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LAND AND HISTORY
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11 ARROYOLAND’S NEXT HOT ‘HOODS Where will home buyers be flocking to in a decade or more?
— By Brigham Yen
13 THE ABC’S OF SHORT SALES Is the recent crop of affordable short sales as good as it looks?
— By Noela Hueso
23 THREE FACES OF PASADENA Three centenarians look back on a century of life.
— By Mandalit del Barco
28 ON THE WINGS OF A PRAYER Calbraith Perry Rodgers piloted the first transcontinental airplane flight a century ago, landing in Pasadena.
— By Bettijane Levine
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FESTIVITIES Art.Write.Now. opening, Impact House’s James Caan Golf Tournament, the Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards
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KITCHEN CONFESSIONS Pack up your dump dinner and head for the hills.
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DINING The new Market on Holly serves up gourmet deli food in style.
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THE LIST A Noise Within’s Glendale curtain call, Castle Green opens its doors, important California and American art goes on the block
ABOUT THE COVER: Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz photo courtesy of the Archives, Pasadena Museum of History (A9-3c)
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EDITOR’S NOTE
YOU’D THINK SOMEONE WOULD HAVE NOTICED. Calbraith Perry Rodgers made aviation history a century ago when he piloted a Wright Brothers plane from New York to Pasadena in the first-ever transcontinental flight — years before anyone had even heard of Charles Lindbergh or Amelia Earhart. Does Rodgers’ name ring a bell with you? It didn’t with me or anyone I mentioned him to. Even the City of Pasadena, which reveres history, isn’t taking note of this momentous occasion in its 125th anniversary festivities this month. A lot of us assume that when important historical milestones are reached, the record will be passed down to posterity. So it was eye-opening for me to learn that this momentous event had occurred — and somehow slipped through the cracks of common consciousness. We offer kudos to the Pasadena Museum of History for filling in the gap with an archive of photos and information on this remarkable event, described in entertaining detail by Bettijane Levine. This issue also includes a nod to Pasadena’s living history in the form of Mandalit del Barco’s interviews with three charming 100-year-old residents — Corrie Harris, Dorothy Mae Vaughn and “Mama Rosa” Johnson — who answered the call when the history museum sought out locals for its Centenarian Project. You can hear the stories of our trio and the rest of the group at the “Happy Birthday, Pasadena” festivities on the museum’s grounds June 11. For this Land and History issue, we also take on the future. Pasadena Realtor and blogger Brigham Yen offers picks for Arroyoland’s next hot neighborhoods. And Noela Hueso considers the pros and cons of the real estate industry’s tempting flavor of the month: short sales. — Irene Lacher
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FESTIVITIES
Kerri Schlottman, Margaret Nietfeld, Lachlan Turczan and Ned Vizzini
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Jeff Jampol, Joe Pesci and Margie and Jerry Perenchio joined some 150 supporters of Pasadena’s Impact Treatment Center on April 25 at the eighth annual James Caan Golf Classic, which raised $230,000 for the drug and alcoholic Chase Twichell
treatment facility…Lineage Dance managing director Peggy Burt emceed the May 7 opening at the company’s Pasadena performing arts center of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’“Art.Write.Now.” exhibition of exceptional work by Scholastic Art & Writing Award winners, including local hero Lachlan Turczan, a Monrovia senior at the L.A.
