June 2019

FINE LIVING IN THE GREATER PASADENA AREA 

June 2019 

Summer 

Getaways 

SLEEPING TO 

THE SOUNDS OF 

Sea lions in Redondo Beach 

WILDLIFE AND THE OLD WEST 

In Carson Valley, Nevada 

ZIPLINING IN THE ANGELES 

National Forest 

VISUAL FUTURIST SYD MEAD 

On Blade Runner and more

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VOLUME 15 | NUMBER 06 | JUNE 2019 

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PHOTOS: (top)Tommy Ewasko; (bottom left) courtesy of The Portofi no Hotel & Marina; (bottom right) courtesy of Pacifi c Crest 

SUMMER GETAWAYS 

11 THE SEA LION IN SUMMER 

The Portofi no Hotel & Marina offers waterside luxury just minutes away 

from Arroyoland. 

—By IRENE LACHER 

19 FEAR OF ZIPPING 

Or how my wife came to love ziplines at Pacific Crest. 

—By JERVEY TERVALON 

34 CARSON VALLEY, NEVADA 

A home where the wild horses roam — and visitors enter the Old West. 

—By TOMMY EWASKO 

41 A FUTURE REMEMBERED 

Visual futurist Syd Mead looks back on a long career designing the 

world of tomorrow for Hollywood. 

—By CARL KOZLOWSKI 

DEPARTMENTS 

08 FESTIVITIES Beastly Ball, L.A. Children’s Chorus "Gala Bel Canto" and A 

Noise Within’s "Dinner on Stage" 

22 ARROYO HOME SALES INDEX 

45 KITCHEN CONFESSIONS Auto-Theater Season 

46 ARROYO COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH Shots Box 

47 THE LIST Mt. Wilson’s Concerts in the Dome, CatCon comes to town, 

“BoldPas” artworks in Old Pasadena and more 

ABOUT THE COVER: A view of King Harbor from the Portofi no Hotel & Marina, photo courtesy of 

Portofi no. 

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EDITOR’S NOTE 

You may think you’re looking forward 

to the summer season, but in 

much of the world, these months 

go by another term — peak season, 

when tourists swarm the hottest 

spots across the nation and around 

the world. While I say bravo to people 

who vacation invincibly, there’s 

a lot of world out there, and some of 

it offers new landscapes without a 

lot of the hassle of travel. 

Take Carson Valley, Nevada, 

which photographer Tommy Ewasko 

captured from virtually every angle 

— from both earth and the sky. Carson 

Valley is a different world from SoCal, a place where the Old West 

lives on (which makes it a prime destination for families who want to 

excite kids about history). Ewasko focuses his lens on historic sites — a 

hotel, restaurants and a bar with roots in the 19th century. He shot the 

stunning landscape from a glider, and went on backcountry safari to 

photograph Nevada’s beautiful wild mustangs and other wildlife. 

Closer still are the South Bay beach cities, including Redondo 

Beach, where I spent a lovely night at the Portofi no Hotel & Marina 

overlooking King Harbor, with sea lions barking an ocean lullaby. This 

four-star hotel was recently renovated in “nautical-chic” décor, so you 

might be surprised to learn it has a notable history of its own. Portofi no 

was founded in 1965 by a gutsy female race-car driver, who lent her 

pioneering spirit to developing the local waterfront. 

Even closer is Pacifi c Crest in Wrightwood, where day-trippers can 

zipline through the tree canopy of the Angeles National Forest. Ziplining 

is not for the faint of heart, so we give Altadena novelist Jervey Tervalon 

extra points for being game despite his acrophobia. He writes 

about his inner struggles and the victorious zip trip by his athletic wife, 

Jinghuan. Hey, don’t let Jervey be the only one facing his fears for 

some high-wire fun this summer. 

—Irene Lacher 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Irene Lacher 

ART DIRECTOR Stephanie Torres 

ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Richard Garcia 

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS Yumi Kanegawa 

EDITOR-AT-LARGE Bettijane Levine 

COPY EDITOR John Seeley 

CONTRIBUTORS Leslie Bilderback, Léon Bing, 

Martin Booe, Michael Cervin, Scarlet Cheng, 

Richard Cunningham, Tommy Ewasko, Noela 

Hueso, Kathleen Kelleher, Frier McCollister, Brenda 

Rees, Jordan Riefe, Ilsa Setziol, John Sollenberger, 

Nancy Spiller 

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Lisa Chase, 

Javier Sanchez 

ADVERTORIAL CONTRIBUTING EDITOR 

Bruce Haring 

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Andrea Baker 

PAYROLL Linda Lam 

ACCOUNTING Perla Castillo, Quinton Wright 

OFFICE MANAGER Ann Turrietta 

PUBLISHER Dina Stegon 

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CORRECTION: Pasadena architect Barbara Lamprecht helped nominate the Kuhns House in Woodland Hills for 

historic designation. The home was misidentifi ed in the May issue. 

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FESTIVITIES 

Barbara Lawrence and Director Geoff Elliott 

Edmund Roberts, Sally Roberts and Dick Roberts 

Lyn Spector, Jonathan Muñoz-Proulx and Sheila Lamson 

Sylvia Earl 

Glen Curado 

Connie Morgan 

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A Noise Within will bring the classics to more than 18,000 

Jane Kaczmarek 

students with the help of $130,000 raised at the acclaimed 

repertory theater company’s annual “Dinner on Stage” benefit 

on April 23. After dining on Derek Dickinson Events’ salmon, 

lamb or mushroom risotto, guests were entertained by scenes 

from Argonautika playfully performed amid the tables onstage. 

Honorees were longtime Glendale supporter Barbara Lawrence 

and her late husband, John; Pasadena board members Sally 

and Dick Roberts; and the L.A. High School of the Arts and 

EduCare Foundation…The Greater L.A. Zoo Association 

drew some 800 animal lovers to its popular annual benefit, the 

Beastly Ball, raising nearly $1.2 million for the zoo’s operation 

and conservation programs. After an evening consuming drinks 

and snacks at stands amid the marsupials, cassowaries and 

more, GLAZA honored its recently retired president, La Cañada 

Flintridge resident Connie Morgan, as well as oceanographer 

Dr. Sylvia Earle and World Harvest Charities CEO Glen Curado… 

Pasadena-based L.A. Children’s Chorus lit up the Crystal 

Ballroom with song at the group’s April 24 “Gala Bel Canto” dinner 

fundraiser at downtown L.A.’s Millennium Biltmore. Honored at 

the festive event were former board members Jennifer and Joe 

Sliskovich and The Lion King producer Don Hahn. 

Carolyn Hennesy 

LACC choristers 

Leonard Maltin and Anne Tomlinson 

Don Hahn, Joe and Jennifer Sliskovich, Andrea Greene Willard, Fernando Malvar-Ruiz and 

Director Shawn Ingram 

PHOTOS: Ariana Gleckman (Dinner on Stage); Jamie Pham (LA ZOO and L.A. Children's Chorus)

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THE SEA LION IN 

SUMMER 

The Portofino Hotel & Marina offers waterside luxury just minutes away from Arroyoland. 

BY IRENE LACHER 

–continued on page 13 

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Summer travel doesn’t have to mean getting on a plane and taking cattle-car 

coach if you’re looking for a dreamy destination far from your routine. Of 

course, it’s a cliché to say that Southern California boasts a wide variety 

of landscapes, from the mountains to the sea. For us aficionados of the stunning 

San Gabriel Mountains, a complete change of pace can be had a mere hour 

southwest of Pasadena, in one of the beach cities hugging the Pacific Ocean. 

In Redondo Beach, the recently renovated Portofino Hotel & Marina offers 

four-star luxury, with 161 guest rooms overlooking the marina or the ocean 

beyond, where the only traffic noise comes not from cars but from California sea 

lions. (The hotel launched a “Save the Sea Lions” program, inviting guests to take 

home a plush sea-lion toy when they donate to Redondo’s SEA Lab for sick and 

injured sea lions, seals and otters.) 

The Portofino is cloaked in “nautical-chic” décor, a crisp blue-and-white palette 

embellished with images of yachts, sea life and seascapes. The owner, Noble 


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Chef’s Table 

Oysters 


House Hotels & Resorts, prides itself on designing each of its 18 boutique properties 

in the U.S. and Canada around its unique identity, rather than imposing 

a uniform corporate style. That identity is partly foodie-driven; the hotel takes 

particular pride in its Baleen Kitchen restaurant, named after a kind of whale. 

Zagat declared Baleen one of the top 10 waterside restaurants in Los Angeles. 

The chef de cuisine is Vasili Tavernakis, a graduate of Pasadena’s now-shuttered 

Le Cordon Bleu, who has plied his trade in upscale restaurants across Southern 

California, most recently at Manhattan Beach Post under the aegis of chef/coowner 

David LeFevre, who was executive chef of The Water Grill in downtown 

L.A. when it scored a Michelin star. Tavernakis points to his Greek heritage as a 

source of culinary inspiration, but the truth is his worldview is much broader than 

that; indeed, one thing he shares with LeFevre is a love of travel. “Mine is very 

much a travel-inspired cuisine,” he says. “I’ve traveled quite a bit.” But don’t assume 

you’ll know what to expect — he tweaks the dishes to pepper his locally sourced, 

seasonal menus with surprises. “A good example is the Thai green curry,” he adds. 

“Most people want yellow curry with potatoes. But in the restaurant, I want everyone 

to have the opportunity to be educated: This is from the region, and these are 

the flavors to expect.” Other standouts include the beef stroganoff with housemade 

pappardelle, the cioppino and the lobster mac and cheese with truffle-parmesan 

crumbs. And the main dining room isn’t the only place to savor them — there’s a 

chef’s table and comfy private outdoor seating overlooking the marina. 

