Happy 4th of July!
I hope everyone is having a safe and fun holiday! I have some very exciting news that I can’t wait to share with you. Let the Contest Begin MommyPoppins.com is running a Best of Kids LA contest asking their awesome readers to cast votes on their favorite play spaces, restaurants, museums and all things in and around LA. There are prizes to win and lots of great info to find there – have a look here. I am so honored and excited to tell...
How to Get Out Green Swimmers Hair
Summer is here and we spend a lot of it in the pool. Being blondes, our hair usually turns green after a couple of days! Over the years I have tried every home remedy out there. From baking soda + a clarifying shampoo to tomato juice to any kind of hair product that claimed it would reduce the green hair effect from swimming in a chlorinated pool. I even did a science project in 5th grade on it! I tested 3 shampoos that claimed to...
Our Minecraft Birthday Party at Kids World LA
Celebrating birthdays is one of my favorite things to do. I love gathering the friends and parents of my children together to appreciate another year of life, of accomplishments, of growth of the birthday child. Children’s birthday parties are also a great time for parents to get to know each other while their kids have are occupied having fun. But I am not going to lie here. The actual celebrating part is what I like – I...
What is New in Malibu at Vintage Grocers
The Vintage Grocers is our market in West Malibu offering all sustainable, local produce and products. It is a hometown grocery store with homegrown food that my kids and I love to visit. The colors are always vibrant in the produce section, the bakery always has some amazing treat just waiting for us and the wine selection never fails me! Recently, I attended a foodie event there where we were shown the new product arrivals and given...
3 Great Places for Dinner In Malibu
Trying new restaurants is something that I love to do. Not only do I appreciate having multiple options to choose from on a menu, but it is a small luxury to have someone else to cook for and clean up after us for a change! My family and I are adventurous eaters and really enjoy trying new foods. We always make the effort to try something new to us from the menu while delighting in choosing things we already know we love. Malibu has...
Le Village Café in Malibu
The newest member of The Trancas Country Mart family is Le Village Café Malibu and it is soooo good! Recently, I attended a fun foodie event at The Vintage Grocers and afterwards, Le Village Café hosted us for a lovely lunch and wine tasting. I enjoyed it so much that I want to tell you all about it. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Where is Le Village Café in Malibu? Le Village Café is located on the PCH across from Zuma Beach...
Sun Defense Foods
Have you heard about Sun Defense Foods? I knew there were a couple of foods that carried the ability to protect us from the UV rays if we ate them, but I had no idea there were so many, or that science has been studying this for a while now! When WaxHead contacted me to review their organic, safe for our bodies and our oceans, sunscreen, I first checked out their website GoWaxHead.com and that is where I saw the Sun-Defense Foods...