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Greer’s Pick of the Week
The Sassoon Salon Experience
Sassoon Salon offers a truly exceptional cut and color that will effortlessly complement your personal style for the holidays.
Sponsored by Sassoon Salon, South Coast Plaza
Greer’s Good Life
A+ for A Restaurant
From the darling "valet girls" to the retro luxe interior, the legendary restaurant property has never looked so good. It's serving up a 3 p.m. bar menu daily; Saturday and Sunday brunch (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and dinner nightly from 5:30 p.m. 3334 West Coast Highway in Newport Beach. 949.650.6505
Sponsored by A Restaurant
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HALLOWEEN TREATS
The Atrium Hotel in Irvine turns into a haunted mansion this Saturday from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. We hear it’s the spookiest party in the OC. At the Halloween costume ball, all ballrooms convert into haunted themed rooms: a Vampire's lair, She Devil's Den, Skeleton's Closet, Witches Cauldron and more. The party includes live bands, deejay's, dancing, a costume contest and more. General admission: $30 pre-sale, $40 at the door; VIP $75 pre-sale, $100 at the door. 18700 MacArthur Blvd. in Irvine. 949.833.2770
Pumpkins and Pancakes
Throw on your costume early for pancakes, trick-or-treating and fun all for charity. It's time for CASA's annual Halloween fundraiser "Pumpkins & Pancakes" at South Coast Plaza's Crate and Barrel/Macy's Home Store Wing on Sunday from 8 to 11 a.m. Enjoy live music and entertainment, a gourmet pancake breakfast, trick-or-treating, arts and crafts, a live animal show, and a special visit with cartoon characters.
All proceeds benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), which helps break the vicious cycle of child abuse. Cost $30 per person. 714.619.0642 www.casaoc.org
Haunted tour
Journey through the oldest (possibly haunted?) neighborhood in California on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. when The Tea House on Los Rios in San Juan Capistrano celebrates its "Dinner, Ghosts & Legends Tour" with a special prix fixe Halloween dinner and dessert. Historical docent Melissa Hammer shares tales of San Juan's legends and ghosts as she leads a tour of the Los Rios district directly across form the railroad tracks from the Capistrano Depot. The 40 homes that remain include three original adobes. Cost $24.95, $19.95 (12 years and under). 31731 Los Rios St. San Juan Capistrano. 949.443.3914.
Haunted House
They'll scare the bejesus out of you at Soka University’s 6th Annual Haunted House Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. Soka University’s student clubs combine their ghostly and ghastly talents at The Haunted House on the first floor crypt of the SUA Recreation Center. Entrance fee $5. The suggested age to take this dark journey is 10 and up. A kid-friendly Halloween Playland just for the younger set costs $3 (free for under 3). All proceeds benefit the student clubs at Soka University. 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo at the intersection of Wood Canyon Drive and University. 949.480.4081. www.soka.edu/SokaNews
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