Art From the Ashes
Joy Feuer was in her car, listening to NPR describe the devastation of the 2007 California wildfire epidemic, when she had one of those “A Ha!” moment that changes lives. While listening to a firefighter describe the painful loss of life and property, Joy focused on how healing might begin. Her thoughts moved on to her own creative community, and soon she had brainstormed a truly meaningful art project: she traveled to the site of the fires, gathered materials from the homes …
FUN for KIDS in LA: A clever TWEAK on gifting
Tara Riceberg’s new shop TWEAK, located on Beverly Boulevard near Orlando, offers gifts for kids and the home with a clever twist – everything is pre-wrapped for low-stress/high-reward shopping. Turns out, her mother ran the Beverly Hills store Tesoro, and so Tara knows a thing or two about curating your shopping experience. She actually counts museum gift shops high as a primary inspiration for her shop, choosing design-forward and clever items for every gifting opportunity — from birthday party, to …
Drink Your Vegetables – Why the Juice Craze just might be here to stay
Pressed Juices are all the rage right now, with various vendors cropping up all over town. We’ve tried Kreation, and Beverly Hills Juice and Pressed Juicery and they’re all pretty darn delicious. Take a look at the flavors here on the Pressed Juicery site – whether you’re detoxing or just seeking a yummy way to ingest your daily veggies, these blends are incredibly satisfying. Perhaps you have a big juicer at home and have the time to shop and chop …
Fun Thing to Do In Los Angeles With Kids
Not everyone has the same Spring Break but we’ve found two choice activities in each age group to keep your family busy in whatever time off you have! ELEMENTARY: Spring brings butterflies, bugs and things that crawl! Every year, Kidspace Museum in Pasadena holds a wonderful event called Caterpillar Adoption Days (March 17 to April 29) in which guests can adopt a live caterpillar, take it home to watch the chrysalis form, and return with their transformed butterflies on Saturday, …
Subscriber Profile: Teresa Anne Power
Teresa Anne Power has written (and self-published) a fabulous book called The ABCs of YOGA for KIDS. Long a teacher of yoga for the Kindergarten set, her “Aha” moment came when she put the idea of teaching poses to children at the same time as they were learning letters of the alphabet. Great idea, right? How many of us let good ideas slip through our fingers by not following through? Not Teresa. She quickly came up with cute rhymes to …
Cupcake ATM
Do you know what this is?? If you guessed the Sprinkles Cupcake ATM, you’re right. Which begs the question: is the first step towards a George Jetson future or a just a case of “Only in Beverly Hills”. Given the speed with which I selected, paid for and received three scrumptious cupcakes, I don’t really care which it is. That’s because I have been known to wait in the Sprinkles cupcake line in the past. Once you’ve done that, you’ll …
Subscriber Profile: Miranda Payne
Miranda Payne is the Coordinator of Community Outreach at Marlborough School, where she’s been helping middle and high-school girls get involved in meaningful community engagement for the past two years. I can attest that girls absolutely adore Miranda (a few have even said they want to be her!), and surmise that it’s because she so effectively helps them turn their ideas into reality. Miranda, who herself graduated from Marlborough, has a seven year-old son who has grown up following his …
Subscriber Profile: Jen Levinson of Jen’s List
This week’s Subscriber Profile is of Jen Levinson, mother of 5 boys (including 2 sets of identical twins!) and owner and editor of the popular e-newsletter, Jen’s List. Jen runs a thriving business, and even has one set of her twins working on a television show. Being at the center of this busy household has turned Jen into an intuitive expert at knowing what moms need to get through their day: Jen’s List is a daily compilation of parenting, activity …
Subscriber Profile: Nathalie Kunin
I had breakfast this morning with Nathalie Kunin from Team Tutors. Nathalie founded the company in 2000, after leaving her post teaching fourth grade at The Center for Early Education, and currently has a thriving business with five employees and an impressive set of services to offer LA parents. Nathalie has two sons, age 16 and 10 which makes her a nice match for Carrie Lieberman, a close colleague who also came to breakfast. Carrie has a matching set of …
Clip and Share:
My mother still clips articles from the Boston Globe and sends them west, snail-mail style, for me to read. She likes to connect to her kids with this time-tested recipe for conversation. Here are a few fun articles from the news this week that are worth printing and sharing at the breakfast table. After all, we have to teach kids to read the paper if we want journalism to survive and thrive. Football player invents sensor aimed at helping coaches …