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ARROYOLAND’S NEXT HOT ‘HOODS Where will home buyers be flocking to a decade or more from now? Not necessarily where you think. BY BRIGHAM YEN
WHAT WILL MAKE HOT NEIGHBORHOODS HOT 10 OR EVEN 20 YEARS FROM NOW? POSSIBLY NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT, IF YOU’RE RELYING ON CURRENT MAPS. FOR MANY DECADES NOW, ANGELENOS HAVE THOUGHT NOTHING OF HOPPING INTO THEIR CARS TO GET ANYWHERE THEY NEED TO GO, SPURRING THE GROWTH OF URBAN SPRAWL. BUT TODAY’S RISING GAS PRICES ARE THREATENING TO MAKE CAR TRAVEL — AND LIFE FAR AWAY FROM BUZZING CITY CENTERS — A LUXURY. But fear not. Arroyoland has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to attractive transportation options. The Gold Line and Metrolink have connections to downtown Los Angeles and beyond. And with 2008’s passage of Measure R authorizing a half-cent sales-tax increase to fund key rail lines, continued expansion of the county’s rail network is on the agenda. As each new line is completed, more and more neighborhoods will be accessible by rail, elevating our countywide network to a critical mass. That will make living near rail stations the next hottest real estate trend — one that may be here to stay. Here are five Arroyoland neighborhoods I predict will gain momentum as the rail network matures:
1) Downtown Arcadia Arcadia’s historic downtown has great potential to become an even more walkable neighborhood. The quaint area includes 1st Street and Huntington Drive, both lined with shops and boutiques as well as restaurants and other amenities. The Gold Line Foothill Extension to Azusa is slated to begin construction this summer and finish in late 2014, with a station to be located in downtown Arcadia at 1st and Santa Clara streets. Bordering Pasadena to the east, downtown Arcadia will offer future dwellers quick access to Pasadena’s cultural, educational and entertainment venues, as well as residence in a terrific community with a great school district. That will all make homes near Arcadia’s Gold Line station extremely attractive. IMAGE: Courtesy of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority
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2) Allen Station, Pasadena You want to have your cake and eat it too? You can live in a single-family home and still have access to mass transit near the Gold Line’s Allen Station in Pasadena. The neighborhoods surrounding the Allen Station abound with single-family homes that appeal to buyers who want privacy and space. Those homes will become even more attractive as the county’s rail network grows and tomorrow’s buyers see the value in being able to get around without a car.
4) Old Pasadena This one seems obvious, but Pasadena’s historic downtown will become an even hotter place to live as more housing options are built in the next decade. As more people realize that there are a lot of folks who actually live in Old Pasadena and that it’s not just frequented by shoppers, we may see more neighborhood amenities such as dry cleaners, drug stores and markets. Add to that the ideal urban nexus of two Gold Line stations (Del Mar and Memorial Park) and, not surprisingly, you have the makings of the city’s hottest area in the coming decade. 12 | ARROYO | 06.11
3) Fillmore Station, Pasadena The City of Pasadena’s updated general plan (which will be officially adopted next year) includes the possibility of additional mixed-use housing along Raymond Avenue (also known as the “Innovation Corridor”). Being less than a 20-minute train ride from downtown L.A. and mere minutes from Old Pasadena, the area around the Fillmore Station could become one of the most appealing places for urban dwellers if the city encourages higherdensity development along the corridor.
5) Downtown South Pasadena Anyone who has been to South Pasadena’s historic downtown is immediately charmed by it. Why? Because it’s quaint, boasting a small-town character and family-friendly atmosphere, yet it comes with some of the best urban conveniences around, such as the Gold Line station, which has virtually become a South Pasadena icon since its completion in 2003. The city lies between Old Pasadena and the downtown L.A. metropolis, yet it has its own thing going on. It’s already very desirable to buyers, but the rising demand to live near rail stations will only enhance its allure. ||||
Brigham Yen is a Pasadena real estate broker and blogger (brighamyen.com).
PHOTOS: Courtesy of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority; Brigham Yen (Old Pasadena)
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THE ABC’S OF SHORT SALES Is the post–housing-market-crash crop of affordable short sales as good as it looks? Yes.And no.
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IT WAS JANUARY 2007 AND THE OVERHEATED HOUSING MARKET WAS SMOKING, WHEN BROTHERS DAVID, 38, AND JOSEPH, 40 (NOT THEIR REAL NAMES), DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO CLAIM THEIR PIECE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. TAKING NOTE OF RISING HOME PRICES AND THE EASE WITH WHICH FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS WERE QUALIFYING FOR LOANS, THE BROTHERS DECIDED TO TAKE THE LEAP FROM RENTERS TO OWNERS. IN ALTADENA, THEY FOUND A CHARMING 2,100-SQUARE-FOOT, THREE-BEDROOM SPANISH-STYLE HOME BUILT IN 1929 ON A 12,000-SQUARE-FOOT LOT. AN ADDED BONUS? MODERN UPGRADES IN THE INTERIOR. BY JUNE, THANKS TO AN INTERESTONLY LOAN, THE BROTHERS WERE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE $760,000 HOUSE WITHOUT PUTTING ANY MONEY DOWN.
