Conscious Fashion · Sustainable Lifestyle · Exploring California
Around this time last year, I met one of my husband’s high school buddies for the first time. He mentioned that if I liked music, I should check out Amoeba. Not to be confused with a shape altering cell or organism, Amoeba is a large independent music chain that sells both new and used CDs […]
In this post, I will be discussing my love affair with second-hand clothing and listing my four favorite thrift stores in LA (aka charity shops to English folk). Thrift stores usually carry negative connotations. They’re often viewed as dingy, dirty places stocked with other people’s rejects. Why would you want to pay for other people’s refuse? Many […]
If you live in LA, you may have heard about the summer Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier. These appeal to everyone and anyone – the organisers have tried to include a diverse range of music from around the world. I’m a big fan of these events and have been to several. I […]
Let’s be realistic, the City of Angels isn’t known for its public transportation system. The consensus here and abroad is that if you’re in LA, you need a car. I have a car! Unfortunately, I don’t have a valid California driving license (through no lack of trying) so I have instead relied on buses and […]
I had my wisdom teeth removed last month. I feel like I’ve been initiated into a secret ‘teeth club,’-a club where dentistry is on a whole different level. I’m used to the obligatory, once a year, 5-minute check-up. The dentist reels off the alphabet backwards (or whatever it is they’re doing, reciting those letters!). I […]
Setting up a new home from scratch is a mammoth task. My husband and I like to think of ourselves as savvy shoppers and researched a bunch of ways to afford a place we’re happy with aesthetically, without spending an ungodly amount of money. The main reason we we’re so keen to invest time looking […]