So You Signed Up for a Pool Tournament. Now What? Let’s be honest. You probably signed up for the pool tournament on a whim. Maybe a friend dared you. Maybe you were two drinks in and feeling significantly more confident about your pool game than your sober self would have
California Has Options. Newport Beach Has Everything. California is, by any reasonable measure, the most varied and most rewarding travel destination in the United States. Within its borders you will find ancient redwood forests and bone-dry deserts, world-class wine country and world-class ski resorts, the most sophisticated urban cultures on
Newport Beach and the Dog-Friendly Culture That Defines It There is a certain kind of coastal town that understands, at a fundamental level, that a good life includes a dog. Newport Beach is that kind of town. From the wide, sandy stretches of its ocean beaches to the calm, navigable
The California Coast and the Art of the Road Trip There is a particular kind of freedom that belongs exclusively to the California coastal road trip. It is the freedom of movement without urgency, of distance measured not in miles but in moments the moment the Pacific first appears over
The Golden Age of the Cocktail: Setting the Scene of the 1940s There are decades that define a culture, and the 1940s was undeniably one of them. The world was emerging battered but unbowed from the upheaval of global war, and in that emergence, Americans reached for something celebratory, something
The Peninsula Pulse: Understanding the Layout and Geography The Balboa Peninsula is a unique geographical feature that defines the very soul of Newport Beach. Stretching three miles into the Pacific, it acts as a protective arm for the harbor while offering some of the most consistent surf in Southern California.
