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STYLE Scooters park next to Ferraris on Supercars Day July 9.

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hancock park • windsor square • fremont place • larchmont village • wilshire center • park labrea • miracle mile

RENAISSANCE REVIVIAL $3,950,000

ENCHANTING ENGLISH TUDOR REVIVAL $3,600,000 Hancock Park. 6Bd/5Bas, winding staircase, frml DR & step dn LR w/fpl. Pool & spa. Exceptional lrg lot.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Hancock Park. Remodeled Mediterranean has 6 beds + 4.5 baths + pool. Also for lease $13,000 per month.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Hancock Park. 5+4.5. Fabulous floor plan that is great for entertaining in guard gated Fremont Place.

Lisa Hutchins/ June Lee 323.460.7626

COUNTRY ENGLISH $2,995,000

CLASSIC TRADITIONAL $2,349,000

ROMANTIC SPANISH RETREAT $2,049,000

6 BEDS/4 BATHS $1,980,000

Hancock Park. Dramatic Georgian on corner lot. 7 bedrooms/5 baths plus guest house & pool.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

REMODELED MEDITERRANEAN $3,295,000

FREMONT PLACE ITALIANTE $3,195,000

Hancock Park. Country English including 4 beds + 4 baths upstairs, full basement, guest house & pool.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Hancock Park. Prime Windsor Square location.

5bds/4.5bas. Cntr hall plan. Deep lot w/room for pool.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

Hancock Park. Exquisite 1920’s Spanish retreat in Windsor Square! 4 beds/3 baths. Stunning courtyards.

Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Hancock Park. 6beds/4baths/gourmet kitchen, bonus rms, landscape garden front and back.

Shar Penfold 323.860.4258

OOZING WITH CHARM $1,899,000

RESPECTFULLY RESTORED $1,725,000

WINDSOR SQUARE BEAUTY $1,589,000

MAGNIFICENT MEDITERRANEAN $1,490,000

Hancock Park. 4 bed, 3 bath Traditional Windsor Sq home!

Foyer, grand din, liv rm & so much more.

Diana Knox 323.640.5473

Hancock Park. Stately Mediterranean in Brookside. 4 bd/3.5 ba. Respectfully restored historic landmark.

Sandy Boeck 323.860.4240

Hancock Park. Spacious Mediterranean w/4 beds/3.5 baths. New pool & spa in landscaped yard.

Mollie McGinty 323.460.7636

Hancock Park. Dramatic 2-sty LR. New gourmet galley kit, 4bds/3bas. Great Brookside location. Deep yard.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

PUBLISHED IN ROOM TO INSPIRE $1,485,000

TOTALLY REDONE INSIDE $1,345,000

SPECTACULAR SPANISH $1,299,000

ADORABLE TRADITIONAL $799,000

Hancock Park. Exquisite architectural 4+2.5 (incl either mds/office) condo in Faubourg St Denis bldg.

Diana Knox 323.640.5473

Hancock Park. Incredible 4-unit building in the Fairfax District adjacent to West Hollywood & Vicinity.

Diana Knox 323.640.5473

Hancock Park. Prime Windsor Sq location.3+2.Lrg living & dining rms.Amazing new pool/spa, BBQ area.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

Hancock Park. 2 Bedrooms, 2 baths. Master suite w/ sitting room/office leads to a beautiful back yard.

Maria C. Gomez Gri Crs Cips 323.460.7614

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Uncommon, Distinct and Individual. 3BD, 2.75 BA, Den, Fam. RM, LRG Yard w/ Room for a Pool Plus Studio

THE PHOTOGRAPH on the book’s cover was taken from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Freeman house.

City’s history illustrated in new book on Julius Shulman

Although Julius Shulman photographed Southern California for most of his 98 years, the new book of his pictures only documents people and places from the 1930s to 1960s.

Local author Douglas Woods teamed with Sam Lubell to create “Julius Shulman Los Angeles, The Birth of a Modern Metropolis.” The 240-page coffee table-size book is published by Rizzoli.

Woods and Lubell went through thousands of photographs to select the ones for the book. “Many of them had never been published before,” said Woods.

Woods also wrote a book published last year titled “Classic Homes of Los Angeles.” He lives in Windsor Village with his wife Allegra Yust and two children.

“We were fortunate to work with Julius before he died in July 2009, and he gave us access to his log books which showed that he was working almost every day,” Woods said.

