If you’re addicted to coffee (don’t worry, this is a safe space — so are we), you know that it can sometimes interfere with your sleep cycle if you drink it late enough in the day. And since not everybody wants to stay up all night, people who just enjoy the taste of coffee aren’t necessarily able to enjoy it whenever they want. But like chamomile tea is to British people, so will Counting Sheep Coffee’s new 40 Winks blend be to the non-British masses. Because it’ll help you fall asleep. Continue reading
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Coffee Brand Wants to Help You Sleep Instead of Keeping You Awake
Most of us find ourselves mindlessly sipping coffee throughout the day to keep us awake. But a rapidly growing coffee brand wants to be your nighttime drink as well, crafting a cup of coffee the company claims will help you fall asleep. Continue reading
There’s Now Coffee to Help You Fall Asleep
A new product mixes coffee with a sleep-inducing herbImagine brewing coffee as a nightcap. That’s what Deland Jessop says he and his wife have begun to do with Counting Sheep Coffee–a new product designed to allow coffee lovers to drink a cup before bed without being kept awake for hours.
The Big Butt Craze Continues To Rack Up Real Casualties, Expert Speaks Up
Butt shape and size is like that Clint Eastwood / Sergio Leone classic spaghetti Western film, “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.”
Great butt enhancement is done safely with a patient’s own fat, and with a proportional esthetic. Bad butt work can lead to death. The ugly? Well, make sure you steel yourself and have a look.
The recent news that a Missouri man was extradited by sheriff deputies in Prince George’s County for fatal butt injections reveals that the illegal “back-alley” butt enhancement business is not going away anytime soon.
Police who issued the warrant for Vinnie Taylor’s arrest say he met the woman at a hotel on March 20 in Capitol Heights, Maryland to give her injections.
Sadly the woman became sick and later died at a hospital. Taylor, who doesn’t have medical training, is charged with second degree murder, assault and reckless endangerment.
Miami and Washington D.C. have been home to some high profile cases where people have died from toxic poisoning by these illegal butt injections. A Washington D.C. woman was jailed in 2012 for giving women illegal silicone injections. She was released in February 2014 after 37 months in prison. Even VICE profiled this cultural phenomenon in their “Buttloads of Pain” feature, the dark side of the roads taken to construct larger derrieres and hips.
Board certified Miami based plastic surgeon, Dr. Constantino Mendieta has been in the butt business for over 30 years. He is considered the expert in gluteal sculpting, understands the desire for many to acquire a beautiful backside attracts people from all walks of life.
From average women who just want to look nicer in their jeans, to strippers wanting to step up their game, Dr. Mendieta has done reconstructive surgery from botched butt injections to celebrity fat grafting where unwanted fat is repositioned in the right places for a tasteful reshaping of the body.
Unfortunately Dr. Mendieta sees the medical disasters from bargain butt injection victims, blue and white collar workers, strippers, celebs and average hardworking housewives who have fallen prey to the ‘big booty’ craze.
Dr. Mendieta shared with Monsters and Critics the outrageous lengths that people are willing to go in order to alter their appearance.satisfy a body ideal that celebrates a grotesque enlargement of the derriere.
Dr. Mendieta says, “Illegal injectibles, such as kitchen grade silicone, tire fix-it, motor oil, cosmetic gels–PMMA gel, Hydrogel–and even cement, are extremely dangerous. I wish I could say cases like this are rare, but they are becoming more and more common place. Anytime you put a foreign substance into your body, there is a risk of infection but add to that a foreign, non medical grade substance that is put in by non medically trained professionals in back alley operations, you are more likely to suffer major consequences than you are to appreciating the outcome. I have spent too many hours of my career battling to save the bodies and the lives of individuals who come to me after they have received illegal injections and surgeries. I cannot begin to stress enough that people need to be very discerning and educate themselves prior to choosing to receive injections. Bottom line: your health is worth more than the money you think that you might be saving at the hands of an unqualified charlatan.”