Perhaps less evident is Portofino’s colorful history. It was founded in 1965 


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by one of the country’s rare women race-car drivers, Mary Davis, who lent 

her pioneering spirit to the Redondo Beach waterfront, spurring development 

there. The Portofino was California’s first hotel located in the center 

of a small-craft harbor, surrounded on three sides by water, according to the 

Daily Breeze. Davis named it for the Italian seaside resort town known for its 

super-yachts, but it became a particular draw for race-car drivers including 

Formula 1 Grand Prix winner Peter Revson, a scion of the Revlon family, 

who lived in one of Portofino’s 25 condos. In the 1970s, the Portofino was the 

destination of the five coast-to-coast car races known as the Cannonball Run. 

The event went on to inspire a TV series and three movies, including 1981’s 

Cannonball Run, starring Burt Reynolds and Farrah Fawcett, filmed partly 

at the Portofino. Davis sold the property to the company that became Noble 

House in 1986. A year later, a huge storm destroyed the property and the new 

owner rebuilt it from scratch. 

If you go, borrow one of the hotel’s free beach cruiser bikes for a spin up 

the coast or settle into a fireside seat in the grand Lobby Living Room or the 

Baleen Bar, where you can make your own Bloody Mary from 40 ingredients 

or chill to the tunes of an eclectic roster of local musicians. Or do what I 

did in a recent visit: Pour a glass of pinot and pull up a chair on your private 

balcony. Then listen to the haunting calls of sea lions as the moon dips into 

the Pacific. |||| 

The Portofi no Hotel & Marina is located at 260 Portofi no Way, Redondo Beach. 

Summer rates range from $299 (plus tax) for standard guest rooms to $750 (plus 

tax) for the one-bedroom Ocean View Suites overlooking the Pacifi c, although the 

hotel also hosts a webpage with special offers and discounts for seniors and AAA 

or AARP members. Call (310) 379-8481 or visit hotelportofi no.com. 

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FEAR 

OF 

ZIPPING 

Or How My Wife Came to Love 

Ziplines at Pacific Crest 

BY JERVEY TERVALON 

PHOTO: Courtesy of Pacifi c Crest 

Maybe it was because of what happened on a rainy late afternoon many years ago driving 

in the hills near the Santa Barbara Mission in my Triumph sports car, seeing the lovely 

twinkling lights of oil derricks in the distance as the sun set into the ocean. Noticing 

that my downhill speed was too high I put my foot on the brake but it barely slowed, and as the car 

barreled into a turn I knew two things: I couldn’t make the turn and the physics of my predicament 

would take me plunging down a steep hillside that I doubted I’d walk away from. But luck was with 

me and instead of being in free fall I hit a high embankment and my tire blew. I staggered from the 

car and looked down at what I had barely avoided. Fortunate me, but then like a perverse miracle, I 

suddenly developed a fear of heights. 

Me, one of the founding members of Dorsey High School’s Flying Club! I was the young man who 

couldn’t wait to squeeze into a Piper Cub with the colorblind Mr. Fieldsman who taught driver’s ed 

during school hours but took us flying every Thursday after school. We were a sight, the little Jewish 

dude and his many black students getting into small planes of his friends, and away we went — soaring 

to airports around Southern California. All of that was lost to me after that near-disastrous car accident, 

and since then I’m inclined to stay firmly on the ground. A long flight I endure, but don’t 

enjoy turbulence that reminds me I’m more than 3,000 feet above the ground. 

Then I got the call from Arroyo Monthly for an exciting assignment to write about 

the Ziplines at Pacific Crest in Wrightwood. Suddenly, I was Scottie in Alfred 

Hitchcock’s Vertigo, trying to find his balance on a stepladder and almost fainting. 

Visiting the ziplines’ website had my heart racing as I saw those taut cable 

lines stretching endlessly along mountain passes that were as alluring as they were 

daunting for a man with my propensity for acrophobia. 

Then I showed this to Jinghuan, my wife and personal trainer, who regards running 

the Boston Marathon on a stress fracture as an opportunity for character building. 

She insisted I had nothing to fear, that all I needed to do was educate myself and 

I’d be fine. 

I took her advice and did due-diligence research until I was ready to strap myself 

into the rig. I fervently convinced myself that ziplining was just as safe as riding the 

Matterhorn at Disneyland, and a hell of a lot more fun. I wanted to believe that I could 

jump from a high platform 80 feet above ground and be chill about it. That I could enjoy 

leaping into space and rolling at up to 55 miles an hour more than 100 feet about the ground, 

surrounded by a lush canopy of pines and assisted by an enthusiastically friendly staff who are as 

diligent about safety as I am paranoid about heights. I could only conclude that my fear was something 

the zipline crew at Pacific Crest had to be used to and knew how to reassure the faint of heart 

that we wouldn’t splat against a tree, Daffy Duck–style. 

On an early Sunday morning after Jinghuan’s short 10-mile run, we got the kids together and 

started the drive to Wrightwood. It was a pleasant one, a beautiful lunar-looking landscape along 


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Jinghuan (far left) and Colette Tervalon before the big zip. 

the 138 Freeway, and the mysteries of orchards with Korean Hangul script dotting the highway 

that Jinghuan puzzled over. 

I had never visited Wrightwood before, though my brother had a cabin there for many years. It 

was a charming town nestled against the slope of a pine-dense mountain range. When we reached 

Ziplines at Pacific Crest the young crew was ready for us, though the staff seemed in constant 

motion, some rigging folks into various harnesses and doing various safety checks. When they 

weighed me I discovered that I was too heavy for their safety regulations. I was crestfallen — or at 

least I pulled it off as though I was — and Sammy, my 11-year stepson, stepped up and was raring 

to go in a way that my false bravado couldn’t come close to. 

While they were gearing up and departing in the grim black Pacific Crest van to the ziplines, 

I searched for a good place to hang out with Colette, our 3-year-old girl, and I found The Village 

Grind. The Village Grind is an extremely charming multipurpose restaurant, bar, coffeehouse, 

art colony and outdoor music venue. The Village Grind is so cool and charming that I’m seriously 

thinking we need to bribe them to relocate to Altadena. 

Jinghuan and Sammy returned from their supposed 90-minute zipline tour about two-and-ahalf 

hours later, exhausted but thrilled. Jinghuan had much to say about the adventure: 

Jinghuan conquers her fears. 

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The zipline rides were just as I had imagined and seen on TV. You wear a helmet, gloves and a harness 

with ropes and hooks; you go on a ride to the top of a mountain and zipline down from one side to the 

other. We were a party of eight tourists, with [brand-new] nicknames like Birthday Boy, Pineapple 

and Happy. I was, of course, Mom, and the last one holding the line. 

The tour we signed up for had six ziplines and a free fall [rappel to the ground]. We started with 

a short line and the length and fun increased with each one. The heroes were the guides — they were 

extremely patient, gave clear directions about what to do and what not to do (e.g. to slow down, 

just gently tap the top of the zipline and don’t grab it hard. It’s called “pet the cat,” and do not try 

to strangle it!). Our guides, Marisa and Sarah, were relaxed, helpful and always giving everyone 

encouragement. 

Neither Sammy nor I had much fear going on the zipline at all. They didn’t feel very long, nor 

risky. We felt in control the entire time. At each “stop,” which is essentially a small platform made of 

wood planks, we gathered the group together and waited for others; the platform was so small that the 

group had to squeeze in, which made you on high alert at all times just so you didn’t fall off the platform. 

It was a great chance to take in the gorgeous view of the SoCal mountains and fault line. Trees 

were all down below us; from afar, you see nothing but more mountains and snow on top of them. The 

air was clean and crisp. We were happy to be wearing jackets and not just a T-shirt. 

The only part where everyone had the most fear was the free fall. You were tied to the zipline still, 

but were supposed to jump off a tree platform. All my life, I had dreams of adventures such as bungee 

jumping, wind surfing, sky diving and rock climbing in Yosemite, which all involved great heights 

and some form of free falls, so I thought I was totally prepared. Everyone ahead of me had some fearful 

moment, but all jumped beautifully, including my 11-year-old, who had told me, “Mom, my legs are 

PHOTOS: (top and bottom left) Jervey Tervalon; (top right) Courtesy of Pacifi c Crest

trembling!” I thought, ‘‘Hmmmm, I must be the only one who isn’t feeling terror.’’ 

I was wrong. The moment I stepped to the edge of the platform, I was seized by fear. 

Holy smokes, am I really going to jump off this platform? It looks like 10 stories! What’s 

it going to feel like? Is my heart going to jump out of my lungs? How long am I going to 

be free falling? All these thoughts were racing in my head, while the rest of the crew was 

chanting, “Do it, Mom! Do it!” 

I inched forward. Half of my feet were off the platform. I thought, what the hell, 

and gave it a gentle jump. Well, that wasn’t successful. My “ jump” was way too gentle. I 

landed on my butt on the platform. I laughed so hard that my fear melted away. Our third 

guide, Ben, kindly asked if I was okay. I said yes and wished he would just give me a big 

push off the platform. That would’ve been better. The chanting from the crew grew louder: 

“Do it, Mom! Do it!” 

I stood up and embraced all my fears. Next thing I knew, I was flying down… I didn’t 

dive too far before the rope pulled me up again and I started to bounce in the sky. I saw 

only trees, beautiful trees around me. It was a moment of joy, tranquility and peace before 

I landed in the arms of our guide and the crew erupted in cheers. Birthday Boy teased me, 

“Oh, I saw you wanted to go, but not the legs!” 

