We have family friends with whom we’ve recently begun embarking on weekend getaways – trips that are within an easy half-day’s drive from South OC. Over the long weekend in February, we trekked to South Lake Tahoe to take active advantage of the epic snowfall. Then last month, we opted

By Sunao Gilbert, MD, FAARFM, ABAARM The body consists of approximately 100 trillion cells and in one cell there are 10 billion chemical reactions occurring every second!!! Please take a moment to think about that. The enormity of this number makes it almost impossible to fathom the complexity of nutritive

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Like a lot of kids, Mike Parks daydreamed about saving the day – “For as long as I can remember,” he says. “I’ve had a strong desire to help people.” “My Dad was in the electrical-wire business, and I helped out during the summer as a teenager. Being around it

There’s a certain mystique that comes alongside the signs which state “National Register of Historic Places.” Even more so, the places which are waiting to be named. Occasionally in disrepair, like the Prado Dam Mural in Corona, California, these places hold significance to a great many, yet have often yet

Diane Silverstein had never heard of the show “Absolutely Fabulous” when she named her aptly-titled gifts and décor boutique in central Huntington Beach. But the fun-loving, irreverent, blonde, champagne-promoting show does give a glimpse into what makes Absolutely Fabulous such a treasure. Absolutely Fabulous is not your run-of-the-mill, Hallmark-style gift

By Ryan Burris, Chief Communications and Engagement Officer, Capistrano Unified School District Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) Food & Nutrition Services has partnered with Eat REAL, a non-profit organization that helps school districts increase access to nutritious, delicious and sustainably-sourced foods for the health and wellbeing of students and the

Purposefully designed to make great wine uncomplicated One could venture to say with Micah Sampson, what you see is pretty much what you get – passion, excitement, intelligence. But each of those things is about as complex as the best glass of wine – and as a sommelier Micah will