Best cosmetic surgeon: Dr. Harold J. Kaplan
Cosmetic surgeon Harold J. Kaplan has been lifting our readers’ spirits by lifting their faces, necks eyelids and brows for the past 27 years. Kaplan is among a handful of highly specialized, double board-certified facial plastic surgeons in Southern California, and serves as a professor at UCLA, teaching facial plastic surgery to more than 100 […]
Best chiropractor: Dr. Derek Levy
Derek Levy is celebrating his 30th year as the cheerful chiropractor who still makes house calls, earning our readers’ trust by straightening out their spinal kinks and helping them achieve overall health. When Levy works on a spine, he’s also healing nerves and muscles. When a person’s bones are put into place, the nerves are […]
Best craft beer brewery: Strand Brewing Co.
The story has become the stuff of myth. It’s a buddy story about the cool half-genius, fully strange kid and his somewhat dorky but super social buddy who combine to do something that defies all odds. And indeed, brew master Joel Elliot and one-man sales army/marketing machine Rich Marcello have known each other since they […]
Best day spa: Trilogy Spa
A vichy rainbar, moana tub plunges and showers for two are just a few of the reasons our readers prefer to relax at Trilogy Spa. For the past 12 years, the spa has specialized in massage, skincare and exotic body treatments using all-natural, handmade products. Customized treatments include massages, facials, peels and St. Tropez sunless […]
Best massage: Trilogy Spa
Our readers once again named Trilogy Spa the best place to be rubbed, kneaded and pampered with massages, as well as wraps, hot tubs, rubs and peels with exotic oils, body butters, Hawaiian hot stones, ginger aloe balms and Vichy rain bar rinses, with all-natural, handmade products. Meanwhile, Trilogy continues to grow as a business, […]
Best craft beer bar: Simmzy’s
Hats off to the Brothers Simms, Chris and Mike – or better yet, a tip of a tasty pint to a family that has raised the game for fine food and drink in Manhattan Beach and the South Bay. The Simms family launched locally with the purchase of The Kettle by Tom Simms Sr. , […]
CenterCal unveils plan for Redondo Beach waterfront
There is an ironic photograph, snapped 20 years ago, hanging on the wall of CenterCal chief executive Fred Bruning’s office. In it Bruning is flying a biplane over the Redondo Beach waterfront – coincidentally the same 15 acres his company is preparing to completely transform. Bruning spoke last week to Easy Reader in his […]
Best Insurance Agent: Garrett Nishihiri
AHTKY Insurance promises “professional agency with personal service.” Garrett Nishihiri, who has been with the company since 2008, provides comprehensive insurance solutions, tailor-making each policy for each client’s needs. Garrett Nishihiri, AHTKY Insurance, 1451 W Artesia Blvd., Gardena Runner-up: Michael Kent, Farmers Insurance, 149 Palos Verdes Blvd., Suite C, Redondo Beach. (310) 378-3457
Best Home Rental Service: Westside Rentals
Since opening in 1966, Westside Rentals has becomes the definitive marketplace for connecting landlords and tenants in Southern California. With seven different offices, spanning from the valley to San Diego, Westside Rentals is the most comprehensive rental company around. “We’ve helped more than 1 million renters search for housing. Hundreds of thousands of SoCal landlords […]
Best Real Estate Broker: Gina Ruiz, Clearsight Realty
Gina Ruiz traces her interest in real estate to her childhood. “My grandfather owned six real estate offices. So I was introduced to the real estate at a young age, and started out working for his company,” Ruiz said. Ruiz’s Clearsight Realty is a flourishing private realty and brokerage company that prides itself on getting […]
Easy Reader 2013 Best Listing/Selling Agent: Ed MacLaughlin
As the winner of both the best listing and selling agent in the South Bay, MacLaughin knows all the right people and can promise that he’s never off the clock. “My phone is never off and always on me,” MacLaughlin said. “I want my clients to know that I will go above and beyond that […]
Best Real Estate Office: Shorewood Realtors
Shorewood Realtors is the most dominant residential Real Estate brokerages in the South Bay with over 350 Real Estate agents. Since 1969, founder Arnold Goldstein has provided new agents with rigorous training and a wealth of institutional knowledge about the South Bay. With seven offices throughout the beach cities and Palos Verdes, and nearly 125 […]
Froth Cometh: Local craft beer, food, and music at The Froth Awards on St.Pat’s Day
Local craft breweries and chefs gather for a different kind of Saint Patrick’s Day celebration in Hermosa Beach Sunday: The Froth Awards.