Find Bliss Los Angeles 8-27-2009

Writing stories about any topic is always a genuine learning experience. This week, I took a walk into Lavender Natural Beauty, a store which sells all organic products for the body. Let’s just say that I walked out, hands full of brochures and a mind full of confusion. How can most companies promote their products as “organic” or healthy, when they were are in fact the opposite? I learned a lot, including the fact that my makeup is packed with metals (and that was just the tip of the iceberg). When touring Lavender, a smile grew when I learned that a man saved his wife from skin cancer by developing sunscreen for her! Suddenly, it became my mission to spread the news. I hope that you, our readers, also become blessed with this knowledge by reading this newsletter… time and time again.

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Find Bliss Los Angeles 8-13-09

Thanks for joining us again in this week’s edition of Find Bliss LA. So many of us are spending more time at home, especially those who have gone freelance with all the recent layoffs. More the reason to make your home a sanctuary. A pleasant space to work and live, yet feel calm and creative as well. Noting this importance, we created a new section, “Home as Sanctuary.” Here we will show you how to bring out the best in your living space by discussing topics including feng shui, clearing and cleansing, soothing architecture and interior design and going green with eco-friendly products and furniture.

In this week’s newsletter, we also take you day tripping in Culver City; cruising Highway 1 splendor and dining on LA’s finest organics. We also visit with Eve Baldwin, healer extraordinaire, who offers us personal tips on attaining bliss at home and in the city.

Enjoy and see you out there!

Lori Denman - Editor
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Find Bliss Los Angeles 7-30-09

All of us can agree on one thing. We love to call Los Angeles our home. With so much to do, how do we narrow down the options to find places that not only give us bliss, but make us feel good about what we are doing? Well, this is our job. So sit back, relax, and read up on our favorites. Join us as we cruise Larchmont, indulge in imported Belgian chocolates, learn the benefits of organic coffee, lounge our eyes upon eco-friendly furniture, and take a weekend getaway to Ventura, where we paddle kayaks through sea caves. Read more

Find Bliss Los Angeles 6-9-09

What is your deepest desire? To nourish the body with healthy delicious
food, indulge in spa treatments, dance under the stars on the beach, or hit
the road for the trip of lifetime? Test your boundaries, try something new
but by all means get out there and find your bliss today. This week Los
Angeles is blessed to have an amazing line up of musical talent in Joan
Baez, Krishna Das, Donna de Lory and many others. There are also wonderful
weekend getaways, including San Diego’s Torrey Pines and Wild Animal Park.
Make sure to study up on our bliss tips offered by doctors and yoga studio
owners, a gift from us to you in each newsletter.

Hope to see you out in the city!

Lori Denman - Editor
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Celebrating Love In Los Angeles

Celebrating Love in Los Angeles

Looking for some fresh ideas to treat yourself and your lover to this month?

February is the perfect month to celebrate love and add some spark to your relationship. These are some of our favorite blissfully romantic destinations within Los Angeles.

Find Bliss Suggests

Take a Yoga class together at Golden Bridge, then stroll up to Zen Zoo tea on Vine (near Sunset) for a Dragon Tea, then hit the Arclight for a showing of He’s Just Not That Into You. Take a Yoga class together at Golden Bridge, then stroll up to Zen Zoo tea on Vine (near Sunset) for a Dragon Tea, then hit Arclight for a showing of Slum Dog Millionaire. End the night with a drive up to Mulholland to gaze upon the LA skyline in all it’s glittering glory.

Restaurants

The Inn at the 7th Ray, Topanga Canyon Can it get more romantic?
Nestled in the forest next to a river next to Topanga Canyon, this outdoor restaurant offers a creative organic menu. This place is so otherworldly you may even catch a glimpse of a fairy as you dine.
innoftheseventhray.com

The Little Door, Hollywood This secret garden in the center of Hollywood is a lovers paradise. The romantic courtyard, organic Mediterranean Cuisine, and solid wine selection make this little restaurant a perfect place to feed your soul.
thelittledoor.com

Cafe Stella, Silverlake Tucked away on Sunset Junction, this warm and unpretentious French Bistro is a romantic oasis. The candle lit setting, inviting menu, and sophisticated wine list make this one of LA’s most comfortable and romantic restaurants. (323) 666-0265.

Couples Spas

El Leon Spa, Hollywood Upon entering this spa you feel like you traveled to Morocco for a spiritual retreat. Floor mats, burning sage, and the sounds of chanting monks; make this best Thai massage in Los Angeles. Partitioned curtains can be opened so you and your lover can enjoy a side-by-side experience. elleonspa.com

Le Merigot, Santa Monica Treat yourself and your lover to your choice of massages while lying side-by-side in the spacious couples suite. It is no accident that the spa’s motto is “Escape to Blissful Oblivion”! emerigothotel.com

Le Petite Retreat, Larchmont This island-like spa retreat encourages couples to spa together in the same room where you can enjoy private couples bathing and therapeutic massages. Both their indoor and outdoor environments make this indeed a piece of paradise. lprdayspa.com

Outdoor Bliss

Grab a picnic lunch and head out to bask in the glorious desert sunshine and plant life: Huntington Garden’s, Pasadena huntington.org, Kenneth Hahn State Park, Culver City parks.ca.gov and Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge descansogardens.org

Blissful Sweets

Who doesn’t love a treat from their sweetheart on Valentine’s Day? These chocolates will melt even the toughest heart: Boulela, Hollywood boulela.com, Leondinas, Santa Monica myleonidas.com, Chocolate Art, Los Angeles chocolateart.com

This Months Special

Willow Spa

Be transported to a tropical village setting complete with exotic, fragrant flowers, the sound of running waterfalls and streams and lantern lit stone walkways leading to cabanas and day bedsaround a lush relaxing garden. Right in Santa Monica.

• 90 minute Couples Massage

• Complimentary Treatment Enhance

Choose from:

Herbal Thai Poultice
Hydrating Eye Treatment
Aromatherapy

$284.00 per couple