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DAVIDsTEA Is My New Favorite Tea Store!

Posted on November 25, 2015 | Filed Under: Food, Product Reviews | Tags: Davids Tea, Los Angeles tea shops, Woodland Hills Tea Shop | 2 Comments

I am an avid tea drinker & I love to discover new loose leaf teas to drink. DAVIDsTEA is a brand new tea store & I am obsessed with it! It is located at the Village at Westfield Topanga in Woodland Hills. While I love brewing & drinking loose leaf tea, I always found it a bit of a pain that the tea filter that I used would let some of the tea residue through to my mug. DAVIDsTEA makes these awesome tea filter bags that are … [Read more...]

#IndulgeLA – Los Angeles Chocolate & Pastry Show

Posted on November 24, 2015 | Filed Under: Food, Local Events | Tags: Indulge LA, LA Chocolate Fest, Los Angeles Pastry Show | 6 Comments

Who doesn't love chocolate & pastries? Wouldn't you just love to view & sample the best desserts made by the worlds best chefs, chocolatiers, chocolate makers & pastry chefs? I know I would. Well imagine an event that features the BEST chocolate & pastry chefs in Los Angeles. That event, my friends, is Indulge LA – Los Angeles Chocolate and Pastry Show. Some of the highlights for the December 2015 event include: An all … [Read more...]

Wind and Shadows by Emeralde {Music Review}

Posted on November 24, 2015 | Filed Under: Books, Pop Culture | Tags: adult contemporary music, Emeralde, Margie Russomanno, Mark Gasbarro | Leave a Comment

Recently I was driving to Anaheim from the Valley on a Friday afternoon. Naturally there was traffic & I was stuck in gridlock, no matter what freeway I took. My daughter was in the backseat, happily listening to music on her iPod. I decided that I needed to "get my zen on" & popped into the CD player this new album by Emeralde called Wind and Shadows. Wind and Shadows is the first album for Emeralde & it is a powerful CD that … [Read more...]

Holiday Baking with Nestle Chocolate Abuelita

Posted on November 23, 2015 | Filed Under: Food, Local Events | Tags: Día de los Muertos, holiday baking, Nestle Abuelita | 2 Comments

Last month I had attended a wonderful event at the Nestle headquarters in Glendale. It was to honor the Día de los Muertos holiday, which in English means, Day of the Dead. Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday where families and friends gather to celebrate, remember & prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed. In popular culture, most folks (non-Latino people) only know about Día de los Muertos as it relates to sugar skulls … [Read more...]

Behind the Scenes at Aquarium of the Pacific

Posted on November 19, 2015 | Filed Under: Local Events, Mommy Stuff | Tags: Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach Aquarium, SoCal Family Fun | Leave a Comment

Last month my family was fortunate to get a behind-the-scenes tour of Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. We went during the weekend of Scarium of the Pacific & had a blast! There were kids dressed up in Halloween costumes & even the aquarium workers got in on the act! The lobby was full of painted pumpkins on display. One of the things our behind the scenes tour guide explained to us is how after really big whales die, they will … [Read more...]

#ShapeMeetAndTweet Event: Skin Smart Edition

Posted on November 13, 2015 | Filed Under: Fitness, Local Events | Tags: Rodan and Fields, Shape Magazine blogger event, Shape Meet and Tweet, Sonya Dakar | 3 Comments

If you follow my Instagram, then you may recall that last month I attended the Shape Meet & Tweet event in Santa Monica. It was held at the beautiful Annenberg Community Beach House! The event was awesome & I just knew that it would be since I had attended a similar event two years ago. There was SO much content & fabulousness happening in the 2015 event that I have to break down my recap into sections. This first one will be about … [Read more...]

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