phenomenal massage and I just have to say this – Lucy Wojskowicz, the spa’s owner, was put on this planet to give massages. She ranks in that rarified world of people who are born concert pianists, Mac computer inventors, Oscar-performing actors and professional [...]
Amateur skimboard contest at Laguna Beach’s Aliso Beach on March 31st
I ran into Exile Skimboard’s Steve Taylor this morning at coffee, and he filled me in on the amateur skimboarding event tomorrow, March 31st, 2012, at Aliso State Beach in Laguna Beach. Originally scheduled for West Street Beach, the promoters moved the event to better accommodate the predicted big south swell moving into play this [...]
Author Dean Koontz Doing Laguna Q&A Event
Granted, our famous Laguna Beach independent bookstore, Laguna Beach Books, hauls in some great author catches for regular author events, and our renowned Laguna Playhouse does equally well in bringing in true celebrity for its ongoing repertoire … but when the two come together, we’re all in for a real treat. Longtime NYT best-selling author [...]