By Laura Medina
Like most countries, Germany is gradually opening to a wander-lusting world.
Germany is bursting with spas, chocolate, and cheese. Don't you know, Germany has vineyards and wineries.
Germany is ready to greet you.
Monday, October 4, 2021
BMW Driving Experience
By Laura Medina
Emerging out of the COVID-19 cocoon, BMW Driving Experience got people thrilled for a joy ride.
What used to be the Santa Anita State Fair grounds, is now the BMW race track, plenty of room for drag racing and track course.
Before put the metal to the pedal, BMW offers last-minute tips in how to handle the ultra-sensitive steering wheel and brakes.
Just like NASCAR and Formula One, BMW's experienced professional drivers will coach these amateurs through a walkie-talkies, where you just focus on the driving while they'll instruct you the upcoming curves, twists, and turns.
Vroom, vroom.
Monday, September 27, 2021
Surf's Up, US Open of Surfing's Sponsor, Shiseido Gets Clean with It's Blue Project Beach Clean Up on the First Day of Tournament.
By Laura Medina
Photographs by Jennifer Johnson
As one of US Open of Tournament's corporate sponsors catering to the surfing/beach lifestyle, Shiseido dive further into its commitment to the surfing/beach lifestyle by doing a celebrity-driven beach clean-up to save the environment.
This was Shiseido Blue Project’s second West Coast beach cleanup at the U.S Open for Surfing in Huntington Beach - joined by Sam Trammell, Janel Parrish, and Ashley Wahler alongside World Surf League PURE We Are One Ocean grantee WILDCOAST – an international team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions. The three ocean and beach advocates really got down and dirty explaining the need to care for ocean wildlife and beach preservation.
Shiseido Blue Project has completed two beach conservation clean ups over two months, with the first commencing in Malibu, and now Huntington Beach, California in partnership with World Surf League PURE and WILDCOAST. Shiseido Blue Project is an initiative in collaboration with World Surf League, home of surfing and World Surf League PURE, World Surf League’s environmental initiative, committed to inspiring, educating and empower ocean protection. This global initiative launched in 2019 with a range of activities to protect the ocean, including cleaning up beaches, leading global conservation campaigns like We Are One Ocean, and promoting ocean-and sun-safe habits.
Whether you're cleaning up the beach or surfing or swimming or sailing, Shiseido always comes to the rescue, with their sunscreens. These sun-burnt celebrities are happily relieved to be slathering on the Shiseido's portable solid stick sunscreens and the traditional sunscreen lotions for UV rays protection...
As an avid surfer who cannot help but watched the competing professional surfers compete in the tournament in a few feet of him cleaning up the beach, Sam said he'll be hitting the waves soon after, Shiseido sunscreen shielded.
Monday, September 20, 2021
It's Emmy 2021 Weekend, Y'all!
By Laura Medina
Producer Deb's Garden Brunch for the Oscar's and Emmy's, is a welcomed awards season tradition that everyone, lucky enough to be invited to, always look forward to.
Thank god for Deb's considerate tenaciousness in convincing the Beverly Hilton's head chef to bake their classic Baked Brie in Puff Pastry. Yum...
Backing up the classics, are new additions such as the Churro Bar with dark chocolate and raspberry sauce with chocolate mousse and vanilla whipped cream for the dunking. Churros are Mexican doughnut sticks.
Producer Deb's refreshed her awards season garden brunch lounge with the latest in technology, mobile pizza ovens for fresh pizza bar in classic cheese, vegetable, pepperoni, and meat lover's pizza.
Nominees for any awards show, get nervous. To calm down nerves, sans alcohol, here comes MyHi cannabis stir sticks. No need to set your place on fire to light a joint. The new way is to stir your CBD in any drink to chill your anxieties. MyHi are sticks that you can stir in your iced tea, juice, or soda. They can also be poured into thicker smoothies and water bottles. Speaking of water...
Awards season, such as Emmy's Weekend, is ideal time to debut fresh and innovative stuff, such as Smartwater +, enhanced Smartwater with ginseng + green tea extracts for clarity; dandelion + lemon extracts for renew; and ashwagandha + tangerine extracts for tranquility.
Pour in some MyHi cannabis stir stick powder in the new enhanced Smartwater, you'll be a okay for the Emmy Awards Show.
Luxury Experience Co. has professional athletes to excite actors at its Emmy Pool Party at Hollywood Roosevelt.
"Westwood"s Adrian Dev and...
"The Upshaws'" Jessica Morris enjoyed the evening Emmy Pool Party with stuff, they can use on the big night...
Hello Blue CBD, https://www.hellobluecbd.com/product-category/for-athletes/, has stuff for sore joints and dehydration for athletes and CrossFitting stars.
