Casey Reinhardt: Sweet Reality
Casey Reinhardt, who grew up in Laguna Beach, was a Miss Teen California pageant girl, “the new girl” on MTV’s reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and a guest on WB’s Gilmore Girls. She starred in Head Automatica’s “Graduation Day” music video and just graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu. She opened her first Casey’s Cupcakes and Cappuccinos at the Mission Inn in Riverside and is scouting locations for another in Newport Beach. And she’s starring in a reality show on E! produced by her brother, former The Hills star, former Anaheim Angel and former Paris Hilton beau Doug Reinhardt. She’s 24.

Tell me about your new show.
It’s about my brother Doug and me—it’s entertaining, it’s real, it has a lot of drama but also a lot of heart. It shows the friction that is inevitably caused when baby sister moves into her big brother’s house after college in an effort to save money. But underneath all the rules and overprotectiveness is a lot of love.

You’re acting, graduating from college and launching a
cupcake company?
I’m the type of person who needs to be doing a lot of things or else I get bored. I’m really, really good at organizing. My mom always kept my brother and me very active in sports as well.

How often do you visit friends and family in Laguna Beach?
I go home at least once a month. When I do, we love to eat out. My favorite Italian restaurant is Rumari in South Laguna. The family who owns it lives upstairs; everyone speaks Italian. That place is very central to our family. To celebrate, we go to Hush. My dad’s best friend, Chuck Rock, is the owner—that’s my biological dad, John Reinhardt. He and I just ate at 230 Forest Avenue. The appetizer of blackened seared ahi tuna—uhh-mazing. My stepfather, Duane Roberts, and mother own the Mission Inn. All of them live in Laguna Beach.

Reality shows aside, if you wanted to show visitors a fabulous day in the real O.C., where would you take them?
Cafe Heidelberg for breakfast. The boardwalk at Main Beach. We’d walk around downtown Laguna, maybe stop in at La Rue du Chocolat. Have a massage at Spa Montage. See a play at Laguna Playhouse or in the summer, the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters. The Rooftop Lounge at sunset, or Hennessey’s Tavern—a lot of young Laguna locals hang out there.

If you had a whole day with absolutely nothing to do in Orange County, how would you spend it?
Even if I had nothing to do, I’d probably work! But I also love running on the beach and shopping at Neiman Marcus. I love Neiman Marcus.

Where else do you shop in Orange County?
I grew up shopping in Laguna, and it really does have the best boutiques—you find unique, amazing things at places like Anastasia, LF, Muse Boutique and Stella Boutique. I also like Merrilee’s Swimwear. And there’s great antique shopping—I love Gallery One in north Laguna. My whole apartment in Santa Monica is full of antiques from Laguna.

Details
Anastasia 470 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach, 949.497.8903 • Cafe Heidelberg 1100 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.497.4594 • Festival of Arts/Pageant of the Masters 650 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 800.487.3378 • Gallery One 1220 N. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.494.4444 • Hennessey’s Tavern 213 Ocean Ave., Laguna Beach, 949.494.2743 • Hush 858 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.497.3616 • Laguna Playhouse 606 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, 949.497.ARTS • LF 278 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, 949.497.9194 • La Rue du Chocolat 448 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.494.2372 • Main Beach Broadway and Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, 949.494.6573 • Merrilee’s Swimwear 790 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.497.6743 • Muse Boutique 300 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, 949.497.7026 • Neiman Marcus Fashion Island, 601 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, 949.759.1900 • Rooftop Lounge 1289 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.497.2446 • Rumari 1826 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.494.0400 • The Spa at Montage 30801 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.715.6000 • Stella Boutique 812 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, 949.715.7177 • 230 Forest Avenue 230 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, 949.494.2545