{"id":4717,"date":"2012-03-12T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/photos-downtown-s-2012-amazing-chase\/"},"modified":"2012-03-12T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T09:20:00","slug":"photos-downtown-s-2012-amazing-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/photos-downtown-s-2012-amazing-chase","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Downtown&#8217;s 2012 Amazing Chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>11:30am | <\/strong>This past Saturday, over 100 people participated in&nbsp;<em>Downtown\u2019s Amazing Chase Presented and Co-Produced by Garnica Interiors Inc.&nbsp;<\/em><br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>The interactive event, a parody of the well-known television competition, took participants on a &nbsp;journey throughout Downtown Long Beach\u2019s various&nbsp;neighborhoods where they will visit multiple businesses and landmarks in order to find clues and perform challenges.<br \/>Some fun facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The 23 participating teams completed intellectual conundrums, physical feats, and food-eating challenges, visiting 21 downtown businesses in the process.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Participating downtown businesses included Hot Licks, Stefano\u2019s, Aquarium of the Pacific, Bubba Gump, Auld Dubliner, Laugh Factory, Outer Limits Tattoo, Den Barber Salon, International City Theater, B Group, District Wine, Bob the Chiropractor, Shortin Bread, Kress Market, Pilates Plus, It\u2019s A Grind, Garnica Interiors Inc., BikeStation, Queen Mary, Hotel Maya, and Kavikas, which held the finish line celebration.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>In order to find the next stop on their interactive journey, teams solved riddles like \u201clife is like a box of chocolates at this location,\u201d which would then lead them to Bubba Gump. After making their way to the business, they would have to complete a challenge such as finishing the Run Forest Run (pictured below) smoothie in less than 30 seconds.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Teams also received bonus points for solving additional clues and tasks &#8211; accurately completing these extra clues and tasks shaved five to 15 minutes off the team\u2019s final time.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Downtown\u2019s Amazing Chase was organized collaboratively by the Downtown Long Beach Associates (DLBA) and Garnica Interiors principal, Joen Garnica.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>First Place: Dishonorables; Second Place: Honey Badgers; Third Place: That\u2019s What She Said<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/m_image1331552308-15526.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black; border-image: initial; \" alt=\"\"><br \/><em>The teams vying for the championship in this year&#8217;s <\/em>Amazing Chase&nbsp;<em>in Downtown Long Beach.<\/em><br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/m_image1331552304-82845.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black; border-image: initial; \" alt=\"\"><br \/><em>The Real Housewives of Downtown Long Beach compete in the costume competition<\/em><em>.<\/em><br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span> <br \/><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/m_image1331552301-32990.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black; border-image: initial; \" alt=\"\"><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Queen Mary&#8217;ers trying to beat the various other teams with their parodic costume.<\/span><br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span> <br \/><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/m_image1331552297-40612.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black; border-image: initial; \" alt=\"\"><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">A team attempting to guzzle the Run Forrest Run smoothie at Bubba Gump Shrimp.<\/span><br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span> <br \/><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/m_image1331552293-85072.jpg\" style=\"margin-top: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 1px; margin-left: 1px; border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: black; border-right-color: black; border-bottom-color: black; border-left-color: black; border-image: initial; \" alt=\"\"><br \/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The winners of the 2012 Amazing Chase, The Dishonorables.<br \/><\/span><br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Saturday, over 100 people participated in Downtown\u2019s Amazing Chase Presented and Co-Produced by Garnica Interiors Inc. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":69780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","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_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"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":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=4717"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}