The book is divided into five parts: city, development, houses, living and work— with the City section devoted to scenes of early downtown as well as the Watts Towers, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bull-

ocks Wilshire, CBS and other tourist attractions.

Several photos show City Hall in the background when the 13-story civic building was the highest structure in the city.

The Development section depicts some of the area’s last remaining open fields contrasting with construction sites at commercial buildings.

A small sampling of Shulman’s vast collection of residential photos are contained in the Houses section. Among these are the classic pictures of homes designed by Pierre Koenig, Richard Neutra, John Lautner, Frank Lloyd Wright and Welton Becket.

Grocery stores, a travel agency, movie theaters and an auto showroom are some of the images in the Living part of the book. People working at factories, photos of corporate and civic headquarters and architect offices illustrate the large corporations that were once part of the Los Angeles landscape.

The book contains a biography of the photographer written

by Judy McKee, his only child.

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Celebrity homes for sale, one owner throws in luxury car

Will the new owner of Youngwood Court, the house at 304 S. Muirfield Ave. keep the 19 statues of David that adorn the front lawn?

The home is on the market for $2.4 million.

The home at 532 S. Irving Blvd. owned by Robert Spencer and the late Mr. Blackwell is for sale for $2 million.

French designer Christian Audigier has listed his home, and the new owner will get the Rolls Royce Phantom 5 as an added bonus. Asking price of the Hancock Park home is $8 million plus and includes a guesthouse, pool, 20-ft bar and one-acre grounds.

Stately English in Brookside: $6,750 per month lease 4 bd/3 ba. Spacious rms, hardwood flrs, lrg backyard, fenced pool & spa.

Stately Mediterranean in Brookside: $1,725,000 4 bd/3.5 ba. Respectfully restored historic landmark. Large backyard with a child’s playhouse, guest qrtrs or office plus a bath.

Dramatic, Mid-Century: Silver Lake $875,000 3 bd/3 ba. Multilevel, open floor plan perfect for entertaining. Pool/patio.

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Hancock Park South ● 119 N. Larchmont Blvd. ● Los Angeles, CA 90004

Duplex: Echo Park $749,000 2/1 downstairs, 1/1 upstairs. updated, move-in condition, gleaming hrdwd floors.

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MANY “Happy Days” were spent in this house.

Home in Hancock Park scene of popular television program The house at 565 Cahuenga Blvd. played a leading role in the television series “Happy Days.”

The two-story home served as the exterior of the show which premiered in January 1974.

“Happy Days” gained instant popularity and ran for more than 250 episodes until September 1984.

The series was created by writer Garry Marshall, and most of its episodes were directed by former “Dick Van Dyke Show” star Jerry Paris.

The show centered around a middle-class family, the Cunninghams: Howard, Marion, their son Richie and their

daughter Joanie. In the first few seasons, Howard and Marion had a second son, Chuck, who was played by two actors in his short existence.

Richie hung around at Arnold’s Drive-In with “Potsie” Weber, Ralph Malph, and neighborhood greaser Arthur Fonzarelli, or simply “the Fonz.” Living in an apartment just above the Cunninghams’ garage, the Fonz gave Richie advice on just about everything, including girls (Fonzie’s specialty). He wore his trademark leather jacket and gave his thumbs-up/down critique.

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Gorgeous Spanish renovated to perfection.

Magnificent kitchen opens to expansive family rm.

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Offered at $795,000

3BR / 2BA. Great potential.

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Backwards beekeeper finds honeybees hardworking, fascinating

Latin theme, film at Art Deco event The Art Deco Society Los Angeles is presenting the “Rise of the Latin Lover,” beginning with a talk by film and television director Veronica Gonzalez-Rubio and advertising executive B. Todi.

The event is on Sun., July 31 at 2 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.

The talk will be followed by a screening of the film, “The Gang’s All Here,” a 1943 movie by Busby Berkeley.

than pesticides, chemicals or treatments.”

She began attending meetings and participated in a number of “bee adventures,” one which utilized three chainsaws to remove combs from a tree stump.

According to Anne, the Backwards Beekeepers—made up of doctors, artists, film-makers, people from all over—will come and remove bees free of charge from people’s yards.

It wasn’t long before the group’s founder, Kirk Anderson, told Anne he had bees for her.

“So we went to Leonardo’s house with its beautifully terraced yard… very attractive to bees…and did a cutout of combs from beneath his steps,” she recalls.

