Things to do, places to go, people to know
It looks like it's all good news at Santa Anita Park these days: The likelihood of 2-4 months of additional racing dates starting as soon as 2014 as a result of the demise of Hollywood Park. The upcoming Breeders' Cup on Nov. 1-2 for the second consecutive year. Significant physical improvements to the track this summer to enhance the customer experience. Officials are apparently willing to retain the most significant elements of … [Read more...]
A few years ago I became familiar with Sir Speedy when it was in Downtown Arcadia on Huntington Drive and provided almost all the printing for Rick Caruso's effort to introduce the Shops at Santa Anita. Since then Caruso gave up on his Shops, new owner Shane Seneviratne moved Sir Speedy to Monrovia, and I became the CEO of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, where Shane and I came to know each other. It happens that Shane is also something … [Read more...]
The following is a 3 1/2-minute video called "Arcadia's Got It All!" aimed at visitors and potential new residents that showcases many of the great things to do and places to go in Arcadia. The video produced and presented by the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, and a 30-second TV version that was shown on ESPN, TBS, and TNT during local Champion Broadband cable systems during the NCAA "March Madness" college basketball tournament are … [Read more...]
The Arcadia High School musical comedy "The Drowsy Chaperone" not only made me laugh out loud multiple times, it also gave me goose bumps and made me well up on several occasions. It was the performances by the students, particularly Liam Swan, Janessa Floyd, and Anthony Nappier, of the very clever play that debuted on Broadway in 2006, and especially the outrageous (and perfectly appropriate for Arcadia) mistakenly staged scene from a … [Read more...]
Helping fallen pedestrians and bicyclists, breaking down at busy intersections during rush hour in a 1967 Jaguar, and befriending a biker who later shows up at my door in a three-piece custom-tailored Italian suit. That's just a few of the things that happened at the beginning and end of my day on Wednesday (March 13). I should start by explaining that I have been without either of my two cars for more than a month now. My main day-to-day … [Read more...]
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