Evan Marks, founder of The Ecology Center, Southern California’s only organic farm and ecological education center, develops solutions that enable communities to live more sustainably. Here, he offers some of his favorite eco-friendly indulgences in the area. Cocktail Hour: Side Door in Corona Del Mar is a throwback to ... More

Lindsay Parton has imported her vision of L.A. style from the Alchemy Works boutique and gallery in the downtown Arts District to the newly revamped Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach. The pedestrian-friendly collection of 1940s seaside bungalows turned into a shopping center in 1970, but has been recently revamped ... More

Red O 143 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach redorestaurant.com Award-winning Chicago chef Rick Bayless will debut a Fashion Island outpost of his popular Los Angeles restaurant that fuses traditional Mexican dishes with a Californian twist. West Coast interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard looked to the ... More

Montage Laguna Beach
30801 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach
montagelagunabeach.com The premiere resort in Laguna Beach is a Craftsman-style estate with 248 rooms and 30 landscaped acres on an oceanfront bluff. The new spa menu at the 20,000-square-foot Spa Montage boasts “the Natural Facelift,” a treatment that focuses ... More

Dax Gallery 2951 Randolph Street, Costa Mesa daxgallery.com Contemporary art gets its moment in the spotlight at Costa Mesa’s Dax Gallery, a 4,500-square-foot space showcasing both established and up-and-coming talent. Founder and OC native Alexander Amador opened the gallery to provide local collectors with access ... More

Kim Vo Salon30801 South Coast Hwy, Laguna Beachkimvo.comColor genius Kim Vo brought his East Coast intel to the West where he has become a household name in beauty, treating the luscious locks of an extensive roster of Hollywood A-listers. His state-of-the-art O.C. salon is the ... More

A new international exhibit, "A Quest for Beauty: The Art of Van Cleef & Arpels," opened at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California to much fanfare on October 26. Those who made the trek from Los Angeles to inaugurate the show included Camilla Belle, Krysten Ritter (pictured ... More

South Coast Plaza3333 Bristol Street, Costa Mesasouthcoastplaza.comDubbed the “Rodeo Drive of Orange County” with over 250 retailers, not only is South Coast Plaza the largest shopping center in California, it also features the highest concentration of fashion designers in the U.S., from Christian Dior to ... More