The book is a passion project 12 years in the making
It was 2007, and she and a friend, both publishing interns and new transplants to Orange County, were trying to get to Fashion Island.
“It was a Tuesday, and they had [one of] their Surf City Nights, and it was much better for two broke interns,” Rockey said. “If we wouldn’t have gotten lost, we never would have found it.”Rockey still encourages getting lost, though now she is an expert on many of the county’s most interesting leisure experiences as the author of the recently published “100 Things to Do in Orange County Before You Die.
“People were so nice to me in showing me around when I first moved here, so I kind of wanted to pay it forward and do that for other people,” said Rockey, who lives in Mission Viejo. “That’s really why I [wrote] the book, to encourage people to explore their own backyard.”Rockey compiled over 100 tips and ideas from locals in five categories: Food and Drink, Music and Entertainment, Sports and Recreation, Culture and History, and Shopping and Fashion.
A view looking east on Los Rios Street in the Los Rios Street Historical District in San Juan Capistrano.I think there’s a lot of cultural experiences here that people don’t really know about. One of the places I really like is South Coast Repertory theater . They have a Pacific Playwright’s Festival where they workshop new plays, and theater representatives come and you can see plays in their industry before they get made. They also do a lot of world premieres.
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