This weekend in HB || 12.11.25

Welcome back folks. In today’s email…

• Shipley’s pop-up holiday market

• Beachwood’s 3rd anniversary party

• Visit Huntington Beach names next CEO

• A new boba spot off Warner & Goldenwest

EVENTS

🍷 TH @ 7-9p - Brightwaters’ ugly sweater contest & wine dinner is tonight (LINK)

🍿 FRI @ 6:30p - it’s a free screening of Home Alone for this iteration of Reels on the Range at Meadowlark (LINK)

🪴 FRI-SAT - shop for local, handmade gifts at Shipley Nature Center’s pop-up holiday market (LINK)

🎂 SAT - Beachwood’s 3rd anniversary party will have dog caricatures and magicians from the Magic Castle (LINK)

🎤 SAT @ 7p - Eat at Joe’s hosts this Taylor Swift trivia night (LINK)

🚢 SAT-SUN - the annual volunteer-led Huntington Harbour Boat Parade is back this weekend (LINK)

🐴 SUN - bring the kiddos to Day of the Horse Christmas Play Day at Central Park Equestrian Center (LINK)

🍪 SUN @ 4-6:30p - Pacific City’s annual holiday cookie crawl and December movie night will be this Sunday (LINK)

🎭️ SUN @ 5p - watch a free live nativity play in the Old World Village courtyard (LINK)

🧩 next TU @ 4-6p - stop by the Senior Center for a jigsaw puzzle swap (LINK)

looking ahead

🛳️ Dec 19-23 - mark your calendar for the Cruise of Lights (LINK)

NEWS

VHB tabs John Urdi as its next CEO 💼

Urdi has spent the past 15 years leading Mammoth Lakes Tourism and actually met his wife here in HB, at a conference at Paséa in 2021.

Here’s the press release from Visit Huntington Beach: LINK

New boba spot set to open🧋

Welcome to Moon Cha: they soft opened last weekend and will officially open this Friday off of Warner & Goldenwest (Yelp // Instagram)

POLL

Last week’s results: “Did you already know Old Crow Smokehouse had closed?“

• No, I honestly didn’t know that (78.62% - 125 of 159 votes)

• Yes, that’s old news (11.32% - 18 of 159 votes)

• What is Old Crow Smokehouse? (8.18% - 13 of 159 votes)

• other (1.89% - 3 of 159 votes)

“[No] So many great memories from there. Sad to see it go!”

“[No] Why did they close? I was there about 2 months ago and it was busy. They had live music. It was fun”

“[No] Headed there for dinner last night and saw it was closed”

Ethan’s note - unfortunately I don’t have any more info right now on why Old Crow Smokehouse closed. Like many of you, I’m sad to see them go.

FEATURED PET

Jake is an older male cat currently up for adoption with Huntington Pet Vet (LINK)

FEATURED HOME

This gem in Huntington Harbour looks like it recently sold for $4.195M (LINK)

LIVE MUSIC

Thursday, December 11

• Sebastiani’s · Huntington Henry @ 6p

Friday, December 12

• Bella Terra · Alex Maes @ 5p

• Mother’s Tavern · 89 Vision (Sublime tribute) @ 5p

• J King Neptunes · The Blue Byrdes @ 6p

• Taco Surf · My Bad @ 6p

• Sebastiani’s · Double Trouble @ 6p

• Baci · Jennifer Hart @ 6:30p

• Surf Dog’s · Zzyxz Road @ 8p

• Tumbleweeds · The Idellix @ 9p

• Perqs · RockStallion @ 9p

Saturday, December 13

• Beach City Provisions · The Rumrunners @ 11a

• Mother’s Tavern · Elliott Callaway & Friends @ 1p

• Old World · Da Stube Buben @ 4p

• Mother’s Tavern · The Losers @ 5p

• Old World · Bella Musica String Quartet @ 5:30p

• Bella Terra · Natalie Clark @ 5p

• Beach Hut Deli · Chris Cruz @ 6p

• Sebastiani’s · Hard Roads @ 6p

• Taco Surf · Party Jones @ 6p

• Baci · Richard & Jodi @ 6:30p

• Surf Dog’s · The Clocks @ 8p

• J King Neptunes · 3 Feet Down @ 8p

• Tumbleweeds · SLS Band @ 8:30p

• Perqs · Boss Sound @ 9p

Sunday, December 14

• Bella Terra · Paul Lemire @ 1p

• Mother’s Tavern · Stephen Alva Trio @ 1p

• Pacific City · Cara LaGreen @ 4p

• J King Neptunes · George Fryer @ 4p

• Old World · Upstream Brass Quintet @ 4p

• Mother’s Tavern · Dwellers of the Deep @ 5p

WEATHER

Thursday, Dec 11

69 🌡️ 51 | ⛅️ | 1% | 💨 WNW 2 mph (1 knot)

Friday, Dec 12

68 🌡️ 53 | ⛅️ | 3% | 💨 ESE 2 mph (1 knot)

Saturday, Dec 13

70 🌡️ 54 | ⛅️ | 4% | 💨 ESE 4 mph (3 knots)

Sunday, Dec 14

70 🌡️ 53 | ⛅️ | 4% | 💨 WNW 4 mph (3 knots)

As always, thanks for reading and I’ll see ya next Thursday (-:

-Ethan