I had just seen the Katsuya South Beach at the SLS Miami, their most recent opening. and was intrigued with the restaurant’s modern take on Japanese cuisine so we went to their Laguna Beach outpost which is right on the pacific Coast highway with an outdoor terrace overlooking the ocean. We made a booking …
After our weekend in Miami, it was off to Laguna Beach for the 4th of July weekend and fireworks on the beach. We flew to Las Vegas then drove the four and a half hours to Laguna Beach in a convoy of two cars with my sisters and all the kids. We arrived in the …
It’s 91F (31C) in the shade and i n a few days it’ll already be July. Those first seven months of 2012 went quickly! It’s also the start of our summer family holiday. The kids and I are off to Miami for the weekend then two weeks in Las Vegas with a side trip to Laguna …
The Friday after Thanksgiving was a beautiful southern California fall day – bright blue skies and lots of sun so we took advantage of the nice weather to drive up the coast to Newport beach for lunch at the newish Pizzeria Mozza. We had made a reservation for 1:30 p.m. thinking that by that time, …
On our last morning in Laguna beach we stopped by for a quick breakfast at Cafe Zinc, the other breakfast place on Ocean Avenue, right before the more than four-hour drive back to Las Vegas. With three locations in Orange County, this place is loved by the locals and is usually always packed for breakfast. …
Bright and early from jet lag, I got up and went out on the deck to admire the view of the Pacific ocean then rushed my sisters to get ready for an early breakfast down the hill. We ended up at Cafe Anastasia, the little cafe adjacent to the multi-brand fashion boutique, Anastasia. As it …
After the night flight from Hong Kong, I arrived in LAX on a Monday evening in late November and was met by my sister and my brother-in-law’s younger brother. I had promised them dinner and we went straight to Shinsengumi , a yakitori restaurant they had been raving about. (Though not technically in laguna beach, this …
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