Stella McCartney X Bambi

Famed animal lover and animal friendly designer, Stella McCartney shows her playful side in her Autumn/Winter ’09-’10 Campaign. Seriously, who doesn’t love Bambi, Thumper and Flower?

Stella, will you marry me? I know you’re already married and that you don’t swing that way but if anything should change, you know where to find me. And maybe by then it will be legal!

A girl can dream, right?

Thanks for blasting this Pauline. Visit The Lipstick Diaries for more good ting tings.

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Carpool Convos – Episode 1 of 3

This is part 1 of an upcoming series produced by Sarah Shewey of Pink Cloud Events. It features the guys of Fallen Fruit and Damien Somerset of Zaproot having candid and unscripted conversations while driving in a new Honda Insight.

Kudos to you Sarah! And I’ll be sure to never throw my apple cores out on the street again.

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Earth Cinema Circle

I’ve been reading about Earth Cinema Circle for quite some time and I’ve finally made the decision to join after realizing I’m pretty obsessed with movies such as ‘Food Inc.’ and ‘The Cove.’ Movies like these don’t usually get an entire back wall of “Guaranteed In Stock!” at Blockbuster- but they should!

Earth Cinema Circle is a DVD club dedicated to increasing social & environmental awareness through entertaining films.

How it works: Every other month the customer is sent 1 DVD containing 4 environmental movies on it. It is sent in 100% recycled packaging and after viewing the movies, they’re yours to keep. All that for the low price of $17.95 (plus $4.95 s+h.) Bonus: Earth Circle Cinema is sponsored by Gaiam and narrated by Ed Begley, Jr. Beat that Netflix!

If you break that down, including shipping, you’re only paying $5.73 a movie. Cheaper than a matinee and more fulfilling than the entire box set of Gossip Girl.

Check it out and do your recession ridden wallets a favor and support environmental filmmakers by joining Earth Cinema Circle now!

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EcoStiletto.com 1 Yr. Anniversary Partay

Happy 1st Birthday to Rachel and the women of EcoStiletto.com. Their soiree to celebrate their big day was definitely for the green, grown and sexy people.

Top notch event at Environment..2 gold stars for it being a few streets away from where I live. Once again.. Lovin’ my hood.

Sponsored by Green Works Natural Cleaners

Leila Hafzi fall line debut. Hi Serene!! xx

Back of Josie Maran, in Leila Hafzi. Stunning. You have to see the pieces in person. Must.Own.One.

Everyone has a mobile food truck nowadays. I think I should start a Pho truck. Mmm.

Saw many familiar faces, received some yummy products and left with a smile.

Congrats again to Rachel and the team!

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Coco Eco Shoot With Maria Menounos

I was beyond excited for the Coco Eco magazine shoot yesterday for several reasons:

• Subject: Maria Menounos (Access Hollywood)= HAWT!
• Location: Marrakesh House (21st century remodeled green residence.) Check out those solar panels!
• Sexy electric sports car: Tesla
• All the beautiful eco-friendly clothes and accessories that were pulled by moi (with the help of Anna and Sarah Griffin.)

Clothes used:
LIV GRN
Linda Loudermilk
Leila Hafzi
Sarah Shepard

Accessories by:
Hovey Lee
Nola Singer
Caleen Cordero
Brooke Benson
Olsen Haus
Mink Shoes

And there just happened to be another Tesla in the garage charging up. The owner: filmmaker Chris Paine (Who Killed the Electric Car?)

Isn’t she lovely? Especially in Leila Hafzi, who is one of my favorite designers at the moment.

Thanks again to Anna and the Coco Eco crew for another successful shoot. New issue dropping soon!

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Hugo’s

Vegetarians, vegans and organic food followers can take comfort at Hugo’s. Even after recently revamping its interior, the West Hollywood favorite for breakfast and brunch remains committed to its use of free-range, organic and sustainable ingredients.

