Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneurship’
by josie on July 27, 2010
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You know the feeling you get from being tickled too hard? Where it’s painfully good in that great kind of way. If so, then you must try Huckleberry. I haven’t been to a place that I’ve been so throughly impressed with for quite sometime now, and when I hit it up HB for lunch with Lizzy & Paul last week, I knew I had walked into something special. A few months ago, after reading the Food GPS review of the place, I decided that Huckleberry was a place I had to go to. I just can’t believe I had put it off this long. It’s a lot fresh baked… well, everything. And it’s pretty traditionally fantastic.
The place was opened by Zoe …
by josie on May 12, 2010
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If you haven’t been to Simpang Asia, you really haven’t lived! It’s recently remodeled and super adorable. When I walked in I thought to myself, “This is a total Carina place.” Why? It’s cutesy, Asian, and orange! Carina had been to Simpang once before with our adorable LA city tour guide, Minty.
These past few few weeks have been an incredible roller-coaster. I feel so lucky to have had a ton of support and great friends. My boyfriend without benefits knew just what I needed – A good bowl of soup! Good friends always know what you need – Often times before you even do!
In addition to the restaurant, Simpang also has an Asian grocery store. Walking into Simpang I felt …
by UncouthGourmands on May 10, 2010
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By: Your High Priestess, Nadia Noir
Week beginning May 10th aka DoubleDEntendre
‘If you insist on leaving your fate to the gods, then the gods will repay your weakness by having a grin or two at your expense. Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don’t be surprised at what inappropriate port you will find yourself docked.’ – Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume
I preface this horoscope with that quote for two reasons: 1) I am feeling really luxuriously scandalously lazy and almost any worldly insight I have was already written 10-20 years ago by one of my favorite authors, Tom Robbins; 2) Because with the Sun in Taurus (sensuality) and the Full Moon in Scorpio (sex, sex, sex,yay, sex) all of us …
by josie on April 30, 2010
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Did you win our contest for the Project Connect event on Tuesday at the Coloft in Santa Monica? Because if you didn’t, you really missed out on a great evening. It was a ton of networking and meeting new people. This was an unusual event because it highlighted a few things that you don’t normally see at a networking event. Rather than focusing on who you had to meet the focus was on who you can introduce other people to. The event was organized by Stephanie, owner of Social Bling, and the main themes of the night were: listening, complimenting, and gratitude.
It was hosted at the coloft building in Santa Monica. The coloft is a space that allows entrepreneurs to come …
by carina on December 10, 2009
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Our social lives were once again made possible by our bff, Twitter. Speaking of which, do you think in 2010 twitter talk will become the new baby talk? Twello twits, what’s tweetin’? Anyway, the owner of Rosso Wine Shop found our post on Montrose and wrote this:
@uncouthgourmand If the UG Headquarters is in Montrose how come you have not visited us in Sparr Heights @rossowineshop?!
It was a good question and actually I was talking about visiting some local wine shops for an upcoming budget wine post. Rosso is blocks away from our office and Josie and I arrived just in time to try some champagne. The special occasion of the night was their open house which featured neighborhood businesses. Bashan …
by carina on December 5, 2009
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Friday was one of the oddest days in terms of juxtaposition. We spent the morning hours in a great Jump Start brainstorming session with a group of very talented angel investors that are geared to help emerging entrepreneurs called, Maverick Angels. We sat in a boardroom with a group of 11 very talented and seasoned business people and strategized for 3 hours. It was exhilarating, thought-provoking and we are humbled by all of the people willing to help. After spending a very long time in traffic we knew that it was time to switch gears and put on our baking hats in preparation for the Eat My Blog bake sale on Saturday. Our intern, Wendy, helped us immensely by doing …
by carina on December 4, 2009
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Right now is not only the start of the holiday season but the partner (business not life) and I are almost at our one year anniversary of having our blog up. We have met the most incredible people in this journey and are continuing to meet interesting people every day. Our investor, mentor, and dear friend Chuck offered to host a party for us at the Jonathan Club Downtown. We invited our favorites in PR, the LA restaurant and entertainment scene, and our friends old and new. Attendees included:
Nathan Pickover-marketing consultant extraordinaire
Claire Best, our best agent, of Marsh Best & Associates
Kat Kirsch, Formula PR
Shawna Dawson, the Sauciest Minx, of Sauce LA
Khrysta Ramos, Provecho
Megan Conners, Special Events Director at Drago …
by carina on November 30, 2009
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Before the long holiday weekend a friend on Twitter recommended we try out a new Pasadena bar. The UGs are suckers for a cold pint and seeing anything new in the neighborhood, so we happily obliged. This pub had an added bonus with a somewhat hidden location, who doesn’t like that? T Boyle’s Tavern is in Pasadena and hidden in the alley behind the Ice House Comedy Club or slightly more accessible through Catalina Ave. We like the more hidden route and walked in off Mentor. The bar itself had hardly a free stool but you immediately notice that this is a very large space. The brick interior and stage reminded me of Old Towne Pub, one of our favorites …
by josie on November 22, 2009
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Chuck always says to us, “Ladies, you have to lose in order to really appreciate the good.” This was one of those losing times for the UG girls. Here’s a recap of lunch at The Jonathan Club Beach and our entry for this year’s Tabletop Shootout.
It is without fail that every time we visit the JC Beach, Chef Benjamin always prepares a memorable meal for the UG girls. To throw a little surprise twist to the story, I met Chuck there on time. Anyone that knows me knows that on time for Josie usually means 15 minutes late, but this time I was early. Chuck summoned me in to the facilities and I got a private tour of the kitchen, …
by carina on November 19, 2009
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Josie and I both went to B school and are fascinated by branding and the study of strategic planning of corporations. We study mission statements and vision statements for days and prefer that to figuring out how we are going to make money, which may be responsible for why we have brought in $0 dollars. Anyway, not the point, one company that has always particularly intrigued us was Coca-Cola and their mission statement is the absolute best we have ever seen.
To refresh the world…
To inspire moments of optimism and happiness…
To create value and make a difference.
Josie and I attended a party at Hotel Erwin introducing Coke’s new aluminum bottles. The benefits of these new bottles is that they are resealable, …
