Area Easter Egg Hunts

Hippity, hoppity, Easter's on its way! The holiday is a little over a week away, and if you don't like to have an Easter egg hunt for your children in your apartment home, don't worry, you have many options! Life in Corona has assembled a list of a few local hunts so that you can both please the kids and not have to remember where you hid the eggs! Which one will you and your family be attending?

Deleo Regional Sports Park Egg Hunt
Bring your basket and get ready for an eggs-ellent day of fun at Deleo Regional Sports Park on Saturday, March 28, from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Kids will be broken up into age groups 0-4, 5-8, and 8-13 as they hunt for eggs throughout the park.  In addition to the egg hunt, there will be arts and crafts, bounce houses, food vendors, face painting, games, and photo opps with the Easter Bunny.

Deleo Regional Sports Park is located at 25655 Santiago Canyon Rd. in Corona.

City of Norco Bunny Hop & Egg Hunt
Grab your favorite egg hunting basket and head down to Wayne Makin Sports Complex for the City of Norco’s Bunny Hop & Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 10:00 a.m. sharp!

This event is free to the community and is intended for children between the ages of one and 11.  At this “Hopping” event, each child will have the opportunity to hunt for prize filled eggs and candy bags.  During the egg hunt, each child will be able to search for the “Golden Egg” for a grand prize Easter basket for their age group. The event will also include pet adoptions, games, crafts, the bunny hop and pictures with the Easter Bunny.

Wayne Makin Sports Complex is located at 3364 Western Ave. in Norco.

Albertson’s Easter Egg Hunt
Search for eggs and meet the Easter Bunny at Alberson’s on Saturday April 4.

The event starts at 8:00 a.m. and kicks off with an egg hunt for children ages 0-3.  Then at 8:20 a.m. children ages 4-6 will get a shot at finding eggs of their own.  The final hunt will start at 8:40 a.m. as kids ages 7-8 finish off the last of the Easter eggs.

Albertsons is located at 260 W Foothill Pkwy in Corona.

Tom’s Farms Annual Easter Egg Hunt
Join Tom’s Farms for their annual Easter Sunday Egg Hunt.  This annual tradition takes place at 1:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 5 and is a popular local favorite.  Arrive early, as this event begins promptly at 1:00 p.m.

Tom’s Farms is located at 23900 Temescal Canyon Rd in Corona.

8th Annual Run4Kids Event

The spring season has officially begun! Which means it is the perfect time to get out your running shoes and register for some races! In fact, one community race, the Run4Kids takes place tomorrow, March 21! You can walk or run in the event for only $10! See more details, courtesy of Life in Corona, below:

Whether your goal is a 5K, 10K, half marathon of full marathon, this family friendly jog-a-thon party features games, prizes, food, fun, family, friends, and more.

Run4Kids Day is an 9-hour event where children, families, friends, and fans can earn as many miles as they want or need for 100 Mile Club® Credit. Show up when you can, or stay all day! It’s up to you. The day is yours! You and your child may run or walk for 100 Mile Club® Credit, meet new friends, explore the  community, and enjoy a gorgeous day in celebration of Fitness and Wellness! Don’t miss it!

Sign Ups are just $10/runner or a team of 10 for $90.

All registered R4K participants receive a FREE EXCLUSIVE Inspired Headband from 100 Mile Club®!

Event will take place rain or shine.

Photo courtesy of Life in Corona

St. Patrick’s Day Pre-Party @ M15

Whether you're actually Irish or just like to pretend you are on Saint Patrick's Day, this weekend is the time to go out and celebrate! The weekend kicks off tonight at M15 with their Saint Patrick's Day Pre-Party, complete with live music from Strike Twelve, Brick Top Blaggers, Quel Bordel and The Mckintree Boys! The event is 21 and over and admission is $5. Here are more details from M15:

Date:
Friday, March 13, 2015

Ticket Price:
$5

Doors Open:
7:00PM

Age Policy:
21+

Seating Sections:
Floor, Loge, VIP Booths, Party Box

Strike Twelve Description:
Strike Twelve is a beer-drinking, punk-playing, kick-ass party on stage. You never know what to expect from a show, but you can always count on a great night.

The band first started jamming together in 2001 when it’s three founding members – Matty T (guitar/vocals), Joey T (bass/vocals), and Danny B (drums) – were all sophomores in high school. They even won 2nd place at that year’s school-wide talent show, nearly beating out this awesome tap-dancer who no one has ever heard of.

Brick Top Blaggers Description:
Brick Top Blaggers is that rare band that bridges the gap between Celtic folk music and punk rock without sacrificing either integrity or relevance.

With a band full of songwriters and an arsenal of instruments as diverse as their musical backgrounds, they have created a distinctive sound that seamlessly blends traditional tunes played on accordion, fiddle, bagpipes, and mandolin, with roaring guitars and rock-solid bass and drums. The result is their own intelligent, exuberant brand of Celtic rock that is always original, always evolving, and always unforgettable.

