Embracing a Concept in a Chaotic World: Small Occurrences Can Create a Vast Outcome — A man returned from sea after being gone for months to find a world virus-ridden with deaths, lockdown, and disorder. The world he knew when he departed on his journey was no more. A black man, accused of buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill, died after being thrown to…

And the Uncomfortable Truth About its Impact on our Environment — The latest trend in the fashion world is not exactly en vogue. In fact, it’s an ugly cloak on our environment. Our hunger for new, cheap, items creates a feeding frenzy between retailers and merchants with designers churning out collections more frequently, steering toward a trend of seasonless designs. Known…

As a Self-Professed Eternal Optimist, Quarantine Has Put Me on the Other Side of Sunshine — Our bodies are 90% water. I’m a walking head of cabbage with anxiety. These past weeks have been an experiment for each of us. Some are passing with flying colors, waving their hands in the front row sharing how they’ve re-invented themselves, sharing their enjoyment of the solitude, and how…

What all the Buzz is about — Could matcha be the missing link to our beauty woes, health problems, clarity concerns, and weight issues? Is it a fad that will fail you or is it a matcha made in heaven? What is Matcha? Up until a few short years ago, matcha (‘ma’ means ground; ‘cha’ means tea) stayed hidden in…

12 must-sees are just what we need right now during quarantine — Bad horror movies have become my newfound respite through hard times. People, these are hard times. We are sequestered while the world is shuddering, in close quarters with people we don’t like, running out of creative outlets, surprised and disheartened we did not inherit the Masters painting gene that we…

The Inconceivable Talent, who is taking TV by storm, will be debuting a new film, speaks out for the environment, and calls Malibu home. Cary Elwes is a busy guy these days.Actually that’s a gross understatement considering he recently joined the cast of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in its third season playing the vainglorious British actor Gavin Hawk, starred in season 3 of Stranger Things as Mayor Larry Kline of Hawkins for which he…

As numerous lawsuits, investigations, and the insurmountable loss from those who tragically died on January 26, 2020, we recount those final moments. Tears.Shock.Disbelief. These three words have forever marked January 26, 2020, the day Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others perished in a helicopter crash only miles from Malibu…

Attainable goals that make sense and will make your New Year your BEST ever (and during the pandemic) — **Writer’s note: I wrote this long before the pandemic; yet pretty much all of these still apply. Technology has kept us in touch. Life will resume. We’re in this together. A new decade has powered through the gates with unbridled strength and agility. Everything seems possible, almost easy. 2020. We’re…

Picking the right battle with your child — My youngest daughter inherited my thick hair gene, which is both good and bad. It is so thick, laden with knots most days and when we were in the South, the child had dreadlocks. She’s quite fastidious about her hair. We go through conditioner like wine in this house and…