Brasil Carnaval in San Diego... 4th and B!

18th Annual SAN DIEGO BRAZIL CARNIVAL Sat Feb 13th, 2010 @ 4th & B, Downtown San Diego Doors Open at 7pm - Show from 8pm-2am. This spectacular Brazilian Mardi Gras Ball will feature the Stunning Brazilian Singer Dandara, Beautiful & Sexy Samba Dancers, Electrifying Capoeira Performances, and Nonstop Brazilian Music. There will be fun, feathers, fantasy and much, much more... So come have the time of your life at one of the best Brazilian Carnivals on the West Coast! Enter into a Free Raffle to Win a Round Trip to Brazil!! Courtesy of Copa Airlines. Free Entry to Win 1 of 50 Free Tax Return Preparations! Courtesy of Liberty Tax Service. EVENT GUARANTEED TO SELL OUT! GET YOUR DISCOUNTED TICKETS NOW @ BRAZILCARNIVAL.COM - Info: (619)224-4684 VIP Reserved Seating: Contact Brittany @ 619.850.6349 - brittany_cook@hotmail.com Tickets Also Available at Açai Boutique - 1570 Garnet Ave.

Where:

4th&B San Diego, 345 B St. San Diego, CA 92101 8pm – 12am 21 & up

How to help Haiti

Everything and anything will help at this point... Helping gives us a sense of hope and unity, even when we are not there physically to provide support. I know that Haiti really needs our help, NOW more than ever before. Natural disasters of this magnitude bring strife and suffering to people, but it can also serve to unite them and make them stronger. I cannot imagine at any level what the people of Haiti are suffering which such a level of loss of friends, family and loved ones- their homes, their city, their everything. Please put yourselves in their places for a few moments, just to imagine what you would be feeling if you were there, one of them... and losing everything in just a moment' time. I can't really imagine that, I've never gone through something that horrible. But, seeing the pictures on tv and blogs makes me terribly sad and puts a whole in my heart...

I want to help, as you all want to help... but we might not know who to give our money to... because we want it to go to the people, and to insure it gets to where it needs to go.. and isn't put into someone's pocket or spent on something else.

Pedro, from Pedro's Island posted something incredible about Haiti and it's people in this disaster time and if you go to his website HERE, you will find a variety of organizations to donate money to for help... Here is the post in French... HERE

I implore you, to find it in your hearts, to offer help in any way you can.. whether it's by giving money, praying, contacting people you know who can help, going there and helping.. whatever it takes... We can all help and ease the pain/suffering if we work together!

Happy New Year 2010!!

Helllllll o Everyone!

Just wanted to take this opportunity to wish you and families and VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! May it be one that shines the year through... filled with LoVe, PeAcE, PrOsPeRiTy, HaRmOnY and BrIgHtNeSs....

All my best,

Leesa

The Fresh Air Fund

In case you haven't heard about the Fresh Air Fund, I suggest you take a look at their website HERE and learn what they are about. I first learned of them last year, when I was contacted by Sara Wilson, the Outreach Coordinator, to ask if I was interested in sharing The Fresh Air Fund with my readers. I did a blog post about this wonderful program and now I am posting again to let people out there know what a amazing program this is! The program is set up to provide New York City children from low-income communities with fun and memorable summertime experiences. It reaches out to the most needy families to give them a chance to discover new sights and scenes, to make new friends and to experience something new while having fun!

The Fresh Air Fund is an independent not-for-profit agency which has been providing free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children since 1877! Their numbers have soared up to almost 10,000 children annually! This is AWESOME!!

In 2009, close to 5,000 children visited host families in suburbs and small town communities across 13 States from Virginia to Maine and Canada. Three thousand children also attended five Fresh Air camps on a 2,300-acre site in Fishkill, New York.

Contact information:

Angela Pender-Fox, Friendly Town Director APenderfox@freshair.org Jenny Morgenthau, Executive Director (212) 897-8898 jmorgenthau@freshair.org Kate Brinkerhoff, Public Relations Director (212) 897-8890 kbrinkerhoff@freshair.org Sara Wilson, Outreach Coordinator sara@freshair.org

*Picture taken from The Fresh Air Fund's website.

