Halloween – Then and Now When I was a kid all the way into my adult years, I loved Halloween. For years, my dad’s secretary would come to our house in Sun Valley and transform my sister and me into princesses before we went trick-or-treating (back then we called it Halloweening). A highlight of the […]
Pretty Mayberry-ish After All Those who have lived up here for a while have undoubtedly heard the term “Mayberry” to describe the foothills community. I consider it a compliment – after all, what’s wrong with Aunt Bee’s fried chicken served with a side of homey advice? Or knowing the first names of the people at […]
Enjoying Some Summer Fun Some weekends are crazy busy, but then others … well, they can be darn near perfect. Take last weekend for example. I had business on Saturday that took me to the oh-so-wonderful town of Pt. Hueneme (just south of Oxnard). I spent many summers in Pt. Hueneme as a kid because […]
Remembering Why It Began We are often reminded to stop and “smell the roses.” Surprisingly, we sometimes need to be reminded of those things that are not so rosy. For example, Prom Plus. I became involved with Crescenta Valley High School Prom Plus back in 1999 when my son Patrick was a senior. While at […]
Celebrating Leaders – Past and Present On Saturday I had the honor of celebrating the life of Alice Gedikian. Alice was the mother of CVW family member Lisa Yeghiayan. Alice reached her milestone 100th birthday on Jan. 2 but died unexpectedly two days later. I never met Alice but, having known Lisa for so many […]
Thanksgiving Let Down I don’t know about you but I was unprepared for the chaos that erupted in the valley on Friday after Thanksgiving. I stopped by the office Friday morning, planning to get in a few hours of work before heading to Montrose for the White Friday festivities. But it was 12 hours before […]
Beating the Heat Last weekend was a scorcher! The 100-plus temperatures made it easy for me to head to Pt. Hueneme (south of Oxnard and Ventura) on Saturday to show a condo that we have for rent. The ocean breezes kept the thermometer at a pleasant 80 or so there. It was hard for me […]
Changes in Glendale and a Fair in the Foothills Like the rest of the nation, Glendale is feeling the winds of change beginning to stir. The Glendale City Council election this week ushered at least one (as of this writing) new face onto the dais, replacing Mayor Frank Quintero who has served the city in […]
An Artful Weekend As temperatures (and air conditioning bills) rise, it’s hard to believe that just this past Saturday night I had to bring a sweater with me to the Third Annual Montrose Film Festival on Honolulu Avenue. I wasn’t able to attend Friday night’s screening of “Back to the Future,” but on Saturday I […]
A Top Notch Afternoon It’s always fun to discover something new to do, especially something close to home. This past Sunday, Steve and I were invited by longtime friends Mark and Katharine Warner to go to lunch with their friends Dan and Lana Tartre (shown at right with Steve and I) at the Top of […]