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Lala Castro

Smart Home Devices Technology

Canary – The Smart Home Security for Travelers

Whether you live alone with pets or not, staying connected to what’s going on at home while you’re traveling can be a challenge. Sure, we may all have mobile apps like Facebook Messenger or Facetime that help us communicate with friends and family while traveling, but what about your home – what’s going on while you’re away? How do you make sure that your pet-sitter or home-sitter stopped by to check on on your home?  Thank goodness for the Canary, a smart…

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Food & Drink Recipes & Chefs

Cooking with Home Chef: Mushroom and Swiss Beef Burger Recipe

While I love cooking dinner, I hate going to the grocery store.  I’m a Libra, which makes choosing what to cook a struggle sometimes – we’re very indecisive people.  If I do manage to get myself to a grocery store, it’s usually because I got inspired by a Pinterest recipe that I thought would be a good idea, which quickly turns into a bad idea.  Cooking in my kitchen usually happens on the weekends when there’s more time and most important…

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Travel

Sawtelle Japantown is a slice of Japanese culture on the Westside of Los Angeles

Formerly known as Little Osaka, Sawtelle Japantown is a slice of Japanese culture on the Westside located minutes from Santa Monica. The historic neighborhood has become a foodie paradise, home to authentic Japanese restaurants, modern eateries, artisan coffee and ramen shops like the wildly popular Tsujita. Eclectic shopping includes the pop culture emporium Giant Robot, vintage fashion, Japanese design and historic nurseries. After hours, you can enjoy sake pubs and karaoke studios.  If you never explored the neighborhood and you’re…

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Culture Events and Festivals

10 Popular Gifts Requested by Mom – Flowers or Jewelry is Not One of Them

Mother’s Day is just around the corner. In case you don’t remember the date, its Sunday, May 8th, 2016 this year.  So if you’re still trying to figure out what to give the lady who gave birth to you or life to your children, you may want to keep reading because I have great tips for you. Every year we would get mom jewelry or flowers and it wasn’t until I became a mother that I realized that moms really want something…

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Food & Drink Recipes & Chefs

Its Children’s Day: Let’s Celebrate El Dia del Niño With Cereal Cupcakes

All around the world Mother’s Day and Father’s Day is celebrated, but its Mexico that has a special holiday for children.  El Dia del Niño is a day filled with activities, and children look forward to a holiday of their own with fun, gifts, events and special treats. On Children’s Day, the main focus is on the children and making them feel special. All over Mexico, special events with clowns, magicians, music, shows and balloons take place and now you’ll…

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Food & Drink Restaurants

Exploring Tortilla Jo’s Bottomless Mimosa Brunch in Downtown Disney

Where’s the best bottomless mimosa brunch in Downtown Disney? Search no more, we may have found your next Sunday funday location. Downtown Disney just became the happiest place to have brunch.  That’s right, you can now enjoy bottomless mimosas with a fabulous Mexican cuisine at Tortilla Jo’s.  Just in time too, don’t you think?  With Mother’s Day around the corner and summer soon approaching us, rolling out of bed on the weekends will have its perks–like feasting on a delicious…

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Restaurants

The Pizza Studio Makes Its Way To Lake Forest, Orange County

Pizza Studio, the Los Angeles-based pizza franchise founded in 2013 makes it’s way to Lake Forest, South Orange County.  The fast-casual concept allows you to create your own pizza using five types of dough, different sauces, cheeses  and a number of vegetables and meats, that employees help put together in front of you. The pizzas are cooked in about 2 minutes in a self-ventilating conveyor oven. The order process is not only easy and convenient, but you get great quality and taste for the…

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