Being that I live in the Old Towne Orange sector of North County, I thought I would do a little series of posts on the many great places to eat in and around the Orange Circle Orange Plaza Square. I feel it is very important that we do our part (continue reading / 13 comments)

Looking for more variety here? Yeah me too. Gina (one of our fearless Co-Captains) is out of town and has asked me to write a teeny tiny post inviting you all to come join our ranks and help us make this best damn blog on the network. 1. (continue reading / 11 comments)

Merriam-Webster defines “smocking” as follows: noun - a decorative embroidery or shirring made by gathering cloth in regularly spaced round tucks So yeah. Don’t let me catch you doing any intricate needlework but please, feel free to (continue reading / 6 comments)

Ever since my husband and I first started dating, going out to breakfast on a weekend morning has always been a nice treat. When we lived in LA and the Bay Area, we quickly found a couple of local shops to call our favorites. However, after moving (continue reading / 6 comments)

Fresh & Easy just introduced a new line of products and I suppose they think I’ll be impressed. I can only assume this new line was based on consumer feedback about their existing line. My wife went to pick up some hot dog buns for the (continue reading / 5 comments)

Remember this little movie in the early 80s starring a couple of young actors named Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy? It had something to do with a game called Global Thermonuclear War. Yep, I'm talking about WarGames! Just as you were planning (continue reading / 5 comments)

Today I saw this plate on my way home: OCFLVRS Any guesses? Mine is that they own at least one Baskin Robbins franchise in Orange (continue reading / 4 comments)

Yes it’s true. I am originally from the great state of Oregon and we were all taught at a young age that we should hate Californians because they are buying up all our real estate and driving around town in their fancy cars like maniacs on a (continue reading / 4 comments)

I'm not quite as fond of this year's theme as I was of last year's "Cowabunga!" but it will have to do. Yes my friends, it's that time of year again when we can drink large vats of lemonade and gorge on fried Twinkies! The OC Fair! The (continue reading / 4 comments)

I know things are bad when I am excited to see gas at $4.53 a gallon. Luckily I have been working on my "Carectomy." Living in Orange County my whole life, I've known people who don't have cars, but never thought I could live without one. That was (continue reading / 4 comments)

While normally TV shows wouldn't count as city [county] based posts, I really want people to tune into the show. And seeing as 3 of the top 20 dancers are from Orange County, I'm using that as my excuse for posting. If you don't already watch (continue reading / 4 comments)

Last month I accompanied my wife while she was tending to her horse in it's new location, I decided to take a bike ride around Santiago/ Modjeska Canyon. Besides being in awe of the devastation the wildfires had created, I found a little jewel that (continue reading / 3 comments)

In the wake of the recent Starbucks announcement that they will be closing around 600 under performing company operated locations (this does not include locations inside grocery stores or book stores), many Orange County residents may be wondering (continue reading / 3 comments)

6. Thou shalt embrace Disneyland in all of its glory! Hooray! Walt Disney’s Enchanted Tiki Room Room turned 45 this week! Betcha didn’t know that did you? The event was celebrated with a special merchandise release and the artists were (continue reading / 3 comments)

For you Twitter users, we are following the lead of LA Metblogs and have created a OC Metblogs account on Twitter. Follow along if you would like. Don't worry, We do not plan on spamming and have some neat ideas planned for incorporating Twitter (continue reading / 3 comments)