Reacquainting Myself with the Year’s Stories Mary O’Keefe and I finally finished preparing a recap of the 2019 year in news. Going through each of the newspapers jarred my memory of how busy the year was. Whether it was telling the story of the seniors stranded by non-working elevators at Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments […]
Holiday Expectations With the busy-ness of the holidays I eagerly embrace anything that sparks the season within me. I didn’t have to look farther than 2812 Alabama St. in La Crescenta. Steve and I on Sunday night decided to drive around town to see the decorations people have put up. Without a doubt there […]
Kicking Off Our Holiday Season For many, the holiday season kicks off with Black Friday but, up here in the Crescenta Valley, we instead look to “White Friday” to launch our holiday season. White Friday is the term for the Friday after Thanksgiving when many Montrose merchants “white-out” the sales tax on customers’ purchases. Friday […]
That Time of the Year As most of you know, I sit on the board of the Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce. On Wednesday morning at our monthly meeting, our board members did a quick review of how the calendar is shaping up for the holiday season. All I can say is holy moly! […]
Happy Thanksgiving! At this time of the year I’m eager to reflect on the things I’m grateful for and today, Thanksgiving, is no exception. I’m familiar with the tradition that many people have of each guest offering individual thanks before taking part in the big meal. Unfortunately, I do not have that level of […]
In Good Times and Sad – the Value of Community One of the many pleasures of living in the Crescenta Valley is taking the opportunity to acknowledge those who do so much to make living here such a joy. Such an opportunity took place on Thursday night. The Oakmont Country Club was the place […]
Big Plans I knew that this past weekend was going to be busy for both Steve and me. He was overseeing the American Heroes Airshow in Hansen Dam on Saturday; I was overseeing the Prom Plus Holiday Boutique the same day. I was disappointed that neither of us could support the other’s event but sometimes […]
Prom Plus Holiday Boutique, Wine Walk and More Since we returned from our awesome Australian trip, my calendar and Steve’s immediately filled with things going on around town. This is in addition to the items that I consider “maintenance” issues that, for us, include buying and installing a new water heater (still on the […]
Hot Times While in Australia, the temperatures here in the Crescenta Valley were rather high. In addition, fires were reported in the southland, but Mary O’Keefe was quick to assure me that the Valley was in no danger. Though it was still hot when we arrived home, most of the fires had been contained. […]
Coming Up from Down Under I’m writing from my desk at the good old Crescenta Valley Weekly. Steve and I returned on Saturday from a two-week vacation in Australia, the first vacation I’ve taken in 10 years (since I started the newspaper in 2009). I’m here to share that I now know why […]