PICTURES of ORANGE COUNTY (Huntington Beach, Mission Viejo: weddings, elementary school, gated community)

[missionhome]

Mission Viejo

Bathgate Elementary of CUSD serves the large Califia neighborhood, Auburn Ridge, and a portion of Pacific Hills. Students continue on to Newhart Middle and then Capistrano Valley High. Bathgate is one of MV's finest. The API is 917 giving it a 10/10 rank.






CVS is the slightly aging Mission Viejo Village Center, one of the cities first shopping centers. Adjacent to this store is a new CVS division called "Beauty 360." The location is the second in the entire USA and it just opened (the first location is in DC). Beauty 360 will sell high-end brands such as Laura Geller, Canyon Ranch and Borba, and will not sell any of the mainstream beauty brands such as Maybelline, Cover Girl or Revlon typically found at CVS. It will also offer manicures, facials and other services to differentiate itself from competitors. Products are to range from $15-$175.




More from the MV Village Center.




This In-n-Out is off of Avery Parkway on Camino Capistrano, underneath the tollroad overpass. It has been here a while and gets really crowded. There is only four bar style seats inside so this is mainly a drive through only one.


Santa arriving MV Lake Style.

[IloveOC]

I love seeing Santa arrive by boat. And it is nice to see open water - our lakes are all frozen here in Minnesota.

By the way - is that a jacaranda tree in the schoolyard shot? I love them. Is this the normal time for them to bloom??? If you can get any more shots of them I would love it.

Thanks for the photo's.

[missionhome]

Originally Posted by IloveOC

I love seeing Santa arrive by boat. And it is nice to see open water - our lakes are all frozen here in Minnesota.

By the way - is that a jacaranda tree in the schoolyard shot? I love them. Is this the normal time for them to bloom??? If you can get any more shots of them I would love it.

Thanks for the photo's.

Hi IloveOC!
That is a jacaranda tree indeed. They are gorgeous and we have a decent amount throughout Mission Viejo. My favorite spot is on La Paz Rd leading into the city where jacarandas line the street and median up a hill. They provide a beautiful canopy over the road. I posted some photos of this street with the trees of page 15. Here is one of the photos.


This is not normal time for them to bloom, its too cold! Most of my school pictures are from a PTSA visit in the spring to all the feeder schools into Capistrano Valley High (I'm at PTSA mom there). The district had a huge facilities overview at each campus and we met with architects and discussed facility issues at each campus. It was a chance for the PTSA and the parents to come and voice there complaints about facility issues like "not enough toilets in building A," "steps are dangerous in front of school," etc.... Three other moms and I from CVHS were invited to join the PTSA at each of our feeder schools during their facility review so I took lots of pictures of the campuses. I just didn't upload all of them to photo websites until I felt like it.

[californialove24]

Originally Posted by missionhome

I just took these from the top of my street because I had a busy morning, but here are some pictures of the snow that formed on Saddleback Mountain from Mission Viejo. Hopefully it won't all melt too soon.

Hey these pics were amazing in fact you and me probably took some pics 2 weeks ago when that cold storm came and dumped snow and the Santa ana ranges where snow doesn't really fall.It was a moment of Excitement for me b/c we never get snow on those hills.i Was in Riverside and that Old ugly rocky hill that says " CA" on it next to UCR Also had snow or ice on it but all the way at the top.I Was amazed b/c the snow levels must have been low then.Maybe next year it might snow on flat land.

[psichick]

Anyone want anything semi-specific? I live near Irvine/NB area and am off of work tomorrow. This will give me a reason to get out and do something. The weather has been great (albeit a bit warm for my taste right now). Let me know.

[jessemh431]

Seal Beach or Newport Harbor or Dana Point or the nice areas of Brea, La Habra, Fullerton,, and Anaheim like close to the mountains.

[Roma]

Originally Posted by psichick

Anyone want anything semi-specific? I live near Irvine/NB area and am off of work tomorrow. This will give me a reason to get out and do something. The weather has been great (albeit a bit warm for my taste right now). Let me know.

I would love to see some pictures of the Back Bay in Newport Beach and some ocean/beach shots would be great.

[psichick]

Originally Posted by Roma

I would love to see some pictures of the Back Bay in Newport Beach and some ocean/beach shots would be great.

Of course, it's overcast today. But I'll see what great shots I can get. This will at least get me out and seeing something pretty.

[psichick]

It was an ugly hazy day when I went out on Friday, but here's some Bay photos. The grainy ones are from Saturday, from my phone.

These are of Newport Back Bay (I believe it'd be considered Upper Back Bay).






And this is a shot of Newport Coast




Balboa Harbor (is that the name of it?) from the Fun Zone







Balboa Pier



Sunset from the pier



Beach from the pier



And finally, something of the norm in NB. If you cant tell what it is, it's an Audi R8. I believe the car is over $100k. (Me and my husband, sadly, always see Bentley's. Dime a dozen. Scary)



Hope you enjoyed. I need to get out and take more photos.

[missionhome]

Loved them, great job! It is fun to see some the coastal communities for a change, they have so much to offer and are very pretty. I have always loved the nature and the birds in Back Bay. Nice to see something not covered with a strip mall.