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12 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 13 GINA MARI / Anne Herwick Stedman PHILLIP WOLFF | 08/2014 PROFILE gina mari PhillipWolff by Sarah Ollenburger and Alessandra Brus by Anne Herwick Stedman n Beverly Hills, when you hear “Celebrity profile fashion events. In 2011 Philip le% Privé and IHair Stylist”, ideas of grandeur and arrived at Shades Natural Hair Salon, where he is now With her unique approach to exaggerated personalities come to mind. a partner and co-owner. When he was learning the art of hair, Philip’s skincare renewal, Gina Marí is Individuals that have created a “larger than mentor gave him four keys to success; learn as much at the forefront of the newest life” persona of themselves in one of the as you can as fast as you can, always remain teachable, skincare technologies and most glamorous cities in California. follow the cause and the money will follow and never Wolff’s three tips for advanced science. As co-owner of Shades Natural Hair Color Studio hoard your knowledge. Philip has always believed keeping your hair healthy and with a client list that includes the Kardashians, that education is key in keeping the hair and styling this summer: Halle Berry, Brooke Burke, and Quentin Tarantino, industry relevant. He has made educating others his 1 Drink tons of water. just to name a few, Philip Wolff has earned his spot way of giving back to an industry that has given him so Hydrate! as one of the largest in the industry with the celebrity much. He loves to inspire people and continues to be 2 Use a serum once a list to match. What makes Philip so unique is that inspired by others. LDF50 Hair & Co (www.id50hair. day in the morning. regardless of his success and fame in this industry, his com) was created by Wolff and longtime friend Chief Wolff recommends the humility and desire to give back puts him in a league Behr to share this education. As Wolff says, “Our Wolff Behr Serum as of his own. mission at LD50 Hair & Co is to connect with fellow it provides hydration, Cutting hair was never on Philip’s weightlessness and hairstylists worldwide and to provide them with an anti-aging benefits. radar as a child. He had never been alternative choice in education to help take their inner to a salon as his mother was always 3 Free yourself from artist to the next level and beyond. We are not here to your thermal styling. doing hair and would be the one to reinvent education but rather allow hairstylists Don’t blow-dry or curl cut Philip’s. Over time he learned to to take our method of education to every day. cut hair and would provide favors further their creative career and use for friends but it was a position in a it on a daily basis, whether it be in a computer company that was his first salon behind the chair, during a Favorite hangouts profession. Here he was, a young photo shoot, on set, runway or on Dong Il Jang 3455 W. 8th St professional making great money when suddenly, in themselves.” !ey are bringing the ff Chosun Galbee 1998, he was laid o and had no idea where he should balance of celebrity stylists and 3330 W. Olympic Blvd. go from there. While looking for a job he would cut well-known industry stylists his friends’ hair, and one day someone suggested he together to teach the trends and I have to admit that I hit my late 30’s this year and I’m starting to notice some slight Gina’s Skincare Tips look into becoming a stylist. He showed up at a Toni positively influence the industry. changes in my face. I’m talking about those fine lines that just seem to pop up out of and Guy studio in a quiet suburb of Washington !eir goal? To teach instinct in a nowhere, and the brown spots that tend to appear when I’m in the sun with no hat for 1 Sunscreen and hats are a D.C. with no education or experience, looking for an technical way. It is a new way of apprenticeship. !e opportunity he received that day longer than 10 minutes. must, even when going outside doing things in an industry that has to get the mail. would change the course of his life and career. become comfortable in their ways. I decided I needed a new strategy in skincare. I want to look natural and I know Given a chance by the owner, Wolff began learning And shaking things up is exactly there are ways to make improvements without doing Stop stressing so much!! everything there was to know about cutting and ff 2 what Wol intends to do. anything too drastic. I have found the solution with skin The stress of not having that coloring hair. He attended hair shows and absorbed all When Wolff is not in the guru GINA MARI in Beverly Hills. Gina took one look at cookie after lunch is worse the knowledge he could. He felt at home in the salon studio he loves spending and began to truly feel like himself. my skin and knew exactly what to do. And by skin I don’t on your skin than actually time with his 3-year-old having it. Just do everything in He had found his niche. son and 15-month-old mean just mean my face – we’re talking my whole body. moderation. Earning $187 a week at Toni & Guy, doing daughter. I got the works! everything he could to climb his way up, his skills !ere is no doubt ff Only worry what you look like continued to develop and his instincts kicked in. Wolff ff She started me o with dry and wet microdermabrasions 3 Philip Wol is an to exfoliate me from head to toes. !en she moved on to at arms length, because that’s began to set his eyes on larger markets as he pursued artistic genius when a position at the UK-based company PR & Partners in an oxygen facial, which nourished and revitalized my skin with vitamins and enzymes. how people really see you. it comes to the Give yourself a break! You look Washington D.C. He has always valued the education technique of I also got a microcurrent around my eyes and saw instant results. My brows and eyes great. he had been given in Maryland and soon became an cutting and styling looked li%ed in no time, and what mom doesn’t need that? To top it all off I got the Educator and Artistic Director of the Chevy Chase hair. He just gets it. LED !erapy which made my skin absolutely glow. I walked out of there and didn’t No picking at your skin!! It location and began to help those who were learning His passion and 4 % % need makeup all day because my skin looked so flawless. only makes it worse. Leave the cra . A er six years of success in D.C., Philip was authenticity makes ready for his next stop: Los Angeles. Going to see Gina Mari is an absolute must. You will feel younger and more that kind of thing for us him a diamond in professionals ;) In 2004, Wolff was offered a chair at Privé, the the rough. beautiful instantly. premier Beverly Hills salon. At that time, Privé was Gina Mari If you’re going to do fillers, looking for someone to go to Korea to help open the 5 do them moderately. Too salon in the newest W hotel in the world. !is was an Shades 9350 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 204 Beverly Hills, CA 90212 % T: (310) 275-4882 (310) 276-7601 much and it starts not to look incredible opportunity for Philip and he took it. A er 9 natural. months in Korea he returned to Beverly Hills, and over 144 S. Doheny Drive. 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14 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 15 BLOG SPOTLIGHT | TO LIVE AND DIET IN LA/ Whitney English INSIDE OUT BEAUTIFUL / Alli McGinnis /08/2014

I started to blog several years ago when I was working in the cosmetic industry. It began BLOG SPOTLIGHT as a place to share my favorite beauty trends URBAN and secrets. I loved helping women feel good BOHEMIAN about themselves as I helped transform them June 20, 2014 with a few easy steps, a handful of makeup Believe it or not I am Hi, I’m Whitney. I’m a journalist and host here MARIA MENOUNOS’ brushes and a lipstick. I worked in beauty to practically dressed in the heart of Los Angeles, and the author 3 TIPS FOR A HOT in head to toe Target! support my acting career and soon realized I behind the nutrition and fitness blog, To Live & BIKINI BOD This maxi skirt is Diet in L.A. June 30, 2014 loved performing on stage for the same reason so comfortable When I first moved to Hollywood to work at I’m a big fan of Maria I loved working in beauty. I LOVE making and stylish and it’s Menounos. If you’ve under $20! It’s the E! News, I was fascinated by celebrities. How people feel good about themselves and I was read this blog for able to do that behind a makeup brush and on perfect piece for did they look so beautiful, skinny, and fabulous my transitional post a while then you stage. A%er several grueling years of pounding all the time?! probably already pregnancy wardrobe. the pavement as an actress and making my way I made it my mission to find out. know that. I covered up the corporate cosmetic latter I finally landed Every time I interviewed an actress, I grilled the release of her SKINNY TEX MEX EveryGirl’s Guide my dream job as an actress in a Broadway them on their diet and exercise routine and BEAN QUINOA to Life a few years Musical. I traveled the country for almost a their tips for staying fit. CASSEROLE ago, interviewed her year with the show and discovered so much I quickly learned, there’s no magic potion. when she scored June 3, 2014 more about myself in the process. I continued This dish is an ideal Despite what you see in Carl’s Jr. ads, these a Shape cover two summers ago, and to blog and realized that I had way more to casserole for any lovely ladies are just like us. !ey work even featured her as share than just beauty tips. My goal was to mexican food lover. incredibly hard for their hot bods and stick to my Girl Crush of the The quinoa is an create a happy and healthy place where I could excellent substitute very strict diets. Month when I worked write and help women feel beautiful inside and at SheKnows. for rice (you wont Not everyone does it the right way though, out. even miss it)! This which is one of the main reasons I started this this also the perfect WATERMELON While my topics tend to be focused on trend blog. I wanted to take the positive lessons I’ve setting beauty buys, healthy recipes, and style meal to pair with learned and share them with other people CAPRESE SALAD “my favorite food,” June 18, 2014 tips, you will now read about the latest and looking to lose weight, look great, or simply avocado! Serve this In celebration of greatest strollers, organic baby products and dish at your first improve their health. And, I wanted to debunk summer, today I’m the struggles and triumphs of motherhood. outdoor summer any harmful myths perpetuated by Hollywood serving up a fun take !is came as a result of my husband and I dinner party. Pair on the traditional along the way. welcoming our first baby boy into the world with some home But the more I learned about exercise and Caprese salad, made margaritas and incorporating warm this last February. you are sure to be nutrition, the more I realized how much I still weather’s most My personal style is constantly evolving a hit! didn’t know. So in September 2013, I decided in demand fruit: especially in my new role as a mom, so my blog to go back to school to pursue my long-time Watermelon. will naturally evolve with it. I’m more aware of A DAY AT THE dream of becoming a Registered Dietician. I what looks best on my body type now instead SKINNY TANGELO GETTY VILLA am currently taking the prerequisites I’ll need of trying to make every trend work for me. My TEQUILA SANGRIA April 23, 2014 (lot’s of Chemistry, eek) to enter a Master’s We have lived in May 2, 2014 makeup and hair routine is less complicated, Santa Monica for Program for Nutrition, while still working the It has a nice ring to as I’m lucky to spend 15 minutes on myself 8 years and I have occasional star-studded event! it, right? these days. However, I now know how to always wanted to go ! I know what you’re is blog is a chronicle of my balancing accessorize a simple maxi dress from day to to the Getty Villa. thinking though: act between fitting into the outrageous world night and in just 5 easy steps I can tell you This past Friday we “Tequila and Sangria, finally made it there. of entertainment and maintaining a happy, hold up.” what 5 makeup products will leave you with healthy, and mostly normal life. Don’t be closed- glowing summer skin. Although my style and What you can expect to find here: minded my Cinco topics will constantly be evolving my goal to de Drinko amigos, • Recipes for healthy versions of your create a happy and healthy place where women I wouldn’t lead you feel beautiful inside and out will always stay favorite unhealthy dishes astray with a cocktail the same. • Diet & fitness myths debunked that was less than ay, caramba-worthy. • Interviews with celebrities and health industry professionals Alli McGinnis is an actress and singer (most recently seen in the Broadway National Tour of • Fun fitness routines TO LIVE AND DIET IN LA Wicked), pilates instructor, former educational INSIDE OUT...BEAUTIFUL • Lots of pictures of my crazy dog Mr. Chow liveanddiet.com makeup artist and Vegan...ish foodie. I started allimcginnis.com this blog in 2010 to document my passion for Whitney English is a Hollywood reporter. She has worked at E! 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Margarita (Maggie) studied her cra% in Italy, working with the Denzel, Niessing, Gathmann, Etienne Perret, Varna, Beverley K, ike the setting in a rare gem, the finest artisans in Florence, perfecting her technique and learning Hikari, Jerry Spaulding, Todd Bracken and Enric Torres. newly relocated Servis and Taylor the art of jewelry making. Carlos learned his stone setting and metal Trunk shows twice a year are a great opportunity to hear visiting L ff is placed squarely in the center of smithing at Ti anys, among other places. She met Carlos at GIA designers talk about their new collections in person. (Gemological Institute of America) and they formed the perfect Established designers in their own right, Maggie and Carlos have Brentwood Gardens. On my visit, cases of partnership – as a married couple but also as business partners. been creating their own collection too, over the past years under contemporary and elegant jewelry in the Together, they merge their complementary skills to create perfect the Luszek Studio brand, which they sell in store. In 2005, Maggie windows draw me in to what looks like a pieces of jewelry – designer and artisan working in proximity. had the honor of being invited by the Mexican gallery, rather than a store. Once inside, I Carlos giving form to Maggie’s visual creations. consulate to design an exhibit with Sea of Cortez fi see sculptural designs from award winning At Servis and Taylor the workshop is in the back room of the pearls. Some pieces of that ne exhibition can be store. !is makes it more convenient for clients to discuss their seen in store. designers, sitting alongside vintage estate ideas with the designer as well as the artisan cra%ing their designs. We talk pleasantly for so long that we don’t jewelry and displays of colored stones – Indebted to their mentor, Michael Taylor, for their start in the notice the time is 7pm. I glean a couple of all curated by owners Margarita Szekely business, and true to his guidance, Maggie and Carlos continue insights as Carlos interrupts us to fetch their two and her husband Carlos Lusso. his values through their personal service, full disclosure, attention children from a playdate. !e familial aspect is ! !ey took over the business from to detail and transparency. e transparency is apparent from always present. Secondly, I am struck by their the conflict-free diamonds which they acquire from the Victor sheer dedication and discipline, as I watch them Richard Servis and Michael Taylor in 2011. Diamond Company in Canada. Every diamond’s provenance can lovingly empty each jewelry case for the night, Maggie had been working as in-house be tracked, and you can rest assured that every stone has caused no knowing they have to re-place each piece in designer with them for the previous 18 harm to the miners. exactly the same way the next, and every morning and night. years, and she was their natural successor In the coming months this transparency will be carried through Scouting Beverly Hills and Santa Monica for 5 years, Maggie and ! fi when Mr. Servis and Mr. Taylor retired. literally. ey are in the process of installing a window in the back Carlos nally found their ideal location in Brentwood, so if you’re wall, allowing customers to see through to the workshop, thus in the neighborhood, take the opportunity to visit this remarkable ensuring perfect accountability. jewelry store. Maggie’s calm manner, akin to a curator of an art Visitors to the store will notice it is more a gallery than a gallery, makes it a very un-intimidating and educational experience. store. Alongside the rows of custom designs are exclusive design 11677 San Vicente Blvd. Suite 110, CA 90049. T: 310 442 6644 collections curated from award winning designers, including 11am-6pm Tuesday to Saturday. Monday by appointment. Stephen Kretchmer, Michael Good, George Sawyer, Henrich & servisandtaylor.com