Today, the hive, which she and her husband Lew can view from their living room window, is thriving, and Anne is contemplating adding another one. “They called and said they had a swarm for me, but I’m not ready,” she said.

“I know it’s a weird little thing, but some people keep worms,” she laughs.

Besides, there are advantages. “They help pollinate. I have citrus, bananas, flowers. The bees help with growth in the area. Then there’s the honey, which you can eat or use to produce soap.”

But mostly, she finds them fascinating. “They are very, very organized and hardworking. I love to watch who is building cells, who is going out and collecting things.”

The hive doesn’t require a lot of attention. “The only reason is to get honey, or if

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you think there’s a problem,” Anne says.

Recently, however, she was afraid her bees were getting ready to take off. “I was getting a little nervous. There were little bees outside the hive flapping. That sometimes means it’s too hot or there are too many bees in the hive.”

But all seems well for the moment, says Anne, who compares notes with her friend, Gwen, who has also become a beekeeper. “I wouldn’t have done it without her.”

For more information, go to backwardsbeekeepers.com

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Lillian Way. 3bd/2ba. Great opportunity to live in Hancock Park and create you own masterpiece

Las Palmas Ave. 2 bd/1ba.

Completely redone top to bottom, terrific starter home with income potential

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By Laura Eversz “A responsible beekeeper needs to be prepared,” said Anne Williams, smoker in hand, as she slowly approached the hive in a passageway next to her home on Gardner St. near The Grove. “I don’t want them to think I’m attacking.”

Williams has kept the bees since March. She got them, she says, “from underneath a guy named Leonardo’s steps.”

But let’s start at the beginning.

Williams was on a trip with five girlfriends in Italy. “We were at a winery, and they gave us this really nice honey and olive oil soap to rub on our hands. After a glass, well maybe two glasses of wine, we decided that if we had bees we could make it ourselves.”

Back at home, Williams, a banker, learned of the Backwards Beekeepers, a group of organic, treatment-free beekeepers in L.A. According to its website, “we’re backwards because we rely on observation and natural practices to keep our bees thriving rather

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T. rex among creatures at Dinosaur Hall An exhibit of Mesozoic proportions, Dinosaur Hall opens Sat., July 16 at the Natural History Museum, 900 Exposition Blvd. The 14,000-square foot exhibit includes 300 fossils in two light-filled galleries.

Visitors will meet an adult T. rex, one of the most complete specimens in the world from the Mezozoic (age of dinosaurs) period.

Also featured are a 68-foot long-necked Mamenchisaurus—who lumbered in China 160 million years ago—and fossils from a giant marine reptile that swam the oceans covering what is California today.

“The exhibition will emerge as one of the major dinosaur experiences in the world, and its specimens and science will position the museum as the West Coast’s hub for dinosaurs,” said Dr. Jane Pisano, NHM president and director.

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VISITORS CAN GET UP close to fossils at the new center.

The exhibit opening marks the halfway mark of a sevenyear, $136 million transformation campaign at the museum.

Visitors can get up close to fossils and are engaged with the discovery and research programs of the Museum’s Dinosaur Institute, said paleontologist and lead curator Dr. Luis Chiappe.

$2,699,000

“Using new discoveries and research findings, we’re able to bring visitors into the world of dinosaurs,” he said.

The exhibit includes 20 articulated dinosaur skeletons that range in size from the chicken-sized Fruitadens haagarorum to the massive Mamenchisaurus.

Open 9:30 to 5 p.m. daily.

Visit nhm.org.

SOPHISTICATED SPANISH

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Bands play on at free Farmers Market series

An array of musical programs staged on the West patio will allow visitors to check out local musicians at Farmers Market.

The Thursday Night Jazz series features the Doug MacDonald Trio on July 7. Dean Mora & His Quintet play 30s and 40s jazz on July 14. On July 21, Sydney Weisman & the Wayne Peet Trio play the American songbook; Bill Watrous with Rob Stoneback bring jazz on July 28.

The Friday night series includes funk jazz by the Atomic Sherpas on July 8. Roy Gaines & His Orchestra Tuxedo Blues entertain on July 15.

Big Sand & His Fly Rite Boys play Rockabilly on July 22; Speedtwinn brings Americana music on July 29.

Performances take place from 7 to 9 p.m.

