Arroyo Monthly July 2012

FINE LIVING IN THE GREATER PASADENA AREA JULY 2012

California Adventure BIKING, PADDLING, CLIMBING AND RAFTING IN THE HIGH SIERRA

TRAVEL DISPATCHES BEST BETS FOR SUMMER TRIPS

SUMMER COCKTAILS BEHIND-THE-BAR EXPERIMENTS “THE DEVIL’S BREW” GOES ORGANIC

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26 23 11 10 REAL ESTATE 11 THE KISS OF DEATH RIDE This gentler version of the notorious Death Ride for bikers only sounds easy.

— By Carole Jacobs

23 WORSHIPPING NATURE IN BISHOP This picturesque town in the Eastern Sierra offers every outdoor sport and cushy amenity a weekend athlete could desire.

— By Carole Jacobs

26 TRAVEL DISPATCHES From a cattle ranch in Australia to redwood country around Big Sur, here are some best bets for places to explore this summer.

— By Brenda Rees

30 TOASTING ORGANIC TASTE A Glendale couple who produce organic spirits open downtown L.A.'s first distillery since Prohibition.

— Bettijane Levine

DEPARTMENTS 10

FESTIVITIES Beastly Ball, Pasadena Child Development Associates Golf Classic

21

ARROYO HOME SALES INDEX

39

KITCHEN CONFESSIONS Let's take plastic bags out of our diet, shall we?

43

WINING AND DINING Cocktail experiments for the perfect hot-weather concoction

46

THE LIST The Pasadena Pops do Cole Porter, summer salsa at the Autry and more

ABOUT THE COVER: Photo courtesy Tourism Western Australia

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EDITOR’S NOTE

YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR FROM ARROYOLAND TO FIND ADVENTURE. That is, if your idea of adventure is biking 16,000 feet straight uphill or bouldering in rugged terrain. California offers all that and more within weekend range. Your reward? Killer views of spectacular landscape and enough endorphins to obliterate any nagging thoughts of a sluggish economy or slugfest elections.

Of course, it takes an expert to tackle those challenges. Okay, not necessarily an expert, but at least someone who has plenty of outdoor athletic experience, brio to spare and sturdier quadriceps than those belonging to yours truly. Enter Carole Jacobs, a former editor of Shape magazine. For this issue's package on California adventure travel, Jacobs takes on the so-called Kiss of Death bike tour in the High Sierra, touted as a gentler alternative to the notorious Death Ride for alpha bikers. She also brings us a private tour of Bishop, a stunning California town 4 1⁄2 hours north of Pasadena that offers a veritable banquet of outdoor recreation. Check out her tips on the area's fishing and horseback riding opportunities, as well as lodging and restaurants, surprisingly plentiful for such a small town.

For those of us staying at home, we bring you stories on one of our favorite signs of the season—summer cocktails. Wining and Dining columnist Bradley Tuck investigates drink experiments at Pasadena's innovative 1886 bar at The Raymond. And Bettijane Levine talks to Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew, a Glendale couple who've turned their passion for great taste into an eclectic portfolio of organic spirits under the Greenbar Collective umbrella. Instead of serving the same ol’, same ol’ at your next fest, try one of the fresh new recipes from the experts. And yes, these guys are experts.

— Irene Lacher

EDITOR IN CHIEF Irene Lacher ART DIRECTOR Kent Bancroft JUNIOR DESIGNER Carla Cortez PRODUCTION MANAGER Yvonne Guerrero PRODUCTION Richard Garcia, Rochelle Bassarear COPY EDITOR John Seeley CONTRIBUTORS Leslie Bilderback, Michael Cervin, Scarlet Cheng, Mandalit del Barco, David Gadd, Lynne Heffley, Noela Hueso, Carole Jacobs, Carl Kozlowski, Bettijane Levine, Brenda Rees, Margery L. Schwartz, Kirk Silsbee, John Sollenberger, Nancy Spiller, Bradley Tuck

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FESTIVITIES Carlo and Diego Williams

Jason and Madison Gochin

Patrick Lynch, Dr. Diane Cullinane, Levi Gelineau and Buff Megaw

Ted and Lori Samuels

The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association drew some 900 supporters and raised more than $1 million at the 42nd annual Beastly Ball on June 16. Honored at the popular spring event were Sarah

Micky Mac, Alexander Morris and Andrea Castaneda

Michelle Gellar and former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan. Guests sipped, snacked and viewed the animals, including residents of the zoo's new LAIR (Living Amphitians, Invertebrates and Reptiles) habitat...Sports buffs turned out at the Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena for the Pasadena Child Development Associates’ Golf Classic Richard J. Riordan, Connie Morgan, Richard Lichtenstein and Jimmy Pardo.

Tournament on June 1. The event was emceed by golf commentator Eric Tracy, a.k.a. The Mulligan Man...Hillsides supporter Dr. Drew Pinsky gave the keynote address at Bravo Salon's May 10 launch party for its new “Jet Set” blow-dry lounge. The event benefited the Pasadena children's charity.

Anita Yagjian and Wyatt Iles Sandra Jones

Pauley Perrette

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Betty White

Dr. and Mrs. Ken Canzonerri, Dean Griffith

Lauren Oronia, Jamie Gonzalez, Rebekkah Tapia, Renee Tibbetts, Monique Montano and Dr. Drew Pinksy

Bravo’s Monique Montano and Marisol Barrios of Hillsides PHOTOS: Jamie Pham (Beastly Ball and Bravo Salon)

Mateo, Robert and Audrey Montano

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THE KISS OF DEATH RIDE

This gentler version of the notorious Death Ride in the California Alps only sounds easy.

STORY BY CAROLE JACOBS • PHOTOS BY THOMAS SIMON

The author (center) pauses to catch her breath at Pacific Grade Summit.

CALL ME A MASOCHIST, BUT I’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THE aptly named Death Ride, the king of all bike races.

The epic dawn-to-dusk bike race is held each July in the California Alps—a region of 8,000-foot-plus passes threading through 10,000-foot peaks just south of Lake Tahoe.

Beginning at the crack of dawn in the teensy burb of Markleeville, a living gold rush town spurred by the silver boom of the 1850s, the race goes up and over several lung- and butt-busting mountain passes, climbing over Monitor Pass and Ebbetts Pass before ascending the east side of Carson Pass—scaling a grand total of 16,000 feet in 129 miles.

Unfortunately, in recent years the ride has become so popular, drawing 3,000-plus riders, that it has sold out months in advance. Also, while I live at high altitude and do some recreational cycling near home, I wasn’t confident that I had the legs, butt or stamina to cycle 16,000 feet uphill (that’s higher than Mt. Whitney) in one day’s time (or in this lifetime, to be honest).

Kiss of Death bike tour to the rescue!

Created in 2003 by Undiscovered Country, located in Mountain View, California, the two-night bike tour promised a kinder, gentler version of the Death Ride. Spread out over three days (with lots of eating, stopping and sleeping in between), it seemed more doable than the Death Ride’s relentless pace—eight to 10 nonstop hours of pedaling, eating and drinking (no sleeping allowed) in the saddle.

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Pushing up towards Ebbetts Pass

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risk of being left for dead on the roadside if I ran out of steam, on the Kiss of Death, I’d be cycling with just 13 others, cruising at my own speed (slow), with a friendly sag wagon at my back to take me in for a rest, ride, refreshments or all three if my legs and/or fanny gave out.

“Hey, how hard could it be?” I asked my husband as I packed my ultra-padded bike shorts, bomb-proof helmet and week’s worth of power bars (you can never be too prepared). Our leisurely pace would allow us to brake for Kodak moments, a gourmet picnic lunch and even a mid-route soak in natural hot springs. Add in the fact that unlike my clunker at home, my “ride” would be the Cadillac of bicycles—a lightweight cycle with 30-plus gears that would let me scale killer hills in a single bound—and hey, how hard could it be?

It’s a long but scenic drive from my home in Kennedy Meadows to Markleeville along Highway 395, a scenic highway that showcases the majesty of the High Sierra. To the west, the mountains rise wall-like from the desert floor, ascending in jagged foothills before ending in spires, peaks and pinnacles that seem to pierce the clouds. A few miles before Topaz Lake at the Nevada border, Highway 89 takes off like a rocket from Highway 395, climbing up and over Monitor Pass (elevation 8,314 feet) before spiraling down to tiny Markleeville (elevation 5,501 feet), the county seat of Alpine County, home to nearly 800 square miles of alpine lakes, meadows, peaks, rivers and forest.

As we roller-coastered along the steep two-laner—the road dipped sharply before ascending in earnest up a steep incline and then vanishing (into the horizon, my husband guessed), I got my first glimmer that the so-called “kiss” could be more of a death grip for a recreational cyclist like me.

“Hey, how hard could it be?” joked Tom as I reread the tour literature out loud.

It swore (in black and white) that the Kiss was for cyclists seeking “a quieter, more relaxed version of the Death Ride and the exhilaration and challenge of cycling the majestic

and peaceful High Sierra of Alpine County—the least populated county in California.”

As we soon discovered, at least they got the last part right.

By the time we arrived in Markleeville, the moon was shining over the mountains, the town’s 200 inhabitants were evidently getting some shut-eye and wolves were howling from a distant peak. The Markleeville General Store, a.k.a. downtown Markleeville, was shuttered for the night and we were both too pooped to enjoy the frivolity of the Cutthroat Saloon, locally renowned for its early bird opening (7 a.m.) and collection of donated bras that hang from the ceiling. Searching town for something that looked like the J. Marklee Toll Station—our designated digs for the night—we finally realized the “station” was a wee family motel. We checked in, broke out a couple of power bars and called it a night.

The next morning I met my 13 comrades in the breakfast room, where they were devouring a towering pile of pancakes and heaping sides of hash browns, shoveling it in like they hadn’t eaten in days. (For the uninitiated, this is called “carbo-loading.”) Many of the guys were so thin they practically disappeared when viewed sideways. As for the women, several boasted calves of steel and muscular-looking thunder thighs that bulged from their bike shorts. At 90 pounds soaking wet, it was clear I’d be no match for them going up or down.

