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 Melissa Curtin is the LA City Editor for Miss A. She covers charity and style related events and loves to cover LA's best in beauty, fashion, and culture. She is an educator who recently returned to the classroom for her 14th year to motivate and inspire third graders at a private school in Pacific Palisades. Melissa also tutors privately all over Los Angeles from Venice to Bel Air. In 2012, she launched an educational T-shirt line called Wear2learn. When she is not working out, hiking a canyon, or at the beach, she is writing. Her latest dream come true has been travel writing for Johnny Jet. After teaching in the Maryland public school system for almost a decade, she left the conservative East Coast environment in Washington, DC for West Coast living. Eager for adventure, inner growth, and a new environment, she packed her car and took to the open road on her own landing in her new home - Hollywood, California. As a Connecticut Yankee at heart, she has now lived in Los Angeles for five years surrounded by the stars. Melissa graduated from Gettysburg College with a double major in psychology and art history. Soon after, she earned a Master's Degree in education. Melissa traveled around the world on Semester at Sea, and earned a Fulbright Scholarship which enabled her to teach in England. A lust for travel and learning has fueled her globe trotting ever since. Some of her favorite destinations are Thailand, Fiji, Morocco, Vietnam, Belgium, Italy, Sicily, Prague, Egypt, Australia, Greece, and Paris. Los Angeles has won over her heart. She is constantly taking advantage of what LA LA Land has to offer - new salons and restaurants, finding great deals, discovering new hikes and beaches, music, and West Coast fashion. If you have a LA event, restaurant, boutique, art or cultural event that you would like covered on Miss A, please contact Melissa at mcurtin230@aol.com. Also feel free to connect with Melissa on issues pertaining to children and education. |
 
Bank of Venice restaurant opens May 17, 2013. (Photo Credit: www.yovenice.com) The restaurant Bank of Venice, Public House is literally in a 108 year old bank, a block from the beach on the corner of Pacific and Winward. This corner high vaulted ceiling establishment has the kind of menu that gets me excited. [...] 
The iconic Endless Summer poster from the movie created by John Van Hamersveld. (Photo credit: www.post-future.com) Venice Family Clinic – which supplies care to over 24,000 low-income, uninsured and homeless individuals in the community – celebrates its 34th year of the much-loved Venice Art Walk & Auctions with a special VIP Preview. Mingle [...] 
ABC’S the Bachelor- Sean Lowe and fiancé Catherine Giudici (Photo Credit: Michael Bezjian) A day of pampering occurred poolside at the swanky Thompson Hotel in Beverly Hills Saturday, May 11 2013. It was LA hot and guests brought their moms for an afternoon of pampering and beauty. Many of Hollywood celebs and their [...] 
It’s almost Mother’s Day and, in celebration, we’re taking a look at some of our favorite high-profile mamas talk about the joys of motherhood. Angelina Jolie: Truly incredible-creating the Brangelina love clan (Photo credit: learnalanguagesite.com) Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have six children: Maddox, 12, Pax, 9, Zahara, 7, Shiloh, 6, and 4-year-old [...] 
It started out as a little girl. My mom mixing powder and water in the kitchen. She wasn’t making dessert, she was making a green or sometimes clear concoction for my face. My mom hooked me on facial masques at an early age and often had all my friends doing them too when I [...] 
InStyleModern‘s Contemporary Designer replica furniture helps you create the same home design style as celebrities like Julianne Moore without breaking the bank. Wouldn’t we all want a Hollywood budget to decorate our homes in style? Now, you can live in a celebrity style home without breaking the bank. InStyle Modern offers sleek, designer-style furniture [...] 
Katherine Heigl wearing a script name charm necklace by Isabelle Grace Jewelry. (Photo credit: Isabellegracejewelry.com) Isabelle Grace Jewelry is a classic and chic jewelry collection inspired by the most important things in life: family, children and love. Isabelle Grace’s hand-crafted pieces will be cherished and become a family heirloom. When you select a [...] 
Celebrity moms cherish the birth date of their little tots and so do the rest of us. NotJustAnyOldDay let’s us do exactly that with its calendar key pendant. Now we can celebrate that special birth or anniversary date all year long. Available in rose gold, brass and silver plating finishes, the calendar key is [...] 
Bamboo Izakaya, Santa Monica’s newest waterfront dining (Photo Credit: Benjamin Conley) Only open about two and a half months, the new modern hip restaurant Bamboo Izakaya is just a stone’s throw from the Santa Monica Pier. Across the street from the beach, you can watch the sunset while enjoying your favorite Japanese California [...] 
LA Laker Steve Blake and his wife Kristin attend 3rd Annual Rockn Rolla Movie Awards Eco Party on April 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paul Best/WireImage) I was happy to make the last hour of another wonderful gathering hosted by television producer Debbie Durkin at the lavish historic Pickford Estate [...] |
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