3BD/3BA HOME

$1,425,000

Hancock Park. Amazing 4+3.5 restored Craftsman, redone to the 9’s, gourmet kitchen, x-lrge lot Rick Llanos 323.460.7617

Hancock Park. Sophisticated Spanish w/ updated kitchen & baths on a wonderful block. 3BD/2BAS. Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

Hancock Park. 3Bd/3BA home updated w/new bathroom & expanded space, pool & permitted gst hse.

Bob Day 323.860.4221

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BEAUTIFUL SPANISH GEM

$1,199,000

Hancock Park. 4+2 home close to Larchmont Village on a corner lot. FLR,DR,den,office. Upgrades Loveland Carr Properties 323.460.7606

SPARKLING SPANISH WITH POOL $910,000 Miracle Mile. 4beds (1 w/fplc, no closet) /2 updated baths+bonus rm. Finished Calif Basement.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

1923 SPANISH REVIVIAL

$760,000

Hancock Park. 3 beds/2.25 remodeled baths. Master w/ private lux bath. Yard w/deck.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

$1,175,000

Hancock Park. Built by Voice of Snow White, Adriana Caselotti. 2+2, open floor plan.

Lisa Hutchins 323.460.7626

REMODELED SPANISH DUPLEX

$899,000

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Miracle Mile. Perfectly Located in Historic South Carthay on a corner lot. 3+3, 2 car garage.

Cary Libowsky 323.336.7711

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL

$875,000

Miracle Mile. Stands on apx 7700 sf lot. 2+1 each unit. Office off garage. Central air.

Cecille Cohen 213.810.9949

Hollywood Hills East. 2 Craftsman bungalows on a lot, 2+1 rented @ $2,639, 1+1 vacant, big lot, cute.

Rick Llanos 323.460.7617

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SOPHISTICATED ELEGANCE

$599,000

Sunset Strip. Master suite and 2 other bedrooms, 2 baths.

Backyard. Guest unit. Newer systems.

Jenny Chow 323.460.7624

$589,000

Hancock Park. Light & bright 2bds & 2bas condo completely re-done in 2008 at The Rossmore.

Linda Hadley/ James Hutchison 323.460.7637

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Skating, music, designers, art at A+D party July 7 Join the party. “COME IN! 2: SURF.SKATE.BIKE” on Thurs., July 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at A+D, Architecture and Design Museum, 6032 Wilshire Blvd.

Works by young designers are showcased in the new installation that fuses L.A. themes and takes over the galleries, offices, storage closets and bathrooms of the museum.

A pop-up shop—selling limited edition works—drinks will be served and music will be loud. Members of the L.A. Derby Dolls will be skating throughout, live screenprinting, a skate park and live performance by Health and Beauty are also featured.

Tickets are $10. Students with I.D. $5; members free.

The exhibit ends Sun., July 24.

3BD + OFFICE

$1,259,000

Hancock Park. 3bds+office or den 3 bas & det’d guest / pool house w/3/4 bath. Liv rm w/fpl.

Bob Day 323.860.4221

REMODELED CAPE COD

$949,000

Miracle Mile. 4+2 down, master, w/bath up. Gourmet kitchen. Leased until Jan 2012.

Cecille Cohen 213.810.9949

BROOKSIDE

$849,000

Hancock Park. Charming & orig 1920’s Spanish, 3+2, hdwd flrs, fireplace, upgrades, large yard.

Rick Llanos 323.460.7617

RANCH W/4 BEDS & 2.5 BATHS

$480,000

Tarzana. Ranch with 4beds & 2.5 baths. Formal living rm w/ big brick fireplace.

Michelle Hanna 323.860.4271

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Winners for historic palette, restoration at HPOZ awards The Burkhalter House at 2309-2311 Scarff St. in University Park (also in St. James Park Historic District) won a Restoration Award for the two-story Queen Anne home, Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 409.

Designed and built in 1895

by Blaine Jones for Dennis Burkhalter, a Civil War veter-

Extraordinary Hollywood-Style Custom Estate HISTORIC PALETTE at award-winning West Adams home.

In 1909, it was moved to its current location on Bonnie Brae, and a one-car garage was built in 1911. In 1987, it was altered from a singlefamily home into a four-unit apartment building, resulting in relocation of the front door, door additions on the back, and some window changes.

Owners rebuilt the front porch, replaced a window over the porch, and repaired and restored the exterior. Project designer Amado Landin and MR Framing did the construction work. Engineer Richard Carrizosa oversaw foundation plans.

