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  • Twas the Last Weeks of Shopping: A Holiday Gift Guide For World Domination... Part One

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Sep 26, 2024

    'Twas the last weeks of shopping and all through the land, There were people purchasing for friends, family, and their assistants de right-hand. So we made a list of some of Edible Skinny's favorites for under the tree! They're presents perfect; much more practical than that proverbially requested pony. ;-) For Anyone Wanting to Shine Just a Bit Brighter SAND & SKY – Purifying Pink Clay Mask Give your skin a winter holiday with Australian skincare SAND & SKY. Created with a un...

  • TWAS the Last Weeks of Shopping Before Christmas, PART TWO

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Sep 26, 2024

    'Twas the last days of shopping and all through the land, There were people purchasing for friends, family, and their assistants de right-hand. So we made a list of some of Edible Skinny's favorites for under the tree! They're presents perfect, much more practical than the proverbially requested pony! ;-) For The Lazy One in Your Life Davines Hair Refresher This dry cleansing mist is the perfect excuse to sleep in. A dry shampoo that offers a touch of hold, Davines Hair...

  • Cabeza De Vaca Cultural Dance School performs at Farmers Market

    Updated Mar 10, 2018

    The Cabeza De Vaca Cultural Dance School performed on Sunday, March 3 at the Main Street Farmers Market. We asked Cindy Morales about the group, and about the wonderful photos she shot of the performer in colorful dresses. "Photography is a hobby of mine and pretty much carry a camera with me all the time. As Gina mentioned, I was born and raised in Santa Monica. I am a descendent of the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica families....I have a lot of cousins! Here a few photos" "I...

  • 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards Celebrates 33 Years of The Best Independent Films and Filmmakers

    Daniel Margolis, and Lisa McGill|Updated Mar 10, 2018

    On Saturday, March 3, 2018, in a large tent just steps from the Santa Monica Pier, Hollywood's most accomplished and up-and-coming independent filmmakers gathered together for the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards. Now in its thirty-third year, the Independent Spirit Awards annually recognizes the best low budget, artist-driven, independent films – films that embody an unfailing commitment to creativity, diversity, innovation, and a uniqueness of vision. Many films that were h...

  • Top 10 Reasons You Should Send Your Kid to Summer Camp

    Brian Presley, What to Do With the Kids|Updated Mar 9, 2018

    For most people, summer camp is just something they did for a couple of weeks as a kid but for many it was much more than that. As someone who has experienced summer camp as both a camper and a counselor, I can tell you that it will not only give the parents a rest but can also change a kid's life for the better. Summer camp gave me the confidence to be a stay-at-home dad and to self-publish a book based on the games and activities that filled my summers. A website was...

  • What's Inside Your 2018 Awards Season Gift Bag?

    Preity Upala, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Mar 9, 2018

    Award season has just ended and this year saw a very competitive award gifting suites. One of our favorites is of course the Annual Distinctive Assets Awards Season Gift Bag! As a leader in celebrity gifting since 2002, Distincve Assets have been independently producing hese bags for the past 15 years and this year they bring the standard to a whole new level. Lash Fary, the founder of Distinctive Assets states: "Our goal is not to increase the value every year. A great gift h...

  • On The Road Again with my wife of 34 years, I met myself

    Ron Irwin, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Mar 6, 2018

    My love of travel has been with me my entire life. As a youngster I traveled by car and train with one or both parents to America's west, Canada and New York City. In my teens I discovered America's south, Pittsburgh, Maine and more. But I wanted more, much more so at 17 when I learned that U.S. Marines served in Asia I jumped at the opportunity and got to visit, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Philippines and Singapore. Later I discovered travel writing and added Tahiti, Malaysia,...

  • Edible Skinnys Girls' Getaway Trip to America's Weirdest City: Portland

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Mar 6, 2018

    A few weeks ago, Edible Skinny was lucky enough to have The Thomas Gals do a "Girls Getaway Weekend" to Portland, Oregon and the Willamette Wine Valley (more on that next week!) The claims of Portlandia are true "The Dream of the 90's is Still Alive in Portland," as this city is full of eccentricity and weirdness (redundant I know, but this city definitely contains both!). Stumptown might be Oregon's largest city, but it has a small-town feel with a rainbow of sparkly...

  • Eagle Scout Receives Kidney Transplant From His Mom.

