By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I am very excited to welcome two of my favorite rising YouTube personalities, NBSJ Productions hosts Adam Feldman and Shant Goorjian, to Jake’s Take. Since they started their YouTube channel in June 2015, their videos have been viewed over 268,000 times and started growing a social media following on Facebook, […]
A Conversation with James Cant IFBB Pro
November 9, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com It is a pleasure to welcome one of my generation’s most inspiring fitness entrepreneurs, James Cant, to Jake’s Take. He is Australia’s top-ranked IFBB (International Federation of Bodybuilding) Pro! During the first half of the decade, James competed in numerous fitness competitions such as the IFBB Australasian, Australian Nationals, and South […]
A Conversation with the Brooklyn Baking Barons
October 12, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I am so happy to welcome my friends, The Brooklyn Baking Barons (Chris Poeschl and Tony Lanuza), to Jake’s Take! I met Chris and Tony, two years ago, while waiting in line for a taping of The View and they were offering everyone that was waiting in line a bite of […]
Jake’s Take-The Fifth Anniversary: My Fitness Journey
August 8, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Throughout my career as a blogger, fitness has played a role in my life. Around the blog’s inception, I returned from the University of Colorado at Boulder, a few pounds heavier than before. I immediately went back to the Jewish Community Center of Kansas City and started to exercise again. At […]
Catching Up with Nick Wright
June 22, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com I am very excited to welcome fitness personality, Nick Wright, back to Jake’s Take. Over the past three years, Nick has continued to grow his presence in the fitness world through his impeccable social media following. With 19,300 Twitter followers, 79,200 Instagram followers, 218,777 YouTube subscribers and 975,059 Facebook followers, Nick’s […]
Kansas City native Jeremy Scott is “The People’s Designer”
April 15, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Over the past few years, Kansas City has been building a respectable fashion community. While several designers are taking their time building their brands, Kansas City native Jeremy Scott has become not only an inspiration for his fellow designers, but also an internationally known fashion icon. But before he became the […]
Jake’s Take catches up with Scott Herman (the 2016 Edition)
April 13, 2016 By
Jake’s Take is thrilled to welcome back long time friend of the blog and one of the best fitness entrepreneurs on the planet: Scott Herman! Through his informative YouTube fitness videos and his remarkable content on his website: MuscularStrentgth.com, Scott provides the necessary tools that have changed countless lives around the world. Between his thorough […]
Local designers close out KCFW Fall-Winter 2016 Showcase
March 20, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Six of the Kansas City’s best designers came together to conclude the 2016 Kansas City Fashion Week (KCFW)’s Fall-Winter Showcase. While the six designers and their hair and make-up crews made final adjustments to the models, WDAF-TV FOX 4 News anchor and KCFW veteran emcee Abby Eden welcomed the packed […]
KC Fashion Week kicks off Fall/Winter Showcase with Charity Night & Mayor’s Night
March 18, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Before I get to recapping Kansas City Fashion Week (KCFW)’s first night at Union Station, Jake’s Take wants to congratulate Kansas City Fashion Week, LLC on its fifth anniversary. Thank you to Teisha Barber, Phillip Willoughby, Kathryn Mansur, Annette Pinter, Katie Sellers, Sarah Russell and the brilliant cast of models, […]
The 2016 Go Blog Social Tour takes flight in KC
March 6, 2016 By
By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com One blog conference that I have kept my eye on over the past few years is Go Blog Social (GBS). Co-founded by Kathryn Snellen and Sarah Ruhlman, Go Blog Social is designed to inspire, connect and educate like-minded bloggers and creative professionals. I remember attending the very first Go Blog […]
