LAKERS WIN!

Los Angeles Lakers Derek Fisher and MVP Kobe Bryant

Like a perfect Hollywood script, the Los Angeles Lakers fought to pull it out in the fourth tonight. Our LAKERS are the NBA Champions once again! And by default, we are champions, too.

We are the fans. We don’t even make contact with the ball and yet somehow we feel we’ve got some influence over the game. Their wins are ours to celebrate; their losses are ours to mourn.  

And to anyone who says Los Angeles’ fans are fair-weather, you clearly were not at tonight’s game. 

(It’s fair to say that L.A. effs up every celebration with idiotic violence & vandalism though. Honestly, what is wrong with us???)

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For the Love of our Lakers…

Just a quick plea from one avid fan, to the Lakers and the vast space that is this Internet…

Please Lakers, please… go out there and KILL IT TONIGHT. Play like the championship team you are. Play like the champions L.A. needs you to be.

Laker Heart

This city could use some heroes right about now.

Seeing Kobe out there playing on behalf of his entire team is actually heartbreaking for your fans. Not because we aren’t awestruck by every impossible hoop he sinks –  WE ARE – but because watching one man (even the Black Mamba) try to compete with enough passion and heart for an entire team is simply gut wrenching.  

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GIVE: World Blood Donor Day

Nexcare Brand and America’s Blood Centers are partnering for the second annual “give” program – a nationwide blood donation initiative kicking off on World Blood Donor Day, June 14th and extending through June 20th. The “give” program works to raise awareness about blood donation through an interactive website and free inspirational bandages marked with the word give, to serve as badges of honor. World Blood … Continue reading GIVE: World Blood Donor Day

Gay, Straight…Against Prop 8?

Come out (puns are fun) this weekend and celebrate equality and social acceptance at the L.A. PRIDE FESTIVAL in West Hollywood. For the 40th annual Los Angeles LGBT Pride celebration, Christopher Street West presents: “PRIDE 365: Power. Passion. Purpose.” Be part of the change you want to see…  LA PRIDE FESTIVAL Saturday, June 12th (12:00 noon to 11:00 p.m.) Sunday, June 13th (11:00 a.m. to 10:00 … Continue reading Gay, Straight…Against Prop 8?

Happy World Oceans Day, L.A.!

In tribute to their heritage and longtime relationship honoring the beauty and power of the sea, lavish skincare brand La Mer has partnered for the fifth time with Oceana – the world’s leading international ocean advocacy organization – to celebrate and support World Oceans Day 2010.

For the 2010 campaign, La Mer has created a limited-edition 100 ml World Oceans Day “blue” Crème de la Mer jar and will make a $200,000 donation to Oceana’s habitat protection efforts. 

Marking the first time La Mer has altered their signature Crème de la Mer jar, “going blue” symbolizes the brand’s continued commitment to the oceans. Over the past five years, La Mer has donated more than half a million dollars globally toward Oceana’s sea expeditions, studies and preservation efforts.  Continue reading “Happy World Oceans Day, L.A.!”