We we're getting close to open.  Things are getting busy around the studio.  We ordered our floors today.  They'll be delivered and installed next week.  The studio is getting it's second coat of paint now.  Jewelry is being delivered.  And if things couldn't get any better, we've just arranged for piercer Jill Martin, formerly of Somatic Piercing here in Long Beach, to pierce for us on Saturdays.  We're on track to open in late February, so get ready!

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Thanks to Martha Stewart for providing the paint we're using to paint New Flower.  Thanks to the Long Beach Health Department for getting my vaccination information together, and you can find me in the credits in this video (5:30) from Blizzard Ent's Warcraft 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GwaGzmS5qk&feature=related.
John Johnson

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There's a lot of new laws that went into effect on January 1st, 2012.  A lot of studio's are going to struggle to be compliant.  Los Angeles county has hired 5 new health inspectors to keep up with demand.  Fortunately for us, Long Beach has it's own health department.  That means we don't have to work with county officials.  Our Long Beach inspectors are awesome and easy to work with.  The image above is our friend Paul Stoll from San Francisco, owner of the legendary Body Manipulations.  Pa...
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I Don't like broccoli enough to be excited about this smoothie, but it turned out amazing.  Take the above ingredients and blend with water!

The recipe came from Tim Van Orten's website, www.runningraw.com.  He has a youtube video for this called Broc Obama Smoothie.



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