Newport Beach, United States Travel Blogs

My cousin Vinny
Jun 3, 2006

My cousin Vince Watson from Fort Lauderdale spent the day with us today. He is living in southern California for a year doing some work here. We swam in the pool with the boys, played some football and then cooked out on the new grill this evening. It was ...

2009
Jan 2, 2009 (15 photos)

... like I was back in England! The food was very nice but it wasn't quite Tamanna's. One evening we went to Starbucks in Newport Beach and played board games, and we also visted Chris's house for dinner. Yesterday was New Years Eve, the final day of the ...

Newport Beach
Aug 31, 2009 (2 photos)

... eat, good beaches to go to, and best of all, gave us a place to sleep and shower! Some of the places we went in Newport Beach was Balboa Island, Corona del Mar, Cappys restaurant (which had the best omelets ever), and Joe's Crab Shack. Next time I get a ...

Badning
Jul 13, 2006 (5 photos)

Hej Alle De sidste (snoeft snoeft) dage paa vores tur, har vi brugt paa total afslapning ved stranden i Newport Beach. Plus en meget hektisk og sjov dag i Disneyland (puha). Adskillige tusinde miles er tilbagelagt, massevis af fantastiske oplevelser ...

Newport Dunes
Jun 2, 2006

... hated to do it, but we finally departed San Diego. Some of the friends we met in San Diego told us about a great RV park in Newport Beach, about 70 miles north of SD right off the PCH. It is beautiful here, but we were amazed at the rates. We are paying ...

The O.C
Nov 17, 2004 (5 photos)

... pics - downtown LA (Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Music Hall, and the ultra-hip Standard hotel in downtown LA) and Newport Beach, Orange County, where we've been staying as guests of Zak's fabulous friend Kelly and her husband Robert at the Balboa Bay ...

DEPARTURE!
Dec 27, 2006 (2 photos)

Well, due to some snotty weather, we had to delay a little, but the new plan is to leave at daybreak tomorrow. There is still a little tinkering going on, but fot the most part, WMD is ready to go. Kim, on the other hand is still running around taking ...

Death Valley, Elvis and the local scene
Nov 2, 2008

... sad side of the US (again). Yea ... Overrated ;) lol I don't have anything GREAT to say, no crazy stories, SORRY ;( Newport ... There is something about California that makes me sad when I'm leaving, feels like I'm leaving a piece of me here. And ...

More pics, Newport Beach and Queen Mary
Dec 26, 2007 (10 photos)

... a connection that I can jump on for our internet so spent some time sorting pics etc. Got going after lunch and headed down to Newport Beach. Nicole and Josh both love the OC (TV program) so went around a few sights there. They did recognise a few places ...

Newport Beach, Disneyland and Legoland
Nov 18, 2008 (29 photos)

... are a lovely couple" - perhaps we have been away too long. We are staying in a cabin beside my parent's motor home at the Newport Beach RV Park.  This is a beautiful location with a hot tub and pool and a beach!  We spent 2 days at Disneyland ...

"The happiest place on earth"
Sep 12, 2008

... greeted by Bridget - who I had met on my Uluru tour in Australia - and we immediately embarked on a short tour of the Newport Beach area. I think it's fair to say from the appearance of the houses and the stunning yachts in the harbour that the people ...

Leaving on a Jet Plane
Mar 9, 2008 (3 photos)

... Vaughan, we found the San Diego freeway and we eventually sorted ourselves out and made it here to the beautiful town of Newport Beach. The idea to come here to the OC started as a bit of joke. I got addicted to the show upon purchasing ...

ESCAPADE is on her way to Mexico!
Mar 25, 2008 (3 photos)

Dad and I spent the last four days cleaning out the boat and throwing away three trashcans of unnecessary junk then restocking the boat with previsions of necessity including two cases of Vodka, a case of Scotch and 96 bottles of Evian. After everything ...