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Stephen Kretchmer Michael Good Jean-Francois Albert George Sawyer Stephen Kretchmer has o%en been Transforming a single sheet of metal Jean-François Albert’s world sparkles George Sawyer is the originator and referred to as the most innovative into an undulating organic form, with unique, exquisite diamonds recognized master of gold mokume designer to ever hit the jewelry using only a hammer and stake, is and colored gemstones luxuriously gane, or “wood-grain metal”, a scene. World renowned for his the art of Anticlastic Raising. !is cradled in gold or platinum, in a Japanese metal folding technique eighteen karat blue gold, purple gold, Bronze Age metalworking technique style that flatters both the jewel and originally made in colored steel. gold hokum game and other magical was rediscovered by, and perfected the hand that wears it. Each design Each one-of-a-kind set of rings is precious metals. He has captured in large part by Michael Good, an is a trademarked original. Each is made of mirror image patterns, as mysterious, yet fundamental forces award winning jewelry designer and a masterpiece made possible by his unique as fingerprints. Since the of nature, and transformed them sculptor. distinctive artistry, incomparable company’s beginning in 1972, every into timeless works of art. Stephen’s cra%smanship, and endlessly creative piece is designed and handmade in signature tension-set jewelry and mind. His clean and understated George Sawyer’s Minneapolis studio. magnetic Polarium platinum jewelry lines can be seen throughout his have revolutionized fine jewelry collections of signature bridal rings, design. contemporary diamond rings and masterful, colored stone jewelry pieces.

18 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 19 LIPSTICK SISTER / Nikki Joel HENSI MORRIS / 08/2014

with. Part of the reason the group has the name ‘sister’ in the title of the ways to accomplish this is by having other women accepting is that a woman should have a feeling of sisterhood over and above them and offering support. !at is what we are hoping to do with Lipstick Sister what typical best friend might be. our new little sister month. We hold them at private houses, program. We really How do you think this differs from others women’s groups? Hensi Morris founded the women’s network Lipstick Sister to restaurants, etc. Sometimes we have speakers want woman to love or authors. We have some members who are A lot of the groups which are empowering women and giving support women in their business and social life. It’s a winning themselves. professional singers, and they perform for us their members the tools “Lipstick sisters want to see fi combination of beauty, friendship and power. occasionally. We may have a product launch or a to succeed, are more Any nal advice? Interview by Nikki Joel fashion show. their friends succeed, look professional based. I Be proud of who you out for each other and are wanted our group to be a are, love yourself – and Are you affiliated with any charities? place where success means Your inspiration in starting Lipstick Sister? the most important We love to support the charity causes of our true girl’s girls.” something different to I had been in PR for a long time. When I moved to thing is that beauty members. Some of them include Becky’s Fund different people. Everyone has different goals and we include women LA four years ago, I didn’t really know anyone, so doesn’t come with your hair, your dress, your shoes or your bag. It for battered woman, which is from one of our from all areas of life, including those from business, all the way to my first thought was that I needed to join a club or comes with your heart. members in DC. We have Pencils of Promise the stay-at-home mom. group. I started researching clubs and there were from an LA member. We have one called Special the mommy and me clubs or the single girl’s clubs, Delivery, which is for families that have lost a What advice would you give to women who are struggling with happy hour or the heavy duty women’s groups. A%er child. A member from San Diego has a brand self-esteem issues, seemingly precluding them from joining the Focus TV much research, I figured that there should be a club called Gentleman Norman, and it supports organization? Watch the full video interview to celebrate that we are girls – hang out, be there for Alzheimer’s Disease. Starting next year we are starting a ‘little sister’ program, where at focusmag.us/lipsticksister each other and connect. Once I figured there wasn’t we reach out to women who are having trouble trying to fit in. !e anything like that, I sat down, and within 6 months How would you say members have benefited reality is that girls need to know who they are and be proud. One I was able to start what is known as Lipstick Sister, from being part of this organization? which is a true organization to connect, collaborate !e most gratifying part of this experience and support each other. is that I receive amazing emails about how members lives have changed. In one instance, I How do you find your member Lipstick Sisters? got an email from a like this – a group of well rounded, inspiring, !ey are either referred or find us through the Lipstick Sisters goal oriented and driven women. I wanted to husband who said website. I think women are prone to researching network and develop new relationships with that the group had women’s groups and this leads to many inbound women similar to where I am in life. I feel, in saved his marriage. LA, even growing up here it’s hard to develop requests. !at was truly new friendships with quality women. I was incredible. Women amazed how many great, genuine women are Do you charge membership fees? Laura Martella a part of this group. Every woman is unique Yes, we have 2 levels of membership. !e most with businesses are Instagram: @gentlemannorman in her own way, though the one common common is our social membership, but we also benefitting from the I have been a member for less than a year, thing is we are all driven, well rounded, and what drew me to the group was my have a business membership to help our business little “pieces that are Nicole Tekiela confident women. In addition, most of us Instagram: @nicoletekiela attraction to Hensi’s personality and drive. I members promote their brands. In addition, we missing from taking their business to the next are entrepreneurs, and that is truly what I ilashstudio.net lived in San Diego, and after my first meeting admire. It is great for networking and we have a large social networking presence, in which level”. I joined Lipstick Sister about 3 years ago. I felt such love and support that I leased an always support each other. we help to promote our brand members as much At the monthly lunch, we always do a ‘sister’s I had just moved to LA from Atlanta. I was apartment in LA, to make a commitment to as possible. cup’. Everyones name is put into a cup and each invited to the group by a friend of a friend, the group and help expand the Gentleman Norman brand. person picks a name from that cup. !en they and once I joined, it completely changed my How does one become a member? experience in LA. Thanks to the Sisters, doors have been arrange a date with the person selected, sometime literally opening for me. I am an only !e best way is to contact us through the website I initially joined the group for social prior to the next month’s meeting. It’s great child and I don’t have an experience with fi reasons, but it turns out that it was great at lipsticksister.com. We do a phone interview rst, because they get so excited about it and they post for my business – an eyelash studio which sisterhood, but to be around business woman as well as check out their Facebook page – this has photos from their get together. Each chapter has primarily deals with eyelash extensions and who are one hundred percent supportive is so facials. inspirational. Beyond the meetings, I socialize really become the new business card for people in their own Whatsapp group as well, to facilitate our network. People are really protective of their All the women are super inspirational, with the sisters regularly and we really Grace Lazenby the communication and photo sharing that goes smart woman and I usually get something support each other. We are connected even if Instagram: @rockinmodels Facebook image and it helps tell me a lot about the on. Its amazing. valuable from interacting with each one. we don’t get to be “high maintenance” friends. Lipstick Sister is a group of amazing women person. Again, many are our members are referred, Our lunches are more social, but outside in their own individual way, coming together and with them, I will set up an interview for an If you had to describe a Lipstick Sister in three the normal meeting schedule we try and either monthly or daily. Hensi Morris has hour or so. Based on that, if everything feels right, words... support each other by attending events, organized a pathway of friendships and we will send a very personalized invitation. It is She is secure, sweet and she is an absolutely 100% including many charities in the area. partnerships amongst these women. It is The group has also helped my husband nice to have that support system in LA, an acknowledgement from me that I really value a amazing woman. find some guy friends. Hensi puts together a place that can be so fulfilling but also potential member’s inclusion into the group, and I What is the diversity like in the group? couple’s nights giving the guys a chance to overwhelming. I guess you could call it a want them to feel welcome immediately. socialize as well. Collectively, we call this Erica Lippy “home base.” It has been beautiful to have We have many Europeans, Asians and Mexicans. sub-group the “chapstick brothers”. some of the girls become my best friends. Instagram: @makeupbyerical I think that is perhaps because we have become I definitely can say that I have built a bond What is the commitment a Lipstick Sister makes I joined Lipstick Sisters after being referred with these ladies, whom I can truly call my when they join the group? a true family and we welcome everybody. Many by a close friend. I was looking for something lipsticksister.com We do a power lunch the last Sunday of every women have no one else in the area to spend time sisters.

