US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach

If you haven't heard all the rumblings or been downtown this past week, you might not know the US Open of Surfing starts tomorrow, Saturday, and runs for a week. Get on down there if you love the crowds and all the Open has to offer.  But beware, it is going to be CRAZY.  :-)
The calendar on TheLocalHB has the full schedule of events if you want to check it out.

This mini blast is actually more about helping out a couple supporters of TheLocalHB.

First, one of favorite pizza places in town is Pizzarito at Bella Terra. Well they happen to be one of the choices in the pizza category on the Best of the Westside survey currently going on.   Please take a moment and support a local establishment:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BestofTheWestside.  It is a fairly long survey, so if you want to only vote for Pizzarito, just scroll down til you find it.  There are other categories that you may feel strongly about - have at it.   I thank you for helping them out.  They have been a supporter of TheLocalHB since the beginning!!  

And one more,,, another friend of mine (Local HB supporter) has a daughter who is a singer/songwriter.  Quite talented.  She is trying to raise  money to put out her first EP.  If you love music and like to support the arts, take a moment and check out her site:  http://ameliabarron.com.  From there you can listen to her music and make a donation if you'd like to help her make it is the competitive world of music!  :-)

Thank you in advance, now get out there and enjoy yet another beautiful weekend in HB. 

Happy Post 4th of July

Happy post 4th of July.  What a 4 day weekend that was!  Of course I was down with the mass of humanity on Main for all of the festivities!

That celebration is past, and you wonder what else is there to do in HB?  Well, on any particular weekend there is sure to be plenty of stuff going on.  A couple quick updates on a few of the upcoming events:

Parents:  are you familiar with the Adventure Playground at Central Park?  10am - 4pm daily (except Sundays) you will finds a plethora of fun for kids.  They can raft on a small pond, navigate a rope bridge, use a cable slide, go down a mudslide, build forts and more.  Not quite "clean" fun.  :-)  but fun non the less.

On this Sat there is a classic car show downtown hosted by Coldwell Banker.  It is a fundraiser for the Wounded Warrior Project.  Show up any time between 10am & 3pm.

If you like inline hockey, you can catch the World Inline Championships at The Rinks, 5555 McFadden Ave.  Learn more about the event:  www.2013FIRSworldinline.com

Peter's Landing has their on going farmers market from 9am - 2pm.  Every Saturday!!

From 2pm - 6pm this Sunday is the German Heritage Day at Old World. Free food and admission to the 1st 500 guests! Live music from the German American Brass Band, Folk Dancers, Dachshund Races and loads of family fun.  There will be daschund races as well (3pm).

As always, much more stuff can be found on the online HB calendar:  www.thelocalhb.com/calendar.html

And for a little networking business.  Tomorrow is the once a month HB Chamber of Commerce AM Connect networking breakfast.  If you are a chamber member and not taking advantage of this breakfast meeting, you are missing out!  If you are not a member, you are welcome to come check it out and see how much business is being done amongst Chamber members.  We meet at SeaCliff Country Club (6501 Palm Ave) the second Friday of each month.  7:15am.  Tell them you are a guest of mine and you'll be the member's price.  Info about the chamber:  www.hbchamber.com.

Can't get enough of SeaCliff or networking?  Don't forget Tuesday coming up, the 16th at 11am, is the once a month RBN networking lunch.  80+ people to network with.  As I've mentioned before, the Orange County networking group has made SeaCliff their HB home.  Come out and show them some support while doing some business!  info and rsvp at www.rbninfo.com.  Non-members can save $5 by registering in advance online.

Have a great rest of the week. and see you around HB!