Barista “Open Sesame Vol 2: Press Rewind”
“Open Sesame Vol 2: Press Rewind” is the second release from Barista’s five volume, 26 song epic album. Which, honestly, is a really interesting way of releasing music. This is Barista’s third album to date, all this from a man who has only been making music for the past eight years.
Wise John “A Wonderful World” Album Release
Wise John’s album “A Wonderful World” is part Rufus Wainwright, part Danny Elfman and all folksy, soulful, jazz rock poet.
Best Vegan Cookies – 3 Ways
These are the best vegan cookies recipes I’ve ever tried. Triple Chocolate Cookie, S’Mores Cookie and Oatmeal and Raisin Cookie, so this video has something for everyone.
These vegan cookies are very easy and you can change any of them up by checking out this vegan cookie dough recipes.
Perfect for lunch boxes and snacks but make sure you make plenty because they’ll be gone before you know it.
Comment below to let me know if there is anything you’d like me to make.
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Triple Chocolate Cookies:
- 200g Butter
- 150g Light Brown Sugar
- 130g Granulated Sugar
- 1 Flax Egg
- 2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tbsp Vanilla
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 100g Dark Chocolate
- 100g White Chocolate
- 60g Cocoa Powder
- 340g Plain Flour
Oatmeal & Raisin Cookies:
- 200g Butter
- 130g Granulated Sugar
- 130g Dark Brown Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla
- 2 Flax Egg
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Cinnamon
- 150g Raisins
- 270g Plain Flour
- 270g Rolled Oats
S’Mores Cookies:
- 200g Butter
- 150g Light Brown Sugar
- 130g Granulated Sugar
- 1 Flax Egg
- 1 Tbsp Vanilla
- 2 Tsp Baking Powder
- 1 Tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 200g Dark Chocolate
- 400g Plain Flour
- 75g Marshmallows
Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:17 Triple Chocolate Cookie 1:34 Oatmeal & Raisin 2:29 S’Mores Cookie
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Gritty In Pink Pop-Up Show at Pitfire Pizza
It’s finally here! After a year of pandemic-era livestreams, Gritty In Pink is returning to the stage, live and in person on Thursday, July 8 at Pitfire Pizza in the NoHo Arts District.
Meet Frankie Smith, a NoHo Storyboard Artist
The unofficial NoHo motto is: “NoHo is only as great as its people.” This summer we are highlighting some of our awesome creative neighbors. This week we feature a North Hollywood visual artist. Meet Frankie Smith, a NoHo storyboard artist.
The Renegade Reopens July 6
We are doing a North Hollywood restaurant and bar series so our neighborhood gets to know the fun and unique local hangouts in the NoHo Arts District. This week we feature The Renegade reopening their doors on July 6.
Aman Jagwani “This Place” (feat. Anubhua Kaul) Album Release
Aman Jagwani’s “This Place” album featuring Anubhua Kaul is remarkable. Soulful jazz, brilliant layers of melody.
Life-Size Presidential Statues
Explore the Life-Size Statues of all our American Presidents at City of Presidents Walk in Rapid City, South Dakota.
What Should Truck Businesses Consider Before Buying Insurance?
Insurance is one of the many costs truck businesses face. The important thing is to be successful in the industry, to keep up with the expenses. Even if buying insurance might look like you’re going to spend a fortune, it helps your business to save money in the long run. It also protects you in case of accidents. It’s not desirable for truck companies to spare on buying insurance as accidents can happen at any time.
If you have a truck company, it’s essential to buy insurance.
Keep in mind that certification is essential when buying any type of insurance for your business. You can find more info about the operator’s warranty on their site, or contact one of the councils to ask for details. You should also check the ratings and determine if they have good financial measures, as the provider must pay for the damage in case of an accident.
Also, before buying insurance from a company, make sure you check how fast they solve cases. You can fill a claim with the insurance company, but it might take a while until the recovery process is done.
Types of policies
Insurance companies offer many kinds of coverage types for truck companies that can vary according to the services the insurer is focused on. It’s easy to find out what policies a company can provide as these are listed on their web page. Thus, you can compare their features and determine which one works best for you. Beside the common type of insurance all companies buy, truck companies need Bobtail insurance. Learn all about Bobtail insurance through your insurance agent.
Read the policy and determine the specific coverage it offers you. Don’t sign in anything before reading all the details. You need to know what aspects the insurance policy covers.
However, being a business owner comes with a lot of responsibility. For most people, keeping their business in place and well-protected (find the right coverage) can come with a lot of challenges. As you want to protect your business, your vehicles must be protected as well. Therefore, choose a truck insurance that fits your requirements best. Although it might seem like a daunting process, it doesn’t have to be like that.
For this reason, it’s important to consider the type of truck you have. Basically, trucks are qualifying as:
- Light-Duty
- Medium-Duty
- Heavy-Duty
By determining the type of truck you have, you will be able to consider what type of coverage to buy. Once you will know the type of truck you handle, you will begin looking at all the different types of commercial truck insurance available out there. This is how you’ll know what coverage plan could work best for you.
