HOTEL CURRENT HAS ARRIVED!

It’s time to relax in Long Beach’s newest addition, while enjoying the arts of Southern California! Long Beach Style is now scheduled to open Hotel CURRENT in a new and innovative way—with a splash of the arts throughout the hotel. Hotel CURRENT will host Southern California’s latest and greatest art with featured paintings, music, and literature. Every part featured at Hotel CURRENT is meant to ‘uplift the spirit’ by celebrating the color of exploring art.

The hotel is scheduled to have it’s grand opening on September 30, 2010 where there will be a performance of the beautiful Aqualillies!

Not only will Hotel CURRENT house exploring guests, but it will also entertain with its art. The hotel is also devoted to working to uplift all visitors and their own staff by giving back through a culture of health and wellness.

Hotel CURRENT be known as refreshing and innovative in it’s design, but it will also host high amounts of eco-friendly material! Everything from bamboo flooring and linens, to carpets made out of 100% recycled plastic bottles and hemp fabrics. Better energy efficient lighting will be offered, as well as reduced polluting materials.

Hotel CURRENT would like to give a special ‘Thank You’ to hotel designer- Cachette Studios, featured artist- Steve Fawley, and fellow partners- PlainJoe Studios and Visioneering Studios for all of their hard work, amazing talents, and inspired designs.

For more information, visit www.hotelcurrent.com or contact lbrown@venquest.com. 

EMPOWER YOURSELF WITH SUCCESS!

For women, it's time to throw out your old ways of thinking and living and be empowered by becoming a professional career woman who is successful in the marketplace. Empower 180 is the hottest organization to hit the Internet and is already transforming the lives of women. If you've been looking for a chance to move up in life, now is your chance.

Empower 180 is an organization built on the purpose to serve the modern woman by helping her to be mentally fit, incredibly successful, and emotionally healthy. Empower 180 builds a network of strong and successful women who are ready to make more money and help others with their success.

Participate in Empower 180's one-day experience to learn more about becoming a well-rounded, fabulous woman at the LA Convention Center on August 31 and September 1.

You'll be able to meet passionate entrepreneurs and celebrity business owners who can help you be the innovative, successful woman you've always dreamed of. The Empower 180 tour will visit 20 cities nationwide and include celebrities and experts who are here to help you take the next step into success.

Guest speakers include the fabulous Paula Abdul, Bill Phillips, Kevin Harrington, Phil Town, Christine Comaford, Les Brown, Chris Howard, Garrett Gunderson, Jim Kwik, and of course, Dr. Barbara deAngelis. Each speaker will share their success stories as entrepreneurs and how they overcame defeat and walked into success (while wearing stilettos)!

Empower 180 participants will be geared with tools, tips, and education on how to thrive financially, relationally, and in their own health.

You also have the incredible opportunity to make your dream idea a reality with the help of the infomercial guru, Kevin Harrington. He wants to help you become a millionaire with your idea or invention, all you need to do is pitch your idea! On August 31, you can bring your prototype, sample product, or idea to the Pitch Your Product session during the Empower 180's 20 City National Tour at the LA Convention Center. After all, it's time to take a risk and believe in your idea!

If you'd like to make money, join the Affiliate Network and start telling your friends about the hottest one-day program, and you'll receive cash for every ticket sold!

To purchase or sell tickets, visit www.Empower180.com, or call 303-693-2227 to activate your coupon code for special discounts and offers.

Stay connected to Empower 180 on Facebook and Twitter with updates on fun contests, updates from the road, promo codes, business tips, and testimonials of women who have hit the road to success, and arrived!

Now is the time to step up, show up, and move up!

MAMMOTH'S BLUE SKY FEST

You can still hit up mammoth this summer and have an adventure, minus the powder and dropping temperatures. Mammoth's festival, Mammoth Blue Sky Fest, is centered around musical diversity, healthy living, creative documentaries, and other activities, all crammed into four days at Mammoth Lakes, from August 12-15.

This is the second year the festival will be held and will highlight living eco-consciously while taking place in the great outdoors, right next to the pines and extensive backdrops. It'll begin Friday, August 12, with free daytime activities that include guided mountain bike tours and hikes, yoga and fitness sessions, kayaking demos, healthy cooking and gardening demonstrations, and your ever-so-friendly ranger talks. No, Yogi Bear won't be hosting.

Blue Sky Music Fest will feature almost every genre: rock, reggae, funk, jazz, surf, and hip hop. It'll kick off with Thursday's World Beat Dance Party and a free concert provided by Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars. Other artists include Ozomatli, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Soulive, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Iration, The Holdup, and Top Shelf.

Tickets can be purchased at www.vallitix.com or by phone at 888-825-5485. You can also visit the Mammoth Lake Brewing Company's Tasting Room to purchase tickets. Advance 2-day music fest tickets (Friday and Saturday) are $55 a pop, and single day tickets are $35. Children under the age of 10 have free admission with a paid adult.

It's mantra is appropriate, "Live well. Move your feet. Feel the beat. Get outdoors."

To find more info, visit www.BlueSkyFest.com.

Katie Cervantes
Live OC Magazine
www.LIVEOCMAG.com