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Welcome to Balboa Island

THIS IS THE UNOFFICIAL - FUN - FUNKY - LOVING - MOSTLY HUMOUROUS - WEBSITE OF BALBOA ISLAND!!  SINCE 1990



Welcome to Balboa Island...where the cats are numerous fat and lazy, the dogs are spoiled, the houses are quaint and enchanting, and the living is creative and carefree. You can spend your day walking around our beautiful boardwalk, boating, biking, shopping, or lounging.
Don’t be surprised when you can’t choose between mouth watering mandarin, authentic mexican, spicy italian, premium prime-rib, rack of lamb, or good ol’ broiled burgers. And as your fun-filled day comes to a close and you watch the sun gently set in glittering hues of orange and red.... .. . . . . . . .


WARNING - Someone with a very strange sense of humor has created a page called “Balboa Creole French” on Wikipedia.  There is NO SUCH THING - never was!  I don’t know why they created that page other than to get brownie points with Wikipedia.  So Please don’t come to our beautiful Balboa Island to study language - we all speak American English - come to enjoy it’s beauty and have fun!!

2012 BALBOA ISLAND ARTWALK
Sunday May 20, 2012 9 am - 5 pm
Over a Mile of Art & Live Music!
The Balboa Island Artwalk is the premier showcase for talented local artists and marks the start of the Island’s summer season. Celebrating its eighteenth anniversary, the Artwalk will take place on Sunday, May 20th, from 9am to 5pm along the South Bayfront Promenade of Balboa Island. Admission is free.
This fine art show features 90 artists exhibiting paintings, fine jewelry, blown glass, sculpture, and photography. Spectators will enjoy live music throughout the day on four stages along the walk. Performing musicians include the Retros, Don Ross Duo, Garry Gould, Rick Sherman and Alan Remington, Jim Roberts, and Grant Peacock. Limited-edition Artwalk posters and t-shirts will be available at Diamond & South Bayfront. Local restaurants will be open to serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
The OC Cruiser will be providing free shuttle service.
The Balboa Island Artwalk is presented by Mary Hardesty Realty and sponsored by the Balboa Island Improvement Association.
Visit our website to see all the artist’s works!
http://www.balboaislandartwalk.info



http://www.newportwhales.com/newport_beach_whale_watch_offer.html
tel:949-675-0551

MOONLIGHT KAYAKING

WHO/WHAT
A Moonlight Paddle.
All-levels kayaking and outrigger canoeing at Newport Beach’s Upper Back Bay estuary by the light of the moon. Ages 8+.
$35.00/person
WHEN
By private tour - or -2012 dates:
May 4, 5, 11, 12, June 1, 2, 8, 9, 29, 30, Aug 1, 10, 11, 24, 25, 31, Sept 1, 21, 22, 28, 29, Oct 5, 6, 26, 27
7pm - 10 pm-ish
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 949.646.7725
WHERE
Newport Beach Aquatic Center
1 Whitecliffs Drive
Newport Beach, CA 92660
(off Polaris Dr.)

http://www.meetup.com/http-newportaquaticcenter-com-page15-page34-page34-html/members/17481041/
http://newportaquaticcenter.com/page15/page34/page34.html


BALBOA ISLAND GARAGE SALE COMING IN MAY 2013???? OR MAYBE APRIL??? ONE DAY OR MAYBE BACK TO TWO DAYS????
If we have to change the weekend - how does Memorial Day Weekend sound - we did it on that weekend in the very beginning???? LOL


We just finished another Super Successful Garage Sale, but there is a serious problem. People who participate without helping to pay for the event.
This takes money out of the pockets of the neighbors who do pay.  It is stealing no matter how you look at it.
Frustrating - yes.  For the first time in 22 years I actually covered the costs incurred - that is not the point -if everyone was honest we could have a fun give back event for the participants.  .
It is not a matter of wanting more money for me - it isn’t for me. It is for the honest participants who follow the rules.

These are ideas that have been suggested to me over the years:
(1) I personally don’t sell anything to speak of so I could run around and shop and note the addresses that did not pay and collect from them - usually this ends up being a lot of bad energy directed at me that I don’t need. 
(2)I could print the guilty parties’ addresses on the front of the next issue of the Island Breeze.so the honest people could see who the thieves are.
(3) We could have fun with social networking and give out awards. Neat stuff! As well as “most honest” and “most dishonest” block awards. If people aren’t honest about $15.00 - would you want to do business with them???
(4)Divide the sale in two days - half Little Island and up to Coral - half the other end of the Island.
(5)Take the programs for the last 5 years, change the date and do “by invitation only” That would save the cost of printing the Applications twice - 2500 copies each time - and I would have money for my “give back” event.
(6) A raffle ticket given out with each “Application” - the prizes being something like a Round Trip for 2 to Catalina - a night or two in the desert or Big Bear - with discount travel sites and if Everyone signed up we could do that.  And I prefer the carrot to the stick
(7) Or I could just end it after 22 years - at 65 with my disabilities it doesn’t get any easier - this year when I got up at 4 am I swore I would never do it again.  However, like childbirth - I usually forget by next year.
(8) Or, better yet, an idea suggested by Matt Dingwall at the City of Newport Beach - I could not charge at all and then it would be fair to everyone.  There are people who would help support the sale and cover the costs independently of charging each vendor - and think of all the paperwork it would save There is always an upside!!