Choose the best insurance company – the demand for commercial truck insurance is huge, so given this fact, you might want to get quotes from different companies. You have many options available, so why not chose the best in the market?
Our Dogs Are Bored!
What is the best way to keep on the straight and narrow for a person? Usually it’s to find a way to keep our mind busy. Dogs are the same. Oftentimes, our dogs are bored!
Where Will You Watch the NBA Finals?
The NBA Finals are quickly approaching, and anyone who is a fan of basketball will be tuning in around the globe to watch all the action unfold. There are four teams left after progressing through the earlier rounds of the play-offs, and no matter who wins, whether it be the Clippers, the Suns, the Hawks or the Bucks, it will be their first championship win in more than half a century.
Key Differences Between American Football and Soccer
Depending on where in the world a person might be, the word ‘football’ can mean two very different sports.
Gregory Abbott “Summer in The City” Single Release
What we need more than every is a joyful, soulful summer. Gregory Abbott’s new single “Summer in the City” goes a long way to helping us get there.
Louise Aubrie “Last” Single Release
Louise Aubrie’s “Last” single review from her forthcoming album “Antonio.” “Love is a four-letter word”…classic rock pop songstress mode.
Artist Spotlight on Cynthia Ann Swan
A vibrant, gem of the desert is the only way artist Cynthia Ann Swan can be described. With a warm, welcoming smile and purple hair, Swan invited us into her art studio, which is located on her property in Lancaster, CA.
Republic of Pie Reopens June 25 with Live Music.
We are doing a North Hollywood restaurant and bar series so our neighborhood gets to know the fun and unique local hangouts in the NoHo Arts District. This week we feature a NoHo locals’ favorite – Republic of Pie – where they combine pie, coffee and tea, music and fun! Republic of Pie reopens June 25 with live music.
How to Dress a Child for Different Weather?
Yesterday it was warm summer weather, and today it rains again, and fog is promised. How to dress a child for a walk if the temperature ranges from hot to warm to cold, it might rain at any moment, and the weather forecasts warn of hurricanes and severe thunderstorms every other day? Let’s find out how many layers of clothing a child needs to stay warm and not to get cold.
“MOTEL 66” Head East Theater Review
“MOTEL 66″ theater review, the HEAD EAST evening presented by the Group Rep Theatre (GRT) at the Lonny Chapman Theatre. Finally, some live theatre! Really live. In the flesh.
How to Motivate Yourself at Your Job
Life will always have its ups and downs. In some cases, however, the downs can affect you to the point you lose all sense of motivation, especially when it comes to your job. Motivation is what spurs us to do our best and reach our personal goals. But if you’re stuck in a rut, finding it can be tough. Without the proper motivation, your work performance can be severely impacted and can put you at risk of losing your career. If you’ve recently found yourself losing incentive to continue on in your career, you’ve come to the right place. Below are a few ways to help you motivate yourself at work.
Dental Office Room Design for Optimum Performance
An efficient office design is indispensable for today’s healthcare practice. The market competition is challenging as you need to build a good reputation as a doctor in your circle. Creating an efficient design for a medical practitioner’s room can be tricky; it involves considering aesthetics and the architecture. Moreover, doctors also need to incorporate technology and furnishings into their practice rooms.
“MOTEL 66” Go West Theater Review
“MOTEL 66″ theater review, the GO WEST evening. Theater is BACK in NoHo. Welcome to a new experience at The Group Rep…The Yard, which offers live outdoor theater.
Movie Reviews: In the Heights; The Wrath of Man
Movie reviews of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit turned film In the Heights and Guy Ritchie reuniting with Jason Statham in The Wrath of Man.
Kathy Ireland Launches a CBD Brand
Supermodel turned ultra-successful entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist, Kathy Ireland, recently joined the CBD industry.
Kathy Ireland Worldwide (kiWW) has been successful in making a full lifestyle brand and is responsible for burgeoning retail sales including home furniture, fashion, housewares, jewelry, pets, fintech, rugs, and much more.
Prior to social media becoming the massive driver that it is today, and even before the implementation of the 2018 US Farm Bill when industrial hemp was officially removed from the Controlled Substances Act, celebrities were still relatively unlikely to endorse cannabis and CBD products.
However, in 2021, that’s no longer the case. Celebrities from actress Emma Roberts to Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio have become CBD’s biggest advocates. Others, including the MMA Heavyweight Champion, Mike Tyson, and the eldest of the Kardashian’s sisters, Kourtney Kardashian, have launched their own brands.
It is quite common for celebrities and TV personalities to jump on bandwagons. Thus, it is hardly a surprise that they are entering the hemp-derived CBD market.
A 2021 research report (as featured in Global News Wire), Facts and Factors estimated that the global Industrial Hemp Market will reach $36 billion by 2026. Then again, Ireland has a different stand regarding CBD celebrity endorsements.
In her interview, Ireland told Cheddar News that:
“Celebrity brands are great, however, that’s never been our DNA. That’s not what we are. It takes more than an autographed photo to really build a business and bring these great products to market.”
