In The Mood For California Podcast
This podcast is an invitation to feel and experience the souls of famous Old Hollywood homes and have an in-depth journey to the areas where they are located through interviews with long-time residents. Either you are a fan of Old Hollywood and Los Angeles, planning to have a vacation, or, even a bigger step – considering a certain area for your future home – this is your opportunity to receive valuable and insightful information via a mindful approach to Real Estate.
In The Mood For California Podcast
This podcast is an invitation to feel and experience the souls of famous Old Hollywood homes and have an in-depth journey to the areas where they are located through interviews with long-time residents. Either you are a fan of Old Hollywood and Los Angeles, planning to have a vacation, or, even a bigger step – considering a certain area for your future home – this is your opportunity to receive valuable and insightful information via a mindful approach to Real Estate.
“It can be done!”
Today we’ll feel and experience Universal Studios followed by an interview with magnificent and inspiring Nina Parker! Nina Parker is an American television journalist, television presenter and fashion designer. Parker co-hosts Nightly Pop on E!, a late-night entertainment news show that debuted in 2018.Nina was raised in Sacramento, California. She received her bachelor’s degree in broadcast and electronic communication arts from San Francisco State University. Nina began her entertainment career at TMZ in 2007. In 2011, she went on to work as an entertainment correspondent for The Insider. In 2015, she became the host for the Love & Hip Hop reunion shows, and hosted for four years until 2020. She was hired as an inaugural co-host on E!’s Nightly Pop in 2018. On May 14, 2021, she released a self-titled clothing line for Macy’s, the first plus-size brand by a Black designer released exclusively by the retailer. She was inspired to develop a line in 2019 due to her own frustration with the lack of fashionable options for plus-size women. Nina previously designed her own gowns for Live from the Red Carpet event pre-shows such as the 2020 Academy Awards. In collaboration with Reunited Clothing, Nina designed every item in the Nina Parker Collection. New items debuted monthly in 2021 after the initial release. You can follow Nina on Instagram @theninaparker and @ninaparkercollection Nina will share with us what it was like to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry!
“It can be done!”
Today we’ll feel and experience Universal Studios followed by an interview with magnificent and inspiring Nina Parker! Nina Parker is an American television journalist, television presenter and fashion designer. Parker co-hosts Nightly Pop on E!, a late-night entertainment news show that debuted in 2018.Nina was raised in Sacramento, California. She received her bachelor’s degree in broadcast and electronic communication arts from San Francisco State University. Nina began her entertainment career at TMZ in 2007. In 2011, she went on to work as an entertainment correspondent for The Insider. In 2015, she became the host for the Love & Hip Hop reunion shows, and hosted for four years until 2020. She was hired as an inaugural co-host on E!’s Nightly Pop in 2018. On May 14, 2021, she released a self-titled clothing line for Macy’s, the first plus-size brand by a Black designer released exclusively by the retailer. She was inspired to develop a line in 2019 due to her own frustration with the lack of fashionable options for plus-size women. Nina previously designed her own gowns for Live from the Red Carpet event pre-shows such as the 2020 Academy Awards. In collaboration with Reunited Clothing, Nina designed every item in the Nina Parker Collection. New items debuted monthly in 2021 after the initial release. You can follow Nina on Instagram @theninaparker and @ninaparkercollection Nina will share with us what it was like to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry!
Look for the Painted Ladies
Today we’ll feel and experience San Francisco and the Painted Ladies followed by an interview with remarkable Ruth Todd! Ruth Todd, FAIA, is a former president and board chair of the San Francisco–based Page & Turnbull, an architecture, planning, and preservation firm founded in 1973. Ruth studied at Clemson University and held a Richard Morris Hunt Prize fellowship in France before becoming associate university architect for Stanford University. After a dozen years there, she joined Page & Turnbull in 2006. Ruth will share with us what it feels like to live in San Francisco!
Irvine Jamboree
Today we’ll feel and experience Irvine followed by an interview with wonderful Biff Baker! Biff (Harold) Baker grew up in East Providence, Rhode Island, with a love for languages, literature, and places. His Ph.D. dissertation in Comparative Literature was on representations of landscape in narrative and painting. After twenty years in education including a stint teaching Russian at UCI, he joined ALEKS, a tech startup focused on developing an artificially intelligent online system for learning mathematics and other subjects. Biff’s wife Marianna is an artist working in clay and fabric; his daughter Anna designs and produces experimental performances. Now partially retired, he looks forward to spending more time on social activism and community organizing, fiction writing, travel, and exploration. Biff will share with us what it feels like to live in Irvine!
Irvine Jamboree
Today we’ll feel and experience Irvine followed by an interview with wonderful Biff Baker! Biff (Harold) Baker grew up in East Providence, Rhode Island, with a love for languages, literature, and places. His Ph.D. dissertation in Comparative Literature was on representations of landscape in narrative and painting. After twenty years in education including a stint teaching Russian at UCI, he joined ALEKS, a tech startup focused on developing an artificially intelligent online system for learning mathematics and other subjects. Biff’s wife Marianna is an artist working in clay and fabric; his daughter Anna designs and produces experimental performances. Now partially retired, he looks forward to spending more time on social activism and community organizing, fiction writing, travel, and exploration. Biff will share with us what it feels like to live in Irvine!
From Paredon Blanco to a shared vision of inclusivity
Today we’ll feel and experience Boyle Heights followed by an interview with amazing John Padilla! John E. Padilla is a stand-up comedy show producer and film producer from Boyle Heights, CA. John is currently producing a docuseries entitled Joking G’s in collaboration with video production company Chicano Hollywood. The series is about previously incarcerated and formally involved gang youth from the Homeboy Art Academy who have enrolled in John’s comedy workshop, Stand-Up & Be Heard: Building Confidence Through Comedy. From an academic perspective, the comedy workshop helps build up the students self-esteem, their confidence, and the students learn essential public speaking skills. The comedy workshop creates an empowering, safe environment where the students can share their trauma and speak their truth. We believe that if you can laugh at your past, you can be freed from it which gives you the freedom to create a new future. You can follow John on Instagram @vencer_entertainment John will share with us what it feels like to live in Boyle Heights!
Come, look at Marin County!
Today we’ll feel and experience Marin County featuring an interview with legendary Ken Cook! Ken Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture, U.S. food and farm policy and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances. Under Cook’s leadership over the past 20 years, EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to expose the harms done by misconceived crop subsidies, crop insurance and runaway agricultural pollution. The organization has also empowered American families with easy-to-use, data-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in foods, drinking water, cosmetics and other household products. These unique digital resources are searched hundreds of millions times by consumers, journalists and policy makers. Cook is a widely sought public speaker on these and other environmental health issues and is frequently cited for the outsized impact that his and EWG’s work has had on policy debates in Washington and state and local governments across the country. Highlights include:
• Author and food policy expert Michael Pollan named Cook one of “the world’s 7 most powerful foodies” alongside First Lady Michelle Obama, nutritionist Marion Nestle and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman. In pre-Thanksgiving column in 2013, Bittman listed EWG among 25 people and organizations for which he was most thankful.
• Capitol Hill’s closely read The Hill newspaper regularly lists Cook in its annual roster of Washington’s top lobbyists. In 2013 it said Cook’s “influence spans the country” and called EWG “the tip of the green movement’s spear when it comes to agriculture and food policy.”