Updated Travel Itinerary
Mar 20, 2008 (1 photos)

... 28th: Jim returns to La Paz Thursday May 1st-4th: Chris and Alaina Arrive into La Paz Wednesday May 7th: Everyone goes back to Newport Beach for Balboa Yacht Club opening day on May 9th and 10th We will not be spending much time in La Paz; it is more ...

Busy busy Busy
Sep 3, 2009

So I have decided on destinations and an itinerary.and booked my flights.  I will be flying out of LAX on 10/1 to Bangkok Thailand by way of Taipei, Taiwan.  The flight gets in at 1:05 AM...great...jetlagged, tired, and confused in a place that ...

Escapade Cruising Schedule for April
Feb 26, 2008 (4 photos)

... 6- Arrive in Loreto to pick up Christopher and Brian April 13- Arrive in La Paz Chris, Jim and Brian return to Newport Hinckley and I stay on to meet friends in Cabo following weekend La Paz will be our home base until we have to head back ...

First visit to the Pacific Ocean
Apr 1, 2008 (5 photos)

... at LAX and before I arrived at the hotel, I made a detour to Balboa Bay Beach & Pier to see the Pacific Ocean for the first time.  The water was still chilly and the beach sand wasn't as pretty as Florida, but it was still something special.

The 4th on the balboa Peninsula
Jul 4, 2009 (1 photos)

6:14 pm I just took a taxi from brannigans house to the craziest mess I've ever seen. It's like Woodstock minus most of the nudity and the mud. I'm trying to find brannigan in the chaos. We shall see how I do.

Bum Life is Tiring
Sep 11, 2009 (1 photos)

... adjacent to the beach and eventually swimming in the Pacific.  Huntington looked vacant and not exciting, so we went to Newport Beach instead, which was hopping with activity.  My first swim in the Pacific was just like everyone says...freezing.& ...

Disneyland
Mar 27, 2001

Staying at Grandma Nancy's place, we enjoyed So Cal and had our first day at Disneyland.

Trip to Airport
Jan 3, 2009

Took my sister to back to the airport to fly home to FL.

Corporate America
Aug 16, 2006

summer has been a blast. it's been great to hang out with some old friends dating back to the good ol' days of olqa. i've been working as hard as i can in order to save for florence. corporate america has been nothing short of rad, with a hint or sarcasm, ...

Home From Pacific Northwest
Aug 13, 2007 (7 photos)

... Cruz a little bit, before heading to a fantastic dinner at the Madonna in. We than headed into Solvang for wine tasting and great meal before arriving back in Los Angeles in time to meet up with my (Scott's) family for the annual Newport Beach vacation!

The Skin Care Clinic
May 15, 2009

... to enhance those parts of our face and body that make us unhappy ,  says Leo Woscoff, the founding director of this thriving Newport Beach  Cosmetic & Laser Center .   "I enjoy making people look the best that they can at any age", says Dr. ...

Photos from the Newport Beach Bon Voyage Fandango
Jun 26, 2008 (19 photos)

Enjoy some photos from the Beach Farewell Fandango!  It was a perfect, hot sunny day full of family, friends, food, fun and sun!

Headed to Mammoth
Mar 19, 2006

Newport to Mammoth this is the text for the drive to Mammoth

Newport Beach
Jan 11, 2008 (1 photos)

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Day 3 in CA
May 1, 2008

... ; This is a little place, nestled in the middle of the Crystal Cove State Park with a view of the cliffs and beach. Newport Beach area is flat, like Ocean City. Laguna Beach is only flat for a few hundred feet and then you have cliffs, or as ...

Off to the Beach
Aug 29, 2009 (8 photos)

... for a while after breakfast then went down to Balboa Island for a look round the small shops there. After doind a drive past of the beach so Lesley and Euan could see the ocean (parking was hard to come by) we went back up to Fashion Island for a look ...

Newport Beach, singles welcome.
Jan 18, 2009 (20 photos)

... the sheets, and no time limit on how long the night was going to be. After all, I was told we were going to Newport Beach, a place notorious for lively people. While out at Rudy's, I noticed something odd: every single person in the bar was good looking. ...