After breakfast, the group gathered by the general store to start the tour, the real cyclists poised as if waiting for a gun. Before I could complete one rotation of my pedals, they were off like a speeding bullet, apparently racing instead of touring. By the time I pedaled through town (about two blocks), they were a blur on the horizon. More than a day passed before I met up with the entire posse again.

The first few miles of the tour were lovely, the road heaving and sighing past tinkling brooks, green pastures with moo-cows and fields of wildflowers. A few miles later, I passed a woman perched on a stool near a pine tree, capturing the scene on her easel. Figuring the –continued on page 14 07.12 | ARROYO | 13

Enjoying a relatively flat stretch of the route

–continued from page 13

group was already miles ahead of me and the sag wagon hopefully still behind me, I decided to brake for a few minutes to chat with her and admire her watercolor painting.

In less than an hour, the friendly hills and dales gave way to not-so-friendly foothills dotted with patches of snow, and A settler’s cabin on the route from Markleeville. the evergreens made a quantum leap in height, going from tall to towering. Even in mid-June, winter was still unraveling in the high country, with snowmelt from the peaks engorging the rushing streams and streamwas a quieter, more relaxed version of the Death Ride, and the scenery was as majestic lets meandering through green meadows that would soon erupt in lupine and corn lilies. and peaceful from that vantage point as it had been from my bike. After showing us the After pedaling up to Pacific Grade Summit (elevation 8,050 feet) my legs felt like day’s route, the driver supplied us with a nice picnic lunch and deposited us back in they were on fire. A couple of women who had taken a long photo break offered to pose Markleeville. We wolfed it down and drove to Grover Hot Springs State Park, where we with me—to prove I had actually made it this far. But the ride was only beginning. In the spent the afternoon soaking in natural hot springs. By the time the other cyclists arrived distance, Ebbetts Pass loomed—8,700 feet and every inch of it straight up. Approaching back at the motel, I was long gone, having collapsed in bed at 8 p.m. the steep climb, I switched into the lowest gear and started to pedal, warding off panic by The next day, I was so sore I couldn’t walk. After riding the second day of tour in the trying to keep things in perspective. Ebbetts Pass was the first pass of the Kiss, but the car, we headed back to the inn for the farewell dinner. The cyclists, looking no worse for third pass on the Death Ride. That meant Death Ride participants had climbed two wear, regaled us with tales of their journey. One guy had mended a flat tire with a $10 8,000-plus-foot passes plus Ebbetts Pass before lunch. bill. Another guy said he had just missed plowing into a cow on the downside of a sumMeanwhile, I was beginning to see that the Kiss could put a death grip on the wrong mit. One of the thunder-thigh women said she had “kissed off ” nine pounds. cyclist. About a fourth of the way up, my legs started to tremble. A third of the way up When Tom told the group I had pushed my bike to the top of Ebbetts Pass without and my knees started to buckle. Halfway up, I said to myself, “This is ridiculous! I could even getting winded, everyone cheered. walk faster.” Being a sensible girl, I got off my bike and started pushing.

“Hey,” I said. “How hard can it be?” |||| Waiting for me at the top was the sag wagon and Tom, who was riding along with the driver.

Undiscovered Country bike tours offers private three-night Kiss of Death tours for groups “This is a piece of cake,” he joked. of six or more. The cost is $675 per person, double occupancy, and includes meals, lodgAs it turned out, the literature was partly right: From the sag wagon, the ride really ing and guide service. Call (877) 322-1667 or visit udctours.com.

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arroyo HOME & DESIGN SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT

WHAT'S UNDERFOOT A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO FLOORING

BY JOANNA DEHN BERESFORD

THERE’S SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT FLOORS. WE’VE BEEN CRAWLING AND SITTING AND WALKING ON THEM ALL OF OUR LIVES AND THERE’S ALMOST NO MOMENT IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE’RE NOT AT LEAST INDIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH A FLOOR. THEY ARE THE GROUND UPON WHICH WE STAND AND THE STAGE ON WHICH EVERYTHING HAPPENS. And the variety of floor covering astounds! From both a historical and a current perspective. Even primitive dirt floors weren’t just dirt. Thousands of years ago people scattered straw, sand, even garbage and waste over their dirt floors. They painted them, tamped oils and cut grooves into them – because dirt wasn’t enough; homeowners wanted decorative dirt. In fact, flooring provides a perfect example of our (human) compulsion for both form and function.

IN SEARCH OF THE MAGIC CARPET According to Steven Gutierrez, contract manager with I. J. Rager Carpet, patterns and shags represent the most recent trend in woven floor covering.Yes, believe it or not, the groovy shag-a-licious carpet is back. Maybe not in the wild and overgrown form that some of us remember from childhood in another century, but fun, ticklish and textured carpet is on the rise, so to speak. Tone-on-tone patterns are popular, too. Homeowners and commercial designers seek floral and geometric patterns, and color juxtapositions of every variety.

Carpets aren’t as old as dirt, but they’re not new either. Something called the Pazyryk carpet was found in Siberia in the 1940’s. It’s the earliest known woven rug in existence, and probably dates to around 400 B.C., although there’s evidence that rug-weaving was going on as long ago as the 4th millennium B.C. The Romans decorated floors and walls with woven carpet, and Cleopatra famously smuggled herself into the presence of Julius Caesar rolled up in a rug. By the 16th century the Persians had developed intricate and beautiful techniques for rug weaving that still influence the craft today; and native cultures in the Americas and elsewhere still weave the literal and spiritual fibers of life through their rugs in rich colors and diversity.

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–continued from page 15 Currently custom coloring is very popular among private and commercial carpet buyers, Steve Gutierrez explains. Clients can submit a color request to a manufacturer, who will create a strike-off example for approval. Colors can be conveyed via fabric swatches, a spool of thread, yarn, paint swatches, says Mr. Gutierrez.

“One of our customers brought in a pillow,” he recalls.“They wanted a particular color of blue and they couldn’t find it anywhere.”

The I. J. Rager Carpet clientele includes commercial entities, like Domenico’s Steak House and the Huntington Library, both of whom sought a color and a product that would perfectly compliment the feel and function of different spaces in their facilities.“Most showroom carpet colors will vary from dye-lot to dye-lot,” says Mr. Gutierrez. A custom color, on the other hand, will maintain its original hue throughout the manufacturing process.

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–continued from page 17 LET’S GET STONED Soon after the Egyptians developed stone-cutting techniques, five thousand years ago, they started to arrange their stone floors in colored patterns and mosaics. The ancient Greeks designed mosaics with pebbles and then larger hunks of stone. The Romans, pragmatic souls that they were, heated their stone floors by creating firepits underneath the foundation of the home, thus setting Rome ablaze long before Rome was officially burning.

Today’s stone flooring options include: granite, limestone, slate, marble, travertine and other, less common materials.The harder, denser stones, like granite and slate, are usually recommended for high-traffic areas in a home, while softer, more porous stones, like marble and travertine, require more cleaning and care and therefore typically belong in less active spaces.

However, the softer stones often provide an excellent alternative to ceramic tiles and harder stones because they’re easier on legs, feet, bones and joints, particularly in the kitchen.

Stone floors lend a sense of solidity and character to a home, and offer classic appeal.

But the process of installation is laborious and meticulous. Advises an acquaintance of mine who recently replaced crusty synthetics with travertine tile: “Don’t hire a schmuck. Get a professional who knows what he’s doing because if they –continued on page 35

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arroyo ~HOME SALES INDEX~ APRIL 2012

-4.1% ALTADENA HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. ARCADIA HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. EAGLE ROCK HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. GLENDALE HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. LA CANADA HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. PASADENA HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. SAN MARINO HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. SIERRA MADRE HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. SOUTH PASADENA HOMES SOLD MEDIAN PRICE MEDIAN SQ. FT. TOTAL HOMES SOLD AVG PRICE/SQ. FT.

APRIL ’12 31 $406,000 1432 APRIL ’12 21 $930,000 1904 APRIL ’12 12 $442,500 1255 APRIL ’12 97 $440,000 1336 APRIL ’12 26 $1,275,000 2351 APRIL ’12 141 $573,000 1615 APRIL ’12 12 $1,727,500 2933 APRIL ’12 14 $590,500 1813 APRIL ’12 21 $790,000 1678 APRIL ’12 375 $413

RECENT HOME CLOSINGS IN THE ARROYO FOOTPRINT CLOSE DATE

PRICE

BDRMS.

SOURCE: CalREsource SQ. FT.

YR. BUILT

PREV. PRICE

PREV. SOLD

ALTADENA

375 389

AVG. PRICE/SQ. FT.