• In 2009 Cook was voted the “Ultimate Green Game Changer” by readers of The Huffington Post. As founder Arianna Huffington put it, “EWG is an environmental superhero with a full set of digital tools in its arsenal.”
• Cook testifies regularly before Congressional committees and has given well-received talks at a variety of venues including the White House, South by Southwest (SXSW), TedX Manhattan and a number of other conferences and universities. Cook was a principal architect of landmark provisions of the 1985 farm bill that for the first time shifted U.S. farm policy from a narrow focus on maximum crop production to conservation of land, water, wetlands and wildlife. The legislation was widely regarded the most important environmental farm policy reform in decades. He went on to co-found EWG, which created an online database of federal farm subsidy payments and recipients that has generated thousands of stories about the nation’s broken farm policies. A New York Times profile of Cook said the website helped “transform the [2002] farm bill into a question about equity and whether the country’s wealthiest farmers should be paid to grow commodity crops while many smaller family farms receive nothing and are going out of business.” Cook and EWG played a similarly prominent role during the crafting of the 2008 and 2014 farm bills, fighting successfully to add conservation requirements on farms that benefit from federally subsidized crop insurance. In the 1990s, EWG’s research was a major factor in the passage of the landmark pesticide reform law, the Food Quality Protection Act. EWG was among the first to draw attention to the health threat posed by the weed-killer atrazine and conducted the first extensive tests for the chemical in tap water in 29 Midwest cities. In the last several years Cook and EWG have been in the forefront of national and state campaigns to require the labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients. Cook has addressed food, agriculture and toxics policy in countless media interviews, including with 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX Business News, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Reuters, The Los Angeles Times and The San Francisco Chronicle. He testifies regularly before House and Senate committees and for the past 20 years has briefed top White House officials and every U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and EPA Administrator on EWG’s research and policy positions. He has been recognized with multiple awards from health and environmental organizations including Mount Sinai Hospital’s Children’s Environmental Health Center, the U.S. Healthful Food Council and Epidemic Answers. Cook is a board member of Food Policy Action (and founding chairman), Organic Voices, Amazon Conservation Team, Marin County Bicycle Coalition and a former member of the board of the Organic Center. He earned a B.A. in history, B.S. in agriculture and M.S. in soil science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is married to Deb Callahan and lives in northern California with their young son, Callahan. Please check out the website of Environmental Working Group at https://www.ewg.org/ And follow them on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/environmentalworkinggroup/ Ken will share with us what it feels like to live in Marin County and how it influenced his perspective on environmental health and advocacy!
Come, look at Marin County!
Today we’ll feel and experience Marin County featuring an interview with legendary Ken Cook! Ken Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, is widely recognized as one of the environmental community’s most prominent and influential critics of industrial agriculture, U.S. food and farm policy and the nation’s broken approach to protecting families and children from toxic substances. Under Cook’s leadership over the past 20 years, EWG has pioneered the use of digital technologies to expose the harms done by misconceived crop subsidies, crop insurance and runaway agricultural pollution. The organization has also empowered American families with easy-to-use, data-driven tools to help reduce their exposure to potentially harmful ingredients in foods, drinking water, cosmetics and other household products. These unique digital resources are searched hundreds of millions times by consumers, journalists and policy makers. Cook is a widely sought public speaker on these and other environmental health issues and is frequently cited for the outsized impact that his and EWG’s work has had on policy debates in Washington and state and local governments across the country. Highlights include:
• Author and food policy expert Michael Pollan named Cook one of “the world’s 7 most powerful foodies” alongside First Lady Michelle Obama, nutritionist Marion Nestle and New York Times columnist Mark Bittman. In pre-Thanksgiving column in 2013, Bittman listed EWG among 25 people and organizations for which he was most thankful.
• Capitol Hill’s closely read The Hill newspaper regularly lists Cook in its annual roster of Washington’s top lobbyists. In 2013 it said Cook’s “influence spans the country” and called EWG “the tip of the green movement’s spear when it comes to agriculture and food policy.”
• In 2009 Cook was voted the “Ultimate Green Game Changer” by readers of The Huffington Post. As founder Arianna Huffington put it, “EWG is an environmental superhero with a full set of digital tools in its arsenal.”
• Cook testifies regularly before Congressional committees and has given well-received talks at a variety of venues including the White House, South by Southwest (SXSW), TedX Manhattan and a number of other conferences and universities. Cook was a principal architect of landmark provisions of the 1985 farm bill that for the first time shifted U.S. farm policy from a narrow focus on maximum crop production to conservation of land, water, wetlands and wildlife. The legislation was widely regarded the most important environmental farm policy reform in decades. He went on to co-found EWG, which created an online database of federal farm subsidy payments and recipients that has generated thousands of stories about the nation’s broken farm policies. A New York Times profile of Cook said the website helped “transform the [2002] farm bill into a question about equity and whether the country’s wealthiest farmers should be paid to grow commodity crops while many smaller family farms receive nothing and are going out of business.” Cook and EWG played a similarly prominent role during the crafting of the 2008 and 2014 farm bills, fighting successfully to add conservation requirements on farms that benefit from federally subsidized crop insurance. In the 1990s, EWG’s research was a major factor in the passage of the landmark pesticide reform law, the Food Quality Protection Act. EWG was among the first to draw attention to the health threat posed by the weed-killer atrazine and conducted the first extensive tests for the chemical in tap water in 29 Midwest cities. In the last several years Cook and EWG have been in the forefront of national and state campaigns to require the labeling of foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients. Cook has addressed food, agriculture and toxics policy in countless media interviews, including with 60 Minutes, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, MSNBC, CNBC, FOX Business News, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Reuters, The Los Angeles Times and The San Francisco Chronicle. He testifies regularly before House and Senate committees and for the past 20 years has briefed top White House officials and every U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and EPA Administrator on EWG’s research and policy positions. He has been recognized with multiple awards from health and environmental organizations including Mount Sinai Hospital’s Children’s Environmental Health Center, the U.S. Healthful Food Council and Epidemic Answers. Cook is a board member of Food Policy Action (and founding chairman), Organic Voices, Amazon Conservation Team, Marin County Bicycle Coalition and a former member of the board of the Organic Center. He earned a B.A. in history, B.S. in agriculture and M.S. in soil science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is married to Deb Callahan and lives in northern California with their young son, Callahan. Please check out the website of Environmental Working Group at https://www.ewg.org/ And follow them on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/environmentalworkinggroup/ Ken will share with us what it feels like to live in Marin County and how it influenced his perspective on environmental health and advocacy!