20 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 21 VENICE VIXENS / 08/2014 IN LOVE WITH COTE / 08/2014

Liana Vitale Lindsay Bodanza Lindsay Merkle Tara Miltenberger Hairstylist/makeup artist/stylist Executive Producer of Beats by Dr. Dre, Global Sales Owner at Red Truck Juice Co. Fitness Tip: I run on the Gentleman Scholar — Sports and Fashion Fitness Tip: 50 mins of cardio In love with cote so% sand from Marina to Fitness Tip: Sprint into the sky Fitness Tip: Crossfit! Yes I’m one every day. Running keeps my Santa Monica. It sucks but like your life depends on it. I of those crazies. It’s the worst legs strong and lean. On average, by Rochelle Robinson it’s the best view – way better usually try to imagine a wild at the beginning but a%er the I run 5-7 miles down to the than meatheads at the gym. animal or feral human chasing initial punishment, it’s the best. beach and along the world I’ve completely and totally fallen in love with I also started working out behind me. All over cardio and strength famous Venice Boardwalk. I côte, a brand spanking new eco nail polish, with a personal trainer Toni Beauty Tip: Get adequate building – pushing yourself also mix in a spinning class once flagship salon and specialty shop in the heart of DiVincenzo at a private gym in sleep. I make sure to get at least to get a lot of work done on or twice a week at Revolution Brentwood. It’s the kind of love that made me Venice and it has changed my nine hours a night. It gives the yourself in a short time. Added Fitness in Santa Monica. Go to indulge in a double take at first sight and has only body. I never ever saw results glymphatic system a chance to benefit: hot dudes, intense Chris Plourde’s 6am class. It will gotten stronger throughout the last week. I’m from working out till I went to clear out the day’s waste. !e coaches and amazing mental change your life. But, sign up invariably hooked. And, I would venture that you Toni. She does kettle bells and brain is your body’s control toughness come with at Crossfit early because his classes are sold will be too. !anks to the foresight and ingenuity drills and a yoga mix. She always center, treat it like gold and Santa Monica. Plus, they offer out weeks in advance. of co-founders Leah Yari and Mary Lennon and changes it up! you’ll look, think and feel your Kettle Bell and Yoga classes to Beauty Tip: iS Cosmetics Vice President of Business Development, Jamie

Beauty Tip: I have so many best. supplement and feel powerful. Exfoliating Enzyme Treatment Fedshuh, you’re invited to soak in the lovely beauty tips since this is my Beauty Tip: Drink WATER. is my life. It cleans and clears aesthetic of côte, both inside and outside of their sweet spot on San Vicente. industry, but I could not live Alyssa Hovey Simple enough – but when you your skin from the inside out. In ! without Pret a Powder from Hairstylist are busy during the day it’s tough fact, anything from that skincare e nail salon is like no other I’ve ever experienced. It looks and feels like a Malibu beach Bumble and Bumble. It’s a dry Fitness Tip: Weight training. to remember to drink enough line is absolutely divine. house. Dressed in white and beige linens, lined with cushy Shaby Chic’esque lounging chairs and shampoo that’s volumizing. It Not only does it contribute to to stay hydrated and clean out white-washed wood-paneled walls, and complete with a breezy atrium, the design is immaculate, helps out with my helmet hair. a sexy shape, it also keeps our your body. Carry a giant 64oz Jaime Dempsey cohesive, comfortable and incredibly California posh. It feels like home. Even the beautiful home I really love Osmosis skin care bones strong. bottle on the road, on planes, Currently riding around and body specialty items are organized and displayed as if part of the decor. I could live at côte. and mineral makeup. I think Beauty Tip: Eliminating gluten and at the office. Finish it by the Malaysian Borneo hosting a And now, for the nail polish. First of all the côte line is five-free, meaning that it is free of when your skin feels clear you and dairy from your diet can end of the day, no matter how travel documentary called Ride five typically used toxins found in most nail polishes: formaldehyde, phthalate (DBP), toluene, feel beautiful! help clear up skin conditions many times you have to visit the N Seek (season2!) for History formaldehyde resin and camphor. !at’s enough of a selling point, right? But this incredible line such as acne, eczema, and ladies! :) Asia, and when I’m not doing also comes in a plethora of gorgeous shades and hues. Any color you might ever desire resides psoriasis. that I’m a product developer for in their portfolio, containing a whopping 109 options. But the absolute kicker is that the polish sexy swim wear at L*Space. lasts forever. It has been a week since the lovely press preview event at côte, and my nails have not Fitness Tip: I prefer to stay chipped anywhere. And, this is no fair matter. Engaging with kids and books all day, and being a on 2 wheels! Soul Cycle West fitness junkie, I seriously find myself washing my hands probably over 20 times a day, which takes Hollywood where they have me a toll on my hands, let alone my nails. It usually poppin’ and droppin’, keeping my adrenaline going and my ass takes a day and a half at best before a fresh coat ff in shape. of paint begins to peel o my nails. But my côte fl Beauty Tip: Sunscreen. With the nails are still awless! I am totally taken back. amount of time we are out there I was already sold just by the decor, the eco riding in the California sun we friendly element, the array of gorgeous colors, don’t want our faces looking like the local of the flagship nail salon and the overall saddle bags.... vibe. !at the polish lasts so incredibly long on even my hands, has taken my love of côte to an whole other level. Book your own appointment ASAP and see for yourself why côte has in one full swoop made it to our topFavs.

côte 11714 San Vicente Blvd. Venice Vixens Los Angeles, CA 90049 A group of women brought together by their common spirit for riding p. 310.820.0906 coteshop.co motorcycles, they live and ride in Los Angeles, CA. Their professions, interests, and talents are just as varied as their fitness and beauty tips. The Venice Vixens (left to right): Lindsay Bodanza, Lindsay Merkel, Liana Vitale, Tara Henry, Alyssa Hovey, Jamie Dempsey

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Catching up on calls and emails

Make up and wardrobe

Entering the set of Big Brother Entertainment Tonight’s BROOKE ANDERSON A Day in the Life

Photography by Dana Adams Story by Mark Castellino

Makeup by Karen Knopp Hair by Troy Zestos - chroma-style.com Floor Director, John Kornarens Lighting Director, Tom Girskis On the set of ET Voice overs after filming ends

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06/18/2014 What is the typical schedule for a photoshoot? We are on the set of Entertainment Tonight (ET) with host Brooke Anderson, in CBS Studio 4. ! fi ere is nothing typical about a photo shoot or any At one point during the lming of a story, the guest Mary Murphy, looking at the picture of Dr Oz modeling job. It really varies. Photography depends a in the background, points out how terrible he looks. His face is grey, hair unkempt, his mouth gaping. lot on the lighting. So if you are shooting outdoors, for % fi Brooke turns to look and a er a pause, says, “Poor guy, he didn’t have the bene t of hair and make up”. example, you would shoot according to the lighting ! at sums up Brooke Anderson perfectly. She’s one of the nicest people I’ve met – genuinely that is most desired for the look they are wanting. A caring, self deprecating and gracious to a tee. few weeks ago we shot at this beach location and the Her morning routine starts with hair and makeup at 8.15am, then a voiceover session in a tiny photographer knew he wanted a certain kind of light room in a nondescript block on the CBS studio lot. A%erwards, we walk over to the secret location Focus TV that you only can get in the morning before the sun of the new Big Brother set. Brooke is instructed to arrive in the studio golf cart, so that it can be Watch the full video interview gets too bright. Because of this, our call time was really filmed as a teaser for the evening show. focusmag.us/brookeanderson early. We needed enough time to do hair and makeup We are not allowed to see the set but Brooke tells us to hang out in her office, make ourselves and still drive to the location. !e good thing is that comfortable, she won’t be long. Filming starts around 11am, and it is 90 minutes of a mixture of we were done shooting by 12pm. On the contrary, I scripted and adlibbed segments, during which Brooke is at ease, un-selfconscious and delivers her Brooke Anderson have also shot a job where the photographer desired a lines flawlessly. sunset shoot, so we didn’t start hair and makeup until % fi “We are encouraged to show our personality and express opinions on stories – though we still later in the a ernoon and our rst shot wasn’t until Favorite Restaurants ! need to hit the facts and provide the relevant information,” she says. Rustic Canyon, Katsuya, almost 8pm. is same shoot also required a sunrise A%er the show she will run around town, spending her day researching stories for future Hamasaku, Kogi Korean shot, so we actually had to wait all night for the sun to come up at 6am. I took a power a nap in the car! broadcast. !e next day she does it all over again. BBQ, Real Food Daily, A supermodel on a mission to If it seems her schedule is monotonous, her life is anything but routine. She was once assigned Santa Monica Seafood, Beauty sleep is very important to a model and it’s also ff Don Antonio’s, In-N-Out bring out the super model in a key in my book. to three di erent stories in Dallas and New York, within a 48 hour period. And the stories are not Burger studio bound. Filming a piece for ‘Visit California’, she volunteered to go skydiving. everyone. fi Who are your favorite designers? “I was petri ed”, she said, “because I have a fear of heights. I was crying and shaking Favorite designers One of my favorite designers is Olivier !eyskens. uncontrollably but when I commit to something I don’t want to back out.” Jimmy Choo, Brian I first met him in Paris when he was designing for Another time she flew with the Air Force !underbirds in Death Valley. “I knew it would be a once Atwood, Christian PROFILE Loubotins are some of Rochas. I saw him again when I walked in a Nina in a lifetime experience I could not pass up. I embraced the thrill and luckily did not lose my lunch Ricci show for him. He is now designing a capsule ! my fave shoe designers. during the G-force pressure or maneuvers. ey do call them ‘vomit comits’ you know.” I love Rag & Bone, Ted collection for !eory. !ere is a magical energy about Brooke moved to Los Angeles in 2004. She was working for Baker, Topshop, Zara, him that translates in his work and this is what I love CNN at the time, and they transferred her from the Atlanta H&M, Joie, HauteHippie, Sarah DeAnna the most about him. I am also a huge fan of Alexander office. Jbrand Wang. I opened his first show in New York and I am When did you start modelling? How did it come “I was based in LA but also worked in New York a good very proud of his success. Both Alex and Olivier have about? deal. I have a love affair with this city. It is so energizing yet Beauty Tips something magical and extraordinary about them I graduated early from college and came to California I love a natural look with which is why I believe they are so successful. But relaxed at the same time. My family visits a lot because they to go to business school at UCLA Anderson. People a bit of pop and glam. Too honestly, most designers are all extraordinarily creative love it too and they know I need their help. As all working thought I was really smart, but truly I was just a much makeup ages a person. people. I appreciate every designer. mamas know, it’s not easy juggling a career and family, but Use concealer and highlight massive overachiever. I was “discovered” as they I am lucky that my mom and dad are quick to jump on a under the eyes to get rid of say in modeling, at a Starbucks in Hollywood by a What is your book about, and what was your aim in plane if I send out the SOS. My husband is extremely supportive but he too has a demanding job in bags. Eyelashes make a huge photographer who ended up tricking me into going writing it? commercial real estate development with CIM Group. We are constantly striving to li% each other up difference in how big your eye to a modeling agency where I was signed that day. Supermodel You is a health and fitness book. It’s about and we always laugh at the craziness of our lives at this stage. It really takes a village but I wouldn’t appears and how awake you My first official photo shoot then became a magazine look. I’m still mastering the art aligning with the supermodel version of yourself. have it any other way!” cover. Instead of starting business school that of applying individual lashes. It’s not about how to be a supermodel or look like a Despite giving birth to her second daughter just 6 months ago, Brooke is trim and surprisingly September, I did my first Fashion Week circuit in New If the eye is more dramatic, supermodel. It’s about looking and feeling your best, fi York, Milan, and Paris. It was a total disaster! Ha, ha! healthy looking for someone who surely needs more sleep. Part of her tness could be attributed to go with a lighter lip and vice which I call your supermodel self. We all have this I was so nervous and insecure. I had no idea how to her hectic schedule but she also works at it. versa. Liquid eyeliner on top higher self version of who we want to be. I believe we opens up the eye and really walk or dress or anything. I actually quit modeling “I try to eat clean and healthy. I drink a lot of water. I like yoga, circuit training, jogging – a little are this person and Supermodel You gives you the defines it. I’ll go with a nice a%er that, but was convinced to give it one more shot. bit of everything. I mix it up. All that said, I don’t deprive myself. I love wine, dessert, junk food, keys to become that person. !e book is based on 5 sweets, just like most people. I really try to limit it to one Krispy Kreme though, and not go crazy peachy/pink cheek and neutral I’m glad I did. lips one day and then I’ll keys that models live by, and by adopting these keys with the entire box. Moderation. Key.” into their life enables the reader to align with their experiment with crazy red lips What has been the highlight of your career? In her office, she has framed pictures on the wall which show her covering the recent British Royal the next day. It’s fun to try a lot best self. Most people think models are unhealthy and !e highlight of my career? Funny, I don’t think we as Wedding and shaking hands with celebrities. Various awards too. !e show just won an Emmy. In a of different things to see what that looking like a model is an unattainable thing. I humans are ever really satisfied. I have done amazing fickle entertainment industry, it’s nice to come across someone passionate about her work, and who works best. disagree. I believe every person is just as beautiful as jobs and have had the honor of working with and for still remains largely untouched by the fame. Entertainment Tonight tempted her from CNN three any supermodel and I want people to walk away from some amazing designers, brands, and magazines. !ere years ago, and it seems they both made a wise choice. reading this book feeling amazing are jobs and moments that stand out more to me, like about themselves, loving their body opening a private celebrity Armani Privé show and Credits: and loving who they are. It’s very walking in a Christian Dior show where they shut Dana Adams has spent her life working on both sides of the lens. With a few Candice Birns, Hair Stylist empowering. It’s a good read. It’s down one of the most famous temples in Kyoto. It’s international campaigns running, Adams continues to push the front end of the Bebe Booth, Makeup Artist smart. And it’s also funny. also gratifying to see your face on magazine covers, lens. However, dubbed as a “Photographic Life Coach” her true passion resides in Barbara Constantin, Stylist buses, billboards, and other things, but what I am Kenny Sweeney, Photographer Signed copies of Supermodel You are transforming Models into Role Models on the back end. most proud of is my book, Supermodel You: getting it available in our boutique focusmag.us/ loveinlalaland.com published and being able to say that it was a bestseller. shop/saradeanna