Lafayette Square HPOZ Another Restoration Award went to the project at 1757

Buckingham Road in the Lafayette Square HPOZ. The Spanish/Mediterranean Revival style two-story house has a detached two-car garage with “chauffeur’s quarters” and a garden pool. The house was designed and constructed by prominent Hollywood designer J.M. Close in 1926.

Its second owner, Princess Conchita Sepulveda Pignatelli, did a major renovation in 1943, stripping off and covering up many of the house’s original character-defining elements.

Owners David Mango and Allyn Rosenzweig bought the home in 2008 and aimed to return the property to its original appearance.

Offered at $1,495,000 This maginificent home, built in 1924, is 3,393 sq ft and is situated on a large 10,500 sq ft lot. Features incl Wide Open Flr Plan, 5 BR, 3.5 BA, Formal LR w/FPL, Formal DR, Pool and Spa, Tile & Wood Flrs, Stainless Appl, Bkfst Rm, Media/Fam Rm

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The Foursquare house at 1077 W. 30th St. in the West Adams district was awarded for its historic color palette at the recent Historic Preservation Overlay Zone Awards luncheon.

Built between 1898 and 1906, owner Tore Knos restored the exterior to historically appropriate colors. A palm tree from the front yard was also removed to enhance the street view.

Historic paint consultant Suzanne Lloyd-Simmons chose the blue and yellow colors, and Award Painting did the work using Sherwin-Williams paint, said Ken Bernstein, manager of the office of historic resources and principal city planner.

The city Planning Dept. partnered with the Los Angeles Conservancy for the second annual awards ceremony held recently at McCarty Memorial Church in the West Adams Terrace HPOZ. Restoration Award winners The foursquare house in PicoUnion HPOZ at 1053 S. Bonnie Brae St. was among three Restoration Award winners.

In the Bonnie Brae Tract National Register Historic District, the home was originally constructed in 1895 at the corner of Oliver and 10th streets in downtown Los Angeles.

an and superintendent of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

At some point the house was converted into a duplex and used as USC student housing. In 2006, the house was severely damaged in a fire set next door.

In 2008, the new owners began a major restoration project to rebuild the house to its original appearance, continuing its use as a duplex.

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www.CoreGroupLA.Com New ListiNg

Pete’s CorNer many of you have met me through the years, either as a Larchmont Village homeowner or as a successful local realtor. On average, my listings have sold for 104% of list price within 25 days, considerably stronger than my competition. Below are my recent Larchmont Village statistics.

Average Average percent Average original Sale oLp to Sp Days on List price price market

$943,000 $976,000 104% 25 1534 N. Sierra Bonita Ave., $999,000 Hollywood Hills Here is a list of the Larchmont Village properties that I have sold: Wonderful 3bdrm, 1.5bath Craftsman 3825 Sapphire Drive, Encino Hills $1,149,000 with impeccable original details.

433 N. Windsor Buyer 2003 523 N. Norton Ave. Seller Immaculate remodeled 4 bed/3 bath Permitted garage/bonus.

426 N. Windsor Seller 2005 500 N. Irving Bl. Seller 1-story home set on private half acre knoll New ListiNg 416 N. Windsor Seller 2006 339 N. Irving Bl. Seller in prime Encino. Granite kitchen with stainless steel appliances and breakfast 426 N. Windsor Seller 2006 313 N. Irving Bl. Seller bar opening to the family room. Expan433 N. Windsor Seller 2007 555 N. Bronson Ave. Seller sive professionally-landscaped yard with pool. Coveted Lanai School 427District.

N. Windsor Seller 2008 300 N. Bronson Ave. Seller 426 N. Windsor Seller 2011 363 N. Bronson Ave. Buyer 5142 Raleigh St. Buyer 2005 551 N. Bronson Ave. Buyer 414 N. Kilkea Drive, Miracle Mile 580 N. Plymouth Bl. Seller 2002 572 N. Bronson Ave. Buyer $1,699,000 581bath N.home Plymouth Bl. Seller 2006 522 N. Arden Bl. Buyer Stunning Ibizian 2 bed/3 plus den/media room. Chef’s kitchen 317 N. Norton Ave. Seller 2008 5455 Clinton St. Seller with Viking stove and carrera marble 724 N. Alpine Drive $30,000/mo 323 N. Norton Ave. Seller 2011 5455 Clinton St. Seller counter tops. Sound system throughout Beverly Hills, for entertaining and 523 relaxing.

