Articles by Steve Martin

C.A.M.M. at South Coast Plaza Village - Showcasing Orange County Artists

C.A.M.M. (Cinema, Art, Music and Movement) has partnered with the Newport Beach Film Festival to hold their next live event featuring the band Superhumanoids at the South Coast Plaza Village on April 7th.

GBK along with BOP & Tiger Beat host 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards Gift Lounge

GBK along with BOP & Tiger Beat, the industry’s leading teen entertainment magazines, honored the 2012 Kids’ Choice Awards Nominees and Presenters at their annual Gift Lounge held on March 29th and 30th. The event was held at the SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills and also supported three charities, the American Cancer Society, Model Citizen Fund, LLC and Dream Center

Natural Products Expo West 2012 - The Next Generation of Products Today

Natural Products Expo West held at the Anaheim Convention Center outdid itself in 2012. Record attendance, amazing products and showing the world that you can eat and live well and do it the right way

ARIA Resort & Casino March Menus – A Tasting Sensation

ARIA Resort & Casino has given you the opportunity to not only enjoy some of the finest restaurants in Las Vegas, but they have enticed their chefs to make it a little more special. For the month of March you will find Signature Tasting Menus that will focus and seasonal ingredients for spring

Superdry USA – Bringing a British Flair to Santa Monica

Superdry USA continued their move to bring their historically popular British style to the United States as they opened their second Los Angeles store location on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade.

Controlling Your Diet - Healthy Dining Alternatives That Taste Great

When it comes to weight management and food programs that are going to help you lose weight it looks like a two-horse race with Nutri-System and Jenny Craig. These two have the biggest advertising budgets, but if you want something with flavor and does a great job with caloric and diet control there are some much better alternatives out there

Rí Rá Las Vegas - Irish Down to its Core

Restaurateurs like to throw the word authentic in with almost every Irish Pub that opens in the United States. It is unfortunate there is no way to authenticate this because you just never know what you will get and authentic is probably not it. Rí Rá inside the Shoppes at Mandalay Bay has created such an Irish experience you will never look at Pubs the same way again

Tax Day is Approaching – Get it Right the First Time

As the tax deadline approaches, you start to sweat trying to find your tax documents and all of the receipts from the prior year. Lucky for you the deadline has been pushed back to April 17th this year, but will those two days actually help you. It really comes down to who you choose to help with your taxes

Eco Products Salon - Find Out What is Hot In the Eco-Friendly World

While the Anaheim Convention Center was packed with over 60,000 people for Expo West, Consumer Products Events invited a few select products to take part in the Eco Products Salon on Saturday, March 10th

Vox Femina Los Angeles Presents From Shakespeare to Shamrocks – A St. Patrick’s Day Concert

Vox Femina Los Angeles continues its 15th anniversary season with From Shakespeare to Shamrocks, a spring concert celebration that brings the English and Irish together in song on Saint Patrick’s Day, this Saturday

St. Patrick’s Day Las Vegas – Let Your Inner Irish Out

Other than Ireland itself, you are not going to find a more lively place to spend St. Patrick’s Day than Las Vegas. This is one day that Sin City will give you a reason to crawl out of bed early as the fun starts almost as soon as the sun rises over the desert backdrop

March Madness Las Vegas 2012 – Four Days of Hoops Heaven

March is upon us and that means only one thing to sports fans, “March Madness” is upon us. Television, the internet, attending games in person, there are so many options to take it all in but if you want to be part of the true craziness of March Madness and you want to experience the excitement of every game, Las Vegas is the only place to spend the first weekend of the tournament

Doin’ It For Love at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre - Two Performances to Benefit PETA

“Doin’ It For Love” will close out its Southwest Tour in Los Angeles on March 9th and 10th with both performances benefiting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Investigation and Rescue Fund supporting undercover investigations and animal rescue efforts

Ultimate Wine Festival - Shade Hotel Welcomes California’s Finest Wineries

Take 25 of the best wineries in all of California and place them in one of the most glorious hotels in all of Southern California, Shade Hotel, and you have the making of what should be one of the must attend wine events of the year

