LURE Fridays and Cherrytree Records Present:

FAR EAST MOVEMENT
Friday April 19th
Doors open at 9:30pm

This is a guaranteed 1,800+ sell out event so get your presale tickets ASAP. Discounted tickets available through your favorite GO PRO promoter!

PREGAME Specials – $5 AMF, Long Island, Blowjobs, Screwdrivers, and Sex on the Beach till 10:30pm. Doors open at 9:30pm!

All BIRTHDAY parties, message us for details on a FREE bottle for your group.

Tickets and table reservations at: Guestlist@GOProductionsLA.com or http://lurefridays.eventbrite.com/
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FRIDAY APRIL 19th – LURE HOLLYWOOD

LURE Hollywood (formerly Cabana Club)
1439 Ivar Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
(Ivar and Sunset Blvd)

LURE is a huge 18,000 square foot ultra-glam destination for Hollywood’s elite. The super club features an expansive main courtyard, cavernous dance hall and stone terrace into one fluid effort to fetch your adoration. LURE also boasts a massive diamond facade, topiary chandeliers, oversize booths and a fairly show-stopping array of hi-def LED walls and four LED-paneled bars.

You do NOT want to miss this 2,000+ capacity event!

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Far East Movement LIVE In Hollywood

I was driving home from the doctor’s. I had bought some sashimi for my husband and I to enjoy from an upscale Japanese market. I also bought two sandwiches for myself. One was a tonkatsu sandwich (my fave). The other was a mix combo of tuna sandwiches and ham / cheese sandwich.

There was a lady on the side of the road with a sign. “Please help. Food”.

I remember what it feels like to be hungry. I remember thinking “bills? Or food?” and having to make that terrible decision between the two.

She passed by my car and made eye contact with me. She smiled at me even though I hadn’t rolled down my window.

The light turned green and I was dismayed. I wouldn’t have time to call her over to offer her my sandwich.

Luck is on my side. This particular intersection is not only a major intersection (read – very busy) but the right hand lane barely budges thanks to the large amount of pedestrians crossing the street.

As the light turned red, I watched her hang her head and make her way back down to me. I don’t usually celebrate being stuck in a lane that moves slower than grass can grow but I did today.

I rolled down my window and called out to her.

I asked her if she was hungry. She was.

I handed her my ham / cheese and tuna combo sandwich pack. I didn’t know if she would enjoy tonkatsu.

I wondered why I decided to buy two sandwiches today. I normally just buy one but I was hungry today. I didn’t eat breakfast before heading out to my doctor. I wondered why I didn’t enjoy the combo sandwich in the beautiful weather like I normally do. After all, I was hungry. But something told me not to and so I didn’t.

I handed her he sandwich and saw her face light up.

“Oh, wow!! Thank you!!”
“You’re so very welcome. Please enjoy the sandwiches”.

She shyly told me that she hadn’t eaten yet at all today. It was 3:30 in the afternoon.

As I drove away (more like inched my way down the boulevard), I saw her smiling down at the food I gave her.

East Coast, are you hunkering down for winter Storm Nemo? Odd thought, why would you name one of the craziest storms about to ravage the East Coast after one of the cutest fishies mankind has ever known? Instead of “Finding Nemo”, this weekend is gonna be more “Surviving Nemo”. I gotta meet the people who name the storms and ask them that.

Hang in there, East Coast people!!

I digress. So I was about to go to the East Coast this weekend to see my sister. My baby sister is an officer in the United States military and I am so so proud of her. The plan was for me to go see her, spend time with her, help her pack, get her house in order and all her bills organized.

I’m also the only one in my family who’s able to go see her before she’s deployed. That’s right. She being deployed to serve our country, to fight for and defend all the joys and freedoms Americans enjoy every single day.

Oh, Virgin America. I thought we’d be in a relationship forever.
Now? Not so much. Too bad because you FINALLY fly directly to Vegas.

Enter Virgin America and it’s greed. My friends and family are telling me how JetBlue changed their entire itinerary from JFK->LA->SF->JFK for FREE due to the storm. Now I’m super pissed!!!

What the hell, Virgin America???? I used to think you had the best customer service second only to Hawaiian Air. After my experience tonight trying to figure out my new itinerary due to bad weather, I now think Virgin America has terrible customer service. I’m ranking it right there with Delta, American and United.

The following is a slightly edited version of the letter I sent Virgin America via their “Contact Us” form.

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My name is Bonnie. I’ve been a rabid and loyal customer of Virgin America. Virgin America was one of my favorite airlines of all time. However, after my experience today, this is no longer the case.

I was supposed to fly out to JFK and return home close to a week later. I should tell you why I’m going to the East Coast. You see, my baby sister is an officer in the United States military. She is being deployed at the end of the month. I am the only family member who can go see her, spend time with her and help her pack, get ready and offer support before she is deployed to defend our country and all the freedoms we enjoy.

I realize Winter Storm Nemo is no one’s fault and I think it’s great Virgin America offers the option of changing your flight.

This is where things start to fall apart for me. I have to pay a $100 fee to change flights and another $400+ to get a flight out of JFK on another date. Had I been able to come back home later, I would’ve been able to avoid these extra fees.

But I’m NOT able to leave later! I am lucky enough to have this thing called a JOB. I can’t take any more days off of work without leaving my employer in a lurch.

So, you see, I am pretty angry.

Had Virgin America NOT tried to squeeze me for more money on my return flight, I wouldn’t be so upset. It’s Virgin America’s corporate policy of forcing these fees upon customers who have no choice BUT to change our plans due to something we have absolutely no control of (for example, THE WEATHER!!! In some situations, wouldn’t this be considered an act of God?) that is so utterly despicable.

