{"id":88164,"date":"2026-02-05T11:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/?post_type=newspack_nl_cpt&p=88164"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:39:51","slug":"a-reunion-of-queens","status":"publish","type":"newspack_nl_cpt","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/newsletter\/a-reunion-of-queens","title":{"rendered":"A reunion of Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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I’m not sure why, but I can’t stop watching videos<\/a> of the two Queen Marys reuniting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know ships don’t have feelings. How could they? They’re just heavy hunks of steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But your heart must be made of steel if you don’t have a reaction to The Queen Mary seeing The Queen Mary 2 for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Monday morning, the two ships reunited in Queensway Bay. Queen Mary 2, owned by Cunard, launched in 2004 and contains one of the Queen Mary’s original whistles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each ship blew its whistle on Monday during their “royal rendezvous,” like two metallic whales calling to each other from across the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, in case you were wondering what happened to the longtime staple in downtown, the East Village Cafe, we dug through the court records to see why it closed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Melt, Luna Grill, Urbane Caf\u00e9 coming to new restaurant space in East Long Beach<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Gusto Bread and Ammatoli named semifinalists for the 2026 James Beard Awards<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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The two Queen Marys reunited this week for the first time in 20 years. Queen Mary 2 rarely makes trips to the West Coast, but is currently on a world voyage that took it to Los Angeles. Check out more from its local visit here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Theater News: Something for everyone at Long Beach theaters this month<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Things to do in Long Beach this weekend \u2014 including a Bixby Knolls festival for Black History Month and a whiskey tasting<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eat. See. Do. Your weekly guide to restaurants, bars, art, culture, music and events in Long Beach. FOOD MUSIC ART INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE I’m not sure why, but I can’t stop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","disable_auto_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32198],"tags":[],"newspack_nl_advertiser":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-88164","newspack_nl_cpt","type-newspack_nl_cpt","status-publish","hentry","category-newsletters","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/88164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/newspack_nl_cpt"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/88164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88179,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_cpt\/88164\/revisions\/88179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88164"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_nl_advertiser","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_nl_advertiser?post=88164"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=88164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}