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PEDAL ON THE PIER 100 stationary bikes on Santa Monica Pier. Fundraiser for the Harold 400+ riders cycled for 100 miles with some of Robinson Foundation the city’s top cycling instructors. The Harold 1 June 2014 Robinson Foundation is working to improve Santa Monica Pier the lives of our city’s impoverished children, by Seth Maxwell and Beth Hopkins and Eden Sassoon Charisma Carpenter providing them with a camp retreat where they Jennifer Garner Seth Maxwell KDUROGURELQVRQIRXQGDWLRQRUJ participate in diverse recreational programs that are designed to strengthen confidence, independence, build character and develop leadership skills.

LOVE LIV Fundraiser for Nemaline Myopathy 18 May 2014 Star Eco Station, Culver City ORYHOLYRUJ A local Los Angeles family held their second annual LoveLiv fundraiser to raise funds and Sibusiso Shiba, Seth Maxwell and awareness for Nemaline Jennifer Garner Myopathy (“NM”), a rare disease their 2 year old daughter, Liv has. The day featured a live performance by Drake Bell and Pauley Perrette and Los Pinguos, a DJ and great Paydin Lopachin Joely Fisher Thomas Arklie food from local eateries. NM affects all of the body’s skeletal THIRST PROJECT muscles which are the 24 June muscles used for movement. Beverly Hilton Those with NM, including Liv, are often unable to walk, eat WKLUVWSURMHFWRUJ and breathe on their own. Jennifer Garner hosted the 5th Annual Gala to raise funds and awareness for the Thirst Project Sierra McClain, China McClain and brought heart and humility to the event. Kevin and Lauryn McClain Nealon brought the house down with laughs. The live auction had guests on their feet as Pauley Perrette (NCIS), started by buying a well for $20,000 just because she didn’t have a well in that country yet – she has bought one well in a different country every year, for the last four years. Michael Buckley, YouTube sensation, brought his humor and energy to the stage as he ran around the room with a mic announcing donations. Thirst Project funds the building of wells to CONGRATULATIONS Susan Yeagley and bring fresh water to developing nations. The cost Kevin Nealon to build a freshwater well in the developing nations SAMARA WOLPE ranges from between $7,800 in Uganda to $20,000 in Kenya. One well can provide up to 500 people with 2014 clean water indefinitely. When you bring safe water into a community, MAN & WOMAN Charisma Carpenter and Jesse McCartney disease consistently drops consistently by upwards OF THE YEAR Drake Bell 88% nearly overnight! Child mortality drops by nearly 99% almost overnight.

(Photos by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for The Thirst Project)

30 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 31 F. RO N S M I T H / Mark Castellino PARTNERS TRUST / 08/2014

How did you get started in real estate? through actions the care and the network on a national and global level. for Leverage is to be in 500 markets by I was born and raised in Texas and came to responsibility that is involved with the Similar to Partners Trust and its culture, 2016. For me personally, I have a wonderful LA a%er college. My first job was at WME transaction. Getting an accepted offer we sought to create a network of like- partnership and look to be able to do more and that is where I worked for 4 years and is just the start. !ere is a plethora of minded, independent companies which business and reach out to more great clients. met my wife Tracy. My family had been in documentation, and you really want to have exclusivity in their market and can real estate in Texas and I always had been make sure you have someone who is freely exchange referrals, information and What do you do to relax? intrigued with real estate, so that lead my engaged in the entire process – not just the business practices in their locality. We I love to work out. I like to be in the back pursuit in that field. now, but the entire long term process. I are now in 120 markets, growing daily, of the room at Soul Cycle so I am not also think a good realtor should be equally with over 200 offices that did a combined mocked for my lack of ability compared to those in the front row. I like to travel. I like What was the origin of Partners Trust? as concerned with the second and third business of 27 billion dollars. It’s a pretty fi I had been working with Coldwell Banker transaction, rather than just the first. powerful network. What makes Leverage to nd the best vintage tequila possible. I for 15 years and le% there to work at unique is the ability to deal president to love eating out. Our expansion of Partners Does Partners Trust attract a certain type Trust and Leverage into new areas is going Sotheby’s. In September 2009, I got together president, with no additional fees of any ff fi with 4 good friends and we started Partners of client? kind… It’s pure in its intention and has to a ord me the opportunity to nd new I am o%en asked if there is a set type of restaurants in places I had never even Trust, and it was one of the best decisions I fi been very successful. ever made in my life. client or pro le that we look for. I think Every company is vetted, which means thought of previously. there is a specific clientele that wants to do if you like your realtor in LA, you are Last question...What the F? What was the reason to start the firm? business with us because there is stability in going to like your realtor in Austin, Texas. fi what we do. We are not a flashy group, but When I moved to LA, my rst job was at !e catalyst to start Partners Trust was the We are like-minded owners, like-minded WME and there was a talent agent at the desire to work with people whom I liked, we pride ourself on dependability and that companies. For consumers it’s one-stop is what resonates with our typical client. time named Ron Smith. He didn’t have the with a common goal and drive. I find, that shopping. !ey can go to leveragere.com, best reputation. I found that I was escorted in life, when you surround yourself with What is your view of the current real take a look at the different city sites, get out of a number events, being confused people you like and have a common goal estate market? educated and be referred to the best quality with him, so I added the “F” and it’s been and common drive, the only option is Today’s climate in real estate is one of companies, to help them make their move. that way ever since. It can be ‘F’ for fantastic success. We started in 2009 in the abyss of the most unique arenas that I have seen or ‘F’ for f’ing. Either way, it has a positive the economy and it just felt right. Today we What are your plans for the next 5 years? in 25 years. We have low interest rates, !e goal is to continue to grow Partners tone and it is certainly a conversation piece. have 5 offices – Beverly Hills, Brentwood, tremendous equity built in homes, people It will be F. Ron Smith for a while. Pasadena and two in Santa Monica. We Trust. We are soon to be in Malibu and staying in their homes longer and a looking to expand past Pasadena. !e goal have 140 partners and did nearly $1.9 tremendous desire from Santa Monica to thepartnerstrust.com | leveragere.com billion in business in 2013. And it just keeps the Hollywood Hills to buy homes that are getting better. We are internally owned and done. !e competition is extreme but we everyone at the company has the same goal are laser focused. With the lower interest Jacqueline Gunn. new construction as possible. We find the and drive. I am proud to be part of it! rates, it’s easier to get loans. !e inventory Partner design flaws and fix them, simple as that. is at a 20 year low, and therefore, it makes it When I came to As a consultant, which is what we pride Why the name Partners Trust? very competitive. !at combined, we have LA a%er college, I ourselves on, we want your home to be Coming up with the name was an more realtors than we have had in the last worked as a hostess perfect. Buyers have become very design interesting evolution. We had many 15 years which creates a very competitive and as a talent savvy, with all the TV shows and online meetings in our backyard in Brentwood environment for both buyers and sellers. trainee at UTA. I resources – so we help them turn their and we met o%en. We each had our smart And with that backdrop, I believe cooler began my real estate vision into the design of their home. We “I have the ability to walk into phones and Googled many potential names. heads prevail. According to a report by career at a small love a good white wall, along with muting One of my partners, Nick, stated that we the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, the brokerage firm in down the house, with colors like ash grey. are all partners here and Richard said very prognosis is very solid until 2018, barring the Pacific Palisades. I was brought into We make sure everything looks refreshed a property and KNOW what tongue in cheek, “you got to trust that”. something catastrophic. Partners Trust, working as an assistant to with a good paint job. We look at it from a Interestingly, with ‘Trust’ in the name you F. Ron Smith, and from there I became a sophisticated buyer’s angle and try to create have to get clearance, as its synonymous How do you see the future of technology? partner at the firm. the best scenario possible for that property. ! the seller needs to do. From with banking. It took 6 months to secure e absolutely fascinating thing is the We go room to room, to detail every ! information available online, which Specialty: Realtor and Design Consultant the name. e name really feels grounded, “I simplify the process for the buyer by aspect – even down to the hinges. We have that first meeting to the close dependable, not flashy – and really enhances the value we bring as that of a a 20 step process in formulating a plan, consultant. Technology is here to stay. !e preparing the home so they get it.” representative of who we are. I think we differentiate ourselves from and typically a buyer will get a 5 to 10 ability for a consumer at 3am to search and times return on the investment they make of escrow, we have figured get intimate details on financing, history other realtors by aiding in the design of Is there a hiring criteria? our client’s home to become as close to a executing the plan we design for them. We have an unspoken criteria in bringing and configuration of the home is available out how to SIMPLIFY THE people on. !ere is no exclusivity – it’s a to everyone. We embrace that. Our job is very welcoming environment, and our to help them process this information and number one goal is for people to get act as consultants to educate the client. COMPLICATED.” along. !at is a high priority for us. !ere !e online services such as Redfin are Focus TV great allies. !ey provide information fi is a vetting process, which is more of a Watch the full video interview F. Ron Smith is a founder of Partners Trust – a real estate rm communal conversation to make sure that empowers today’s client, and which is at focusmag.us/partnerstrust which, distinguishable by its consistent attention to detail, has everyone is comfortable complementary to the services we provide. earned a loyal and discerning clientele. What is Leverage? What are the strengths of a good realtor? We came to the realization about 18 months I think the strongest quality for a good ago, that we needed to have the ability to realtor is accountability, and demonstrating

