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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. |
 
Over the past six weeks Nicholas Lee (age 7) and Audrey Moeller (age 9) have been spreading an extremely important message: “You can make a difference!” As the Los Angeles Boy & Girl of the Year for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, these children know first-hand what it means to battle a blood [...] 
I acquired this book out of random kindness. A father of a third grader I taught three years ago gave my assistant and I this book after our parent teacher conference with his daughter. It was simply a very thoughtful move, but what this parent didn’t know was how relevant and meaningful it was [...] 
Turn Kindness On feeding the homeless in Santa Monica Turn Kindness On (TKO) (originally named TKO Helping Hands) was founded in 2001 with the goal of awakening a child’s passion for giving at an early age. TKO knows the best way to teach our children about the power of service is to engage [...] 
Billy Zane and Janet Roberts On Thursday, May 17, 2012 the Cancer Support Community–Benjamin Center is bringing together two exceptional artists, Janet Roberts and Billy Zane, for The Fresh Canvas Party, an exclusive gallery fundraiser which will include live entertainment, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. Hosted by Frances Fisher, Shoshana Blank, Ann Benjamin and [...] 
Past Bachelorette Michelle Money (left) with Devin Alexander (middle) auctions off former Bachelorette Natalie Getz (right) (Photo credit: Fitz Carlile) The Chris4Life Colon Cancer Celebrity Dream Date Auction at The SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills raised a total of $40K in which proceeds will benefit the organization’s Patient, Treatment & Care program. It [...] 
model in Skinny Bikini swimwear A fantastic Sunday afternoon was shared on March 25, 2012 with 75 women at an incredible mansion in the Hollywood Hills for the launch of Skinny Bikini Swimwear, a luxury swimwear line for trendsetting, high-fashion, sexy, glamorous and sophisticated women. Skinny Bikini’s goal is to allow every woman [...] 
Victoria’s Secret Supermodels Miranda Kerr and Candice Swanepoel were poolside at the Thompson Beverly Hills Hotel discussing top trends in swim, their tips for looking like a beach bombshell and Victoria’s Secret, the ultimate destination for SWIM. The Angels also modeled the sexiest styles from the Victoria’s Secret 2012 SWIM collection on a cool [...] 
GRAMMY Award-winning artist Fergie will host her one-of-a-kind birthday bash at Sin City hot spot 1 OAK Nightclub at The Mirage Hotel & Casino Friday, March 30. Fergie’s birthday bash will mark her second time hosting at The Strip’s newest hot spot. The songstress hosted the club’s debut and New Year’s [...] 
Kate Flannery & Adam Carolla headlined the 2012 Comedy for a Cure, benefiting the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Sunday, March 25, 2012. The evening was spent raising awareness about the disease while generous individuals donated via silent auction and live auction to benefit the Tuberous Sclerosis (TS) Alliance. The [...] 
Five bedrooms. Five couples. One chain of well-intentioned disasters in this new comedy that peeks under the covers as each couples foibles boomerang into the next in this hilarious, realistic portrayal of couples in the bedroom. Couple #2 – Actors Will Christoferson and Tiffany Lonsdale (Photo credit: Ed Krieger) The show starts out [...] |
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April 19th, 2012 