The last zipline was the longest, and the one where you had two parallel ziplines. 

Sammy and I were the mother-and-son team. I made sure our GoPro, courtesy of our 

friend, was recording, and off we went! 

I thought for sure I’d be ziplining faster than my son, but not this time. By now, he’d 

already grown into a more deft zipliner, knowing how to angle his body for speed; threequarters 

of the way in, he was still ahead of me, but I was catching up, possibly due to 

heavier weight. This is the only [Pacific Crest] zipline where you don’t have to slow down 

on your own — it had some kind of smart braking system. The lower we’d go, the higher 

the speed. I felt like we were about to crash into the end when there was a sudden stop, so 

forceful that I bounced back. Another line pulled us and made us stop. It ended so fast and 

I already wanted to do it all over again! 

PHOTOS: Courtesy of Pacifi c Crest 

The high speeds, the views, the mediated recklessness of it all were intoxicating 

for them both, while I enjoyed the opportunity to drink a hoppy, mango-infused IPA 

at The Village Grind. It was a great day for us all, the high-speed offerings of Pacific 

Crest zipline adventures and the sedate pleasures of Wrightwood were about as perfect 

a Sunday morning as you could hope for. |||| 

Ziplines at Pacifi c Crest is located at 6014 Park Dr., Wrightwood, about 68 miles northeast 

of Pasadena by car. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tours range from the 90-minute Quest 

tour, with four zips for $85 per person, to the Ultimate All-Day Adventure, with 15 zips as well 

as rappels, bridges, hikes and lunch for $209 per person. Book your tour by calling 

(760) 705-1003 or visiting ziplinespc.com. 

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arroyo 

~HOME SALES INDEX~ 

April 

2018 

HOME SALES 

-22.31% 

AVG. PRICE/SQ. FT. 

2.05.% 

381 

HOMES 

SOLD 

ALHAMBRA APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 

Homes Sold 14 26 

Median Price $578,357 $685,000 

Median Sq. Ft. 1244 1505 

ALTADENA APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $833,731 $837,000 


ARCADIA APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $1,100,594 $1,187,250 


EAGLE ROCK APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $786,000 $820,000 


GLENDALE APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $1,086,227 $910,000 


LA CAÑADA APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $2,058,643 $1,600,000 


PASADENA APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $1,089,379 $765,000 


SAN MARINO APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $1,500,000 $2,365,000 


SIERRA MADRE APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $1,154,200 $1,155,000 


SOUTH PASADENA APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Median Price $1,070,000 $1,000,000 


TOTAL APRIL ’18 APRIL ’19 


Avg Price/Sq. Ft. $586 $598 

 

April 

2019 

296HOMES 

SOLD 

HOME SALES ABOVE $950,000 

source: CalREsource 

ADDRESS CLOSE DATE PRICE BDRMS. SQ. FT. YR. BUILT PREV. PRICE PREV. SOLD 

ALHAMBRA 

2210 West Alhambra Rd. #52 4/1/19 $1,470,000 6 2,931 1920 $790,000 7/12/11 

404 East Pine St. 4/16/19 $1,400,000 4 2,451 1941 

609 Lindaraxa Parkx 4/18/19 $1,100,000 3 1,997 1924 $1,220,000 2/1/18 

2301 Rogers Drive 4/2/19 $1,000,000 5 3,665 2017 $1,537,000 12/20/17 

ALTADENA 

1905 Midlothian Drive 4/9/19 $2,687,500 4 4,004 1928 

1836 Homewood Drive 4/23/19 $1,912,500 3 2,438 1930 $1,550,000 10/31/06 

604 Coate Court 4/19/19 $1,725,000 3 3,832 2002 $1,288,000 8/20/13 

712 Millard Canyon Rd. 4/12/19 $1,490,000 5 3,881 1998 $1,290,000 9/10/13 

2556 Tanoble Drive 4/3/19 $1,265,000 4 2,500 1920 $1,215,000 7/10/05 

3759 North Hollingsworth Rd. 4/17/19 $1,150,000 4 2,550 1998 $1,050,000 6/13/07 

1575 East Loma Alta Drive 4/30/19 $1,120,000 3 1,683 1950 

1933 Minoru Drive 4/4/19 $1,099,000 3 1,688 1941 

92 East Harriet St. 4/10/19 $1,001,000 3 1,070 1925 $630,000 2/28/07 

1724 Roosevelt Ave. 4/16/19 $990,000 3 2,076 1945 $1,018,000 5/19/16 

1654 East Altadena Drive 4/22/19 $950,500 3 2,052 1948 $900,000 10/27/04 

454 Concha St. 4/17/19 $950,000 3 1,644 1976 $870,500 6/3/16 

ARCADIA 

935 West Foothill Blvd. 4/26/19 $6,880,000 6 10,209 2016 $2,650,000 5/30/13 

46 West Sycamore Ave. 4/12/19 $6,500,000 6 9,028 2012 $5,075,500 12/18/12 

1035 San Carlos Rd. 4/15/19 $2,080,000 4 4,866 2017 $1,060,000 3/27/15 

338 East Forest Ave. 4/26/19 $2,080,000 4 4,168 2016 $913,000 10/20/15 

2514 El Capitan Ave. 4/24/19 $1,950,000 $1,040,000 8/5/16 

1130 West Orange Grove Ave. 4/26/19 $1,779,000 3 3,371 1947 $1,610,000 8/22/12 

247 Hillgreen Place 4/12/19 $1,448,000 3 2,486 1961 $1,618,000 1/20/15 

1231 South 6th Ave. 4/25/19 $1,400,000 3 2,465 1983 $1,000,000 5/22/08 

1739 La Ramada Ave. 4/12/19 $1,240,000 3 1,860 1958 $205,000 7/1/85 

1114 Mayfl ower Ave. 4/29/19 $1,214,000 3 2,334 1959 $745,000 6/1/04 

154 Genoa St. #C 4/2/19 $1,160,500 4 2,036 1950 

1226 Short St. 4/4/19 $1,070,000 3 1,969 1977 

412 Genoa St. 4/29/19 $957,000 3 2,310 1999 $960,000 4/28/14 

E AGLE ROCK 

5222 Monte Bonito Drive 4/29/19 $1,685,000 3 1456 1927 $610,000 11/7/06 

5167 Dahlia Drive 4/17/19 $1,580,000 3 2839 2005 

4921 Mount Royal Drive 4/8/19 $1,425,000 3 1,952 1962 $710,000 6/29/18 

5458 Mount Helena Ave. 4/24/19 $1,350,000 3 2030 1951 $625,500 11/21/11 

5182 Hartwick St. 4/19/19 $1,280,000 3 1610 1915 $830,500 6/18/14 

5351 Hillmont Ave. 4/3/19 $1,153,000 3 1,444 1925 $740,000 4/2/14 

5224 Rockland Ave. 4/29/19 $1,105,000 3 1726 1925 

1137 Eagle Vista Drive 4/30/19 $1,100,000 5 3756 1992 

1428 Holbrook St. 4/22/19 $976,000 2 1224 1928 $690,000 8/10/16 

2123 Yosemite Drive 4/5/19 $970,000 6 2,382 1904 $225,000 5/17/00 

5427 Mount Helena Ave. 4/5/19 $965,000 2 1,533 1950 

GLENDALE 

1390 Greenmont Drive 4/10/19 $1,888,000 3 3,040 1959 

1658 Grandview Ave. 4/26/19 $1,400,000 3 2,731 1939 $582,500 12/6/00 

1912 Hampton Lane 4/23/19 $1,372,500 4 3,571 1939 $675,000 10/31/00 

2511 Allanjay Place 4/30/19 $1,271,000 3 2,304 1963 $760,000 4/10/12 

1921 El Arbolita Drive 4/16/19 $1,181,000 3 2,350 1965 

1229 Romulus Drive #B 4/8/19 $1,100,000 5 2,481 1949 

1541 Rancho Ave. 4/16/19 $1,100,000 3 2,011 1940 

1741 Wabasso Way 4/16/19 $1,050,000 3 1,485 1961 

226 Winchester Ave. 4/26/19 $1,015,000 2 1,664 1939 $725,000 11/6/12 

2925 Canada Blvd. 4/8/19 $1,010,000 4 2,585 1979 $489,500 7/1/89 

3604 Rosemary Ave. 4/17/19 $986,500 2 1,053 1926 $730,000 2/13/11305 

East BRd.way 4/16/19 $975,000 4 2,144 1947 $601,500 5/25/10 

1532 Vanderbilt Place 4/18/19 $950,000 3 2,010 1957 $835,000 6/6/16 

3426 Las Palmas Ave. 4/26/19 $950,000 2 1,336 1939 

The Arroyo Home Sales Index is calculated from residential home sales in Pasadena and the surrounding communities of South Pasadena, San Marino, La Canada Flintridge, Eagle Rock, Glendale (including Montrose), Altadena, Sierra 

Madre, Arcadia and Alhambra. Individual home sales data provided by CalREsource. Arroyo Home Sales Index © Arroyo 2019. Complete home sales listings appear each week in Pasadena Weekly. 

