NEWPORT BEACH blog

Most fans will agree that a sports gathering isn’t quite right without nibbles and a cold one. But if you’re not feeling like whipping up boozy concoctions or putting together a festive spread at home, consider taking your party to…

A good cuppa coffee can serve as many things—a wake-up elixir, a social drink, an energy booster. When the temps drop, it can even act as a very delicious hand warmer during a weekend stroll around town. Which is why…

It might be a light-jacket kind of weather now, but soon enough, temperatures will drop enough to merit coats and scarves (yes, even in Newport Beach). And, as soon as the exciting newness of this chilly climate wears off, we’ll…

Long before All Hallows’ Eve comes around, the candy fever starts. By late September, grocery store aisles are already brimming with family-sized bags of Candy Corn, Skittles and Tootsie Pops. Candy has, afterall, become almost as important to Halloween as…

Planning to take your costume out for a spin in Newport Beach? A myriad of local establishments are throwing up their faux cob-webs and prepping their spaces for your arrival. From family-friendly to strictly adult, here’s our roll call of…

Even though the Prohibition era is surely behind us, speakeasies are still very much a part of popular culture—and for good reason. They make you feel like you hold the key (in some cases, literally) to something special. The modern…

If we had to dub any time of year the “cooking season,” it would be fall. (It’s all because of you, Thanksgiving). Now that it’s almost time to dust off our white dumpling-shaped chefs’ hats, we can’t help but wonder…

Back when it was summer, we would try to steal every moment, every lunch hour, every coffee break we could in the sun sans the summer crowds. (Read: tourists, kiddos, the occasional daytripper). But now that school’s back on and…