Le Dolci’s Cooking Classes Shoot for the Heart
LOVE AT LE DOLCI: It may be January, but many are planning February food events, starting with Le Dolci cooking classroom and bake shop on Dundas St. W., where Feb. 14 will see a full day of fabulous food activities to keep the love flowing. Continue reading
Caballero Signature Guitar Features Bob Dylan, Grammy 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year
Zhenya Gershman
Art and Music Spotlight: Renowned artist Zhenya Gershman was invited to create a special portrait of Bob Dylan, the Grammy 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year. Continue reading
Review: Made in The USA Champion Juicer Is Versatile, Best In Category
Bottom Line: The Made in the USA Champion Juicer is a quiet powerhouse that will make 2015 a veggie-full year! Continue reading
Larger Than Life: Zhenya Gershman
Zhenya Gershman in her studio, photo by Yanina Gotsulsky
These are not pretty people pictures. They are jaw dropping, honest reveals that give the observer a sense of insight and appreciation to the whole of the subject. Zhenya’s art provokes, mesmerizes and intrigues with the sense of energy in what is normally a calm, still subject, and more importantly, Her work creates dialogue, not only about her art, but about the life of the subject she has captured. — April Neale, Monsters and Critics
LARGER THAN LIFE, Zhenya Gershman’s latest art exhibition featuringover-sized portraits of iconic public and private figures opens Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the Building Bridges Art Exchange located in the prestigious Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica, CA.
INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST:
Lev Matusovsky, advertisement of his famous photography atelier
“Over 100 years ago, my great-grandfather Lev Matusovsky advertised his photography studio: ‘Portraits up to life-size with negatives carefully preserved for re-prints.’ At the time, this luring promise was a true technological wonder stretching human perception and recognition of self – photography being a miraculous mirror capturing and reflecting the otherwise fleeting identity.
Lev Matusovsky, photography studio, early 1900’s
Today, I am working with this family tradition but in reverse: instead of the living model I am using photography as a reference to transform the images into Larger Than Life painted portraits. This series is inspired by a variety of faces from iconic public figures to private intimate glimpses of my family and friends.
I used various dimensions to get closer to my subjects: the recording of their voices, interviews, songs, memories, associations, and film appearances. A curious psychological reversal occurs: while the viewer can easily recognize celebrity faces, slowly these icons begin to fade away replaced by a new persona presented by the painting that takes over the original source.
Zhenya Gershman, portrait of Mick Jagger, oil on canvas, 60 X 54 inches, 2014
In these monumental portraits not only the size of the image but the very brush stroke is enlarged. In addition to lofty house painting brushes and palette knifes, I had to resort to various sponges, squeegees, and even ceramic tools to carve out the faces in oil paint, creating a highly tactile, sculptural surface. It is as if I had to perform mini-surgeries in paint in order to excavate the complex personalities.
Detail of a portrait by Zhenya Gershman, oil on canvas, 2014
These portraits are literally, poetically, and metaphysically LARGER than LIFE. Like my great grandfather, I used human subjects; only this time the people themselves became the ‘negatives’ that are used to ‘develop’ the works of art.”
Zhenya Gershman, portrait of Bob Dylan for the Grammy’s Musicares, photo by Yanina Gotsulsky, 2014
This exhibition runs concurrent with the début of an official
“Zhenya Gershman portrait” of Bob Dylan,
The GRAMMY 2015 MusiCares Person of the Year.
The LA Art Show: A 20-Year History, 20th Anniversary, January 2015
The LA Art Show opens January 14 through January 18. The event celebrates twenty years of bringing established galleries, artists as well as avid collectors together under one roof. Continue reading
Coffee that helps you sleep? Herb added to the blend
NBC News – Coffee is our morning obsession. Some of us love it so much, we drink it all day. But an afternoon or evening cup– even when it’s decaf –can interfere with sleep. A Vancouver coffee company claims it has a solution for java lovers: coffee that makes people sleepy. Continue reading