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ADDRESS CLOSE DATE PRICE BDRMS. SQ. FT. YR. BUILT PREV. PRICE PREV. SOLD 

LA CAÑADA 

1503 Alta Park Lane 4/19/19 $2,975,000 6 4,099 1931 

805 Greenridge Drive 4/3/19 $2,900,000 4 3,723 1999 $2,600,000 3/12/08 

1842 Fairmount Ave. 4/4/19 $2,693,000 5 4,725 1986 $2,342,000 4/10/07 

4743 Hillard Ave. 4/17/19 $2,677,000 5 4,818 1990 $2,160,000 8/2/17 

317 San Juan Way 4/19/19 $2,490,500 5 3,781 2004 $1,695,000 3/31/09 

5033 Hill St. 4/23/19 $2,455,500 3 2,193 1929 

4614 Hillard Ave. 4/23/19 $2,405,000 4 3,238 1948 

4465 Gould Ave. 4/22/19 $2,200,000 5 5,620 2002 $650,000 3/30/99 

5169 Princess Anne Rd. 4/1/19 $1,850,000 4 2,561 1949 $1,600,000 3/15/13 

444 Meadowview Drive 4/26/19 $1,805,000 5 3,123 1969 

4116 Encinas Drive 4/26/19 $1,710,000 4 2,755 1958 $1,375,000 7/10/07 

5320 Crown Ave. 4/12/19 $1,675,000 3 2,054 1958 

4606 Rockland Place 4/23/19 $1,675,000 4 2,505 1947 $185,000 12/17/97 

4630 La Canada Blvd. 4/24/19 $1,650,000 3 1,939 1930 $822,000 4/24/13 

4824 Del Monte Rd. 4/19/19 $1,635,000 3 2,766 1947 $1,070,000 3/1/12 

5738 Ocean View Blvd. 4/24/19 $1,600,000 4 2,400 1962 

4525 Alcorn Drive 4/30/19 $1,540,000 3 2,418 1951 $490,000 12/31/98 

1332 Journeys End Drive 4/15/19 $1,520,000 3 1,839 1956 

4703 Alminar Ave. 4/23/19 $1,455,000 3 2,032 1946 

834 Milmada Drive 4/16/19 $1,400,000 3 1,566 1951 $370,000 12/12/17 

5045 Redwillow Lane 4/26/19 $1,361,000 3 1,722 1956 

2146 Countryman Lane 4/5/19 $1,300,000 3 1,874 1954 

4005 Hampstead Rd. 4/23/19 $1,285,000 2 1,573 1955 

4815 Daleridge Rd. 4/30/19 $1,180,000 3 1,558 1948 $1,350,000 8/20/15 

4623 Hampton Rd. 4/30/19 $1,100,000 3 1,329 1956 

5036 Crown Ave. 4/24/19 $1,090,000 3 1,706 1953 

5361 Godbey Drive 4/3/19 $1,089,000 2 2,084 1973 

4218 La Tour Way 4/2/19 $1,000,000 3 1,989 1946 $1,065,000 6/18/15 

PASADENA 

1590 Lombardy Rd. 4/1/19 $5,490,000 5 6194 1927 $2,850,000 9/19/03 

1405 Afton St. 4/17/19 $3,733,500 5 5150 1981 $981,000 1/13/99 

735 Oak Knoll Circle 4/1/19 $2,825,000 4 3960 1953 $2,650,000 10/8/14 

390 Mooresque St. 4/17/19 $2,800,000 4 3391 1964 $2,295,000 2/5/19 

460 California Terrace 4/16/19 $2,625,000 6 3144 1914 $1,900,000 1/6/15 

2070 Kinneloa Canyon Rd. 4/22/19 $1,750,000 3 2646 1995 $1,228,000 3/26/09 

1125 Wellington Ave. 4/5/19 $1,690,000 4 2699 1950 

3126 Meyerloa Lane 4/16/19 $1,625,000 4 3143 1948 

2385 Lambert Drive 4/23/19 $1,560,000 4 2915 1934 

422 Gordon Terrace #5 4/30/19 $1,395,000 3 2481 1979 $1,265,000 5/4/10 

944 East Elizabeth St. 4/4/19 $1,350,000 4 2341 1915 $967,500 6/14/18 

502 California Terrace 4/12/19 $1,350,000 3 1885 1950 $1,320,000 6/24/14 

1425 Riviera Drive 4/12/19 $1,350,000 3 1808 1955 $920,000 4/1/14 

480 South Orange Grove Blvd. #22 4/9/19 $1,275,000 2 2310 1972 $1,200,000 7/21/15 

840 East Green St. #504 4/24/19 $1,190,000 2 2172 2006 $661,000 8/27/10 

804 North Chester Ave. 4/1/19 $1,180,000 4 2246 1999 $699,000 3/5/10 

153 South Hudson Ave. #403 4/25/19 $1,180,000 3 2600 2012 $988,000 3/31/15 

395 San Palo Place 4/8/19 $1,150,000 3 2205 1962 

1009 North Marengo Ave. 4/18/19 $1,150,000 3 1510 1910 $660,000 7/26/18 

1868 Kaweah Drive 4/26/19 $1,112,000 3 2569 1979 

1555 North Michillinda Ave. 4/12/19 $1,110,000 3 1940 1956 $880,000 4/2/18 

1786 Orangewood St. 4/8/19 $1,105,000 2 1276 1926 $760,000 8/7/06 

508 Juniper Drive 4/12/19 $1,060,000 3 1686 1925 $1,050,000 9/21/17 

327 Arlington Drive 4/24/19 $1,050,000 3 2046 1969 $385,000 11/1/88 

776 South Orange Grove Blvd. #15 4/16/19 $1,040,000 2 2052 1982 $470,000 1/28/00 

2255 Las Lunas St. 4/22/19 $1,039,000 2 2020 1941 $840,000 4/3/14 

927 North Garfi eld Ave. 4/5/19 $1,005,000 4 1361 1909 $554,000 1/8/18 

2330 East Orange Grove Blvd. 4/8/19 $1,000,000 5 2729 1926 

3895 Valley Lights Drive 4/25/19 $1,000,000 4 2139 1956 $327,000 5/18/98 

2027 Rosemont Ave. #3 4/30/19 $1,000,000 3 2016 1982 $470,000 9/30/00 

1414 Casa Grande St. 4/4/19 $999,000 3 1584 1927 $625,000 4/11/18 

2325 Casa Grande St. 4/9/19 $995,000 3 1892 1976 $720,000 4/9/10 

860 South Los Robles Ave. 4/8/19 $975,000 3 1861 1923 

2355 Paloma St. 4/26/19 $970,000 4 1786 1940 $482,500 6/5/02 

1340 East California Blvd. 4/1/19 $956,500 3 3600 1931 

957 North El Molino Ave. 4/4/19 $950,000 6 2418 1910 $373,000 3/20/02 

SAN MARINO 

1883 Orlando Rd. 4/30/19 $9,500,000 9 10324 1928 $3,250,000 8/14/98 

2205 El Molino Place 4/5/19 $2,530,000 4 3073 1936 $2,076,000 9/11/12 

597 Los Arboles Lane 4/24/19 $2,200,000 5 2408 1940 $1,800,000 9/30/08 

1665 Del Mar Ave. 4/17/19 $2,130,000 7 3976 1941 $2,200,000 2/5/16 

SIERRA MADRE 

661 Mariposa Ave. 4/22/19 $1,600,000 3 2723 1939 $925,000 7/6/08 

462 Manzanita Ave. 4/4/19 $1,550,000 4 3006 1950 $1,379,500 6/13/17 

659 West Alegria Ave. 4/16/19 $1,225,000 2 1356 1911 $834,000 6/25/15 

186 Auburn Ave. 4/4/19 $1,200,000 6 2544 1958 

273 West Laurel Ave. 4/16/19 $1,155,000 3 2063 1979 $920,000 5/14/07 

247 North Mountain Trail 4/30/19 $1,080,000 6 3008 1926 

SOUTH PASADENA 

1625 Oak St. 4/23/19 $2,060,000 5 3908 1908 $1,750,000 5/11/16 

407 El Centro St. 4/1/19 $1,830,000 2 1365 1908 $1,660,000 4/4/17 

1214 Via Del Rey 4/29/19 $1,798,000 4 2523 1964 

2040 Primrose Ave. 4/10/19 $1,790,000 3 2086 1929 $1,576,000 6/18/15 

2012 Alpha St. 4/15/19 $1,755,000 4 2372 1964 $1,526,000 12/16/16 

1854 Hanscom Drive 4/12/19 $1,749,000 3 1614 1942 $1,071,000 10/16/18 

766 Monterey Rd. 4/2/19 $1,200,000 5 2821 1946 $1,200,000 4/20/18 

634 Prospect Ave. #B 4/22/19 $1,000,000 3 1912 2002 

1109 Mound Ave. #3 4/30/19 $1,000,000 3 1986 1993 $655,000 7/19/10 

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ARROYO 

HOME & DESIGN 

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT 

WINDOWS ARE 

A VITAL PART 

OF A ROOM’S 

DECORATING 

SCHEME 

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Choose coverings that create just 

the right vibe for your rooms 

By Bruce Haring 

continued on page 26 

PHOTO: Courtesy of CATALINA PAINTS

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—ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT— 

continued from page 24 

One of the most vital parts of any home are its windows. Yet many 

of us think of them only when they break or need cleaning, choosing to 

cover them up most of the time with dreary drapes or the cheap blinds 

that came with the house. 

That’s a mistake, because the window is the part of the house that 

breathes, letting in the best parts of the outside and creating a tone for 

a room that transcends function. Neglect your windows and you miss an 

opportunity to add a special flair to your living situation. 

