Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Santa Monica's most famous, and only, amusement park is seeking about 500 seasonal employees, says Jeff Klocke, Vice President at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier. Pacific Park seeks "fun, outgoing, energetic team members" to work in rides, games, retail and security, among other areas. "Spring and summer are now upon us and we are gearing up for a season of fun," says Klocke. " Pacific Park encourages individuals to join the team to help make lifetime memories for our...
This year's Los Angeles County Air Show was held on March 19-20th at General William J. Fox Airfield in Lancaster, California. It featured the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, along with world-class aerobatics, parachute demonstrations, wing-walking, pyrotechnics, and interactive displays. The biggest draw was, of course, the Blue Angels, who are world renowned for flying their planes, F/A-18C and F/A-18D Hornets, in death defying formations, and the...
Award season in Hollywood is always an exciting time and the 2016 Oscar season was witness to a variety of different gifting suites happening all around tinsel town in honor of the nominees. Los Angeles based niche entertainment agency, Distinctive Assets was once again the host of their flagship Oscar gift bag. This year they treated the stars to an array of exciting and cutting edge brands and products from the USA and international. Distinctive Assets is a leader in...
For one of the most awaited award seasons of the year, Madison & Mulholland was once again the sponsor for the 2016 Award season gift bag. This year they teamed up with premiere Media company Revele Inc spearheaded by top Publicists Marilynne Mungovan and Chaz Brewer to treat the stars to an array of exciting and cutting edge brands and products. Madison & Mulholland, a leader in celebrity gifting was founded by Jane Ubell-Meyer in 2002 whose vision was to show her genuine...
Sushi Roku opened its first location as a sushi lounge in Hollywood in 1997 and has since expanded to Santa Monica, Pasadena, and beyond California to Scottsdale, Arizona, and Las Vegas. As the Santa Monica restaurant turns 16 in November, we thought it a good time to re-visit. We chatted with Tom Cardenas, IDG, the parent company's VP of Operations and Chef Hiroshi Shima, Corporate Executive Chef of Sushi Roku and Katana. O: Is there much difference in the menus of your diffe...
Sonoma Wine Garden, with its large outdoor patio and breathtaking ocean and sunset views, Sonoma Wine Garden, has been a hit with customers since its opening in August 2010, and its large wine selection, and special wine events have kept customers engaged, returning for more. Showcasing bold Mediterranean flavors with a contemporary Californian twist, its locally-sourced, organic produce based menu changes seasonally. Now, it has a new Executive Chef Garee Battad who came on...
When Ryan O'Connell, 28, moved here from New York last year, he didn't want a car. "I've always been so scared of driving," he said. "I feel like I would be a bad driver." Normally, that would be a problem in one of America's most auto-centric places, where cruising along the Sunset Strip is a lifestyle and cars are not only a means of transportation but a status symbol. But Mr. O'Connell was only briefly perplexed. "I didn't know what I was going to do," he said, "and then Ub...
The fishing village of Loreto on the Baja California Peninsula sits on miles of coastline with year-round sunshine averaging 80 degrees. Looking out on five islands on the Sea of Cortez, it offers majestic scenic backdrops along with a wealth of flora and fauna for hiking, trekking, bird watching, while its coast offers a wealth of water sports - island-hopping, snorkeling, kayaking or just plain relaxation on quiet beaches. The islands have formed a physical barrier that has...
Oxnard is a hidden gem close enough for an impromptu day trip, and certainly a relaxed weekend. Checking in at the Embassy Suites, I walked across the hotel's central court with its pool and water landscaping to my suite and was delighted to find that both the bedroom and the living room looked out on the beach with the ocean and the Channel Islands in the background. I stepped out to my own private patio from where I could continue walking over the paths through the rocks...
Four hundred dollars. That's how much money a visitor from Canada and her mother had lost in a few days in Las Vegas. But as they lounged poolside at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, they were both smiling, clearly pleased by the trade they had made: the thrill of possible riches against the loss of four hundred bucks. But a visit to Vegas doesn't have to mean a loss. It can mean the gain of some incredible and unique experiences. Play your cards right and you can go home wi...
Four hundred dollars. That's how much money a visitor from Canada and her mother had lost in a few days in Las Vegas. But as they lounged poolside at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, they were both smiling, clearly pleased by the trade they had made: the thrill of possible riches against the loss of four hundred bucks. But a visit to Vegas doesn't have to mean a loss. It can mean the gain of some incredible and unique experiences. Play your cards right and you can go home wi...
I consider myself something of a yogurt expert. Present to me any supermarket shelf laden with a rainbow of yogurt cups made by various companies, each one boasting unique subtleties of texture, flavor, origin, or nutritional value, and in no time flat I will pick out the best brands based on my experience. Having bought enough yogurts to fill landfills with all those plastic cups, I was ready for something new and different. For a while now I've longed to be able to make my...
Since May 2013, the Quonset hut in Santa Monica has been transformed into a great organic burger restaurant. With the return of summer and strawberry season came the return of their very best Sweet Mona Burger to their menu- and we just had to check it out. The first thing you notice is the mouth watering aromas- well, the first thing that really hits you is that you're in an old war hut, but soon enough your stomach is growling and you're ready to tuck in. Pono Burger really...
Fry? Frie? Fr-eye? Everyone's favourite indulgence regardless if we Brits call it a chip! Who needs carbs anyway?! Welcome to a fresh new spin on food folks and welcome to my new column - my name is Anna, I'm fresh off the plane from ye olde England and I'm about to blow your taste buds out of the Pacific Ocean. From tea parties with the Queen in Buckingham Palace Gardens, to molecular gastronomy at the Saatchi Gallery on the famous King's Road, we're bringing a culinary...
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the 650,000 visitors to national park lands in the Santa Monica Mountains spent $26 million in the surrounding community in 2012. That spending supported 336 jobs in the local area. The report only studied the number of visitors to National Park Service land, which comprises just 15% of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The total number of visitors to the recreation area, including lands managed by California...
Two men repair a car on 11th and Olympic....
