I like you very Matcha

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It’s time to get up, move that ass and take over the world! Coffee is so last week, and matcha is the new caffeine so why not hit up Shuhari Matcha Café on Abbot Kinney Blvd in Venice? I think ya’ll should lil mamas and papas!

The amazing matcha is a more concentrated form of green tea where the tea leaves are grounded up into a powder to get that goodness from the tea leaves, and a high ass caffeine level. It’s packed with the healthy antioxidants polyphenol, which keeps you looking fresh and young as a real and keeps you blood sugar levels in a good place.

Seriously though, with caffeine and all these healthy stuff, why are you still drinking coffee!? Matcha got ya! It does need to be more commercialized though, I totally agree with that. Starbucks, where them matcha lattes at?

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Sustainable Fashion

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Did you ever think you would dress yourself in an outfit made out of plastic bottles or skateboards? Look into the future my friend, see the light!

Beyond The Label hosted a Sustainable Fashion Show last night in Santa Monica. Different clothing brands showed their work, which is all made out of recycled textiles and other materials. Everything on the runway was sustainable. From the shoes, clothes, to the make up the models wore. Pretty cool! And it shows that it’s possible to make great clothing without causing unnecessary damage to the environment.

Each year more than 89 million tons of municipal solid waste gets composed – in the US alone. So that shirt that’s been laying around in the back of your closet for years that you just throw away will have extremely negative effects on the environment. To produce the amount of cotton for one single shirt it can take up to 2,700 liters of water. For one shirt! That’s insane!

I mean I think we all know about how bad waste is for the environment, but how many does really make the biggest effort to change their recycling habits? Honestly, people… I don’t… But we should! Beyond The Label really showed how sustainability can be fun and fashionable, and how we all can get better at recycling and make sure we donate our old clothes for reuse. Put the sweet, sexy, and sassy in sustainable and be aware of how you waste and shop – til you drop. Dead. Kidding. Maybe. What?

The brands at the fashion show with links to their websites:

Bead & Reel – Women’s apparel
LA Relaxed – Women’s apparel
Sita Couture  – Women’s apparel
Mink Shoes – Women’s shoes
Outerknown – Men’s apparel
prAna – Men’s and Women’s fashion with focus on active wear

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Snack attack at SunCafe

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Happy Saturday beautiful people!

The Halloween spirit is upon us and the weather is playing tricks on us, acting bipolar with the sudden shift from hot, to cloudy, to rain, to cold, to hot again, and the loop goes on. Personally, I love me some cozy cloudy weather once in a while. The sun is nice but sometimes you just want to be stuck inside not doing shit and don’t feel bad about it.

Enough small talk and let’s get to the juicy point of this post! Started my day in the crisp 9 AM morning at SunCafe in Studio City, LA. Chef and owner of SunCafe, Ronald Russell had a cooking class where he showed how to make easy peasy raw vegan snacks. He went from sweet to savory with a chocolate mousse, feta dip, zucchini hummus, green dip, zucchini chips and chocolate truffles. Everything raw, everything vegan, everything delicious. What raw food means is basically that no food is heated above 118 degrees F. I personally don’t follow a raw vegan diet because I like that cooked food when the cold is creeping in, but as long as you follow a vegan diet, I’m just encouraging you to do your thing! Raw food is also an excellent way to make amazing vegan desserts, and these type of snacks. Everything was obviously delicious and so simple to make, but I was so impressed by the feta dip. It tasted exactly like a feta cheese dip! But with no cheese!! Yes it’s possible, it’s amazing, and it makes a vegan life so damn simple.

To sum it up, I had a great morning with some awesome snacking to start my day with. Left the class feeling inspired and ready to chef it up like curry on the court!

If you’re interested in raw food and vegan cooking classes check out SunCafe’s website for weekly classes. If your tummy is hungry I highly suggest that you grab a homie, or just yourself, and swing by the restaurant for brunch, lunch or dinner as well. Your tummy will go like “how you doin?”, which in simpler terms means, you’re going to love it.

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