Windows first appeared in the 13th century BC. These were openings 

in the roof of homes that were used to admit light, typically covered 

with animal hide, cloth or wood. Romans were the first to use glass in 

their windows, adapting the material in occupied Egypt based on the 

experiments of the locals there. These creations had poor optics and were 

used mainly to keep out the elements. It would be a millennium before 

windows evolved into transparent portals to the outside world. 

There’s a huge industry devoted to getting you to replace your 

windows. The Principia consultancy group estimates that windows 

demand will grow to $15 billion this year, driven largely by new 

construction. 

However, not every window needs replacing. In fact, in houses built 

before 1960 that have their original windows in place, it may not be 

wise to replace them at all. Older windows were built with higher grade 

wood, and when rebuilt, have a long shelf life, in some cases, lasting for 

centuries. 

Today, windows are a vital part of home decoration, often the focal 

point of a room and elaborate in design. Most are glass, but some may be 

see-through vinyl plastic, and they vary in size from small portals to floorto-ceiling 

specialties. 

How these windows are offset with curtains, blinds and paint schemes 

go a long way toward determining the vibe of a room. A sheer curtain 

sets a very different room feeling than a heavy blackout drapery, and the 

style of blinds can make an equally compelling statement. Then there’s 

a room’s paint to consider, which should be coordinated with the type of 

window treatments you have. 

THE BIG FOUR TREATMENTS 

There are four types of window treatments: drapes or curtains, blinds, 

shades, and valances. 

Drapes and curtains are used interchangeably by people, but 

designers know that curtains are usually a lighter fabric, are not lined, 

and will not block the sun. What curtains and drapes have in common is 

that both are made of fabric and typically run the length of the window, 

hanging from a rod installed above the frame. They can be made of 


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anything from sheer fabric that lets in a lot of light, to dark and heavy 

curtains in rooms designed for sleeping. 

Blinds are treatments that fit inside the window, usually horizontal 

or vertical slats that can be opened and closed depending on your 

preference for light in the moment. Inexpensive blinds come in plastic 

or vinyl, but the more expensive models can be of organic materials like 

woven wood or bamboo. 

Shades are similar in intent and style. They fit into the window frame, 

but are solid fabric, and typically have a roller function to let you decide 

the amount of light to admit, or rolled down for privacy. 

Finally, valances are fabrics sit above a window and are used to 

disguise the bar for the draperies or the mechanical apparatus for 

window blinds. Usually done in fabric, they add an accent to the room 

while covering sometimes unsightly mechanicals. 

Currently, trendy homes usually use floor-to-ceiling curtains for their 

rooms. They enlarge your living space, making them feel bigger by 

creating the illusion of longer walls. Whatever the materials – vinyl, fabric 

or even velvet – they are an ideal component for the large windows in 

your room, and work well even on sliding glass doors. 

A recent trend in Southern California pairs sheer curtains with shades. 

That affords an ideal compromise in your living space – light and airy 

when you want a bright daytime feel, and privacy when the sun goes 

down and the family starts relaxing. Pastels are best for this effect, 

creating a soft blue, yellow or white vibe. 

Also in style are woven wood shades, which many are using in kitchen 

areas for a farmhouse effect, or in dining rooms where privacy is desired. 

MATCHING THE COVERING IS AN ART 

A room in your home is like an ecosystem in nature – if one 

component is off, then the whole area can be damaged. The wrong 

window styles matched with bad paint creates a jarring and unsettling 

effect in the room. Instead of a comforting, relaxing space, you may 

create a situation akin to a fast food restaurant, where seat designs and 

music are intended to make the customers bolt their food instead of 

lingering. 

John Cohn is the owner of Catalina Paints, a paint retail chain 

located throughout Southern California, including an outlet in Pasadena. 

The stores specialize in finding just the right match for your home. A 

veteran of the paint wars, Cohn advises his customers to have a fabric in 

mind before choosing a paint color. It may even help to bring a swatch 

into the store to see how it matches up against your proposed wall colors. 

Cohn says whites, yellows, grays and beiges work well in Southern 


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PHOTO: Courtesy of CATALINA PAINTS 

California, but gently suggests that you try out different 

styles in different rooms. “Give each living space its own 

identity and personalize it,” he says. Some currently hot 

trends include soft yellows, a variety of whites and beiges, 

bold accent colors like dark gray, red or blue are all in 

vogue. 

Coming to the store cold is not advised, as Cohn 

says not having design/decorating, furnishings or color 

schemes in mind can spell trouble when putting together 

a room. You live in your space, so decisions on what to 

create in your room are things that you should sit down 

and analyze. 

“Do your homework,” says Cohn. “Have textile colors 

and pattern swatches with you when pain shopping. Take 

room setting photos with you as well.” 

We’ve come a long way from the days when animal 

hides were the perfect and functional cover for your 

windows. But window treatments still serve the same 

purpose – keeping out the elements, letting in the light, 

and providing a nice touch to accent your home. Add the 

right paint color to that and you truly have transformed 

your living space into something special. 

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COLEMAN CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATION 

SUNDAYS WITH COLEMAN CONCERT SERIES 

The Coleman Chamber Music Association presents the “Tapestries of Music” in its 

116th concert season. The incomparable Emerson String Quartet will open Coleman’s 

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present a program of Beethoven and Schubert Lieder. The celebrated Concerto 

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RAMONA CONVENT OFFERS CO-ED SUMMER SESSION 

The Summer Session at Ramona Convent in Alhambra is open to girls and boys 

entering grades 5 – 12. Courses run between June 24 and July 19, 2019. Summer 

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SOUTH PASADENA MUSIC CENTER & CONSERVATORY 

South Pasadena Music Center & Conservatory offers private lessons and classes 

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STOWELL LEARNING CENTER 

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CARSON VALLEY, NEVADA 

A home where the wild horses roam — and visitors enter the Old West 

PHOTOS AND TEXT BY TOMMY EWASKO 

Wild mustangs go for a quick sprint on the vast Pine Nut Mountain Range. 

Truly, America the beautiful right here in Carson Valley. 

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Carson Valley, Nevada, is a world away from city life, a wild place where 

mustangs and raptors reign, a place where freedom is just another word for 

gliding silently through sapphire skies. The Old West lives on in Carson 

Valley, just 12 miles east of South Lake Tahoe; it lies at the base of the Sierra Nevada, 

just south of Carson City, named for the 19th-century frontiersman Kit Carson. It’s 

still a land ripe for discovery, boasting natural charms and historic sites, including 

Nevada’s oldest saloon and a resort with hot springs that opened 150 years ago. 


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When you visit Jacobs Family Berry Farm, you’re whisked back to the late 19th 

century, when early pioneers were settling and working the land. You can experience 

a place created using good old American backbone. 

Dine at a restaurant listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Reese-Johnson- 

Virgin House, better known simply as The Pink House, was built in 1855. It’s still considered 

an excellent example of the Gothic Revival style popular at the time. 

The David Walley’s Resort water tower is a 

remnant of the Old West and a local landmark 

After a sun-soaked day touring Genoa, slake your thirst with a cold beverage at the Genoa Bar and 

Saloon, Nevada’s oldest “thirst parlor.” Talk about a slice of American history, you would think 

Doc Holliday might strut in any moment, saying “I’ll be your huckleberry!” (Holliday’s famous 

way of saying he was the right man for the job). 

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Gliding through the friendly skies

IF YOU GO... 

WILDLIFE TOURS 

For multiple listings of wildlife tour outfitters, visit VisitCarsonValley.org. 

HISTORIC SITES 

Jacobs Family Berry Farm on the Lampe Ranch, first settled by a Danish 

immigrant in 1872 

1335 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville, NV 89410. Call (775) 515-0450 or 

visit jacobsberries.com. 

The Pink House, now a cheese and charcuterie shop and restaurant, has 

been the site of key historical events in Nevada’s past. 

193 Genoa Lane, Genoa, NV, 89411. Call (775) 392-4276 or visit thepinkhousegenoa.com. 

1862 David Walley’s Resort and Hot Springs, named for its founder, 

offers rustic-style accommodations with fireplaces and balconies, five hot 

spring pools, a full-service spa and fine dining at the 1862 Restaurant. 

2001 Foothill Rd., Genoa, NV, 89411. Call (775) 782-8155 or visit davidwalleys1862.com. 

Genoa Bar and Saloon was built in 1853, making it the state’s oldest 

“thirst parlor.” Its Old West authenticity — down to the original lights and 

red oil lamp lit every New Year’s Eve — has attracted such famous visitors as 

Mark Twain, two presidents (Grant and Teddy Roosevelt), Clark Gable and 

Raquel Welch. 

2282 Main St., Genoa, NV, 89411. Call (775) 782-3870. 

GLIDING THE FRIENDLY SKIES 

Take off from the Minden-Tahoe Airport and soar through the skies over 

Carson Valley’s stunning scenery. Soaring NV offers glider rides and pilot 

services. 

1142 Airport Rd., Minden, NV. Call (775) 782-9595 or visit soaringnv.com. 

For more information on Carson Valley’s history, hotels, restaurants, 

activities and special deals, call (775) 782-8145 or visit visitcarsonvalley.org. 

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Blade Runner Spinner Interior View 

A FUTURE 

REMEMBERED 

Visual futurist Syd Mead looks back on a long career designing 

the world of tomorrow for Hollywood and more. 

BY CARL KOZLOWSKI 

DRAWINGS: SydMead.com 

There are few people in America who have had more influence on how we see 

the future than Syd Mead. The Minnesota-born, Colorado-raised industrial 

designer and futurist concept artist started drawing at the age of 3 and, by 

the time he’d served three years in the Army, he was constantly drawing virtually 

everything he saw, from animals to automobiles. 