HOME SALES ABOVE $750,000 ADDRESS

HOMES SOLD

+3.7%

MAY 2012 HOMES SOLD

HOME SALES

SPONSORED BY

MAY ’12 29 $482,000 1534 MAY ’12 27 $745,000 1802 MAY ’12 14 $475,500 1412 MAY ’12 102 $448,500 1460.5 MAY ’12 35 $1,200,000 2011 MAY ’12 139 $495,000 1441 MAY ’12 13 $1,530,000 2420 MAY ’12 16 $650,000 1721 MAY ’12 14 $735,000 1778 MAY ‘12 389 $396

2034 Craig Avenue

05/29/12

$760,000

8

$1,055,000

02/08/2007

3259 Lincoln Avenue

05/18/12

$782,000

3

4326

1991

$110,000

12/01/1989

757 East Mendocino Street

05/31/12

$859,000

4

3694

1956

$575,000

04/28/2006

126 East Loma Alta Drive

05/18/12

$860,000

6

$265,000

06/14/1995

1341 Skywood Circle

05/15/12

$1,100,000

4

3059

1922

2440 Glen Canyon Road

05/25/12

$1,100,000

5

3257

1948

$1,040,000

07/08/2004

559 Chaparral Court

06/04/12

$1,155,000

5

3881

1999

$540,000

12/02/1999

1999 Braeburn Road

05/31/12

$1,530,000

7

1910 Braeburn Road

06/01/12

$1,669,000

4

3480

1016 East Camino Real Avenue

05/09/12

$750,000

4

534 East Norman Avenue

06/01/12

$765,000

3

2620 Louise Avenue

05/30/12

$800,000

138 California Street

05/15/12

33 California Street

05/24/12

1223 Oakglen Avenue 306 California Street

$97,500

05/02/1980

1949

$1,700,000

10/24/2006

2126

1958

$755,000

10/14/2009

2558

1946

$883,000

07/27/2005

3

1420

1941

$265,000

09/11/1997

$848,000

3

1066

1924

$668,000

11/24/2009

$860,000

2

748

1931

05/17/12

$938,000

3

2290

1957

05/03/12

$985,000

3

2522

1953

1109 South 4th Avenue

05/11/12

$985,000

4

2809

1983

$1,188,000

08/12/2005

1221 South 5th Avenue

05/25/12

$1,150,000

3

2605

1955

2907

1942

ARCADIA

1350 Highland Oaks Drive

05/25/12

$1,380,000

6

1421 Caballero Road

05/18/12

$1,633,000

3

$1,050,000

06/18/2004

$245,500

08/15/1980

805 Kaitlyn Place

05/30/12

$1,760,000

800 Hampton Road

06/01/12

$1,800,000

7

5813

1955

$928,000

04/07/2000

1402 South 8th Avenue

05/08/12

$1,838,000

7

4300

1953

$1,000,000

04/13/2009

2510 South 4th Avenue

05/11/12

$2,386,000

5

2008

$2,150,000

03/10/2010

GLENDALE 1812 Calle Suenos

05/11/12

$750,000

3

2451

1990

$502,500

08/10/2001

2511 Allanjay Place

05/09/12

$760,000

3

2304

1963

$425,000

10/18/1996

$343,000

03/20/1991

$376,000

04/13/1988

1660 Santa Maria Avenue

05/25/12

$780,000

4

2159

1926

1415 Sunshine Drive

05/29/12

$800,000

3

2436

1969

3531 Foxglove Road

05/15/12

$810,000

4

3070

1987

771 Glenmore Boulevard

05/02/12

$840,000

3

2382

1993

900 Old Phillips Road

05/08/12

$905,000

3

2208

1965

$680,000

07/31/2003

1720 Grandview Avenue

05/30/12

$920,000

3

2485

1936

$550,000

12/17/2001

1725 Melwood Drive

05/22/12

$950,000

3

3431

1958

$725,000

12/22/2011

272 Caruso Avenue

05/18/12

$1,025,000

3

2505

2008

$1,060,000

04/27/2010

1047 Calle Contento

05/16/12

$1,050,000

4

2777

1990

$1,118,000

10/14/2005

748 Glenview Road

05/04/12

$1,054,000

4

2727

1927

$1,099,000

12/17/2010

$750,000

08/17/2005

142 Cumberland Road

06/01/12

$1,100,000

4

2899

1958

1600 Valley View Road

05/29/12

$1,200,000

5

2972

1936

1145 Old Phillips Road

05/01/12

$1,235,000

5

4023

1980

$630,000

12/22/1998

1860 Las Flores Drive

05/29/12

$1,335,000

6

$1,351,000

06/13/2006

1611 Melwood Drive

05/25/12

$1,353,500

7

$1,175,000

02/18/2005

4515 El Camino Corto

05/10/12

$779,000

3

1483

1955

$718,000

03/24/2008

781 Starlight Heights Drive

06/01/12

$780,000

3

1974

1976

$478,000

02/19/2002

4613 Indiana Avenue

05/30/12

$815,000

2

1900

1941

$520,000

08/23/2001

4613 Alveo Road

05/23/12

$816,000

3

1844

1947

2125 Bristow Drive

05/23/12

$819,000

4

2005

1962

$770,000

10/12/2011

1031 Olive Lane

05/25/12

$822,000

2

1273

1948

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE

1369 Journeys End Drive

05/15/12

$839,000

2

1622

1956

$185,000

12/16/1982

5256 Gould Avenue

06/01/12

$870,000

3

1996

1959

$529,000

06/16/2000

911 Wiladonda Drive

05/09/12

$950,000

3

1542

1952

$545,000

06/05/2001

239 Starlight Crest Drive

05/02/12

$1,006,000

5

2554

1966

$850,000

06/23/2003

4808 Crown Avenue

05/30/12

$1,033,000

3

1643

1947

$648,000

08/28/2003

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DATA NOW INCLUDES EAGLE ROCK. 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 and Arcadia. Individual home sales data provided by CalREsource. Arroyo Home Sales Index © Arroyo 2012.

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HOME SALES ABOVE $750,000 RECENT HOME CLOSINGS IN THE ARROYO FOOTPRINT ADDRESS

SOURCE: CalREsource

CLOSE DATE

PRICE

BDRMS.

SQ. FT.