32 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 33 PLAYLISTS / 08/2014 A HEALTHY WEEKEND IN LA / Danielle Cuccio | 08/2014

food fix! !e Country Mart also has a movie theater so you could absolutely take a whole day to relax and soak in the Malibu beach life..! 5pm - A stroll on $e Malibu Pier to watch the sunset. 7pm - Pick up food from Fala Erica Lippy Amber London Bar. I love this place for their @makeupbyerical alondonfi[email protected] 2 Sweet Potato Falafel Wraps. OH (424) 248-5308 MY YUM…and healthy! 7751 MY SONGS KNOW WHAT YOU DID Movement Revolution: 1/2 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA IN THE DARK 262 26th St. CA 90402 90046 Fall out Boys WEEKEND IN AMERICA 8pm - Grab the picnic basket, a MADE TO LOVE (Benny Benassi mix) bottle of wine, HOMEMADE Wolfgang Gartner John Legend popcorn (Recipe below!) and a MAPS THIS IS HOW WE ROLL 1 blanket to hit the next showing by Disclosure CINESPIA At $e Hollywood Florida Georgia Line ( featuring Luke CATCH TOMORROW Forever Cemetery: Outdoor Bryan) Afrojack Celebrity Yoga Instructor, Danielle Cuccio’s movies all summer long. And LULLABY yes, I said cemetery! !is is one ULTRAVIOLENCE Nickelback of my favorite activities in LA. Lana Del Rey A HEALTHY SWEET NOTHING SHOW ME LOVE 10pm - Sleep! Because I just had Calvin Harris ( feat. Florence) the longest, BEST day ever. :) Pierre Real WEEKEND IN LA 3 As a yoga instructor, I like to keep it as healthy as possible. If you are Jerod Hoffman lucky enough to live in LA, living healthily can come pretty easily. If it’s SUNDAY @jerodhoffman a great hike, an organic juice store or a delicious vegan restaurant, on Photos: any given day we are given an abundance of numerous healthy options. 1. Solstice Cyn. 8am - Wake up to make my WAITING FOR THE END I was asked to take one weekend and go anywhere I wanted – healthy 2. Beverly Hills Juice. 2-Ingredient Pancakes! (Recipe Linkin Park spots only, of course. Here is my guide to your perfect healthy weekend 3. Cafe Habana. 4. Shutters Hotel. Below) CALIFORNIA HUSTLE AND FLOW in Los Angeles, CA. 5. Swerve Studio. 8:30am - Head to the Melrose Social Distortion dressing. Yum, this salad is so SATURDAY 6. Liquid. Farmer’s Market. Eating organic good! $13. 512 Rose Ave, Venice, GHOSTS ‘N’ STUFF fruits and vegetables makes a CA 90291 Deadmau5 Feat. Rob Swire 8am - Wake up and take a huge difference! PLAYLISTSKICK START MY HEART yoga class at Maha Yoga in Solstice Canyon Hike 1:30pm - . 9am- Stop at Liquid for an Acai Brentwood. I love making time If you want a different scene from Motley Crue Bowl. I am slightly addicted to for my own practice when Runyon Canyon and want less 6 PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS the Chronic not teaching. All the teachers people, more nature, check out Bowl ($9). 8180 Kid Cudi Feat MGMT and Ratatat are great, but I especially love this beautiful hike, conveniently 5 fitness instructors Catherine (aka Cat) Reisen Melrose Ave, Kaleigh’s classes! 13050 San located near the beach. Also, be list the top 5 tracks in Personal Trainer, Fitness Model, Athlete Los Angeles, CA Vicente Blvd #202, Los Angeles, ready to see remnants from one @coachedbycat Alexandra Hoffman 90046 their current workout CA 90049 of the oldest homes in Malibu. @alexandrahoffman7 SUMMER !e house was unfortunately 11am - Head playlists. 10am - Head to Beverly Hills ! Calvin Harris WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Juice for the Apple, Lemon & burned down in 2007 in e to Swerve Corral Canyon Fire. DJ TURN IT UP (Papercha$er remix) Ginger Juice. Super refreshing 4 Studio for a fun cardio workout! Yellow Claw and good for you! ($4.50) 8382 3:30pm - Head to $e Malibu Rihanna Swerve is one Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Country Mart for a little HIGH YOU ARE REMIX UP IN THE AIR of my favorite 90048 shopping. If you want a relaxing High You Are 30 Seconds to Mars studios in LA day with some of the best stores 11am - Stop at home to shower for dance cardio TIME STRETCH HEY BROTHER in town, head here. If in the and let my Pug and Boxer pups and/or yoga! !eir signature Bass Nector Avicii mood to shop, be sure to stop out. Woof! class, YOGA BOOTY BALLET, is GET JAZZY ON ME at Madison, Ron Herman and COUNTING STARS such a great workout. 8250 W 3rd 12pm - Lunch at Cafe Gratitude. Room At !e Beach for some DJ Lorde OneRepublic St #205, Los Angeles, CA 90048 I order one of my favorite great finds. For a bite to eat, be AROUND THE WORLD salads, the “I AM PURE” - sure not to miss Cafe Habana for 5 1:30pm Teach my weekend Yoga Daft Punk Kale, avocado, sea palm, nori, best fish tacos in town, Malibu class. I love this studio not only cucumbers, carrots, teriyaki Kitchen (great sandwiches) and because I teach group classes almonds and garlic-tahini Taverna Tony to get your Greek here, but the studio is such a

34 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 35 YOGA OFF THE MAT / Pia Artesona AFAA / 08/2014 sweet getaway from LA. Everyone is super nice, the teachers certification programs and continuing ed courses are offered as both are pretty awesome and Yoga Booty Ballet is one of the greatest live host-site workshops, home study and online formats. AFAA is classes ever created! Nothing like a Savasana on a Sunday..! Yoga Off The Mat always developing new courses and updating existing ones, to meet fi 3pm - Erewhon Market for groceries. Whatever we can’t find by Pia Artesona the demands of the ever expanding tness industry. Currently they AFAA ff fi provide 5 di erent, nationally recognized Certi cation programs at the Farmer’s Market that morning we will get from our local Summer is here! It’s a time for celebration and expressing ff organic market. Erewhon is heaven to anyone who loves healthy praise for the light of day. We welcome this time of year with AFAA was founded In 1983 by Linda Pfe er and a board of experts and a wide and large menu of credit awarding workshops and self fi food! a smile on our face, more joy in our heart, and energy to burn. with extensive and varied backgrounds within the tness industry. study courses. Course content ranges from theory and research fi 7660 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Summer season is the time to ignite and attend to the inner It is the leading certi cation organization for allied health and based topics in applied personal training standards and guidelines, fire. fitness professionals, with over 350,000 certifications issued in over fi Shutters Hotel to the practical application of the latest dance tness craze. AFAA 6pm - Head to for a little sunset walk on beach 70 countries. followed by an evening cocktail because ..…Why not? requires a minimum of 15 CE units to be completed every two years fi “We have planted the seeds of our own BENEFITS OF GETTING CERTIFICATION FROM AFAA to maintain a current certi cation status. 7pm - Salad from Greens Up. Some of the best salads in LA. I fi fi always get the Sawtelle Salad! changes and to grow we must even accept the AFAA is the only tness certi cation organization, to date, to have ONGOING SUPPORT fi 703 Montana Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90403 earned dual accreditation on their certi cation and continuing AFAA offers their certified members a variety of ways to maintain passing of the sun” – Starhawk ! fi education (CE) programs. ey are also one of the few certi ers and further develop their training skills and overall professional 8pm - Meditation Class at Insight LA. Being a busy yoga teacher Yogis consider summer to be a rewarding which require candidates to pass both a written and practical exam, goals. From the bi-monthly trade magazine ‘American Fitness’, and going from client to client without a break, sometimes can in conjunction with having a valid CPR/AED card. !e exams be difficult. I make sure to find my “me time” and this place does time for practicing 108 Surya Namaskars to their live and interactive online study courses and regularly are statistically validated, administered and fully monitored by an exactly that. Learn how to meditate with a great group of people (otherwise known as Sun Salutations). scheduled study groups, there are numerous was to find support who are along the journey with you. In Hindi, surya means “sun” and namaskar outside proxy. 24/7. 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A er all, prevention is best. quite some time. ey provide an local to certain areas, that o er 1 Banana those love handles. Instagram: @ladyjunefitness easy to follow study plan and the certifications (AAAI, SCW, AFPA, boys I gained quite a bit of weight fl 1 Egg But we also use and I went through a year long facebook.com/EatCleanandExercise. ow of the material/ study process is YMCA etc) but the top two are ACE that fire to burn journey to get my body back into SimpleRight put together very well. I spend 5-10 and AFAA. For personal training As Directions: hours a week studying to ensure far as popularity goes a certification Mix together one ripe banana away the mental good health so that I could keep up ! with my very active boys. During I am fully prepared for the exam. really is a small part. e person and 1 egg. Make round pancake and emotional Kaitlin McCabe Additionally, I have began to plan coming my journey I met a trainer who was Product Development & Marketing shapes on nonstick stove top stagnation of the out what exercises I will do for the into the classes doesn’t really crucial to my success and I want Specialist, Zumba Fitness Instructor previous seasons. practical part. Again, because of know the difference so they only square pan. Flip! And Enjoy! to be that person for someone else. @KatieCakesLife When we take our the great job they did at laying all go by what is taught and how its I was decided on ACE originally I am in the process of getting an practice out into the the details out, I was able to create presented. Are they engaging, is the because they cater to military with AFAA certification, but to be clear, ff world, we may contem- different incentives, and they are a study plan and process that would workout e ective...so many other it’s not the personal training one (not work for me and my schedule. I feel factors behind just being qualified. plate anything we have very well known. However, the yet anyway!) It is the Primary Group outgrown and no longer trainer who worked with me to lose fi that I am almost 100% prepared – Personality plays a huge factor. Exercise Certi cation. Before I had and know I will be, come exam day. need. We can take advan- weight is now my mentor and she is decided to take the plunge I did a lot For more recipes, health tips and LA favorites, check out Danielle fi On that note, time to get back to Jerod Hoffman Cuccio’s blog, www.#eBeautyBlender.com tage of this particular season certi ed through AFAA. Also, the of research. Between reading various gym that I use conducts workshops studying! @jerodhoffman to spark the power of the sun blogs from past participants and Bachelor of Science, Exercise through AFAA to certify people. I’m within us, that allows all to talking with instructors in NYC and Christine Gallagher Physiology, ACE & AFAA Certified not doing one of their workshops in LA, I came to my conclusion that Danielle Cuccio is a Private Yoga Instructor in LA and also flourish and be fortified. redhotdancefitness.com Personal Trainer though because I didn’t want to AFAA is the best one! Reason is, it fi teaches Yoga and Yoga Booty Ballet at Swerve Studio in West Summer reveals how the @redhotdancefitness AFAA Certi ed Group Exercise wait until the next scheduled one is one of the very few that grade on Hollywood. inkling of patience pays off. As Not only am I certified through AFAA Yoga & Pilate’s so I just decided to purchase it and both a written and practical exam. 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36 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 37 Performance Art Music & Theater Current Exhibitions 5 SEPTEMBER 29 JULY - 31 AUGUST Burt Bacharach Reasons To Be Pretty Written by Neil LaBute Directed by Randall Arney. Featuring Nick Gehlfuss, Shawn Hatosy, Amber Tamblyn & Alicia Witt

