[Summer Guide] Taking It Alfresco This Summer

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 12, 2008
Alfresco OdysseyTaking it outside this summer Ahhh, summer in OC. If there’s a better place to be during these hot months, I wouldn’t know about it. The sun, the surf (if you’re willing to fight the traffic, that is) and plenty of great eating...
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