public function vendors()
 {
     // Eloquent
     $vendor_objs = Vendor::active();
     $vendors = array();
     foreach ($vendor_objs as $key => $vendor) {
         //debug($vendor['name']);
         $vendors[] = array('id' => $vendor['id'], 'name' => ucfirst(strtolower($vendor['name'])));
     }
     return Response::json($vendors);
 }