Getting married to Clyde was one of the best things that’s happened in my life. He makes life awesome and loves me. I feel very comfortable being married to him and vice versa. That’s the great part about my life. The not-so-great part was that my previous job was a super stressful environment to work in. I was stressed out, unhappy at work and it showed…on my waistline and hips.

My BMI isn’t to the point where I’m obese but I know I’ve put on over 20 pounds since my wedding last December. I wish I could say it’s mostly muscle mass….but I can’t. In fact, I’ve LOST muscle and gained fat tissue in its place. Needless to say, I’m sad.

This is what I feel like in my head when I step on the scale.

But one thing about me is that I’m determined! I’m also a Registered Nurse for the ICU (a stressful job that undoubtably added to my fat gain) so I am better in making judgements for my self regarding my nutrition, consequences of my choices and so on. My job now is much less stressful and I’m happier. That means I stress-eat less. I’m currently 4 pounds lighter than I was at my heaviest and that’s after I started my new job.

I’m going in the right direction!!

I’ve decided to try something called the Slow Carb Diet. Here’s what it’s about in a nutshell :

The Rules of The Slow Carb Diet (thanks to this site for the condensed rules!)

• Avoid White Carbohydrates: No rice, potatoes, flour, fried foods, breading, etc. The only exception is within 1.5 hours of training.
• Avoid Fruit, Sugar, Dairy and Alcohol: No cheese, fruit, sugar of any type, beer, etc. Tim has found that the diet still works if you drink 1-2 glasses of red wine each night. He also allows a limited amount of artificial sweeteners (1 Diet Coke, some sugar free jello for desert).
• Eat a Protein Rich Meal Within 30 Minutes of Waking Up: Meal frequency isn’t important. Tim likes to eat 4 times per day. He does stress the importance of having a protein rich meal as soon as you wake up.
• Eat as Much of These Foods as You Like: Eggs, Chicken, Grass Fed Beef, Pork, Lentils, Black Beans, Pinto Beans, Spinach, Asparagus, Peas, Mixed Vegetables.
• Eat Whatever You Like One Day Per Week:Whatever sounds good…go for it on your “cheat day”. Everything is allowed on this day, but once the day is over you are back to your diet.

The hardest part will be giving up milk, milk products and whole grains for me. You know what this kind of reminds me of? South Beach Diet…with the exception of the Allowed Cheat Day, the stance against complex carbs and dairy products.

I don’t want to go crazy eating processed sugars and/or foods during my cheat day. I’m going to try the Slow Carb Diet for a few weeks and see how I do. To keep me accountable, I’m going to post pictures of what I’m eating as well as what my physical activity was for the day.

I’m not as focused on my overall weight as I am about my measurements. Specifically, I’m focused on my bust, waist and hips because my legs are always skinny and my arms are acceptable.

I can do this. I have to do this. I don’t expect to get my 21 year old body back (5 foot 7 inches, size 2-4) but I DO expect to have less fat tissue and more muscle mass.

Every year, I stop eating meat for 3 weeks in September.  I lost 3 out of 4 grandparents in September and I miss them a lot.  I dedicate 1 week to each grandparent and I stick to the following rules :

1. No meat for 5 days out of the week.  This includes seafood.  Basically, if it has a face, I won’t eat it for 5 days out of the 7.
2. In case you’re wondering what happens during the remaining days of the week, I will eat meat.  This is so that I don’t throw up once I start eating meat again.  That kind of tells you something about the quality of meat sold in supermarkets.  More on this later.
3. Milk, eggs, cheese and yogurt are fair game.

When my grandparents passed away, I stopped eating all kinds of meat / seafood for 49 days in accordance with our religious beliefs (we’re Buddhist).  The first 2 weeks were the hardest because I had to adjust to not being able to eat whatever I wanted.  The last two weeks were also hard because I knew there were only a few days left standing between me and animal / crustacean / fish flesh again.

I also noticed that all the commercials you see on TV are very meat focused.  I never saw a commercial for Morningstar veggie burgers or Gardein’s delicious line of vegetarian meals.  Nope.  All I saw were commercials for Jack-In-The-Box, Carl’s Junior, Burger King, etc.  Meat was everywhere and it drove me absolutely crazy.  I would salivate while my eyes were glued to people enjoying foods I couldn’t due to my religion.

Commercials like this one would torment me.
Not because she’s hot. It’s because of the juicy meat she holds in her hands.

Again. Another pr0n like depiction of meat and meat eaters.
The steamy girl-on-girl action isn’t what I’m focused on.
It’s the glistening pulled pork and tender burger that I can’t tear my eyes away from.

But here’s something funny I noticed when I went meat-less.  My skin cleared up and looked fantastic.  I lost a lot of fat and slimmed down considerably.  My hair and nails looked healthier and I felt a lot better.  I wasn’t taking vitamins or exercising at all during this time.  If anything, I was eating a lot of cheese (from cheese pizzas.  So bad….but so good!!) and had pizza once every two weeks or so.

When I was finally able to start eating meat again, I would nearly immediately throw up.  My body wasn’t used to digesting it any more and launched an full scale assault.  I don’t have bulimic tendencies nor do I have issues with food.  I just couldn’t handle meat.

This went on for about 6 months.  By the time I was finally used to eating meat (and not promptly regurgitating it), I lost my grandmother and did another 49 days without meat.  Once again, I would start vomiting after eating meat and, again, it would go on for about 6 months.

Kind of tells you about the meat we’re putting into our bodies.

Next time, I’ll be reviewing the various no-meat meals I’ve been eating.