YR. BUILT

PREV. PRICE

PREV. SOLD

4620 Viro Road

05/25/12

$1,055,000

3

2116

1945

$1,160,000

11/29/2005

4916 Rupert Lane

05/01/12

$1,080,000

3

2017

1950

$1,100,000

12/18/2007

4831 Hillard Avenue

05/31/12

$1,165,000

4

2425

1965

$480,500

07/07/1988

4550 Lasheart Drive

05/31/12

$1,195,000

3

2658

1940

$733,500

10/16/2001

4909 Alminar Avenue

05/15/12

$1,200,000

3

1103

1947

$806,000

02/15/2007

5535 Burning Tree Drive

06/01/12

$1,275,000

4

2785

1962

$1,628,000

03/28/2006

$1,270,000

07/07/2010

$1,850,000

08/12/2004

08/01/2005

LA CAĂ‘ADA FLINTRIDGE

1717 Bonita Vista Drive

05/18/12

$1,295,000

6

463 Richmond Road #108

05/21/12

$1,300,000

5

4940

1998

814 Salisbury Road

05/25/12

$1,325,000

1

1019

1951

1045 Vista Del Valle Road

05/31/12

$1,335,000

4

3112

1967

$1,463,000

901 Valley Crest Street

05/25/12

$1,375,000

4

2531

1949

$88,500

02/05/1975

4532 Commonwealth Avenue

05/23/12

$1,380,000

4

3477

1940

$355,000

04/02/1999

4536 Palm Drive

05/07/12

$1,400,000

4

2839

1941

$320,000

11/30/1995

3612 Karen Sue Lane

05/08/12

$1,400,000

4

3597

1966

$85,000

09/01/1970

846 Wiladonda Drive

06/01/12

$1,425,000

4

3172

1951

$760,000

07/15/1994

805 Valley Crest Street

05/15/12

$1,430,000

2

1825

1950

$950,000

05/17/1990

3987 Chevy Chase Drive

05/03/12

$1,480,000

2

2547

1950

$860,000

04/06/2004

5236 La Canada Boulevard

05/04/12

$1,501,000

3

2372

1936

4721 Alta Canyada Road

05/01/12

$1,515,000

8

$1,450,000

05/28/2010

4533 La Granada Way

05/22/12

$1,610,000

5

4029

1993

$615,000

07/07/1995

1931 Tondolea Lane

05/15/12

$1,695,000

3

3745

1928

$1,365,000

05/09/2003

515 Starlight Crest Drive

05/08/12

$1,700,000

7

$1,700,000

07/26/2004

5305 Harter Lane

05/08/12

$2,250,000

8

$1,700,000

12/12/2002

5328 Angeles Crest Highway

05/25/12

$2,587,500

$1,710,000

04/01/2002

1035 North Hill Avenue

06/01/12

$760,000

4

4144

1962

$146,000

10/01/1986

1127 South Orange Grove Boulevard

06/01/12

$778,000

2

1905

1964

$1,089,000

03/08/2007

315 Sycamore Glen

05/17/12

$825,000

2

1493

1950

$866,000

02/08/2006

136 Annandale Road

05/25/12

$828,000

3

1540

1926

$561,000

11/02/2000

1428 Ontario Avenue

05/25/12

$835,000

4

1691

1940

$165,000

09/24/1982

3850 Valley Lights Drive

05/31/12

$850,000

3

2132

1956

$800,000

02/05/2009

404 El Encanto Drive

05/01/12

$900,000

5

2670

1929

$920,000

06/15/2011

420 South Parkwood Avenue

05/16/12

$900,000

4

3434

1901

$500,000

09/01/1998

1955 Windover Road

05/11/12

$902,500

5

255 Anita Drive

05/11/12

$910,000

4

PASADENA

2041

1950

$242,000

09/15/1983

$1,075,000

04/07/2006

411 Gordon Terrace #3

05/18/12

$950,000

3

2394

1981

$790,000

12/09/2002

3610 Shadow Grove Road

05/24/12

$967,500

4

2882

1949

$1,048,500

08/12/2008

2875 Thorndike Road

05/07/12

$990,000

3

2028

1951

$389,000

04/21/1999

1585 Knollwood Terrace

05/08/12

$1,010,000

7

$770,000

05/30/2002

510 Linda Vista Avenue

05/04/12

$1,020,000

5

$325,000

08/07/1997

300 South Orange Grove Blvd #3

05/31/12

$1,100,000

2

2760

1991

$1,200,000

03/19/2004

1490 Vista Lane

05/08/12

$1,225,000

4

2616

1948

$1,237,500

03/16/2007

3442

1973

1345 Liverpool Drive

05/14/12

$1,250,000

3

787 Fairfield Circle

06/01/12

$1,250,000

5

617 Vallombrosa Drive

05/30/12

$1,252,000

3

2657

1946

$683,000

04/20/2000

2031 Windover Road

05/30/12

$1,285,000

3

3502

1953

$885,000

06/19/2000

200 South Oakland Avenue

06/01/12

$1,300,000

2

1338

1902

1555 Linda Vista Avenue

05/18/12

$1,400,000

3

2210

1938

$1,510,000

07/17/2006

1415 Edgehill Place

05/25/12

$1,400,000

4

5122

1992

$975,000

12/13/2000

3134 Lombardy Road

05/07/12

$1,430,000

4

2757

1965

850 Chula Vista Avenue

05/02/12

$1,450,000

2

2862

1952

1049 La Loma Road

06/01/12

$1,472,500

3

3043

1952

1095 Armada Drive

05/04/12

$1,495,000

3

3888

1923

983 San Pasqual Street

05/09/12

$1,735,000

5

4496

1915

885 Laguna Road

05/09/12

$1,775,000

5

1303 Wentworth Avenue

05/23/12

$2,350,000

3

2820 East California Boulevard

05/25/12

$2,720,000

9

2990 Lombardy Road

05/18/12

$3,160,500

8

1817 South Los Robles Avenue

05/11/12

$953,000

3

1735

1924

$970,000

09/26/2006

1435 Bellwood Road

05/30/12

$1,000,000

3

1683

1941

$908,000

05/25/2007

2484 Melville Drive

05/30/12

$1,080,000

2

2065

1938

$510,000

07/29/1998

845 Plymouth Road

05/22/12

$1,224,500

2

1964

1935

$640,000

07/31/2000

2920 Kinghurst Road

05/18/12

$1,495,000

3

2499

1948

$749,000

09/19/2000

2635 Wetherby Road

05/22/12

$1,500,000

3

2532

1948

$87,500

06/12/1975

1865 Palmas Drive

05/08/12

$1,530,000

3

2341

1933

$515,000

02/11/1991

1080 Kewen Drive

05/24/12

$1,530,000

6

2162 Roanoke Road

05/09/12

$1,750,000

4

3116

1929

$418,000

07/22/1986

1818 Twin Palms Drive

05/30/12

$1,760,000

4

3388

1994

$730,000

09/05/1995

1390 Oxford Road

05/30/12

$2,200,000

4

4389

1940

$2,350,000

09/24/2007

1396 Bedford Road

05/04/12

$2,350,000

4

3239

1948

$1,610,000

05/20/2009

2885 Shakespeare Drive

05/24/12

$2,718,000

2

2331

1948

$1,240,000

09/21/2010

608 Valle Vista Drive

05/31/12

$825,000

4

2304

1968

$470,000

01/24/2001

410 Adams Street

05/23/12

$885,000

4

2014

1964

2967

1966

$1,550,000

04/18/2008

$860,000

10/29/2003

$2,450,000

02/10/2012

$320,500

07/14/1978

SAN MARINO

SIERRA MADRE

278 East Alegria Avenue

05/03/12

$1,080,000

3

2297

1924

$757,500

07/21/2003

427 West Highland Avenue

05/08/12

$1,200,000

4

3061

1990

$729,000

07/10/2000

929 Indiana Avenue

05/16/12

$759,000

3

1464

1924

$749,000

06/22/2005

1738 Hanscom Drive

05/02/12

$790,000

3

1959

1964

$825,000

08/21/2006

1116 Hope Street

05/10/12

$1,055,000

8

3290

1923

$275,000

11/15/1990

505 Prospect Avenue

05/24/12

$1,450,000

3

2560

1925

$950,000

06/11/2002

481 Prospect Circle

05/23/12

$2,250,000

8

255 Hillside Road

05/01/12

$4,100,000

9

SOUTH PASADENA

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6842

1920

$1,695,000

07/30/2004

$2,805,000

08/17/2004

WORSHIPPING NATURE IN BISHOP

This picturesque town in the Eastern High Sierra offers every outdoor sport and cushy amenity a weekend athlete could desire.

STORY BY CAROLE JACOBS • PHOTOS BY THOMAS SIMON

I LIVE ABOUT A MILE FROM THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, WHERE I CAN walk along a tame little fishing river and gentle trails that wander through miles of interlinking alpine meadows. But when I want to kick it up a notch and sweat off stress, I head 2 1⁄2 miles up the pike to Bishop in the Eastern High Sierra, named one of “50 top outdoor towns” by National Geographic Adventure.

Not one of your top outdoor towns? Then clearly you’re not up on your mules.

Among the Equus mulus cognoscenti, this leafy hamlet 4 1⁄2 hours north of Pasadena is known as the “Mule Capital of the World,” where the Mule Days Celebration over Memorial Day weekend brings out more than 700 beasts to compete in nearly 200 events. Year-round, Inyo County’s only city is famous for breathtaking vistas as well as a perfect storm of world-class bouldering sites and ideal weather.

Just a half-hour from town, the sky is filled with jagged peaks and pinnacles, the streams roar with snowmelt and the rugged mountains are laced with steep trails that corkscrew to hanging meadows, lookingglass lakes and rocky cliffs where the wild things are. Whether you want to hike, bike, mountain bike, climb, ride horseback or cast your line in a turquoise lake or rushing

stream, Bishop has you covered. While it’s no major metro, it ain’t the sticks either, boasting such urban amenities as Starbucks, Vons and Kmart plus art galleries, a bookstore, museums, day spas, hot springs, mountain gear shops and yoga studios. Considering its tiny population (fewer than 4,000 residents, according to the 2010 census), Bishop also has an astonishing number of great restaurants.

Here’s the best of Bishop, from where to sleep, eat and shop to my top picks for outdoor adventure (all locations are in Bishop, unless otherwise specified): Get a sneak peak: If you’ve never set foot in the High Sierra, it can be hard to visualize its grandeur and beauty from downtown Bishop. To see what’s waiting for you up in the mountains, visit Mountain Light Gallery, 106 S. Main St., featuring the nature photos of the late Galen Rowell, a world-renowned photographer and accomplished mountaineer who lived in Bishop before dying in a freak plane crash just two miles from town. Rowell’s work captures the poignant beauty and intense colors and drama of the High Sierra. Even if you’ll never be able to scale the craggy peaks Rowell did to get some of his shots, his –continued on page 24 07.12 | ARROYO | 23

Erick Schat’s Bakery

photography will inspire you to start exploring the mountains.

Call (760) 873-7700 or visit mountainlight.com.

Where to sleep: With its tinkling creek, pretty gardens and expansive lobby with a fireplace, comfy armchairs and Galen Rowell’s breathtaking artwork, the Best Western Creekside Inn, 725 Main St., (from $119) will put you in a Bishop state of mind the minute you arrive.

baked cinnamon rolls, lemon scones and bagels topped with everything from cream cheese to wild king salmon lox. As long as you’re there, order a hefty customized sandwich on artisan bread to bring along for lunch in the mountains.

For Erick Schat’s, call (866) 323-5854 or visit erickschatsbakery.com. For Great Basin, call (760) 873-9828.

Prefer lodging in the mountains? For cozy cabin digs overlooking rushing streams, settle in at Parchers Resort, 5001 S. Lake Rd., located at 9,260 feet just south of South Lake (from $129). Or check out the turn-of-the-century cabins at Cardinal Village Resort, 321 Cardinal Rd., nestled in aspen at 8,500 feet near North Lake (from $155).

Take a hike! With three mountain regions—South Lake, North Lake and Buttermilk Country—Bishop’s hiking choices are endless. For a beautiful day hike climbing to skystabbing pinnacles, wildflower meadows, polished glacial valleys and shimmering aquamarine lakes, try the six-mile Bishop Pass Trail from South Lake, topping out at 11,972 feet. The views—not to mention the altitude—on this trail could make you dizzy. If you’re still acclimating to the rarified air, skip the steep climb to Bishop Pass and stop for a picnic lunch at Long Lake, a long and winding mirror lake set in lush meadows en route to the pass.

For Parchers, call (760) 873-4177 or visit parchersresort.net. For Cardinal, call (760) 873-

Visit everytrail.com.

Call (800) 273-3550 or visit bishopcreeksideinn.com.

4789 or visit cardinalvillageresort.com.

Rise and shine with the locals: Just a few steps from the Creekside Inn is Erick Schat’s Bakery, 763 N. Main St. Located in a gingerbread mansion, the Austrian-style bakery has racks and racks of oven-fresh pastries, muffins, cookies and bread (plus free tastings), including their famous sheepherder bread. Order a cappuccino with your baked goodies and enjoy it all on the outdoor patio where the locals and tourists hang. Or walk a few more blocks to the Great Basin Bakery, 169 Lagoon St., a local secret that rolls out just24 | ARROYO | 07.12

Hop on a horse: If you have a few days, consider taking a pack trip with Bishop Pack Outfitters, 247 Cataract Rd., in drop-dead gorgeous Aspendell, a tiny town wedged among soaring mountains just below North Lake. On the ride into Sabrina Basin, jagged granite spires form scenic backdrops for 20 alpine lakes—each one more startlingly beautiful than the last.

Call (760) 873-4785 or visit bishoppackoutfitters.com.

Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site

Take a spin: Rent a mountain bike at Aerohead Cycles, 312 N. Warren St., and head into the Buttermilk Mountains, home to the 17-mile Buttermilk Country Loop trail. The panoramic trail winds through high desert meadows of fragrant sage, with distracting views in all directions. To the west are glaciated peaks and Mount Tom, a 13, 658–foot behemoth. To the east are the White Mountains, which rise to more than 14,000 feet.

Call (760) 873-4151 or visit aeroheadcycles.com.

Hug a rock: The Buttermilk Mountains are also one of California’s top bouldering destinations, featuring a wide variety of climbs in a roadside cluster of massive granite boulders. Shimmy and crawl through the shallow canyons at the Happy and Sad Boulders, or brave the elements on the exposed mounds of Buttermilk Mountain. To learn the ropes, sign up for bouldering lessons at Sierra Mountain Center, 174 W. Line St. Call (760) 873-8526 or visit sierramountaincenter.com.

Tube or float down the Owens River: If you’ve never tubed down a lazy river, here’s your chance to be 10 again. BYO tube or ask one of the local service stations if they can loan or sell you one. They can also direct you to the best spot to begin your floating adventure. Don’t forget to bring a small floatable ice chest to carry food and drink as you drift along. Prefer to float with a guide? Sierra Drifters offers guided float/fishing trips on the Lower Owens River.

