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Have Yourself a Tasteful, Taste-Filled Weekend 9021Oh! Beverly Hills Gets Tasty What could be better than unlimited samples of cocktails? Unlimited samples of food from some of L.A.’s top restaurants – including your favorite eco-eateries Fig, Akasha, and Culina –…

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Star Spangled Beaches

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You could spend your July 4th weekend lounging about, or you could throw on that star spangled bathing suit of yours, grab your friends and family and capitalize on everything this great city of ours has to offer. Home of…

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Go Frost Yourself

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Go Frost Yourself We’re talkin’ Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Sandwiches, with mint filling. Creamy vanilla frosted Red Velvet or Chocolate Cupcakes. Oh, and did we mention that they’re all gluten, dairy, egg and soy-free? While you will have to purchase…

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Get LA Off Oil

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It seems that there has been a string of posts, videos and events focused on making L.A. car free (and partially oil free at that).  Here are a few that have earned our attention. Treehugger shares Ross Ching’s “Running on…

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La Guera Tamalera

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They Go Together Like…Coffee and Tamales? She’s got taste, she’s got a steamer, and honey, can she cook an organic tamale! Of course we’re talking about La Guera Tamalera, the self proclaimed “White-Girl Tamale Maker.” She will set up shop…

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Bring On The Vino!

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“The Valley,” you say, “oh, but it’s so far…” As a true Valley Girl I may be a bit biased, but I say when it comes to a Green Event such as the 4th Annual Food & Wine Festival, no…

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Monday Musts

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Prettycity.com has partnered up with SHAPE magazine to kick off their 2nd Annual Green & Gorgeous campaign, with an eco-fabulous event set to take place Wednesday, June 9 from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Environment Furniture Showroom in L.A….

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What a dump! Taking out the trash doesn’t have to be such a tedious chore – not this weekend, anyway. Help to clean up the North Pacific Gyre (a.k.a. the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – the world’s “largest trash dump”),…

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Buy Love Here

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Barter for Love Feel like shopping, but having  cash flow issues?  So long as you can barter, “Forget about it”.  Actor/comedian Russell Brand is hosting a pop up exchange shop today at the Beverly Center and money is no good. …

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I Love L.A.

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The Perfect Recipe For Silver Lake Jubilee Add one part eco-friendly initiatives, a heaping of the Silver Lake community, 20 musical performances, 34 food trucks, 2 days of entertainment and a pinch of local artists, crafters and restaurants. Why? Unlimited…

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Happy Belated Earth Day! Worldfest 2010 Earth Day Festival may be a little late, but it is certainly worth the wait! Enjoy yoga, meditation and cooking demos in the Healthy Hut. Stop by the Oasis Beer & Wine Garden for…

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Vapour Organic Beauty

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A green girl can’t always have it all, or can she? Though natural makeup has come a long way, it often leaves me dissatisfied with either performance, longevity, or color options. But I’ve discovered one company that really delivers: Vapour Organic…

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Bake Me Up Before You Go Go

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Bake Me Up! LA The nutrition bell rings. You run through the hallways  cash in hand, desperate to get your hands on a Rice Krispies Treat or anything chocolatey and frosted from the Cheerleaders bake sale. Now: you patiently wait…

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There is some confusion out there about what can actually go in the recycle bin on trash day. A former neighbor of mine and I once had a long conversation in front of our trash receptacles and went through a…

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To Peel Or Not To Peel

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What we know. In the world of beauty, peels are used to improve the skin’s appearance using a solution that breaks down the outermost layer of the skin and stimulate the dermis. This procedure is performed under guidance of an…

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Co-Founders Dish On Top Five

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Our co-founders have been sharing their favorite spots with others this past week, but then we realized that we hadn’t shared it with YDT Readers…Ekk.  So without further ado, here are our co-founders favorite things to do in L.A. on…

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Our Favs At The Go Green Expo

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In case you didn’t get to attend this year’s Go Green Expo, we made a fun little video of some of our favorite companies we found there. Sorry for the delay in publication btw…YDT will be getting a mini face…

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LA Marathon

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Last week, we announced that Tracy and I will run the LA Marathon on March 21st and plan to train responsibly and report our findings. So, to kick off, we found out what the LA Marathon itself is doing to be…

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Support Haiti At The Edison

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Get Free Yoga Today in Santa Monica Yoga is great, but it’s even better when it’s free.  Power Yoga Studio Yoga Co in Santa Monica is offering the entire class schedule for free today only.  Grab your mat and get…

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The Scoop on Dog Poop

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…. The late Harvey Milk’s dog poop campaign wasn’t just good politics. Yes, we all hate happening on a pile of it on our neighborhood walks, but it’s more than unsightly, it’s bad for people and the planet. I went…

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Active Through The Holidays

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As the holidays get stressful, the first thing to get dropped is often our exercise routine.  This is rather unfortunate because exercise is a tool we have to help eliminate stress and the extra pounds that come from munching on…

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Chivas Holiday Boutique

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Your Daily Thread Presents The Green Room At Unique Get your green gift wrap on exclusively from the hands of our YDT staffers Tracy Hepler and  Jaclyn Mullen who will add a little “TLE” (e for eco) on your holiday…

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Bloume Baby

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Babies enter the world pure and should remain so, but with the amount of chemicals found in the average baby product, it becomes hard for them to stay that way.   This is why Annie Totten decided to create Bloume Baby,…

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Eco-Lounge At Unique LA

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A Dedicated Email Holiday giving this year can be more than just shopping at the mall.  Check out Unique Los Angeles, an independent design and gift sale happening on December 5th and 6th that will showcase the best of Los…

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