Resort and Spa The Marina Point Resort Community was designed to emphasize the unique ambiance of the site and natural surroundings. This premier 4-season resort is unrivaled in Big Bear, with over 1,700 feet of prime lake frontage and two land jetties that protrude into the lake to form a protected harbor. The commercial clubhouse and spa will also offer a state-of-the-art marina containing 175 boat slips with shuttle and ferry service to the Village. The Villas The architectural design of the Villas at Marina Point boast superior details and building forms combined with natural materials to enhance the feeling…
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Spearheaded by owners Allan Rivera and Joe Diorio, Renaissance Studios ushers in the newest wave of fine-art tattooing. His name is James McDonald. He’s 26 years old, a tattoo artist for a couple of years now. Ever since he was a little kid, he had some sort of artistic tool in his hands—pencils, crayons, pens, always something to draw with. He took art classes in high school, and even back then he knew his ultimate goal was to be a tattoo artist. “I love the way ink looks on skin,” he says. “And being the one who can create a…
Sam Darnold, measuring in at 6’4” and 210 pounds, is one of the most highly recruited quarterbacks in the nation. The seventeen year old is the 5th ranked pocket passer in the ESPN 300, and has recently received offers from college football powerhouses such as Oregon, USC, Tennessee, Utah, Duke, and Northwestern. He just returned from Beaverton, Oregon, where he spent a week training at the Elite 11 national finals, competing amongst the best high school quarterbacks in the country. As a student at San Clemente High School, Darnold started his career participating in football as well as baseball and…
September 6 & 7, 2014 (Sunset Parade Sail Sept. 5) An armada of tall ships is coming to the Ocean Institute in Dana Point to celebrate the 30th annual Toshiba Tall Ships® Festival. This year’s festival, in partnership with Tall Ships America’s Pacific Coast TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® series, highlights California’s rich maritime history and welcomes 10 historic tall ships to Dana Point. The ships will parade down the southern California coast for a Sunset Parade on Friday, September 5th. The festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 6 & 7, 10am – 5pm, with non-stop activities and events…
This Year’s Line-up will Feature an Expanded German Entertainment The Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest celebrates 44 years of German style family fun and good times this year. Rated Southern California’s #1 Oktoberfest, this Fall’s festival once again will expand the entertainment line-up to feature two bands from Germany and more free contests. The Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest has continuously expanded its entertainment offerings over the past five years, providing guests with a wide variety of music, dance groups and contests. With the addition of the outside Rocktoberfest Spaten stage last year, Oktoberfest visitors enjoyed traditional Oktoberfest German bands and a…
This San Clemente realtor-turned-philanthropist makes more than housing dreams come true, he helps your kids achieve their dreams. Ever since longtime San Clemente realtor and resident Michael Anthony was introduced to the benevolent Nick Pasquale Foundation, he was smitten with the extraordinary impact it made on kids in the community. If you haven’t already heard of the foundation, it was created in loving memory of San Clemente’s own Nick Pasquale, whose tragic death at the young age of 20 shook through the community last September. Nick was a spirited, dedicated young athlete who ultimately wanted to be a firefighter, or…
Even after 5 decades in business, this family-owned real estate firm grows stronger every year. Bob Conrad took over the family real estate business from his parents, George and Louise, way back in 1975. He was eventually joined by his wife, Mary Jo, and then by all of his own sons in the running of the company—Jeremy, Bill and Steve. Together, they’ve seen this small beach town grow into a thriving family community, and helped many residents find their places inside it. They’re definitely experts at what they do. Conrad Realtors, Inc. has served the community for more than 50…
Tunnel Vision is quickly becoming Southern California’s favorite new Surf, Reggae, Ska band. The band is comprised of five San Clemente musicians who grew up with instruments in their hands and skateboards and surfboards under their feet. Tunnel Vision originally formed as a three-piece band, with Hayden Hanson as the lead singer and guitarist, Jacob Hernandez on bass, and Tanner Payan on drums and additional vocals. The three have been long time friends, who grew up in South San Clemente’s Trestles neighborhood surfing waves and riding concrete bowls. Growing up in SoCal, the band was heavily influenced by the Punk…
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The day the ocean’s fragility became her reality“ There were lifeguards in their trucks and they were going up and down the beach telling swimmers and surfers to get out of the water,” she says of the day a toxic spill in the waters, just north of Manhattan Beach, had forced a beach closure. Her vision of the ocean – a place designed for swimming, relaxing and body surfing was altered. “I never thought this huge ocean could be polluted; it was so out of context.” But the ocean was polluted. And Manhattan Beach closed temporarily to wait for the…