GREER WYLDER -- Best Buys

Mrs. Beasley’s makes holiday gift-giving easy. The Westcliff Plaza

store is filled with bakery goods available in gift packages that are

ideal for shipping or hand delivery. The store sells the popular Miss

Grace lemon cakes, Mrs. Beasley’s chocolate chip fudge cake, Christmas

tins, holiday fudge cakes, cookie baskets, cookie tins, a tree basket and

a holiday party box -- Mrs. Beasley’s baskets filled with award-winning

mini-muffins, brownie bars and assorted cookies was voted by a

publication to be the best gift basket in Los Angeles. Also, all of Mrs.

Beasley’s products are certified kosher dairy. Mrs. Beasley’s is in

Westcliff Plaza in Newport Beach. Information: (949) 515-1120.

If you love the specials at Old Navy, you won’t want to miss out on

the low-priced turtleneck sweaters, reduced through today. The

bargain-priced sweaters are $22 for adults, $16 for kids and $12 for

babies. The sweaters come in stripes, solids patterns and ribbed fabrics.

Old Navy is at Metro Point shopping center in Costa Mesa. Information:

(714) 540-3817.

Peter Glenn of Vermont carries the largest selection of Obermeyer ski

apparel in Southern California. Of course, it has clothing for the entire

family, and it’s even come up with an inventive ski clothing line for

kids called Obermeyer I-Grow. The I-Grow line allows kids to wear their

ski apparel for more ski seasons because the pants and sleeve lengths are

adjustable. I-Grow ski clothing is available in an insulated overalls,

jackets, ski suits and bibs. It’s ideal for kids 2 to 8. The adult

Obermeyer line has all kinds of insulated pants, shell jackets,

Adirondack jackets, down jackets and sweaters. Peter Glenn of Vermont is

at 2700 W. Coast Highway in Newport Beach. Information: (949) 631-3280.

Fresh Lemonade Home, Gift & Garden is a new seasonal store close to

Mother’s Market on East 17th Street in Costa Mesa. It took over the

location of the former Halloween store. Fresh Lemonade carries holiday

decor, including ornaments, candles and more. It also has a lot of iron

pieces, chairs, tables and garden pieces, and there is painted furniture,

frames and other gift items. The store will be a seasonal store, closing

at the end of January, unless it’s a huge success. Fresh Lemonade is at

215 E. 17th St. in Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 463-5277.

In case you haven’t seen the new Les Interieurs store at South Coast

Plaza, you won’t be disappointed if you love the current stores -- Les

Interieurs, Les Interieurs Jardin and The Urban Gardeners. Dan Marty, a

talented home furnishings buyer and merchant, owns all of the stores. A

lot of the home and garden furnishings are hand chosen by Marty on buying

trips to England and France. The Westcliff store was such a huge success

its first month of opening, May 1999, that Marty had to take a quick trip

back to Europe to replenish the store’s antiques. Marty describes the

store’s style as “West Indies/British Colonial with a touch of

Indochine.” The Les Interieurs Jardin has a French country feel to it,

and the Urban Gardener is “Parisian floral chic,” Marty said. The Les

Interieurs South Coast Plaza store has 1920s French club chairs, a bed

from Holland, tables from Provence, armoires from England, pond yachts

from France, garden statuary from the English countryside, vintage

European fabrics and colonial pieces from Africa. Les Interieurs also

offers an interior design service, as well as custom furniture. Locations

include South Coast Plaza: (714) 556-4608; Les Interieurs and Les

Interieurs Jardin at 1701 Westcliff Drive in Newport Beach: (949)

650-7603; and the Urban Gardner at 1811 Westcliff Drive in Newport Beach:

(949) 642-2949.

Fashion Island always get so much attention for sporting the world’s

tallest Christmas tree -- a beautiful 115-foot white fir in the

Bloomingdale’s Courtyard. But there’s another, less popular white fir

also taken from Mt. Shasta, at the offices of South Coast Plaza in Town

Center Park. This year’s tree came from Mt. Shasta’s reforestation area

and measures more than 90 feet tall. It’s beautifully decorated with more

than 15,000 colored lights. The tree stands outside the Westin South

Coast Plaza Hotel. The park has hosted a free holiday celebration since

1982.

It’s a great time to stock up on casual sportswear at the Club

Sportswear warehouse Christmas sale from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from

7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. At the sale, you’ll find bargains on the popular

Club brand clothing that includes sweatshirts, shorts, T-shirts and aloha

shirts. Club Sportswear is at 151 Kalmus Drive, Suite M-1 in Costa Mesa.

Kalmus Drive is off of Red Hill Avenue, near Bristol Street. Information:

(714) 557-2582.

Gordy Atkinson of Atkinson’s Men’s Clothing says he’s having a Reyn

Spooner Hawaiian shirt sale -- shirts are 20% off. “Sorry there are no

Christmas Spooners or certificates,” Atkinson said. Atkinson’s Men’s

Clothing was established in 1947. It’s across from the Lido Theater at

3430 Via Lido in Newport Beach. Information: (949) 673-0653.

BEST BUYS appears Thursdays and Saturdays. Send information to Greer

Wylder at 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, or via fax at (949)

646-4170.