Mutt Lynch’s is the place to be this month! The beachside bar, known for its huge schooners of beer and good-vibes-only atmosphere, is hosting two events in October. Here are the deets:
Read More
All articles filed in romance
Monday Fiction: A Morning with Mr. Moonshine
It was early morning in the middle of fall. The world was dark, as it tended to be on autumn mornings such as this, when the day was newly unfolded and still smudgy from whatever was left of the night. A hum, low but gentle, rumbled not far behind Peter Luck, who was speedily making his…
Read More
Seinne Scenes Vol. 7: Ciao Bella
Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because of the plunging-neckline fashion. There’s no way around it: Last night’s episode of The Bachelor marked a sad, sad time in our quiet, little world of Seinne Scenes. But before we get into the melancholy details of an awkward-silence dinner that ended in Seinne’s ultimate demise on the…
Read More
Seinne Scenes Vol. 6: Can-can You Accept This Rose?
Each week, we’re recapping the latest Bachelor episode featuring Seinne Fleming, former Newport Beach resident and current Season 22 contestant vying for Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s love. Welcome to #SeinneScenes, everyone … If ever there was a time Seinne deserved another one-on-one date, it was last night in Paris with a handwritten date card that said “Seinne on…
Read More
Valentine’s Day Dinners on Balboa Peninsula and Balboa Island
A quiet, corner table, a candlelit dinner for two, a soft voice answering the phone with melodic exuberance, “Thanks for calling but we’re all booked up for tonight!” As Valentine’s Day approaches, it’s wise to plan ahead. Nobody wants to be the one stuck at home with two cans of tuna fish and a 12-pack…
Read More
Seinne Scenes Vol. 5: Pin Up, Bowl Over
Each week, we’re recapping the latest Bachelor episode featuring Seinne Fleming, former Newport Beach resident and current Season 22 contestant vying for Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s love. Welcome to #SeinneScenes, everyone … In the world of Seinne Scenes, we have our good weeks and our bad. Some episodes are abundant with Seinne; she’s smiling, offering commentary, wearing super…
Read More
Seinne Scenes Vol. 4: Can’t Use the L Word Yet
Each week, we’re recapping the latest Bachelor episode featuring Seinne Fleming, former Newport Beach resident and current Season 22 contestant vying for Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s love. Welcome to #SeinneScenes, everyone … It lasted only a few minutes, was interrupted by binocular-wielding contestants and a few girls speculating whether a connection would be made, but despite the disruptive…
Read More
Seinne Scenes Vol. 3: There’s No ‘S’ in Bachelor (But There is an ‘S’ in Rose)
Each week, we’re recapping the latest Bachelor episode featuring Seinne Fleming, former Newport Beach resident and current Season 22 contestant vying for Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s love. Welcome to #SeinneScenes, everyone … I’m convinced the most recent episode of The Bachelor existed in a parallel universe, where good is bad and bad is really, really bad. How else…
Read More
Seinne Scenes Vol. 2: In the Game Now
It’s an interesting dilemma. Not 24 hours after Hollywood stages its largest scale protest on a toppling patriarchy—expressed through the solidarity of black ball gowns and the rhetoric of a dawning, new day—ABC must air its episodic ode to one, single man. So how do those stealthy Bachelor producers, intentional or not, navigate brand-new waters, when women across the…
Read More
Seinne Scenes Vol. 1: A Rose By Any Other Name
Each week, we’re recapping the latest Bachelor episode featuring Seinne Fleming, former Newport Beach resident and current Season 22 contestant vying for Arie Luyendyk Jr.’s love. Welcome to #SeinneScenes, everyone … If there’s any time my friends and I resemble the precision and ritualistic exactitude of a Japanese bullet train, it’s Monday at 8 p.m.…
Read More