“Taste of the South Bay” at Shade Hotel – Benefiting the Kings Care Foundation

The Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach will be hosting “Taste of the South Bay,” benefiting the Kings Care Foundation on Sunday, February 19. This will be the fourth annual “Taste of the South Bay” and the event is presented by Hush Hush and the Los Angeles Kings

Sensi Restaurant Review – A Look Inside a Masterful Kitchen

Las Vegas has become a who’s who of chefs when it comes to its culinary world. Having that big name chef attached your restaurant can entice customers to walk through your door, but sometimes it is that up and coming chef who pours his heart and soul into the restaurant that really leaves you with a memorable experience

Valentine's Day Dining Hot Spots

Valentine's Day is that one day of the year where you really have to go the extra mile. If you don't impress on this day, what does it say for the rest of the year? The evening is going to begin with dinner so you better get it right, that will set the tone for the entire evening

KOI Los Angeles – Making Valentine’s Day More Than a Night Out

It was not as if KOI did not already present a beautiful and romantic setting to go along with a menu to entice any discerning taste buds. KOI decided to raise the high bar that that they already set by adding a few select items just for you to share with your Valentine this year

Super Bowl XLVI - What to do on Gameday

The Super Bowl is one of the biggest days of the year when it comes to parties and get togethers and there seems to be more and more options every year

Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon) - Las Vegas Menus Honoring the New Year

The Chinese New Year beings January 23rd and this year it is the Year of the Dragon

Shade Hotel Review – Where Your Manhattan Beach Adventure Begins

Bikinis and beach volleyball in January? Manhattan Beach was fortunate to see 80 degree weather recently and while you might not always see that type of heat wave in winter, you don’t need that temperature to have a great time. You will always find that the beach, the glorious sunsets and the trio of the Shade Hotel, Rock’n Fish and the Strand House make this a memorable destination

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Review – Simply Wonkalicious at the Hudson Theatre

Undertaking Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has so many dynamics when you are trying to bring it to the theatre, young kids, endless props and bizarre settings trying to pull it off can take some of that Willy Wonka magic. Nancy Dee Horak pulled off that trick this weekend with her version of the famous movie at the Hudson Theatre in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Fitness Expo - The Event to Help You Kick Off 2012 the Fit Way

If you are looking for that inspiration you need to kick start your training program in 2012, you have found it. The Bodybuilding.com Los Angeles Fitness Expo, presented by Subway Restaurants, returns Saturday and Sunday, January 28 and 29 to the Los Angeles Convention Center

ARIA Resort & Casino Review – Everything You Could Want in Las Vegas Under One Roof

How fun would Disneyland be if you had to take a taxi to experience some of its rides? Las Vegas is no different. ARIA Resort & Casino took all the hassle out of your Vegas vacation by giving you everything you want to enjoy and putting it all under one roof

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - A Sweet Treat Coming to Hollywood

A book, a movie and now on stage, and this version might be the most interesting of the three, as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is coming to The Hudson Backstage Theatre beginning January 12th

Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Restaurant Review – Seafood So Fresh You Will Think You are on the North Shore

The “Aloha” spirit. If you have ever been to Hawaii you know what that is, friendly and caring people and when you leave Hawaii you wish you could bottle that up. Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Restaurant did manage to do that and combined that Hawaiian feel with food that is fresh and inventful

Cristophe Salon Review - They Treat You Like a Star and You Leave Looking Like One

Cristophe Beverly Hills is right in the heart of all of the hustle and bustle of Beverly Hills, yet whatever preconceived notions you might have of this trendy, upscale city, they leave as soon as you walk through the front door

New Year's Eve in Orange County

New York is on the side of the country. Las Vegas is a four hour drive. Los Angeles, well that could be a four hour drive as well. Right in our back yard we have a little place called Orange County and while it might not be quite as hyped up as these other cities, New Year's Eve in the OC is going to give all that you could want in the New Year

New Year's Eve Las Vegas - The Only Place to be at Midnight

Big name celebrities, concerts, parties, fireworks and sundown to sunup fun, New Year's Eve in Las Vegas will not disappoint if you are looking for the ultimate destination to bring in 2012

Newcastle Winter IPA Gear Giveaway

To get you in the mood for the gift giving season, Splash Magazine and Newcastle would like to offer our readers the chance to make sure they not only roll up with the right brew in hand, but arrive in perfect Newcastle style