The Thousand and One Nights of Alhambra
Today we’ll feel and experience Alhambra featuring an interview with incomparable Yolanda Gonzalez! Yolanda was born into a family whose artistic heritage dates back to 1877. Her world is one of curiosity, demonstrating her love of people and their surroundings. González’s travels in different countries, the bonds forged with individuals in those places, and the resulting transformative experiences are reflected in her art and her life. She is known for her strong, bold brush strokes of color and texture, intent on evoking imagination and emotion. In working with Private as well Public commissions Yolanda finds joy in an experience to collaborate. Being inspired by the vision of beauty in our universe, Yolanda believes we are all inspired by the beauty that surrounds us, she strives to convey this beauty through Art. Gonzalez feels the process of creating whether by herself or in a group of Artists, is that of mediation therefore adding a good energy into the universe. Yolanda has exhibited her art in Russia, Japan, Scotland, France, Spain, Italy, Africa, Alaska and the U.S. Her Museum Exhibitions include: Musee d’Aquitaine , San Diego Contemporary Museum, Armand Hammer Museum, Temporary Contemporary Museum, Japanese American National Museum, Chicago Museum, Santa Monica Museum, Laguna Museum, Diego Rivera Museum, Latino Museum, Corpus Christi Museum, Museum of Monterey, Snite Museum of Art, Museo Carrillo Gil, 2019 Vincent Price Museum, 2021 and 2023 Museum of Latin American Art. You can still visit and experience Yolanda’s exhibition “Metamorphosis: The Evolution of Visions and Dreams” at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach until July 30th 2023. Please check out Yolanda’s website: https://www.yolandagonzalez.com/ You can also follow her on Instagram at @yolandagonzalezart
Miles of miracle and light
Today we’ll feel and experience Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles featuring an interview with incredible Patti Lewis! Patti Lewis is a yoga student and teacher, mom to a human and a dog, married to an Italian, and loves hiking, the beach as well as snow. Patti wishes she was a better gardener, loves to read and loves eating brown rice and chips but not together, although maybe. Yoga has seen Patti through many life changes, good and bad. It is the thing she consistently comes back to. It is always new, yet old and familiar and welcoming. It forces her to be present and to confront whether she can have compassion for herself as well as others; whether she can be truthful and honest with herself and with others. Yoga has the power to remove layers and brings Patti face to face with herself and allows her to face the wider world. Patti has studied over the years with many teachers for various periods of time. She has learned something from all of them. In no particular order – Eddie and Jocelyne Stern, Noah Williams, Kimberly Flynn, Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Jodi Blumstein, Jeanne Heileman and her first teachers at Integral Yoga. Patti has a degree in Anthropology from Barnard College and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. You can follow this incredible human being and wonderful yoga teacher on Instagram @pattilewisyoga and please check out her website www.pattilewis.com
Miles of miracle and light
Today we’ll feel and experience Mid-Wilshire area of Los Angeles featuring an interview with incredible Patti Lewis! Patti Lewis is a yoga student and teacher, mom to a human and a dog, married to an Italian, and loves hiking, the beach as well as snow. Patti wishes she was a better gardener, loves to read and loves eating brown rice and chips but not together, although maybe. Yoga has seen Patti through many life changes, good and bad. It is the thing she consistently comes back to. It is always new, yet old and familiar and welcoming. It forces her to be present and to confront whether she can have compassion for herself as well as others; whether she can be truthful and honest with herself and with others. Yoga has the power to remove layers and brings Patti face to face with herself and allows her to face the wider world. Patti has studied over the years with many teachers for various periods of time. She has learned something from all of them. In no particular order – Eddie and Jocelyne Stern, Noah Williams, Kimberly Flynn, Chuck Miller, Maty Ezraty, Jodi Blumstein, Jeanne Heileman and her first teachers at Integral Yoga. Patti has a degree in Anthropology from Barnard College and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. You can follow this incredible human being and wonderful yoga teacher on Instagram @pattilewisyoga and please check out her website www.pattilewis.com
Culinary Time Capsule of Old Hollywood
Today we’ll feel and experience Musso and Frank Grill featuring an interview with wonderful Andrea Scuto! Andrea has the honor to serve as the General Manager for Musso & Frank Grill and has been with the company since 2018. He considers Musso’s the pinnacle of his career as a restaurateur. Andrea Scuto was born and raised in Rome, Italy and moved to Los Angeles in 2006. Interestingly enough, Andrea’s background is in music, he used to be a professional guitarist and very early on in life he studied Anthropology. He really wanted to play guitar, but his dad told him there was “no way” unless he graduated from University and… unless he learned “wine”. Thus, at the tender age of 16 Andrea was sent to a very famous “enoteca”, a wine store that had a resident French sommelier. Andrea diligently followed his classes, because he really wanted to play guitar. Once guitar and music became Andrea’s main profession the learning curve flattened and, being a very curious person, he turned his curiosity to food and wine. Andrea had always been the one in his Grandma’s kitchen trying to steal cooking tips and learn how to make things. He also enrolled in a professional cooking class at a very prestigious school in Rome, studying for a year all basic techniques that really helped him become a better cook allowing to work in a few restaurants to get school credits and consulting, and later on, to develop wine programs. During all of this Andrea kept traveling for his music business, and ended up coming to LA pretty often. Andrea loved it so much that after more than a decade he abandoned his music career and focused on hospitality. Andrea ended up working all stations, tending bar, serving and being a captain, a sommelier and then wine director. Later in his career he learned how to manage, how to deal with multiple operation, how to open a wine bar based on his concepts and kept learning and learning. Andrea judged wine competitions and took part in some of them, learned how to make wine and consult with different organizations. The experience at Musso’s has been exciting, humbling, intense and full of incredible people. From the 40 year old tenured staff, both in the dining room and in the kitchen, to Chef JP and Danilo, Mark and his dad John and the rest of the Family, the wonderful regular guests… some of whom Andrea had already known for a long time and they were happy to see him in their favorite restaurant… And then the food: Andrea’s favorite is having a tender Filet Mignon broiled on their 1930’s grill under hot flaming mesquite charcoal from their Grill Master and served Au Jus to maintain the steak texture with a side of legendary creamed spinach. Their Chicken Pot Pie, Prime Rib… the menu is too long and delicious to list, you need to come and try. Long lasting relationships: this is what Andrea’s job is all about and that’s the best part of what he does.
Welcome to the Hotel California
Today we’ll feel and experience the Beverly Hills Hotel followed by an interview with legendary Yona Kunstler Nadelman and her incredible daughter Celina Nadelman! Yona Kunstler Nadelman was only 5 years old when the bleak years of World War 2 began and Nazi Germany occupied Poland. Separated from her parents, Yona left Poland, grew up in Paris, came to Los Angeles in the mid-fifties and created a new life as a fashion designer. She also represented actors and writers in the film industry and volunteered for many organizations such as the University of Judaism (now The American Jewish University) and the National Kidney Foundation creating events. She resides in Beverly Hills with her two children and four grandchildren. Celina Nadelman is a Cancer Biopsy Doctor. Dr. Nadelman is one of the few doctors in the U.S to serve as a board certified cytopathologist & fine needle aspiration specialist. Yona and Celina will share with us what it feels like to live in Beverly Hills!
Welcome to the Hotel California
Today we’ll feel and experience the Beverly Hills Hotel followed by an interview with legendary Yona Kunstler Nadelman and her incredible daughter Celina Nadelman! Yona Kunstler Nadelman was only 5 years old when the bleak years of World War 2 began and Nazi Germany occupied Poland. Separated from her parents, Yona left Poland, grew up in Paris, came to Los Angeles in the mid-fifties and created a new life as a fashion designer. She also represented actors and writers in the film industry and volunteered for many organizations such as the University of Judaism (now The American Jewish University) and the National Kidney Foundation creating events. She resides in Beverly Hills with her two children and four grandchildren. Celina Nadelman is a Cancer Biopsy Doctor. Dr. Nadelman is one of the few doctors in the U.S to serve as a board certified cytopathologist & fine needle aspiration specialist. Yona and Celina will share with us what it feels like to live in Beverly Hills!