N.Lushly Norton Ave. Seller 2007 Sophisticated newly remodeled and landscaped backyard with a pool/spa expanded 5bdrm/3bath Spanish Estateandwith recreation room/cabana, bonus!

Please call me if you would like to discuss the value of your home.

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Information contained herein deemed reliable although not guaranteed. Keller Williams does not guarantee the accuracy of provided by the seller or obtained from public records or other sources.

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Bakery offers slice of France, gathering spot on Pico

By Sondi Sepenuk It’s the kind of story you love to hear: two sisters risk everything—their nest egg, their careers, the livelihoods of their families—to pursue a dream—and both the sisters, the family and the nearby community end up winners.

Brookside residents Carmen Salindong and Josephine Santos, the oldest of eight brothers and sisters, came to the United States from the Philippines in 1980 to continue their higher education.

Instead, as life often does, things went in a different direction. They quickly found employment and abandoned their education, instead joining the business world (Carmen as an administrator at a law firm and Josephine as a bookkeeper at L’Orangerie) and suddenly, the years rolled

by.

As the sisters approached their 50s, feelings of “there’s got to be more than this” started to enter their thoughts.

In their native Manila, the scent of sweet-smelling, twicedaily baked breads on every corner would creep back into their recollections, and they couldn’t brush the memories away. Then they took a trip to France and were struck by the abundance of bakeries and the patrons who lined up out the doors each morning.

“We went to Paris and it really confirmed the idea of ‘this is what we want to do.’

I was hesitant, but then I thought, let’s go for it!” says Carmen.

In 2005, the two sisters invested their life savings, their retirement, their mortgages—the whole kit and

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kaboodle—into a little corner spot they found at 5373 W. Pico Blvd. They would call it La Maison Du Pain, House of Bread, and it would become the gathering spot they always dreamed of.

“My aim was to create a small neighborhood bakery where we could sit down, drink a cup of coffee and chat

with all the neighbors,” smiles Carmen. “We just wanted a small corner bakery, that’s all.

We have no plans to expand.”

Never having trained professionally, Carmen poured over instructional bread-baking books while Josephine focused on learning the pastries. They hired a baker from France, but soon realized that even their

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non-trained palettes were far superior to the Frenchman’s, and they decided to take on the responsibilities themselves.

To get the bakery off the ground, Carmen and Josephine brought in their most reliable recruits—family. Sons, daughters, nieces, (Please turn to page 8)

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nephews—everybody pitched in. Many would work for free on weekends and after school.

Carmen and Josephine’s day starts at 3 a.m. They create the dough and time it to rise perfectly to go in the oven at the break of day. The smell of fresh-baked, 100 percent natural bread hits you long before the store comes into view.

The hard work and family loyalty paid off. Today, the glass pastry cases are filled with an array of flaky, buttery delights. The bread racks overflow with crusty baguettes: traditional, sourdough, Vien-

noise, olive and walnut raisin.

In addition to the stocked cases, the bakery also offers breakfast and lunch. French toast made on the bakery’s fresh brioche, crab cake Florentine and tuna on olive bread are just a few examples.

The bakery has changed the community. Nearby residents walk from their houses to chat with neighbors and discuss hot topics.

With the success of La Maison Du Pain, Carmen now has another dream—to help create the first “French Town” in the United States. She envisions Pico Blvd. lined with cheese stores, wine stores, cafes… It’s just a dream, but who says two dreams can’t come true?

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My first encounter with carpenter bees was with a teddy bear male, who was hovering around an African basil plant.

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If lucky, they will mount the in my front yard is more than female while in flight! [Male I ever dreamed of. It is so carpenter bees are rather much more than the sum of indiscriminate, and have been its plants. The bees and myrknown to attempt mounting iad other insects that inhabit other insects, birds, and at my garden are the basic building blocks of a healthy natural times, humans!]

Alas, my fuzzy buddy did ecosystem. They are also fasnot get lucky that day! She cinating creatures that I love ignored him and continued to getting to know and under“steal” some nectar—a nectar stand.

