The Gossiping Gourmet: Thai Bros. offers satisfying, if not always spicy, array

For the past 19 years, Thai Bros. has been serving locals and tourists mostly traditional Thai cuisine, save the occasional exception like...

His 'Sweet Home' Costa Mesa

Rock songwriters have long had love-hate relationships with their cities of origin. A browse through the lyrics of Paul Simon ("Nothing...

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  Music: 'Costa Mesa My Sweet Home'

City Lights: Clowning around, with purpose

If you're old enough to have watched "Saturday Night Live" in the early 1990s, you may remember "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey," a series...

On Theater: Magic aplenty in 'Fantasticks'

There has always been something magical about "The Fantasticks," the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt musical that opened in New York in 1960 and...

A taste of Turkey

Consider Sunday the last opportunity for awhile to watch a Turkish folk dance, try a manti (Turkish dumpling) or take a picture...

Netflix: No plans to bring Bluth banana stand to Newport

Netflix has no immediate plans to bring a replica of the "Arrested Development" banana stand to Newport Beach, a spokeswoman said Friday.

Going bananas for a stand

Krupali Tejura wants a frozen banana stand in Newport Beach. No, not Dad's or Sugar 'N Spice or any of the other venerable spots around...

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  'Arrested Development's' return a Bluth saga in itself

Rethinking the 'Bounds'

When Amber Lehman transferred schools to join her boyfriend, everyone knew something about him that she didn't.

The Latest: Crusading for 'Sight'; the same old Sense

Hope in Sight

Once-thwarted author goes iBook route

Chip Fesko keeps a folder of his past correspondence, a nearly inch-thick stack of the words that cause less-resilient authors to pack it...

Court fight has happy ending

After settling a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co., Robb Havassy ended up with 365 surfboards.

The Gossiping Gourmet: Truffle still golden after three decades

Alan Greeley's Golden Truffle has been around for more than 30 years, and there is a reason why this neighborhood bistro has had such...

A celebration of all things Turkish

There they'll stand — the Roman amphitheater of Aspendos, the tomb of the Sufi poet Rumi, the ruins of the Assyrian city of Nimrud,...

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  A starry support system for the Geffen Playhouse

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  Review: 3-D Theatricals' arresting 'Parade' is hard to forget

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  Billy Crystal to bring '700 Sundays' back to Broadway

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  Attendance for Broadway touring shows continues to dip

Friends of the Libraries: Support 'the heart of a city'

"A library should be the heart of a city." Steven S. Choi, mayor of Irvine, said this in his Jan. 29 article in the Orange County Register....

The Crowd: And the winner for Best Entree is ...

It is the Oscar celebration for the culinary world.