Unsubscribe, https://theunsubscribe.com/ is a body and hair no-rinse cleanser that will soon be a festival favorite among "the great unwashed." But as of now, it's a fave among athletes and yogi who need to clean on the go, without locker rooms.
https://getsom.com/collections/all, Get SOM is a drinkable sleep aid that all nervous, anxious nominees need to just get over the loss and disappointment or ease into healthy sleep, after winning an Emmy.
Just chill.
The great thing about these gifting suites is discovering cool stuff, that us mere mortals will buy soon.
Monday, September 13, 2021
Trending, Annie Clark aka St. Vincent in Mockumentary "Nowhere Inn" with Carrie Brownstein then the Hollywood Bowl on September 24th with Spoon.
By Laura Medina
In a pseudo send-up of a documentary, "Nowhere Inn" mockumentary, Carrie Brownstein as auteur-film director honestly told Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, she's nerdy and normal and that's what she likes about Annie Clark in real life, St. Vincent the rocker was shocked that she's that dull in real life.
As documentary auteur, Carrie constructively suggests that Annie Clark should "amp it up" to match and live up to her on-stage persona, St. Vincent.
To take control of her narrative and it's her movie on her life, Annie took it to places that Carrie didn't want to go.
When Carrie thinks Annie is normal and nerdy in real life, Annie taught her a lesson when Annie and "Fifty Shades" Dakota Johnson played a "Fifty Shades" joke on Carrie calling her boring and nerdy while playing tribute and mocking Madonna's "Erotica" movie from 1992.
That's the joke on mockumentary, "Nowhere Inn."
Annie Clark also did a send-up of what and how people react when she tells them, she's from Dallas, Texas and what people perceive of her upbringing and background.
While pissing off Carrie, as Carrie loses control of her documentary, as Annie takes control of her off-stage and on-stage identity and narrative and her documentary about her life, on and off-stage.
It's a send-up on what people think of their idol versus the reality of the real person.
"Nowhere Inn" is the 21st Century, female take on "This is Spinal Tap."
"Nowhere Inn" will hit theaters on September 17th then a week later, Annie Clark as St. Vincent, will head the Hollywood Bowl on September 24th.
Annie Clark as St. Vincent is trending.
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
7 For All Mankind Debuts New Fall/Winter 2021 Campaign Featuring A New Generation of Creators.
By Laura Medina
7 For All Mankind’s newest Fall/Holiday 2021 campaign featuring a new cast of fresh faces which include Jordan Daniels, Lua Beaulieu, Aheem Sosa, Lucas Bin, Lexie Smith, Laurel Taylor and Jacob Bixenman.
Fall/Winter 2021 collection offers new denim and fresh new design offerings for women and men that includes:
- New from Sustainable For All Mankind and making strides in the brand’s carbon footprint by launching Traceability Powered by FibreTrace®, a capsule collection incorporating carbon positive raw materials and sustainable manufacturing practices that are traced and verified through the supply chain from farm to shelf with the power of FibreTrace®.
- New denim fits which include The Jo, a new wide- leg jean, Tall boot and cool girl Straight styles.
- Super Soft denim with head to toe luxe comfort.
- Original denim silhouettes, including The Seamed Jean, The Darted Jean and Belted Jo.
- Reinvented Coated and denim detailing.
- On-trend ready-to-wear to compliment the denim for ultimate everyday luxury.
- New Men’s Tech program and new fashion playing with repurpose, moleskin and cashmere denim.
- New updates to our men’s franchises: Airweft, Luxe Sport & Luxe Performance.
The campaign launches globally today. The collection will be sold online at www.7forallmankind.com, 7 For All Mankind store locations and exclusive retail partners.
7 For All Mankind—a division of Delta Galil Industries and the inventors of premium denim—launches its Fall/Winter 2021 campaign, spotlighting a bright young cast of artists, musicians, and creatives to represent the newest collection, as well as cultivate a poetic view into a new idealism of the everyday.
7 For All Mankind’s range of products create the perfect canvas for self-expression, weaving a beautiful tapestry of mankind. On one end of the spectrum, the brand showcases Lua Beaulieu who manifests inspiration through her paintings, while on the other, musician Lucas Bin shines in his element. Shot at the Philip Johnson Glass House by photographer Daniel Shea, the campaign is a golden-gazed portrait of days and in-between moments.
“With everything happening in the world, it is important to us that we celebrate mankind and the inclusivity and originality that goes with it,” said Francesca Toninato, CEO of 7 For All Mankind. “Our goal is to build a culture and community that embraces creativity and individuality and have our denim play as a canvas to one’s distinct style.”