Quel Bordel Description:
QUEL BORDEL! was founded in San Diego in 2013 when a Ukrainian gypsy named Jakovich Skolnick met renowned classical violinist Regina Brown on a French Caribbean cruise line. Adding two Filipino brothers Aaron and Allen after meeting on a sordid fishing trip, the band came to America and enlisted drummer Nick Sitar to form an insanely energetic gypsy band of the world. Immediately beginning with an year-long residency headlining Gaslamp venue Jimmy Love’s, QUEL BORDEL! has built a great following in San Diego.

Paws of Gold Adoption Event

If you're looking to add a furry friend to your family, consider attending the Corona Animal Shelter's Paws of Gold Adoption event from tomorrow, March 7 through next Saturday, March 14! If you have questions about what types of pets are allowed at Montecito at Dos Lagos, please visit our site or call the office! Here are more details on the event, courtesy of Inner Circle Corona:

Follow the rainbow to the Corona Animal Shelter where you will find Paws of Gold! Irish eyes are smiling on the stray animals awaiting their new loving owners.

From Saturday, March 7 to Saturday, March 14, all available dogs and cats can be adopted for only $15, which includes spay & neuter costs. Normal Dog-Licensing fees still apply. Put on your leprechaun hat and have a “Wee bit O’Fun” by visiting the Corona Animal Shelter and share a bit of the “Luck O’ the Irish” with our furry friends!

For more information call 951-736-2309, or Visit the Corona Animal Shelter at 608 Harrington St., Corona CA 92880. You can also check out the available pet photos by downloading the City of Corona Mobile App in the App Store for Apple iOS devices or the Google Play Store for Android devices.

Decor Elements to Incorporate into the Bedroom

Fall fashion week is taking place in New York and spring fashion trends are right around the corner. Just as you would update your wardrobe seasonally, as each season brings new trends, you should update your home decor as well. The bedroom is the place to start. New decor and design elements can leave you feeling energized and refreshed! Try incorporating these design trends, courtesy of Apartment Therapy:

1. A little bit of whimsy
Your bedroom is the first place you wake up in and the last place you see before you close your eyes. If you want to cultivate the kind of attitude in your life where you don't take too many things seriously, isn't best you create a starting and ending space where a little bit of whimsy resides? And the best part is you can define "whimsy" any way that you'd like. You could just have fun colors, favorite art, funny sayings, quirky objects — anything that might mean whimsy to you. 

2. Pattern that excites
In the same vein as the above suggest, though a soothing, softly colored bedroom is a great place to fall asleep in, if you have trouble waking up, you might consider creating a bedroom space that gives your eyes lots of visual stimulation as soon as they blink open. One of the easiest ways to do that is with pattern layering on top of pattern.

3. Bed covers that look good a little crumpled
Though you should always aim to make your bed every morning (it's just nicer to come home to at the end of a long work day), you should aim to fill your bedroom space with forgiving materials —the kind of bedsheets and more that don't have to be made with military precision to look good. This will help save your sanity and cultivate a more cozy, casual feel to the space.

4. A little bit of romance
You don't have to go all pink all the time in your bedroom, but you should look for ways to add a little romance in to your space, whatever that might mean to you. So perhaps that is a touch of pink color on an unexpected decorative element. Or maybe a a fresh bouquet of roses. Perhaps it's just luxuriating in sumptuous materials you treat yourself with.

5. A unique nightstand & 6. A unique headboard
You don't have to have both. Or really even have either. But if your bedroom needs a boost with its decor, chances are you can excite with a unique nightstand or headboard.

7. Oversized plants
Any plant of any size in your bedroom will look lovely and bring a burst of nature into your space. But if you really want a dynamic look, look to oversized plants to really fill in the boring spaces of your bedroom.

8. Wall-mounted bedside lights
Not only is good lighting vital next to your bedside, but using wall-mounted lights just make sense. You can usually adjust them to whatever task — like reading — you need, and they save space on your nightstand. They usually almost always look rad.

Plan a Fun Night In!

For those nights when you just don't feel like going out. even though it's the weekend, plan a fun night at home with your family or friends! If you're tired of spending your evenings in front of the TV, Apartment Therapy has some ideas on how to have plan something exciting with your family or significant other.

1. Play a game. 
Dust off that old game of Clue, or Trivial Pursuit, or Monopoly (ok, maybe not Monopoloy unless it's a really long night) and challenge your housemates to some good old-fashioned intellectual competition. I always forget, until I'm playing them, how much board games can bring out people's personalities and show you new sides of people you already thought you knew. Just try not to let rivalries or hard feelings linger after the game's over. In my house, one of our rules is that the winner always picks up the game, which tends to take the edge off gloating.

2. Put together a puzzle. 
Jigsaw puzzles, I think, are incredibly underrated. Sure, working on a puzzle may not be as immediately gratifying as say, watching a car chase, but it has a certain slow joy that is a nice antidote to the chaos of modern life. When you're piecing together a puzzle, you can explore a bit, try different combinations, take your time. If you work on a puzzle with someone else, you'll wind up having all kinds of conversations that you might not otherwise have had. Puzzles are like alcohol. They relax people.

