At a time when candidates are vying for our votes, we at Long Beach Magazine held an election of much greater importance... where to eat. The votes came by fax, email, phone, and word of mouth to create Long Beach Magazine’s first annual Dining Awards. The flurry of ballots produced 166 candidates here in the state’s fifth-largest food court. We could not list them all; however, we have served up your favorites.Read More >>

The weekend of September 15 and 16, 2,400 men, women, and children will descend the Queen Mary Events Park to join in the 5th Annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. The organizers selected Long Beach as one of nine locations because of its beautiful oceanfront vistas and warm, welcoming atmosphere. Read More >>

Recently, I had a wonderful dinner with some loved ones. It was a beautiful Long Beach evening, with cool breezes blowing off the Pacific. The setting was perfect: a small table garnished with fresh lavender and rosemary from the garden in a shadowed room with glimpses of light pouring in from the sun as it made its descent. I thought how precious these quiet moments are and how life—when kept simple—creates the best circumstances for us.Read More >>

A collection of beer mugs, leather couches, and dogs playing poker on velvet versus flower patterns, doilies, dust ruffles, and lace trim. Perhaps that’s extreme. However, if decorating isn’t hard enough for the single person with one sense of aesthetics, try decorating when both you and your significant other have strong and very different opinions on what the style of your shared nest should be..Read More >>