Labor Day Week Vacation Visiting & Daytripping? 1-2-3: Malibu Pier, Abbot Kinney, then DTLA's The Row
By Laura Medina
Bombarded at the last minute, first in the morning, after thumping and grooving the night before at a Sony Music Labor Day party, with incessant bugging from visiting tourists and relatives who want to sample the taste and the experience of the "real LA" experience, all in one week.
What they really want to do is dip their toes in Malibu then pretend to be LA hipsters for a week, bringing the cool vibe back home.
Let's always revert back to the basics, thirsty and hungry.
Since you'll be vacationing for a week, it'll be easier to recharge and refuel on a Monday to Thursday at Malibu Farms Cafe when they use local, fresh produce in their cocktails and meals.
Want some cool souvenirs that you'll be proud to wear and show off to impress folks, back home?
Let's get started at The Ranch on Malibu Pier, a California Chic general store. A California Chic version of the Hamptons. Only in Malibu varsity jackets, coasters, and nick nacks that you can incorporate in your wardrobe and living room and kitchen decorations and utensils.
Want really experience the beach lifestyle of California, the surfing culture that it made famous and popular, enough to be an aspirational lifestyle and goal, globally?
Don't worry. At the beginning of the Malibu Pier is another general store, Malibu Surf Shack. It's more surfer focused as The Ranch on Malibu Pier is more general store. But hey, if you want to skim before you surf the waves, Malibu Surf Shack can help you dip your toes in surf, scuba, and swimming gear without fear.
Since you're using Labor Day Weekend to kick off your vacation, why not start it off with an uniquely Malibu experience that only locals know, Boys and Girls Club of Malibu Chili Cook-Off Carnival, a fundraiser for the local Boys and Girls Club.
Remember, it's quality over quantity and it's all about the experience.
Busting the California vegan cliché, the carnival's chili cook-off stews the best variety of chili, even vegan ones.
Okay, let's be honest. We all wanna be in Malibu because it's cool, in attitude and in climate.
Uniquely Malibu, at it's Boys and Girls Malibu Chili Cook-Off Carnival, Malibu fashion brands are selling special collector's edition t-shirts and fashion gear, just to raise money for the local charity.
Win win, you took home something uniquely cool while supporting a charity.
Speaking of cool vibes that you can only soak up in Southern California, there are two Aviator Nation boutiques in LA, the first, original one in Abbot Kinney and the bigger, flagship boutique, across the street from Malibu Pier, that used to be Neil Young's club.
Let Malibu Pier be your jumping off point to the greater spectrum of LA.
Gradually diving deeper in LA, hidden gem Abbot Kinney, Venice's uber-hip shopping street is where surf meets city, the home to "Dogtown Skaters," where Seventies wild kids switch from surfing the urban choppy waves to skate boarding the cement jungles of abandoned construction sites and empty swimming pools and the urban beach of the Venice Boardwalk nearby,
Wake up with The Butcher's Daughter's vegan and still original meat version fare for breakfast.
To truly experience LA full spectrum and since DTLA is "hot," you need to end your visit at The Row, https://rowdtla.com/
In a few blocks away, for a chic and cheap Happy Hour snack or dinner or you're dying for a burger protein charge, hop and skip on over to Greenleaf Cafe. They got you covered from darn good hearty gourmet burgers to healthy cocktails, mocktails, and tonics.
If you're going to end your trip on a Sunday, best to savor Smorgasburg LA
https://la.smorgasburg.com/, the LA edition of the original Brooklyn food bazaar.
Thanks to Covid-19 quarantine, Abbot Kinney has to put a stop to their popular First Friday's Food Truck Fair.
That attention has switched on over to DTLA's The Row's Sunday Smorgasburg LA, in what used to be LA's meat packing district.
Smorgasburg LA is a foodie's wet dream, a Sunday market of deliciously unique meals and dishes, like Lobsterdamus Order Here — Lobsterdamus
The Northeast got nothing over LA's lobster love.
LA shows its lobster love by whipping cool creative dishes like Lobster Garlic Noodle, thanks from its Vietnamese SoCal community. Their garlic noodles and now, LA puts Garlic Noodle in everything from Crab Garlic Noodles to Lobster Garlic Noodles.
LA is home to classic All-American Burgers and Fries. LA's Lobsterdamus just elevate it to Lobster Truffle Fries with Cheese Shreds.
Sample the taste of LA, from Malibu thru Abbot Kinney midway to DTLA's The Row during your Labor Day Week.
Remember, there are AirBnBs, hotels, and motels dotted thru out Malibu, Abbot Kinney, and DTLA.
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