District Wine Bar in Long Beach: Gluten Free, Great Staff, Wine…Whats Not to Love?

On a warm day last week, & wanting to hit the streets with Hammond, I decided to head to The East Village Arts District in Downtown Long Beach. The gorgeous city that combines with skyscrapers with the ocean at your fingertips, was clearly recovering from […]

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Meet Hammond…..

Life is working in funny ways for me. I have been searching for what seems like an eternity for the perfect new place to call home. I have some requirements for my next apartment, one being that they’re pet friendly as I have desperately wanted […]

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Eight Things I Took Away from The Gluten-Free Expo….

You read right my flour-less friends. Yesterday I was a guest at the National Education Conference & Gluten-Free Expo held by The Celiac Foundation based out of Woodland Hills, CA. The weekend event was held in my hometown of Pasadena & it was an overwhelming, […]

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Lifestyle Blogger Conference….Part 2. #LALLBlog13

Continuing on from my part 1 entry of the amazing Lifestyle Blogger Conference….which was already a week ago today (Really?!). I hope you’re enjoying this small glimpse into the terrific 2 days 🙂 Sara & Maria came to discuss Mitu. An on-line channel I was […]

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A Mother’s Day You AND the Kids will Enjoy, & Enter to Win a Spa Day Valued at over $300! #MomsPlayToo

*This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to winner,  Austin Baroudi! You can still practically win yourself by treating Mom, someone else special or YOU to this fabulous steal of a deal by clicking HERE. Go have fun 😉 I don’t know about you, but I have […]

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My Inspiring Days at The Lifestyle Blogger Conference: Part 1… #LALLBlog13

This past weekend the 3rd Annual Lifestyle Blogger Conference & Blogger Junket went down. If you’re a blogger or in social media/PR, this was the event to be at to get straight forward tips, secrets & advice from some of the top Social Media Strategists […]

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The LA Times Festival of Books…and New Poem for Poetry Monday!

It’s Monday already?! I had a really great weekend….photographing a dress rehearsal, hanging out a bit in Downtown Long Beach for the Toyota Grand Prix, the Bloggy Boot Camp and of course…one of my favorite events in SoCal went down for its 18th time, The […]

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10 Things I Learned at The SITS Girls Bloggy Boot Camp in LA!

The SITS Girls, aka Tiffany & Francesca, have hit the road with their bloggy boot camp! These girls offer amazing tips & words of wisdom to women like myself trying to make it as a Professional Blogger. I wrote my first sponsored post last year […]

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Stanley Kubrick at LACMA

Are you a movie fan? Me too 😉 Do you like museums? If you follow me pretty regularly, you probably know that I am a huge fan of The Los Angeles Museum of Art. I go whenever I can (although I have yet to make […]

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Win Tickets to LA’s Walking the Tightrope!

Remember about a month ago when I went to see the premiere of Walking the Tightrope at 24th Street Theatre in Los Angeles? I had many readers who seemed disappointed they didn’t get a chance to see it….if thats you, you’re in luck! 😉 This […]

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Wordless Wednesday: 1st Time at Disneyland!

April is hosting many things for Along Comes Mary! Mondays find me posting in honor of National Poetry Month & Wednesdays I am showing you photos from Disneyland I have captured as I anticipate & get ready to go to Club 33 in May, in […]

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Anaheim Ducks vs. LA Kings at The Honda Center!

I have never been much of a sport person, but since I moved to LA, I have found myself enjoying the annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, seeing a Dodgers game, enjoying swimming & body boarding & now, I can say I am an […]

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