Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Caviar as the next coconut water? A superfood for the wellness masses out there? I couldn't believe it when I first heard it. What came to my mind first when I was told to write about caviar was tuxes, monocles and mansions, not the biggest health food trend coming to the wellness community since avocado toast. That all changed when I had the pleasure of speaking with Sony Mordechai, a serial entrepreneur and founder of Santa Monica, CA based Imperia Caviar. Sony founded...
A young woman leads her, umm, videographer into the aisles of the Ocean Park Library. They take off their clothing in the aisles, and you can just imagine where it goes from there. But "don't be fatuous, Jeffrey." A local mom has demanded that pornography not be shot in areas frequented by children, after an explicitly sexual video filmed at a Santa Monica neighborhood library was posted on Pornhub dot com. The Pornhub video portrays a young woman having sex with a man, who...
If you're looking for a meaningful and different experience for a morning or afternoon this season, whale watching organized by the Birch Aquarium at Scripps and facilitated by Flagship Cruises and Events might just fit the bill (or baleen). From mid-December through Mid-April, Flagship Cruises sends two ships a day carrying capable crew members, Birch Aquarium tour guides, and visitors eager to see these larger-than-life marine mammals. With friendly tour narrators, comfortab...
On January 26th, 2020 we lost an icon. Kobe Bryant, the basketball legend, was one of eight victims in a tragic helicopter crash. It's one of those types of deaths that leaves you reeling and trying to put the pieces together. Bryant, 41, had entered the NBA straight from High School and played his 20 year career with the Los Angeles Lakers. His talent was God given, unique and otherworldly. All over the world, people have praised him and decorated their life with posters of...
Sunday isn't simply the Superbowl and Groundhog day. It is International Palindrome Day, a day when the date reads the same backwards and forwards. The last Palindrome day was 909 years ago on November 11, 1111. Also known as 11/11/1111. Using the mm-dd-yyyy format, there are only 12 palindrome days in the entire 21st century. A Palindrome Day happens when the day's date can be read the same way backward and forward. The dates are similar to word palindromes in that they are...
Otter this world! Edible Skinny was lucky enough to get to do a weekend getaway to Carmel-By-The-Sea in early January! Carmel-by-the-Sea's is a one-square mile village drenched in European charm. Nestled two and a half hours south of the Bay Area on the Monterey Peninsula, Carmel is known for its breathtaking natural scenery and quirky bohemian lifestyle. Sited at one of the most scenic meetings of land and sea in the world, it was the perfect destination for a twenty-four...
It was VIP only today in Santa Monica's Stoner Park to celebrate the Bark-Mitzvah of Penny- The fabulous Goldendoodle. Thirteen year old Penny, (who likes to go by the age of two) was joined by her closest studs & bitches. Penny was overheard barking about how time goes so fast in dog years but her friends reassured her she was looking great. Penny was dressed for the occasion in her custom made Tallis and Yarmulke which complimented her golden locks. 'ThatDoodleChewie'...
Rick Rosenfield and Larry Flax founded California Pizza Kitchen in 1985; today it has over 270 locations in 30 states and 11 countries; along with a presence at major airports, college campuses, sports stadiums, and the frozen section of grocery stores. In 2016, the very successful duo launched Bottlefish, raising the question, could Bottlefish be the next CPK? We decided to dig deeper, and the partners graciously obliged. Q: The two of you have managed to maintain a long and...
Metrolink is offering people of both genders, $10 tickets to downtown Los Angeles on Saturday January 18th. The regional train service provider has struggled for passengers in a region where cars are king, but freeways are generally overcrowded. Their press release reads as follows Whether you are attending the Women's March or one of the many other events Downtown, skip traffic and parking and save money while reducing congestion and emissions in the region by leaving your...
Los Angeles, California- January 4th, 2019-For one of the most awaited award seasons of the year, the Golden Globe Awards, DPA was once again the sponsor for the 2019 Pre-Awards gift suite. Held at the LUXE Sunset Hotel on the 3rd th and 4th of January 2020, the premiere Media company set out to treat the stars to an array of exciting and cutting edge brands and products. So what did the nominees get to enjoy this year? Well, travel was defiantly a theme this year with...
From January 6-12, 2020, Santa Monica Restaurant Week returns to Santa Monica for a DELICIOUS week-long celebration of this beachside city's award-wining dining scene. So let's celebrate California Restaurant Month in STYLE by experiencing Santa Monica's innovative culinary scene, one KUMQUAT-themed dish at a time! Back for its eighth go around, the Santa Monica Travel & Tourism's format is simple: every year the city of Santa Monica picks a fresh, local ingredients found at...
About 400 singles between 25-65 but most were in their thirties, packed the Derriere Night Club, at 6510 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 from 9pm to 2 am. This stylish club was cute but was too jammed with the 400 singles, trying to meet, mingle and dance. The lighting was too murky and dark, and many people spilled their drinks, unable to find a table in the shadowy night club The MatzoBall Holiday Party last year was held at the Argyle Night Club in Hollywood,...
