I was doing some research for one of my surf clients recently, and I stumbled upon this cool global art project, Project Water. The goal of Project Water is to create a fine art book of images that showcases the relationship between humans and water. The book will be sold with 100% of the net [...]
Month: February 2012
A Beauty Brand in the Works
I have been consulting for a very cool beauty line recently, and while I’m not at liberty to say which brand it is quite yet, it has been in the marketplace for awhile, just not at the level of exposure it should or could be. That’s why I have been helping to craft the brand [...]
So Disheartened by the Greed
I just finished watching the documentary “Inside Job.” It was released in 2010 and won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature that year. Produced, written, and directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Charles Ferguson, the film is about the late 2000s financial crisis leading to the economic meltdown in 2008, and the systemic corruption [...]
Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Light
Several years ago, my dear friend Jen and I had just had dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, a totally authentic Japanese BBQ place in Costa Mesa. The line is out the door and the wait is sometimes too long, but the food is delicious and well worth it. Anyway, after dinner we ended [...]
Happy Valentine’s Day to all my No Ugly Duckling readers!! ❤ (Photo Credit: Becker Surf)
Friday!! Do more of what makes you happy! (Photo credit: Pinterest)
My New Favorite Cupcake: Casey’s Cupcakes
Yum! That is all I have to say! I finally sampled one of Casey’s Cupcakes, and now I totally understand why Casey Reinhardt won the popular and highly competitive Cupcake Wars on the Food Network and also received OC Weekly’s Best of 2011 Reader’s Choice award for Best Cupcake. These cupcakes are sooooo ridiculously good! Casey’s [...]
Organic Lip Balms and Natural Candles You’ll Feel Good About Using
A couple of weeks ago, I met Jeffrey and Eric Light, the father and son team behind the Aroma Naturals brand of soy candles derived from natural plant and flower aromas. You may have seen their line in Whole Foods, Mother’s Market, and Henry’s Farmer’s Market, just to name a few retailers. All of their [...]
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