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Get Ready for Summer, Visit Brazilia

April 17, 2012 No Comment

Brazilia Skin Care offers affordable quality skin care services to busy professionals and walk in clients. With a location in La Jolla and a location in Del Mar, Brazilia is able to accommodate many people with their many types of services. Excelda Imerman, Licensed Esthetician and owner of Brazilia, is pleased to be able to […]

Are Waves the New Straight?

April 2, 2012 No Comment

Carmel Valley, have you heard that waves are back in? Unfortunately, the unruly, frizzy waves my hair naturally creates will never be in (at least we had the 80’s). It is with deep and undying reverence that I present to you, my styling goddess, Megan Carraher. After a horrible cut and highlights left me in […]

Carmel Valley Dance Students Measuring Up?

March 16, 2012 2 Comments

“Suzie wants to quit.” Suzie’s mom is in my office and she is dumb struck over Suzie’s desire to discontinue her dance studies. “She feels that she is doesn’t have the kind of talent other students have; she’s not getting anywhere with her dance. Others in her classes are promoting to higher class levels, auditioning […]

Local Community Service Club Volunteers at Muscle Walk

March 12, 2012 No Comment

Torrey Pines High School Key Club has been volunteering all over San Diego throughout the year. As the biggest Carmel Valley community service club at Torrey Pines High School, the Key Club never fails to gather groups of eager and dedicated high school students to help the community out in a variety of ways. Every week, […]

How do you love your child?

March 5, 2012 No Comment

In the book, The Five Love Languages of Children, Dr. Gary Chapman, PhD and Dr. Ross Campbell, MD, outline five ways kids (and all people) ‘express and interpret’ love. They are: Words of affirmation Spending quality time Receiving gifts Acts of service Physical touch According to the book, every child has one dominant way of […]

Local Project Focused on Sustainability

February 24, 2012 2 Comments

If there’s one thing One Paseo is not, it’s certainly not being proposed without sustainability in mind. The Carmel Valley project has been registered with the certification goal of LEED Silver (Leadership in Energy Efficient and Environmental Design) under the LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system. LEED-ND certification provides independent, third-party verification that a developments […]

Gonzales Canyon Cleanup Project

February 21, 2012 No Comment

February 11, 2012. Gonzales Canyon. Torrey Pines High School Key Club has been volunteering all over San Diego in the month of February. As the biggest community service club at Torrey Pines High School, the Key Club never fails to gather groups of eager and dedicated high school students to help the community out in […]

Miss Representation: You Can’t Be What You Can’t See

February 9, 2012 No Comment

Local Non-Profits Present the Documentary Film, Miss Representation; aims to Empower Youth to Speak Out Against Stereotypes and Labels Created by the Media. It’s those millions of TV viewers, magazine subscribers, and web surfers everyday that are subjected to the exploitation of women. It’s right under our noses, and yet we fail to think twice […]

2012 Launch & Benefit Event

January 24, 2012 No Comment

You can tell a lot about a person by the things they volunteer their time towards. Why you may ask? Well, when someone volunteers to do something, they usually do so because the underlining cause resonates with their overall mission in life, and the reward of participating is more than a good enough reason to […]

An Inspiring Mix: Hip Hop & Contemporary Dance

January 11, 2012 2 Comments

Today, hip hop music and hip hop dance has become an integral part of today’s culture. Though it originated in the 1970’s, no longer is it the back alley dance style that ignited the freestyle battles or competitions of dancers breaking, popping and locking to the hip hop beat of rap music on the streets of […]

Katrina’s Flames

January 4, 2012 4 Comments

Torrey Pines Sophomore and Outside The Lens Youth Councilor, Layla Mazdyasni, shares a story on how a Carmel Valley family tries to rebuild after a devastating fire. A not so typical mid-autumn day: Flames burning, hearts racing, thoughts jumbling. The house slowly begins to burn to the ground; firemen rush in. A rough day for […]

Carrying His Daughter’s Legacy Forward

December 8, 2011 No Comment

“No father ever signs up to be the keeper of his daughters legacy. No father ever signs up to take his daughter accomplishments, and the template that she created for what it really means to be a powerful woman in the world, and carry it forward. I however, found myself in that very situation.” -Ken […]