South Lake or Lake Sabrina. To gear up or go fishing with a local guide, visit Brock’s Flyfishing Specialist, 100 N. Main St. Call (760) 872-3581 or visit brocksflyfish.com.

Take a soak: After a hard day in the mountains, nothing relaxes sore muscles like a soak in natural hot springs. Take your weary bod to Keough’s Hot Springs, an historic resort nestled in hillsides seven miles south of Bishop, where 127-degree hot springs are piped into a swimming pool, creating clouds of steam. Daily admission costs $8 for adults, $6 for kids 2 to 12 and $4 for kids under 2.

Call (760) 872-4670 or visit keoughshotsprings.com.

Fuel up: Even if you’re a total food snob, you’ll find something to entice you in Bishop, and the price is right too—a third to a half of metropolitan tabs. For authentic Thai cuisine minus the MSG and seasoned mild, medium or hot to suit your taste buds, head to Thai Thai, a 40seat hole-in-the-wall located at the Bishop airport (760-8722595). For tempting tempura and sushi, try Yamatani (635 N. Main St., 760-872-3101); for a hit of tri-tip and “outlaw slaw,” check out the newish Holy Smoke Texas Style Barbecue (772 N. Main St., 760-872-1144); and for Mexican cuisine with an exotic twist, head to Amigos (285 N. Main St., 760-8722189) and order the pork verde or tostada del pueblo.

Visit the past: Don’t leave town without visiting Laws Railroad Museum and Historical Site, located 4 1⁄2 miles north of Bishop off U.S. 6. The indoor/outdoor museum features 11 acres of exhibits, including an 1883 post office, depot and agent’s house and tons of antiques and memorabilia housed in buildings designed to re-create the town’s landscape when the Carson & Colorado still rode the rails. ||||

Call (760) 935-4250 or visit sierradrifters.com.

Cast a line: It’s practically impossible not to catch a fish in Bishop, whether you want to catch it for dinner or enjoy catch-and-release fly fishing. That’s because the Department of Fish and Game has stocked nearly every available body of water in Bishop with fish. To up your odds of nabbing a trout, head to Pleasant Valley Reservoir,

The Department of Fish and Game has stocked nearly every available body of water in Bishop with fish.

Call (760) 873-5950 or visit lawsmuseum.org.

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TRAVEL DISPATCHES From a cattle ranch in Australia to redwood country around Big Sur, here are some cool places to explore this summer.

BY BRENDA REES

TAKE A YEATS BREAK Break away from the 2012 Olympics crowds in London with an island-hopping adventure to nearby Ireland. An arts lover’s tour of Yeats Country must include a stop at the gravesite of poet William Butler Yeats in a Drumcliffe churchyard and a visit to The Model Art Centre in Sligo, which will showcase two exhibitions of artwork by his brother, Jack B. Yeats, and their father, John B. Yeats. The history and beauty of the Irish countryside are on tap when travelers hop aboard a Titanic Rail Trail and Highlights of Ireland tour. To commemorate the centenary of the ill-fated RMS was built, the Titanic Visitor Centre and Cobh, her last port of call.

Other Irish attractions on the nine-day rail journey include the Cliffs of Moher, Blarney Castle and Galway Bay on the so-called "wild" Atlantic Coast. Separate three-day mini-tours are also available for either Titanic venues or the southwestern highlights.

First-class travel on the nine-day trip costs $1,515.

Visit themodel.ie and railtoursireland.com.

HOME ON THE HOMESTEAD Be prepared to have a “G’day, mate” when you book a stay at Wooleen Station, a working sheep and cattle station in Western Australia’s Golden Outback. Guests can enjoy either “roughing it” by camping out or relaxing in luxury accommodations—the original 1918 homestead bedrooms. Expect to be pampered with home-style cooking, a cellar full of Western Australian wines and working dogs and homestead cats that wander the property. Bushwhacking treks, aboriginal heritage tours and nature hikes abound along the nearby Murchison River. Accommodations run from $25 to $190 per night.

Visit http://wooleen.com.au.

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PHOTOS: Courtesy Tourism Western Australia (Home on the Homestead)

Titanic, the tour brings guests to Belfast where the great ship

REAL DREAM BOATS For a high-end European marine experience, charter the Seanna, the newest “dream yacht” in the Burgess Fleet, which sails the Mediterranean in the summer, the Caribbean in the winter. Recreation and relaxation aboard include an on-board cinema, mini-spa, fully equipped gym and raised observation deck with a glassenclosed aerie offering breathtaking views. At 213.3 feet, the Seanna offers deck space on three levels and a swimming platform for easy water access to play with that chest full of water toys, including an Aquapark trampoline, jet skis, canoes, snorkeling and more. The Seanna can accommodate 12 guests in seven cabins and is staffed by a crew of 16. Weekly rates start at about $550,000, excluding operating expenses.

For watery fun closer to home, treat the family to a lake vacation on a houseboat from Forever Resorts, which has lowered rates for weekday and longer stays during off-peak season at its eight western locations, including Lake Mead, Nevada, and Lake Powell, Arizona. Sleeping eight to 12 passengers, each houseboat comes equipped with a wet bar, top-deck sun canopies, private staterooms, swimming platforms, water slides and outdoor barbecue grills. If those amenities aren’t enough, you can also rent ski boats, wakeboards and fishing boats. Rates start at $433 per day for a midweek departure on an eight-passenger, 50-foot houseboat and go up to $2,114 per day (weekend departure) for a 75-foot.

Some boats and time periods require booking a minimum number of days.

Visit burgessyachts.com, foreverhouseboats.com.

TEE FOR TWO Bring your golf game to new heights in Canada, where you can fly “tee to tee.” Based in Victoria, B.C., Harbour Air offers a daily summer flight between two of Canada’s premier golfing destinations: Victoria and Whistler. Catch a ride on the float plane leaving Victoria’s Inner Harbour and fly over spectacular views of majestic glaciers and turquoise waters before landing on Green Lake in Whistler;

I'VE BEEN SLEEPING ON THE RAILROAD

you’ll be hitting the next green in just over an hour’s time. Golfing is year-round in the Victoria area,

All aboard at Featherbed Railroad Bed and Breakfast Resort, which combines history with luxury

which boasts 20 courses, including the newest championship golf course, Highland Pacific Golf,

on the shores of Clear Lake in Northern California. Stay in one of nine themed authentic railroad

and Canada’s only 36-hole Jack Nicklaus–designed course at the Westin Bear Mountain Gold Re-

caboose cars (including the Orient Express, Casablanca and the Tropicaboose), which feature pri-

sort and Spa. Whistler's four championship courses include Big Sky Golf and Country Club, Nick-

vate Jacuzzi tubs and views of the private boat launch, beach and pier. Enjoy a hearty breakfast be-

laus North Golf Course, Whistler Golf Club and The Fairmont Chateau Whistler Golf Club.

fore antique shopping, fishing, bicycling or kicking back. Rates run from $150 to $470 per night.

One-way flights between Victoria and Whistler cost a little over $250.

Visit featherbedrailroad.com.

Visit harbor-air.com.

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ALL IN A DAY'S WALK Mix up your outdoor exercise regimen at the Hyatt Carmel Highlands, which offers guests daily hikes to explore the beauty of the Big Sur coastline. An experienced guide leads a variety of treks for every hiking level. Walk deep into the redwoods, follow twisting canyons with terracing waterfalls, traverse high bluffs above the ocean or see wildlife on the Big Sur River. There’s even a meditation/yoga walk. The cost is $20 per guest. Reward yourself with dinner at the newly relaunched Marinus Restaurant at the Bernardus Lodge in nearby Carmel Valley. Marinus harvests its own expanded six-acre organic garden with 250 varieties of fruit-bearing trees, bushes and vines, exotic herbs and vegetables.

Visit hyattcarmelhighlands.com, bernardus.com.

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

COLORADO ADVENTURE PARK

Bring the kids to Catalina Island this summer and take advantage

A luxury Rocky Mountains vacation offering tranquility, seclusion and

of a Catalina Resort Family Unlimited Package. With each hotel

acres of piñon pines awaits guests traveling to Salida, Colorado. This

night’s stay at either the Pavilion Hotel (newly remodeled this year)

unpretentious hamlet (called one of the “Top Ten Best Small Towns” by

or the historic Hotel Atwater, every family member receives a daily

Outside Magazine) is an ideal backdrop for either a romantic getaway

one-hour rental of either snorkel gear, a bike, kayak or golf cart

or family memories. On the outskirts of Salida, the Tudor Rose Bed and

(minimum age 25). Parents and kids can also enjoy unlimited ac-

Breakfast offers a variety of packages for adventure-seekers this sum-

cess to Golf Gardens Miniature Golf, a new 32-foot climbing wall

mer. Try a half-day of whitewater rafting on the nearby Arkansas River,

and a tennis court, plus free entry to the Avalon Movie Theatre and

explore the backcountry of the Rockies and the Continental Divide on

Descanso Beach Club. There’s also unlimited access to Catalina Ex-

your own ATV, take in a guided half-day fly-fishing trip or opt for an all-

peditions, including the Undersea Tour, Skyline Drive Tour and more.

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A Glendale couple who produce organic spirits open downtown L.A.’s first distillery since Prohibition.

BY BETTIJANE LEVINE When Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew first met, neither knew much about liquor except that he enjoyed it and she didn’t. Now the couple is pitting Nature against chemically induced Nurture, producing certified organic liquors that demonstrate Nature tastes best.

“When we got engaged about 11 years ago, we started visiting each other’s families,” Khosrovian recalls. “My family is large and, like a lot of Armenians, we drink much of our liquor straight. So my family threw lots of dinners and parties to celebrate our marriage. They offered toasts before, during and after meals. And with each toast, we’d all down a straight shot of very high proof, very strong vodka or fruit brandy. My fiancée couldn’t do it. She wasn’t opposed to liquor, but she hated the taste. She said it was like drinking gasoline.”