    Jennifer Benson, COTA|Updated Mar 1, 2018

    March 1, 2018 – March is National Kidney Month, which is a month-long, awareness-raising grassroots effort to spread the word across the country about the importance of kidney health. An East Coast transplant family knows all too well the life-saving difference a healthy kidney can make. The Hoover family of Redding, Connecticut, assumed the role of transplant family with absolutely no warning. Theirs is the type of story that strikes fear in all parents' hearts. Wyatt H...

  • In SF, Good Vibrations for a Cannabis Pioneer Remembered for Courage

    Linda West, Maegan Dean|Updated Feb 26, 2018
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    As the Sun was being eclipsed on February 15, hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco’s Delores Park to celebrate the life and legend of Dennis Peron. The memorial was in accordance with his life’s work, and the first annual celebration of proposition 215 – the official legalization of cannabis in California. The celebration of life was to commemorate the man that tirelessly fought to decriminalize cannabis for all of us, and to free cannabis to be used as medicine to th...

  • Does Mutual Attraction Explain Assortative Mating for Obesity?

    Obesity Society|Updated Feb 21, 2018

    Many studies have established that, on average, people regard leaner females and males as more attractive. Despite these overall trends, individuals may have different preferences when choosing a mate. Additionally, while couples that have obesity get a double dose of obesity risk alleles for their offspring, assortative mating may play a factor in the obesity epidemic. A new study published in Obesity examined assortative mating and the mutual attraction hypothesis....

  • Let's Talk About Sex: The AVN Novelty Expo at the Hard Rock Cafe was the Oscars of Porn

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    "I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer." --Woody Allen Edible Skinny was lucky enough to attend the AVN Novelty Expo at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino a few weeks ago. The AVN Novelty Expo is the Adult Entertainment Industry's premiere B2B event. The AVN Novelty Expo brings together the latest and greatest items from a wide range of cutting edge companies such as toys, lingerie, lotions, sex furniture and other novelty items. All and all, there were about...

  • Healthy Aphrodisiac Desserts for Your Sweetie with Amy Reiley's Eat Cake Naked

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Feb 16, 2018

    Just in time for Valentine's Day, make that perfect Aphrodisiac dessert for your Special Pumpkin, Apple of Your Eye, or Little Cabbage (it's a French idiomatic phrase...) with Eat Cake Naked by Amy Reiley and Delahna Flagg. Amy Reiley is recognized as a leading authority on aphrodisiac foods. Her work as been featured in publications as varied as Playboy, National Geographic and The New York Times. Reilly decided to write a book of aphrodisiac desserts because "they're the...

  • Global Youth Summit on Ocean Plastic Pollution in Dana Point

    Anika Ballant|Updated Feb 6, 2018

    Our world has become plasticized. Products, packaging, transportation, medicine, clothing – we are surrounded by this material. As our demand grows our discarded material grows too, much of it ending up in the environment. We need to start changing our relationship with plastics, from the way we design, use, reuse, and recycle, to the way we build communities and economies around it. With previous generations failing to foresee the impending plastic pollution crisis, a new gen...

  • The Leader of the Band Retires from Orchestra Santa Monica

    Orchestra SM|Updated Feb 1, 2018

    After 27 years of music-making in Santa Monica, Allen Robert Gross, will be retiring from his current position as Music Director and Conductor of Orchestra Santa Monica. Following his service as conductor of the Santa Monica Symphony for 21 years, Gross founded Orchestra Santa Monica in 2012 where he has continued to create life-enriching music for musicians and audience members alike. "It's been an honor and a privilege to make music in Santa Monica for twenty- seven years",...

  • Shore Hotel Santa Monica Welcomes Arts Lovers with a "Stay & Stage" Package

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Jan 29, 2018

    by Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny "I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being." --Oscar Wilde Last weekend Edible Skinny was lucky enough to check out the “Stay & Stage” Package at Shore Hotel in Santa Monica, CA in partnership with The Broad Stage. This Package, which welcomes performing arts lovers to Santa Monica is in celebration of The Broad Stage’s 10th...

  • Your Lego Home is your Lego Castle: First Legoland Hotel Opens in Carlsbad

    Observer Staff|Updated Jan 28, 2018

    Hammers pounding, saws cutting and drills buzzing were some of the sounds heard by the media in front of Legoland Castle Hotel at Legoland California Resort as Merlin the wizard unraveled his scroll officially declaring the Hotel's opening day: April 27, 2018. Legoland California's General Manager Peter Ronchetti and Legoland Hotel Manager Frank Idris also addressed the crowd providing Resort updates and new details about North America's first Legoland Castle Hotel. "It's...

