Fit Foods 4 Life Grand Opening – Newport Beach

Fit Foods 4 Life Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 9-5-12

Last evening I had the pleasure of attending a wonderful grand opening event with an even more wonderful charitable twist.  The grand opening of Fit Foods 4 Life in Newport Beach was filled with great energy, an introduction to great tasting, conveniently prepared healthy food, and an inspiring weight loss challenge that will benefit 3 different charities during the next 28 days.

Fit Foods 4 Life is a company that provides fresh, healthy, pre-portioned meals geared towards those who desire a quick and convenient way to eat healthy without having to spend endless amounts of time cooking meals at home, or needing to spend a lot of money to use a food-delivery service, or take the time to guess at counting calories. In a nutshell, it is a life saving service for those of us that are committed to eating healthy, even when on the go!

Attendees at Fit Foods 4 Life – Newport Beach Grand Opening 9-5-12

In preparation for the grand opening of their 2nd location in Newport Beach, Fit Foods 4 Life hired on PR company Pure PR and together cultivated an entire weight loss challenge campaign that will not only help 3 local and determined women with amazing stories to reach their fitness goals, but also support and contribute to 3 very well deserving charities in the process (American Diabetes Association, The American Heart Association, and Don’t Worry Be Happy Shirts.com).

The 28-day weight loss challenge will take place over the course of the next 28 days and follow its 3 weight loss challengees all the way thru to an official unveiling party in October at Equinox health club.  For more information on Fit Foods 4 Life and the 28-day weight loss challenge, click here.

Publicist Angie Pines (left) of Pure PR at client Fit Foods 4 Life Grand Opening!

Check back with us on OCNewsDiva.com during the month of October for coverage of the big reveal!

The Fair is coming, The Fair is coming!… Oh wait.. The Fair is HERE!

Yay!  It’s Friday the 13th Ya’ll and instead of just meaning that we should avoid walking under buckets or crossing paths with a fiesty black cat.. it means the OC Fair opens today!!  I look forward to our fair every year…you’d think I was a 12 year old girl by the way it makes me so happy, but I just love visiting it at least a few times while its here.  I like the shows, the animal farms (especially the cute baby pig & duckling exhibits) enjoy some of the rides, but really love the crazy fair food you can get!  (Fried chocolate covered Oreos, deep fried Twinkies… c’mon!  really??) And who can pass up all the fun monster truck/demolition derby/concerts that come round with the fair.  Aahhh, the true sign of summer in the OC.

So this is my friendly reminder to get out there and enjoy the show (the fair) before it has to go!  Happy Opening Fair Day Orange County!

2012 OC FAIR | July 13 – Aug 12 | Costa Mesa, CA (www.ocfair.com)

Newport Beach Film Festival Weekend Wrap (The parties, the screenings, the scoop!)

This weekend was all about film and after parties in the OC with film screenings and red carpet events usually saved for our cousin city of Tinseltown (Hollywood).  But this weekend OC had its own circuit of Indy films that screened throughout Newport Beach, with their respective after parties in the surrounding areas. Following up from Thursday’s opening night gala in Fashion Island, Friday night hosted a screening of Sunset Strip, a super cool documentary about life on the strip with intimate commentary from Johnny Depp, Sharon & Ozzy Osburne, Mickey Rourke, and others, courtesy of film makers Hanz Fjellestad, Joe Mundo, and Donovan Leitch, whom OC News Diva had the pleasure of interviewing right after the screening.  (Cool, down to earth group of talented guys!)  We capped the night off at the Lexus of Newport Beach NBFF afterparty, which was mild… but fun, thanks to music by our favorite DJ and long time (like 20+ years) pal Roland Barrera.

Saturday was all about Romeo, the fun screening and much hyped film “Should’ve Been Romeo” by actor Paul Ben-Victor about a self-centered, middle-aged pitchman for a potato chip company that loses his job and his livelihood just as his octogenarian grandfather is dropped on his doorstep unexpectedly by his mother on her way to a singles cruise. OC News Diva also interviewed Paul Ben-Victor on Saurday night at the NBFF ater party at Equinox Sports club in Irvine (which just happens to be my home gym).  Check back soon for all the video coverage!

Catch the Newport Beach Film Festival this week in OC, If You Can!

The 13th annual Newport Beach Film Festival kicked off last night to a full house at the premiere screening of Jewtopia – a first time film by filmmaker Bryan Fogel, featuring a star studded cast that included Tom Arnold, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jenifer Love Hewitt, and forever heart throb Ivan Sergei (do you remember Jack & Jill? – that’s when I fell in love with him!) The movie, one of 460 films from 50 countries that will screen at six Orange County theaters over seven days, was hilariously funny and very well received. Attendees were treated to an opening night gala conveniently held across the street at Fashion Island that featured a host of local restaurants and tastings underneath the moonlight sky, which luckily posed crisp and clear despite the scheduled rain.  Many more screenings and after parties are slated at NBFF over the next week and we plan to do our part to attend as many as we can 🙂

For more information on the Newport Beach Film Festival, visit http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com