“All Roads Lead to Culver City”
Today we’ll feel and experience Culver City followed by an interview with magical Helane Anderson! Helane Marie Anderson is a transformational voice coach, singer, pianist, sound healer, musician, composer, energy healer, author, multi-instrumentalist and teacher. Her unique style of working with sound blends her years of studying healing modalities with contemporary music & sound healing. As a sound healer and meditation teacher, Helane regularly presents sound baths and guided meditations at renowned Los Angeles area studios InsightLA Meditation, SoulPlay Yoga, and The Mindry (Malibu), and has been featured at the Globe Sound Healing Conference, Disclosure Fest, The Den Meditation, WisdomeLA & St. John’s Cathedral. She has also opened events for such luminary individuals as Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul & The Success Principles), Lisa Thomas (Energy Healer), Dr. Bradley Nelson (The Emotion Code), Mallika Chopra and many others. She teaches an Arts Leadership & Entrepreneurship class at the renowned University of Southern California Thornton School of Music and has recently created THE POWERFUL VOICE LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE combining leadership & voice training, life coaching and more. Over the past few years, Helane has developed Sacral Sounds Sound Healing Training Programs in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Virtually and beyond. Helane has also produced three professional sound healing recordings: ELEMENTAL ALCHEMY; PAINTED SOUND; A Journey Through the 7 Chakras; and SONGS FROM THE GODDESS that help to balance the elements and chakras within the body, mind and spirit. Helane’s deepest passion is to share her music and help aspiring singers, speakers and seekers get in touch with their voice and transform! Please follow Helane on Instagram @SacralSoundsLA and Facebook www.facebook.com/helane.anderson. Her website is www.sacralsounds.com Helane will share with us what it feels like to live in Culver City!
The Mission Inn Memories
Today we’ll feel and experience Riverside and the Mission Inn Hotel followed by an interview with wonderful Sharon Newby Gilbert! Sharon was born and raised in Riverside. She spent some time away in Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida, but returned to Riverside in 1987. She loves the beauty, history, architecture, and fabulous location! Sharon has led a colorful and fascinating life. Growing up in a musical family, Sharon has played the piano by ear and sang since she was a child. Her dad, Ken Newby, could play anything on his “fiddle” by ear. The family had regular jam sessions throughout their lives. Sharon lived and worked in Las Vegas “back in the day” for 15 years, singing in most of The Strip hotels. This was when Sinatra, The Rat Pack, and Elvis Presley appeared regularly. Sharon had her own business for over 40 years as an interior designer. Her passions are music, design and travel. Sharon will share with us what it feels like to live in Riverside!
The Mission Inn Memories
Today we’ll feel and experience Riverside and the Mission Inn Hotel followed by an interview with wonderful Sharon Newby Gilbert! Sharon was born and raised in Riverside. She spent some time away in Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida, but returned to Riverside in 1987. She loves the beauty, history, architecture, and fabulous location! Sharon has led a colorful and fascinating life. Growing up in a musical family, Sharon has played the piano by ear and sang since she was a child. Her dad, Ken Newby, could play anything on his “fiddle” by ear. The family had regular jam sessions throughout their lives. Sharon lived and worked in Las Vegas “back in the day” for 15 years, singing in most of The Strip hotels. This was when Sinatra, The Rat Pack, and Elvis Presley appeared regularly. Sharon had her own business for over 40 years as an interior designer. Her passions are music, design and travel. Sharon will share with us what it feels like to live in Riverside!
The Brothers and their Dream
Today we’ll feel and experience Burbank and Warner Brothers studio followed by an interview with incredible Tita Hutchison! Tita has recorded and toured backing artists signed to major labels such as Capitol, Columbia, Sony, and Hollywood records, she’s sung jingles, commercials, voice overs, demos, performed in bands of almost any genre you can think of. Tita’s worked and performed with: Artists/composers/producers: Shooter Jennings, Eric Martin, Paul Anka, Michael McDonald, Dolly Parton, George Benson, Gloria Estefan, Michael Jackson, Foreigner, PJ Olssen, Herbie Hancock, Tim Bogart, Willard Pugh, Billy Hufsey, Michael Thompson, Wayne Brady, Leland Sklar, Neil Stubenhaus, Steve Ferrone, Dave Delhomme, Ric Fierabracci, Derek Frank, Jeff Pilson, Brian Tichy, Emma Roberts, Rocket Ritchotte, Amy Keys, JP Delaire, Billy Trudel, Morris Pleasure, Walfredo Reyes Jr., Lao Tizer, Karen Briggs, Chielli Minucci Record companies, Commercial, film and Television: Mark Burnett, A&E, Fox Family, Capitol Records, Hollywood Records, Columbia Records, Sony Records, ABC Family, PBS, Nickelodeon, Calvin Klein, Electric Entertainment for the soundtrack to the film Hacker Tita will share with us what it feels like to live in Burbank!
An Armenian in Glendale
Today we’ll feel and experience Glendale and the Armenian community followed by an interview with amazing and talented Award winning Costume designer and entrepreneur Mikael Sharafyan! Mikael was born into a family of artists and entertainers. His debut as a costume designer was in 2008, when he designed for a musical “Can Can” for the FIDM Debut Show. He designed for Julia Ormond, Rosanna Arquette, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Kirkland, Joe Cortese and Eric Roberts. Mikael will share with us what it feels like to live in Glendale!
An Armenian in Glendale
Today we’ll feel and experience Glendale and the Armenian community followed by an interview with amazing and talented Award winning Costume designer and entrepreneur Mikael Sharafyan! Mikael was born into a family of artists and entertainers. His debut as a costume designer was in 2008, when he designed for a musical “Can Can” for the FIDM Debut Show. He designed for Julia Ormond, Rosanna Arquette, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Kirkland, Joe Cortese and Eric Roberts. Mikael will share with us what it feels like to live in Glendale!
Hollywood-by-the-Sea
Today we’ll feel and experience Oxnard followed by an interview with wonderful Carolyn Mullin! A Miami native of Mexican American descent, Carolyn Merino Mullin has 20 years’ worth of experience in the nonprofit sector. Her work has been featured in the LA & NY Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, NPR, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, Bark Magazine, New Scientist, Artillery Magazine, Psychology Today, LA TV (CBS, FOX, ABC), and dozens of other media outlets.
Carolyn has been with the Oxnard Performing Arts & Convention Center since 2017. Originally brought on to spearhead the Center’s Programming, she assumed the role of Executive Director during the height of City budget cuts, layoffs and proposed closure of the Center. Prior to working in Ventura County, Carolyn founded (2010) and later opened (2013) The Animal Museum in Los Angeles, the world’s first museum dedicated to exploring the human-animal bond with a dual focus on animal protection and human-animal studies. In Santa Barbara, CA, she served as the Associate Director for Casa Dolores, Center for the Study of the Popular Arts of Mexico.
Carolyn earned her Bachelor’s in Religion Studies, with a focus in Religion & Nature, from the University of Florida and a Master’s in Nonprofit Management from Regis University in Denver, CO. She is a contributing author to The Art of the Animal (Lantern Books, 2015), Mourning Animals (Michigan State University Press), Defiant Daughters (Lantern Books, 2013), and Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed? (New World Library, 2013). A recipient of the Belton Mouras Grassroots Leadership Award, Mullin continues her welfare work for animals as a Board Member for My Dog is My Home, a national organization striving to keep individuals experiencing homelessness and their pets together. Carolyn will share with us what Oxnard feels like as a city!