Their egg scrambles, breakfast a la carte plates (Chilaquiles above- to die for!!) and pancakes are popular morning options; their create-a-plate feature allows flexibility for lunch or dinner.

Hugo’s Restaurant
8401 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(323) 654-3993

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Michelle’s Bachelorette in S.D.

We arrived to the 5 bedroom house and felt like we were in an episode of The Real World. Meeting our roomies and having our minds blown by the fully equipped house full of goodies.

Day at the beach where we were all treated to mani’s and pedi’s courtesy of Michael.

We pretty much spent the entire weekend at the house.. doing exactly what I said we would be doing..

Lots of this, that, that and that.

There were actually some eco-friendly elements to the weekend. The home water treatment system at the house provided us with an eco-friendly home water purification and water softener solution. Most of the food used at home had organic ingredients (thanks for the delicious meals Edean & Jenni.) And we also had our very own keg of Fat Tire Beer- (one of the few beer breweries that practices sustainability.

I won this ca-ute reusable shopping bag from playing ‘Pin the Macho on the Man.” Hungover, bindfolded and spun several times I somehow managed to make a bulls eye target.

And that’s all I can mention… there are images and reputations to uphold. Not mine of course, but for the sake of others.

Thanks to all the lovely ladies for making this a memorable weekend full of love, laughs and liver problems. And thanks to everyone for contributing in bringing/making food and to all that helped with cleaning and to the ones that provided games, prizes and crafts. Most of all thanks to Edean for putting it all together!

Congratulations Michelle! Love you. BTW- is that a penis straw in your cake?

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Thanks To The Recession..

Sales of polluting, plastic water bottles are down.

And sales of home water filtering systems are up. Yay! Target is having a sale on Brita filters (which are now recyclable) and pitchers until September. On top of that, you get a $5 Tar-jay gift card with every Brita purchase.

Then all you need are some of these eco-friendly, good for the planet, non-leaching (good for you,) reusable bottles and ta-dow! How you like me now?

Hello.. Keith Herring Sigg bottle?? So much sexier than a plastic water bottle. (I got mines at Whole Foods.)

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Must See Movie: Food, Inc.

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.

We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.

Featuring interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto) along with forward thinking social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield’s Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms’ Joel Salatin, Food, Inc. reveals surprising—and often shocking truths—about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

Visit the Food, Inc. website

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Let’s Trash The Beach PSA

I’m sure ya’ll know this is a jokey times video.

I love it.

Keep California beautiful!

Source Huffington Post

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F*CK RINGLING BROS!

Sorry about being out of commission since being back. Busy with work and prepping for my next shoot with Coco Eco Magazine.

I was just sent this link from Perez Hilton. Ringling Bros. had their show (arrived the day of the Michael Jackson Memorial) in LA at the Staples Center- they had a 4 day run beginning on July 9th.

When I heard that a few of my friends were going to the circus that week, my stomach knotted up. I tried explaining to them that the animals (especially the elephants) get beat and it didn’t make a difference. How could it if you only see the glittery show side and not what goes on behind those curtains and what they go through while traveling between cities and in their training sessions?

PETA vice president Daphna Nachminovitch said that their undercover agent “witnessed these elephants being beaten for no apparent reason.”

Ringling Bros. said they could not comment on the video because it had not been viewed yet, but they did say that “PETA is an animal rights extremist group…We are very proud of our animal care, we are committed to the care of all our animals partly through our conservation programs at the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation…We have 139 years of experience of working with Asian elephants.”

If you support Ringling Bitchasses this is what your money is contributing to.

Disgusting.

FUCK YOU RINGLING BASTARDS!

One pissed off bitch.

Thuy

NAACP vs. Gay Marriage: Do The Right Thing By Raymond Roker

Ok, I lied. Had time to check out some blogs, Twitter and FB and I wanted to share a post my friend Raymond wrote on Huffington Post this past weekend.

Read it, watch the videos, check out the feedback and share your thoughts. 1000 comments so far and he’s done it before with this post: Stop Blaming California’s Black Voters for Prop 8.

