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Chuck E Cheese is offering $7.99/mo membership deal. I think the basic bronze level is 40 play points per visit. The location at Lake forest town center (foothill range) has surprisingly decent BBQ chicken pizza.

Micron union might go on strike this month.

https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/mesa-arizona-hoa-foreclosure-unpaid-fees/ The house was purchased in 2022 for $475,000. Mesa AZ RE prices suffered decline this year so hopefully they can buy back the house. With current publicity they should be able to reach their gofundme target.

I can BBQ’s (Tustin) AYCE is about same price with bigger meat selection, but the salad and side dishes at Mr BBQ jr is better.

Sadly, the cheap dining plan is no more.

Smaller than expected, with one k-food operator taking up the entire left side. ordered food from luxweet - acceptable quality. I think they scrambled to put this in as T&T is coming. But planned T&T location is not that big.

Next to the theater, business is slower since school started. Lunch AYCE price acceptable with limited meat and non-meat selections. Good service, usually you’d grill non marinated meats first but they change grill frequently so it doesn’t matter as much. You can do 1/2 order meats to try them...

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If you’re going to spend $3.2 mil, getting 0.28 acre lot is better than… $3.38 mil for 3,900 sq ft lot. The seller agent has web site 16charity.com with photos still up. If f you like gardening there is a lot of space in back and side yard. Only one side has shared wall with neighbor. Full...

When you buy a car, the sales tax is based on address of your car registration. Irvine/Cypress: 7.75% Santa Ana: 9.25% Cerritos: 9.75% Los Angeles: 10.25% from Oct 1st Norwalk/Downey: 10.50%

https://www.thedrive.com/news/costco-is-now-rationing-motor-oil-because-the-global-shortage-is-getting-real The Iran war (or standoff) is impacting approx 40% of synthetic motor oil supply (Group III base oil). If you change your own motor oil, might want to stock up.

Mr BBQ Jr (Tustin) lunch special $23.99, have not tried it though. Will need to find time for 2 hr lunch visit.

If you need a temporary phone number to receive text and don’t want to use your personal cell phone #: https://esimplus.me/temporary-numbers Keep in mind these numbers are open and not secure. You use the web interface to read the SMS messages.

Possibly the best indoor playground for young kids in the area. Much larger and better than Playpie Buena Park. If you’re packing food/drink from outside please be discrete. They don’t strictly enforce outside food rule because parents need to bring coolers with milk and favorite snack for...

Foothill ranch is a bit of a drive but has reasonable HOA for SFR. Newer homes avail in Lake Forest but with 3x HOA fee. Still better than Ladera Ranch HOA. My suggestion is to not be afraid of older SFR’s. If you want to be in Irvine, I’d look for single story SFR toward UC Irvine along...