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38 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 39 Kids Events Must See Events Cahnicles Dwell on Design THINGS TO DO Curated by Leila Najafi, Eventbrite The Adventures of the Cahn Family Looking for Inspiration in the forefront of design? 26-27 July: 6.30pm-10am Tasting Table’s 2014 Lobster Rumble LA 1 Creature Camp Out When looking for sources of inspiration or reliable materials for my next 14 chefs compete and help raise funds for Share Our design project, I either turn to my own books, open the browser and take a SWEET TREATS TO BEAT THE HEAT Ages: 5+ Cost: $85 Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. 14 lobster roll Have you ever wondered what happens at the Zoo when stations. Open bars pouring Stella Artois beer, Bordeaux look at Houzz.com, which lists thousands of designers, products and their Now that the thermometer is rising in lovely Los Angeles – here are projects. If I feel like getting some fresh air, I ride my bike to Hennessey + a few sweet spots to beat the heat. the last guest leaves? A%er a special guided tour of the Zoo, wines and custom cocktails. Häagen-Dazs dessert deck. enjoy a fun-filled night of interactive family adventures Tickets: $109. Ingalls bookstore in Santa Monica. Sweet Crush If you are looking for a healthy treat made with only complete with a sweet treat and beastly, bedtime stories. In Cooper Design Space, 860 S Los Angeles St. CA 90014 However, this past June 20-22 I was able to natural ingredients - this is the place for you. Inspired by Asian the morning wake up to the roar of the lion and the hoot 1 August, 7-10pm immerse myself completely into the design world and feel its pulse, at the annual Dwell shaved ice and snow desserts of the chimps, enjoy a continental breakfast, a guided walk, Plate by Plate 2014: Annual Food you can choose from the Pure and a special animal encounter. Take all of these memories on Design show at the LA Crush (made with organic fresh home with a souvenir Creature Camp Out t-shirt. 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Ages: 2-8 Cost: Free Petersen Automotive Museum Ole Jensen Colander, The best part – kids LOVE it, and !is free outdoor music series for kids and their families 6060 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90036 showcase their latest offerings. Copenhagen, Denmark. On the show floor were five Pavilions, all curated and SDUHQWVGRQ·WKDYHWRIHHOJXLOW\ takes place in the Getty Center’s Central Garden and 2 August, 7.30-10pm about letting them have a sweet treat! features some of the best children’s musical artists from thematically organized by the Dwell team: 11753 San Vicente Blvd, CA 90049 across the nation. 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40 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 41 HEALTHY PARTY FOOD / Courtney Hermann Food Summer Time And !e RESTAURANT OPENING by Courtney Hermann MALIBU FARM Living is Easy... 1 Swedish chef + 2 spoiled goats + Well, not for everyone. Most people who struggle with their weight worry and stress about the summer time 1 fat pig + because it’s the time for bathing suits, shorts, BBQ, fruity cocktails, ice cream, vacations, etc...All the things 23 fancy footed chickens + that a lot of people dread when trying to stay on a diet plan. I don’t believe in diets myself. I believe that 2 rescue dogs + some of them work but they aren’t sustainable for the long term. However, I do believe in a certain lifestyle small vineyard + 300 raspberry bushes + commitment. Vegan people live a Vegan Lifestyle, it’s not necessarily a Vegan diet that will end at some ! 36 fruit trees + point. at said, I consider myself to be a Nutritarian. I “count” nutrients instead of calories and live by the philosophy of, “don’t vegetable gardens + count your calories, but rather make your calories count.” During the MAJORITY of every meal and snack, I try to consider the 28 loud peacocks + following things... the most beautiful beach 1. Is there something on my plate that is nourishing to my body? 23000 Pacific Coast Hwy, 2. Is it in the proper portions? % Malibu, CA 90265 3. How will I feel a er eating this? Phone:(310) 456-1112 Of course, there are times I will go out for pizza and beer and not worry about having a salad along with it, BUT I will malibu-farm.com consider the portions and how I will feel a%er. You have to choose your battles when it comes to food. When I have the option, I will always “crowd out” my plate. Crowding out basically means to mindfully add in foods that are nutrient dense and low Instagram: @malibufarm calorie, to naturally crowd out the foods that are heavier and lack nutrition. I do this ALL THE TIME and I swear by it. Now, let’s go back to those summer time struggles... When attending a BBQ or party this summer, consider bringing something of your own. Something which is safe for you to crowd out those heavier foods. If you are hosting the party, I highly suggest finding options that YOU want, and also experiment BRUNCH with spicing up some of your favorite healthy meals and snacks. Take a look at the following snack and drink recipes for some ideas! It’s also really fun to make a nice display for your food, if you are hosting. Bring out that inner Martha Stewart friends!! Best Places to Brunch Chic Outdoor Patios by the LA Brunchers APPLE DIP PARTY BEVERAGES Ingredients* Fruit and Herb infused Water (AKA Fairy Hello Brunchers! We are Leah & Kate, of LA Brunchers, Los Angeles’s one and only brunch gurus. We answer that Greek Yogurt or Coconut Greek Yogurt Water). Great combos include: NATURAL Peanut Butter, Almond Butter, 1. Watermelon, Rosemary burning question you confront each Saturday and Sunday morning – “Where to brunch!?” Whether you want a or Sunflower Seed Butter for those with 2. Cucumber, Melon and Mint gorgeous patio, endless mimosas, or a breathtaking view, we make finding the perfect brunch easy. We even break it nut allergies 3. Strawberry, Lemon down by neighborhood on our website, labrunchers.com, for your very own Brunch GPS. We are so excited to be Focus Honey (omit if Vegan) 4. Orange, Lime and Basil magazine’s brunch authorities, and to kick things off we are going to share with you our two favorite summertime 5. Blackberry, Thyme Pure Vanilla Extract brunch spots. Both have one summer brunch staple in common – chic outdoor patios. Cinnamon Mix together. This is a delicious dip ADULT PARTY BEVERAGES Newly-opened Gracias Madre on Looking for a meatier option? for apples, celery, or any other veggie Add soda water and vodka to your infused Melrose oozes Southern California Head to our summer locale that you would usually use with peanut water. Add lime to taste charm with a spacious courtyard Oscar’s Cerveteca. We adore butter. It is a healthier option because Kombucha Cocktails: Pick your favorite patio, complete with oversized the Venice rustic-chic patio, you are getting quality protein and less Kombucha Flavor and add to your fruit umbrellas and sunny table community feel and hearty fat than with peanut butter alone. Your unused water and Vodka creation! options. The restaurant is vegan, portions. Order the Brioche blood sugar is more stable with the but you won’t actually notice the Breakfast Sandwich with cinnamon, and the taste is much better CHIPS bacon is missing because the guacamole or their Beer Batter than peanut butter alone! food is so flavorful. The Mexican- Waffles. The big flavors pair 1. Food Should Taste Good brand: non- inspired fare pairs well with the nicely with a cold Michelada or GMO, gluten-free, simple ingredients *Notice I did not give you amounts of breezy Riviera European feel. Mimosa. What’s even better – 2. Simply Sprouted “Way Better Snacks” each ingredient. This is all depends on Order the refreshing Quincinera both places are dog friendly. Grab brand: non-GMO, gluten-free, simple how much you want to make, desired cocktail (topped with a snow your sunscreen and sunglasses,

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42 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 43 DOG ADOPTION / 08/2014 AFTER ARTHRITIS | 08/2014

