Best Buys -- Greer Wylder

The Video Editor at Newport North Shopping Center in Newport Beach is

a perfect place to make a memorable gift. The range of possibilities

varies from a video photo collage to preserving old home movies. A video

collage is made from photos, with titles, music and special effect

transitions. The price ranges from $95 for a 30-photograph collage to

$349 for up to 200 photographs. Old home movies from 8-mm formats can be

copied onto videos or DVDs. They too can be edited with music, titles or

narration. The price to have a tape transferred to a DVD is $59.95 for a

two-hour tape. For multiple orders, you’ll get $10 off. “Photographs and

even videotapes do not last,” said Steve Kosch, owner of the Video

Editor. “Both of these formats eventually deteriorate and lose quality.

When you transfer these to DVD, you are protecting your family’s special

memories to be enjoyed for years at the same high quality as the original

format.”

Happy Nails Salon has opened at the new Newport Coast Shopping Center.

It’s a full-service salon that offers manicures, pedicures, facials and

skin care, and spa treatments. Through June, Happy Nail is offering $3

off all services. The salon is known for its high-tech and sterilized

equipment used for silk and nail services. It’s open from 9 a.m. to 7

p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Walk-ins are

welcome. It’s at 21153 Newport Coast Drive. (949) 644-4250.

The 1812 Privateer Lynx, an American clipper schooner, is offering

tours and cruises through June 30. It’s docked alongside the Newport

Harbor Nautical Museum at 151 E. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. From 10

a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, there are dockside tours available at

$5 per child and $8 per adults. Sunset cruises are available Saturdays at

$100 per person, which includes food and beverages, from 5 to 8 p.m. And

family cruises are available from 5 to 8 p.m. Sundays at $150 for a

family of four. Other events include sailing for students at 9 a.m. to

noon, and at 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday at $35 per student.

(949) 673-7863.

* BEST BUYS appears Thursdays and Saturdays. Send information to Greer

Wylder at o7 greerwylder@yahoo.comf7 or 330 W. Bay St., Costa Mesa, CA

92627, or via fax at (949) 646-4170.