Sandpiper’s Holiday Homes Tour + 2 Tickets GIVEAWAY!

Sandpiper's Holiday Home Tour

{This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner, Elisa!} 20th ANNUAL SANDPIPERS HOLIDAY HOMES TOUR   Sandpipers’ 20th Annual Holiday Homes Tour will be November 30th, December 1st and 2nd from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily. This year’s tour includes four distinctive homes in Manhattan and Hermosa Beach including the “Green Idea House” [...]

MB’s Annual Holiday Open House & Pier Lighting {Event}

Manhattan Beach 18th Annual Open House & 23rd Annual Pier Lighting

Since moving to Manhattan Beach 3 and a half years ago, we have looked forward to the annual holiday open house and pier lighting event held in downtown Manhattan Beach each year! It is a festive way to kick of the holiday season and enjoy the strong sense of community in the South Bay. Local [...]

GMO? OMG! Prop 37

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A very intelligent and talented friend of ours, Lisa Becker (author of Click: An Online Love Story) met with us and a small group of friends earlier this week to have our own morning discussion about GMO’s and Propostion 37. We are so grateful and lucky to have her guest contribute on Pier to Peer sharing her [...]

Drop, Cover & Hold On ~ It’s Shakeout Day!

Shakeout!

DROP, COVER and HOLD ON! Today, October 18th, at 10:18am millions of Californians will be practicing an earthquake drill called The Great California Shakeout. Will you? The Great California Shakeout is not just practiced in schools, but companies and individuals will be participating to generate state-wide awareness, as well to prepare for the next “big one.” This means that [...]

Fresca Black Bean and Corn Dip

Black Bean and Corn Dip

Yum! Yum! Yum! When a friend brought this black bean and corn dip over during a recent playdate I was beside myself with how good it was! It was simple, fresh and utterly delicious! This is a recipe that you will adore!!!   Ingredients:   2 cans of black beans 1 can of sweet white [...]

{Guest Contributor} Deven’s Beach Bag Essentials

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We are simply beach people. For my husband, spending time in the ocean brings peace of mind. For me, having grown up in the Midwest, I still feel amazement and excitement every time I see the twinkling water. And for our kids, going to the beach is just plain fun. We can spend hours on [...]

{DIY} Summer Bucket List

Summer Bucket List

I can’t help but think that Disney’s Phineas and Ferb theme song best sums this post up: “There’s 104 days of summer vacation And school comes along just to end it So the annual problem for our generation Is finding a good way to spend it Like maybe… “ Summer starts this week in our [...]

Copycats: Steal Deven’s Summer-Chic Look!

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Not only is Deven my good friend but she is also one of the most stylish women I know.   Deven is a naturally gorgeous California-beach-chic girl from Malibu.  No matter the occasion whether she is out playing with her two children or traveling the world with her family, Deven has a style all her own and always looks fabulous!  Today, Deven is offering her [...]

A Camping We Will Go!

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I was raised with the understanding that Jews don’t camp. They just don’t. I camped as a kid, but I thought that was due to the fact that only one of my parents was Jewish. When I married my “nice, Jewish, boy” I figured that my camping days were over…and I was okay with that. [...]

Making Plans For MY Summer!

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I have spent the last several weeks thinking about and planning out a fun-filled Summer for my children. But, with all of their activities to look forward too, I started to think about what I want to do this Summer too. So, I am starting my own annual Summer “To-Do’s” and I’m already giddy over the end of [...]