GREER’S BEST BUYS:

Spring arrives early at baby hot spot, pomme bb in Newport Beach.

The popular organic baby food bar is dishing up a spoonful of new menu items for babies and toddlers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.

You’re invited to sample pomme bb’s 5-star spring menu and take home one free container of food.

Some new items include sweet black cherry and apple blend; carrot and lentil blend; spaghetti with marinara basil sauce; and vegetable minestrone. Pomme Bebe peels, steams, purees meals each day in its kitchen, and even offers samples at its contemporary tasting bar.

The store, 2043 Westcliff Drive, is open 9: 30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call (949) 200-7430 or go to www.pommebebe.com.

A little note...

Two specialty stores, Cotton Idea Studio and Halsea are celebrating their new shops in Newport Beach from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.

Enjoy sweets, treats and gifts with purchase. Cotton Idea Studio carries an exquisite selection of greetings, note sets, invitation collections and accouterments from a variety of boutique designers. Some of the lines include Delphine, Egg Press, Hable Construction, Mr. Boddington, Page, Paper + Cup and Snow & Graham. And Halsea specializes in travel products and an expanded Halsea line for the laid-back luxury lifestyle at home.

Cotton Idea Studio is at 409 31st St. For details, call (949) 673-8000 or go to www.cottonideastudio.com.

The white label

Music enthusiasts or simply anyone looking for a cool graphic tee should know about Costa Mesa-based Ubiquity Recordings. Orange County natives Jodi and Michael McFadin founded Ubiquity Records in San Francisco nearly 20 years ago.

They also produce a collection of T-shirts (available online) inspired by music, sunny California, and even funny conversations they have in their Costa Mesa offices. Each T-shirt includes a hangtag with a download code redeemable at iTunes for five free tracks from Ubiquity’s favorite albums and exclusives from upcoming releases.

Ubiquity’s T-shirts are always made in the USA. And for spring Ubiquity is releasing a new line of 100% organic cotton tees aptly named White Label, referring to the hard-to-come-by, white-label albums originally handed out to VIP disc jockeys to test prior to the official releases.

Ubiquity Recordings Inc. is at 1010 W. 17th St., Costa Mesa. For more, call (949) 764-9012 or go to www.ubiquityrecords.com.

Fashionable tent sale

The fashion-forward boutique Erica Dee originally in Corona del Mar, and now online only, is having a tent sale from 9 .am. to 2 p.m. today in Newport Beach. Find incredible deals on hip apparel. Dover Shores is at 1506 Dorothy Lane in Newport Beach. For more information, e-mail [email protected].

Beauty abounds

Welcome spring with new wardrobe essentials at UNA in Corona del Mar Plaza from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. You’ll save 20% off purchases and Movano Day Spa, the premier green spa of Laguna Beach, will be on hand providing mini-treatments and offering an enter-to-win contest.

UNA represents a lifestyle of simplicity, luxury and casual sophistication with hot brands such as Theory, James Perse, William Rast, Trovata, Aude and Kooba. UNA is next to Sprinkles, at MacArthur Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. For more information, call (949) 760-0866 or go to UNA-LA.com.

GREER WYLDER writes Best Buys, which runs Fridays. She’s the founder and president of www.greersoc.com, a free daily e-mail service that provides the latest in Orange County fashion, dining and trends.