Editor: I am writing to you in hopes that you could help me in helping one of my closest friends Eric Corso's family. Born and raised in Santa Monica, California. Eric is one of 3 children of Kathy and Nick Corso. Being a Santa Monica High school alumni, and very loved within the community, he was an inspiration and teacher to many. On December 10th 2019, Eric had a bad seizure, the paramedics were called, when they arrived his heart stopped. They were able to revive him and...
I know you're supposed to tell kids not to do drugs, but, kids, do it! Do Weed! Don't do the other stuff, but Weed is good! --Kevin Smith The world of drugs is much different than it was even a decade ago. In 2012, Colorado legalized Recreational Marijuana. Eight years later, Cannabis is now legal in 11 states for adults over the age of 21, and legal for medical use in 33 states (which means we're over the 50% tipping point). This makes the Cannabis industry is one of the...
Ever wanted to get that story from Grandma and Gramps recorded before they fade into History? Storycorps will record interviews on the Third Street Promenade from Jan. 5 – Feb. 7, 2020 as part of its cross-country MobileBooth tour. Having collected more than 65,000 interviews from Americans in all 50 states, StoryCorps has gathered one of the largest single collections of human voices ever recorded. StoryCorps' MobileBooth-an Airstream trailer outfitted with a recording s...
The holiday gift-giving season came early for some 1,200 children who are patients of Venice Family Clinic when the nonprofit community health center hosted its annual Children's Holiday Movie Dec. 7 at Cinemark's Century 18 and XD Theatre at HHLA (formerly The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center). The annual event raised funds for the community clinic's programs for children, which provide educational, preventive and health care services through the clinic's pediatric medicine...
The annual display of nativity scenes will return to Santa Monica this December, but they will be located on church property, rather than in a public park. Personally, I blame the Flying Spaghetti Monster. No, seriously. In 2015, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Establishment clause barring the State from establishing a religion, requires that the City hold a lottery to determine which organizations would be allowed to erect nativity scenes in Palisades Park. Satanists won...
Edible Skinny is lucky enough to be hanging out in sunny Miami Beach for Art Basel in America this weekend (where our sister brand The Zelda Fitzgeralds will be creating on-demand typewritten poetry at the Basel House). Art Basel ranks as the premier art show in the U.S. of A., offering a colorfully neon platform for renowned artists and galleries. Along all that art pomp and circumstance, it's also a FAB excuse for the New York City art world to get a tan at the beach when...
Has Griffith Park's famous mountain lion, P-22, developed a taste for human flesh? Experts say probably not, but something ate a homeless man who died in LA's Griffith Park. A hiker in Griffith Park discovered a dismembered head and other body parts. Authorities including a forensic team from the Los Angeles county Sheriff's department have concluded that a homeless man died and then was consumed by coyotes, bears and other wildlife. A hiker discovered dismembered human body...
A red jeep Cherokee stranded on the beach in Myrtle Beach, SC, is witness to why you should keep the keys before a hurricane The owner of the vehicle said "yes" when his cousin wanted to drive to the beach and photograph the sunset on November 30, 2019, just before Hurricane Dorian came ashore in South Carolina. The jeep became stuck in the sand somehow, and he was unable to drive off. To add insult to injury, the offending cousin did not call the jeep owning cousin, and he...
Santa Monica resident and travel blogger, Ashley Sundquist was selected to attend Google's Connect Live 2019 summit on November 14-16 in San Jose, California. The annual summit was held at Google's Sunnyvale campus where the tech giant hosted 200 attendees called Google Local Guides who contribute reviews and photos to the Google Maps platform. There are 120 million Local Guides around the world, but just 200 including Sundquist were selected to attend this prestigious...
Oh, how I miss the 1980s! MTV was actually cool and playing popular music videos 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Big-hair music bands were everywhere. Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Madonna, Whitney Houston, and other famous bands and solo artists were constantly on television and radio. Meanwhile, video stores renting out those clunky old VHS movie tapes (remember them?) were in neighborhoods everywhere across the country. On the big screen, John Hughes' teenage...
Ralph wants your shoes. Ralph Hattenbach doesn't head any famous national charity organization. He doesn't earn a five-to-six figure income in order to devise means of persuading you to donate to any cause. He's just a guy who tries to do the right thing in his spare time. This year, Ralph is collecting shoes, in good to very good condition, in order to distribute them to the homeless during the Westside Thanksgiving dinner. His goal is at least 125 pairs. Ralph plans to...
The City of Santa Monica just held a one-day, quarter million dollar "Wellbeing Summit" to discuss how happy the city's residents are, which made many residents unhappy. I'm not sure the city understands why, and the darker question is, do they even care why. Four years ago, Santa Monica decided to become the first city in the world to measure the wellbeing of their citizens. Back then, we had a lot to be happy about. We were only the 40th most crime-ridden city in the state,...
WestSide Food Bank Director Bruce Rankin was honored by Assemblymember Richard Bloom Tuesday night, at an open house at his Santa Monica office. Mr. Rankin received a framed proclamation, praising him for his good works in the community. Since 1981, Westside Food Bank has distributed 4.5 million pounds of food every year to over 70 local social services agencies in the 50th Assembly District. That district, served by Assemblyman Bloom, stretches from Agoura Hills to Malibu to...
