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Long Cool Woman In a Black Dress
“My love, she’s like some raven, At my window with a broken wing.” -Bob Dylan, “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” Wearing white all summer long seems like a no-brainer. Except that brainier fashionistas favor basic black this season and year-round, straying … Continue reading
You Say You Want a Revolution?
As we approach July 4, danger looms from every direction. Yes, you might blow your finger off with a pack of bottle-rockets, or singe off your eyebrows with a misfired sparkler. Or, you might be munched by a Great White … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Health and Beauty
Tagged bronzer, JAWS, shark attack, skin cancer, sun tan
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Night Talks with Soraya Sebghati, Friday, June 17, DTLA
You see her before you hear her. And you sense her before you see her. Soraya Sebghati, songwriter and lead vocalist for Night Talks, a Los Angeles alternative rock band, takes the stage long after sundown with the metallic burn … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fashion, Interviews, Music, News & Sports, Upcoming Events
Tagged alt rock, Feminist, Iranian, Night Talks, Persian
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Fifth Anniversary Memorial Event for 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Takes Place March 6, 2016 in Downtown L.A.
The fifth anniversary memorial event for the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami will remember lives lost and honor survivors. It takes place March 6, 2016 in Downtown Los Angeles at LAPD Headquarters. “Love to Nippon 2016” (“Love … Continue reading
Posted in Music, News & Sports, Upcoming Events
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Cat Hair vs. The World: Why this Hoover Sucks
Disclosure: The product which is discussed in this post was sent to me at no charge as a Press Preview Sample by the Hoover company. I did not buy the product. Also please note that Hoover did not pay me to … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Health and Beauty
Tagged Bob Dylan, cat hair, dry cleaner, Hoover, Jerry Seinfeld, vacuum, vacuum cleaner
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Dakota Leather: The One to Watch
Do Halloween wishes come true? As then, as now. When I was a child, I had a traumatizing fear of Santa. When my well-intentioned mother and grandmother would lead me by gloved hands to the mall at Christmas time, I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious
Tagged Dakota watch, Dia De Los Muertos, Halloween gift, skull, trick-or-treat
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Lash Queen Tracy Murphy Lets the Freak Flag Fly
So, we’re ramping up to Halloween, undoubtedly the holiday which LA celebrates best. Halloween requires cocktails followed by makeup, and this is the basis of my annual Bitches Brew, also known as the “Make Me Fugly” fest. The location varies– sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Fashion
Tagged eyelashes, Halloween, lashes, makeup, Tracy Murphy
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Tuesday: Drinking in Tasya van Ree
As the Los Angeles weather morphs and heaves from blistering to blustery, it’s the perfect witchy-woman moment to discover artist Tasya van Ree. Presented by The Curator LA, the Los Angeles-based van Ree will present new mixed-media collage works which … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Events, Fashion
Tagged cameras, collage, hydration, large format photos, Photographs, Stetson, Tasya van Ree
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The Flintridge Proper: How to Face Summer’s End Like a Grown-Up
There’s a long, lingering quality to the end of summer in Southern California, especially since triple digit temperatures typically persist even as we haul the holiday bird out of the oven, and hideous Christmas sweaters proliferate in spite of soaring mercury. … Continue reading
Posted in Cocktails, Beer, Wine & Weed, Food
Tagged bathtub gin, craft cocktails, Gin, juniper, summer
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Yoga Gives Back to Honor Mallika Chopra with First-Ever “Namaste Award” September 26
Mallika Chopra, author of the recently published Living with Intent, will receive the first-ever Yoga Gives Back Namaste Award at the foundation’s fourth-annual “Thank You Mother India” fundraiser. This public event (tickets are now available for purchase) takes place at a … Continue reading
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Tagged India, Mother India, Namaste, poverty, Yoga
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