My friend April has perfect skin. I think it may actually shimmer. One day I asked her the secret to her perfect skin and she took out a pen and scribbled something on a cocktail napkin, handed it to me, and told me I could get it at Whole Foods. She told me I could mix it with Apple Cider Vinegar or water, but she …
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Ringing In ‘Year of The Monkey’!
Growing up I always thought I was the year of the Tiger. My parent’s friends who were into Symbology/Astrology would always get me Tiger paraphernalia: figurines, stuffed animals and such. I was well into my twenties when I discovered that being an early January birthday my Chinese Zodiac birth year was actually an Ox. I adjusted accordingly and now I’m an OX. Due to this …
Hometown Turf
Few places in this country match the beauty of Southern California. From the mountains to the desert to the sea, even a lifetime spent here doesn’t dull this region’s majestic beauty. The Santa Monica Mountains separate the valley from the sea with 40 miles of exquisite purple mountain-scape running parallel to the Pacific Ocean. For nearly eight thousand years the Native American Chumash tribe populated …
Muse of the Month December- Edie Sedgwick
For my first ever Muse of the Month post I felt a lot of pressure to feature a really… “good” … woman. I thought long and hard about who has inspired me the most through the years. I even did research on who inspired other people to maybe discover a new woman I’d never heard of to fall in love with and feature. I wanted …
Get to know Marissa- Ten Questions in Bakeri
Sitting In the quaint corner Williamsburg coffee shop BAKERI where we sipped on specialty herbal tea and nibbled on homemade German Chocolate Cake we asked Designer/Editor-in-Chief Marissa Crisafulli these ten questions: Favorite Place in LA: The beach, hands down. It’s the thing I missed the most when I moved to NYC: year round convenient beaches. When I’m in LA (and have an afternoon off) you …