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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Time: 6:27 AM .Monday Morning.
Place: Bed.
Current Mood: Sleepy.
All of a sudden the sound of the alarm goes off and it’s time to wake up, but you get that feeling of having the weight of the world upon you. You take 7 min to get all your 5  [or 6] senses aligned and you slowly prepare yourself for today’s challenges. You’re becoming AWAKE, you turn on the television and switch it to your local news [KTLA Morning News for me] and you see the traffic report… oh yes you hear the …

As promised on yesterday’s post “ We are doing things different on #FollowFriday ” we are going to recommend an interesting person to follow on Twitter and highlight them a bit more here on VitaminOC.
Our #FollowFriday recommendation for this week is Kevin Sablan (@ksablan)

Kevin has been one of @VitaminOC ’s followers from its initial stages. He is currently the leader of the web task force at the Orange County Register. If you have ever wondered who is the person behind Orange County Register’s Twitter presence- well, Kevin  is the “go-to” guy of social media, and …

Starting today, you can score a free ticket to any of 52 different shows in Orange County from October 1st – 31st, 2009.  It’s all a part of Theatre Communication group’s FREE NIGHT of Theatre program.  In it’s 5th year, the program provides free tickets to shows all across the nation, in hopes of bringing the unique theatre experience to those that haven’t experience it before!
There are plenty of shows in Southern California – from Orange County to LA and San Diego!  This is a great opportunity to check out …

Last night the Vitamin OC crew headed to Chapman Univ. to listen to Chris Brogan speak about social media! As you’ve heard us say before, the Vitamin OC staff is composed of social media enthusiasts and we were really excited to see Chris and get a chance to talk to him in person. Also, for all of those of you that missed the event (and shame on you!!) Michelle used her handy Flip Cam to bring you the lecture on VitaminOCtv.
In his lecture, Chris focused on the human and trust …

Singer/Songwriter AJ Rafael has 18,942 followers on Twitter, 97,921 subscribers on YouTube, and 16,872 fans on Facebook.  Needless to say, AJ Rafael is a big deal.  Last night, he used the power of his fan community to raise money and more importantly, raise awareness about the tragic Typhoon Ondoy that struck the Metro Manila area of the Philippines this weekend.
All weekend, AJ was a bit frustrated with the media and citizens of the interwebs for their disinterest and lack of mobilization for the cause, expressing his concern through tweets.  He …