Mead honed those natural gifts at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, 

where he learned the deadline discipline that became key to a stellar career designing 

futuristic cars both real and fantasy and the cutting-edge cityscapes and 

spaceships of the 1982 classic sci-fi film Blade Runner. His time at Art Center 

also fueled a love for the Crown City that inspired him to move into a Buff and 

Hensman home in the gorgeous San Rafael district in 1997 with his life partner 

and manager, Roger Servick. 

Looking back at his influential six-decade career while continuing to create 

designs for an eclectic portfolio of corporate clients, Mead, 83, is as vibrant as 

ever. Until recently, he continued to travel the world with Servick to present his 

career-long retrospective show “Progressions” at design conferences and museums 

worldwide. 

“The imagination part is a facility I enjoy having,” explains Mead. “I work 

with commercial or corporate accounts like movies and corporations, where the 

inspiration comes from the problem. Once you understand the problem, you can 

solve it. I get clients to describe the problem and then I move on it. 

“I once had a meeting with Hot Wheels Mattel, and since it was a business 

meeting, I had to sign a nondisclosure agreement,” he continues. “The boss was 

late and we were sitting around waiting for him. When he finally showed up, he 

thought he’d be clever, so he asked me: ‘So Mr. Mead, I understand you’ve been 


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Short Circuit Robot 

Tron Yori Design 

to the future, could you tell us about it?’ And I replied: ‘No, I 

signed an NDA.’ He was embarrassed and left the room.” 

Mead’s career took wing in 1959, when he was recruited by 

Ford Motor Company’s Advanced Styling Studio to dream up 

flashy car designs for the auto giant. Despite instant acclaim 

for his designs, he left just two years later to illustrate books 

and catalogues for companies including U.S. Steel before 

launching his own Syd Mead Inc. studios in Detroit in 1970 

with such clients as Philips Electronics. 

Running his own company enabled Mead to quickly build 

an international client base as well; he spent about a third of 

his time working in Europe for prominent architectural firms 

and companies including International Hotels. Things were 

running smoothly, but Mead was dying to get away from the 

brutal Detroit winters. So he returned to his beloved college 

town of Pasadena in 1975 when he was given the gargantuan 

four-year task of bringing Star Trek back to life on the big 

screen in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. 

“People say I moved out here to work in movies, but in 

reality I moved here because I wanted to get away from snow,” 

says Mead, laughing heartily. “Detroit has awful winters; 

when you’re younger you don’t mind that. And in Southern 

California, snow’s not appearing until 4,000 feet. I had clients 

all over, so it didn’t matter where I lived, other than to live as 

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nice as I can. 

“My house is designed by Buff and Hensman, which made their houses like a 

future version of Craftsman homes, as post-and-beam structures with more modern 

touches,” adds Mead. “Pasadena is a big little city. It has its own symphony, 

theaters, it’s laid out well. We live close to the Arroyo so we’re in a non-grid area 

of the city, which is very charming, almost like living in the country. Also, the 

medical facilities at Huntington Hospital are outstanding, and I’m very proud to 

be a contributor to it.” 

Mead’s work on that first Star Trek film proved to be a professional gamechanger 

for him, as he quickly envisioned what the Los Angeles cityscape would 

look like in the then-distant future of 2019 for Blade Runner. At the same time, 

he was conceiving an entire alternate electronic universe for the movie Tron 

(1982), complete with various vehicles: lightcycles, tanks, solar sailers and carriers. 

Both were Oscar-nominated hits. Mead served up more designs for the 2017 

sequel Blade Runner: 2049, imagining L.A. life more than 30 years down the 

line. 

Alas, society is nowhere close to having the flying cars that Mead had soaring 

through Blade Runner skies. But he points out that if all his futuristic designs had 

actually come to fruition, it would have created major havoc for the world. 

“First of all, it is a problem of logistics, because human beings have never created 

anything that is 100 percent perfect,” explains Mead, with a laugh. “Imagine 

thousands and thousands of flying cars in a metropolitan area; you would have to 

have ideal three-dimensional control over each one, because otherwise you’re going 

to have a disaster. And so, I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon.” 

Mead elaborated on the technical challenges of constructing his flying 

Tron Light Cycle Design 02 


Blade Runner Character Design 

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Tron Tank Interior Sketch 

Blade Runner Spinner Sketch 01 


machines. “You’d have to be able to lift, support and direct a two-ton 

vehicle in mid-air for a period of time,” he continues. “Scientists have 

tried propellers and jets, but the time and energy consumption is too 

huge. And if you create anti-gravity, you have to have some place for 

the gravity to go. So you have to displace two tons of force until you 

want to get rid of it again and come back down to earth. Furthermore, 

the scientific community hasn’t got the faintest idea what gravity actually 

is.” 

But other futuristic visions of Mead’s have indeed come to life “in 

little technological retail pieces,” including digital cameras, satellites, 

smartphones and high-end video games and virtual reality. He notes 

that, even with a seemingly endless array of technological advances 

available to him, he still prefers to sketch with pen and paper and paint 

his initial images. 

With a lifetime of wisdom to share, Mead lectures frequently 

around the country. He has also shared his creative process in a series 

of books, including a 2018 autobiography, A Future Remembered, published 

by his and Servick’s Oblagon Publishing company and available 

for purchase only at SydMead.com. His world-traveling “Progressions” 

exhibition is still drawing 1,000 visitors a day at its present Tokyo stop, 

while L.A.’s Petersen Automotive Museum displays several of his most 

distinctive car designs in its “Hollywood Dream Machines” exhibition. 

“Once you have the concept, you sit down and start to sketch,” he 

says. “You’re not paying particular attention to details. You’re illustrating 

in your mind what that concept could look like, so you end up with 

a portfolio of maybe crazy ideas. If you start out too rational at the 

front end of the idea process, you’re robbing the chance of a coincidence. 

“Then, you have to review those ideas and gradually coax the fluidity 

and spontaneity of the first pass down into the final product,” he 

continues. “That’s a trick and some people do it well and some people 

don’t. You can’t start out solving the problem in one pass. It’s not going 

to work. I don’t care how brilliant you are.” |||| 

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KITCHEN 

CONFESSIONS 

Auto-Theater Season 

MOVIE THEATERS MAY FROWN ON STORE-BOUGHT SNACKS, BUT YOU CAN STILL B.Y.O. PICNIC DINNER TO THE DRIVE-IN. 

BY LESLIE BILDERBACK 

With the longest day of the year landing on June 21, the school year winding to a 

close and, of course, Father’s Day (June 16), the National Day Calendar for June is 

(mostly) all about summer. To help relieve the stress of triple-digit temperatures, 

this month’s calendar thoughtfully includes National Hydration Day (June 23), National Iced 

Tea Day (June 10) and National Bomb Pop Day (June 27 — Bomb Pops are those red, white 

and blue rocket-shaped popsicles). Several celebrations (more than is necessary, frankly) revolve 

around ice cream, including National Ice Cream Soda Day and National Vanilla Milkshake Day 

(both wrestling for attention on June 20 as best ice creamy drink), National Chocolate Ice Cream 

Day (June 7), National Rocky Road Day (June 2) and National Ice Cream Cake Day (June 27). 

If you’re not into sweets, the calendar has you covered with National Sunglasses Day (June 27) 

and National Flip Flop Day (June 14). All signs point to a season of sweating outdoors. 

Another summer outdoor activity gets its due this month with National Drive-In Movie 

Day, coming to a theater near you on June 6. This revelation had me swooning in a nostalgic 

stupor for a couple of hours, remembering all my personal drive-in moments. As a kid, the drivein 

was a regular summer weekend outing. Dressed in my PJs, I’d screw around in the adjoining 

playground, then settle into the backseat with my sleeping bag and pillow to watch a movie that 

was certainly less interesting than the fact that I was out in public in my PJs. In high school, the 

drive-in was the place to realize all our American teenage dreams. Cheap movies (or free, if we 

were willing to hide in the trunk), junk food, beer and boys — all far from the watchful eyes of 

adults. Once, in high school, we went in my convertible Volkswagen Thing (my first car — a 

classic), with the top down, to see An American Werewolf in London. We were so captivated by 

the film that we forgot that the region was under attack from fruit flies and therefore subject 

to nightly spraying of malathion by pesticide-wielding helicopters. I’m fairly certain there were 

no ill effects. (I mean, my kids have gills, but that’s normal, right?) One of the first dates I had 

with my husband was at a drive-in, in a car he borrowed from his job at the university library. 

(Not sure if the loan was sanctioned.) I think the movie was Young Sherlock Holmes, though to be 

honest, I wasn’t paying much attention to the film. 

I love the history of the drive-in, because it’s all about a son pleasing his mother. Richard 

Hollingshead, sales manager of Whiz Auto Products, was a movie fan, but his mother was too 

large to sit comfortably in theater seats. His experiments in comfort seating led to a projector 

mounted on the hood of the family car, illuminating a sheet tied between two trees in the yard. 

That led to a patented idea, and the first “Park-In” theater opened in Camden, New Jersey, on 

June 6, 1933. 

Hollingshead’s first theater, whose slogan was “The whole family is welcome, regardless 

of how noisy the children are,” had a 40-by-50-foot screen and 400 car slots, with ramps at 

different heights so every car had a clear view. The soundtrack was initially played on three RCA 

Victor speakers mounted near the screen, which sounded as bad as you’d think it did. Several 

other “Auto-Theaters” sprang up, but it was not until the 1940s, when the in-car speaker was 

developed, that the renamed “Drive-In” theater really took off. By the late ’50s there were 4,000 

drive-ins across the United States. 