To quote Eric Grissell in gathering practice carpenter bees use that entails cutting “Insects and Gardens,” “Garthrough the flower at the base deners need to know a little bit about all in order to get the insects the nectar. in their Some flowers gardens if are too small they are to for them to understand crawl into, so how a garthey resort den functo stealing tions propthe nectar in erly, natuthis alternaralistically, tive way. Not because a great way to insects, like pollinate, but the soil, are they must suran essenvive. And since they do a bang A BUSY HONEY BEE sips some tial part of a garden’s up job of pol- nectar. structure.” linating many A garden is a “field other flowers, I’m willing to overlook their occasional of dreams” that encourages habitat in a world where habiindiscretions.

I haven’t seen either of the tat is fast disappearing. Every carpenter bees lately. I can garden has the potential to only assume that they found contribute to the health of respective mates and are busy the community in a beautibuilding and defending their ful and purposeful way. I want nests, which the female builds to continue to create fields of by tunneling into soft, usually dreams!

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By Mayita Dinos In the movie, “Field of Dreams,” a novice farmer builds a baseball field in response to a vision and a whispering voice that advises, “If you build it, they will come.”

Much like the farmer, I too answered the calling to “build.”

Instead of a baseball field, I converted my front yard into a garden; since its completion, I have been standing watch to see who it is I’ve invited into my earthly paradise.

Spring has brought many wonderful visitors to the garden. The ones that have most enthralled me are the insects,

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More than gardening happens at The Huntington, 1151 Oxford Road in San Marino.

Besides the Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale, visitors can hear music, tour the Ranch and learn about organic gardening and pruning fruit trees.

Rare specimens from Mexico, Botswana, Chile, Argentina, Madagascar and the Middle East will be showcased at the 46th annual Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale on Sat., July 2 and Sun., July 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Early-bird plant sale is on Fri., July 1 from noon to 4:30 p.m.

Lora Hall of Full Circle Gardening will teach a hands-on class on pruning fruit trees on Sat., July 9 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Techniques, basic tools, high density planting and successive ripening will be some of the topics included.

An introduction to plant morphology, observation techniques and drawing exercises are taught by Lisa Pompelli on Sat., July 9 and 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Artists will learn how

Volunteer at Payne; learn about growing native plants Help maintain the gardens or learn about California native plants at Theodore Payne Foundation, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley.

Spend the first Saturday of every month sprucing up the gardens. Volunteers should bring hats, gloves and knee pads. TPF will provide tools and refreshments on Sat., July 2 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Lili Singer, horticulturist

TOUR THE RANCH, The Huntington’s new agricultural station, for examples of ecological gardening methods.

to delineate each part of the plant and practice techniques such as foreshortening, tonal contrast and perspective.

Grammy Award-winning Southwest Chamber Music ensemble returns for the summer concert series at the Huntington Art Gallery on Sat., July 9 and Sun., July 10 at 7:30 p.m. This year’s theme, “Mozart and More,” includes a complete cycle of Mozart’s string quartets along

with works by living composers. Enjoy a gourmet dinner in the Rose Garden Tea Room or bring a picnic. Reservations required. Go to swmusic.org or call 800-726-7147 for more information.

Take a tour of the Huntington’s new agricultural station, the Ranch, not normally open to the public, on Sat., July 30 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. See examples of ecological gardening methods and ask questions of the staff who run the project.

The Huntington’s threepart organic gardening series begins this month. Taught

by Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne, authors of “The Urban Homestead,” this class focuses on preparing the soil, choosing plants and other organic gardening basics. Classes are Sat., July 30, Aug. 6 and Aug. 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Ride heat wave to lush summer gardens

Gardening classes at the L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Gardens, 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, include a sprinkler workshop and working with hypertufa planting pots.

After class, refresh and return for a night of music with your friends performed under the stars by the California Philharmonic Orchestra.

Sprinklers, when carefully designed and operated, will help your garden thrive and use less water. Learn how much and what type of watering plants need in the sprinkler workshop offered by Laramee Haynes Sat., July 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Topics include design, function, layout and maintenance.

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Wear comfortable clothes, a hat and bring water.

For more information, go to www.arboretum.org or call 626-821-3222.

Andrew Lloyd Webber meets Puccini at the California Philharmonic’s Festival on the Green on Sat., July 9 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Get there at 5:30 p.m. for a picnic and stay to hear music from "La Boheme," "Cats," "Madame Butterfly" and "Phantom of the Opera."

Come for dancing under the stars on Sat., July 23 from 7:30 to 10 p.m. to music from “West Side Story,” “Grease,” “Black Swan” and more. Entry for picnicking begins at 5:30 p.m.

