LC Real Estate 04 2019

CLUB LIFE

GARDENS

Jane Club moves into a Scott Johnsondesigned home on Larchmont.

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Garden Conservancy Open Day coming soon to Hancock Park.

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Roses and more are in bloom at the Arboretum. Camps and classes, too.

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Local family-owned company celebrates 75 years in business

By Billy Taylor In 1944, anticipating a housing boom when World War II would end, Roy Shewfelt opened the doors to the Wilshire Escrow Company.

Today, Roy’s descendents preside over the business, which is now the oldest operating independent escrow company in Los Angeles.

In an interview last month at the company’s headquarters, located at 4270 Wilshire Blvd., current president Eric Shewfelt credited the business’ enduring success to its ability to keep abreast of technological changes, stay current on the knowledge and practices of the industry, and to remaining a truly independent and unbiased escrow agent.

Over the past 75 years, the

PRESIDENT ric hew elt reects on a a il siness that has spanned se en decades.

Wilshire Escrow Company has completed 136,000 escrow transactions — no small feat.

Since opening, the familyowned business has grown to include not only residential escrows, but also business escrows, liquor licenses and even stock transfers.

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“I can remember, as a little kid, my dad driving us out to Simi Valley with a typewriter and paper and doing escrows in the parking lot when guys were buying homes under the GI Bill in the 1960s,” says Windsor Square resident Eric Shewfelt, the fourth Shewfelt to serve as the company’s president. And with Eric’s two sons, Matthew and Brian, niece Joanna Shewfelt Girard, and nephew Joe Multari now at the firm, the fourth generation of Shewfelts is primed to next take the reins. “We kind of run the business by committee,” explains Eric.

To give me an idea of what Wilshire Escrow will look like in the decades to come, Eric asked the next generation of Shewfelts to join us. I asked them to discuss their vision for the future of the company.

“I think it’s about maintaining the things that have already made this company as strong as it is today. For me, that is a focus on client relationships, trustworthiness and providing a good service,” says Matthew, who has been working at the company since 2010 after graduation from UC Santa Cruz.

Echoing his brother’s sentiments, Brian says that they feel a sense of responsibility

NEXT GENERATION o the ilshire scrow a il stands read or the challenges ahead incl ding ro le t atthew hew elt rian hew elt oanna hew elt irard and oe ltari.

that stems from pride: “Our great catchword here is continuity. There is no element of surprise with Wilshire Escrow, and our clients rely on that.”

According to Joanna Girard, who serves as director of operations, the best approach is to maintain the strengths of the family business, while leveraging technology in order to be a modern, tech-savvy operation. “We want to keep refining systems to make them better. And in return, it keeps our company young,” she explains.

Speaking of refining systems, Eric says that technology has probably changed the industry the most since he first began: “My inbox is like

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an ocean, the emails just keep coming,” he says with a laugh.

Of course better communication means closing a deal faster, right?

“If someone calls me and says drop everything and meet this client and he’s going to wire money tomorrow, we can do it, it’s doable — but that’s all that we’re going to do for the next 24 hours.

“Technology enables people to think they can get everything instantly. And they’re the client, so you pull it off,” says Eric. “We are fundamentally a service business.”

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In Barcelona, this elegant 14th-century work of art survives A cold wind was blowing off the Mediterranean as a bright yellow taxi streaked through the gloom of a winter’s day in Barcelona in Caledonia, Spain. This was late January, and the taxi was ferrying this solo traveler from the central Eixample district through what seemed to be suburb after suburb to the Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes.

Home Ground by

Paula Panich

I walked up a short steep road, through a familiar-looking massive gate, and into the garden of what has been called the most beautiful Gothic cloister remaining in Europe.

The nuns of the Sisterhood of the Clares moved in on May 3, 1327. Some modern sisters live there still.

The monastery was founded

by Queen Elisenda de Montcada, who chose the site (and whose remains lie in the monastery church). She was supported in this effort by her husband King James II (Jau-

MONESTIR DE PEDRALBES: Fifteenth-century gate facing the street.

