Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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I enjoyed a warm, low key party to celebrate Maurice Solomon's retirement from the deli business after 65 years. His partner and friend from his Cleveland days, Dennis Fromin ,will be the new owner and continue to run the restaurant. The party was at the end of the dining room, decorated with balloons, for about 50 people. Many were old friends and customers, who reminisced and laughed. His two daughter, and granddaughter ,who worked with him for 6 years, lauded Maurice His...
Hollywood honors the Teens choice awards at the GBK Gifting Event August 16th, -Los Angeles, This Award season, GBK, the veteran Luxury Lifestyle Gifting and special events company honored the 2018 Teen Choice Awards Nominees by hosting its Annual Luxury Oscar gifting lounge. Held at Dave and Buster's in Hollywood, the official place to eat, drink, play and watch sports for young adults and families alike. This Awards season saw luxury lifestyle brands being showcased such...
The Los Angeles Food and Wine Festival will take flight on the 22nd to 26th August and is set to have overwhelming success taking place over 2 different locations, Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica Barkar Hangar. Spanning over 4 days, Angelinos will be treated to a scrumptious food and wine fiesta this year. This remarkable event offers the opportunity for guests to go on a food strolling adventure and have access to book signing and photo sessions with some of the...
Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral Directors, part of the Dignity® Memorial network of funeral providers, which has served the Santa Monica community for more than 75 years, is relocating to 2500 Broadway, Building F-125, Unit 1127, Santa Monica, 90404. The funeral home will offer exceptional service and compassionate care by appointment either in the office, in the family's home, or by email. Stanley Scott, location manager, and Georgianne Danko, funeral...
It is not uncommon for pilots to report UFOs. But when 2 experienced airline pilots report the same UFO in a populated area, that is hardly a typical sighting. Mar 27, 2018 - Two pilots report UFO sighting in Arizona. They reported it to Albuquerque Center air traffic control between 3:30 and 4:15 p.m. local time. Audio recordings have been released after an unidentified flying object was spotted by pilots from two different planes over Arizona last month. "Was anybody above...
After a lifetime in the deli business, Santa Monica Deli King, Maurice Solomon of Fromin's Deli is retiring. His family has invited the community to celebrate his legacy at Fromin's on Tuesday, August 14th from 3-4:30pm. The press release: "Maurice has led a truly astonishing life; after escaping occupied Belgium during WWII, Maurice, his parents and his three siblings migrated to Cleveland, Ohio. Maurice was only nine years old. Three years later, at the age of 12 Maurice...
The Original Farmers Market came alive on Tuesday, July 24 from 5-9pm for the "10th Annual Taste of Farmers Market". Guests enjoyed a "full" evening of mouth-watering tastes from over 50 of the Market's top-rated restaurants, grocers and eateries. Celebrating 84 years of great food and wine right here on the corner of Fairfax and third. Just some of the eateries and their offerings included: Gumbo by Gumbo Ya-Ya, Paella by Sur La Table, Boreka by The Village, Chicken Satay by...
A few weeks ago, Edible Skinny was lucky enough to do an overnight getaway to the ultimate spiritual smalltown of Ojai, California (pronounced Oh-Hi!). Situated deep in Ventura Valley just 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles, this tiny town is home to 7,500 residents who embrace the Woo-Woo side of life! ;-) Ojai Valley's original spiritual gangsters were the Chumash Indians before becoming one of many Spanish land grants along the California coast. The local tribe named the...
The Hollywood radio and TV, gathered at the Beverly Hilton on July the 18th to have a rare conversation with Ryan Murphy moderated by Ronan Farrow. Murphy who is best known for hit shows like Glee, American Horror Story and American Crime Story took to the stage to discuss love, politics and life. Ronan farrow, the moderator is a Pulitzer winning for his ground breaking work in the piece he wrote for the New York Times, breaking the Harvey Weinstein story. Murphy is just...
Two hundred guests were in attendance and were no doubt all looking fabulous wearing the requested summer attire of yellow and white at Le Meridien Delfina in Santa Monica. Actor and director Alexander Wraith (Agents Of Shield/Orange Is The New Black) hosted "Au Soleil- A Summer Soirée" for his friends and Hollywood co-stars. Fresh off the success of Directing, co-writing with Sean Stone and acting in 'The Fury Of The Fist,' Alexander took time out to enjoy the afternoon...
Edible Skinny has been traveling across the country (by our count we've been to 8 states so far...) and we've noticed an interesting pattern: converting older bank buildings to coffee shops. From cash to caffeine, seems to be quite the trend! With that in mind we thought we would note a few of these from money to mocha spaces! Here's to life being delicious, all your moments being postcard worthy, and your moments ALWAYS including mountains of cash AND caffeine! ;-) Beale...
LOS ANGELES – July 15, 2018 – The American Cancer Society held their annual California Spirit 33 gourmet garden party at the lovely Sony studios in Culver city over the past weekend. This year, the ACS the 2018 Impact award to Chef Ming Tsai for his inspiring work in the fight against cancer through his leadership in the national non-profit Family Reach. Celebrity Chef and TV personality Javier Plascencia, was the host for this years event with Chef Jason Fullilove, owner of...