Castle for Aimee
Today we’ll feel and experience Lake Elsinore and Aimee’s Castle followed by an interview with beautiful, warm and wonderful Valerie Geason. It all started with Jazz music for Valerie. She began singing at the age of 19. Valerie sang in front of her first audience trying to win scholarship money for college. From that point on she was bitten by the performance bug. Being introduced to jazz first, Valerie developed her talent by listening to such artists as Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson and Nina Simone. Valerie has performed in various arenas with a wide array of artists such as Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs performing the National Anthem, opening for Jazz Greats Dizzy Gillespie and Mel Torme and Comedian Redd Foxx in Las Vegas. Valerie also traveled internationally with Ray Charles as one of his Raelettes. Valerie’s career has been extensive and fulfilling. Musical Theatre credits include: Ain’t Misbehavin, Chicago (Mama Morton) and Newsies (Medda Larkin) just to name a few. This native Texas girl has come a long way since moving to California after completing her college education in San Antonio Texas.
Connect with Valerie through the following links: www.MzValSings.com Facebook: MzVal Sings https://www.facebook.com/mzval.geason?mibextid=ZbWKwL Instagram: MzVal.Sings https://instagram.com/mzval.sings?igshid=MWQ2ODkyMjM= YouTube: Valerie MzVal https://www.youtube.com/@valeriemzval5259 Tik Tok: ValerieMzval Valerie will share with us what it feels like to live in Lake Elsinore!
Castle for Aimee
Today we’ll feel and experience Lake Elsinore and Aimee’s Castle followed by an interview with beautiful, warm and wonderful Valerie Geason. It all started with Jazz music for Valerie. She began singing at the age of 19. Valerie sang in front of her first audience trying to win scholarship money for college. From that point on she was bitten by the performance bug. Being introduced to jazz first, Valerie developed her talent by listening to such artists as Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington, Nancy Wilson and Nina Simone. Valerie has performed in various arenas with a wide array of artists such as Los Angeles Lakers and San Antonio Spurs performing the National Anthem, opening for Jazz Greats Dizzy Gillespie and Mel Torme and Comedian Redd Foxx in Las Vegas. Valerie also traveled internationally with Ray Charles as one of his Raelettes. Valerie’s career has been extensive and fulfilling. Musical Theatre credits include: Ain’t Misbehavin, Chicago (Mama Morton) and Newsies (Medda Larkin) just to name a few. This native Texas girl has come a long way since moving to California after completing her college education in San Antonio Texas.
Connect with Valerie through the following links: www.MzValSings.com Facebook: MzVal Sings https://www.facebook.com/mzval.geason?mibextid=ZbWKwL Instagram: MzVal.Sings https://instagram.com/mzval.sings?igshid=MWQ2ODkyMjM= YouTube: Valerie MzVal https://www.youtube.com/@valeriemzval5259 Tik Tok: ValerieMzval Valerie will share with us what it feels like to live in Lake Elsinore!
California Dream
Today we’ll have a conversation with a 3rd generation Californian, wonderful Mike Rogerson. Mike was born and raised in Los Angeles, one of a long line of self-starting innovators and entrepreneurs. His 30 year real estate career has included work on a variety of projects in the most celebrated areas of California, from Iconic recording studios in Hollywood to historic hilltop estates in Beverly Hills. Mike has explored living in a variety of neighborhoods, including Beverly Hills, San Diego, San Francisco and most recently, Laguna Beach. Both his life and work have increased his love and his knowledge of this gorgeous state. Mike loves jumping into the ocean early in the morning, photographing nature and people, and outdoor sports. He is a father of two daughters who have committed their lives to stage and film acting and hope to make their careers in Hollywood. Mike will share with us what it feels like to be born and grow up in California.
The Immigrant who composed Los Angeles
Today we’ll feel and experience the life of Sergei Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles through an interview with incredible Dr. Keenan Reesor! Dr. Keenan Reesor is a musicologist and pianist, equally at home in the archive, concert hall, and classroom. As a scholar, he specializes in the music and reception of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and his research has taken him to the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the Glinka Russian Museum of Musical Culture. As a pianist, Dr. Reesor has performed across the United States and Europe and is a double laureate of the Palm Springs International Piano Competition. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at Southern Virginia University. He and his wife, Nonie, are the proud parents of five boys, ages two to fourteen. Dr Reesor will share with us what Rachmaninoff’s life was like when he lived in Los Angeles.
The Immigrant who composed Los Angeles
Today we’ll feel and experience the life of Sergei Rachmaninoff in Los Angeles through an interview with incredible Dr. Keenan Reesor! Dr. Keenan Reesor is a musicologist and pianist, equally at home in the archive, concert hall, and classroom. As a scholar, he specializes in the music and reception of Sergei Rachmaninoff, and his research has taken him to the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the Glinka Russian Museum of Musical Culture. As a pianist, Dr. Reesor has performed across the United States and Europe and is a double laureate of the Palm Springs International Piano Competition. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Music and Director of Keyboard Studies at Southern Virginia University. He and his wife, Nonie, are the proud parents of five boys, ages two to fourteen. Dr Reesor will share with us what Rachmaninoff’s life was like when he lived in Los Angeles.
Good fortune for Ventura
Today we’ll feel and experience a beautiful city of Ventura, followed by an interview with wonderful Nicole Taylor! Originally from Los Angeles, soprano and Teaching Artist Nicole Taylor is a graduate of the Masters program at The Juilliard School in New York. Since her Carnegie Hall recital ‘debut in 2006, Nicole Taylor has won awards in international and American competitions, including the Concours International de Musique de Chambre in France, the Leontyne Price Competition in Atlanta, the Kosciusko (косиеско) Foundation Marcella Sembrich Competition in New York, as well as, international music study grants from the Huntington Beebe Fund in Boston, the Académie Musicale de Villecroze in France, and the Schleswig Holstein Festspiele in Germany. She has appeared in a number of dramatic and operatic roles, including the female leads in Le Nozze de Figaro, Les Dialogues des Carmelites, Die Fledermaus, Cunning Little Vixen, The Turn of the Screw, and Porgy & Bess. Her extensive vocal repertoire includes classical art songs of the 19th and 20th centuries, and solo concert works such as Strauss’ Four Last Songs and Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Nicole’s company is Creativity Through Music with the focus on 3 areas:
1. Music Education
2. Creativity Consulting
3. Cultural Diplomacy, Arts Advocacy, Arts Access
You can contact her via Email: creativitythroughmusic@gmail.com Nicole will share with us what it feels like to live in Ventura.
