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Blogs
April 13, 2012
Makino Seafood Buffet Now Open Near John Wayne Airport
I've been checking on the progress of Makino Seafood Buffet for weeks. But this week, there seemed to have been more activity than I've ever observed. The sign went up sometime on Tuesday and yesterday, it opened.
Blogs
March 11, 2012
OC Bookly Interview: Victoria Patterson
This week, class-conscious literary star and local girl makes good Victoria Patterson makes bad, very bad, or at least naughty in this, OC Bookly's first author interview. Patterson, whose take on alienation, greed and South County luxury-life mores comes with plenty of winning characterization, sty ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
It Ain't Easy Being A Clown: South Coast Rep's 'Four Clowns' Amuse and Shock
Consider the clown. Though part of an illustrious history of performing that reaches back some 4,500 years, lots of people revile, fear and downright hate the creatures. Kind of sucks for such a fun-loving tropeBut for every terrifying John Wayne Gacy and Pennywise, and for every unctuous dolt li ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
Newport Beach Restaurant That Once Hosted John Wayne Closes
Photo by Jonathan HoThe Arches, a restaurant that once hosted the likes of John Wayne and Shirley Temple at its original location where A Restaurant now stands, moved to its 29th St. location in 2007 and then over to 1617 Westcliff Drive. Now that location is closed. The restaurant was the first ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Drunk After Work: Agora
The Place: Agora, 1830 Main St., Irvine, (949) 222-9910; www.agorachurrascaria.com. The Hours: Daily 3-7 p.m.The Deal: $10-$12 caipirinhas, martinis and mojitos. $6-$10 wines by the glass. Only in the bar area: $9 for one trip to the hot food sides and salad bar. $4 for 3 small bites of churra ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
"Mexican" Coke on Continental Airlines
Dave Lieberman"You're taking a picture of the Coke can?" "Yes." "O-o-okay."I was in Washington, D.C., last week, and on my first leg flight from John Wayne to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, I asked for a Coke to settle my stomach. It had a very familiar taste; imagine my surprise ... More >>
Blogs
October 15, 2010
A Summary of Restaurant Closings For The Last Couple of Months
Edwin GoeiSummarizing what's happened in a few months of restaurant closures in a list is a morbid, depressing task; but it is a duty we must do once in a while. With so many restaurants coming and going, I am not going to cover them all, and most times, there's already a new place ready to jump ... More >>
News
October 14, 2010
Cal State Fullerton's Gutsy Professor
[Best of OC 2010] Cindy Abbott's 10 OC Survival Tips
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Airport Airspace Changes Prompted by Mid-Air Collision Warnings Come in for Criticism
Looking up at the skies over north Costa Mesa a couple weeks ago produced a most disturbing site: a JetBlue plane making its normal descent into Long Beach Airport was passed maybe 100 feet above by another airliner heading for either LAX or the landing line at John Wayne Airport. Maybe that's a ... More >>
Blogs
July 23, 2010
Orange Bits: Runner Runner, Cypress Hill, Avi Buffalo
Runner Runner: Good promo pic, or the best?This week, no one wrote about Orange County music. Well, some people did. But less than usual. Step it up, blogosphere...
Blogs
May 7, 2010
Kogi Truck Sighting Out OC Weekly's Window!
Spencer KornhaberThis looks vaguely familiar...Just goes to show you, if you write ninety hellazillion stories & blog posts about them, they will come. Yes, that is the Kogi Korean BBQ truck. And yes, that is the parking lot of the John Wayne-adjacent cluster of battleship-gray office buildin ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
DePillo Café, Costa Mesa: It's What's For Lunch
It's often the way: The blander the location, the better the food. That's why strip-mall restaurants are some of the best in the world.Nowhere is this more evident than at DePillo, a little family-run lunch spot in Costa Mesa that I highly recommend.Not that its setting is awful, but it's in an i ... More >>
Columns
March 19, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Mexi-Pad Mystery
It's often the way: The blander the location, the better the food. That's why strip-mall restaurants are some of the best in the world.Nowhere is this more evident than at DePillo, a little family-run lunch spot in Costa Mesa that I highly recommend.Not that its setting is awful, but it's in an i ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2009
Looking Back at 2008: The Celeb-Reality Edition
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled. 1) Newpo ... More >>
Columns
September 11, 2008
[¡Ask a Mexican!®] More Shameless Self-Promotion (Buy Gustavo's New Book!)