It must be noted here that when Mathew met her future husband, she was a woman with super-sophisticated taste buds—a global foodie who’d trained in Paris at Le Cordon Bleu and carved out a career in food writing for upscale magazines. Khosrovian was a software entrepreneur who’d been a philosophy major at Connecticut College.

The two were apparently simpatico in all the important ways, except for this little tiff over the taste of spirits.

That small glitch in connubial bliss unexpectedly led them to partner in business as well as in life. Now Glendale residents who’ve been married 10 years, they’re the founding owners of Greenbar Collective, which produces

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organic vodka, gin, tequila, rum and bitters sold in 50 states under the labels Tru, Crusoe, Ixá, Fruitlab and Bar Keep. Billed as “the largest portfolio of organic spirits in the nation,” it’s about to get larger. The couple will soon start distilling organic whiskey in their new “green” headquarters on Eighth Street in downtown L.A.—part of the city’s new “CleanTech Corridor”—where they’re equipped to distill up to 4 million bottles per year. Khosrovian calls it “the first distillery to open in Los Angeles since the Prohibition Era.” Of course, back in the early days, Khosrovian’s only interest in liquor was finding something to please his new wife. He simply couldn’t foresee a future in which she would abstain from family toasts. “I wanted her to participate, to enjoy,” he says. A sign of true love? “No, true desperation,” he says. He started inventing drinks at home, infusing store-bought vodka with various flavors. “I’d go to the farmers’ market on Ivar in Hollywood and buy fresh oranges, grapefruits, lemons, herbs, celery, mushrooms, truffles.” Then he’d experiment in their kitchen, coming up with recipes to titillate her taste buds. When he deemed a blend successful, he’d make a small batch, put it in a little bottle and carry it to family dinners for her alone to drink.

Soon relatives and friends noticed that Litty’s glass was always filled from Mel’s special bottle. “They’d ask for a taste. Then they started calling and asking if I’d make a bottle for them. Then they’d say, ‘I’m having a party, can I

Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew

have a few bottles of your special brew?’ Then I’d get calls from people who’d been at the party, who’d say, ‘Your cousin tells me you made that vodka. Can you make a few bottles for me?’ Pretty soon the writing was on the wall. We either had to go into business or get our number unlisted.” In 2004 they decided to go into business.

PHOTO: courtesy of Greenbar Collective

Khosrovian and Mathew rented space near Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia and continued doing what they had done at home, only on a slightly larger scale. They crafted their special blends by hand in small batches, using fresh produce from nearby farms, in tune with the locavore movement inspired by über-chef Alice Waters and Chez

Panisse. And their orders kept increasing. “Soon, instead of bags of fruit, we were buying boxes. As bigger orders came in, we started going directly to the farms to get what we needed even before it got to market.”

Then something strange started to happen, Khosrovian says. “The ratios we normally counted on to produce

our spirits weren’t working anymore. The flavor was stronger and better, but different. That difference got our attention. What caused it?” They learned that the more pronounced flavors and aromas were produced by organic farmers. They quickly put two and two together.

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their product line should be organic, too—not just the fruits and vegetables, but also the grain from which the spirits are made. In 2008, they made the switch, buying only organic ingredients, including grain from a certified organic distillery in Idaho.

They weren’t first with the idea, but their timing was optimal. Organic spirits had debuted about five years earlier, and sales in the category were climbing. A 2011 survey by the Organic Trade Association showed that U.S. sales of organic distilled spirits rose to $8 million in 2010, 8 percent higher than the year before (but still lagging far behind organic wine sales of $169 million). Craft cocktails had become trendy, with fresh fruit and produce de rigueur in upscale bars and restaurants. Americans had been alerted to the importance of organics, not just for human health, but also for the land’s sustainability.

Some cynics still see the “organic” label as a mere marketing ploy to sell more product.

But a few minutes with Khosrovian demonstrates his passionate belief that organic liquor (and everything else) is essential for the survival of the planet. Indeed, what started as something of an overgrown hobby for the couple has now become a cause. Still, Khosrov-

Ingredients

Method

1 ounce Tru organic vanilla vodka

Shake and pour into highball glass. Top

⁄2 ounce Fruitlab hibiscus liqueur

with soda water and stir. Garnish with

⁄2 ounce Fruitlab jasmine liqueur

lemon wedges.

1 1

⁄2 ounce fresh lemon juice

1 1

⁄4 ounce agave nectar

Impact

1 ounce organic cranberry juice

Makes drinker carbon negative for 1 day.

ian makes it clear that their goal is, and always has been, to produce the best flavors possible. “Organics were never political. It was a matter of getting the best taste,” he says. But his research into the subject has had a deep impact on his beliefs.

“Conventional farming gives you bland ingredients and a lot of chemicals you have to get rid of somehow,” Khosrovian says. “It forces too many compromises. Conventionally grown ingredients are not very tasty because they’re aided by so many chemicals—chemical fertilizers to make them grow fast and look pretty, chemical pesticides and herbicides to protect them.” What takes a hit is the taste, he says.

Getting certified organic is “one hell of a commitment,” he adds. “You have to jump through lots of hoops” and get all sorts of documentation. What the couple learned in jumping through those hoops has changed their outlook. “We discovered some very scary things,” he told boozenews.com. “To farm one acre of conventional American farmland, farmers pour 100 pounds of chemical fertilizers on that land, which mostly come from petroleum. They pour or spray a pound-and-a-half of synthetic pesticides, which is like chemotherapy for land. It literally obliterates all other organisms other than the crops you want to grow. Then they pour 163 gallons of water on that one acre. As soon as that water touches those chemicals, it’s unfit for human consumption. We were horrified.”

The Greenbar Collective website (greenbar.biz) now proudly states that its spirits, which range in price from $27 to $40, “are USDA-certified organic and free of chemicals from field to bottle. Also, our flavors are real infusions of whole, organic ingredients, not extracts.” And the company’s pledge to plant a tree for every bottle sold has led to more than 176,000 trees planted in forests throughout Central America.

Needless to say, Litty Mathew now joins in the Khosrovian family’s flood of alcoholic toasts—and probably even proposes some herself. |||| Greenbar Collective spirits are available locally at both Pasadena branches of Whole Foods Market and at Red Carpet Liquor, 400 E. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale.

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WOOD AND CORK In the middle ages people laid rough planks over their dirt floors. At some point they began to smooth over the rough surface with sanding materials, and then they stained or varnished the wood. Eventually they carved and painted patterns across those wood floors.

Today, wood is the new wood. Steve Gutierrez says that I. J. Rager provides more wood than carpet to clients. It’s a warm, natural material and it offers great variety. Both solid and engineered wood flooring particularly appeal to homeowners and designers who want to pursue “green” products and solutions in pursuit of their design goals.

According to the National Wood Flooring Association,“Today’s wood floors come in more than 50 species, both domestic and exotic, spanning the spectrum of color options, hardness and price ranges.” That array of species includes: ash white, bamboo, beech, birch, black walnut, Brazilian cherry or maple or walnut, hickory pecan, iroko, jarrah, mesquite, red or white or Tasmanian oak. Just to name a few.

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KITCHEN CONFESSIONS

Bag Lady Let's take plastic bags out of our diet, shall we?

STORY BY LESLIE BILDERBACK | PHOTOS BY CLAIRE BILDERBACK

My first trip to Europe was in 1974, and I distinctly remember (as distinctly as a person of a certain age is able to) being handed groceries in sacks made of weird, thin plastic. They were like something from outer space, destined to be the practical wave of the future. Little did I know that in a few decades those bags would be literally floating in the waves of the future, along with every other stray bit of plastic packaging.

Thankfully, the era of plastic is coming to a close. On May 23, the Los Angeles City Council voted to ban plastic bags. I'm surprised it took this long. (San Francisco beat us to the punch, as did Portland, Oregon, and coastal North Carolina. That's right. North Carolina is more progressive than L.A.) The council has four months to draft an ordinance and study the environmental impact, at which time the ordinance is expected to pass.

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The move from paper to plastic resulted in cultural shifts, including the end of home-

Bernie hasn't heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Reportedly the size of Texas,

made textbook covers. But the biggest loss has been that of grocery-bagger dignity.

this floating wasteland was created by plastic that has escaped our clutches, floated

Once masters of a job requiring skill and finesse, baggers excelled at customer service

out to sea and been caught in a rotating vortex of ocean current called the North Pa-

(by speaking politely) and understood the structural principles involved in combining

cific Gyre. There it is now stuck en masse, absorbing waste and toxins (including a stag-

different-size items in a flimsy container. (I am pretty sure that a stint at the Piggly Wiggly

gering eight tons of solid waste purged weekly from cruise ships). Plastic does not

used to be a prerequisite for structural engineering school.)

biodegrade, but it is subject to photodegradation, meaning it gets broken down by the

There were even grocery-bagging competitions. Contestants were judged on bag-

sun into smaller and smaller pieces that, although microscopic in size, still retain their

ging speed and final weight and structure of their bag. Winners were determined when

polymer structure. Now ingestible, the plastic is eaten by tiny fish, which are eaten by

the packed paper bag was slit down the side, revealing the contents---still stacked. The

bigger fish, which are caught by the Gorton's Fisherman.

competition still exists, but today's contestants pack into reusable canvas totes, which

When I first learned of this patch a few years ago, I quickly became obsessed with plastic bags. In a meager attempt to save the oceans, I started reusing sour cream

for me, has robbed the event of its magic.

It's hard to even find a paper bag today, and when you do, the baggers automati-

tubs, rinsing out Ziplocs and saving bread bags to wrap and freeze leftovers. It was my

cally stuff it into a plastic bag (which irks me to no end). The advent of plastic bags

discovery of fused–plastic-bag art that sent me over the edge, inspiring me to hoard

ushered in the "I don’t give a ham about you or your groceries" era. Not only is my

colorful plastic bags for crafty projects. But the environmental dent made by my clever

bread routinely mashed, but my baggers always pack all the heavy stuff together in

rain hats and tote bags was insignificant.

one bag, creating a disproportionate load on the fulcrum during transport. (I am the

We can blame this plastic inundation on the Swedes, who invented the bag in the

fulcrum in this analogy.)

