Wendy and Greg Ekstrom’s home on Amethyst Avenue was part of the 23rd Annual Balboa Island Holiday Home Walking Tour. Photo by Sara Hall The Balboa Island Holiday Home Walking Tour, an annual event presented by the Balboa Island Improvement Association, returns on Sunday, Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. to Read More
Newport Beach Film Festival marquee at Lido Theater. File Photo by Chris Trela. A 25th anniversary is traditionally celebrated with silver, but the Newport Beach Film Festival has struck gold this year with the dazzling star power and movie premieres scheduled for the festival’s weeklong 25th anniversary run October 17-24. Read More
Scene from “Stealing Pulp Fiction.” What do you get when three Hollywood-Wannabe friends (Jon Rudnitsky, Karan Soni and Cazzie David) team up with their kooky therapist (Jason Alexander) to plot a heist to steal Quentin Tarantino’s personal 35mm print of “Pulp Fiction” from his movie theater. What else: “Stealing Pulp Read More
Paseo 17 Paseo 17, the reimagined upscale boutique retail center on East 17th Street in Costa Mesa owned and managed by commercial real-estate development firm Burnham-Ward Properties of Newport Beach, is adding two new food and beverage concepts to its mix of contemporary dining options. The first new addition is Read More
Paseo 17 Paseo 17, the reimagined upscale boutique retail center on East 17th Street in Costa Mesa owned and managed by commercial real-estate development firm Burnham-Ward Properties of Newport Beach, is adding two new food and beverage concepts to its mix of contemporary dining options. The first new addition is Read More
Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce hosts the 2025 Economic Forecast at Balboa Bay Resort on Friday, Oct. 3 featuring Christopher Schwarz, Professor of Finance at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business and faculty director for the UCI Center for Investment and Wealth Management. The 2025 Economic Forecast is an Read More
Autumn Harvest Bowl Last month, Sweetgreen opened a restaurant in Fashion Island different than most Sweetgreen eateries in that it adds automation to the experience. It’s one of only a handful of locations in the country that features the restaurant’s new Infinite Kitchen technology which takes on the process of Read More
Film Festival marquee at Lido Theatre, from a previous Newport Beach Film Festival closing night screening. Photo by Chris Trela The Newport Beach Film Festival has announced programming for its 25th annual Film Festival that runs October 17 through 24. The Festival will screen 112 films from 19 countries including Read More
Cheeseburger at CUCINA enoteca in Fashion Island CUCINA enoteca in Fashion Island is known for having an excellent list of domestic and international wines, but in September the focus is on California wines, and for a good reason. September is California Wine Month, so CUCINA enoteca is curating a vino Read More
#1999 sandwich at Ike’s Ike’s Love & Sandwiches loves introducing new sandwich collaborations. Last month they introduced a new sandwich dubbed “Mitch The Rock Richmond,” a vegan BBQ sandwich named after NBA all-star Mitch Richmond. Now comes not one but two new all-star sandwiches that mark the 25th anniversary of Read More
