August is always a very special month for me as President of the Marilyn Remembered Fan Club. On August 5th, 1962, Marilyn was found dead in her home in Brentwood in an apparent drug overdose. Each year since 1982, we have celebrated her life with a memorial service at Westwood Village Park Cemetery in Westwood.

When we think of the coast, we think breezy, light, and fresh. Coastal design aims to bring that same sense of airy brightness indoors. Interior Designer, Megan Dufresne shares some tips on how to incorporate coastal elements into any home, no matter where it's located. After all, you don't have to live near the coast to bring the essence of the coast into your home.

Once these tiny, winged insects populated the coastal areas where species of buckwheat commonly known as Sea Cliff Buckwheat (Eriogonum parvifolium) thrived. At one time, the 3,200 acres of the El Segundo Sand Dunes near Los Angeles International Airport was believed to have supported a population of nearly 750,000 of these tiny creatures.

Please enjoy this interview with Inspirational Singer Deborah Boland.

Monument to Democracy. Statue of Liberty in the Pacific. Design for Project at San Pedro, Port of Los Angeles. Millard Sheets.

Draft image for sale by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, https://www.art-books.com/pages/books/03-0055/millard-sheets/monument-to-democracy-statue-of-liberty-in-the-pacific-design-for-project-at-san-pedro-port-of-los

William Sanford left Missouri for California in 1850 and quickly established a transportation and supply partnership in San Pedro and Los Angeles. His two brothers, John and Cyrus, as well as his mother Hannah and sister Rebecca soon followed him to the small pueblo of Los Angeles. Rebecca caught the eye of Phineas Banning, a former clerk and stagecoach driver for William's partnership.

Palos Verdes Art Center / Beverly G. Alpay Center for Arts Education is pleased to announce the reopening of their art galleries with three exhibitions at an artists’ reception July 24, 2021 at 7pm. The Summer Show, Annie Appel: The Mexico Journeys – Carmelita, and Don Crocker: Love of Place will be on view at the PVAC galleries through August 21, 2021 and will also be online in their entirety at pvartcenter.org.

For two years, Director Brian Connor’s movie “Senior Entourage” has been gathering momentum around the inner Hollywood circles and beyond.

Howard Ahmanson bought Home Savings and Loan in 1947. By 1954, it was the largest savings-and-loan in the United States, a distinction it maintained until the 1990s, remaining a highly profitable company despite decades of change.

Over the years many Hollywood movie stars and celebrities have lived in Palos Verdes. One of them was Joan Crawford, who lived on Via Elevado in the early 1950’s. This is one of the houses that daughter Christina famously talked about in Mommy Dearest. She also talked about being made to take piano lessons, and one of the pianos was a parlor grand made by Jonas Chickering in 1888.

The Millard Sheets Studio created dozens of spectacular designs for Home Savings and Loan—and the collection of buildings in the South Bay demonstrate the range of these commissions.

The 2021 National Watercolor Society (NWS) Member Exhibition is an array of creative possibilities and a feast for the eyes. “The stylistic range is expansive, from abstract to realistic and everything in between,” said Denise Willing-Booher President.

Having taken a week out to concentrate on my photography I took the opportunity to visit one of my favorite locations which is in and around the Point Vicente Lighthouse area.

In the wake of COVID, Meaning-Full Art delighted people with its creative approach to custom water marbled silk bandana facial coverings.

With the arrival of summer comes a plethora of choices from our local farmers markets.
I love surprising our guests at Pacific Standard Prime Restaurant with a salad that includes a hidden gem underneath.