BEAUTIFULLY PAINTED 1607 box in the museum.

me II), who dedicated the Monastery to Saint Mary.

The area of the tidy homes around the monastery was once the village of Sarrià, which was, in the 14th century, far outside the city’s walls.

Well, now you have the basics — who, what, and where. But the why? Perhaps the queen wanted to exhibit her piety and expand her political power.

I felt in a bit of an architectural quandary. Why was the gate familiar? Why did the cloister (the organizing structure of the whole monastery) send my mind to Santa Barbara, California? And why did the “Gothic” descriptor of the

cloister seem too facile?

To borrow and extrapolate from British garden historian Christopher Thacker, the history of gardens and architecture is like the study of icebergs — a bit shows above the surface, yet much more lurks underneath.

Of course, the Spanish military marched up from Mexico into California and New Mexico at the end of the 16th century… and that’s why the exterior wooden gate on my own courtyard in Albuquerque resembles the large-scale one at the monastery, and why the architecture of Santa Barbara looks the way it does, inspired as it was by the early

20th-century Spanish Colonial Revival.

I will stop here and give a word of gratitude for leaving my comfort zone and seeing the world afresh — that is, seeing my ignorance, that deep iceberg.

Spanish Gothic architecture in its Catalan iteration resulted in a number of extant and beautiful buildings in Barcelona — among them the stunning Santa Maria del Mar, built between 1329 and 1383.

But those graceful arches, with their slender columns at the Monestir de Pedralbes — I could sense the elegant beauty of Islamic architecture and (Please turn to page 4)

DELICATE Gothic arches of the Cloister of the monastery.

ENCLOSED garden in the monastery. Photos by Paula Panich

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design, though this may be a minority opinion. (Islamic occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, more or less, lasted from 711 to 1492; in Catalonia, the occupation began in 718 and ended in 801.)

Now back to those sisters.

The monastery, under the patronage of Queen Elisenda, attracted daughters of the

wealthiest and most powerful Catalan families; it was a way those families could serve the Queen. They brought substantial dowries and cultural capital. The monastery’s museum is a showcase of this treasure.

The monastery’s noble women (who wore white; the worker-nuns wore black) cloistered here also brought furniture, as was the custom in secular marriage; these women did not lose their

power and comfort.

Furniture, especially seating, was a marker of wealth and social standing: “She’s brought a chair” is a phrase still used in the Empordà region of Spain to indicate the bride has status.

The monastery survived the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) as the anti-clerical Republicans and Anarchists of Barcelona considered it a work of art, and they left it alone.

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Los Angeles Conservancy’s Last Remaining Seats series that shows classic films in historic settings runs Saturdays June 1 - 29. The series includes a screening on a Sunday and marks a return to The Wiltern after 16 years.

“It Happened One Night” kicks off the series at the Los Angeles Theatre June 1 at 8 p.m. “Spartacus” screens Sun., June 16 at 3 p.m. at

Theatre at Ace Hotel. Playing at The Wiltern June 29 are “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” at 2 p.m., and “Network” at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available now for $18 to Conservancy members.

Non-members can purchase tickets beginning April 10 for $22. Proceeds support efforts to preserve historic places in Los Angeles County.

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Jane Club offers support to working women, and men too

By Rachel Olivier The Jane Club, an enterprise launched last year by producer and actress Jess Zaino and actress June Diane Raphael, moved to 429 N. Larchmont Blvd. last month.

The mixed-use building, designed and built in 2000 by architect Scott Johnson, FAIA, of Johnson Fain for his family, has a high design element that the club is looking forward to taking advantage of, says Dori Howard, one of the co-CEOs at the Jane Club. The light and bright rooms and the outdoor spaces will be put to good use as office spaces, co-working spaces and community rooms, she added.

There are five outdoor spaces, including a play area for children. The pool will be covered, and that area will become a co-working area, while a balcony will be a designated quiet area. One of the other outdoor areas will be a community space for special events, such as speakers giving advice on finance and business, group meetings, political functions, and fun activities, such as a recent chocolate tasting.

