The direct answer: this is the introduction to a regular series from Scarlett Shen featuring the small businesses and neighborhoods of Orange County, published under the names 'Meet the Business Owners' and 'Scarlett Around Orange County'. Each feature is built on a real visit and a real conversation, with the business's permission, and it links back to the business's own website and social pages.
What will each business spotlight include?
- What the business does and the neighborhood it serves.
- What the owner wishes customers knew, in the owner's own verified words.
- What to try, visit or ask for on a first trip.
- Practical details such as location, hours and how to reach the business.
- Permission-based photos or short video from the visit.
- A plain link to the business's website and social pages.
How does a business get featured?
Scarlett visits businesses in Irvine, Tustin, Anaheim and across Orange County, and accepts nominations from owners and customers. [Scarlett to add: how she wants to receive nominations, the interview questions she will ask owners, and her first three target businesses.]
How will local interviews be handled responsibly?
Every feature identifies the business, the person interviewed and the date of the visit, with the business's permission to publish. Photos and video are used only with consent, quotes come from recorded or confirmed conversations, and nothing is invented for the feature. These pages are meant to be genuinely useful to someone visiting the business, never thin promotional pages.
The series grows one real visit at a time. [Scarlett to add: her planned publishing cadence and the neighborhoods she will cover first.]
Know a business worth featuring?
Scarlett visits restaurants, shops and service businesses across Irvine, Tustin, Anaheim and Orange County. Send her your nomination and tell her the story.
Nominate a Local Business