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THE BUZZ
LOCAL COMPANY Beverly Hills Hotel
“Don’t be like the rest of them, darling.”
Few places are as iconic and recognizable as the Beverly Hills Hotel located in the heart of Los Angeles on Sunset Boulevard. The bright pink tower-like pillars you can see as you drive in the heart of Beverly Hills and the canopies of palm trees and tropical foliage are hard to pass by. The celebrity sightings, the gorgeous design, the notable salmon-pink paint color juxtaposed by the deep palm green, and the prestige and sophistication synonymous with the hotel is why it stands as one of Southern California’s premier escapes. In fact, tourists fl ock to the hotel in hopes of blending into a fi xture that oozes the Golden Age of Hollywood—and to escape in the sea of city chaos. True to its roots, the hotel retains its iconic style. It has remained open during the pandemic, but the ability to book a weekend escape or have a martini and their famous tortilla soup in the Polo Lounge make it one of the most wonderful ways to retreat while we all shift back to whatever the new normal is going to be. Coco Chanel was right when she claimed the Beverly Hills Hotel is unlike any other in Southern California.
Room rates start at $995 dorchestercollection.com/en/los-angeles/the-beverly-hills-hotel/
DIVERSITY IN FILM + TV
An award-winning journalist starts a new publication devoted to diaspora.
Award winning entertainment journalist Dino Ray Ramos launches The Diaspora Times, a new online publication dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices in Hollywood. “I’ve been a journalist for two decades and I have witnessed underrepresented voices in the newsroom and in Hollywood that haven’t prominently been heard in the way they deserve. I have used my voice in service to other publications and have been o ered a ‘seat at the table’ throughout my career—but it’s time to change that in a major way. We are building that table now,” says Ramos. In addition to the online-trade aspect of the publication, Ramos and his team tackle issues of casual racism in lm and television, take hits at the industry, and demand those in positions of power step up and represent the many voices that make up viewing audiences.
thediasporatimes.com
I would always rather be happy than dignifi ed.”
—Charlotte Brontë, Novelist
BY THE NUMBERS
5.6
PERCENT
Of Americans identify as LGBT.
SOURCE: gallup.com, Feb. 20, 2021
9.7
PERCENT
Employment rate for Black women, now lower than it was in February 2020.
SOURCE: csnbc.com / Mar. 5, 2021
65.8
PERCENT
Americans who say they anticipate their life satisfaction to be at least an eight ve years from now.
SOURCE: https://worldhappiness. report/ed/2021/happiness-trustand-deaths-under-covid-19/
Fast Food Salary Realizing wage matters, one massive chain is stepping up its game.
Never in a million years did we think we would be including McDonald’s in the Buzz section of this magazine. But when a “We’re Hiring” banner in front of a local McDonald’s was sent to us with a line that read, “$18 dollars per hour,” It became clear that maybe The Golden Arches has started to catch on to the importance of o ering a living wage to employees. The fast-food giant said it would increase wages for more than 36,500 hourly workers by an average of 10% over the next several months. Non-managerial workers at the chain’s roughly 660 company-owned restaurants in the U.S. will earn at least $11 to $17 an hour at entry levels after the increases, McDonald’s said. Considering cooks in California at the fast-food chain are still paid less than $10 an hour, maybe the increase will re ect the hardship of living in such an expensive state. Every person deserves a living wage. If they show up to work, they should be compensated fairly. Now let’s hope the franchise owners follow suit.
BILITIES
BY STEPHANIE WILSON, EDITOR IN CHIEF
1 BONG CARTS. Did you hear the news? Bong carts are the new bar carts, and you totally need to get one.
2 OR YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE ONE if you have any piece
of accent furniture on wheels where you store your stash in a decorative jar next to the water pipe you display like its a ne vase. It technically is a vase, at least as far as the dictionarians* at Merriam-Webster are concerned.
3 SENSI’S DICTIONARY OF CHOICE de nes a vase as a “usually round vessel usually with greater height than width used chie y... for holding owers.” Sounds just like a bong, except for that “s” at the end. Bongs are for ower, singular; vases are for owers, plural. Both will look great on the bar cart you’re about to transform into the hottest accent furniture trend of the century.
4 IF YOU HAVEN’T HIT A BONG SINCE COLLEGE, a) give it
another whirl, but put some ice cubes in it rst (gently, because: glass)—it’s a cool game changer; b) your bar cart could still use a refresh in prep for the roaring fun the 20s promise to provide. Despite what the name implies, bong carts aren’t just for bongs. Pipes, papers, grinders, stash jars, rolling trays, and other high-end accoutrements can mix and mingle with spirited accessories, books, and other objets d’art that you fancy.
5 YOU ALREADY HAVE A BONG CART, YOU SAY? Oh, you
fancy! I like your style. And the world wants to see, so snap some pics, run them through a lter (I recommend “Food 1” on the free Photoshop camera app if you want to make your photos pop), and share using the #bongcart hashtag. Show the world what the cannabis lifestyle looks like from your eyes.
*Side note: I have now known that “dictionarians” is a real word for as many seconds as its been since I nished typing it out, hit the space, and didn’t see a red squiggly line appear. So that’s fun.
FROM THE INSIDE OUT
CBD pills for wellness.
Stress is the silent killer. It’s that thing everyone allows into their lives every moment of every day. Without proper stress management, it can sneak up on you and put you at risk for a multitude of health problems. CBD and organic hemp are nature’s answer to stress relief. One company, NuLeaf Naturals, has created what it calls, “the world’s highest quality cannabinoid wellness product” line. While that claim is one that no self-respecting magazine would tout for reasons of journalistic integrity, there does seem to be some truth to having created a genuinely unique and very high quality product.
Launched in 2014, NuLeaf Naturals began with the mission of creating a product to promote a healthy mind and body with full-spectrum CBD oil. Through ample research and development, its capsules and oils are a new generation of cannabinoid wellness. CBD is something our endocannabinoid system is in sync with, and each whole-plant hemp extract NuLeaf derives is highly concentrated in CBD with signi cant cannabinoids like CBC, CBG, CBN present.
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Drinking In The Garden
The opening of a brand-new tiki bar couldn’t be better timed.
We have hit our o cial end of wanting to be in lockdown, secluded, and away from our favorite things—like bars in SoCal. Manuela restaurant in the heart of DTLA has o cially opened its new Tiki-inspired bar and themed Tropical Nights in the Hauser and Wirth complex. For those familiar, this complex is plentiful in history (especially for LA). Under the culinary direction of Chef Kris Tominaga and beverage director Niki Kotantoulas, the Garden Bar is going to be your new favorite outdoor watering hole. Try chef’s Chile de Arbol chicken and wash it down with the Sea Clearly (mezcal-based) or the Merrie Monarch (gin-based).
Manuela-la.com / @manueladtla
— Kenny Ausubel, Social Entrepreneur VOX POPULI Question: How has solitude a ected you?
MANUEL RIVERA
Martial Artist Los Angeles
___________________ I’ve grown, focused more on being present in the moment.
ANGEL PAYNE
Events Coordinator Atlanta
___________________ I decided to use the time to level up. Learned how to cook. Hiked a lot. Garden work. Exercise. Meditation.
KEVIN LEE GLOVER
Fleet Manager San Diego
___________________ I have no problem being alone for long periods of time. Mostly because I like me! I just spent a week alone in the woods..
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