Westside Today Headlines http://www.westsidetoday.com/news-s11/1/lifestyle.html Sun, 27 May 2012 14:27:43 -0700 en-us Copyright 2012, Westside Today http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/DiodhfSMs2g/vista-del-mar-holds.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7381/vista-del-mar-holds.html Wed, 23 May 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Hundreds were on hand this past Saturday, May 17, 2012, for Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services' — one of the Southland's leading providers of therapeutic and educational services for youngsters on the autism spectrum or with other special needs — first ever Festival of Families.The inaugural event featured both traditional carnival fare—games, a rock wall, a Velcro wall, jousting, a petting zoo, and tasty treats—as well as a sensory-friendly area for children with autism and other s...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7381/vista-del-mar-holds.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/uLd2dEW5bo0/bug-fair-wows-bug.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7363/bug-fair-wows-bug.html Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:43 -0700 The crowd was abuzz at the 26th Annual Bug Fair at the Los Angeles County’s Natural History Museum because 2012 is the Year of the Fly, adding extra excitement to the event which lures thousands each year for the two-day celebration of creepy crawly and winged things.My four year-old son loved holding beetles, hissing cockroaches and other six- and eight-legged creatures, and he even ate a few, including meal worms and crickets. It was a petting zoo of bugs, mostly harmless ones, though one de...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7363/bug-fair-wows-bug.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/8TRxiauNskA/stop-senior-scam-day.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7291/stop-senior-scam-day.html Mon, 14 May 2012 14:27:43 -0700 EACH YEAR OVER 25 MILLION AMERICANS ARE VICTIMS OF SCAMS, MOST ARE SENIORS. STOP SENIOR SCAM DAY WILL EDUCATE THE SENIOR COMMUNITY ABOUT SENIOR FRAUD THROUGH A UNIQUE PERFORMANCE BY SENIOR ACTORS AGES 65 - 94. MANY OF THEM HAVE EXPERIENCED THESE SCAMS. STOP SENIOR SCAM ACTING TROUP PERFORM IN SENIOR FACILITIES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES AND HAVE PERFORMED FOR THE LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL STOP SENIOR SCAM DAY IS A COMMUNITY EFFORT. REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING WILL BE PRESENT:WESTSIDE COMM...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7291/stop-senior-scam-day.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/YZvo5PaeqXU/former-lausd-board-president.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7251/former-lausd-board-president.html Tue, 08 May 2012 14:27:43 -0700 In many ways, Marlene Canter's career has come full circle. Canter, who served on the Los Angeles City Board of Education from 2001 to 2009 — including a term as Board President from 2005 to 2007 — started out as a special-education teacher working mostly with autistic children. Today, the Los Angeles native is once again actively involved with autistic youngsters and other children with special needs.While working with a group of autistic youngsters who participate in an after school musica...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7251/former-lausd-board-president.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/MA4kvfVOb18/pots-and-pans-make.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7204/pots-and-pans-make.html Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:27:43 -0700 In LA where what you drive is who you are, get your status on in the kitchen by revving up your stove top with German engineering. The Silit cookware collection, made in Germany, will not only cook your food to perfection but will impress your dinner guests. Stylish in brilliant colors like lemon green and wild orange, these pots and pans can stand the heat in the kitchen, even in a convection oven, to make a bold statement about your taste for the good life.In a town where thin is in and gree...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7204/pots-and-pans-make.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/-miPa5k2uZk/re-invent-yourself.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7140/re-invent-yourself.html Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Are you happy with the current developments in your life? Do you find yourself sometimes wishing to do something different with your life? These are the most common signs of career and personal boredom and if you are feeling like this, you should stop whatever you are doing and decide to re-invent yourself.It is commonly known that career and personal boredom is the number one enemy of success and the primary reason people become unhappy with their lives. When people stop liking what they are d...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7140/re-invent-yourself.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/ykj1qsuJAh0/casting-call-trophy-wives.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7100/casting-call-trophy-wives.html Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Do you have it all... looks, luxury, and a man who worships you? Does your husband or boyfriend provide you power, wealth and status, and do you provide him bragging rights over his friends? A major cable network, along with the producers of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” is searching for “trophy wives” who proudly work hard to look good on their man’s arm.If you’re proud of being the ultimate catch for a man who takes good care of you in return, we want to hear from you!...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7100/casting-call-trophy-wives.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/dXVRphMk6Y8/casting-call-wealthy-family.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7101/casting-call-wealthy-family.html Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Are you living the good life and proud of it? Are you the envy of your friends and neighbors because of your over-the-top lifestyle. A major cable network, along with the producers of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” and “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” is searching for a family that has all the material trappings one could want...and the household staff – personal chef, nanny, gardener, assistant, etc. - that help hold it all together. If you or your family relishes th...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7101/casting-call-wealthy-family.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/H1FBqKS0hro/riviera-tennis-club-partners.