What they weren’t aware of was that the Southern California real estate market had already started to correct itself, with both home values and interest rates starting to fall. And when the recession hit in 2008, the brothers’ service-oriented business was socked. As the months went by, paying the $4,800 monthly mortgage proved increasingly difficult. “People make up my business, so when people are affected, I get affected,” David says. Though their property was now worth less than what they owed on it, “we couldn’t even pay any more on top of the principal and we couldn’t refinance,” David says. “So what do
you do?” After hanging on for another two years, by October 2010 the brothers knew they had to get out. A short sale seemed like the only viable option. It’s a familiar story, played out thousands of times since the ’08 crash. In the housing bubble years of 2004–07, buyers were enticed by loan options that made it all too easy to purchase homes they couldn’t really afford; a couple of years later they found themselves underwater, at a time when loan requirements had become much more stringent, making it difficult to refi–continued on page 14 06.11 | ARROYO | 13
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nance. Homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages were also in a tight pickle, faced with balloon payments that were more than they could afford. “If you’re able to get a loan modification, you have a home to live in and you still have a tax write-off,” says Coldwell Banker Realtor Mike Trujillo. But for many, that hasn’t been possible. Instead, they’re opting for a short sale, in which a property is sold (to buyers or back to the bank) for less than what is owed on it –– a better option than foreclosure, which can severely damage a homeowner’s credit and prevent the purchase of another home for five to seven years. Homeowners who short sell their houses are almost immediately eligible for an FHA loan and can purchase another property (although their credit score still takes a hit). Likewise, under Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guidelines, they can buy another home within two years. In early May, “about 30 to 35 percent of the market in the San Gabriel Valley [was] made up of short sales,” Trujillo says. Of those, 17 percent were in Pasadena and 15 percent were in Altadena. In the past 12 months, 150 out of 370 short sale homes on the market closed escrow in Pasadena — from a $165,000 condo to a home on Country Lane that sold for $1,232,000. Although some of the remaining 220 may have sold after being relisted, many never got to the finish line. While the term “short sale” suggests a transaction that takes place in almost no time at all, there’s really nothing short about the process, which can easily take 120 days just for banks to respond and 30 to 60 more to complete escrow, according to Realtor Pete Whan, who handles short sales for the Pasadena office of Keller-Williams Realty. That’s because banks are understaffed and feel no sense of urgency. “From 2008 to 2010, most banks were laying people off,” Whan says. “They were doing fewer loans, so there were fewer jobs for underwriters and loan processors. Then, when a lot of the foreclosures started hitting the market, the banks weren’t properly staffed or prepared to handle short sales. “Part of the situation too, is a lot of these banks got bailout money and are being subsidized by the government for handling some of these short sales and foreclosures,” he continues. But “are they really motivated to make these sales happen?” Trujillo is more blunt in his assessment. He says banks often would rather foreclose than go through the short sale process, despite federal incentives to cooperate with homeowners. Foreclosing can be less costly for banks and, as the holders of the property, they have more control over it. “Banks are looking at the bottom line,” Trujillo says. “They actually prefer to foreclose but they can’t say that publicly. That would be nasty. So they go through the motions [of a short sale].” What that often means, he says, is that if even one small element is out of place, the whole process can be delayed –– or even cancelled. “I was working on a deal this past April where we were in the process of getting some minor documents signed going into the weekend, but our deal expired on a Sunday. We wired money to Wells Fargo and asked for a 48-hour extension. They said, basically, ‘You close on our terms or we’re just going to foreclose. We will refuse the wire, cancel this contract and sell the home with no exceptions if you do not close by end of business on Monday.’ I spent the next three days doing some fast footwork,” he says. “That’s how they treat us.” Fortunately, he was able to meet the bank’s terms. From the seller’s perspective, though, a short sale is still preferable to foreclosure. “For a home seller, it’s all about not having a foreclosure on your credit report,” Whan says. “A short sale will show up on your credit, but it also has some language in there that says that it has been paid in full.” What if you’re not looking to sell your home but rather purchase one? Are short sales good options to consider? They can be –– if you can afford to wait it out and then start over if the bank decides not to play ball. “Buying a foreclosed property isn’t necessarily a good deal,” Whan says. “Most of the time the property has been trashed and/or gutted; by the time someone 14 | ARROYO | 06.11
TIPS FOR NAVIGATING SHORT SALES Whether you’re trying to sell your home or looking to buy, here are a few things to keep in mind: FOR SELLERS 1. Be realistic. You’re behind on your payments. Are you going to be able to bring your account current? If not… 2. Contact your lender. Make them aware of what your situation is and let them help you by showing you what your options are. 3. Consider a loan modification. Do you have a lender with a history of modifying loans? Only 16 percent of 660,000 loan modifications requested went through last year, says Keller-Williams Realtor Pete Whan. Go with an expert. 4. Be proactive. If you can’t get a modification, take the initiative in getting your house on the market. The longer you wait, the worse your situation will become. 5. Find a pro. List your property with an agent who specializes in short sales. 6. Price it so it will sell. If bidders don’t meet your first asking price, swallow hard and drop it. FOR BUYERS 1. Be patient. There is nothing short about a short sale. 2. Write a competitive offer. If a property’s value is $450,000 and you try to buy it for $275,000, the bank is not going to approve it, so don’t even try. Give them something realistic they can work with. 3. Keep yourself credit-ready. Don’t increase your debt by buying a car or going on a shopping spree while you are home-hunting --- and need to qualify for a mortgage. 4. Be prepared to close the escrow quickly. While most escrows are 30--60 days, banks that approve short sales will sometimes want to close them relatively fast. Make sure all your paperwork is in order.
