advertisement

Most Recent

Pumpkin Inspired Beauty

thumbnail

Happy Halloween! I don’t know about you but I am stoked for tonight.  I’ve got my costume.  I’ve got plans for a Halloween Bash.  But I also have a few unsightly blemishes and a sneaking suspicion my skin is going…

Read more

thumbnail

There are so many things we love about Fall and the array of pumpkins and squashes in the produce aisle is one of them! But are your recipes for actually cooking these quirky items less than inspiring? Mix things up…

Read more

thumbnail

“Triple bottom line” is the new business buzzword. More and more companies, like B Corporations (as in B the change you seek in the world) for example, are concerning themselves with this trio: people, planet, profits. Can business really be…

Read more

thumbnail

In the years of presidential elections, the two major candidates usually get most of the attention. However, each season at the polls we are also presented with a variety of measures and propositions that can potentially change our state, cities…

Read more

A Peace Treaty Scarves

thumbnail

ydt Winners: Congratulations to Elizabeth M. and Ken R. who won last week’s Fierce Hugs Bag and Bamboo clutch giveaways respectively. Keep on participating and you’ll sure to win soon! Now that fall is rolling into Los Angeles at a…

Read more

Soup Kitchen Fridays

thumbnail

ydt Giveaway: Today is the LAST DAY to enter to WIN a Bamboo Clutch from Raw Bags.  Just click here (or on the ad to right), invite some friends to learn more about ydt and you’ll be entered to win! …

Read more

Fred Segal Green

thumbnail

Didn’t get to be part of L.A Fashion Week this past week? Take advantage of the Fred Segal Green VIP reception for designer, Marian Schoettle, aka “Mau”. You can talk with Mau about her new designs, as well as her…

Read more

Green Your Campus

thumbnail

Even if your college campus isn’t installing solar panels to provide for almost half its energy needs like East LA College (kudos to them!), you can still have an impact by making smaller-scale green plans and putting them into practice…

Read more

C.I.C.L.E. Bicycle Safety

thumbnail

Last week I received a call from a friend saying that a cyclist had just ridden her bicycle into the side of his car. Fortunately they were both okay and the bicycle incurred only minor damage. With the price of…

Read more

thumbnail

Everyone is in a hurry these days – lunch hours are often more like 30-minute sprints, and it’s often difficult to eat healthy and eat fast. Fast food restaurants seem like a convenient choice, but are calorie-laden and lack nutritious…

Read more

Silent Scary Movies

thumbnail

“THE RIVALRY”: An Evening at the Theatre Paul Giamatti and David Strathairn join the L.A. Theatre Works Company in presenting Norman Corwin’s The Rivalry, the story of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas’ famous 1858 debates for the U.S. Senate seat…

Read more

Hit A Skunk?

thumbnail

Exactly one week ago around 7 p.m. I was driving home from a yoga class. One minute I was in zen-mode. The next minute I saw two white eyes, slammed on my brakes and felt the thump of a poor…

Read more

thumbnail

What is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)?  According to Shoshana Raskas, the CSA Coordinator at Tierra Miguel, it’s a partnership between eaters and growers in which consumers get to “join in both the risks and abundance of farming.” CSAs allow you…

Read more

Fierce Hugs: Organic Baby Wear

thumbnail

Winners for September‘s ydt Giveaways: m: active lifestyle: Arianna La Penne won a two-week pass to Yoga Works. t: green living: Lindsay Mahoney won a $25 GC to The Green Life. w: wellness: Beth Swanson won a $50 GC to…

Read more

Ye Rustic Inn Funday Football

thumbnail

WELCOME TO HOLLY-WOULD:  The 11th annual Freewaves Festival of Experimental Media Arts This festival infuses Media Arts and Hollywood Boulevard, both as a symbol of the film industry and a Los Angeles neighborhood that is ever changing.   Most events are…

Read more

thumbnail

According to the Hanger Network, about 3.5 billion wire hangers get dumped into U.S. landfills every year, the equivalent of 60,000 cars. Think about the number of hangers you have accumulated from dry cleaners or clothing purchases.  Add to that…

Read more

thumbnail

Ever feel like you want to support a cause but don’t want to buy the candy bar that goes with it? Fundraisers can be serious business as they support extras like dances along with essentials like new playgrounds, school fieldtrips…

Read more

Danielle Davis On GreenBlogosphere.com

thumbnail

Green Living Contributor Danielle Davis was interviewed by GreenBlogosphere.com You can listen to the podcast here.

Read more

The Ecoist

thumbnail

Environmentally friendly accessory company The Ecoist is most known for their handbags made from recycled candy wrappers, food packages, soda labels, billboards and organic materials.  From their founding in 2004, they have been working to merge functional and fashionable products…

Read more

Oktoberfest Street Fair

thumbnail

OKTOBERFEST: Honor your German heritage (or just pretend you are German for the day) If getting to Munich wasn’t on your agenda this year, fear not for Oktoberfest has come to L.A.  Two festivals are happening this weekend, so pick whatever…

Read more

Cure In The Canyons

thumbnail

Cure in the Canyons… … is said to be “the luxury lifestyle-fest for breast cancer research of the season!”  The altruistic PURPOSE of Cure in the Canyons is to raise funds for cancer research. The selfish BONUS is that you…

Read more