Healthy options at the Avocado Cafe on Catalina Island. Dining on Catalina Island offers a range of options, from quick burgers to consume on the beach to culinary creations crafted with care. Avalon restaurants are a frequently changing cornucopia and one of the newest opened in the spring of 2014. Located on Sumner Avenue, just […]
Descanso Beach Ocean Sports offers a great way to explore the island. Exploring Catalina Island is something that takes a lifetime. Hidden coves, dramatic vistas and unique flora and fauna are just waiting to be discovered. Adventurers can take many routes to find the hidden side of Santa Catalina and one route is aboard an
In the fall, one of Catalina’s most delicious denizens is in season. California spiny lobsters are plentiful around the island and catching them – and eating them – is a favorite activity of both residents and visitors. Spiny lobsters can be caught with either hoop nets or while diving on scuba; either way requires a
The Avalon Harbor Patrol assists the boating pubic on Catalina Island The centerpiece of Avalon on Catalina Island is its harbor and making sure that the harbor is safe and secure is the Avalon Harbor Department. Part of the City of Avalon, the department is overseen by the Avalon Harbormaster. With about 12 full-time officers
PLAY Preschool serves some of Avalon’s youngest residents For decades, the PLAY Preschool craft auction has signified the start of the Avalon holiday shopping season. Hosted and organized by the parents whose children are enrolled in Avalon’s co-op preschool, the auction provides an evening of food, fun and shopping, while raising funds to improve the
Two Harbors can be a great Thanksgiving destination. Catalina Island may not be the first thing people think about when it comes to Thanksgiving, but the island can be a perfect way to reconnect with family, friends and loved ones on this most grateful of holidays. With most employers offering a four-day weekend for Thanksgiving,
Wrigley Stage Christmas Tree On the mainland, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season is Black Friday, a notorious maelstrom of materialism that tends to dampen even the brightest of holiday spirits. Crowded malls, overflowing parking lots and teeming big box stores are just not the way to start the Christmas season. Catalina Island
The buffalo milk is Catalina’s signature cocktail Like lobsters in Maine, barbecue in Texas and sourdough bread in San Francisco, many spots on the globe have their own signature cuisine. Other locales, however, tend toward more adults consumables. Whether it’s margaritas in Mexico, Cabernet in Napa Valley or pina coladas in Hawaii, certain spots have
Photo courtesy Catalina Island Museum One of Catalina Island’s most popular holiday traditions is also one of its most recent. The Catalina Island Museum’s Holiday Symphony Concert fills the Avalon Theatre with the classic sounds of a world-class orchestra. The Stanford Music Ensemble, which includes members of the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and the Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra, includes
