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For those seeking a family-friendly workout beyond gyms, yoga or Pilates, rock climbing could be your answer.

Rock climbing is a great way to build strength and endurance throughout your entire body in a surprisingly low-impact way.

And the best way to try it out is at indoor climbing facility Rockreation in Costa Mesa. Indoor climbing gyms are a great way to “learn the ropes,” and provide everything you need.

Show up in comfortable workout clothing and they’ll supply the rest, including the most important element — instruction. Fridays feature free beginner classes, so what do you have to lose (besides your fear of heights)? Membership packages fit every budget and level of enthusiasm, and they’re open until 10 p.m. weeknights. Rockreation also features traditional workout equipment and yoga classes Monday and Thursday evenings. Rockreation is at 1300 Logan Ave. in Costa Mesa. Call (714) 556-7625 or visit www.rockreation.com.

Move greenly

Planning your next move? Consider a green moving option that saves money, precious time and is waste free! You can rent eco-friendly boxes from rentagreenbox.com.

The Orange County company also serves Los Angeles, areas of the Inland Empire and San Diego. It even makes packing supplies out of trash too. Even moving dollies are made from aluminum cans.

The eco-friendly boxes are made from hard-to-recycle plastic trash from local landfills that are converted into lightweight, 100%-recycled plastic moving boxes called Recopacks. When you’re ready to move Rent-a-Green Box will deliver Recopacks to your place (in waste vegetable-oil-powered trucks).

When you’re done, just call Rent-a-Box and it’ll pick them up. The office is at 3505 Cadillac Ave., Building F-9, Costa Mesa. Call toll-free (888) 900-7225 or visit www.rentagreenbox.com.

Super seafood

Scott’s South Coast Plaza is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and it’s no wonder. Scott’s restaurant serves some of the freshest, classically prepared seafood in Orange County (and I say the best Chilean sea bass), and its premium steaks rival any fine steakhouse. Here are five things I love about Scott’s.

1) Its seafood-on-ice appetizer (for two or more), an array of lobster, smoked salmon, shrimp, crab, oysters and tuna sashimi.

2) Its proximity to Orange County Performing Arts Center, which makes it an ideal choice for business meetings, South Coast Plaza shoppers or theatergoers.

3) Its happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday with $6 appetizers including its famous calamari; fish and chips and Peruvian ceviche; premium $6 martinis and for the ladies $10 off selected bottles of sparkling wine.

4) Its happier hour 8 p.m. to close Monday to Friday for those who work late and play later.

5) Its great deal on lunch: a two-course, prix-fixe lunch that cost $20. Specialties include roasted beet salad with white balsamic vinaigrette, toasted almonds, butter lettuce; Manhattan clam chowder, fried calamari, blackened salmon Caesar salad, French dip with caramelized onions, Swiss cheese, creamed horseradish, au jus, and French fries; and roasted Mahi Mahi with lemon couscous, arugula salad, and tamarind sauce.

Scott’s, 3300 Birstol St., Costa Mesa, is open for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; dinner 4 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 4 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and the bar and lounge remain open between lunch and dinner. Call (714) 979-2400 or visit www.scottsseafood.com.

GREER WYLDER writes Best Buys, which runs Fridays. She’s the founder and president of www.greersoc.com, a free daily e-mail service that provides the latest in Orange County fashion, dining and trends.