  • Cruise Begins in Catalina with Breakfast with the Captain, Sails to Ensenada

    Ron Irwin, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jan 27, 2018

    I can't even tell you why this happened but it surely did. One day I just blurted out to my beautiful bride: "Hey! Let's take a cruise." To my utter shock she instantly replied "YES!" Well now that is all fine but we had both limited time and resources but we were in the gap between Thanksgiving and Christmas and we have the great fortune of residing in Southern California where great weather is the norm even in late November so I began my search. It wasn't long before I...

  • Femcare Done Biodegradable, Hypoallergenic, free from chemicals and synthetics

    Harry Cymbler|Updated Jan 24, 2018

    Introducing Freda: The new organic period care range for the modern women that is dragging femcare into the 21st Century Launched today, Freda is the first truly organic, eco-friendly period care range that is rebooting femcare for the 21st Century. Aimed at modern, health- and socially-conscious women, its tampons are made of 100% certified organic cotton that are biodegradable, hypoallergenic - and free from chemicals and synthetic fibres commonly found in some big brand...

  • Hacking Your Health in 2018 with Bulletproof Labs & a 20 Second Workout

    Omid Vojdani, Edible Skinny|Updated Jan 23, 2018

    Hello, and happy health to you all! I was lucky enough to be invited to Bulletproof Labs in Santa Monica, a 'fitness facility' dedicated to optimizing physical and cognitive performance through science. After spending four hours there, trying almost everything they had to offer, I realized that calling Bulletproof Labs a fitness facility is like calling Picasso a painter; technically it's accurate, but really only scratches the surface of the level of artistic precision they a...

  • Ringing in the near year with the Golden Globes Luxury gifting suite

    Preity Upala, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jan 12, 2018

    DPA hosted their fabulous DPA Talent Lounge in Beverly Hills at the LUXE Hotel on Rodeo drive in honor of the Golden Globe Awards 2018. Los Angeles, CA. January 3rd, 2018- Out with 2017 and in with 2018! This New Year celebration begins with ringing in the 2018 awards season. For the most prestigious award seasons, the Oscar Awards, DPA was once again a benchmark for hosting the 2018 Pre-Awards Gifting Suite. This year the premiere Media company DPA set out to honor nominees,...

  • Do You Hate the Dentist? How I Learned to Love the Dentist, Dr. Jason D. Mirabile

    Liz Angeles|Updated Jan 8, 2018

    Do you hate the Dentist? Most people hate going, and it makes good sense. Having someone poke and prod into one of your most sensitive and vulnerable orifices is quite intimidating. One may wonder why so many people let their teeth go, until the fears are fully comprehended. Not every dentist has the best chairside manner. Not every dentist has a compassion and understanding for what their patients are feeling. Not every dentist has the skill and expertise to competently treat...

  • Just Doobie It... Cannabis Goes Mainstream at The Las Vegas Convention Center with #MJBIZCon

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Jan 1, 2018

    “It makes me feel the way I need to feel.” --Snoop Dogg Welcome to High Standards... With marijuana now legal in 29 states medically, recreationally in 8 states (with California coming on board as of Jan. 1st), the cannabis industry is one of the fastest growing businesses in the history of our modern economy. Weed is now a $7 billion dollar a year industry, in the United States alone. Every year, new markets open up in the United States and across the world. And with tha...

  • Twas the Last Weeks of Shopping: A Holiday Gift Guide For World Domination... Part Two

    Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny|Updated Dec 23, 2017

    By Kat Thomas 'Twas the last weeks of shopping and all through the land, There were people purchasing for friends, family, and their assistants de right-hand. So we made a list of some of Edible Skinny's favorites for under the tree! They're presents perfect; much more practical than that proverbially requested pony. ;-) For Anyone Wanting to Shine Just a Bit Brighter SAND & SKY – Purifying Pink Clay Mask Give your skin a winter holiday with Australian skincare SAND & SKY. C...

  • Montana Avenue Holiday Walk Excels In Festive Family Fun

    Christine Peake, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Dec 14, 2017

    Every year hundreds of families flock to the annual Montana Holiday Walk, and this year was no exception with record numbers attending. The ten scenic blocks were packed with entertainment for all. Carol singers and jazz musicians provided authentic entertainment, stores kindly provided holiday treats and cookies and drinks including warm apple cider which was a family favorite provided by Engle & Volkers real estate firm who as always went the extra mile and provided Santa Cl...

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