Despite the number of times I have been to Old Town Seal Beach, this marked my first time geocaching there. I guess it’s because all the previous times I visited this lovely place, I spent my time either browsing around the shops and getting to know what’s around. After learning a bit of history on this place to write my “Back to the Past” articles, I made use of that knowledge by showing my friend Kambria around Old Town while geocaching earlier this week on Monday morning.
Our adventure started at …

There are plenty of food options in Old Town Seal Beach, but if you want to get more of the quiet homey feeling of this place, stop by the Old Town Cafe on Main  Street, open daily since 2003 for breakfast and lunch from 7 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.
From the outside, you can already guess a cozy home atmosphere. Open the door and the server will greet you and tell you to seat yourself at one of the tables covered with a plastic vinyl tablecover. Look around at the bright …

If you are looking for quality olive oil and related products, pay a visit to The Temecula Olive Oil Company’s retail store in Old Town Seal Beach. The Temecula Olive Oil Company is a family-owned and operated business, committed to using only California olives of the highest quality. All their products are homemade from their Temecula ranch and then shipped to their retail stores in Old Town Temecula, Old Town San Diego, Solana Beach, and Old Town Seal Beach. However, they produce more than just olive oil and hand-pressed olives—they …

Now that summer has been over, thoughts of the beach are also long gone. However, come out to Seal Beach, just north of the pier, on Saturday, October 9 for the Japan America Kite Festival!
Hosted by the Japan America Society of Southern California and Up Up & Away Kite Club, this festival is now in its 15th year, drawing over 10,000 people and being the largest kite festival in Southern California. Admission is free and the opening ceremony starts at 10 A.M.
Of course, you can expect a day of kite …

Can you really see Jupiter from Seal Beach Pier? Yes, with a telescope you can! Join volunteer astronomers at Bogart’s Coffee House’s “Astronomy Night Star Party at the Pier” on Saturday, October 1 between 8 to 10 P.M. Take advantage of the opportunity to see a beautiful crescent moon as well as Jupiter and its “Galilean” moons. And don’t worry, you don’t need to have a telescope or be an astronomy expert. Just come ready to learn or to share what you know.
Bogart’s Coffee House hosts events regularly so if …

Pass though Seal Beach today and you will find yourself experiencing the small-town sleepy atmosphere. However, Seal Beach was once more bustling and lively, its history probably unable to cross your mind.
In the 1800s, long before becoming incorporated as Seal Beach, the area was known as Anaheim Landing, important for its shipping port . However, with the rise of the Pacific Electric Red Car, Anaheim Landing faded to Bay City, transforming into a recreational area. Bay City was incorporated on October 27, 1910, but due to confusion with San Francisco, …

The Seal Beach Art Association is holding their 34th Annual Arts & Crafts Faire on Saturday and Sunday, September 10-11 from 9 A.M.-6 P.M. About 85 local  painters, sculptors, jewelry makers and other artisans will be showcasing their handmade arts at Eisenhower Park near the Seal Beach Pier. There will be live entertainment, food, and activities as well. This is an event for all ages so whether you go alone, with friends, or with family, expect a day of fun.
Seal Beach Arts & Crafts Faire
Eisenhower Park at Main St and …

Now a sleepy little place, Seal Beach was once more lively with its amusement park Joy Zone, rivaling Long Beach and Santa Monica.
Envisioning a “Fun City” and “the Coney Island of the Pacific,” Phillip A. Stanton, the founder of Seal Beach, built Joy Zone in 1916. One of the highlights of this amusement park was The Derby, a wooden roller coaster taken from the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, from which its riders’ screams could be heard even in Long Beach.
At the end of the pier, before Ruby’s …

On Electric Avenue near Main Street sits a Pacific Electric Railway Red Car. The Pacific Electric Railway system, also known as the Red Car system, once connected Southern California from 1901 to 1961. Once traveling through Los Angeles County, passing through Seal Beach, and ending at the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, the only memory of this part of Seal Beach’s past is the Red Car Historical Museum and the segment of tracks it rests on at the northwest portion of Electric Avenue Greenbelt.
Red Car Historical Museum
707 Electric Avenue
Seal Beach, …

Many times we pass by a place without taking notice of it, without realizing there is a story to it, without realizing it exists. Merely another unknown building, landmark, or “thing.”
Though I have been an Orange Country resident all my life, surprisingly, I had never been to Seal Beach and never knew anything about the city until summer 2009. A friend and I were bored so we looked up random places to explore and found out how close Seal Beach was to La Palma. We decided to pay our first …