The Vampire Diaries EXTENDED PREVIEW

My new favourite show!! LOVEEEEEE Paul Wesley!

We will NEVER forget.... 9/11

On September 11th we woke to a normal morning and got ready for the day. We never expected the tragedy that was headed our way. We got ready for school and work; we didn't want to be late, Not knowing we'd never forget this horrifying date. We started our routines, and planned for a busy time, Until we got the call through the telephone line. We turned on the TV just as we were told, And watched as our hands started to grow very cold. New York was full of smoke like a very foggy morning, Because a plane had struck a building without a single warning. We all watched in silence as the second building was hit, I could not believe it, NO not one bit! As we watched the first tower collapse and saw the people jumping, We had to look away for our hearts were surely pumping. When the second tower collapsed, tears fell from my eyes, I thought of all those people that lost their lives. © 2/23/03 -Roman Widdig 7th Grade - 13 yrs old Ohio

From Wikipedia: Mark Kendall Bingham (May 22, 1970 in Phoenix, Arizona – September 11, 2001 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group. He died at age 31 in theSeptember 11, 2001 terrorist attack on board United Airlines Flight 93. Thank you to all the firefighters, police, paramedics, security guards, city workers, and people who the worked to help others during this tragic event.

Viking River Cruises

     How many of you out there has ever been on a "cruise?"  I have never done it myself, but over the past few years, the idea of taking a cruise has become a very appealing one to me!  I have several friends here in Paris who have been on several different European cruises, and they all come back and talk about how wonderful the experience was!  I sold!!!

     So, I searched the internet and found this company, Viking River Cruises who offer a wide variety of cruises throughout Europe and even in Egypt, China, and Russia!!  Here's their link, Viking River Cruises, and you can check it out and see what they have to offer.  They have so many choices listed on their website that it's really hard to decide!  One that I would really love to take is a cruise along the Danube!  It sounds so enchanting, so relaxing and such a great way to see the sights and scenes of different countries and cultures!  

     Et voilà, you have it... Or, maybe I have it!  A cruise on the Danube awaits... I must go! 

OOPS! ONE LAST POST...Ch

from California with LOVE and pizza crust!!!!  BJ's Chicago Pizza in La Jolla!  The best darn pizza in San Diego!!! YEEEE HAAAAA!!!!  Frances and I went to dinner together on my second to last night n SD! Ohhhhhhh YUMMMMM!!!!!

This is for you, ALEX!!! 

re-LAX Lounge at LAX

This is the best thing at LAX... and I found it purely by chance!! It's easy to miss but if you are lucky enough to stumble upon it, it's worth it's weight in GOLD!!! I spend only $20 for 2 hours of pure bliss at LAX... It was sooo calm, peaceful and comfortable in this lounge.  I didn't even feel as though I was at the airport!!!  Free internet connection, free food and drink, spacious and roomy and most importantly... comfy chairs with a GREAT view of passing planes!!!

BON VOYAGE!!!  See ya back in France!!!! I'm outta this place!

REALLY leaving L.A. --- at L.A.X.UP

A SUPER HUGE THANK YOU to Travis for helping me to "Get out of this place."  We met at Peets in Venise in the morning and helped me return the car and then dropped me at the airport!! Thanks sooo much, T!!!!
What the heck is in all of those bags?!!

GOOD BYE L.A.

Whole Foods in Venice, California

WOW!!! CHEESE.... imported from France and all over the cheese world... EXPENSIVE!

Travis!

Coffee!  Why is coffee so much better in France?

HUGE aisles

Mission Hills Nursery, San Diego

This is my ALL TIME FAV nursery! So many choices await!!! 

Windnsea Beach, La Jolla

A beach front apartment facing the ocean! Ahhhhhhh!!!!  Quelle vie!

La Jolla Mansions in Birdrock and Windnsea