Heal The Bay!

Humanitarians/volunteers in the community inspire me!
Especially when I see little kids being involved because they are starting off at a young age doing good things for the community, our creatures and our environment. I'm a volunteer myself, have been for 5 years now; I'm in college and in a whole new place, but I wish I could volunteer as often as I would like.
Being involved in clubs at school definitely help motivate me to give back to the community which is an amazing feeling; If you haven't you should try it!

Started off the morning by heading for the Heal the Bay event at Dockweller State Beach to help with their beach clean up.

Heal the bay is an amazing non-profit environmental group to restore Santa Monica Bay!

Check their website http://www.healthebay.org/about-bay

Ford did a pretty awesome thing by letting people test drive their cars & would give back $50 per person who were in the car to Heal the Bay!
Thank you Ford and for the people test driving/being in the car for having such amazing hearts.

Sunshine was slowly making it's way over

Mounds of trash collected by volunteers

Raffle drawing at the end of event.

Congrats to Pete who was the lucky guy who won the 1st prize.


To conclude, FIDM Student council help raise an additional $350 for Heal the Bay event by just doing a simple thing!!! We participated in the Ford's "Drive one 4 ur Beach" and they donated $50 dollars to everyone who test drives their cars including the passengers.

Lets get motivated; be inspired to help our community, environment & our creatures! Doing simple things to help can create hope & have great impact.

Sweet Cravings

Despite my lack of sleep, I needed to get out of bed and say "Hello" to the sunny afternoon in DTLA. Mission was to go to the fashion district to look for some arts & craft materials, but we made some detours along the way. Since I needed a boost of energy, coffee to be specific, decided to try Kelly's Coffee & Fudge on the corner of Broadway & 8th.

& was surprised by this lovely street/alley art

Avenue of the stars...

Rode the rapid bus 728 to go to... "Beverly Hills... that's where I want to be... living in Beverly Hills"-Weezers. I was volunteering to be a dresser for a fashion show with my friend Heather. The show was at Hyatt, located on "Avenue of the Stars" street... how cool is that, "Ave of the stars street". It was located close to Westfield Century City mall, which by the way is a very pretty mall. I'm totally going back there to browse, shop, & eat.

The venue was B.E.A.utiful! It was a tent on the back of Hyatt hotel. It's the prettiest "tent" that I've ever seen.. It had draped gold fabric all over the ceilings & walls. Random, but I thought of the tents in Harry Pottah, how amazing would those be if we had those in real life... Pretty darn amazing!

Ohh, & I mussent' forget the male models. They were looking fine and dressed in uniform, with their millitary boots and hair slicked. Too bad I won't see them and their junk... I meant gooods ever again. haha.

It sucked because I couldn't take pictures backstage, which I understand, but still... There was soo much amazing shots that I could have gotten, but I had to work with what I was given... which was he after party! (:

Here's the runway.

The main outfit to be auctioned off.

The Mc

I loved her dress!

Delish delights: Lemon Bars & Coffee/nut/brownie <3

Another outfit to be auctioned off

The ceiling of the tent, it was shimmering gold & amazing!

After the fashion show... We went to the mall to see if there were places open to eat, clearly there wasn't since it was already 11, which is pretty lame. I think malls like that should be open till the early AM.

Passed by gap window display that I thought was cute.

Pirates!!!

City Streets to Nature's Trail

I've always wanted to go to Runyon Canyon ever since I first came to Los Angeles. I'm thankful that I've been there twice without having the complications of riding a bus. Thank goodness for carpools, but then again finding parking can be very difficult, so getting dropped of or taking a bus could be a better option if you don't want to deal that problem.

Getting up in the early AM was hard since I lacked some sleep, but it was worth it.

Going to Runyon for a hike made me get in touch with nature since I'm always stuck in the city. I needed a change of scenery since all I see is buildings after buildings, concrete after concrete. Sure there's some trees here and there, but still I feel so trapped here in DTLA. So it was nice being able to breathe "fresh" air and just enjoy the view of Los Angeles from the top and not within.

Some tips if ever going to Runyon Canyon.

1. Pack light. Pack the essentials;Water, a small snack, keys, a light jacket if your chilly (not bulky, unless the weather looks bad) and maybe a camera if your into taking pictures. ( I brought a big bag the first time and half the things were not necessary. Plus I didn't like the bulky-ness of having a backpack.)
2. Watch where your stepping. Majority of the people like to bring their dogs to company them, therefore you might encounter some dog shit.
   
3. Wear comfortable shoes, especially with grip because you could slide. (I didn't have legit shoes and I managed, but just be safe... its a long way down if shit happens. lol)
4. There will be stair like structures, and majority of them are pretty lengthy, so for a tall person its no problem, but for the shorter average, I suggest you walk on the sides and skip the stairs... or if your a beast then do the stairs... IT IS A WORK OUT. seriously.
5. Make sure you take a break from walking and you'll pretty much know where to stop and take a breather.. and if your a camera whore, you'll know because of the cool scenery as well as the Hollywood sign.

& Here are some pictures of today's journey.

Runyon Gate: 1860 N Fuller Ave, Los Angeles, California

That's where I live. DTLA from afar.

Here's my friend Heather... & her back view (:

The contrast of city & nature... I love how different 2 places can be.

Accompanied by wildflowers along the trial. It makes the hike more appealing.

There's the "Hollywood" sign everyone, well tourists are obsessed about.

One of the stops to take a breather, to talk, to rest, and enjoy the view... Also there is a huge wooden chair there, which I was sitting in... Its.so.comfortable!

Picture taken on my first Runyon Hike, but here is the big chair that I was talking about.