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Happiness Is A Warm Bun ^Featured

April 11, 2025

Pink’s has made Hollywood a hot dog haven for 85 years By Carrie Bell While scanning the classifieds for employment inspiration in 1939, Betty and Paul Pink spied an ad for a pushcart. A plan started to percolate. The couple borrowed $50 from her parents, schlepped the cart by foot two miles to an empty lot on La Brea and Melrose and worked out a deal to “borrow” electricity from a nearby hardware store using the extension cord the owner sold them. A few homemade signs and a batch of Betty’s special chili later, and the Pinks were officially in…

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8 Steps to Get Your Mojo Back This Summer

July 21, 2022

By Dr. Sherrie Campbell New beginnings are the most exciting and energizing times in life. Summer is always a new beginning because it’s a new season. Now is a great time to get fired up, motivated, and start making changes to get to your next level of YOU. Mojo is that magical charisma you carry that makes you feel good and infectious to others. Most of you are great starters but not all are great finishers. If you have lost your mojo and want to be a better you for summer, commit to a new beginning right now. Here are…

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Food Hall Frenzy

August 8, 2018

By Maria del Cisne Vital Indecisive eaters, unite! SoCal has seen an increase in food halls recently, reaching Orange County and Los Angeles. What is a food hall? Essentially, it is a food heaven for foodies that can’t pick just one thing to eat. With cuisines as wild as a burger with fried mac n cheese buns to some as typical as PB & J Sandwiches, food halls across SoCal have something for literally everyone. Snap a pic for the ‘gram, and dig in to the amazing food at the places below! Anaheim Packing House Disney isn’t the…