1960s. (Not content with choking the ocean with plastic bags, they went on to choke

This has led to a concerted effort on my part to stop shopping at the big chain

the world's junk drawers with trillions of single-use Allen wrenches.) That early bag had

stores and seek out smaller, locally owned markets with bag consciousness. I am get-

a sleek attached-handle design cut in one piece from a tube of folded polyethylene.

ting better at remembering my canvas bags and have even begun putting produce in

The high-load carrying capacity gave their innovation an edge, and by the end of the

my basket sans bag. I admit it was little off-putting at first, but I'm going to wash the stuff

1970s the Swedes were manufacturing and selling their bags all over Europe.

anyway. Of course, it gets a little dicey on the conveyer belt when I buy Brussels

It took a while for us to catch on. (Yes kids, in the olden days we had to cradle a

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paper bag of groceries in our arms.) Kroger was the first grocery chain to phase in plastic bags in 1982, quickly followed by Safeway. I don’t remember when the shift hap-

Leslie Bilderback is a certified master baker, chef and cookbook author. A South

pened, but it wasn't long before using a paper bag was passé.

Pasadena resident, she teaches her techniques online at culinarymasterclass.com.

Grocery Bag Apple Pie When I first received this recipe years ago from a student, I thought it was a joke. But it turns out the bag keeps all the heat in, cooking the apples and crust through to their tender best. Fire is not an issue, but you'll want to have your stove fan on, as the smell might be a bit alarming. If you have a pie recipe you like, try this method.You may find the results superior. (If you want more detailed pie instructions, see "Basic Dough Primer" from the November 2010 issue of Arroyo at pasadenaweekly.com or go to culinarymasterclass.com.)

INGREDIENTS Pie Dough: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 6 tablespoons ( 3⁄4 stick) unsalted butter, cold ¼ cup ice water Filling: 6 to 8 Fuji apples (any apple works— choose your favorite) ½ cup brown sugar 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon each cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cardamom Pinch of ground clove 2 tablespoons lemon juice 2 tablespoons ginger snap crumbs (graham cracker or other cookie crumbs work here too) Streusel:

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METHOD 1. For the crust, combine flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl and cut in the butter until it resembles a coarse meal. Using a fork, slowly stir in water a few drops at a time, until the dough just holds together. Wrap and chill dough for 30 to 60 minutes.

2. On a floured surface, roll out dough until it's an inch larger than your pan, about 1⁄8-inch thick. Line an 8- or 9-inch pie pan with the dough, trim edges, crimp or flute with a fork and set aside in the refrigerator.

3. In a large bowl, toss together apples, sugar, flour, salt, spices and lemon juice. Set aside.

4. Make the topping by stirring together flour, sugar and butter into a soft batter.

5.To assemble, cover the bottom of the pie shell with cookie crumbs, fill with apple mixture and top with dots of topping batter.

6. Preheat oven to 400˚. Place pie in a large paper grocery bag on its side. Fold the bag closed and staple shut. (The bag should not touch the pie.) Place on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour. (Peeking at your pie during baking will let out the steam heat. Don't do it.)

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WINING & DINING

Summer Sips Cocktail experiments for the perfect hot-weather concoction STORY AND PHOTOS BY BRADLEY TUCK

I call Garrett McKechnie, one of the mixologists at 1886, the bar at The Raymond restaurant, and ask if I can come in and talk to him about their upcoming summer cocktails.The answer I get is a sign of what’s going on over there.“Well, between 3:30 and 5, I’ll be down in the basement working with liquid nitrogen, so I don’t know if today’s the best idea. But I can chat for a bit beforehand.”

I scurry over midafternoon to find out what's in the works. The seasonal nature of the cocktail menu at 1886 and other serious cocktail bars makes writing about them a tricky question of timing. I had planned to see what was in store for spring, but spring in Southern California lasts a mere three weeks, and summer’s drinks are already being shaken with the oversize ice cubes favored by the cocktail cognoscenti.

As I arrive, McKechnie is taking delivery of a large metal drum of liquid nitro. The deliveryman is reveling in his safety warnings.“Be real careful with this,” he says in a tone reminiscent of the admonition “Don’t stray from the path, sir” in 1950s British werewolf movies.

“Wear some real thick gloves. If this gets on your skin, you’re in trouble. Don’t pour it into any thin glass.” Many a man has been lost who strayed from the path…I muse. The path currently being trodden by the cocktail professors at 1886 is much lighter, thankfully. Their spring menu was all about herbaceous notes, light and floral, after a winter of heavier, “one drink and you’re done” cocktails, McKechnie says.“When we start to design a new cocktail menu we ask ourselves, what does this season mean to you? What reminds you of summer? Really beautiful gardens and a really good time. So, Tiki cocktails!”

For spring, bartender Greg Gertmenian and pastry chef Jeff Haines developed a bottled alcoholic soda pop, spiked with aged white rum, called the Rum Whistle. While I chat with McKechnie, the two are at a table behind us tasting a mixture of cold-steeped iced –continued on page 45 07.12 | ARROYO | 43

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TIPS FROM A PRO –continued from page 43 tea and fresh yellow peach syrup and weighing the differences between two rye whiskeys.“I think this one dries it out better,” opines Gertmenian. A second taste confirms the choice, but then the general manager, Chris Mangandi, is crossing the room with a third rye that he thinks has better balance. The winning combo will be carbonated and bottled in-house and sold as this season’s Whistle drink. It’s named after an early soda pop developed by the inventor of 7-Up, Charles Lieper Grigg. Apparently, it and many of his early creations were flops. Then he hit it big with 7-Up. If at first...

At this point, the journal starts to make sense. The journal is a big black book where notes and records of every experiment are kept, and recipes are stored, shared, perfected and left for scrutiny and comment. On one page, someone has written,“Use old oranges downstairs for juicing.” In huge capitals underneath it is the indignant reply, “NO THNX!” Very wise. A refrigerator in the bar kitchen has shelves groaning under the weight of house experiments in recycled jars and bottles, labeled with Sharpies on masking tape.

If you’re serving cocktails at your own garden fête, take a few tips from a pro.

Here’s some sage advice from 1886’s Garrett McKechnie on how to stay cool as a cucumber while shaking it up behind your backyard bar: 1) Find a recipe that works, try it out before the big day and then customize to suit. Don’t stress out by trying to invent a new drink from scratch.

2) Squeeze all your own juices from fresh, ripe fruit. It is well worth the time and investment.

3) Choose a cocktail you can make in a batch beforehand and then just pour.

Mixing drinks individually will take up too much party time.You’re there to have fun too.

Here’s a great drink to help you on your way:

At the bar, McKechnie offers a sample of a strawberry fizz drink that’s in development.

It uses strawberry shrub as a base. Shrub, in case you’ve missed the latest buzz in cocktails, is a syrup made with vinegar and boiled fruit. It acts as a sour component in drinks,

Indian Summer

replacing or complementing the usual citrus. He’s shaking it with club soda, El Dorado rum and egg whites until his biceps look like they’ve spent a good 20 minutes at the gym.“You hear that change in the sound? That’s the big ice cubes breaking down a little.

It’s almost ready.”“I see,” say I, nodding knowingly. The resulting mix is poured into a Collins glass in front of me and topped with maraschino liqueur and a strawberry. McKechnie tastes it and decides it needs more work. It’s whisked away before I can pass judgment.

Not so the next drink, a rosebud-hibiscus Collins. A house-made hibiscus liqueur is mixed with Benedictine, fresh lime juice, reposado tequila and Fever Tree Indian Water

INGREDIENTS 1 piece of seeded and destemmed jalapeño pepper 2 pieces of cilantro 1 ounce fresh watermelon juice 3 ⁄4 ounce lime juice 3 ⁄4 ounce clear organic agave nectar 2 ounces blanco tequila

Tonic. Poured into a tall glass and topped with a glistening candied hibiscus flower, it’s one of the sexiest drinks I’ve seen in a long time. McKechnie takes a sip and closes his

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eyes for a second. He sighs his approval. I take a slurp on my straw. It’s good. Real good. I set it back on the bar before I disgrace myself by sucking the whole thing down. It looks back at me, a deep, rich, pink---a Mac lipstick kind of deep, sensuous pink.“I guess we need to come up with a name for this now, don’t we?” he says.

METHOD Add pepper and cilantro to a cocktail shaker and muddle lightly. Add juices and tequila, give it a quick shake and strain. Serve over rocks. Garnish with watermelon chunks and a little chili salt.

I never made it down to the basement with the liquid nitrogen. Maybe I look litigious.

