Celebrating Two Years of Inspiring Community
Our magazine's publisher, Randy Harding, launched this publication two years ago on pretty much a wing and a prayer. He firmly believed in creating a community-inspired magazine that, as he puts it in his "Happy Birthday Newport Beach Lifestyle magazine" story in this issue, had to be "a publication where the local businesses could generate interest in their products and…
The Guilds of the Center’s Spring Celebration
The Guilds of Segerstrom Center for the Arts honored Chairman Emeritus Gail Daniels with the Georgia Spooner Inspiration Award at its "A Night of Discovery" gala at the Fairmont Hotel. The effort raised $150,000. Photography by Doug Gifford and Nick Koon
August 2015 Around Town
My Generation: Young Chinese Artists, the exhibition that Orange County Museum of Arts (OCMA) recently launched and which runs through October 11, 2015, is a look at the new generation of artists emerging in mainland China since 2000. Born after 1976, all of them are products of the One Child Policy, have grown up with a high-powered market economy and…
A Clear and Present Vision
Oceana was founded in 2001 by a group of leading foundations after a study they commissioned revealed that less than 0.5 percent of all resources spent by environmental nonprofit groups in the United States went to ocean advocacy, an appalling statistic! In other words, no organization was working exclusively to protect and restore the oceans on a global scale.
Birds on a Wire
One of my dear friends is a painter who sees the world through her amazing artist eyes. When she was the newbie in our neighborhood, her heart was sensitive to how to integrate her family into the community. Driving one day she noticed how birds perched on a telephone wire seemed to choose when to gather, and who to pause…
Sushi Roku
On a brisk Sunday morning, shoppers at Fashion Island strolled by the new addition to the center’s dining scene. While this Newport Beach location just opened in June, the Sushi Roku restaurants, owned by Innovative Dining Concepts, perfected this luxe style of dining decades ago. With locations in Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Pasadena and West Hollywood–and another at the swanky…
Balboa Island Parade Great Fun
Hundreds gathered to celebrate the 22nd event sponsored by the Balboa Island Improvement Association. The "Anchors Aweigh" theme on the historic island inspired golf carts and floats, vintage cars, drill teams, marching bands, local dignitaries and much more. Photography by Ana Launes
Happy Birthday, Newport Beach Lifestyle Magazine!
You probably have heard the saying, “Information is power.” In the 20th century, information and its distribution were controlled by centralized media platforms. Large information bureaus like the Associated Press and others were very powerful and had the ability to control what, when, and how information was going to be seen and heard. Likewise, the promotion of products and services…
Human Options Honors Swayne Family
Human Options's annual Serious Fun benefit netted $394,000 to stop the cycle of domestic violence in Orange County. Held at Balboa Bay Resort, the 400-guest "Black Tie Masquerade" affair honored Keith Swayne, his late wife Judy, and daughter Anne Swayne Keir, for their ongoing support. Photography by Lisa Renee Baker
A Cape Cod Respite
I awaken to a pair of swans paddling towards shore and a blue heron diving for fish in the pond beneath my window. A lone skiff bobs in the distance. Golden seagrass sways in the breeze. The sky is swirling, a mix of baby blue and steel grey, while clouds float by so perfectly in sync they look as if…
