Do you know how much money your friends make as a salary? I don’t mean acquaintances, but close friends that you talk to about everything. I am talking about the people you would call if your mother got sick or if you need some emotional or personal advice. Would you ask them for advice if you […]
If you work as a freelance creative, you know how difficult it can be to find a place to work where you find chemistry and cohesion. There has been a mini boom in Los Angeles as of late to fill this need in the city. More and more co-working spaces are popping up and each […]
The world just got some really bad news. It has cancer. On March 18th, reports of a new global sustainability study, that reads more like a doomsday report, hit the news cycle. The study, conducted in part with NASA’s Godard Space Center, concluded that we’re looking at about fifteen years before the total collapse of civilization. 15 […]
Heather Williams toggles back and forth between her decorative retail shop and floral design workspace at Twig & Twine. She greets customers as they enter while snipping arranging, and pruning upcoming orders for clients. Ending a strip of shops, her store perfectly punctuates the, Silver Lake adjacent, Virgil Village (East Hollywood). On the other side of the […]
Judging by your bank account and the world around you, it might not seem like you are rich. But, you are probably wealthier than you think. I am not talking about a richness, in your heart, like your mother would describe as she slides a plate of Spam across the table. Family is incredibly valuable, […]
10 Easy Ways To Spend All Of Your Money 1. Drink A Lot of Alcohol! Are you just a bore without a drink in your hand? Need to take the edge off after a long day of Olivia Poping your way to the top? Love having a good time with your friends? DRINK ALCOHOL!!! It […]
As creatives, we are pretty savvy about what advertising looks like. We can feel advertising trying to sneak up on us in social media. We are not fooled by branded content. Hell, its most of our jobs to create it. We know that traditional marketing has morphed into a much subtler animal. Not so much […]
You shop vintage, you eat organic,and you drive a hybrid. So you think you are safe, right? Then you take your big fat check from the animal rescue where you work and cash it at Chase, or Bank Of America, or Wells Fargo. In doing so you might as well buy your clothes from a […]
Incase you hadn’t heard, we are in the middle of tax season. Whether you are working with a traditional employer, an entrepreneur, or freelancer it is one thing we all have in common. For me, this is a very reflective period. When sit down to organize my tax documents find that I am actually reviewing […]
As Citizens Of Culture investigates our cultural perspective on Money: Personal Finance, Choice, and the Creative Economy we look to also uncover some information about how we make decisions in our environment and what amount of input we prefer from outside sources. If you have ever asked a waiter at a restaurant “What’s good here?” […]