2014

Millennials are one of the largest groups driving our economy currently. They are the generation of change through willingness to learn faster, multitask and use social media outlets as a means to communicate. Millennials, born from to 1981 to 2000, are making up what looks to be the largest group the U.S has ever seen encompass the home buyer pool. According to realtor.com they, “currently make up...

  Even if you don’t think of yourself as a balletomane, Los Angeles Ballet might just convince you to make The Nutcracker one of your own holiday-season traditions. To say it’s one of the most “accessible” ballets in the repertoire would be true as far as it goes: Tchaikovsky’s score manages to be both comfortingly familiar and consistently exciting, and LAB’s production is exuberantly...

You've probably heard of the LA River Walk, a revitalization of the Los Angeles River, that begins in Canoga Park, goes through the San Fernando Valley, Griffith Park and Elysian Valley, and down as far as Downtown LA and  Long Beach. The long-term goal for the Los Angeles River is to offer 102 miles of connectivity on both sides of the river for people to enjoy walking, biking, fishing and other fun...

Congratulations to our very own Town Square Real Estate agent Fred Madjar for winning the 2014 Global Business Council Achievement Program Platinum Award!  Fred is Vice Chairman of the Arcadia Association of Realtors Global Committee and has dedicated much of his time to issues that affect local real estate from a international perspective. , ....

Fore more than twenty years, Pasadena Dance Theatre has been teaching aspiring dancers in its conservatory while its professional company has performed both classical ballet and contemporary dance. Each year, the company mounts a production of Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Nutcracker , . around the holidays in the historic San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. It's a lovely way to take a break from shopping...

Altadena Library Measure A Passes The ayes took 84.2 percent of the vote.   As residents of Altadena, we all should be proud of coming together as a community to support and re-invigorate our amazing libraries.  This is true "grass roots" effort in action.  And what a great example of teaching our kids how our votes can make a difference. Bravo to Altadena for the collective voice.  We all...

Dia De Los Muertos Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday observed throughout Mexico and around the world especially in Los Angeles. The holiday focuses on gatherings for friends and family to pray for and remember friends and family who have died. Family members will make altars or ofrendas honoring the deceased family members using sugar skulls, marigolds and the favorite...

With Halloween coming in a few days I wanted to share some of Los Angeles’ favorite haunted spots! The abandoned Rancho Los Amigos Hospital Pasadena’s “Suicide Bridge” Hollywood Roosevelt The Comedy Store The Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre The Hollywood Sign Griffith Park Pantages Theatre The Culver Studios Vogue Theatre , . The Del Monte...

You've probably heard of the Gamble House, a definitively important example of the Craftsman style as developed by the architects Greene & Greene. A little further down Orange Grove Blvd. you'll find its somewhat less well-known but equally (if differently) noteworthy counterpart, the Pasadena Museum of History (pasadenahistory.org). The Museum began in the 1920s as a single filing cabinet but has...

httpss://obs.carnegiescience.edu The Carnegie Observatories 13th Annual Open House   Some of the benefits of working in real estate, along with always meeting new people, is the fact that I'm also constantly learning of new and interesting events happening around Pasadena in which most people aren't even aware of. Of course, what's the use of knowing these awesome secrets without being...