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7012/riviera-tennis-club-partners.html Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:27:43 -0700 The Riviera Tennis Club is proud to announce the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation as the beneficiary of this year’s ‘Pretty in Pink’ tennis tournament. The Club will host a doubles round robin tennis tournament on Wednesday, March 28th from 4-6pm. All men and women are invited; admission to play is $35.00 for members and $45.00 for non-members. To RSVP for the tournament, please e-mail Pam Austin at paustin@rccla.com or call 310.454-6162.“We are thrilled to be the beneficiary of thi...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-7012/riviera-tennis-club-partners.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/Ny7YF8tvFfI/tension-and-trauma-release.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6900/tension-and-trauma-release.html Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:27:43 -0700 David Berceli's TRE Technique, naturally TARGETS the PSOAS MUSCLES ELICITING NEUROGENIC TREMORS in the body, a controlled sustained shaking which releases deep chronic muscular tension in the body. The brain registers a reduction in pain signals and produces hormones that bring relief, relaxation and comfort, naturally and safely.Prices$150.00 Workshop Day 1 only$300.00 Workshop Day 1 2$400.00 Three-Day Level 1 Certification Training9:30 - 5:00 SAT, SUN, MONBring a yoga mat or a blanketSnacks...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6900/tension-and-trauma-release.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/u0KQcBpLx7g/alliance-for-women-in.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6835/alliance-for-women-in.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:27:43 -0700 The awards will be presented at a black-tie Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. This black-tie event will be hosted by Angela Kinsey of the award-winning TV show The Office. Local market, public and student award winners will be announced later this week.? ?In preparation for the awards Gala, Gracie Award statues are being engraved for such talented women as Christina Applegate, Giada de Laurentiis, Delilah, Angie Harmon and Rachel Maddow and in recognitio...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6835/alliance-for-women-in.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/i0_3mMm0uBk/slow-down-for-julia.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6724/slow-down-for-julia.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:43 -0700 On Friday, February 26, 2010 Julia Siegler was killed while rushing to catch a school bus. Since then her family has shown immense courage by starting, "Slow Down for Julia" in an to spare others their pain.The Archer School for Girls asks local drivers to renew their commitment to safe driving and reminds folks what school bus signals mean: Yellow Flashing Lights = SLOW DOWN!Red flashing lights / Stop sign arm extended = STOP!and offer other helpful hints to keep all of us safe. For ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6724/slow-down-for-julia.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/VD5B-l6eZnY/chess-for-success-spend.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6685/chess-for-success-spend.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Register NOW For 2012 SUMMER CHESS FUN! Register for one or both 2012 Summer Camps below. 2012 CHESS FOR SUCCESS SUMMER CAMP in Venice: Week#1 June 18-22; Week# 2 June 25-27 (week 2 is three days only);Week# 3 August 6-10; Week# 4 August 13-17; and Week#5 August 20-24. please e-mail : ijchess64@gmail.com for more info.2012 CHESS FOR SUCCESS SUMMER CAMP at John Thomas Dye School July 9-20 morning and afternoon sessions available. Watch your child blossom in a beautiful setting in a dynamic Su...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6685/chess-for-success-spend.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/nwiBYVZAyEA/cheers-to-jazzy-sundays.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6678/cheers-to-jazzy-sundays.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:27:43 -0700 First timers at the Sunday Jazz Brunch at Twist Restaurant in the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel Spa might think they have wandered into a private party of jazz fans. Everyone seems to know everyone else in the buffet line, the patrons flit table to table socializing, and the crowd and the performers on stage joke back and forth between numbers. The atmosphere is jovial and welcoming, and so long as you love jazz you are party of this family.Renowned jazz artists such as Stan Gilbert Trio Plus D ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6678/cheers-to-jazzy-sundays.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/HesPRz8I9Dg/living-large-at-mammoth.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6660/living-large-at-mammoth.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Despite the lack of snowfall earlier this ski season, there’s plenty of the white stuff at Mammoth Mountain, making for fantastic skiing and snowboarding. Angelenos planning their winter vacation in the Sierras can find a mountain of information to plan a trip at the Mammoth Mountain website (www.mammothmountain.com).Where to StayIf you crave the creature comforts of five-star accommodations, check out Tallus, a gated community of vacation rental homes near the heart of Mammoth Lakes, overloo...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6660/living-large-at-mammoth.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/xLF3JH3fQvE/mikey-jayy-s-2012.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6652/mikey-jayy-s-2012.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Music fans mark your calendars for the 2012 Artists In Music Awards, Friday, February 10 at the Key Club on the world famous Sunset Strip.The Artists In Music Awards promotes independent artists and was created to honor and recognize the best independent music artists from around the world in 21 categories and at the helm of it all is its entrepreneurial and talented host and creator, Mikey Jayy. Its inception began back when Jayy, who wanted to be a journalist, was in college. “I noticed a li...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6652/mikey-jayy-s-2012.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/h7U02LqpaWg/how-to-be-successful.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6649/how-to-be-successful.html Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Career and personal coach Marielys Camacho Reyes from MCR Success Coaching is releasing her first self-help book guided to help her readers shift their lives around and create a new attitude toward life and career. Marielys, what motivated you to write this book?Over the course of the years, I have experienced many challenges in my life. These challenges, along with my personal, professional, and educational experiences are the responsible forces for the person and the professional I am today. D...