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“Walking Meet Up Groups” in Orange County & Southern California

Jan 27, 2012 by

Everywhere you look walking meet-up groups are at work, shedding weight and dumping stress, from Huntington to Irvine, Laguna to La Habra. To get started, go to Walking Meet Up Groups  and punch in your [...]

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Tom Cruise has taken over Beverly Hills – Literally!

Jan 26, 2012 by

A New Top Ten List for Tom Cruise Movies. Hands down, his take-down of the City of Beverly Hills has now taken the Number One Spot: 10. Tom’s bartending scene from “Cocktail”: Tom played an [...]

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25 Fun & Free Things to Do in San Diego

Jan 26, 2012 by

Having fun in San Diego doesn’t require a lot of money; in fact, many things to see and do here are absolutely free. With 70 miles of beautiful beaches, near-perfect weather year-round, and a variety [...]

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Little Corona Del Mar Beach in Orange County – Heaven on Earth

Jan 26, 2012 by

Or when you really need to stop, but how a few minutes at the beach will wash away your troubles and just might fix everything. With one of the best climates on the globe, and [...]

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Southern California Ski Resorts and Mammoth are Rocking

Jan 25, 2012

Mammoth Mountain reveled in its first real snowfall of more than 4 feet last weekend. Even though the resort set a record with 600-plus inches of snow last season, the snow has actually been in [...]

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The Top 10 Reasons to Visit San Diego in 2012

Jan 25, 2012

  The coastal strip of San Diego is more than a hundred miles long, and with its Mediterranean climate of mild wet winters, and warm dry summers, results in a long growing season, and probably [...]

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The 84th Annual 2012 Oscars Nominees

Jan 24, 2012

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences paid homage Tuesday morning to the early days of cinema by bestowing the lion’s share of Oscar nominations on two films that are valentines to the early [...]

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Explore the World’s Most Iconic Foods – What’s your Favorite Breakfast?

Jan 23, 2012

Of course, Breakfast is the most important meal nutrionally. But who says it has to be boring? Well based on the following actual examples from Breakfasts around the Globe–Travelin’ Local has destroyed that myth. Explore [...]

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100 Years of Paramount Pictures sponsored by Film Independent & LACMA

Jan 23, 2012

  100 Years of Paramount Pictures January 26 For the next five months, on the last Thursday of each month, Film Independent at LACMA invites you to a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Paramount [...]

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Just Do It

Jan 18, 2012

What you, your Career or Business can learn from Apple – the Brand, Product and Phenomenon Cornell students recently determined — from an analysis of 35 million Flickr images — that the Apple Cube on [...]

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A Bibliophile Finds a Library in Prague

Jan 14, 2012

By Wendy Braun. Libraries and books are a passion of mine. As an advocate of good children’s literature, I made a resolution last January to visit as many libraries (especially their children’s departments) as I [...]

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Orange County Calendar for this Weekend

Jan 14, 2012

What’s up for the weekend? You’ll find it all right here. Welcome to our round up of Music, Arts, Sports, Children’s Programs, Community Events and more. Bowers Museum’s Warriors, Tombs and Temples, China’s Enduring Legacy, [...]

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Did you know that Los Angeles has miles of Secret Underground Tunnels?

Jan 11, 2012

Neither did I until I read this story from KCR Pictures courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library Photograph Collection, the LA Times, and KCET and KCRW’s sourcing. How many movies, television shows and books have [...]

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Orange County – Playground for Hollywood’s Famous and Sports’ Top Athletes

Jan 09, 2012

Recently we visited Orange County’s historic movie theaters. Some are thriving. Others are valiantly struggling. Then we explored OC movie locations, where  George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Reese Witherspoonll all worked. So, not surprisingly, Orange [...]

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