Howard noted that the reason Larchmont became home base for the Jane Club was the sense of community. In addition, many of the women the Jane Club would like to serve

BUILDING at 429 N. Larchmont Blvd. was designed by Scott Johnson, FAIA, of Johnson Fain, for his family.

— career women with children who work from home — reside in this neighborhood. (In fact, many of their current members walk to the Jane Club from home.) The area also has a good cross section of women who want to excel in both career and home life, but might need a little help to do that, says Howard.

Why it is different The co-working space caters to all working women, says Howard. “We want to take care of women who take care of others,” says Howard.

She’s also quick to point out that the club is open to men, and that there are very few co-working spaces in MidWilshire Los Angeles.

What makes the Jane Club different from other co-working spaces, or from simply getting a nanny or daycare, is the

centralization of services available, as well as the sense of community, says Howard. She further notes that many career women who are also mothers can feel isolated when working from home. And it becomes a challenge to have a freelance career while spending much of the working day driving from one errand to another.

At the Nest, the childcare part of the Jane Club, children can play and participate in enrichment activities while their moms (or dads) are working nearby.

Howard said, however, that at least 25 percent of the membership does not have children.

Extra services also are available onsite, such as hair styling or car washing services (yes, there is parking onsite, plus reserved spots on a nearby lot). Healthcare person-

STAIRWAY separates living and dining room, circa 2001, with outdoor terrace beyond.

Photos courtesy of Johnson Fain

ORIGINAL living room of the Johnson residence features bright, open spaces.

BRIGHT light comes into the circular space on the third floor of the house.

nel come in occasionally for breast and physical exams, as well. Howard says they hope to add other events and services in the future.

Inspiration Zaino and Raphael were inspired to open the Jane Club

by Jane Addams, who has been called the “mother of social work.” She opened Hull House and other homes for working women in the Chicago area in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Visiting a number of venues that were incidentally historic Last month I had the occasion to visit a number of historic venues for reasons other than their historicity. And that’s the way it should be. These places are embedded in our everyday lives, but there is no question that they add richness to our environment of which we are sometimes unaware.

The complex at the former Cathedral of St. Vibiana has been functioning as an event

space for several years now, and the Redbird restaurant located in the former rectory/ residential space is so popular that on a recent evening several attendees at a private reception for preservationists associated with the National Trust for Historic Preservation were unable to book a table.

The cathedral itself was set up for a wedding (nondenominational this time) and was very

elegant. A private room at the top of the rectory building provided a view of the complex few have seen, with a blend of old and new architecture in the ever-evolving Downtown.

The Ebell Theatre was the perfect venue for screening the documentary “Citizen Jane” which chronicles the planning and preservation battles in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s. The Ebell and the

McAvoy on Preservation by

Christy McAvoy Los Angeles Conservancy enhanced the experience with a panel of women in preservation and clubhouse tours.

The ultimate immersion is, of course, living in an historic house. I had the opportunity to see the work of Paul Williams in a new way. Most of us think of Williams’ creations in the 1920s and 30s, and there are several examples in Hancock Park and Windsor Square.

Williams completed a much later example in 1966. Located on the Wilshire Country Club golf course, the house is an unusual mix of Regency and Modernism, combined with an elegance that only Williams could achieve. Visited last month at a Los Angeles Conservancy event, Williams design features, including one of those amazing curved staircases, are everywhere. The proportions of the rooms are just masterful.

From April 21 to May 19, the Boddy House at Descanso Gardens becomes a Showcase House once again. The historic garden setting will provide new design ideas for all of us.

Two historic sites are hosting worthy exhibits. The Pasadena Museum of History in the Fenyes Mansion has a very comprehensive show of women artists extended to April 13, while Hauser and Wirth Gallery in the Arts Dis-

trict has an Annie Liebowitz exhibit to die for, closing on April 14.

Art, no matter how contemporary, really looks great in historic settings. And then there’s music. Chamber music played in historic sites and churches. Even the Rolling Stones at the Rose Bowl in May! In the Windsor Square and Hancock Park neighborhoods, just the simple act of walking becomes a way to enjoy the wellbeing that historic architecture can provide. One of my friends walks four miles a day around Windsor Square and adjacent neighborhoods.

