St Patrick’s Day Dinner at VFW Monrovia On Tap
St Patrick’s Day Dinner at VFW Monrovia The VFW Hall at 225 South Magnolia in Monrovia will be hosting a special party for St Paddy’s Day on March 17, 2011. For an $8 donation you’ll get a traditional Irish St. Patrick’s Day meal and dessert. The event is open to the public For more information [...]
Monrovia Garden Club Hosts Cactus Collector
The Monrovia Garden Club invites you to attend their February 22nd. Meeting at 7:30 pm. The club meets in The Fireside Room of Monrovia First Presbyterian Church at 101 E. Foothill Blvd., Monrovia. John Matthews, an ardent cactus and succlent collector, will share his passion for this remarkable drought tolerant species. Matthews will spill the [...]
Free Concert at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion Music Center
By Susan Motander Every year on Christmas Eve, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors sponsors a “Holiday Celebration” at the Music Center. In years past it lasted 12 hours. This year the event will be only three hours from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Admission and parking at the Music Center are [...]
Hot Rod Group Donates $2500 to Foothill Unity Center
Hot Rod enthusiast who have their next show in Monrovia on 9/10/11 have been more than generous with their proceeds from the various car shows they put on in the area. On Thursday afternnon the group donated $2500 to Foothill Unity. Joan Whitenack, Executive Director of Foothill Unity Center said this was “really a wonderful [...]
Supporters Push Dreier for Legislation Protecting San Gabriel Mountains
A stack of 400 letters from local residents who are asking Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas) to introduce legislation to protect the San Gabriel Mountains was delivered to the Congressman’s office last Wednesday. To date, more than 1,500 letters and postcards have been sent to Rep. Dreier asking him to introduce a bill to help [...]
Foothill Artists Celebrate 50 Years with Art of the Garden Tour
In 1960, around the time many Southern California elementary and junior-high schools were discontinuing arts classes because of declining school funding, a group of Pasadena and Arcadia-area parents, some but not all of them artists themselves, decided that they needed to take their kids’ arts education into their own hands. Combining their talents, some of [...]
Michael Jackson’s Vegas Estate Listed with Arcadia Realtors
Just recently offered for sale at$12.8 million through Arcadia’s Century 21 Ludecke is a palatial estate known as the “Palomino Hacienda” that was Michael Jackson’s last Las Vegas home prior to his death. The sprawling Spanish Hacienda is a spectacular property, featuring a 3,982 square foot guest house, which was the main residence of [...]
AGING GRACEFULLY IN PLACE Part II.
By Erin Vostilal When my mother decided to remodel her home and add a second story, I was able to convince her to take some simple steps now so that she can plan to age in place, in her own home. Some easy updates now would make her home elegant and comfortable for an able-bodied [...]
Looking Ahead:Design Trends to Watch in 2010
This week, I am dusting off my crystal ball and peering deep into 2010 to see what design trends this New Year will bring us. What does it reveal? With a crazy economic climate, a desire to live green and the yearning to look to the past for simpler times, the design world will follow [...]
Setting a New Standard for Real Estate Marketing Innovation
Sharon Chou of Century 21 Ludecke Recognized For Internet Marketing Excellence Nationally renowned real estate marketing and technology speaker and Realtor.com Vice President, Max Pigman, has presented to Sharon Chou of Century 21 Ludecke the “Real Estate Online Marketing Award of Excellence”. The Award of Excellence recognizes top agents who consistently provide great marketing services [...]
