Jody Robinson

Destination Dining

Bistango. Wine + Dine Artfully

I try not to use the word “staple” too much, when I’m talking about dining, or the community, a coffee shop, etc. There aren’t too many places in my vocabulary that can live up to the standard of being a “staple” in my life, the lives of my husband and

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Business Showcase

Healing Hearts. Emergency Animal Hospital

In writing this editorial, I recalled a friend once asking me to explain the premise of a book called “All Creatures Great and Small.” It’s about giving veterinary care to animals like you’d give pediatric care to children in your community – with grace, and love, and an incredible amount

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Business Showcase

Service with a Spark

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

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Business Showcase

Painting for Patriotism: Keeping the Prado Dam Mural Alive

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

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Travel & Leisure

Next Stop: Manhattan. Family Fun in the Big Apple

It’s rumored that more than 150 movies are filmed in New York City every year. I’d wager that a good portion of those are made during the holiday season, celebrating the most populous city in the country under a blanket of white. Iconic landmarks, glittering skyscrapers, and some would argue

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Travel & Leisure

Your Vacation Needs Branson Missouri

A few years back my teenage daughter came home from school using the phrase “beyond.” I gathered after it was expressed a few times that it meant “extra,” or “really great.” And then I felt very old. After enough time passes though, those juvenile phrases you think you’re unlikely to

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Destination Dining

VIEW restaurant at the Vea Hotel in Newport Beach

Sweeping ocean and verdant golf course views aren’t the only thing you can come to expect from VIEW – the gorgeously appointed restaurant at Vea Newport Beach’s floating lanai. The chef-driven menu showcases innovative California coastal cuisine with a cosmopolitan perspective, VIEW capitalizes on its locale’s “chic social sanctuary where

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Health & Wellness

Graceful Aging with San Clemente Village

I think most folks grew up with the saying “it takes a village.” Though no one is entirely certain where the adage originated, many posit that it was noted in reference to either African communities or Indigenous ones. Wherever the origin, (and whatever age the adage refers to) the idea

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