Exercise and architectural eye candy get her day moving in a positive direction by 9 a.m.

Our older neighborhoods are food for the soul.

Next month is National Preservation Month. Plan to volunteer at an event, attend a tour or program, or otherwise actively engage in your local preservation group.

PAUL WILLIAMS 1966 Hancock Park house was setting for a reception by hosts Andrew Sands and Randolph Fishburn, talking with Toby Horn (center), owner of a Paul Williams house in the Miracle Mile North HPOZ.

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Dept. of City Planning reviewing neighborhood plans, projects

promote job creation, enhance

By John Welborne With Metro Rail Purple Line the urban built environment, Extension construction under- and focus new growth and way, there are lots of people housing in proximity of tranplanning for a denser future sit and along corridors while in this part of town. In the city protecting the character of of Los Angeles, plan making single-family neighborhoods.”

See: latnp.org/purple-line. is under the purview of the Approximately 50 planners Dept. of City Planning, headed by local resident Vince Bertoni, who reports to Mayor Eric Garcetti (also a local resident!) and the City Planning Commission appointed by the mayor. TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOOD planning was In addition, the subject of small group discussions among when there are Planning Dept. staff and local stakeholders at a recent workshop. specific projects proposed for actual con- and neighborhood residents struction, the permit-issuing turned out in late February Dept. of Building and Safety for a workshop to discuss the refers the projects for review planning department’s draft by other agencies. City plan- TNP proposals. Planners ners (and many other city staff sought attendees’ responses members as well, think fire to images of alternative kinds department, transportation, of designs and massing for new buildings expected to be etc.) must sign off. proposed and constructed in TNP for Purple Line Keeping planners busy right proximity to the three Purple now is a proposed “transit neigh- Line subway stations (La Brea, borhood plan” (TNP) for areas Fairfax and La Cienega).

3rd and Fairfax between Pico Blvd. and Third St. A specific example of a or Beverly Blvd., mostly west of Highland Ave., extending to the project for which a permit application already has been Beverly Hills border.

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DEVELOPER of new apartments on the Third Street KMart site, Tom Warren of Holland Partner Group, explains a rendering of the project to stakeholders at Dept. of City Planning EIR scoping meeting.

TNP

(Continued from page 8) the approximately 330-unit apartment project proposed to replace the vacant KMart adjoining Whole Foods at Third and Fairfax. To start the EIR process last month, public comments were solicited at a March 6 meeting at the Pan Pacific Senior Activity Center and through correspondence.

The comments will help city planners Mindy Nguyen, Kathleen King and their Dept. of City Planning colleagues determine the project impacts, alternatives and mitigation measures that need to be studied to lessen environmental impacts from construction and long-term oper-

CITY PLANNERS Mindy Nguyen and Kathleen King oversee the EIR scoping meeting for the mixed-use project proposed for Third and Fairfax.

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So far, four new trees have been planted, and more are planned.

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dent; she worked with Nikki Ezhari, Nick Greif and Justin Orenstein of Council District Four. Also giving a hand were Adel Hadgekhalil from the city Bureau of Street Services and Tim Tyson from the city’s Urban Forest Division (UFD).

While serving on the city Community Forest Advisory Committee (CFAC), Stromberg learned that the city had targeted but not removed the stumps for lack of funding.

Stromberg suggested spending some of CD4’s discretionary funds to subsidize UFD to remove the tree stumps.

“I had received complaints from residents regarding tree stumps not being removed and causing blight. Also, tree stumps take up valuable real estate that can be opened up to plant trees,” she explained.

Months passed during which Stromberg reached out to the Chronicle to help solicit resident nominations for tree stump removals. After publication of notice in the paper, she received nominations from the La Brea Hancock and Sycamore Square communities.

She obtained a list of all outstanding tree stump removal requests for Council District 4 and UFD, compiling the data with the goal of looking for clusters. “We could get more tree stumps removed if there were clusters,” she said.

