California Beaches Blog

I have never been a bagel fan, and never actually understood why people think they are so good. But that was before I tried JT’s Bagels in Huntington Beach, California. The quality is so above the rest that the finest local hotels purchase the made fresh products created before the crack of dawn.
The perfect bread [...]

While traditional Irish beers, whiskey and ales may be a part of the annual St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at California’s beaches, don’t overlook the kid-friendly family fun opportunities that are going on near the oceanfront in the OC. Costa Mesa Market Place is hosting The 4th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Festival on Sunday, March 14 [...]

“Cancel any plans for spring break in Surf City this year, the fun is all dried up,” says Melissa Zonne, USC college student, who wrote an article in the university’s Daily Trojan recently about a subject that has received as much press as the pot sales ban and the nudity ban in Huntington Beach. Referring [...]

The San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau (SFCVB) uses a slogan that so appropriately expresses the popular destination’s unique way of promoting itself. One example is the recent announcement that SFCVB has hired someone to position of Director of Arts & Culture Marketing. At trade conventions and events, this title alone turns heads from industry [...]

Little did a Newport Beach teenager realize over 35 years ago when he hooked up an electric rechargeable battery from a golf cart to a boat, that his invention would one day be lauded not just for its ecological benefits, but for its practical applications. The Duffy, an attractive vessel seen prominently in the channels [...]

Is Hollywood or Vanity Fair the problem, asks Maynard Institute’s Richard Prince in his Journal-isms column. The new March issue — the Hollywood issue — features a bevy of starlets, all of them white. Dressed in cream, beige, gray, tan or olive attire, the cast of nine young women includes four blonds, three brunettes, and [...]

No offense to the south but I can’t understand a lick of what the people are saying, especially when they say it fast. Southerners with those funny accents  seem to have their own ling, and no matter how can-kicky I become, it seems a hoot is better than to cock a fister. And they say [...]