We’re so happy we’ve reached the terrible twos.
Now we can throw even louder temper tantrums, be defiant and cry for no reason.
Under Laguna’s two-year anniversary is July 9. We’ve written more than 150 handcrafted, unfiltered stories about Laguna Beach. We hope that at least some of them have interested you. But more importantly, we hope more of them have made you laugh.
Laguna tends to take itself way too seriously, especially the last few years as social media haters have spawned like AI rabbits.
But we don’t care. We are pressing forward with more fun and snark, trying to live up to our pink poodle mascot and motto, “Rare stories, beauty and misfits.”
As you may have read, we are now affiliated with the Los Angeles Times OC edition and Daily Pilot, which means for some reason they have agreed to cherry-pick our most polite stories. In that spirit, occasionally we try to wear business casual while walking around Laguna holding a to-go margarita from El Ranchito.
And on that note, salud from Under Laguna. We’re going to waddle down to the beach and eat some sand.
Ode to Laguna: Some opening lines by Under Laguna
- They come to Laguna Beach to ride its gilded coattails.
- The marine layer always knows.
- Living at the coast means living at the edge of eternity.
- Of course skimboarding started in Laguna Beach.
- Memorial Day is nature’s blurry demarcation line between winter’s sorrow and summer’s light.
- Nearly every weekend in Laguna Beach you can do something for free that is not normal.
- If there is an existential dread among Laguna Beach residents, it is the fear of fire.
- You need running shoes if you walk in Laguna Beach.
- There is a red door in Laguna Beach that speaks to people.
- It’s a bit like finding the shell of an alien.
- There are a lot of parks in Laguna Beach, but there’s only one with a soul: Heisler.
- They called it the “Emerald Fire,” as if accentuating the flickering green hues of the flames.
- Strap in, hydrate, bring late-night snacks: A large Laguna Beach public project is underway.
- By all accounts Stan Isaacs was an exceptional man.
- If a tree falls in a parking lot, does anyone care?
- We don’t know the statistics, so we will do the next best thing – guess.
- Now that summer is really over – the last vestiges of the warm Santa Ana winds gone – Laguna Beach residents embrace winter like a seasoned lover.
- We know, traffic.