Rain added to the delay, until last month, when the stumps were removed on S. Sycamore Ave., S. Orange Dr., S. Citrus Ave., S. Mansfield Ave. and Eighth St. The new trees were planted on Citrus, Orange and Eighth.

Ultimately, UFD was able to advocate funds from its budget, and CD4 discretionary funds were not used.

“We were seeking the removal of tree stumps in the area, and preparing to utilize discretionary funds if necessary, but UFD recently identified the funding to remove them within its own budget, which is welcome news,” add-

BARBARA SAVAGE waited four years for the city to remove the tree stump in front of her home.

CONRAD STARR, president of Sycamore Square Neighborhood Association, with a tree just planted on Orange Dr.

ed Mark Pampanin, communications deputy at CD4.

“One stump was left at a homeowner’s request. UFD was going to remove it, but a new, fledgling tree appears to be growing out of this stump, and the homeowner really wanted to keep it in place,” Pampanin

added.

“We are gathering data on tree stumps to look for clusters in the event we repeat this program,” said Stromberg. “Some trees have already been planted, and we are working on planting more soon in the locations of the tree stumps.”

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Learn about propagating native plants, plants to make teas and sachets, and tips for wildlife photography this month at the Theodore Payne Foundation, 10459 Tuxford St., Sun Valley.

Learn how to propagate native plants at a workshop Sat., April 13 from 9 a.m. to noon.

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felts representing the company, standing with local officials and dignitaries. Framed is a document of one of the company’s first transactions, which lists the original escrow fee as $5.

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the company’s archives. Most notable were very old bound copies of original tract maps of the neighborhood that show, for instance, a trolley line running up Larchmont Boulevard.

Lining the walls of the Wilshire Escrow office are old photos of various Shew-

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See how you can create bee gardens and attract pollinators to your garden at a talk at Crescent Farm Sat., April 20 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Hear how to care for oak trees Sat., April 27, 10 a.m. to noon.

Learn how to correctly prune plumeria plants at a hands-on workshop Sat., April 27 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Flower shows Tall- and small-bearded and arilbred irises will be for sale Sat., April 13 and Sun., April 14, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Southern California Hemerocallis and Amaryllis plant show and sale is Sat., April 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., April 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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‘Night Garden,’ spring plant sale at Descanso

“Night Garden,” blossoming trees, and spring plant sales are at Descanso Gardens, 1518 Descanso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge.

Enjoy “Night Garden” Sat., April 6, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Stroll through the gardens on a guided walk to view cherry blossoms and other spring favorites Thursdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. this month. Shop for potted plants Wed., April 10 to Sat., April 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Participate in BioBlitz to identify wildlife species for the 2019 City Nature Challenge Sat., April 27, 9 to 11:30 a.m.

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Tales of early 20th-century architects told in new book

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By Suzan Filipek “A curved plane of Ten architects behind gold-leaf Italian glass tile” some of the region’s most described by Gonzalez reiconic buildings are feamains a focal point to this tured in the new book, day.

“Architects Who Built The first woman archiSouthern California.” tect licensed in California, “Many of the book’s Julia Morgan was hired by subjects are architects William Randolph Hearst you’ve never heard of,” to design the “Los Angeauthor Antonio Gonzalez les Examiner” Building. writes in the preface.

Hearst spoke at the 1913 “I was interested in opening, which included writing about architects four bands, an orchestra who hadn’t been the suband a vocalist who project of much research,” he vided entertainment. wrote.

Trained at the Ecole The collection includes des Beaux Arts in Paris, architects he admires, that school initially withand who made mistakes, held Morgan’s certificate. “but what they accomplished far exceeds any of THE ELKS LODGE on a postcard with a Not deterred, she reenrolled in classes and entheir mistakes.” view of Westlake Park in the foreground.

Antonio Gonzalez collection tered an architectural The unsavory along with competition, winning the noteworthy are included in the paperback’s 191 pages. skyline of 20th-century Cali- first prize.

Finally, with certificate in Feverishly working to keep fornia.

