HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS!

PREGNANCY POEM I love my babies and loved that they were inside me. But, I was never one of those pregorexic LA moms strutting down the boulevard. I was in endless amorphous maxi dresses and Haviana flip flops. These were my sentiments when I was knocked up with Eliana. It was my emotional purge. I…
DR. SAAM MORSHED The term “hero” is thrown around loosely and indiscriminately nowadays, leading readers to gloss over cover stories where “HERO” is in large bold caps. However, when someone either overcomes incredible odds or is someone who rescues an individual who cannot help him/herself, then that story should not be overlooked. Dr. Saam Morshed’s story is…
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All eyes will soon be on Santa Monica born, Encino raised music video director Mazik Saevitz. Today Mazik meets me on a relaxed chocolate colored leather couch at Caffe Primo on Sunset Plaza. His ensemble is crafted, and his polite demeanor exudes sophistication and confidence. He is the creative guy’s Rain Man with voluminous cerebral folds. With an…
Maurissa (“Mo”, “Meesa” to her friends) Tancharoen Whedon is a Thai Thumbelina — miniature, beautiful, adventurous, wise. Heightening the bar for all Renaissance women, Maurissa has achieved more in her thirty-ish years than people do in a lifetime, providing plentiful color to feed a perseverance-showcasing memoir. She holds a tremendous beauty (the kind enabling LA’s ubiquitous…
If Amanda Reno attended ‘Sweet Valley High’ instead of Beverly Vista and Beverly high, Jessica Wakefield would have been gawking with green-eyed envy. Reno’s the sun-kissed Italian-American Angeleno with permanent residency at Café Med — a California lady greeting friends and passerbys, always exuding warmth and affection. If you haven’t run into her at the Sunset…