Keep on keepin’ on RayRo. xx

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I’m Back But Not Really

I spent the better part of yesterday recovering, reminiscing, resting and rehydrating. And then wrapped it up by unpacking penis paraphernalia, learning how to speak again, having someone administer a continuous supply of pho broth to me intravenously and trying to get our weekend bachelorette party theme song outta my head! It’s on repeat and I must make it stop!

Yeah, don’t ask. It wasn’t anybody’s bday and there was no sexin’ going on (wink.) Thanks limo dude for having the best music selection ever.

Be back in full effect manana (I hope.)
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thuy

The Horns Are Coming Out To Play

Off to San Diego for a bachelorette party to corrupt celebrate Michelle’s remaining days as a free woman before she ties the knot with Andy.

I’ll be with a group of green, grown and sexy mother earth lovin’, crazy-fun tree snugglers but there won’t be anything green about this weekend- unless it’s involves something like this..

or this.

So I leave you all with this image of us as happy, sane and sober hapas..

because I’m pretty sure we’ll be coming back like this after all the debauchery that’s about to go down (me being Bernie of course…)

Or the female version of this- minus the baby and all teeth intact. I hope ; )

The GG&S blog will be on vacay as well. I’ll be giving my carpal tunnel a break from typing by replacing it with the strenuous task of lifting a glass to my big mouth continuously over the next three days.

Have a great weekend! xx

thuy

NAGL At Trader Joes

Guess who felt like an asshole for leaving her reusable bags at home?

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Best Buy Gets Electric

Went to Best Buy the other day and tripped out when I noticed an entire section of electric scooters and bikes. Made me want to apply for their 0% finance card and get myself one.

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Reuse That Brown Paper Bag

Paper bag + Sharpie + chain = Chanel bag

Source Jak and Jil

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Recycled Camera Strap

Love these camera straps by Photojojo, made from salvaged seat belts of junked cars. They also made guitar straps out of reclaimed belts for Wilco and TV on the Radio.

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Something In The Blood Ain’t Clean

In Nova Scotia, Canada, there’s a problem with tampon applicators backing up the sewer system and overflowing into the ocean (hello ladies, it’s called a trash can and your brain- use them.)

Recently, a Dutch tampon company Libresse thought it would be a great idea to drop thousands of tampons with little parachutes attached to them out of planes and onto 6 popular Dutch beaches. Why? Well, the manufacturer of Libresse wants the females to put a bloody cork in it (literally) and hit the beaches while Aunt Dot is visiting. Seriously ladies. Why let that pesky little crimson tide between your legs stop you from having fun in the sun?

I just wanna thank the cooter plug maker for adding to our pollution problem. Oh and for contributing to that other thing- when birds and aquatic animals mistake plastics for food, eat them and choke to death..yeah, your marketing scheme was pure genius. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is just a joke right? Well I saw it on Oprah so it must be real!

Source Buzzfeed

Pork Rinds

Are freakin’ NASTY! Watch how they’re made in this video. Thank baby jesus I’ve never liked them!

I just barfed in my mouf and outta my eyes.

Source Huffington Post

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Decades Two

Decades Two is an upscale consignment store that carries vintage couture. I’ve been there several times shopping for styling jobs and each visit is pure torture. The prices are sky high but definitely worth the investment if you’re into recycled chic fashion.

8214 Melrose Ave. LA, CA 90046

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Whales Get PWND By Penguin

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Nike Reuse A Shoe

The Nike Reuse-A-Shoe program collects worn-out athletic shoes of all brands at Nike stores and other locations worldwide.

The shoes are recycled into Nike Grind, a material used to help build sports surfaces and playgrounds. Nike is also working to incorporate more Nike Grind and other environmentally preferred materials into consumer products like shoes and apparel.

Learn more at Nike Reuse A Shoe

Since 1990, they’ve collected more than 21 million pairs of athletic shoes and countless pounds of manufacturing scrap, giving new life to what is viewed as trash.

