If you’ve been reading this blog for long you know that my husband and many of my friends are big fans, not to mention personal success stories, of The Ashram week-long wellness programs in Los Angeles. We just found out that some of the staff left to open a wellness destination in the Santa Monica [...]
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Fred Segal – Santa Monica
June 16, 2010
I am so excited about this post, because back in my more jet-setting days Fred Segal was my favorite place on earth. Really. I would make up excuses to go to LA just to shop there. While there is also a Fred Segal in Hollywood, I was always partial to the more beachy Santa Monica [...]
Cora’s Coffee Shoppe – Santa Monica
April 4, 2010
I just got word of this cute little café and coffee shop from a dear friend in Los Angeles and I’m suddenly nostalgic for the days I spent studying (mixed with some shopping and sipping) in Santa Monica. Cora’s Coffee Shoppe has a pretty perfect menu, beginning with breakfast selections and graduating to salads, pastas, [...]
A Week Towards Wellness At The Ashram
August 6, 2009
One of my friends who has been everywhere and done everything just arrived home from The Ashram in the mountains of Santa Monica, and she’s already signed up to go back. This means this place is good! (Oh, and Oprah recommends it too.) The Ashram provides a hard core week-long program of yoga, hiking, and other [...]




