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Four Seasons Resort, Santa Barbara

Four Seasons Resort, Santa Barbara

1260 Channel Drive, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. 93108 Tel. 1 (805) 969-2261 Fax. 1 (805) 565-8323 Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts are known for their luxurious architecture, elegant surroundings, and ever innovating and improving quality of hospitality services. Their establishment in Santa...

REACH Productions - Philanthropy. Networking. Community

REACH Productions - Philanthropy. Networking. Community

Founders and Managing Partners of REACH Productions: Scy Shirley (left) and Terren Jiang (right) PHILANTHROPY. NETWORKING. COMMUNITY http://www.reachproductionsla.com/    REACH Productions is an events production company that aims to reach out to local communities and reach into people's hearts...

Beverly Hot Springs: Make You Feel Like Royalty

LOVE. LOVE. LOVE This Place. This place is discovered as the only 100% natural hot springs spa in Los Angeles. The spa offers a variety of facial and body treatments, organic facial, waxing and tinting. Body treatments include a revolutionary new massage technique combining proven European massage...

Be Kind: What's Your Part in Philanthropy?

  When we are blessed with the resources we have and the ability to help others in need, the S&Ps look into their hearts and think about the people surrounding them, they look pass their own well being to the well being of their communities and fellow earthlings. If we learned anything from Disney...

How To Avoid Holiday Season Burnout

Although the holidays can be a time of joy in our lives, they can also present us with a great deal of stress. Managing your schedule, shopping for gifts, braving the crowds, and fitting in those special seasonal commitments can prevent us from enjoying this time of year as much as we should. In order...

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French Tuesdays: the Francophile rendez-vous to party in NYC, LA and Miami

French Tuesdays: the Francophile rendez-vous to party in NYC, LA and Miami

From a gathering of 50 individuals in New York in 2003, who were seeking a more sophisticated alternative to the nightlife options available to them, French Tuesdays has grown into a lifestyle brand, upscale social network and nationwide movement. Its success in New York quickly led to French Tuesdays...

Step Up Women's Network

Step Up Women's Network

Step Up Women's Network is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to strengthening community resources for women and girls. Through teen empowerment programs for underserved girls, women's health education and advocacy, professional mentorship and social networking opportunities, they...

Digital LA: Networking for online entertainment, advertising, marketing, and tech professionals in LA

DigitalLA is an informal networking organization of professionals and friends in online entertainment, marketing, advertising, and tech in Los Angeles. Attendees work at WB, Sony, FOX, Paramount, MySpace, Google, Yahoo!, Disney, Paramount, CAA, WMA, ABC, NBC, Activision, EA, and other entertainment,...

Choosing the Right Social Crowds

They say the five closest people to you pretty much sum up who you are. Reputation by association. I know not all of you agree with this, but when we're trying to choose the "right" social crowds for a reason, this is inevitably true. Now, I am not talking about how to choose your close friends or...

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*Model or Entrepreneur? She's Both! - S&P Interview with Apple Price

*Model or Entrepreneur? She's Both! - S&P Interview with Apple Price

Image above: Feed A Model Shoot h Images above: Apple Price, Founder, Feed A Model  Looking pretty as a runway model and doing business seem pretty far apart, however, Apple is able to perfectly marinate her modeling profession and the company she founded. Apple's company Feed A Model not just serves...

*I Am That Girl: S&P Interview with Alexis Jones

*I Am That Girl: S&P Interview with Alexis Jones

*I Am That Girl: S&P Interview with Alexis Jones   For this interview, Scy goes back to her alma mater, USC campus to interview a fellow Trojan grad! Alexis Jones was born and raised in Austin Texas. By age 25, she was a top finalist on the reality TV show SURVIVOR, obtained a Masters degree...

*From Teen Beauty Queen to Editor In Chief

Former Miss Teen California, Erin Ashley Darling, started her career in Journalism and the world of TV/web hosting at age 17. From Beauty Queen to Editor In Chief - S&P interview with Erin Ashley Darling YnB8kSrBe_M  

Discovering and Living Out Your Ambitions

Ask yourself, what is your ultimate goal in life? Ultimate, ultimate goal, defined here as life would feel somewhat incomplete without achieving it. Answers to this question separate those with real ambition and those without. I can't help but feel disappointed when people answer along the lines of...

Images and Stereotypes

How do you want others to think of you? Forget about the stereotypes out there, you can create your own image. But fist, you have to answer, who are you? There are stereotypes for really pretty girls and stereotypes for really smart girls. I once saw on the Millionaire Matchmaker show that you cannot...

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*Business or Pleasure? S&P Interview with Eli Jane

*Business or Pleasure? S&P Interview with Eli Jane

What inspired this interview was from understanding the notion of "there are no free lunches" from a girl's perspective. Ever had an older guy interested in you who can take you places, including up the career ladder? Ever become tempted to seek out his connections in exchange to becoming his "friend"?...

