Johnny Cupcakes

Thick smoke from the sizzling hot dogs and hamburgers invaded the school gym as our Johnny Cupcakes LA charity dodgeball event took place. For nearly 5 hours, echos of squeaking sneakers zigzagged off the walls like Spiderman, while a handful of teams went at it. Below you’ll find a few photos that I happened to snag that day. Thank you Lennard, World Dodgeball Society, Honest Tea, Monster Energy Drink, and everyone who helped us donate to the Echo Park Community Center Scholarship Fund!

If there’s one thing that we love at Johnny Cupcakes, it’s love. So in honor of our good friend Saint Valentine we’ll be running a fun little contest and promotion this weekend. Tomorrow at each Johnny Cupcakes retail location the first couple to come in and kiss will receive 2 free JC Valentine’s Day shirts, as well as receiving 15% off anything else they purchase! The 2nd and 3rd couples to lock lips will receive 1 free shirt and 15% off the rest of their purchase. All other couples that come in throughout the weekend (Feb. 4th-5th) and smooch will receive 15% off their order.

Devin Jameson had been trying to get me to speak at his school for quite some time now, but our schedules hadn’t matched up. Recently I was able to extend my west coast travels to squeeze in a handful of meetings, teachings and other work activities.

Windward School is a very special place. Aside from it’s beautiful property, I was taken back with how well the teachers connect with their students on all levels. Every single student that I had spoken with was motivated, articulate with their sentences, asked the right questions, were engaging, and they all seemed far more mature than other students their age. If I raised my future children in Los Angeles, I would for sure enroll them at Winward School.

Located in the Mars Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, this independent school has been operating for 40 years now. Some alumni include; Max Bemis, singer/songwriter of Say Anything; Darius Morris, NBA point guard; Nicole Holofcener, screenwriter/director of Sex and the City; Anna Paquin, actress of True Blood fame; Robert and Jason Schwartzman, musicians/actors. I’m excited to see how far these students push themselves during and after school. I have no doubt that they will join the roster of the aforementioned notable alumni.