“I get accused of being a control freak. I prefer to think of it as passionate,” she added.
Fight Against CBD Stigma
In her statement regarding her partnership with Isodiol, as featured in Cosmetics Design, entitled, “kathy ireland Health & Wellness to launch CBD skin care products,” published on Jan. 9, 2018, Kathy Ireland, who was the chairman emeritus and chief brand strategist for Level Brands at that time, told the press, “One of the many responsibilities in this new venture is, for me, personally to serve as Educator in Chief about cannabidiol, and how it is used by Isodiol.”
She further explains, “this company is leading the strategy of appropriate uses of hemp derivatives, and Isodiol products are free of THC.”
“It’s ironic,” says Ireland “that people find controversy in the powerfully useful hemp plant. Without THC, hemp has many natural and important uses, which are beneficial in countless ways. We need people to please understand that hemp, without THC, is similar to a grape without fermentation. What the Isodiol team has done is, bring the best qualities of hemp-derived CBD to the market without any psychotropic element, whatsoever.”
With CBD and hemp-derived products growing in popularity, there are usually misconceptions about what CBD companies do. Nevertheless, Kathy Ireland, who is working to end the CBD stigma, encourages people to do their research.
A Long History with Hemp
In a 2020 article published by Forbes entitled, “Kathy Ireland Talks Hemp, CBD, and Fun Times with Warren Buffet, Bill Gates,” the author explained that despite having discovered cannabidiol relatively recently, Kathy Ireland has had a close association with hemp for decades.
In fact, she shared that when she began her own brand, kathy ireland Worldwide, in 1993, she launched with only one product–a pair of socks. Interestingly enough, those socks were made of hemp and recycled soda pop bottles.
“So, it’s been a product that we’ve worked with from the beginning. Then when we got into the home industry and began designing and marketing rugs. Those rugs were also made with hemp,” Ireland told Forbes.
Business Partners
Level Brands Inc., an innovative marketing and licensing company that provides bold, socially responsible, and unconventional branding, and former Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, Kathy Ireland, as mentioned in Cash Crop Today, have specialized in brand management for customer products involved in the beauty, art, health & wellness, as well as fashion industries. Together, they are responsible for branding the new products in an appealing and bold way to consumers.
As of January 2018, Ireland announced their partnership with Isodiol International Inc.– a Canadian-based manufacturer and a global bioactive phytoceutical innovator, specializing in the development of wellness and pharmaceutical products.
Their new CBD products launched involve CBD oral sprays marketed under BeTrū and kathy ireland Health & Wellness; a CBD pain-relieving cream, marketed under LEVB subsidiary Ireland Men One, and CBD edibles, which was marketed under Chef Andre Carthen Edibles.
Having reliable business partners is one of the key factors to achieving business success. If you’re thinking about launching a CBD product line, you’ll want to create alliances with industry experts who know the process from start to finish. Like Kathy Ireland’s partnership with Level Brands, you can hire a team to launch your CBD brand for you.
All About Wellness: Partnership with Vertical Wellness
Just this March 2021, Forbes announced that Vertical Wellness–an industry leader in the hemp-derived CBD health and wellness space–has teamed with kathy ireland Worldwide for CBD products in Greg Petro’s interview with Smoke Wallin, CEO of Vertical Wellness, and Kathy Ireland.
Among the thousand CBD companies in the United States, Vertical Wellness was the only company Ireland was interested in. According to Forbes, for her, it was all about relationships.
The entrepreneur further explained that she chose to work with Vertical Wellness because of Smoke Wallin.
“Smoke is such a great leader,” she said throughout the conversation, bringing up the CEO’s commitment to employing and honoring America’s military veterans.
“What struck our team is his integrity and the way he works with people in his farms, how people are treated. That’s amazing,” she continued.
“My dad worked in labor relations with farmworkers, specifically Cesar Chavez… So how people are treated has always been at the forefront… I see myself working with him for many, many years.”
Ireland also explained she liked the vertical integration of Vertical Wellness across the company. On top of that, there is a quality component. The entrepreneur says that she also finds comfort in Vertical’s reliable products in a hemp CBD market landscape, which, according to her, feels like “the Wild West.”
“Many of the products out there today are “passing trends. What Vertical does is lasting, and it’s solid,” she said, quoting Marcus Lemonis: “Marcus says ‘people, products, process.’ But people first.”
“This is not a celebrity endorsement, this is a real, full-blown partnership,” she concluded.
Cheddar News announced that Ireland’s new CBD brand, The kathy ireland Health & Wellness CBD Solutions line, in partnership with hemp and CBD company, Vertical Wellness along with her namesake brand kathy ireland Worldwide (kiWW), will include five infused skin care products and five wellness-focused products. The serums, body butter, creams, and cleansers will contain anywhere from 20-500 milligrams of CBD, and items on the website range in price from $29.99 to $69.99.
Going Back to In-Person Acting Class.
Wow, it’s been 15 months that we have been unable to teach classes in our North Hollywood studio. But, now we are going back to in-person acting classes.