Garrett texts me to let me know that the experiment worked. Popsicle cocktails were the result. Nothing says summer more than that. |||| 07.12 | ARROYO | 45

THE LIST

A SELECTIVE PREVIEW OF UPCOMING EVENTS COMPILED BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER

HUNTINGTON HAPPENINGS

SUMMERTIME FUN AT PASADENA MUSEUM OF HISTORY

H opens at 2 p.m. with food vendors, entertainment, crafts, exhibits and inflatable

July 1—The museum celebrates

rides. Families may picnic in the outside

Pasadena’s Doo Dah Parade, among the

area (no outside food or drink is allowed

world’s wackiest, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the

inside the stadium). At 6:30 p.m., stadium

Fenyes Estate Gardens, in honor of the up-

gates open for seating, and food and

coming exhibit on the event that started

beverages will be available for purchase.

out as a satirical take on the Tournament

Opening ceremonies start at 7:15 p.m.

of Roses Parade. The Royal Cocktail Extrav-

The evening’s program starts at 7:25 p.m.,

aganza offers the op-

followed by Southern California’s biggest

portunity to mix and

fireworks spectacular from 9:05 to 9:30

mingle with past Doo

p.m. This year’s event honors Iraq and

Dah queens, savor

Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA).

hors d’oeuvres and

Tickets cost $13, free for children 7 and

signature cocktails

under.

and rock with perennial Doo Dah fixture

The Rose Bowl is located at 1001 Rose

Snotty Scotty and the Hankies. The cost is

Bowl Dr., Pasadena. Call (800) 745-3000 or

$35, $30 for members in advance, $40 at

visit ticketmaster.com for tickets.

the door. tioneers presents “Gardeners, Gifts and

SUMMER NIGHTS SIZZLE AT AUTRY SALSA PARTIES

Garbage: Tips on Recognizing Value” at

The Autry National Center’s “Sizzling Sum-

July 26—Jeff Moran of John Moran Auc-

7:30 p.m. Moran will share stories on valuable art objects—some by top Pasadena artists—that were nearly disposed of,

Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), Global Loft (Spread), 1979. Solvent transfer on fabric and paper collage to wooden panels with acrylic paint, three metal brushes, 96 x 111 in.The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. © The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation /Licensed by VAGA, New York. Photograph by Robert McKeever.

mer Nights” salsa dance party takes over Thursday nights from 6 to 9 p.m. from July 5 through Aug. 30.

given away or sold at yard sales. He'll also

July 5—The Huntington has acquired a major painting by Robert Rauschenberg

The evenings feature

offer tips and resources to help collectors

(1925–2008). Global Loft (1979), an example of the groundbreaking artist’s Spreads

Latin bands from the

identify valuable items. Tickets cost $15,

series, goes on display in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.

L.A. area, food, drinks

$10 for members. Reservations are

(Rauschenberg once said that a visit to the Huntington Art Gallery in the 1940s in-

and dancing. Salsa

strongly suggested.

spired him to become an artist.)

instructor Trish Con-

The Pasadena Museum of History is located

July 28—Visitors can take a behind-the-scenes tour of summer crops at the Hunting-

nery of Dance Chat-

at 470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena. Call (626)

ton Ranch, an urban agriculture site that offers ideas for sustainable gardening, from

ter shows guests the steps to get them

577-1660, ext. 10, for reservations. Visit

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free with regular Huntington admission.

started. Admission also offers access to

pasadenahistory.org for information.

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

the museum’s galleries. Here’s who’s hot

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

this month:

GRAND TIMES ON BUNKER HILL: GUADALAJARA, GERSHWIN & GIL

Chino Espinoza

July 5—Chino Espinoza y Los Dueños del Son

Grand Performances at California Plaza in

July 12 and 13—”Mexico, Unexpected”

California Plaza is located at 350 S. Grand

July 12—Angel Lebron y Su Sabor Latino

downtown L.A. offers an eclectic series of

features experimental music and dance

Ave., Los Angeles. Call (213) 687-2190 or

July 19—Orquesta Tabaco y Ron

free concerts at 8 p.m., plus a Lunch Box

by Guadalajara-based ensemble Pájaro

visit grandperformances.org.

July 26—Conjunto Afro-Son and Friends

Series at noon. Here are some good bets

de Nube and Mexico City’s Brujerias de

for July nights:

Papel, who perform magical stories with

July 1—”George Gershwin: From Broad-

Admission is free for Autry members, veterans and children ages 2 and under. Gen-

Italian-style wooden puppets.

ROCKETS’ ROSE GLARE IS A GLORIOUS FOURTH FINALE

way to Catfish Row” features pianists Alan

July 20—A tribute to Gil Scott-Heron’s

July 4—The Southland’s biggest Fourth of

students with ID and seniors ages 60 and

Chapman and Victoria Kirsch, sopranos

music and poetry is scheduled for 8 p.m.

July celebration—the 86th annual Ameri-

older and $4 for children 3 to 12.

Karen Benjamin and Shana Blake Hill,

A noon Lunch Box performance features

cafest—takes over the Rose Bowl. Parking

The Autry National Center is located at

tenor Haqumai Waring Sharpe and bass-

Haim, three sisters who fuse folk and R&B

lots open at 10 a.m., and Rose Bowl Area

4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park.

baritone Cedric Berry reprising works from

into a style influenced by classic rock and

the Gershwin songbook.

‘90s pop.

July 7—The Jazz Mafia makes a return ap-

July 21—Vamos al Mambo celebrates

pearance with its postmodern The Em-

the music of Cuban music legend Israel

ART, COFFEE AND FUSION AT PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM

peror Norton Suite, performed in

“Cachao” López.

July 13—“Art and Coffee” is an informal

scorching solos, spoken word, Latin

July 28—Bandleader, bassist and singer

3 p.m. Friday get-together with Pacific

rhythms and ballads, all with an improvi-

Bibi Tanga weaves Afro-futurist sounds with

Asia Museum curatorial staff, who lead a

sational spirit.

funk and a bit of ’60s soul, jazz and funk.

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eral admission costs $10 for adults, $6 for

Call (323) 667-2000 or visit theautry.org.

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A PARTY ON THE BRIDGE

July 14—Pasadena Heritage celebrates its 35th “Birthday Party on the Bridge” from 6 to 11 p.m. on the historic Colorado Street Bridge. Three stages offer live music by such bands as Abacuda Beartail, Stinky Felix and Mighty Mustangs, Crane Lake Serenaders and Mercy and more. Children’s activities include displays and demonstrations by Altadena Mountain Rescue, the American Red Cross, the California Highway Patrol, the Pasadena Humane Society and SPCA and others, plus crafts and face painting. A vintage auto display is also on tap. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Advance tickets cost $14.50 for adults, $13 for Pasadena Heritage members. On the day of the event, adult admission costs $16..

The Colorado Street Bridge is located on West Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. Call Pasadena Heritage at (626) 441-6333 or visit pasadenaheritage.org.

–continued from page 46 discussion of the exhibition “Masterpieces

about the life of one of the donors,

of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi,” the last grand

millionaire chemist Jokichi Takamine,

master of Ukiyo-e, a type of woodblock

screens at 6 p.m.

printing. Free with museum admission,

July 27— In “The Enchantments of Iberia”

with complimentary coffee provided by

at 7 p.m., the Odeum Guitar Duo plays

Starbucks.

music of Scarlatti, Albéniz, Granados, Tu-

July 20—The summer Fusion Fridays series

rina, de Falla and others, complementing

rolls along with “Sound Off Night” at 7:30

the museum’s collection of Spanish works.

p.m. The evening includes a live musical

Both events are free with museum ad-

performance by Minyo Station, dancing

mission, and no reservations are required.

to Bhangra and Bollywood soundtracks

Passes for guaranteed seating are distrib-

spun by DJs Jeremy Loudenback and Ar-

uted in the main entrance gallery starting

shia Haq and a chance for guests to

at 6 p.m. Members receive early seating

learn to play Chinese instruments. Food

between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m.; general ad-

trucks India Jones and Paradise Cookies

mission seating starts at 6:45 p.m.

provide the refreshments. Admission is free

The Norton Simon Museum is located at

for members, $15 for the public.

411 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call

The Pacific Asia Museum is located at 46

(626) 449-6840 or visit nortonsimon.org.

N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 449-2742 or visit pacificasiamuseum.org.

MUSIC TO TAME THE SAVAGE BEAST The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association

CHERRY TREES AND GUITARS AT NORTON SIMON

(GLAZA) hosts two nights of “Music in the Zoo” this month, offering rare after-hours

July 13—Honoring

visits to see animals staying up past their

the centennial of

bedtimes, while you savor diverse music,

Japan's gift of 3,000

food and beverages. Music on both

cherry trees to the

evenings runs from 6 to 9 p.m., and ani-

U.S., the 2011 docu-

mal viewing runs until 8 p.m. Picnics are

mentary Takamine,

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HOLOCAUST HOVERS IN MILLER’S VICHY TALE July 20—Arthur Miller's Incident at Vichy opens at the Sierra Madre Playhouse. The one-act play involves eight men held at a police station in Nazi-occupied France in 1942, as they wait to see if their fates are freedom or concentration camp. Barbara Schofield directs. Showtimes are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays (dark on July 22) through Sept. 28. Tickets cost $25, $22 for seniors and students 13 to 17 and $15 for children 12 and under.

The Sierra Madre Playhouse is located at 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Call (626) 355-4318 or visit sierramadreplayhouse.org.

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The Los Angeles County Arboretum is

permitted, or guests can purchase food

located at 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia.

and drink. General admission is $20 for

Call (626) 793-7172 or visit pasadenasym-

adults, $15 for children. Admission for

phony-pops.org.

GLAZA members is $15 for adults, $10 for July 13—”Best of Music in the Zoo Night”

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR VISITS BOSTON COURT

features the most popular bands from

July 28—The Boston Court Performing

past events.

Arts Center and Furious Theatre Com-

July 27—”Global Fusion Night” features

pany present a world premiere adapta-

top world music bands from the L.A. area.

tion of Gogol’s The Government

children.

The Los Angeles Zoo is located at 5333

Inspector, in which corrupt, self-serving

Zoo Dr. in Griffith Park. Call (323) 644-6042

officials in a small, Tzarist Russian town

or visit lazoo.org.

mistake a hapless clerk for a govern-

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POP(S) GOES THE ARBORETUM

ment inspector, and

July 21—The Pasadena Pops Summer

chaos, recriminations

Series rolls along at the L.A. County Arbore-

and retribution ensue.

tum with guest artist Michael Feinstein and

The play, adapted by

Marvin Hamlisch conducting. The evening

Oded Gross and directed by Stefan

includes such Cole Porter classics as

Novinski, continues through Aug. 26, at

“Begin the Beguine,”“It’s De-Lovely,”“Just

8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and

One of Those Things,”“So In Love,”“I Love

2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets cost $34 for adults,

Paris” and more. Gates open for picnicking

$29 for students and seniors.

at 5:30 p.m., and the concert starts at 7:30

The Boston Court Performing Arts Center

p.m. Single-concert tickets range from $10

is located at 70 N. Mentor Ave.,

for children and $20 for adults for lawn

Pasadena. Call (626) 683-6883 or visit

seating to $350 to $960 for tables for 10.

bostoncourt.com. ||||