Among them is Claud Beel- hand and back home in the Bay up with the area’s rapid population growth in the early man, who, with his partner Al- Area, when she went to work, 1900s, the nine men and one eck Curlett, designed the im- her famed architect boss told woman featured in the book pressive Elks Lodge, yet Beel- a colleague that he had hired a are credited with shaping the man never graduated from great designer who “he didn’t college. The “Grecian-and- have to pay anything because Syrian”-style Lodge overlook- she is a woman.” ing McArthur Park, formerly Julia Morgan designed more called Westlake Park, was es- than 700 buildings during her timated to cost $1.5 million in career; Hearst Castle in San 1924. More than 2,000 mem- Simeon is among her best bers of the fraternal order at- known. tended the May 1926 opening Then there is Frank D. Hudceremony. son, who in 1905 was in court The pair also designed the for driving an automobile at a Pershing Square Building. speed of more than 12 miles Albert C. Martin, architect an hour, a charge that was of Grauman’s Million Dollar eventually dropped much to Theater, among other notable his relief. His firm Hudson & buildings — including City (Please turn to page 15) Hall — founded a company still going strong.

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East should have bid 3S after West showed he had six spades and a minimum hand.

Had she done so, West would pass with a minimum hand, realizing that East probably didn’t have 3-card support.

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before pulling trump, utilizing the two trump on the board to trump diamonds, even though one of them is the King. (I have to digress here a bit. As the cards lie, the Queen of diamonds is onside, so if North gets in, she will probably take it, making East’s Jack good, holding the diamond loss to one, for down one. However, declarer has no reason to believe that South’s opening lead wasn’t a normal lead of top connecting honors. Who would lead a bare King? So declarer will play the hand thinking that the Queen is on his left and thinking he has two sure diamond losers unless he ruffs them.)

When you are setting up a cross ruff, you should take your winning tricks immediately. Since you are leaving trump in the hands of your opponents, you don’t want them sluffing cards in the suits in which you have winning cards while you are cross ruffing, and ruffing in when you try to take them.

As you ruff, one of the opponents will run out of the suit and can get rid of cards in the suit you want to win with your Aces and Kings.

So after East ruffs the 7 of diamonds on the board, he gets back to his hand with the King of hearts, ruffs the last diamond with the King on the board and gets back to his hand with the Ace of hearts.

Still avoiding trump, he plays to the Ace and King of clubs, thereby taking all his winning tricks outside of the trump suit. At this point he has taken the Ace of diamonds, AK of hearts, AK of clubs (seeing the Queen fall from his LHO) and ruffed two diamonds on the board, so he has taken seven tricks.

He knows that South is out of clubs, so he ruffs a heart for his eighth trick, breathing easier to discover that hearts broke. Now he’s got eight tricks. He needs two more and here’s the final layout: North ♠A ♥ ♦ Q86 ♣6 West ♠ ♥9 ♦ ♣ JT

East ♠ T9864 ♥ ♦ ♣

South ♠ QJ53 ♥Q ♦ ♣ Now he can pull trump (having no choice since that’s all he has in his hand), and leads the Ten. South plays low and North takes her singleton Ace. North leads the Queen of diamonds.

East must trump with the six because he can’t afford for South to win anything but the Queen or Jack. South takes the Jack and leads the Queen of hearts, allowing East to trump with the 4, leaving him with the 9 and 8 of spades to South’s Queen and five. East takes the last trick for his tenth, making the contract.

If East tries to pull trump before taking all his sure tricks and getting his two diamond ruffs, he will be down at least one and maybe two.

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When Julius Caesar, advised by the Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes, reformed the old Roman republican calendar, he made the new calendar solar instead of lunar, calculated the length of the solar year at 365 ¼ days, divided the year into 12 months and named them after Roman gods - January = Janus, March = Mars, and so on.

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Right on, Jody! Men’s tailless formal wear, at first worn with black tie only (now with any color), was first introduced in the late 1800s at Tuxedo Park, a very tony suburb about 40 miles up the Hudson from Manhattan, which featured one of the first “country clubs” on the east coast.

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