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6649/how-to-be-successful.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/eZEowPjKvv4/local-art-collectors-share.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6608/local-art-collectors-share.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:27:43 -0700 Gallerie Michael of Beverly Hills presented a panel of four highly experienced collectors at the 2012 Los Angeles Fine Art Show this weekend. They described serious art collecting programs as an effort to build communities of taste and as a meaningful pastime that also builds value over time.Bernie Sullivan collects paintings of the Barbizon School, almost all landscapes portraying the French countryside. He advises other collectors to plan a strategy and execute it with discipline. A veteran...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6608/local-art-collectors-share.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/4rPt7aj2Vlk/make-me-famous-ent.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6495/make-me-famous-ent.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:27:43 -0700 With a passion for making music and an emerging desire to be the next Katy Perry, Adele, Lil Wayne, or even the next Drake, artists are flocking to a new Web site that allows them to collaborate with other songwriters, producers, directors, and managers.Before Make Me Famous launched, artists had minimal to no resources when it came to making music. At best, they would sing a capella or re-use the instrumental beat from an old track, making it very difficult to create original music.And let’s ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6495/make-me-famous-ent.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/xkOjUR0IUq8/new-year-s-resolution.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6465/new-year-s-resolution.html Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:27:43 -0700 Get in ShapeAny personal trainer worth his or her salt will tell you that goals are essential in a health and fitness regimen. The EatSmart Precision GetFit Digital Body Fat Scale can help motivate you and help you stick to your goals as it tracks your daily progress by monitoring and analyzing weight, body fat, muscle composition and other metrics. The proprietary software accurately calculates body fat for a variety of body shapes and activity levels, and user ID technology stores personal d...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6465/new-year-s-resolution.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/mYSEkouMobE/new-year-new-news.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6469/new-year-new-news.html Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:27:43 -0700 Why do infants make snorting sounds during feedings? Is snoring normal in a toddler? Is it safe to give popcorn to a 2-year-old? How many colds a year are normal for a 5-year-old? Does air quality in the home affect a child's respiratory system? Find out the answers to these and other common questions in "Take a Deep Breath: Clear the Air for the Health of Your Child" (World Scientific Publishers -- set for January 2012 release), by Dr. Nina L. Shapiro, director of pediatric ear, nose ...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6469/new-year-new-news.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/inVImUVpaew/wilshire-barrington-project-downsizes.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6438/wilshire-barrington-project-downsizes.html Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:27:43 -0700 The Wilshire/Barrington project, planned for the northeast corner of that intersection, is moving forward as a 6-story apartment building (instead of a 28 story condo building). The new development will be called “the bw.” Monthly rents will range from $2,200 a month to $4,000. The project, by California Landmark, should be done by summer of 2013. Prior to this recent downsizing, the project was going to be a 23-story condominium development, but Ken Kahan, president of California Landm...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6438/wilshire-barrington-project-downsizes.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/il49MGyIqhg/sag-kicks-off-award.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6408/sag-kicks-off-award.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:27:43 -0700 Judy Greer (“The Descendants”) and Regina King (“Southland”) were greeted with a mixture of anticipation and excitement when they approached the podium to announce the nominees for the 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards.“The Help” dominated as the #1 feature film nominee, with four nominations, while “The Artist” came in second with three nominations.In TV, “Modern Family” emerged with an Ensemble nomination, and separate nominations for its actors: Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, T...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6408/sag-kicks-off-award.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/Sjv0ajonj9Q/eye-on-brentwood.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6329/eye-on-brentwood.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:27:43 -0700 Hollywood Elite Abandoning Beverly Hills and Moving to Brentwood and/or Malibu.It’s no secret that one of Southern California’s most elite new restaurants, Tavern, took over the failing former Hamburger Hamlet site in Brentwood where Brentwood residents Tom Hanks and Stephen Spielberg recently hosted a $35,000 a plate fund-raising dinner for President Barack Obama. The Tavern owners knew many of the Beverly Hills elite were abandoning that city to move their residences to Brentwood, Santa Mo...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6329/eye-on-brentwood.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Lifestyle-WestsideToday/~3/jAeB5pG_x9I/the-united-states-youth.html http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6325/the-united-states-youth.html Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:27:43 -0700 The USYVL is an instructional league that welcomes both boys and girls ages 7-15 to come out and enjoy our sensational eight week program where “Every Child Plays!” The USYVL helps to get kids active and teaches the fundamentals of volleyball such as serving, passing, setting, and spiking. Every player who registers will receive a uniform t-shirt, his/her own volleyball, and a participation medal.The league in Santa Monica meets at Clover Park, Wednesdays from 6:00pm -7:00pm and Saturdays 9:...http://www.westsidetoday.com/s11-6325/the-united-states-youth.html