Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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In life there are moments that are so incredible that they are indelibly painted on the forefront of our minds. On the passing of the Iconic Stan Lee I recall the few times I was privileged to see and listen to his wealth of knowledge. However, the one moment that will remain forever cherished is the moment I met the great Stan Lee. It was an accident of chance. Our second time at Comic-Con in San Diego, while my son played a game at a vendor, I stood by perusing the books at...
Welcome to Art of Relaxation! Napa Valley is famed for its dedication to leisure through its 400 wineries with tasting rooms in the Valley (600+ if you include Sonoma), 50 restaurants, 125 lodging properties, outdoor activities, events, and art galleries. And in the last few months, Napa has expanded its enjoyment wheelhouse to include the ability to get cannabis delivered right to your door. There are no marijuana dispensaries in Napa County, but starting in August, the...
"The Key Club is an international service organization," explained Phil Brock, from the Kiwanis Club. "The SamoHi Key Club was established over 100 years ago. Our overall purpose is to better the community and help make the world a better place," he said. "Right now our charity of choice is the pediatric trauma program. The program helps to prevent young people and children from dying from preventable diseases. We want all children to live a life filled with happiness, joy...
Santa Monica's annual pumpkin patch has reopened this year and sells, well, pumpkins. Of all shapes and sizes. And for $5, you can pet a goat. The owner of the vacant lot uses it for parking 9 months of the year. In October it sells pumpkins, then becomes a Christmas tree lot in November. "He figures he doesn't need to build a tower and become rich," said one customer. "He just does it for the kids." This years holiday event features a bounce house (more than one actually),...
As Santa Monica slides into the Halloween season, the Ghostbusters vehicle is alas, in the shop! Who you gonna call? Seen at a mechanic in Santa Monica. The manager Jerry says that there are four or five famous cars parked at Sony. The Ghostbusters vehicle will be driven in a commercial this weekend by Dan Aykroyd so he is servicing it. The movie's concept was inspired by Dan Aykroyd's fascination with the paranormal. Aykroyd conceived it as a vehicle for himself and his...
Boasting the largest collection of hydrogen, electric and hybrid vehicles in the region, the 13th Annual City of Santa Monica AltCar Expo will return to Santa Monica on October 12-13, 2018 with brand new vehicles, speakers, and exhibitors to showcase the newest innovations of the alternative technology industry. This two-day event is free to attend and brings together in one place a variety of brands, technologies, and manufacturers specializing in alternative technology. An...
Nikola Tesla would be buzzing! This Friday marks the start of the 13th Annual AltCar Expo & Conference at the Santa Monica Civic Lot! The AltCar Expo brings almost every make and model of alternative fuel vehicles to one place so visitors can shop, test drive, compare and learn about future technology, today! When the AltCar Expo started in Santa Monica is 2005, alternative fuel vehicles seemed like a fading dream... With everyone gaga for their gas guzzling Hummer, the idea...
7 percent of working Americans occasionally work remotely and over a third of workers would change jobs for the opportunity to do so, according to Gallup's "State of the American Workplace" survey. Fighting the establishment and working remote saves both time and money. Remote jobs site FlexJobs estimates that working from home can save you as much as $4,668 a year! So raise your fist and shout: "I deserve a better life than one locked in a box!" And the Revolution is buildin...
There it is right on one of the most driven on streets in Burbank, California and yet up until recently it seemed to have almost vanished. But then the original owner George Rizzo returned to George's Pizzalolo located conveniently at 2202 N. Glenoaks Boulevard, Burbank, California so I dropped in and was extremely pleased. It is unpretentious yet warm and charming. The walls, as is appropriate to its Burbank location are covered with a wide variety of move posters, some very...
Last weekend Edible Skinny was lucky enough to attend the California Vegetarian Food Festival at Raleigh Studios! In our quest to embrace our inner herbivore, we walked the booths with yoga guru Jordana Reim (who teaches at Yoga Nest in Venice)! We discovered that the California Vegetarian Food Festival, now in its second year, celebrated the mighty vegetable hearty hardcore. The California Vegetarian Food Festival was produced by the U.S. Veg Corp, an event production and...
Sounds of high-volume music punctuated the festive atmosphere as the eatery, Everytable, made its grand opening last Wednesday at the Compton Towne Center. Sam Polk, former Wall Street hedge fund trader, and the CEO of this new fast food model, started Everytable to "make healthy food affordable for everybody." Compton marks Everytable's sixth location. There are five others including the first, which opened in South L.A. in 2016. The others are in Santa Monica, Century City,...
Los Angeles, September 15th, 2018--The EMMY'S are the gold standard for the best talent in TV industry. In this most awaited award seasons of the year, the best and most glamorous comes out to celebrate and recognize the best in the industry. EMMY Luxury gifting lounges have long been an exciting part of the festivities and GBK media marketing brand has been a pioneer in the celebrity gifting experiences. This year the premiere Media company set out to treat the stars to an...