Los Angeles, 19th July 2018: The ESPY Awards are what the Oscars are to actors and filmmakers. The highest recognition of talent and performance in Sport. During the 2018 ESPY AWARD seasons of the year, GBK was once again the sponsor for the Celebrity Gifting suite. This year they teamed up with premiere brands from all around the world to gift the most innovative and unique gifts to the guests in attendance. GBK, which has long been a leader in Luxury lifestyle gift lounges...
Island Packers Cruises sends cutting-edge, environmentally-conscious vessels bearing experienced crew and curious guests to explore the unique wildlife of the Santa Barbara Channel, its islands and protected waters. The Ventura-based company offers a variety of guided trips, including summer and winter whale-watching, harbor dinner cruises, and disembarcations to explore the Channel Islands, with their endemic foxes and topographical natural-artworks such as the Painted Cave,...
There's something about being next to a swimming pool with a cold drink or joint in hand that makes everything feel right in the world. Being Poolside is an artform. The art of being absolute cool, with not a care in the world. From the earliest depiction of pool life (which date back to The Great Bath in modern day Pakistan estimated to have been built in the 3rd Millennium B.C.) to our modern day depictions in movies (Pretty much every Esther Williams movie, Fast Times At...
Just one firefly contains enough poison to kill a toad. Nevertheless, in a viral video, we see a frog glowing the dark after consuming a firefly. Veterinarians say that the genus Photinus pose a potential threat to lizards like bearded dragons. For years, there have been anecdotal reports, and now research into the toxicity of fireflies for certain animals, especially lizards. Most reports of poisonings have involved bearded dragons, but tree frogs have also eaten teh...
3 boys and a soccer coach are all out of the cave and safe after 17 days underground in Thailand. A dozen boys and their soccer coach are in isolation at a hospital in Thailand. Some have spoken to their medical care providers, of seeing an old bearded man in a white robe who told them not to be afraid, that life and death were the same, and that if they emerged from the underworld, they would one day return. One boy said the man predicted the end of the world and a coming er...
In the video, the woman walks up to a table at a grocery store, picks a banana, then does a split. Simple enough, ehh? Watch it for yourself, when your wife isn't watching you.Men cannot usually do the splits as easily as women, because women are more flexible, some gymnasts say. But who is she? In a video as full of charm as it is of unexplainable sexuality, a young woman and her BF or BFF, have created a viral GIF wherein she shops for a banana. Yes that Laurel and Hardy era...
This Award season, GBK, the veteran Luxury Lifestyle Gifting and special events company honored the 2018 BET Award Nominees and Presenters by hosting a Nominees and presents Luxury Oscar gifting lounge. Held at gorgeous studio space nestled in Los Angeles, appropriately so, this year the guests were treated to a lavish array of gifts and services. This Awards season saw luxury lifestyle brands being showcased. One of the main sponsors of this years lounge was 24K-Blue Nun, a...
"She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that's one of the reasons why they did." --Zelda Fitzgerald Zelda Fitzgerald was an American socialite, novelist, painter, and wife of author F. Scott Fitzgerald; she was noted for her beauty and high spirits, and was dubbed by her husband as "the first American Flapper. She had one published novel (Save Me The Waltz), and many more of her writings found their way into F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels (she once...
Main Street Celebrates Solstice The annual Summer SOULstice block party event was held on Saturday June 24th. The event included live music, a wine garden, beer tent, local vendors and a petting zoo for children. Soulstice celebrate Ocean Park, and the longest day of the year of course, which occurred on June 21st. Main Street was closed from Pico to Ocean Park with side-street closures from Ocean Park to Kinney for Main Streets Annual Free Open Street Festival. There were 5...
"Hold summer in your hand, pour summer in a glass, a tiny glass of course, the smallest tingling sip for children; change the season in you veins by raising glass to lip and tilting summer in." Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine June 21st is Officially... THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER. The First Day of beach trips full of lifeguards, longboards, and life preservers. The First Day of late nights sipping wine by the the pool and dancing till sunrise. The First Day of days that go on...
Top 20 things to do with the kids this summer! Summer is a great time of year, especially if you live in the north. It's a chance to be free from thick clothing and the hectic schedule that takes place during the school year. It's also a chance for parents to do a ton of fun things with their kids after work and on weekends. It's an exercise in bonding that is natural and will ideally create happy memories for your kids and with these suggestions; they don't take a lot of...
A few weeks ago, Edible Skinny was lucky enough to attend an opening night celebration for the new restaurant 16 - A Handcrafted Experience. Perched on the 16th floor of The M Resort Spa Casino, this bar and restaurant's intimate space offers stunning, floor-to-ceiling windows and an outdoor patio. The result: vista views of the Las Vegas skyline paired with a intricate menu of handcrafted cocktails and interactive shared plates. We started out the evening with a round of...
Edible Skinny would like to take this moment to thank Dads (yeah, all Dads) for all they do! From being our rock to teaching us to rock it out! From teaching us the rules to teaching us the importance of breaking them. We never say it enough, but we are forever grateful for our forever lessons from learning to tie our shoes to the art of negotiating. And in honor of the original King of the Castle, here are some Father's Day suggestions for the OG man in our life! For the...
