The Dose

Healthy and Homemade Vegan Treats

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By Greer Wylder
October 09, 2013

Vegan baking is tricky business. How can you omit butter and eggs without sacrificing flavor and texture? At Orange County based Sugar Beak Bakery, founder Ashley Fiocco has perfected vegan baking using all-natural organic (whenever possible) ingredients, fresh produce, and no refined sugars. Her products are mostly naturally gluten free, full of fiber, plant-based protein and omega-rich seeds, nuts, and grains. For the past 10 years Fiocco has worked as a personal chef in NYC, as well as alongside a celebrity chef in the SoCA area, but she always wanted to create a business of her own. When CA Assembly…

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Paint the Town Pink

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By Greer Wylder
October 08, 2013

Los Cerritos Center, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, Painted the Town Pink in Celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness Month last Thursday. The center’s signature fashion event and fall fashion show featured fall collections from select Los Cerritos Center retailers including Macy’s, bebe, New York & Company, Nine West, GUESS, The Limited, Cache, White House Black Market and Nordstrom with hair by Regis Salon and make-up compliments of M-A-C Cosmetics. You can watch highlights from the show on Greer's OC TV.  

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Private Yoga and Personal Training with Harmony Wellness Center

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By Greer Wylder
October 07, 2013

Transform your body with private yoga and personal training sessions at Harmony Wellness Center. Take a private yoga class or personal training session with Lyndsey Chambers, owner of Harmony Wellness Center. She will take you to a new level with her innovative and challenging approach to fitness and yoga. Lyndsey pays careful attention to each individual client's needs and completely customizes the classes based upon your body and your life including injury, skill level or pregnancy. Take the time for you and your body and call today to schedule your yoga or training session in Harmony Wellness Center's private studio…

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Your Weekend Plans: Planet Beauty’s Annual Sale!

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By Greer Wylder
October 04, 2013

We're huge fans of Planet Beauty and our favorite upscale beauty boutique is having its annual sale this Saturday! Lucky customers will find 25% off more than 200 of the best brands at all of Planet Beauty's 34 stores*.  Planet Beauty boutique provides first-class customer service and their loyal fans expect their stores to provide all the must-have beauty brands. With a bevy of the most luxurious and innovative products, guests fell like they are personally being taken care of for their every beauty need. Stores carry Rodial, Pureology, Dr. Perricone, Clarisonic, GHD, Demoalogica, Jane Iredale, Bliss, Frederic Fekkai, Enjoy,…

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Patchwork Edible Edition is this Weekend at SOCO!

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By Greer Wylder
October 03, 2013

The time has finally come - Patchwork Edible Edition at SOCO is this Saturday and Sunday!  We've got all the info for our Greer's OC readers to plan out your two days of eating, learning, tasting, and food shopping events with visionary chefs, food authors, bloggers, and more than 90 handmade culinary craft vendors and food artisans. This Saturday, Oct. 5 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., bring your family and friends to the two-day Patchwork Edible event at SOCO. The event will showcase the flourishing artisan food movement in…

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