Adopt A Dog After Arthritis by Jesse Golden here I was – completely ith a humble heart I finally accepted the universes Wchallenges it had given me, and for the first time in my life, Tdebilitated, unable to move, I surrendered and let the walls I had built up, fall away. I made the as if every bone in my body was choice to trust the process and truly listen to my body and inner broken. !e connection between my mind voice. I spent all my life savings determined to heal myself and and body had gone completely haywire. Frozen cure myself from an incurable disease. Every hour of every single with fear, for the first time in my life, I felt like day was spent healing myself, from macrobiotic healing foods and I wasn’t bullet proof anymore. My old ways techniques, to shiatsu and acupuncture sessions and meditations. of fighting through and charging ahead didn’t I tried it all and was open to every holistic treatment there was. I seem to be working this time and the thought of my family seeing had to try everything in my power to heal naturally first if I was DARLA KOKO PEBBLES PORSCHA RUPERT SCRAPPY me in this condition was even more debilitating. My son, who was ever going to be okay with pursuing Western medicine again. Like Female 8 wk old Male 4yr old Female 4yr old Female 4yr old Male 5 months old Male 4-5yr old only 3 at the time, was too young to understand the true reality of a Guinea pig I tried everything and looked deep into every aspect Wirehair Terrier mix Yorkie Maltese Poodle Terrier Chihuahua Chihuahua why his loving mother wasn’t capable of picking him up anymore. of my life, spiritual Even worse, was the fact that my mother, who had once seen her and physical. My diet, These cute dogs were rescued from area shelters and are in need of love, hugs, and a HOME! ballerina daughter perform at the Civic Opera House in Chicago, regime, family, friends, Focus Magazine, together with Saving K9 Lives Plus, will proudly donate the full adoption was now unable to even stand up on her own two feet. Unknowingly past, yoga, everything fee paid by anyone choosing to add one of these adorable pets to their family, enabling this to me at the time, this would only be the beginning of my journey, was dissected and amazing organization to rescue another dog. With your help we can save twice the number of a journey to release my own ideals of self, a journey to finally reveal being unable to move, dogs on this page! As an added bonus, Focus Magazine will feature your new, precious family my weaknesses to others for the first time in my life, and most I was forced to look member in an upcoming issue. importantly my journey back to health. deep within and truly y name is Jesse Golden. I grew up in the suburbs of be comfortable with Chicago, dancing at my Mother’s dance studio since sitting still and just SPANKY Rescue these wonderful dogs today with I couldM remember. Dancing was my life and expressing myself being. I learned to Female 8 wk old Focus Magazine’s pledge to #payitforward through movement was like oxygen to me. At the age of 18, I picked change my perception Wirehair Terrier mix and look at my Find out more from: up and moved to Miami to begin making a living as a model and eventually migrated to Los Angeles when I was 20 to further pursue illness as a blessing Jackie Goodman instead of a curse. [email protected] my modeling career. In 2004, I was blessed to become a mother My path towards optimal wellness became my destiny and through Read each dog’s story at focusmag.us/focuscares to an amazing little boy, named Kaleo Okalani, which means the Voice of Heaven. In 2008, at the same time I had decided to become experimenting with both Eastern and Western medicine, I found Adopted a certified Hatha yoga teacher and that is when my body began what worked for me and learned how to be adaptable to each given to completely shut down on me. At the time, looking back, I soon day. ff realized that I had more than likely been ill for much longer. !e or several years I have been in “remission” and o years of strict discipline from ballet had taught me to ignore my all rheumatoid arthritis drugs with no active signs of flF body’s signals and fight through pain no matter how awful I felt. I in ammation. Of course I have days where I do not feel that great, ! was constantly tired and beyond exhaustion. In search of an answer, but I always maintain hope that it will pass. rough modeling and I began going from doctor to doctor. Each result being the same, being a yoga teacher I have been able to create a platform to share my telling me I was fine, and that it was normal for a single mother still story, gracing the covers of NY Times Magazine, Yoga International breast feeding to feel this way. !en, a%er endless appointments as well as dozens of athletic active brands including Under Armour, ff and still in need of an answer, I was finally diagnosed with a disease Reebok, Nike and Athleta. Giving hope to others su ering with ffi known as RA or Rheumatoid Arthritis. !e disease began to chronic illnesses or dealing with di cult life challenges. Once I fl progress rapidly throughout my body, to the point where I could not became public with my battle, I was ooded with emails from other people suffering from chronic illnesses and auto-immune diseases Zoey even walk without the assistance of others. My body, once known Katherine, 15 , a one year wanting to know how I was able to “cure” myself from an incurable old Maltese/Yorkie, for being limber and strong was now only capable of mild mobility year old, 4 lbs late in the a%ernoons a%er loosing up to a slow shuffle. As if I were disease. I was unable to keep up with the responses that so many blind Poodle, was found with ff ! 100 years of age, stricken with constant pain, was now a ballerina desperate people su ering needed so I started a blog, e Golden was adopted by a a fractured skull after being hit Lucas, constricted to living inside the body of the Tin Man. Secrets, where I could share some of my experiences and wisdom horse trainer and 12 year to help, inspire and bring hope to all people going through difficult is now living near by a car. After t 5’10” I was down to 100lbs. My jaw would be locked into recovering at her Melody and Harmony, old, 4 lbs times. I am currently becoming a holistic health practitioner and Las Vegas Koda, one year place most mornings, and every joint in my body ached Petunia, 15 wonderful foster 5 month old and 8 Chihuahua, A I am writing a book about my journey. I live by my credo, “It’s old 7 lbs Maltese/ fl year old 4lbs home, she was month old Maltese, was adopted in amed with pain, including my eyes, mouth, heart and lungs. Yorkie, was not always about hitting the bullseye, it’s about painting the target blind Yorkie, adopted by 3 lucky were adopted together. by his foster At first, desperate for a cure, I diligently followed the advice of adopted. around the arrow”. was adopted children and their They live in Las Vegas mom my Rheumatologist by going on extremely harsh drugs, including by a caring parents in Los now with their family in autoimmune suppressants that would supposedly give me a family from San Angeles. the printing business. % Jesse Golden Francisco. better chance of going into remission. A er a complete disastrous attempt at this and numerous side affects from the harsh drugs I www.thegoldensecrets.org wholeheartedly decided to give 100% of my life to Eastern medicine. http://instagram.com/jessegolden

44 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 45 TURNING 30 / Jordyn Goodman MOVING TO LA / Isla Schmidt | 08/2014

for a reason. For us, it wasn’t love. For me, it was a friendship… and LOSS it was this business. Empowered is a brand because he believed in %er nine years of watching my dad courageously it. At the time, he believed in me more than I did. I was so focused Moving To LA battle cancer, on August 29, 2013 my fear became a on making the relationship work at the time, I didn’t realize how the A reality. I will remember that day for the rest of my life. by Isla Schmidt TURNING turbulence of the relationship was turning me into who I was going to Around 4pm I was visiting him at the hospital feeding I’ll spare you all the details for now but let’s 30 be. A Stronger person than I ever was. As I reflect, I am positive that him dinner and watching football trying to get him stronger, just say I ended up in LA on a whim, newly How the Stories From My Turbulent Twenties these relationships changed me for the better. Both of these individuals and by 8PM something had gone terribly wrong. My world divorced, pretty much penniless, jobless Have Le$ Me Ready to %rive at %irty were exactly who and what I needed in my twenties. I walked away was turned upside down. His relationship with my mom, as learning so much about life and friendship . Once you accept that some well as my siblings and I has taught me so much about what and friendless. I was completely happy and by Jordyn Ashley Goodman relationships are temporary, you can learn to stop blaming yourself for I want in life. He believed in me and encouraged me when committed to the idea of moving to LA with what you see as relationship failures. Instead take them for what they no one else did… He supported my “crazy” dreams, not just nothing, knowing no one, having no job. I !is is the new year for me. I can are – helpful life lessons. . I think we are all looking for a lifetime of love standing behind me in my decisions, but standing beside me, pass through another year, coasting can’t really explain that innate feeling I had and laughter, not anger and tears. It’s important in your twenties to start holding my hand every step of the way. He stood up for us on cruise control, or I can step out deep, deep inside that things would just learning from past relationship mistakes. when people hurt us, and always made us his number one of my comfort zone, trying new In between my priority. From his 30 year marriage with my mom he showed work out...But they have. things, I have never done before, It was a little shaky at first, bouncing from hostel to hostel and sleeping first love and my half I can promise any girl, life me the importance of love and friendship, most importantly and make 30 the year that I elevate in cars (learned quickly which Santa Monica streets are best for overnight love….I dated….a is full of surprises. Some from them, I learned the true meaning of in sickness and in from where I am and excel. As I’ve parking!). I took the bus everywhere for job interviews, got lost all over the lot…and many of those good…some bad….and some health. My father was the love of my life since the day I was learned change isn’t easy, but a%er city on purpose, thought for a minute “mid city” would be a cool place to live stories, I am going to born. He was my dad, my best friend and my biggest fan, the lessons I have taken from my twenties, I am looking forward that take your breath away. (old, insanely hot buildings!). Somehow managed to get a hundred dollars for save for a book. If I am and his loss was truly heartbreaking. !ere will forever be a thriving at thirty. Right off the bat, you need to realize that life my phone bill when I needed to, or just enough for a whole foods dinner. I going to be honest with you… dating is not fun. It’s your 20s and people void in my life, it is a relationship that is irreplaceable, and isn’t always fair. are constantly wanting to introduce you to someone or telling you to put didn’t want to go and sit in bars at night, being the new single girl in LA I was unparalleled to any other relationship I’ll ever have. He fi yourself out there. I think the most important thing to tell any girl is, slightly petri ed at the thought of what might manifest in the bars here. But i LOVE taught me the love of a father. In his arms I was always safe. also didn’t want to sit in a depressing hostel room by myself more than I had and I know it is so cliché, but when they say when you’re not looking it He taught me selflessness and to him I am forever grateful. s I near 30 years old, I know I have been in love one and to so I found myself in an odd balance at night between meandering too little happens…..they are right! If there is anything I have taken away from When everyone was going abroad in college. I filled out a half times. I know you are thinking, a half? How? But and contemplating too much. It was a difficult transition, not only being newly my 20s, especially in the last year, it’s that when you beat to your own the paperwork to go abroad to Barcelona, and my dad had a A I will get to that. fi alone, but also in an entirely new, very large city. I remember one morning I drum, and you’re comfortable in your own skin, love and life nd you. relapse. I have yet to really travel and explore the world. But I spent my early 20’s with my first love. If you woke up, had just spent the night in the hostel in San Diego (which is another I can honestly say that today I am happier than I have ever been. I can I do not regret for one second that semester at home. I’ll have would have asked me at that time I would have told you he entire story in itself) and was feeling particularly vulnerable when I dropped promise any girl, life is full of surprises. Some good…some bad….and many opportunities in life to travel the world, but I would was my forever. We were each other’s first loves and we got something on the sidewalk. I picked it up and looked up and I happened to be some that take your breath away. have never gotten back those extra four months with him, to experience that together. We became part of each other’s standing right in front of a logo that said “rockbottom”. I burst into tears, but I learning more from him everyday and making memories families. We were each other’s biggest fans. We watched each LIFE also just had to laugh, because it was exactly how I was feeling at that moment along the way. Sooner or later, you just want to be around other start our careers and grow into adults. In the end, who remember getting a call right a%er I graduated college to interview about my life. I stood there, laughing and crying, telling myself at least i wasn’t the people who make you smile. So today, spend time with I was at 21 and who I was at 25 turned out to be two very for a job to work for “someone famous who had some companies.” drinking or doing drugs, i was meditating, doing yoga and writing a lot and it those who help you love yourself more. And remember, the different people. Part of growing up in my 20’s was realizing I I didn’t give it much thought, went on the interview…and you are would all be ok somehow. people you take for granted today may be the only ones you % that sometimes you grow apart from people. And you have no probably as surprised as I am when I tell you that I am still sitting Rejection a er rejection, about two months in, I found a small interior need tomorrow. Never be too busy to make time for those who fi choice but to let go. It’s not easy, but it’s important to do what’s in that same office today. For so many years, I have watched my boss, design rm online whose portfolio I loved and emailed them my resume matter most. necessary to make you happy in the long run. Relationships run Suzanne Somers, empower women on so many levels. I have learned with a quick note right away. I had done it so many times, was beginning to Like most girls in their 20’s, I had dreamt about the day that I ! their course and I am forever grateful for everything I learned in so much about business and life from her. !roughout my twenties, feel a little beat down. But the most amazing thing happened. ey called would get married and walk down the aisle. It really never occurred me on a day I really needed them to call! As I was on speaker phone with the those five and a half years. she has taught me how important it is to have a voice and to use it. Not to me that the day would come and he would not be there. Even two of them, they started off saying they loved my email and wanted to meet Now onto the half….It is only a half because who I met many 21 year olds walk into an unexpected first job out of college, and though a part of me will always feel robbed of that moment in two weeks when they weren’t so busy. My heart just sank because I really and fell for wasn’t at all like the person I ended up dating. I 8 years later are able to walk away with a second family. It is important I’m comforted in knowing that if and when that day comes, he needed something right away, and I heard myself saying that inside myself learned that there was a history that affected his future. His for any girl to know that in your 20s you should find meaning in your will be with me in some way. It’s been almost a year since his somewhere. A few minutes later as they were still openly discussing dates past couldn't allow him to move forward. We traveled and had world. Even if you aren’t jazzed about your current job, consider how passing, and I’ve chose to live my life each day in his honor, and times over their calendars, I heard the dates getting closer and closer some amazing experiences together, but in the end I realize I your actions contribute to the common good. If you land a job that is working hard to be the best daughter, sister, and aunt I can be. until somehow it evolved into meeting the next morning! found myself making excuses for him. When my inner voice completely opposite than what you thought you would be doing, take a So, I’m turning thirty. I know this year will be full of I’m still working with them today. In fact, i started working with them was saying “this isn’t right”… I stayed…. And I stayed in the chance, you never know where you may land. If all else fails, remember changes and challenges. But I’m genuinely excited and ready that first day we met and haven’t stopped! !ey have become some of my relationship much longer than I should have. I was scared it is never too late to start over. for them! I am not perfect…I have made plenty of mistakes best friends here, and taken me in like a sister. During my year here, I have to lose my friend. I knew how long it took me a%er my first In my 20’s I have lost friends, made new friends, and rekindled with all which have brought me here today. It is important to note, met the most incredible people, practiced at the most amazing yoga studios, love to find another friend that I could deeply care about and old friends. Friendships change. People move, marry, have kids, and that mistakes in your 20s don’t define your value…then or eaten the most delicious food, meandered through the greatest farmers although I knew it wasn’t right I was too scared to let go. It took become a bit more selfish overall…. And it’s important to know that now. I find comfort in knowing that my family and friends markets (Hollywood is my favorite!), heard some of the most amazing music the ultimate betrayal for me to finally close that chapter of my is okay. It is all just part of growing up. I am going into 30 so proud of are always with me. In loosing my father I lost the love of my and gone off on some of the most awesome adventures. You can be who you life on an emotional level. At the end of the day, the best advice the company I keep. We are all becoming who we are going to be and life last year, but I have learned to love my life so I don’t lose want here, and do what you want here, and yes it takes time, but there’s room I could give to any girl in their 20’s, is that you can’t change it shouldn’t be the same now as it was at 18. I watched four of my best out on anything in my thirties! for everyone. I’m just getting started... anyone, and when you meet the right person you won’t want to. friends lose their fathers in their twenties. My dad was always the one With all this being said, we walked away from this relationship who was sick…not theirs…I lived in fear that one day that was going to You can listen to Empowered with Jordyn Goodman every Isla Schmidt is a senior interior designer at JAC Interiors and loves yoga, respecting each other. !ey say everyone comes into your life be me. !at I would have to face life without my dad. Tuesday night at 7PM PST on LA TALK RADIO the beach, food and sun! Follow her lifestyle blog at barefootmusings.com

