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Creative Word: Fundraising – The Things We Do For Love
By Katie Love at October 27, 2010 | 4:03 pm | 0 Comment
CREATIVE WORD: FUNDRAISING- THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE By: Katie Love Just when I thought my weekends were getting a little dull, I got wind of the 6th Annual “Incredible Duck Splash” put on by the Kiwanis Club of Glendale. Also known as the “Rubber Ducky Race,” this fundraising extravaganza raises thousands of dollars for nonprofit organizations such as: The
CREATIVE WORD: Artists and the Corporate Treadmill
By Katie Love at October 22, 2010 | 4:05 pm | 0 Comment
CREATIVE WORD: Artists and the Corporate Treadmill By: Katie Love It was my first day as a salesperson at the Los Angeles Times. I felt very enthusiastic about selling advertising that would help support the efforts of writers I had long admired. I remember the corporate-happy outfit I’d picked out the night before: burgundy blazer, black slacks, black heels,
CREATIVE WORD: Can Comedy Be Taught?
By Katie Love at October 6, 2010 | 4:15 pm | 0 Comment
CREATIVE WORD: Can Comedy Be Taught? By: Katie Love A guy walks into a Thanksgiving dinner and sits down at the table. He starts doing bits about the family, the stuffing, his childhood. Big laughs all around…in fact, at one point Aunt Clara needs CPR. Later, the guests can’t decide if their stomachs hurt from the onion-laden casserole or that last joke about the
CREATIVE WORD: Overcoming Setbacks
By Katie Love at September 30, 2010 | 4:17 pm | 0 Comment
CREATIVE WORD: Overcoming Setbacks By: Katie Love During my first year in Hollywood, I attended one of those “How to Make it in Hollywood!” seminars and met a well-known producer who was very interested in my first script. In fact, he was so interested that he left an urgent message instructing me not to speak of my idea to a single soul over the weekend and that he
CREATIVE WORD: The Balancing Act
By Katie Love at September 27, 2010 | 4:20 pm | 0 Comment
CREATIVE WORD: The Balancing Act By Katie Love I once had a friend who described her famous actress- friend this way: “She’s one of those right-brain artist-types. She can’t balance her checkbook and she can’t make the bed.” Of course I envisioned a gaggle of minions following Fame Girl around with calculators and cleaning brushes, tending to her every
Creative Word: Art, Voice and Community
By Katie Love at September 18, 2010 | 4:22 pm | 0 Comment
Creative Word: Art, Voice and Community By Katie Love Artists- albeit the musician, sculptor, painter, dancer, writer, poet, actor, and in my opinion- a great bartender, have long been hailed by their cities as a commodity- even if it isn’t with the same outward gusto as say- a real estate investor. In fact, there was a time in history, where if a city could not
Customer Service Rules at Golden Touch
By Diana Funaro at April 15, 2010 | 2:24 pm | 0 Comment
Jewel City Scene – Customer Service Rules at Golden Touch By Diana Funaro Customer Service rules at Golden Touch Beauty Salon and Supply on Foothill in North Glendale. Owner Annie Voskanion goes out of her way to make customers comfortable and enjoy themselves whether it be sharing her Mediterranean cruise photos or a surprise birthday cake for one of her
Cordons — A SUPER- Market
By Diana Funaro at November 9, 2009 | 2:28 pm | 0 Comment
Jewel City Scene -- Cordons -- A SUPER- Market. By Diana Funaro When I first moved up to La Crescenta over ten years ago from the Lo Feliz area of LA, a former neighbor used to visit me once a week -- not just visit me but shop at Cordon's, an independently owned supermarket on Honolulu. I had stopped there once with her to pick something up when I first
Gap – Can’t Decide Which Jeans
By Diana Funaro at October 19, 2009 | 2:35 pm | 0 Comment
Jewel City-Scene – Gap – Can’t Decide Which Jeans…? By Diana Funaro A couple months ago The Gap launched a premium jeans line called “1969” which was the year The Gap actually opened. The summer versions are now on mark-down at the Glendale Galleria Store. There is a neat pair of skinny jeans in black selling at half price for $29.99. I’m
Notes from Station Fire by Diana Funaro
By Diana Funaro at October 18, 2009 | 2:39 pm | 0 Comment
Jewel City-Scene - Notes from Station Fire By Diana Funaro The Angeles Crest or Station Fire has been raging since last Wednesday and is still out of control heading toward Mt. Wilson area. The smoke and ash is so think it’s actually like a dark cloud hunkering down over the whole Foothills area. Every morning the newscasters report the fire doubling overnight.
