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Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I will be checking our your recs, hopefully I can get the ball rolling...

I'm open to all types of food, actually. My parents love all kinds and so does the family. Although it'd be a little odd sending them off to Alaska at a Mexican restaurant (for example), that'd be something quirky they'd probably enjoy, too.

A buddy of mine just got selected to be one of the staff on "Semester at Sea". His itinerary? Halifax, Nova Scotia Bergen, Norway St. Petersburg, Russia Copenhagen, Denmark Antwerp, Belgium Naples, Italy Istanbul, Turkey Piraeus, Greece Dubrovnik, Croatia Norfolk...

It was my parent's 30th anniversary this year. To celebrate, they are taking an Alaskan cruise this summer. So I wanted to have a joint anniversary/bon voyage party for them with friends and family. I'm trying to come up with a list of restaurants I could do this at, that would be able to...

Or we can do the more "desirable" places to live in Irvine... but would "Shady Canyon" or "Turtle Ridge" be the top spot?

Well I did get a Great Park email update yesterday - talking about a "celebration" going on near the Great Buffoon, uh, I mean, Balloon. April 19th. Don't know if that means an update on the housing areas, though.

So it was bix standing outside my door taking pictures of my place...

So I really never realized how extensive <img src="" alt="" /><a href="http://books.google.com/help/maps/streetview/">Google Street View</a> was here in OC, especially in the Irvine area. Anyone find this cool? Or creepy?

A&J;, thousand year egg. 'Nuff said.

Was anyone here when MCAS El Toro was functional? I grew up in the 'vine, so can distinctly remember all the military aircraft flying around. I think it was the gigantic C-5, that you could ALWAYS here flying around, which always scared the crap of me when I was a kid. Plus the "flying...

ScubaSteve, I'd recommend at least hanging out a lot in AV whenever you can. At least then you can get a sense of the city and the area and really see if it is some place you'd like to be chained to for a few years. So go on weekends, check out places to eat, things to do, etc. Also maybe...

Interesting choices, but I like 'em

At UCI there is a low yield nuclear reactor. Which I believe is different from a nuclear power plant.

There are some great books at the library you can check out that are specifically about hikes in Southern California and Orange County as well. But Crystal Cove is great. Just remember the $10 parking fee. Oh, and you can only do the beach side trails if has rained within 3 days of you...