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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    On the Line: Ryan Adams of Three Seventy Common Food Drink, Part Two

    Sharing the same first name with a co-worker can be confusing, but Three Seventy Common's Ryan Adams also gets mistaken for a rock star. Wait, is that good or bad? His love of surfing, fast cars, welding and gardening make him a Renaissance man. Oh, and somewhere he finds time to cook.Read our inter ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2011

    Into the Emerald Triangle

    Travels with OC potrepreneur B. Lucky to California's marijuana breadbasket

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Thomas Andrew Spence Took Hands Out of Undone Pants and Assaulted Deputy: Charges

    ​A female Orange County Sheriff's deputy spotted a man in bushes near a Laguna Niguel garden center Wednesday with his hands in his pockets and his pant undone. So, she confronted him. A foot chase followed and, when she caught up with him, he allegedly tried to take her firearm and physically str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    At the Farmers' Market: Squash Blossoms

    Since the recipe yesterday involved fresh squash blossoms, it seemed like a good time to explore the ins and outs of the bright yellow or orange flowers.Dave Lieberman​

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Santa Ana Civic Center's New Solution to the Homeless Problem

    UPDATE: After hearing the Catholic Workers concerns, Santa Ana city officials contacted the contractor who agreed to move the fence between the benches and the grass. Ta da!Have a seat.​Santa Ana's Civic Center is picking on the homeless again, according to Orange County's best Catholic, Dwight Sm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    At the Farmers' Market: Mustard Greens and Green Garlic

    Dave Lieberman​It might be January, and it might not be time to think about spring yet, but it's been a warm year and the greenery is already out at the farmers' market, up to two months in advance of its normal appearance.Green garlic is the entire garlic plant while it is still young, before the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Leaving Babylon

    I'm bailing for Vegas today and that got me thinking about the idea of leaving. Then I remembered a strange cover version of the Bad Brains song "Leaving Babylon" a week ago. I was in the gardening department at Big Lots (does Big Lots have "departments?") when I heard an acoustic guitar strumming s ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    [Summer Guide] Guerrilla Gardeners Strike an Earthy Tone as They Beautify Medians and Empty Lots

    I'm bailing for Vegas today and that got me thinking about the idea of leaving. Then I remembered a strange cover version of the Bad Brains song "Leaving Babylon" a week ago. I was in the gardening department at Big Lots (does Big Lots have "departments?") when I heard an acoustic guitar strumming s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009
  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Bangok Taste Closed for a Week--No Worries. I Hope.

    Had dinner earlier this week at Bangkok Taste in SanTana, my current fave Thai restaurant, with the mysterious Ben Dayhoe (contrary to popular rumor, he's not Mr. X). We enjoyed soups, fried tofu, their famous roti dessert, and the peanut-butter soup called khao soy. After our dinner (we ate with ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    This Week in the OC Weekly

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    This Week in the OC Weekly

    In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    The Dahlia Lady of Costa Mesa

    If you've visited Kean Coffee in Newport Beach (...but really Costa Mesa) in the last few months, you'll notice their abundance of beautiful, brightly colored, fresh-cut dahlias in all shapes and sizes—some, bigger than your face—on display. And if you peer even closer, you'll notice homemade ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 1, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    If you've visited Kean Coffee in Newport Beach (...but really Costa Mesa) in the last few months, you'll notice their abundance of beautiful, brightly colored, fresh-cut dahlias in all shapes and sizes—some, bigger than your face—on display. And if you peer even closer, you'll notice homemade ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    Green Thumb

    Spring Garden Show

  • Columns

    October 11, 2007

    Letters

    OC Weekly is a stupid tabloid for journalists/writers who could never make it to a real newspaper!

  • Columns

    July 19, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'I bet they speak English during recess'

  • Culture

    May 31, 2007

    Mini-Maul

    Chris Burdens tiny Armageddon

  • Columns

    May 31, 2007

    Letters

    'WHO or WHAT raised you?'

  • Culture

    June 8, 2006

    The Alchemist

    Rick Frausto recycles everything into art

  • Culture

    February 2, 2006

    Godly Work

    Joel Heflin is as attentive to Found Measure Project as God would be: not very

  • Columns

    November 10, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Joel Heflin is as attentive to Found Measure Project as God would be: not very

  • Culture

    March 31, 2005

    Gooooooaaaalll!

    FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster

  • Columns

    February 3, 2005

    Diary of A Mad County

    FIFA 2005 introduces Mexicans to save its luster

  • Film

    December 12, 2002

    Inside Charlie Kaufman

    The metafictional mayhem inand behindSpike Jonzes Adaptation

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Return of the Native?

    Wish they all could be California plants

  • Features

    August 1, 2002

    The Sap Spills Like Blood

    A lot of pruning goes on at Leisure World, and its not just the residents

  • News

    February 7, 2002

    Hellooooooo, Mr. Wilson!

    Enviros give pro-development supervisor the kid-glove treatment

  • News

    January 4, 2001

    Hey, You Cant Park There!

    The year in not-so-open space

  • Culture

    December 28, 2000

    Face Off

    Mabel Alvarez and the mysterious

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Lawnbot

    It mows the lawn while you read a book

  • Culture

    April 13, 2000

    Oh

    Linda McCartneys photos, bold African Ceremonies

  • Culture

    December 2, 1999

    The Sacred and the Dead

    Plus: Zapata, Zapata, Zapata!

  • News

    November 25, 1999

    All the President Meant

    We help Nixon apologists explain away the president's apparent narrow-mindedness

  • Culture

    September 23, 1999

    Daniel du Plessis Is Very Sweet

    And we mean that in a good way

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    Confessions of a Lawn Killer

    Parting with the suburban icon is such sweet sorrow

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