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled. 1) Newpo ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2008
Orange County: A Personal History (Reconquista Canto XXVII)
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled. 1) Newpo ... More >>
Food
June 19, 2008
Google-Proof A Restaurant Brings Affordability to Newport Beach
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled. 1) Newpo ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2008
Petey Callahan Bilks OC Catholics But Good
It's been a rough half-year for Peter Callahan of the Tustin law firm Callahan, McCune & Willis, mostly because of his big mouth. The head lawyer for the Catholic Diocese of Orange sex-abuse scandal unwittingly revealed in September the sealed amount Bishop Tod D. Brown gave to a statutory rapist, b ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2008
What you missed over the weekend: Part VIII
Hungover from Super Bowl Sunday? Us too. (Yes, even those of us who aren't the biggest football nuts by a long shot. . .but when stranded in SFO waiting to head back to John Wayne, there aren't too many entertainment options.) Anyway, we obviously didn't go hog wild on Super Bowl coverage around her ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2007
John Wayne Threatened with Oblivion Again
The Orange County Register reported yesterday that various lords of Orange County are meeting and spending cash "to cash in on the pop-culture phenomenon that is Orange County." I'll closely examine our constant reinvention in my biography-memoir of la naranja next fall, but one thing bears worth no ... More >>
Columns
April 26, 2007
Letters
'And when I say "you," I am referring to white America. I purposely left that "white" uncapitalized'
Film
April 12, 2007
Welcome to the Grindhouse
Newport Beach Film Festival is our very own cinematic grab bag
Food
March 29, 2007
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Cinammon bun fun at Side Street Cafe
Film
February 8, 2007
Special Screenings
Movie of the Week: The Adventures of Don Juan
Blogs
February 7, 2007
Nguyen Wins
Garden Grove city councilmember Janet Nguyen is seems the winner of yesterday's special election in the Board of Supervisor's First District. The vote count currently on the Registrar of Voters website gives Nguyen a 52 vote margin of victory over second place finisher Trung Nguyen. The big story ... More >>
Film
November 9, 2006
Special Screenings
Movie of the Week: The Searchers
Features
October 19, 2006
Matt Costa
The musician shares some of his favorite things
Film
August 10, 2006
Special Screenings
Movie of the Week: Repo Man
Culture
June 29, 2006
Trendzilla
Top-of-the-list sandal for guys: the flip-flop
Columns
May 11, 2006
Commie Girl
Cinco De Me! Of meat and mariachis, Vidal Sassoon, and (ladies and gentlemen) Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Culture
December 8, 2005
Simplifying the Unsimplifiable
A sadly unhuman Stalag 17
Columns
September 22, 2005
Diary of a Mad County
A sadly unhuman Stalag 17
Columns
June 30, 2005
June 30-July 7
A sadly unhuman Stalag 17
Features
May 20, 2004
Whiskey Tango 909er
A sadly unhuman Stalag 17
Columns
January 16, 2003
Of Ants and Men
A sadly unhuman Stalag 17
Columns
March 28, 2002
Diary of a mad county
A sadly unhuman Stalag 17
Food
November 22, 2001
Learn Italian Fast
In the midst of Soviet-style shopping, Sapori Trattoria
Columns
July 19, 2001
If I Were Gordon Dillow
How to write geriatric!
Features
May 31, 2001
35 Great Things About Summer in Orange County
How to write geriatric!
News
April 26, 2001
Cab Tab
Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more
Columns
January 4, 2001
The Year in Bits:July - December
Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more
Features
December 14, 2000
Gifts for Pets
Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more
News
October 12, 2000
True Grit, With a Side of Pie
Add to the countys mammoth failures (bankruptcy, toll roads, El Toro) one more
Unknown
August 24, 2000
Matt Suggs
Golden Days Before They End
Merge
Unknown
July 20, 2000
Welcome to Long Breach Airport
Golden Days Before They End
Merge
Supplement
January 27, 2000
Interdeath Service Provider
Meet your makeronline!
News
October 14, 1999
Poster Bored
El Toro Airport Watch No. 120
News
April 8, 1999
Disneyland Stops Here
Was the county ever serious about a two-airport system?
News
April 1, 1999
Put-Down Central
Was the county ever serious about a two-airport system?
News
March 18, 1999
Something's Stinky
El Toro Airport Watch No. 97
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