Pearl of the Pacific
Today we’ll feel and experience “Pearl of the Pacific”, beautiful Santa Monica followed by an interview with a uniquely talented artist Melissa Meier. Melissa Meier’s work confronts social and spiritual issues by incorporating mixed media sculpture into narrative assemblage. She is constantly working with new processes and structure, for example, with her “Laced” series, she photographed mug shot female portraits in natural light. With wood putty and graphite, the photographic surfaces are re-rendered and then dramatically altered with incised lace patterns. With a feeling similar to the Maori warrior facial tattoos, at once sexy and intimidating, the portraits are created out of a symbol of elegance, femininity and ironically Victorian repression. Meier’s latest work entitled “Skins” furthers female portraiture, this time using natural elements such as leaves, feathers, stones, egg shells, pinecones, sticks, sponges, sea shells, scales and fur. Tribal ritual or the future of fashion, the “Skins” series asks the question: is there a difference? Meier spent most of her childhood in Brazil. She received a B.A. from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She has exhibited her work in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and was chosen by Sotheby’s for their Young International Artists group show and auction in Tel Aviv, Vienna and Chicago. Most recently, in Los Angeles, she has shown at Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Bleicher Golightly Gallery, Caporale/Bleicher Gallery and James Gray Gallery at Bergamot Station. In March, 2023, Meier will be having a solo show entitled “Becoming Nature” at The Oceanside Museum of Art in Oceanside, California. You can also read more about Melissa on her website https://www.melissameierart.com/ The Oceanside Museum of Art – https://oma-online.org/meier/ To rsvp- https://oma-online.org/events/exhibition-celebration-march-2023/?fbclid=PAAaYXN2JDkrBpzQT-6i4AjqchEQ72omNH_lVZYO0CkxaBN7ox_77ELdJui4c Instagram @melissameierart Melissa will share with us what it feels like to live in Santa Monica.
Pearl of the Pacific
Today we’ll feel and experience “Pearl of the Pacific”, beautiful Santa Monica followed by an interview with a uniquely talented artist Melissa Meier. Melissa Meier’s work confronts social and spiritual issues by incorporating mixed media sculpture into narrative assemblage. She is constantly working with new processes and structure, for example, with her “Laced” series, she photographed mug shot female portraits in natural light. With wood putty and graphite, the photographic surfaces are re-rendered and then dramatically altered with incised lace patterns. With a feeling similar to the Maori warrior facial tattoos, at once sexy and intimidating, the portraits are created out of a symbol of elegance, femininity and ironically Victorian repression. Meier’s latest work entitled “Skins” furthers female portraiture, this time using natural elements such as leaves, feathers, stones, egg shells, pinecones, sticks, sponges, sea shells, scales and fur. Tribal ritual or the future of fashion, the “Skins” series asks the question: is there a difference? Meier spent most of her childhood in Brazil. She received a B.A. from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. She has exhibited her work in New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Sao Paulo and was chosen by Sotheby’s for their Young International Artists group show and auction in Tel Aviv, Vienna and Chicago. Most recently, in Los Angeles, she has shown at Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts, Bleicher Golightly Gallery, Caporale/Bleicher Gallery and James Gray Gallery at Bergamot Station. In March, 2023, Meier will be having a solo show entitled “Becoming Nature” at The Oceanside Museum of Art in Oceanside, California. You can also read more about Melissa on her website https://www.melissameierart.com/ The Oceanside Museum of Art – https://oma-online.org/meier/ To rsvp- https://oma-online.org/events/exhibition-celebration-march-2023/?fbclid=PAAaYXN2JDkrBpzQT-6i4AjqchEQ72omNH_lVZYO0CkxaBN7ox_77ELdJui4c Instagram @melissameierart Melissa will share with us what it feels like to live in Santa Monica.
What’s in a name?
Today we’ll feel and experience charming Marina del Rey, followed by an interview with amazing Mark Feller. Mark is a Climate Advocate and Sustainable Development Advisor on environmentally driven projects. Mark will share with us what it feels like to live in Marina del Rey.
An Ode to Los Angeles
Today we’ll feel Los Angeles and its various perspectives, including its exploration in a conversation with very talented and beautiful Mika Newton. Originally from Ukraine, she came to Los Angeles in 2011 right after she won the 4th place in the international song competition Eurovision. Mika is a singer, songwriter and actress. A recent cancer survivor she continues to embrace Los Angeles and working hard towards making her dreams come true. You can follow Mika on Instagram @mikanewton
An Ode to Los Angeles
Today we’ll feel Los Angeles and its various perspectives, including its exploration in a conversation with very talented and beautiful Mika Newton. Originally from Ukraine, she came to Los Angeles in 2011 right after she won the 4th place in the international song competition Eurovision. Mika is a singer, songwriter and actress. A recent cancer survivor she continues to embrace Los Angeles and working hard towards making her dreams come true. You can follow Mika on Instagram @mikanewton
Hieroglyph of the Human Soul
Today we’ll go on a journey to Malibu to explore and feel Hieroglyph of the Human Soul in the conversation with its creator a true modern Renaissance man, Leigh McCloskey! Leigh is an artist, author, well known actor and visual philosopher. His highly creative life has been devoted to exploring the symbolical, archetypal and hidden aspects of the psyche and inner self through his art, scholarship, books and experiences as a professional actor for many years. He has hosted twice weekly philosophical discussion groups in his home, Olandar, for over 40 years. His deep knowledge ranges from arcane wisdom, religion, depth psychology and quantum physics to the mythic imagination, theatre and the creation of art. He is the founder of Olandar Foundation for Emerging Renaissance (OFFER) and gives regular tours of his art and home, Olandar. (* Many of his talks are available on youtube) Leigh’s art toured with “The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang Tour” (05-07) and graced the much heralded album, “Cosmogramma” by Flying Lotus. He lectures both nationally and internationally and has given numerous talks and presentations of his art, wisdom and visual philosophy. Many are available on Youtube. Leigh has contributed numerous essays on topics ranging from William Blake and the Heroic Imagination, the Archetypal Tarot & the Kabbalah, to Jacob Boehme and Theosophical Thought. He has written, illustrated and published seven books, including his masterpiece of art and writing, “Tarot ReVisioned,” (*reviewed as possibly the most significant contribution the Tarot Tradition in over 100 years.) Leigh is also a well known actor who has starred in many television shows and movies including Dallas and Dario Argento’s “Inferno,” and a number a day time dramas such as General Hospital and Santa Barbara. On the tragic day of 9-11-01 Leigh began painting the floor of his home library studio that continues to evolve daily entitled, “The Hieroglyph of the Human Soul,” (acronym:THOTHS) Library. It is unintentionally 3D (w/Chroma-Depth glasses) and has grown over the past 21 years to cover the walls, ceiling, furniture and books creating a fully immersive mythic-multidimensional (domestic-ie.home)-environment that tells the story through art, symbolism and the creative spirit, the deeper purpose and meaning behind the human pilgrimage across the ages. He reveals with his art, its beauty and profound narrative, the visual story of becoming human, its purpose and why art and being human matters.
From Whittier to the White House
Today we’ll explore and feel Whittier followed by an interview with amazing Joanna Segoviano! Joanna Segoviano is a Home Stager with the Midas touch—everything she touches turns to gold. Owner and founder of Viano Decor – A Home Staging Company, this young millennial business woman made a splash since hitting the home staging scene a year ago, staging 100 homes her first year in the business with the help of her amazing team. Always the A-student, Joanna graduated cum laude from San Diego State University in 2013, earning degrees in psychology and Spanish. Her inquisitive and fearless nature led her to study abroad in Salamanca, Spain, conduct international research at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Mexico, and to experience the empire state of mind at Columbia University when she was accepted to a prestigious research program. Her adventurous wanderlust beckoned her to an airport counter with a backpack, asking about the next flight out, and like Dorothy clicking her heels, she soon found herself eating strudel underneath the towering Alps in Innsbruck, Austria! Whether it’s your first or 10th home you are staging, Joanna and her team have the track record to make all your home staging dreams come true. You can learn more about Viano Decor at www.vianodecor.com,1-800-794-1610, IG and FB @vianodecor.
