[3 Mar 2010 | One Comment | by Justin Tolentino | ]
2010 Orange County Restaurant Week

Check it out. http://www.orangecountyrestaurantweek.com
I can’t believe it has already been a year since I first wrote about the Orange County Restaurant Week, but now we are already half way into this year’s awesome celebration of FOOD!
You only have until this Saturday, March 6 to check out the many hot restaurants in Orange County participating in this restaurant week. Enjoy awesome prix fixe lunch and dinner menus served at over a hundred restaurants, and at special prices.
I shared my list of restaurants I planned to eat at last year, so here …

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[3 Mar 2010 | One Comment | by Justin Tolentino | ]
2010 Orange County Restaurant Week

Check it out. http://www.orangecountyrestaurantweek.com
I can’t believe it has already been a year since I first wrote about the Orange County Restaurant Week, but now we are already half way into this year’s awesome celebration of FOOD!
You only have until this Saturday, March 6 to check out the many hot restaurants in Orange County participating in this restaurant week. Enjoy awesome prix fixe lunch and dinner menus served at over a hundred restaurants, and at special prices.
I shared my list of restaurants I planned to eat at last year, so here …

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[26 Feb 2010 | One Comment | by Justin Tolentino | ]
What’s Your Walk Score?

Check it out. WalkScore.com.

It’s refreshing and great exercise. And if you’re like me, you get lost in your own thoughts whenever you go for a walk, but where is there to go?
Are there any parks nearby? Bars and restaurants to hang out with the friends? Or how about a nearby grocery store?
I love the idea of living an in urban environment where everything is walking distance, and anything not is easily accessible through public transportation. Unfortunately, living in Southern California, this lifestyle is almost non-existent, especially living in Orange County. …

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[24 Feb 2010 | 4 Comments | by Patrick Tomas | ]
Marmite? Jaffa Cakes? Head to the British Grocer!

After exiting the 91-motorway,  you can find yourself in a quaint little courtyard at the Villa del Sol center where a most unusual shop can be found.  Specializing in goods from the land of the Beatles,  Harry Potter, and James Bond, the British Grocer in Downtown Fullerton stocks it’s shelves full of British sweets and necessities.
Upon entering the shop, you’re greeted by shelves of sweets, tea sets, and the owner of the store, an old British lady whose voice made me smile and think of the memories of when I …

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[23 Nov 2009 | One Comment | by Justin Tolentino | ]
It’s Not About You

I just returned from a business conference with some of my FBLA students. This year’s keynote speaker, Cary Trivanovich, had a very short and yet very different message compared to all the speakers I’ve heard speak at these conferences in the past, and there couldn’t have been any better time for the students to hear it. Most speakers seem to focus on improving yourself or motivating you to succeed.

The final words of his speech, “It is not about you.”
This post isn’t about the conference or my students, though. Rather, it’s …

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[30 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | by Valerie Ucab | ]
The Weather Balloon Has Launched!

It was 7am on Friday, October 30th.
It was super cold (at least for me, it was!) at the soccer fields in Cal State Fullerton, and the ROTC students were already warming up.
I met with Nick Siemsen and his girlfriend, Vanessa, who began putting together their weather balloon project.  Nick set his camera timer and cell phone GPS, and placed all components into a styrofoam box, while Vanessa filled the balloon with helium.  After connecting the balloon to the box, we all got excited for the moment of lift off!  Everything …

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[15 Oct 2009 | 3 Comments | by Valerie Ucab | ]
Weather Balloon, Ready for Lift Off!

I’m sure you’ve read about that group of MIT students who launched a digital camera into near-space just last month for what they called, “Project Icarus.”  Achieving 17.5 miles into the uppermost parts of the stratosphere, they were able to take remarkable photos that quickly swept the web; soon getting recognized on news networks such as CNN, FOX and ABC.
Inspired by the project, Nicholas Siemsen decided to take it upon himself to repeat the experiment.  Nick is a Financial Analyst who works right here in Fullerton at Raytheon; and the …