Hello Back Bay Bedouins, happy Monday.

Well happy November, and merry Christmas I guess. We are now fully committed to Fall, and the towns are buzzing with holiday get-togethers, galas, and mixers. We hope all the leftover Halloween candy will be put to good use as we try to square our holiday diet with the inevitable influx of tasty treats and home-baked temptations. Maybe this is the season we finally get into Hyrox. All the cool kids are doing it..

To our new readers—welcome! The Back Bay Buzz delivers just the right amount of news and events for locals in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. No crime, no politics, no spam—just the good stuff. We scan newspapers, blogs, social media, business journals, and Google alerts so you don’t have to.

In today’s Buzz:

• Back Bay Author Enjoys Accolades

• Galas, Crawls, Mixers and Expos

• Bring your own Baby at OCMA

— Jon Dougher, Publisher, Back Bay Buzz

Back Bay Author Celebrated

Newport environmentalist and children’s author Joan Pizzo, 88—one of the locals who helped stop a 1970s plan to run a freeway through Upper Newport Bay—was honored at Heavenly Home hospice in Mission Viejo for the bay-themed kids’ books she wrote afterward: Little Crumb, Amy Avocet, Pelican Bill, and The Tale of the Bay Ducklings. Pizzo used to take her four kids to the Back Bay with binoculars and turned those real birds into story characters, illustrated by her neighbor and Disney legend Clyde Geronimi (Bambi, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp). The books are out of print, but the Newport Bay Conservancy says it’s exploring ways to republish them so the next generation of Newport kids grows up knowing the bay is something you protect.

• Try It Tuesday Tasting - Hi Time Wine Cellars
  Tuesday Nov 4th
  5-7pm
  Info

• Canned Food Drive - Semi Tropic Wines
  Info
  

• Let’s Save Lives Gala - Balboa Bay Resort
  Sat Nov 8
  5pm
  Info

• OC Singles Mixer - Westwood Coast
  Thurs Nov 13th
  6-9pm
  Info

• Vintage Crawl - Various Locations
  Hosted by Silver Wings Vintage and Edgewater Rose Regalia
  Sat Nov 15th
  9am-4pm
  Info
  

• Artisan Marketplace - Environmental Nature Center (Newport)
  eco-friendly, handmade, one-of-a-kind creations
  Sun Dec 7
  11am-4pm
  Info

• Awakened Lifestyle Expo - Norma Hertzog Community Center
  Sun Dec 7th
  9:30am-9pm
  Info

• All CHOC Guilds Holiday Tree Luncheon - The Westin South Coast Plaza
  Sun Dec 7th
  10am
  Info

• Newport Beach Boat Parade Guide
  Click Here for the Guide
  Register your boat here

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THIS WEEK:

• Animal Shelter Stories at Mariners Library Newport Beach

  Monday, 03 November

  10:30 am - 11:30 am
  Info

• Read to a Dog at Newport Beach Central Library

  Tuesday, 04 November

  4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  Info

• Bring Your Own Baby Tour and Tea at OCMA Costa Mesa (Registration Required)

  Wednesday, 05 November

  11:00 am - 11:30 am
  Info

• Sensory Bins at Corona Del Mar Library in Newport Beach

  Thursday, 06 November

  10:30 am - 11:30 am
  Info

• Little Seedlings Storytime at Sherman Library and Gardens in Corona Del Mar

  Friday, 07 November

  10:00 am - 10:30 am
  Info
  

FAMILY PLAN AHEAD:

• Nature Scavenger Hunt at Muth Interpretive Center in Newport Beach

  Saturday, 08 November

  9:30 am - 12:30 pm
  Info

• FREE Seaside Kids Concert with Magic Steps Studio at Lido Marina Village in Newport Beach

  Thursday, 13 November

  10:30 am - 11:15 am
  Info

• Dream Glow Fest at Wild Rivers Waterpark ($25-$36)

  Nov 14th - Dec 31st

  4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  Info

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