Preparing your home for sale can be a daunting task.  Often having a list of priorities to work from can make this task easier.  Professionals say that the living room and kitchen are the most important rooms to focus on.  After you have tackled those rooms, focus on the master bedroom, dining room and the bathrooms.  Finish up with guest bedrooms and children’s bedrooms.

The Aqua Lounge is having a Fat Tuesday celebration, on Tuesday, February 17th.  This will be the ultimate Southern Style Fat Tuesday Party in Newport Beach.  Aqua Lounge is bringing the Bayou to Orange County, with tons of beads, Southern Comfort cocktails and southern comfort foods. Guests will receive beads upon arrival and with every food and drink purchase.  The lounge is cooking up short rib beignets, fried green tomatoes and charred Shishito peppers.  Drink specials include The Bayou, Southern Aqua and Life’s a Beach.  This is the place to be for Mardi Gras. Festivities begin at 8PM.  For more information about this exciting event, see their website at: http://www.aqualoungenb.com/events/mardi-gras.

Pelican Hill is an exclusive group of neighborhoods located in Newport Coast.  There are five luxury developments to choose from: Pelican Crest, Pelican Ridge Estates, Pelican Ridge, Pelican Hill and Pelican Point.  Located at 5 Oceancrest, this 9,700 square foot home is part of the Pelican Crest community.  This 5 bedroom, 7 bathroom estate has been designed to be timeless.  The attention to detail can be seen in the European interiors with artisan finishes. Car lovers will enjoy the five car garage complete with turn table. In addition, there is home theater, wine room and a professional kitchen. The home is set on an extra large, 18,000 square foot lot.  The views from this estate include the Pacific Ocean, coastline, whitewater, city night lights and picture perfect sunsets.  Views stretch from Catalina Island to Newport Harbor.  Outdoors, homeowners will enjoy relaxing by the pool and spa with water features, on the heated loggia or in the outdoor kitchen and bar with a fireplace.  Pelican Crest has just 166 custom built estates. This is a 24 hour guard gated community.