BREAKING: City Council Candidates Scott Peotter and Kevin Muldoon support our proposal to AUDIT our $250m city hall. Our neighbors of the same population size built their city hall for $24m, and as Irvine’s audit of $250m debacle turns into more and more of a fiasco, we will surely see more join in on the calls for an audit. We …
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Carl’s Liquor on Balboa, 1974
Do you remember Carl’s Liquor on Balboa? Photo taken in 1974
Read More »The Ritz Returns!
The Ritz was a Newport mainstay– where countless business deals were signed over a “three martini lunch”. It closed earlier this year around Valentines Day… but the place that Newport loves is apparently coming back in a new location– near Billy’s on PCH! This will be where the Chart House used to be. Thank you Anita Seiveley for your eagle-eyes, …
Read More »Balboa Market Flashback
I cancelled the old TBT because I’m having serious nostalgia for the old Balboa Market. Here are some photos of one of the most iconic buildings in Newport, torn down to put a parking lot on it. The city will be doing something similar with the old Blockbuster building– a building I personally find to be beautiful, but I know …
Read More »Do you remember the Stuft Shirt Restaurant?
Do you remember the Stuft Shirt Restaurant?
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