46 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 47 MATCHING UP / 08/2014 THE ART OF DATING /Jennifer Braff | 08/2014 Matchmakers in The City The Art of Dating Meet Focus’ New Resident Date Coaches: Sister Matchmakers of by Jennifer Braff Matching Up in Beverly Hills o you’ve been messaging this guy back and forth online confidence. But try and be open. Sometimes you might not feel fi % As the new Resident a few weeks now. You feel there’s an attraction, and you a strong chemistry at rst, but a er getting to know someone Date Coaches at Focus really want to meet him in person or at least have a real better, it can grow. Many times it’s the way someone treats you Magazine, we are excited conversation over the phone. Do you ask if he wants to and makes you feel that creates a spark. to help you along your Smeet? Do you wait until he asks? Do you offer your cell number, My advice for dating is fairly simple: journey to love in our or will he leave his first? 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48 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 49 BRIDECHILLA / Kimberly Atwater MY FAVORITE PLACES / Laura Ricketts From BrideZilla to My Favorite Places in LA by Kimberly Atwater by Flight Attendant Laura Ricketts BrideChilla I think back to an episode of Seinfeld when Jerry Let’s face it, brides are some of the busiest and starts dating a massage therapist in hopes of o%en most stressed out ladies around. Try as they getting some great back rubs in her down time. Unfortunately for him she did not like may to remain calm and steer clear of the dreaded to bring her work home. !is is the case in “Bridezilla” stereotype, the planning, primping, many professions. Most of us like to leave and pressure can get to even the most blissful work at work. I say most because this isn’t the case for me and many of my colleagues in the brides to be. aviation industry. Five years ago I never thought Cue Santa Monica based yoga teacher Laura Conley, who being a flight attendant was in my cards. Being paid to travel is launched the aptly named BrideChilla Yoga last month. Laura’s such a luxury and I’m thankful for all the memories and priceless fi unique brand of Zen is a sure re way to turn brides and their experiences I’ve had. counterparts from jittery to joyful – and have a great time while !e fun and glamour starts when work is done because of the doing so. wonderful perks we get in the travel world. Bridechilla yoga came into fruition through Laura’s work with I live by these words “locals know best”. I have been lucky brides and requests for wedding day yoga, as well as knowing enough to meet a friendly stranger or make a true friend in every fi the value rst hand. Married city I have had the pleasure of visiting. !ey always point me in the in 2008 by her mentor and right direction of great eats and local hot spots. renowned yoga teacher Kia My favorite place in the world to visit is Los Angeles. My home Miller, Laura incorporated an away from home. To me LA really is the city of dreams. !is city is early morning yoga practice filled with all types of people from everywhere. !ere are a lot of open to all guests into her creative juices flowing from entrepreneurs and artists, big business wedding day, and felt rooted and big stars. !e lifestyle in LA is what sets it apart from anywhere and ready to walk down the I’ve ever been. aisle as a result of it. Working !ere are three neighborhoods I always find myself in – West with brides in classes, corporate, Hollywood, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills. and private settings, Laura I can spend hours checking out my favorite stores at 3rd Street realized a need for something Promenade, and a%erwards sitting on the sunny patio of True ffi more o cial than the requests Foods Kitchen. she was getting. Not only do brides want to be in the best shape of !e Bungalows at the Fairmont is amazing to watch the sunset % their lives, they want to manage stress and have that sought a er with some casual beverages and snacks. When I want to go posh, the glow – all byproducts of yoga. BrideChilla Yoga was born, and a roof top at the Huntley hotel has great views and a fabulous dinner. % fantastic array of services to incorporate into wedding prep or gi to Now on to West Hollywood (WeHo). !is is where I stay when the brides in your life, introduced. I come to LA. Lucky for me my best friend loves LA as much as I do According to Laura, there are three things to focus on during so she moved here and has an open door policy for me, for which I fl BrideChilla Yoga ow that can be tapped back into throughout the can’t thank her enough. time leading up to the wedding and the big day itself: your breath, If you are a member of Soho House I’m jealous. If not, and the intention you set, and your feet touching the ground beneath you get an invitation, take it. I promise, the panoramic patio will you. It’s a perfectly wrapped up reminder to focus on remaining blow your mind. present and grounded, two feelings that brides are infamous for If you like hot spots with a great looking, trendy crowd you’ll ! lacking. Erika Hsu, married at e Parker in Palm Springs last love Laurel Hardware. !is place is rammed and rightfully so. October, spoke about incorporating BridaChilla Yoga into her big !ere’s a great mix of small plates, full dinner or just drinks. If I day. feel like Japanese, Katana comes to mind. I love trying a little of ! “ ere are so many family members and friends coming from everything without committing to a full size entree. Probably the out of town to see you and they want to spend time with you, and best Japanese I’ve had so far in LA. that, combined with the anxiety of the big day, leads to a lot going If you enjoy a little seclusion, a great view and interaction with on! Laura’s class was a perfect way to ease my nerves and bond with horses I highly recommend Sunset Ranch. !ey offer different family members that had made the trip – and everyone had a blast! packages so get those cowboy boots on and enjoy the ride! % A erward, I sailed into hair and makeup feeling calm and fantastic.” !e more time I spend in LA, the more and more I fantasize about making the move. I still have way more to see, do and eat in You can find Laura at YogaWorks, Equinox and Unplug Meditation. and can LA and I know I really have just scratched the surface of what this purchase any of the BrideChilla Yoga packages for yourself or another bride- wonderful city has to offer. Stay tuned for more from an outsider’s to-be. #ere aren’t many engagement or shower gi%s that encompass mind, body, and fun, and BrideChilla Yoga is sure to be an individualized and special perspective. If you want to keep better track of what I’m up to I’m an experience for all who partake. open book on Instagram. lauraconleyyoga.com Instagram @lilricketts

50 FOCUS | AUGUST 2014 focusmag.us 51 SECOND ACTS / Tara Ellison Books

by Tara Ellison As the Author of “Living !e Second Acts: Invisible Disability” and living What I Learned From Dating After My Divorce in Bel Air...I have come to find balance in my life & the LA How many people do you know who you’re ready for a modern take on your look, you scene, and have found the most have gone through a divorce and looked can always go to a beauty counter and pick an artist joy is in giving back to others. fabulous throughout the process? I’d whose style appeals to you and ask for help creating a new look. Most makeup artists are thrilled to have A Single Mom...Celebrity venture to guess the answer is virtually an opportunity to show a customer the latest looks. Stylist, TV Host and a mother to my best friend none. Even if you are the initiating party, Try to go in the morning, as this is when it’s slower Jordan, I found myself barely able to hang on to life. even if you have ample funds to cushion and you’ll likely get more one-on-one time. A%er being sidelined by a car accident suffering a the blow, even if you know it’s for the A%er my divorce, I was not emotionally in brain injury, leaving me in bed for seventeen months When I did best, it is still a long and painful process. a place where I could date, even if I desperately and having to relearn to speak, overcome depression, A%er enduring such a major emotional wanted a distraction. I felt raw and didn’t have my feel ready to bearings. Common sense told me I wasn’t likely to extreme fatigue, anxiety, nearly losing everything, date, I had upheaval, it’s an understatement that attract the kind of meaningful relationship I would including my life, due to a chemical imbalance in my you’re probably not going to be feeling want to nurture long-term. brain. to shift out % your best. When I did feel ready to date, I had to shi fi of neutral !is is when you need to be extra gentle with out of neutral and get my game on! I hadn’t exactly Two and a half years later – I nd myself and get my yourself and carve out time for self-care – which can let myself go – I was still doing yoga – but my promoting my book in a manner of bringing game on! be challenging if you’re working and juggling parent wardrobe was sadly lacking. I didn’t have the funds awareness to TBI’s (Traumatic Brain Injuries) those duties. Beauty and fitness are an outer expression of to do a major overhaul and could only invest in one ff POETS, POETRY LOVERS who su er incredibly worse than I have, or who !e 26th Annual Pat Pincus Poetry Fest is to what is going on inside. Creating ways to do things new piece at a time but you learn to work with what no longer have a voice! Donating portions of the be held on Sunday, August 17, 2014 at 2:00 PM for yourself, even little things, can help pull you out you have and build from there. If your wardrobe proceeds to a foundation in Cypress CA. B.R.A.I.N. at Donald Bruce Kaufman Brentwood Branch of a rut and put you on the road to recovery. needs an update, have a trusted girlfriend come Library. Finding ways to incorporate exercise into your over and go through your closet and eliminate what Active in the brain community and now pitching a daily routine will get you out of your head and the no longer works or what represents unpleasant Docu Series on different degrees of Brain Injuries Submit your work (one poem will be chosen), endorphins will work their magic to improve your memories. Don’t hang onto those old, tired pieces, and starting a foundation. I now devote my life to or come and enjoy listening to excellent work. mood. Years ago, as I was going through a divorce, take a deep breath and let go. !e world is waiting. philanthropy and charity work! Meet and greet the poets at a bountiful reception yoga helped me maintain what little was le% of my It’s time for a new slate! following the readings. sanity. Making a commitment to my practice a few hannahtalk.com Submissions accepted as follows: times a week got me feeling stronger, more positive Submit only THREE poems, one page in length. about the future and forced me to interact with Include your name, address and all contact people, instead of hibernating – which was what I information with a brief biography, no later than felt like doing. July 14, 2014. Once you’re feeling a little better, a makeover might be just what the doctor ordered; something Mail or deliver to: to physically symbolize the changes you’ve gone Attn: Poetry Fest through and match your internal makeover. A fresh Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library haircut or a new way of doing your makeup can go 11820 San Vicente Blvd. Los Angeles, a long way in presenting your updated outlook. If CA 90049

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