How to Take Care of "Borderline" Sexual Harassment

How to Take Care of "Borderline" Sexual Harassment

You get a lot of attention at work because you're hot. While digesting all the flying complements, you might want to take note that some complements are not freebies. Sometimes the "harassment" is not serious enough to report to HR, it just makes you feel uncomfortable or funny, what do you do? Here...

Career Planning: Tools & Methods

  When it comes to career planning and there is no longer a school counselor sitting by your side, what do you do? Please don't dive straight onto monster and start searching for jobs that might seem interesting right now or copy other people's career foot prints just becuase it worked for them. What...

Breaking the Pretty Girl Stereotype but Not Breaking the Pretty

It's all about attitude. Seriously, if you present yourself as focused, determined, and of course, professional, it's harder to label you as "just a pretty face". You do not want anyone to question your abilities and credentials at the work place because of your looks. However, you shouldn't compromise...

What if You're Smart, Pretty, and YOUNG?

There are lots of advantages for being young at the work place. Great. But we want to dig out the DISadvantages and examine how we might mitigate those. Of course, you are smart so you would try to prevent the disadvantages that come with age, however, sometimes it's inevitable - you cannot control...

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*Seduction 457 - S&P Interview with Darlene Vazquetelles

*Seduction 457 - S&P Interview with Darlene Vazquetelles

Darlene Vazquetelles is a model/actress as seen on TV shows such as Kings of South Beach, soaps on Telemundo, and show host for Spanish channels. Most importantly, she is on the Smart and Pretty to share with us a few Seduction strategies!   It's all about ***SEDUCTION***!! S&P interview with actress, Darlene...

Power Struggle

Power Struggle

S & P women are strong women. They mature faster than others with high exposure to multi-facets of society, they are strong willed and are often successful at what they do. If their partner is also strong and successful to balance the relationship, that's great. But when a 20 something girl is successful...

S&P Expectations: Is He Ever Good Enough?

S&P hot shots, yes, you are a very good catch, I'm sure he is, too. But do you ever find yourself asking, "is he really good enough?" Most smart and pretty women want to be with somebody who is a "partner in life". We want to feel supported and inspired by our partners. While we want to be successful...

Try to Change a Man? Very Funny

20 somethings, yes, you love him, you want to be with him and watch him grow, watch him become a better man day by day. You believe that he has potential, potential to become that respectable man you've always envisioned and deserve. So you invest your time and emotions, thinking that he will change...

Promises Compromises

When do men start lying? For one, when they cannot keep their promises. Is it really all his fault? While yes, it is his fault for making a promise he cannot keep, let's examine what led him to make such a promise and how to prevent promises turning into compromises. A promise is really more a romantic...

He Made Me A Mistress!

How to tell your girl her man is baaaad?

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The Perils of Cyber Dating and How to Avoid Them

The Perils of Cyber Dating and How to Avoid Them

Being a 21st century girl certainly has its advantages and being able to screen your dates is one of them. Although signing up for a website that allows you to sift through a pool of pre-screened men seems almost too good to be true, there are drawbacks and downsides to meeting your next boyfriend through...

10 Twitter Tips

Having an updated Twitter account can be a great tool, if used properly! Here are some tips and tricks that can help you make the most of your Tweets. Read on for some basic Twitter advice. Happy Tweeting! 10 Twitter Tips 1. Make links short and sweet Since Twitter is often used to share links with...

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Party Hardy? Recovering from the Night Before

Party Hardy? Recovering from the Night Before

We've all been there, the next morning feeling of "why do I feel not aliiiiive?" A crazy night out can definitely take a toll on your pretty body. So what breaksdown the alcohol in our bodies? Alcohol Dehydrogenase The enzyme is contained in the lining of the stomach and in the liver. It catalyzes...

The Dangers of Crash Dieting

We’ve all heard the warnings about crash dieting, but in a time-crunch many people still resort to eating little more than spinach and egg whites in an effort to show up at a special event looking like Victoria Beckham. For many people, reunions, weddings, formal events and spring break vacations all...

The S&P Guide to Surviving Flu Season

Every S&P girl knows that surviving flu season without coming down with a raucous cough or a runny nose is quite the challenge. Avoiding illness is virtually impossible when those around you start showing symptoms of sickness, so it's a good idea to be prepared before your bed-ridden roommates starts...

Blame It On the Dopamine

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Improve Your Memory

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Partay Time

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Happy Halloween!

Every S&P girl knows that one knows Halloween doesn't last a day! Considering all the events, parties and themed get-togethers you'll be invited to, it can easily last up to a week! Here are some highlights of what's going on in LA for Halloween 2009. But no matter how you decide to spend your Halloween,...

Network Over Digital Drinks At MyHouse

Spend your Halloween the S&P way and attend a fun networking event, while enjoying one of the hottest clubs in Los Angeles. Digital LA is having this month's Digital Drinks at MyHouse, celebrity hangout and popular destination among nightlife-loving Angelenos. The event is Wednesday October 21, 7-10...

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Here you can find all the videos on this site:   The Smart & Pretty Show - Intro Video  This show examines the day to day challenges and concerns a Smart and Pretty girl would face in our society today. Scy Shirley, as our host, interviews smart and pretty women from all angles of life and...