3. Have a cook-off. 
Cooking is fun: competitive cooking is even more fun. Rummage through your cabinets for random, leftover ingredients, and challenge one of your housemates to a cookoff, iron-chef style. Winner gets bragging rights, everyone gets to eat something.

4. Draw each other. 
No, this doesn't have to be some kind of sexy Titanic thing (unless you really want it to be). Some of the most fun I've had with friends at house parties involves just paper and pencils: turns out, drawing people you know is really, really fun. You can have one person pose and all draw that person, or just have everyone in the room draw someone else. And you don't have to all be Da Vincis: having participants with a range of styles and skill levels makes the end results especially entertaining.

5. Make something.
Crafts are like Sudoku for your hands. And you don't have to make a lifelong commitment to knitting to procure an evening's entertainment. Trying searching online for instructions for origami, or even towel art. Or heck, just decoupage something.

6. Bake something really difficult that you've never baked before. 
Make dumplings. Or macaroons. Or a pie-crust from scratch. Now's the time to try one of those notoriously hard recipes that you've heard takes forever. After all, you've got plenty of time. And, as a bonus, it makes the house warmer!

7. Build a pillow fort. 
You may think that you are too old to build a pillow fort, but you are wrong. Building pillow forts is a joy that knows no season, and when you're an adult you don't have to worry about your mom coming into the room and having a fit when she sees the couch standing on its side. Once your pillow fort is complete, you can sleep inside of it. Or eat macarons. Or play a board game. Or make towel art. The sky's the limit.

Valentine's Day in Corona

Valentine's Day weekend is officially upon us! Whether you forgot to make reservations or are playing things by ear to avoid the crowds, there are still plenty of options available to you. While there are many restaurants near Montecito at Dos Lagos apartment homes, here are the top 6 picks for a fun Valentine's Day in Corona, courtesy of Life in Corona:

American Legion Valentine’s Day Dance
Where: American Legion Post 742 (1557 Yorba Street, Corona)
When: 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Price: $10 a person, $15 a couple

Join the American Legion for a special Valentine’s Day Dance featuring live music from the Blue Haze Band, dinner, and drinks.

Happy Hour will be from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Dinner costs $6 a plate and no outside food or drink will be permitted.

For tickets contact:
Edward Romero at (951) 531-5202 or Susan Romero at (951) 565-7407.

Tickets will also be available at the door.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the Boys & Girls State Programs.

Valentine’s Day Singles & Couples Party
Where: Citrus City Grille (2765 Lakeshore Drive, Corona)
When: 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Price: $10 cover

Join DJ Paul VegasBoy for an evening of music, dancing, and more.

For dinner and VIP Table-Bottle Service Reservations call (951) 277-2888

Suggested dress, classy and sexy.

Moonshine & Valentines
Where: Nellie Weaver Hall, Norco
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Price: $60

Suit up in your favorite speakeasy attire, and step into the backwoods of Norco for a night of Moonshine & Valentines!

The Lake Norconian Club has a night of dinner, dancing, and entertainment planned that your sweetheart won’t soon forget.  Benefiting the Lake Norconian Club, this event will feature period jazz music from Empire Swing Orchestra, performances and lessons from the Savvy Swing Dancers, and entertainment inspired by the Lake Norconian Club Resort.

The event will also feature a down-home dinner buffet and no-host cocktails (including specialty drinks featuring Ole Smoky Moonshine, and drinks from the grand opening celebration of the hotel in 1929.)

To purchase tickets call 951-733-1328, or buy them online here: http://www.lakenorconianclub.org/?page_id=564.

Dining
Citrus City Grille
Citrus City Grille is continuing it’s annual tradition of offering a special menu for Valentine’s Day.

The menu offers a selection of six starters, eight main courses, and four deserts to choose from.

Citrus City Grille is located at 2765 Lakeshore Drive in Corona at the Dos Lagos shopping center.

Blackburn’s Farm to Table
Blackburn’s Farm to Table is offering a special Valentine’s Day dinner for two for $89.

The special Valentine’s Day dinner includes four courses beginning with a selection of appetizers for two, such as skillet macaroni and cheese, or New Zealand petite lamb chops.

Couples will have three entrees to choose from and will also have the choice of soup or salad.

The meal will conclude with a tiramisu and chocolate ganache for two.

Eduardo’s
Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant is offering two Valentine’s Day specials, The Sweetheart’s Menu and the Perfect Match Menu.

Both specials include two entrees, a dessert, and champagne.  Entrees vary by menu and include options like carnitas, pollo en mole, and barbacoa.  Both menu’s feature three desert options including homemade flan, chocolate cake, or strawberry cheesecake.  To top it off, ladies will receive a rose when dining at Eduardo’s on Valentine’s Day.

Eduardo’s is located at 513 W 6th St, in Corona.