From Whittier to the White House
Today we’ll explore and feel Whittier followed by an interview with amazing Joanna Segoviano! Joanna Segoviano is a Home Stager with the Midas touch—everything she touches turns to gold. Owner and founder of Viano Decor – A Home Staging Company, this young millennial business woman made a splash since hitting the home staging scene a year ago, staging 100 homes her first year in the business with the help of her amazing team. Always the A-student, Joanna graduated cum laude from San Diego State University in 2013, earning degrees in psychology and Spanish. Her inquisitive and fearless nature led her to study abroad in Salamanca, Spain, conduct international research at Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla in Mexico, and to experience the empire state of mind at Columbia University when she was accepted to a prestigious research program. Her adventurous wanderlust beckoned her to an airport counter with a backpack, asking about the next flight out, and like Dorothy clicking her heels, she soon found herself eating strudel underneath the towering Alps in Innsbruck, Austria! Whether it’s your first or 10th home you are staging, Joanna and her team have the track record to make all your home staging dreams come true. You can learn more about Viano Decor at www.vianodecor.com,1-800-794-1610, IG and FB @vianodecor.
A great place to live
Today we’ll explore and feel Will Rogers State Historic Park located in Pacific Palisades, followed by an interview with beautiful and remarkable Natasha Marin!
Russian-born pianist Natasha Marin enjoys working as a soloist, with orchestra, chamber ensembles and piano duos. She was featured on the radio and TV, recorded and has been performing extensively in the United States and internationally, appearing in venues such as St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Capella Halls in Russia, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York, Comerica Theater in Phoenix, AZ, and Zipper Hall, Schoenberg Hall and Thorne Hall in Los Angeles among many others. Natasha is the Founder of the Marin Salon Series and the owner and designer of the music inspired line of jewelry High Notes Collection®. Natasha is married to actor and art collector Cheech Marin.
From the bean field into the sky
Today we’ll explore and feel Los Angeles International Airport located in Westchester, followed by an interview with wonderful Russell Sakamoto! Russell is a Chief Accounting Officer of the Los Angeles Times. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Russell personally. They do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Los Angeles Times.
From the bean field into the sky
Today we’ll explore and feel Los Angeles International Airport located in Westchester, followed by an interview with wonderful Russell Sakamoto! Russell is a Chief Accounting Officer of the Los Angeles Times. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Russell personally. They do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the Los Angeles Times.
Peace is women’s history
Today we’ll explore and feel the birthplace of California, Campo de Cahuenga located in Studio City, followed by an interview with an amazing musician John Storie! John is a jazz guitarist, music educator, composer and arranger based in Studio City, CA. His instagram is @jazzstorie and his website is www.johnstorie.com. He currently teaches at Pierce College and performs with actor/musician Jeff Goldblum as well as his own trio New West Guitar Group.
The sweets of California contentment
Today we’ll explore and feel Lincoln Heights, the oldest suburb of Los Angeles, followed by an interview with incredibly talented Josh Shaw! Josh is the Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Project (pacificoperaproject.com). Founded in July of 2011 with the mission of producing accessible, affordable, and ENTERTAINING opera, POP is based in Highland Park, but performs in diverse venues all across LA ranging from The Highland Park Ebell Club, to Forest Lawn Glendale, to Descanso Gardens, to The Ford Amphitheatre. Josh has directed and designed over 50 productions for POP. In addition he is a freelance opera director and spends about 40% of his time on the road directing at opera companies across the country.
The sweets of California contentment
Today we’ll explore and feel Lincoln Heights, the oldest suburb of Los Angeles, followed by an interview with incredibly talented Josh Shaw! Josh is the Founding Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Project (pacificoperaproject.com). Founded in July of 2011 with the mission of producing accessible, affordable, and ENTERTAINING opera, POP is based in Highland Park, but performs in diverse venues all across LA ranging from The Highland Park Ebell Club, to Forest Lawn Glendale, to Descanso Gardens, to The Ford Amphitheatre. Josh has directed and designed over 50 productions for POP. In addition he is a freelance opera director and spends about 40% of his time on the road directing at opera companies across the country.
Eternity in the mirror
Today we’ll explore and feel Villa Guasti (currently the headquarters of MSIA) in West Adams, followed by an interview with wonderful and inspiring Barbara Bottner, who is the New York Times Bestselling author of over 50 books for children of all ages, with her novel I Am Here Now gathering very positive reviews. She has also written for TV, screenplays, essays, short stories, animation, lyrics and Spoken Word.
Tamales anyone?
Today we’ll explore and feel Casa Verdugo in Glendale, followed by an interview with one of my favorite couples Marc and Laurel Perlman. Marc and Laurel have lived in Glendale, CA since 1999, a convenient commuter distance to North Hollywood for Marc’s work as a music and sound editor, and to the Walt Disney Studios where Laurel was a public relations/marketing executive. Twenty-three years later, Marc free lances from his home studio, Laurel runs Digital Communications and Publicity for the Television Academy, and they continue to be the proud parents of Alexandra, an award- winning dancer on the Glendale High Dance Team, and currently a Drama Major/Musical Theatre Minor at Hofstra University on Long Island. After 24 years in Glendale, they still prize the “small town” feel of their community, its good public schools (both served on PTA for many years), and their wonderful neighbors, many of whom worked together to create their recently designated Casa Verdugo Historic District.
Tamales anyone?
Today we’ll explore and feel Casa Verdugo in Glendale, followed by an interview with one of my favorite couples Marc and Laurel Perlman. Marc and Laurel have lived in Glendale, CA since 1999, a convenient commuter distance to North Hollywood for Marc’s work as a music and sound editor, and to the Walt Disney Studios where Laurel was a public relations/marketing executive. Twenty-three years later, Marc free lances from his home studio, Laurel runs Digital Communications and Publicity for the Television Academy, and they continue to be the proud parents of Alexandra, an award- winning dancer on the Glendale High Dance Team, and currently a Drama Major/Musical Theatre Minor at Hofstra University on Long Island. After 24 years in Glendale, they still prize the “small town” feel of their community, its good public schools (both served on PTA for many years), and their wonderful neighbors, many of whom worked together to create their recently designated Casa Verdugo Historic District.
Inhale the future, exhale the past
Today we’ll explore and feel Hancock Park, followed by an interview with wonderful and inspiring Alex Dawson. Alex is a Los Angeles-based yoga teacher who also teaches mindful meditation workshops and does sound bath healing. She teaches live on her subscription-based platform weekly and in Pan Pacific Park. One of her passions is bringing groups together only for her Yoga Body Cleanse. You can join her for the 21- Day Challenge this January. Alex also leads retreats around LA and worldwide. Her upcoming retreat in Guatemala in March, 2023 has only a few spots left and will be a special treat for the soul and body. Alex recently had the privilege to teach as yoga faculty at CalArts and loves immersing with students of all ages. Please check out her website alexdawsonyoga.com and follow her on Instagram @alexdawsonyoga She will share with us what it feels like to live in Hancock Park.
