…from a happy holiday hiatus. It was blissful. It was needed. It was full of down time and up time and rearranging and organizing and family and love and stress and strain and conversation and laughing and crying and hugging. Â Alas, such is life. Â It’s just that during the infamous “holiday” time, all crammed into [...]
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Back from the Pacific Punch
We are back in the DC saddle, just ramping up for the storm (not Issac) which is inevitable according to the email inbox. Actually, it’s been a nice “quiet” two weeks and LA was quite enjoyable, if not hot. Here are a few photos from the trip. Thanks to everyone who came out to the [...]
Announcing the 1st Annual D.C. Trucky Awards : There’s More to a Food Truck than the Food
Years ago my friend now managing editor of Pacific Punch and globe trotting travel writer, Lindsay Taub emailed me about covering a cool event in downtown LA, the first Art Weekend. She wrote of the “food truck” scene and their huge following…I was like what the heck do you mean by that? Food trucks? It [...]
From East to West Coast : A Pacific Punch Point of View on the Emerging LA Tech Scene
As someone who seriously considered (so much so, that I spent all of August in the Pacific Punch last year, if you do recall reading my daily diary entries) leaving the comfort zone of the the east coast and transplanting my not size “double 0″ butt in LA, I loved reading this POV from our [...]
The Artists and Athletes Alliance Private Briefing in LA with Wolf Blitzer
Last time we were in the land of glitz and glamor aka La La Land/Tinsel Town or as we fondly put it, the Pacific Punch, we were privy to a private briefing hosted by the Artists and Athletes Alliance and UCLA held at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills entitled “2012 Race for the White [...]
And…. We’re Back!
Back from the La La Land / Pacific Punch world, where we attended, along with close to 300 other folks, the Artists and Athletes Alliance “Race to the White House” interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and this time, he was the one in the hot seat, not the other way around. Wolf though, doesn’t seem [...]
Per the Pacific Punch : First Chris4Life LA Dream Date Auction and Benefit Event
READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE: http://pacific-punch.com/first-chris4life-la-dream-date-auction-and-benefit-event/ Special thanks goes out to business partner and Pacific Punch Editor in Chief Lindsay Taub and the rest of the Pacific Punch team including Amy Senger, Steve Mandzik, Liesl Jackson, Kristin Martell, Tiiu Leek Jacobson, and Parker Bartlett and the entire Host Committee of the LA Dream Date Auction [...]
Punch Profiles: People to Know / 9 Questions with Designer Monika Chiang
I was recently introduced to MONIKA CHIANG during a fall business trip to L.A. aka the Pacific Punch. My boyfriend and I were walking around Beverly Hills’ Robertson Boulevard one warm and sunny day, wandering in and out of the boutique lined street, famous for chic designers, galleries, and star spotting at The Ivy Restaurant. [...]
Punch Peaks : Hello From Aspen, CO
The last time (and first time) I was in Aspen was pre-aughts, well before Facebook was the norm (I jumped on that bandwagon in 2007) and before digital cameras, well at least, I didn’t have one then. That particular trip was during a long Memorial Day weekend. The only real memories I have from the [...]
Latest Pacific Punch Picks for Your Palate (Part 1)
With the pending launch of the Pacific Punch website, I’ve forced (ha ha) myself to travel to and fro L.A. As you may recall, I spent the entire month of August on the west coast and chronicled every day on the Punch because for the most part, every single moment I found significant. Yes, [...]
Living in the Center of the Los Angeles Arson Fires
By Punch Pacific Correspondent Liesl Jackson I spent Sunday night on my rooftop patio peering over the wall army-style with binoculars at two suspicious looking men standing on my street corner. I was purposely wearing all black hoping they wouldn’t see me. You can call this strange behavior and maybe it was, but after what [...]
W Hotels’ Flagship on Florida’s Most Fashionable Beach
The W has done it again! With its mid-2011 unveiling of the South Beach Hotel & Residences in Miami Beach, they have set a new standard for a contemporary lifestyle experience as the brand continues to expand globally. (Click here for a list of all the properties, including ones expected to open in 2012 — [...]
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