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five original regiments of Foot Guards in the British Army. In 1660, after Oliver Cromwell’s death, England was in danger of being torn apart by rival factions. One of Cromwell’s leading generals, George Monck, crossed the Scottish border at Coldstream with his powerful Guards Regiment in support of the exiled King, and thereby effected the restoration of Charles II. In 1670, the regiment was officially named the Coldstream Guards.

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By Susan Isaacs My grandfather, when he It’s been two months since can’t control her own dog! wanted me to persevere over I rescued Layla and lots has Actually, Layla’s behavior is a common problem, one some troublesome problem, happened.

I’m often called to work would tell me to be like “Bruce Thankfully, she’s on with clients. It can be and the Spider.” If I ever still a love-bug, so mitigated but requires knew the origin of this curiaffectionate that ous expression, I’ve forgotten time and patience. my neighbor’s eyes I call from a dis- it. Can you help me? asks Jay welled up when she tance, “May our dogs Capaul. licked his face and Yes. In 1306, Robert Bruce of say hello?” If no, we curled up into a tight Scotland (in the movie “Bravemake a quick U-turn. little bagel in his heart”), the wishy-washy young Layla gets a stream of lap.

With consistent TRAINER Su- yummy treats for stay- man who Mel Gibson was trywork (nobody said it san and Layla. ing focused on me. If ing to convince to lead the yes, then we approach revolt against England, was in would be easy!), she’s now potty–trained, sleeps in slowly, on a loose leash, and hiding from the hated English her crate at night, and stays the instant she reaches the on the island of Rathlin. At off the bed (uh, white duvet dog, she does a simple, quiet one point during his year–long cover…). She’s allowed on the “sniff-sniff” and it’s over. No confinement he noticed a spiliving room sofa. My home, drama. I say “thank you,” and der try six times to fix its web to a beam in the ceiling. “Now my rules. Your home, your we continue on our way.

I hope to have a glowing shall this spider teach me what rules. Want your dog on the bed? Go for it; they’re your progress report for you next I am to do, for I also have failed six times,” said Bruce. The spimonth. Fingers crossed… rules!

Susan Isaacs is a member der made a seventh try and Layla’s learned “sit,” “down,” “wait,” and “roll over.” We of the Association of Profes- succeeded. Bruce thereupon make training sessions short, sional Dog Trainers, S. Calif. left the island, gathered 300 sweet and relevant. Want din- Dog Trainers’ Forum and is followers and surprised the English garrison at Turnberry ner? Sit. Wanna go for a walk? an AKC CGC evaluator.

Castle. This success reignited Sit. Wait while I attach the leash. Wait at the door. Wait at the curb. Get the picture?

At daycare she plays beauti'Farm Sanctuary' author among fully with other dogs, exquisitely reading their body lanspeakers at Animal Rights 2011 guage so she knows when it’s More than 100 speakers from 60 organizations will be at O.K. to engage and when it’s the Animal Rights 2011 National Conference Thurs., July time to back off. Most dogs 21 to Tues., July 25 at the Westin LAX Hotel. are exhausted after daycare.

The world’s largest and oldest animal rights gathering Not Layla! We’ve enrolled in will include 90 exhibits, premiere videos, talks by social “fun nose work” and “agility” justice leaders and an awards banquet. classes to provide more physiSpeakers include Gene Baur, author of “Farm Sanctucal and mental challenge. I’m ary,” and Alex Pacheco of “600 Milion Stray Dogs Need exhausted.

You.” That’s the good news.

Groups representing primates, feral cats and Galapagos On walks, if Layla sees a dog creatures are among the myriad on the program. and I don’t let her approach The forum aims to expose and confront the terror perto say “hi,” she might throw petrated every day against billions of innocent, sentient a tantrum. Frustration and nonhuman animals, said a spokesman. For more informaleash-reactivity trigger barktion and to register visit arconference.org. ing, lunging, crying. Off-leash she’s an angel; on-leash, she’s

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rout the English at Bannockburn and was crowned Robert I, the first king of a united and free Scotland. *** How come if we want to provoke someone we “egg them on?” wonders Tina Hartwig.

In this instance, egg is not the spheroidal body produced by the female of birds and other animal species. It is the Middle English derivation of the Old Norse eggia or egge which means edge. Thus, if you “egg on” a person you encourage them to move little by little to the edge. *** Where do the “Coldstream Guards” get their name? ponders Conor Bentley.

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