Some like it grand
Today we’ll explore and feel Hotel Del Coronado, followed by an interview with beautiful and talented Brittany Fyvolent, who is a music educator and singer. She loves being with her friends, husband and dog who all equally bring her joy. Brittany grew up in San Diego and still frequents this amazing city to visit her parents. She will share with us San Diego vibe and what feelings it exudes.
Some like it grand
Today we’ll explore and feel Hotel Del Coronado, followed by an interview with beautiful and talented Brittany Fyvolent, who is a music educator and singer. She loves being with her friends, husband and dog who all equally bring her joy. Brittany grew up in San Diego and still frequents this amazing city to visit her parents. She will share with us San Diego vibe and what feelings it exudes.
Let your light shine
Today we’ll explore and feel Point Vicente Lighthouse, followed by an interview with inspiring and exemplary Joe Chen, father of two boys, ages 9 and 3, husband, Tech executive and holder of 55 US patents. Joe will share with us what it feels like to live in Palos Verdes.
The Valley of the Moon
Today we’ll explore and feel the Beauty Ranch where Jack London used to live, followed by an interview with a phenomenal wine-maker and owner of the family run Loxton winery in Sonoma County, Chris Loxton. Chris will share with us what it feels like to live in Sonoma.
The Valley of the Moon
Today we’ll explore and feel the Beauty Ranch where Jack London used to live, followed by an interview with a phenomenal wine-maker and owner of the family run Loxton winery in Sonoma County, Chris Loxton. Chris will share with us what it feels like to live in Sonoma.
Are you resting on your laurels?
Today we’ll explore and feel a very special and famous area of Los Angeles – Laurel Canyon, followed by an interview with ADRIANNE DUNCAN. A songwriter, composer, pianist, singer, producer and arranger, Adrianne has been making music since the age of six. The daughter of a renowned classical guitarist Charles Duncan, she has performed and recorded in the United States and internationally with some of Los Angeles’ most noted musicians, including the Grammy-nominated Lado B Brazilian Project. Her latest release Gemini features her original compositions and arrangements, and her voice and piano playing can be heard in such films as God’s Country, Sanctuary, The Young Kieslowski and The Chameleon. She feels lucky to be able to live in LA’s beautiful Laurel Canyon, with its rich music history, eclectic architecture and access to nature and she will share with us what this area means to her and what it feels like to live there. Instagram @adrianneduncan, website adrianneduncan.com, 2021 album Gemini is available on Bandcamp, Spotify and all streaming platforms.
Meet me on the corner of 3rd and Fairfax
Today we’ll explore and feel the Farmer’s Market, followed by an interview with wonderful Carl Bressler. Carl has spent the last four decades in Los Angeles from the Beach to Midtown earning his keep as an actor, an agent, a producer, a restauranteur, an entrepreneur, investor and a general entertainment business advisor.
Meet me on the corner of 3rd and Fairfax
Today we’ll explore and feel the Farmer’s Market, followed by an interview with wonderful Carl Bressler. Carl has spent the last four decades in Los Angeles from the Beach to Midtown earning his keep as an actor, an agent, a producer, a restauranteur, an entrepreneur, investor and a general entertainment business advisor.
Don’t fold your wings
Today we’ll explore and feel The Portal of the Folded Wings in Burbank, followed by an interview with an outstanding jazz pianist and composer Vardan Ovsepian. You can visit his website www.vardanovsepian.com and follow him on social media for upcoming concerts. Music can be such an incredible meditative event, especially if you are listening to Vardan Ovsepian play jazz!
Why is Norma Triangle a bungalow landing?
Today we’ll explore and feel Norma Triangle in West Hollywood and we’ll find out why there are so many adorable bungalows there, followed by an interview with Maurice Neuhaus who is a custom Wig Maker living in West Hollywood with his husband and two dogs. Originally from Germany he moved to New York city in 1998 and eventually he made his way to Los Angeles in 2011. You can follow Maurice on Instagram @wigsfromscratch or visit his website wigsfromscratch.com. He is so incredibly talented!
Why is Norma Triangle a bungalow landing?
Today we’ll explore and feel Norma Triangle in West Hollywood and we’ll find out why there are so many adorable bungalows there, followed by an interview with Maurice Neuhaus who is a custom Wig Maker living in West Hollywood with his husband and two dogs. Originally from Germany he moved to New York city in 1998 and eventually he made his way to Los Angeles in 2011. You can follow Maurice on Instagram @wigsfromscratch or visit his website wigsfromscratch.com. He is so incredibly talented!
Where did the last owners of Malibu live?
Today we’ll explore and feel the Adamson House in Malibu, followed by an interview with an American composer, violinist, violist, and pianist Maria Newman, commended and recognized by the U.S. Congress for her work in the field of original music composition and recording. The youngest child of 9-time Academy Award-winning film composer Alfred Newman, Maria is the co-founder of the Malibu Coast Musical Soirées, a classical chamber music concert series hosted at the Montgomery Arts House for Music and Architecture (MAHMA) in Malibu, CA, where she holds the position of Composer-In-Residence. MAHMA is a modern craftsman venue, designed specifically for the performance of classical music by architect Eric Lloyd Wright.
The mystery of Falcon Lair
Today we’ll explore and feel Falcon Lair, a mysterious estate perched on a hill above Benedict Canyon, followed by an interview with Draza Jansky, a Life Coach and Meditation teacher based in Los Angeles. Like many past residents of Falcon Lair, she has a strong background in the Arts, and found the property to be a very inspiring place to create!
The mystery of Falcon Lair
Today we’ll explore and feel Falcon Lair, a mysterious estate perched on a hill above Benedict Canyon, followed by an interview with Draza Jansky, a Life Coach and Meditation teacher based in Los Angeles. Like many past residents of Falcon Lair, she has a strong background in the Arts, and found the property to be a very inspiring place to create!
Mayan enchantment in Los Angeles
Today we’ll explore and feel the Ennis House, a monumental creation of Frank Lloyd Wright in Los Feliz, followed by an interview with an Oscar-winning Producer and entertainment attorney ROBERT FYVOLENT who will share with us how he ended up choosing Los Feliz to buy his home there and what it feels like to live in this area of Los Angeles.
At home with Marilyn
Today we’ll explore and feel the home of Marilyn Monroe, a charming hacienda in Brentwood, followed by an interview with CHERYL BLOCH, an Emmy and two Golden Globes winning producer and a life-coach who lives within walking distance from Marilyn’s last abode and she will share with us what it feels like to live in this coveted and gorgeous place and why she chose to buy a home specifically in Brentwood.
At home with Marilyn
Today we’ll explore and feel the home of Marilyn Monroe, a charming hacienda in Brentwood, followed by an interview with CHERYL BLOCH, an Emmy and two Golden Globes winning producer and a life-coach who lives within walking distance from Marilyn’s last abode and she will share with us what it feels like to live in this coveted and gorgeous place and why she chose to buy a home specifically in Brentwood.
Magic in the Air
Today we’ll explore and feel a very special chateau in Hollywood that is filled with magic, followed by an interview with an outstanding comedian and Sirius/XM radio host JOHN FUGELSANG. He and I will talk about his experience of living in Hollywood and we will find out what this area of Los Angeles means to him.