We held a contest a week or so ago with UPrinting, an online printing company. They sponsored a giveaway where two lucky vitaminOC readers could win a FREE 16×20″ poster print.
It was a tough decision between all of your awesome ideas but I had to narrow it down to two for the contest.  (Check out some of the comments here!) Aaand here they are:
Winner 1:
Trakix said:

I’d probably make a print of this awesome X-Men poster my buddy did. He took all 12 of the guys in our group …

You know that the vitaminOC staff loves free stuff and we know you do too. So, we’ve got an awesome thing going here: UPrinting, an online printing company, is sponsoring a giveaway where two lucky vitaminOC readers will win a FREE 16×20″ poster print. Does that sound awesome or what? Ready to enter?
You can enter in two ways:
1. Leave a comment explaining what you would do with your poster print. (creativity and humor may help!)
2.  Write a post on your blog that links back to this post and UPrinting.com and …

On May 14th at the Anaheim Garden Walk, over 50+ restaurants from all over Anaheim and Orange County including the Rain Forest Cafe, Alcatraz Brewing Company, Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine, and McCormick & Schmick’s will have samples for you to try and taste. You can think of it as a 50 course meal if you’d like.
Entertainment during the night includes Eli James Mattson, from the third season of America’s Got Talent, the “Oreo Divas,” and LIGHTS, a Journey tribute band. I’m most excited to hear LIGHTS since I like listening …

During Earth Week 2009, Cal State Fullerton is hosting an Alternative Transportation Expo from today until Wednesday. They’ll be showcasing alternative fuel vehicles from Honda, Mercedes, BMW, and GM and will have guest speakers present on sustainability and transportation. Check the schedule after the break.

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy and in celebration, the University of California, Irvine Observatory is holding three consecutive visitor’s nights open to the public. On April 3-5, from 7-9 PM, the UCI Observatory is free to explore.
You can look through their 24″ telescope to view the beautiful celestial bodies of the night sky, by that I mean look at some of the planets, constellations, and star clusters. In addition to looking through telescopes, there will also be a different lecture about astronomy every night:
Friday, April 3: “Planets: Near …

This is no joke. Just follow the Taco Bell Discovery Science Center on twitter at @discoverycube and get in for free during their normal hours (10 am to 5 pm) on Wednesday April 1, 2009. They will also be previewing their new Science of Hockey Exhibit, which opens on the 2nd, for twitter followers. The center will have exhibits about zambonis, the difference between figure and hockey skates, and an exhibit of 2007 Stanley Cup champs, the Anaheim Ducks.

So what are you waiting for? Follow @discoverycube on twitter and we’ll …

We at vitaminOC love tech-related stuff. We also love business cards. Put them together and you get Contxts. Contxts is currently a public alpha service that allows you to create and receive SMS business cards.
The service is pretty simple. You send a username to Contxts at 50500 and you receive a twitter-length message of 140 characters that the user chooses. The second way of doing it is by sending “send ‘recipient’s number’” to 50500. I chose to put my name, mobile, email, twitter, and a link to this blog on …

Would you wake up at 6:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning to look at other peoples cars?
That’s what hundreds of car enthusiasts do every weekend at Cars and Coffee. An eclectic mix of cars show up every Saturday morning: vintage Model T’s, exotic Ferrari Enzos, muscle cars, street cars, and anything in between. Held at Ford’s Premiere Automotive Group and Mazda parking lots in Irvine, car afficionados from all walks of life come together to chat about cars and admire interesting and unusual cars that arrive. I really don’t think …

Feel the Beat, a benefit show and concert for the Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) was hosted by Key Club at the Heritage Forum in Anaheim on Friday, February 20.
Key Club members Michael Nguyen, Sarah Duong, Andy Nguyen, Grace Yellow, Bea Mac, and their adviser, Lamont Miya, worked hard to bring in performers from all around the country to volunteer their night for CHOC. Performers (with links to videos of their Friday performance) were:

Gabe Bondoc
World Famous
Cathy Nguyen and Randolph Permejo (Duet)
Fanny Pak
AJ Rafael
Kaba …

Hi there. My name’s Patrick Tomas.
“The OC”
I’ve been living in Orange County for my whole life, more specifically Buena Park, near the OC/LA border. I’ve come to love Orange County and it’s unique culture, people, and weather.  Even though I’ve lived in Orange County for eighteen years, I don’t know the area as well as I would like to.  I still haven’t visited many places, mostly in central and southern OC, but I know that will change while writing for vitaminOC.
The Usual
I’m a first year Student at Cal State Fullerton …