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Friday, December 28th, 2007

Winds Crack Tree



Yesterday I went to Fashion Island to check out the holiday sales.  Do not waste your times.  The sales are not that great.  I am not sure what sales the newspapers are reporting on, however there was nothing fantastic.  However I did notice that the Christmas tree had been taken down.

Initially I thought this to be quite strange.  The tree went up after Thanksgiving-I thought it would be here until ...

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Pay your parking tickets!!!



Visitors and residents of Newport Beach are being put on alert to pay their parking tickets.  Chronic parking ticket violators (there is a title for you) will be towed if they have accumulated in excess of five unpaid tickets.

If you think the parking ticket is expensive, wait until you have to pay impound and towing fees.  Tickets that go unpaid tickets for more than a year will be reported to DMV.  ...

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Court date set for Nicholas Cage Robbery suspect



Nicholas Cage was awoken around 1 a.m. to find an intruder in his home.  If this was not strange enough, the intruder was naked but for one of Cage's jackets.  Cage escorted him into the backyard until the police arrived.

Furo, the suspect is schedulded for arraignment on residential burglary charges for October 16th at Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.

Cage was once briefly married to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley.  ...

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

Junior Lifeguard Camp



As a child all I ever wanted to do in the summer time was go away to camp. Sleeping in bunks, roasting marshmellows and spending your days in the lake was the perfect way to spend a summer. 

Newport Beach has one of the best summer camps for children ages 9-12-Junior Lifeguards.  Adorned in red, which is the mandatory unifrom-white t-shirts and red bathing suits and shorts courtesy of Quiksilver the ...

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Tales of Balboa



Balboa Island and Pennisula is one of the great wonders of Newport Beach.  Both areas front the water.  The Pennisula has the ocean on one side and the Harbor on the inland side.  The Island is on the Harbor.  They both have plenty to offer both visitors and residents.

If you are visiting the area or live here and want to know what is going on here is a great website ...

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

Stanley Cup Tours PCH



I am sitting in Ottawa, Canada home of the Ottawa Senators as I write this story.  Apparently the Stanley Cup had a grand tour of Southern California yesterday. 

Poor Ottawa, they lost the cup.  The city is alive with posters and other memorabilia that the Senators were in the playoffs.  Every car has a bumper sticker saying "GO SENS GO"

I am not sure if you know the story behind the cup ...