It’s all part of Nike’s journey toward a closed-loop business -– where waste at different stages of their operations, from their contract factories to transportation and eventually the product at the end of its life — can be recycled into new Nike products. Learn more about Nike’s environmental vision here.

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Breakin’ It Down: Soy Fabric

Soy fabric is luxuriously soft and comfortable, often likened to silk or cashmere. Besides being softer than cotton, soy fabric is more durable and long-lasting (and it keeps getting softer the more times you wash it). It dries quicker than cotton and is extremely easy to care for.

Soy fabric is eco-friendly and sustainable because of the way it is made. Soy fabric is manufactured from the by-products of soy food products, like tofu and soybean oil. Since the process uses materials that would otherwise be waste, it is considered to “close the loop” on soy.

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Good F’kin Riddance!!

The wolves and beluga whales in Alaska can be at ease now.

Us humans? Not so much.

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4th Of July Fun In The Sun

The ladies @ Shangri-la: Sobe Lifewater 4th of July pool party. Proper.

Purdy ladies representing one of a kind Junglegurl bathing suits made from recycled fabrics.

Ray, Jen & Daniel.

Hapa sisters Julie & Kalena in Jungle Gurl.

Buscemi and his adorable son.

Thanks to Rickey Kim, the Lovemade girls and everyone else involved for throwing one helluva party.

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The Staple Center Is Going To Be A Circus Today

Literally! Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey starts a run at Staples Center on Wednesday. In the predawn hours before Jackson’s memorial, the elephants will walk from the train station to the arena.

Boo to the animal torturers known as Ringling Bros!

PS- the pic is from their last Staples Center trip in 2008. I’m cringing for the elephants and at those gas prices!

Sobe Lifewater 4th Of July Pool Party

Broccoli City Presents Independent Green

BROCCOLI CITY x CONCEPT CITY PRESENT

INDEPENDENT GREEN

Saturday July 4th, 2009

Hosted by El Prez x AlX

CINESPACE HOLLYWOOD
6356 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Cost : LADIES FREE Before 11
FELLAS $10 Before 11

AFTER 11 its $15 dollars all night

N.A.S.A. ‘The People Tree’ Video Ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip

ManBearPig anyone?

Dope song, disturbing/cool/interesting video.

Have a great weekend everyone. xx

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SF: Cream Of Beat

Local 1200/Pirate Dj’s/Triple Threat

I almost want to hop on a Chinatown bus to SF for this. Hands down- best party EVER!

Creamofbeat.com

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What The EFF-YU-CEE-KAY?

Went to a herbal store in Chinatown (in LA, it’s more like Vietnam town) with my mom. I was expecting to see some ginseng, cinnamon & ginger. I was not prepared to see this.

Shark fins!!!! At $499 a lb? That’s like 10 fins for 5 bills! I had to ask my mom if that was in US or Vietnamese dollars. She gave me the “Girl are you stupid? We’re in America” side eye.

No wonder why it’s considered a delicacy.

“Finning” refers to the practice of cutting off only the shark fins and discarding the body. Sometimes sharks are dead when they’re pulled into the boats, but often, they’re still alive as their four fins are cut off with a knife. When they’re thrown back into the ocean the sharks either bleed to death, or they drown, because sharks can’t swim without fins, and they need to go forward to get oxygen.

It made me sad to see this. But then I saw something that always puts a smile on my face.

BOOOOOOZE! And then my eyeballs popped outta my head again. WTF?

Mom, are we done here? Lets go. I want to go home and hug my teddy bear and my $40 Costco size bottle of Belvedere.

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6 In 1 Solar Robot Kit

This ‘do it yourself kit’ is a great beginners introduction to solar power technology and the end result is your very own little robot. There are 6 different ways to build the 6 in 1 Solar Robot Kit, so you could have a robot dog one minute, or a boat for your bath the next! If either of those don’t do anything for you then why not build your own little plane (moving or still), windmill or solar powered car!

I want one!

source Green Fun Times

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