Heal the Bay conducted its 29th annual cleanup day on Saturday, September 15th. "Our final totals are in for our 29th annual Coastal Cleanup Day," said the group in a press release. Some 13,342 volunteers joined us last Saturday morning at 75 sites spread all across Los Angeles County. Thanks to their hard work, we removed 40,066 pounds of ocean-bound debris from our shoreline and neighborhoods. Oddball items found this year: chainsaws (Palos Verdes), wedding rings (various...
Craft Beer ATM Style at Brewport Tap House in El Segundo By Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny Who's down for some liquid dim sums? A little while ago Edible Skinny explored craft beer ATM style at Brewport Tap House in El Segundo and all we can say is we had fun, fun, as Kelly and Kat's Daddy (Tony) got to experience beer tech style! ;-) Housed in a former downtown post office Brewport Tap House is a social dining experience that features a revolutionary gustatory experience,...
9/17, LA: The 70th annual EMMY awards were held this year on September 17, 2018 at the Microsoft theatre in DTLA and were enjoyed by all. It's Tinsle-town's favorite time of the year and undoubtedly one of the most exciting things to look forward to are the gifting events. Once again the Bergman's Style Lounge and party was the premiere EMMY gifting event hosted at the wonderful WeHo based French restaurant FIG AND OLIVE. As every year, nominees, presenters and music...
To boldly go where no man has gone before. -Star Trek Bradley Metrock is a busy man in the world of Voice-First technology! He owns and operates VoiceFirst.FM, the voice technology-oriented podcast network enjoyed across 50+ countries worldwide, and anchored by flagship show This Week In Voice, which has risen to the top 20 of Apple Podcast charts for technology-related podcasts. Bradley also produces the annual The Alexa Conference, a worldwide gathering of the Alexa...
1th September, 2018- Lombard, Illinois. -- The residents of Chicago were in for a treat on Sunday, the 9th of September 2018. The Vice- President of India, Honorable Shri Venkaiah Naidu graced everyone with his presence at the 2nd World Hindu Congress, which was held from September 7th to the 9th at the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Oak Bridge, Illinois, USA. A large gathering of over 3000 attendees from the US and 60 other countries were present for this rare meeting. The...
Karon Pardue is passionate about balancing surfing with community service; she travels with teenage surfers from Santa Monica and Santa Barbara, showing them firsthand what it means to give back to the greater good. This summer they went to Costa Rica and Panama. Karon, through her non-profit organizations is making a difference. Www.GiveAndSurf.Org partnered with Karon this year, they are a local Panama charity who create cultural exchanges between volunteers and students to...
The Shore Hotel has launched a Meditation Garden, which sync's with an app called StopBreatheThink. We asked the hotel's General Manager Gerry Peck, why a first class hotel on bustling Ocean Avenue, features Meditation. His response: Gerry Peck, the General Manager of Shore Hotel, describes the Meditation Garden as a self guided area for people to sit on and watch a meditation video, or meet with a teacher, and meditate. "We suggest that guests set an hour aside in the garden...
It's so great to hear that you are a resident of Santa Monica. How long have you been living here? And what are your feelings about living here? We moved to LA in 1999 and in 2008 moved to Santa Monica. We love it here. Once you move here, honestly, where else could you live! I've raised my girls here and it a great community we have met through schools; wonderful parented. Your life really starts to be shaped by your kid's lives. I feel Santa Monica is a sweet place for the...
The Minnesota State Fair's slogan is "The Great Minnesota Get-Together." It is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance. It is also the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State Fair. The state fairgrounds, adjoining the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, are in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, midway between the...
In what may be 2018's most erotic headline so far, two women caught in flagrante delicto in an act of love, were beaten by an Islamic court in Southeast Asia's largest Moslem republic, Malaysia. Horrible as it may have been, we would have liked to have watched any part of it. A Malaysian Muslim lesbian couple caned in public punishment, reports the Associate Press. Two Malaysian Muslim women convicted under Islamic laws of attempting to have sex were caned Monday in a rare...
What exactly does that mean? Is this a new place to get filtered water? No, it's not a water refill station. Is it a floatation tank? No, you don't get wet here. Is it a place to achieve homeostasis, recover from illness, reverse aging and get relief from pain, stress or nausea? YES! How is this possible? Humans are comprised of approximately 75% water. It's critical that we are properly hydrated. Most of us are not. For many of us, the reasons behind our illnesses begin with...
He has lived for 100 years and in that time, escaped the Nazis, started a successful textile business, and funded a synagogue in Santa Monica. Mostly, Jack Nomberg is thankful for everything. Nomberg was born in Poland in 1918, the year World War I ended. The battle lines shifted very little in that war, so when the Germans marched into Poland and took Warsaw in 2 weeks, most people were caught flat footed. Nomberg, then 22, went to Siberia, where he survived the war. Later,...
Santa Monica, 8/22: With beach season in full swing, environmental nonprofit Heal the Bay today launched the Beach Report Card mobile application, which offers beach water-quality predictions each morning to millions of California ocean users. The group says that its predictions come from its proprietary NowCast system, which warns the public by 7 a.m. if monitored beaches have a high likelihood of exceeding state standards for bacterial pollution that day. The NowCast system...