The first film shown at Hollingshead’s drive-in was Wives Beware, a British film about a man 

who faked amnesia so he could screw around on his wife. Not exactly Academy Award material, 

despite having run in theaters for one week (but not a second more). And that was the quality 

of film historically offered at the drive-in. They showed strictly B-movies, because Hollywood’s 

prime material was reserved for theaters that could screen a film several times a day, not just 

once after dark. To help boost attendance, the drive-ins started offering X-rated films too, which 

helped keep many afloat into the late ’60s. But by then, with the advent of television, and then 

VCRs, the drive-in culture slowly disappeared. 

In California we had our first drive-in in 1938, and at the height of the trend there were 220 

across the state. Today there are about 350 still operating in the United States, with 16 here in 

California, thanks to an aging population of car-culture kids and an obsession with nostalgia. 

Several have recently been reopened and refurbished with digital projection, which makes firstrun 

movies available faster and easier. No more speakers, though. The soundtrack is broadcast via 

FM radio. (If you no longer have one of those, most theaters will rent you one.) 


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Sure, open-air movie screenings are all over the place now, and I have enjoyed many over 

the years. Movies outside will always be a little magical. And a community coming together 

in a park to share a beloved classic over picnic dinners is delightful. But these are very popular 

events, and thus super-crowded. And when people start encroaching on my picnic blanket, I am 

no longer having fun. For me, the drive-in is the perfect alternative. Watching a movie outdoors, 

private seating that no one will step on, a picnic dinner (or classic snack-bar food, of course) and 

my sweetheart — it’s the perfect summer evening outing. 

Also, when I inevitably fall asleep halfway through the film, I can simply recline the seat. |||| 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S REAL OPERATIONAL 

DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATERS 

South Bay Drive-in Theatres, Imperial Beach (San Diego) 

“Where cinema meets the sea” 

Vineland Drive-in, Industry 

L.A.’s closest, with four screens, open daily 

Mission Tiki Drive-in Theatre, Montclair 

Also close to L.A., with four screens, open 365 days a year 

Paramount Drive-In Theatres, Paramount 

The original Roadium Drive-in from 1947, renovated in 2014 

Rubidoux Drive-In Theatre, Riverside 

One of oldest in the state, since 1948 

Van Buren Drive-In Theatre, Riverside 

The state’s largest 

Santee Drive-In, Santee (near San Diego) 

Open since 1958 (cash only) 

Smith’s Ranch Drive-in, Twentynine Palms 

Only one screen, but it’s a bargain with $5 double features (cash only) 

Drive-in Mini Pretzel Dogs 

My favorite movie snack is the hot dog. But, to be honest, I rarely get a good one at the 

movies. The bun is stale or the sausage lacks flavor or (mostly) it’s too expensive. But the 

beauty of the drive-in, versus the walk-in theater, is that I do not have to hide snacks in 

my purse. I can pack a full-fledged picnic basket, set it on the passenger seat next to me, 

and drive right in in full view of everyone. 

So, of course, this provides me with an opportunity to cook something fun. Drive-in 

picnics should never be messy, or complicated. Hand-held foods are the easiest to eat 

and clean up after, and these pretzel dogs fit the bill — just complicated enough to be 

impressive, but pedestrian enough to keep you from looking like a snob. 

2 quarts water 

1 package of mini hot dogs (Hillshire Farms 

sells Lit’l Smokies in a 14-ounce size) or 

small slices of your favorite sausage 

1 pound French, white or pizza dough, 

homemade or store-bought 

Ingredients 

¼ cup baking soda 

1 tablespoon sugar 

4 tablespoons melted butter 

2 to 3 tablespoons premium mediumcoarse 

sea salt (I like to use Maldon) 

Mustard or cheese sauce to garnish 

METHOD 

1. Preheat oven to 400°, and coat a baking sheet with pan spray. (Do not use parchment paper in 

the casing — the wet pretzels will stick to it). Bring water to a boil in a large saucepan. 

2. Roll out white dough to quarter-inch thickness, and cut into strips about a half-inch by 2 to 3 

inches. Coil the strips around the sausages, leaving the ends visible. Use a little water to glue the 

dough in place. 

3. At the boil, turn the water down to a simmer and add the baking soda and sugar. Drop the 

dough-wrapped sausages into the water, and poach for about 15 seconds. Remove with a slotted 

spoon, tap off excess liquid and place on the baking sheet. Repeat with remaining wrapped 

sausages. (Do not crowd them in the poach pot.) 

4. Brush poached pretzel dogs with melted butter, sprinkle with good salt and bake for 10 minutes. 

Rotate the pan so they brown evenly, and finish baking for another 10 to 15 minutes, until 

golden brown. Cool slightly, then wrap in foil and head to the show. 

SHOTS BOX 

STORY AND PHOTO BY MICHAEL CERVIN 

The craft cocktail renaissance is, undeniably, sweeping the nation. Cocktails 

with historic pedigrees are fashionable again. But not everyone has the time 

nor the inclination to visit bar after bar to find the best cocktail. And most of 

us are not proficient bartenders at home. With Shots Box, that has changed. 

Shots Box is a SoCal–based subscription service that delivers 10 different 

spirits (by the shot, typically 1.5 ounces) to your door so you can experiment 

at home. The real expense of cocktails is always the liquor. Here, the liquor 

and recipe cards are brought to you, and all you need do is get the remaining 

ingredients to make 10 wildly different cocktails. “I launched Shots Box because 

of my passion for home-brewing and craft spirits. I’m driven by success and the 

luxury of simplicity,” says founder J.C. Stock, who bills Shots Box as “the only 

craft sampling club in the world.” 

The cost is $39.99 a month, which comes out to $4 per cocktail. All spirits 

range from mid-shelf to top-shelf; the box I received contained a wide variety, 

including Death’s Door Gin from Wisconsin, Montana Honey Moonshine and 

Adelaide’s Dreamsicle Coconut Liqueur from Nebraska. The recipes are not 

complex, most using just four ingredients. The shipment also includes information 

about where the spirit was distilled, tasting notes and info about the distillery 

via a QR code on each card. You can also purchase full-size bottles directly from 

ShotsBox.com when you find the cocktail you love. Through this simple service, 

the luxury of home-cocktail connoisseurship becomes a snap. ||| 

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COMPILED BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER 

New Talent Emerging at Boston Court 

Boston Court Pasadena promotes new 

musical talent in its annual Emerging 

Artists Series. All concerts start at 8 p.m. 

Tickets are $10 general admission, free for 

students. 

June 1 — Pianist So-Mang Jeagal 

June 6 — Bass-baritone James Hayden 

June 7 — Pianist David Kaplan 

June 8 — Soprano Alina Roitstein 

June 9 — Pianist Todd Moellenberg 

Boston Court Pasadena is located at 70 

N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 683- 

6801 or visit bostoncourtpasadena.org. 

Oasis Gala Gives Kids Sanctuary 

June 1 — Five Acres, a local organization 

ensuring children have a safe environment, 

including foster care, mental health 

and behavioral services, hosts a fundraising 

gala, “Desert Oasis” at a private residence 

in Pasadena. The event includes 

a cocktail reception, gourmet meal, a 

DJ spinning tunes, high-end auction items 

and a raffle. It starts at 6 p.m. Tickets are 

$275 before May 25, $300 after. 

The event is located at 3060 San Pasqual 

St., Pasadena. Call (626) 773-3776 or visit 

5acres.org/gala. 

Castle Green Spring Home Tour 

June 2 — Castle Green opens its doors to 

the public from 1 to 5 p.m. with its Spring 

Home Tour, inviting guests to explore the 

historic building, including the original 

Turkish and Moorish Rooms, the Grand Salon, 

Palm Court and the restored bridge 

interior. Visit some private apartments 

normally closed to the public. Dance to 

live swing music by Jack’s Cats, or relax 

on the veranda while sipping lemonade. 

Cost is $30 in advance, $35 at the gate 

on tour day. 

Castle Green is located at 99 S. Raymond 

Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 824-8482 or 

visit friendsofcastlegreen.org. 

Music in an Iconic Dome 

June 2 — The Mt. Wilson Observatory 

Concerts in the Dome series offers great 

music inside the facility’s iconic dome 

housing the 100-inch Hooker telescope. 

Two identical back-to-back concerts 

run each month through October. This 

month’s performance features Leslie 

Reed, oboe; Roger Wilkie, violin; Alma 

Fernandez, viola; and Cécilia Tsan, cello, 

performing a program of oboe quartets 

HUNTINGTON GALA 

SALUTES LGBTQ ART ROLE 

June 7 — The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens presents 

its annual “An Evening Among the Roses” gala, from 6 to 10 p.m. The garden 

party honors and celebrates the contributions of LGBTQ artists, scholars, donors 

and staff of the institution. Guests will enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, a special 

performance and dancing amid the blooms. This year’s event pays special tribute 

to renowned local artist Lari Pittman, whose work has had a profound effect on 

the SoCal cultural and civic landscape. All are welcome to attend. Tickets are 

$110 to $2,500. 

The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens is located at 1151 

Oxford Rd., San Marino. Call (626) 405-2100 or visit huntington.org/among-the-roses. 

by Mozart and Britten and a Beethoven 

string trio. Concerts start at 3 and 5 p.m. 

Tickets are $50 for each concert. 

Mt. Wilson Observatory is located on Mt. 

Wilson Rd., La Cañada Flintridge. Visit 

mtwilson.edu/concerts for tickets. 

