The weekend thinks three days is just the beginning.
Start the holiday weekend a bit early at this convincingly named ode to vino, helped along by the wise pourers of Silver Lake Wine and food from Comme Ca, Osteria Mozza and Palate.
If you're still not sold on sushi plucked off a conveyor belt, the fine, efficient people at Luckyfish will now drive your order to you, thereby avoiding the whole GM factory/Gung Ho vibe.
Everyone's favorite reason to stage a wine-soaked picnic in the cemetery returns for the summer with the oft-overlooked Billy Wilder classic Ace in the Hole, starring a young, powerfully cleft-chinned Kirk Douglas.
Nine hours by the pool, four more hours inside, one KCRW DJ and a few drinks—the numbers nicely counter the airport-adjacency of the host hotel. Get a room.
Newport Beach's latest waterfront restaurant (from the owners of Tengu and Holly's) kicks off happy hour with drink specials and half-price Duck Fat Fries and Premium Scottish Salmon. Because the weekend ends when you say it ends...