Jazz, Mariachi and More 

at Descanso 

Descanso Gardens presents its annual 

summer concert series: The Music on the 

Main jazz series runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. 

Thursdays, June 6 through July 25, and 

the World Rhythms music series runs from 

6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, June 18 through July 

23. Concerts are included in regular Descanso 

admission of $9, $6 for students and 

seniors and $4 for children 5 to 12; members 

and children under 5 are admitted 

free. Here’s what's on tap for this month: 

Music on the Main Jazz Series 

June 6 — Louie Cruz Beltran 

June 13 — The Katie Thiroux Trio 

June 20 — Yuko Mabuchi 

June 27 — Mon David 

World Rhythms World Music Series 

June 18 — Mariachi Divas 

June 25 — Angel City Chorale 

Descanso Gardens is located at 1418 

Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge. Call 

(818) 949-4200 or visit descansogardens.org. 

Convention Center Hosts 

Crafty Weekend 

June 7, 8 and 9 — The Contemporary Crafts 

Market makes its annual visit to the Pasadena 

Convention Center, offering unique 

handcrafted wares, including functional, 

decorative and wearable art items such as 

jewelry, ceramics, blown glass, furnishings 

and textiles. It runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Friday and Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Sunday. Admission is $8 at the door. 

The Pasadena Convention Center is 

located at 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. 

Visit craftsource.net. 

A Playhouse Block Party 

June 8 — The annual Pasadena Playhouse 

Block Party returns to the Playhouse 

District from noon to 10 p.m. The free 

event features live music, arts by more 

than 20 community arts groups, backstage 

tours of the Playhouse, more than 25 

interactive exhibits, games, activities and 

a kids’ zone. Food trucks, snack stands 

and libations are included. 

The Playhouse Block Party is located at 

the corner of El Molino Avenue and Colorado 

Boulevard, Pasadena. Call (626) 

356-7529 or visit playhouseblockparty.org. 

Playful Art Day in Old Pas Streets 

June 8 — The Old Pasadena Management 

District presents “BoldPas: A Day 

of Art and Play in Old Pasadena” from 

noon to 8 p.m. The district’s pedestrian alleyways 

showcase 16 temporary art installations 

by a variety of artists and hands-on 

activities for adults and children. The 

installations were culled from more than 70 

proposals from L.A.–area artists. Artworks 

include a 50-foot canvas suspended 

above an alley, a sea of balloons that invites 

exploration, street artists transforming 

a wall with graffiti, murals, a temporary tattoo 

pop-up, shadow people who come 

to life and many more. Admission is free. 

Visit oldpasadena.org/boldpas. 

Drums, Magic and Country 

at Arcadia Center 

June 8 and 9 — Drumming group Makoto 

Taiko performs traditional Japanese drumming 

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 to 

4:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 to $40. 

June 16 — A Father’s Day magic show stars 

master illusionist Gary Peterson performing 

his Las Vegas–style magic show in a fundraiser 

for Arcadia High School stagecraft 

studies. Performances run from 1 to 3 p.m. 

and 5 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $50. 

June 27 — James Garner and his Tennessee 

Three band pay tribute to Johnny Cash 

from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 to $60. 

The Arcadia Performing Arts Center is 

located at 188 Campus Dr., Arcadia. Call 

(626) 821-1781 or visit arcadiapaf.org. 


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Garden Party, Fun Thursdays 

at Norton Simon Museum 

All activities are included in Norton Simon 

admission of $15, $12 for seniors 62 and 

above; free for members, students and 

visitors 18 and younger. 

June 13 — The museum launches its 

Thursday Summer Fun series with “Artful 

Suncatchers,” an event for families with 

children ages 4 to 10, who can view 

expressions of nature in the collections 

and the Sculpture Garden, then create 

art-inspired suncatchers in the shape of 

bugs to take home, from 1 to 3 p.m. 

June 14 — The museum unveils The Sweetness 

of Life: Three 18th-Century French 

Paintings from the Frick Collection, which 

runs through Sept. 9. The paintings are 

artfully constructed visions of contemporary 

life and fashion by François Boucher, 

Jean-Siméon Chardin and Jean-Baptiste 

Greuze, offering an intimate look at the 

lives of middle-class French women of the 

1740s and 1750s. 

June 20 — Another Thursday Summer 

Fun event, “Gameplay,” invites guests to 

explore games reflected in the collections, 

then design a puzzle of their own, from 

1 to 3 p.m. 

June 29 — “A Night in Focus: Garden 

Party” celebrates the start of summer with 

a social, creative event for all ages from 

5 to 7:30 p.m. Guests can explore the 

Sculpture Garden, sketch en plein air and 

create a flower crown, boutonniere or 

satchel using plant materials, while enjoying 

live jazz in the Garden Café. 

Norton Simon Museum is located at 411 

W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call (626) 

449-6840 or visit nortonsimon.org. 

Chalk One up at the Paseo 

June 15 and 16 — Paseo Colorado is 

once again the home of the annual 

Pasadena Chalk Festival, which features 

dozens of chalk artists from around the 

country creating temporary artworks 

on the facility’s sidewalks. Highlights 

include the Chalk of Fame display of past 

movie posters in chalk, a kids’ area for 

art-making, Animation Alley with animation 

art and animators creating works, an 

art gallery and a silent auction, with live 

music on both days. An awards ceremony 

for winners of artist polls taken during the 

festival is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sunday. Festival 

hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. both days. 

In addition, the annual Pasadena Police 

Department's classic car show runs from 

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday on the Green 

Street side of the Paseo. Admission is free. 

Paseo Colorado is located at 300 E. 

Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Visit pasadenachalkfestival.com. 

Pasadena Pops Launches 

Summer Concerts 

June 1 — The “Music Under the Stars” concert 

starts at 8 p.m. in front of Pasadena 

City Hall. Larry Blank conducts the orchestra 

in music from Broadway, Hollywood 

and the Great American Songbook. Featured 

soloists are vocalists Valerie Perri and 

Finn Sagal. Admission is free, and gates 

open at 6 p.m. for picnicking. 

Pasadena City Hall is located at 100 N. 

Garfield Ave., Pasadena. 

June 15 —The annual “Live at the Arboretum” 

concert features country star Dwight 

Yoakam. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for 

picnicking and the concert starts at 7 p.m. 

Tickets are $15 to $55. 

June 22 — The Pasadena Pops presents 

its fi rst Sierra Summer Concert Series 

perfomance: “The Great American 

Songbook: Icons from Broadway, Tin Pan 

Alley and Hollywood” at the L.A. County 

Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The 

program includes diverse selections by 

Stephen Foster, Richard Rodgers, Barry 

Manilow, Marvin Hamlisch and others. 

Featured soloists are Melissa Errico and 

Kevin McKidd. Michael Feinstein conducts. 

Gates open at 5:30 p.m. for picnicking 

and the concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Ticket 

prices start at $25. 

The L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic 

Garden is located at 301 N. Baldwin 

Ave., Arcadia. Call (626) 793-7172 or visit 

pasadenasymphony-pops.org. 

The Art of Illusion at the Alex 

June 22 — Master illusionist Ivan Amodei 

brings his new audience-participation 

stage tour to the Alex Theatre at 7:30 p.m. 

Secrets & Illusions is set on the dark and 

deserted streets of Paris. Guests seemingly 

enter the Louvre, where a musical muse 

escorts them through the galleries, while 

Amodei uncovers life’s greatest mysteries 

deep inside priceless works of art. One 


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CATCON VISITS 

PASADENA 

June 29 and 30 —Cat lovers will converge on the annual CatCon convention at 

the Pasadena Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The 

weekend offers numerous adoptable kitties, cat-centric seminars and workshops 

plus exhibitors offering feline-friendly products. More than 40 experts will be on 

hand with cat-related information. CatCon runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. 

Tickets are $10 to $75, depending on activities desired. One dollar per ticket plus 

half the proceeds from celebricat meet-and-greets go to cat welfare charities. 

The Pasadena Convention Center is located at 300 E. Green St., Pasadena. Visit 

catconworldwide.com. 


person faces his greatest fears, another 

tracks down love in an unexpected place 

and another discovers how the Laws of 

Attraction help them find their purpose in 

life. Tickets are $35 to $85. 

The Alex Theatre is located at 216 N. 

Brand Blvd., Glendale. Call (818) 243-2539 

or visit alextheatre.org. 

L.A. Zoo Roaring Nights Return 

June 28 — The L.A. Zoo Roaring Nights 

return, featuring adult-only activities, 

including live music, deejays, zoo talks 

by experts, close-up animal encounters, 

food trucks and full bars, from 6 to 10:30 

p.m. The event is for visitors 21 and up; 

the cost is $21 ($16 for members). This 

month’s event features former KROQ 

personality Richard Blade, plus Flashback 

Heart Attack, Deejay Avi Bernard and 

Chulita Vinyl Club. 

The L.A. Zoo is located at 5333 Zoo Dr., 

L.A. Call (323) 644-4200 or visit lazoo.org. 

Friday Food Trucks Back at Bowl 

June 28 — The Final Fridays Food Truck 

Festival, which takes place on the fi nal 

Friday of each month through Aug. 30, 

returns to the Rose Bowl from 4 to 8 p.m. 

In addition to food trucks, guests can 

enjoy foot golf, outdoor games, photo 

booths and tours of the stadium. Admission 

and parking are free. 

Rose Bowl Stadium is located at 1001 

Rose Bowl Dr., Pasadena. Call (626) 577- 

3100 or visit visitpasadena.com. 

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