— Noela Hueso
buys it they’re paying fair market value — because in the San Gabriel Valley, particularly in the Pasadena area, the demand for housing is greater than the supply — for a property they’re going to have to put money into. A short sale may be a better option because maybe someone’s been living in the property and maintaining it.” But according to a report compiled by Carlsbad-based real estate–training firm Buffini & Co., while distressed homes made up 36 percent of North American sales in 2010, only 6 percent were short sales. The main reason: The majority of buyers couldn’t find the right home among them or thought the process was too difficult and too complex. For David and Joseph, the process wasn’t terribly complicated, just stressful. Nonetheless, seven months after their short sale journey began, there’s a happy ending on the horizon. They still have another four weeks to go before escrow closes, but they have a buyer and all parties have agreed to a $500,000 sale price. David says going through the process was a hard lesson, but he is wiser for having gone through it. He even hopes to buy another house again someday. “Owning a home is great,” David says. “If I can afford it, I mean, why not?”||||
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THREE FACES OF PASADENA Three women who have marked their hundredth birthdays — all participants in the Pasadena Museum of History’s Centenarian Project — look back on a century of life.
TO CELEBRATE PASADENA’S 125TH BIRTHDAY, THE CITY’S MUSEUM OF HISTORY IS HONORING ITS OLDEST RESIDENTS AS PART OF A DAYLONG FESTIVAL ON JUNE 11. TO THAT END, 25 CENTENARIANS WERE TRACKED DOWN, PHOTOGRAPHED AND INVITED TO TELL THEIR OWN STORIES FOR WHAT THE MUSEUM IS CALLING ITS CENTENARIAN PROJECT. AMONG THEM IS “MAMA ROSA” JOHNSON, A.K.A “MRS. ALTADENA,” WHO CONTINUES TO SPEAK TO GROUPS ABOUT HER COLLECTION OF BELLS. CORRIE HARRIS REMEMBERS WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS HERE IN THE PRE–CIVIL RIGHTS ERA. AND DOROTHY MAE VAUGHN REMINISCES ABOUT HER YOUTHFUL YEARS LIVING IN ONE OF PASADENA’S LONG-GONE GRAND HOTELS. ALL THREE WOMEN ARE STILL VIBRANT CHARACTERS WITH SOMETHING IN COMMON: ALL ARE 100 YEARS OLD, ALL REMAIN UPBEAT AND ALL HAVE TRAVELED THE WORLD EXTENSIVELY. OTHER ASPIRING CENTENARIANS WOULD DO WELL TO TAKE NOTE. HERE ARE A FEW CHAPTERS OF THEIR STORIES IN THEIR OWN WORDS,
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“MAMA ROSA” JOHNSON I’m 100 years old, but I don’t feel like it. That’s what’s amazing. I still eat and drink and have my Manhattans. I still go to clubs and parties. I don’t feel different, really, from when I was 17. I’m still very active in different groups, and I’m grateful I can do it. I was raised for the first nine months in Italy. Then I arrived with my mother in Connecticut. We lived in Florida for a while. I did quite a bit of professional modeling there. I still have beautiful hands. But my family had terrible times back then. We lost our business, so I decided to come to California. I tried to be a movie star, but I really didn’t care for it. Before you could get ahead in movies, you had to be nice to the director or the big wheel in charge of the picture. If you wanted a certain part, they wanted you to be their girlfriend. And I didn’t approve of that, because I was a young, single lady that hoped to be married someday and have a family. I really preferred stage acting, so I went back to that. I did quite a bit at the Pasadena Playhouse. I still support it after 70 years. I was always the flirt. I’m very good at flirting, and I still flirt. When my husband married me, he says, “Are you going to keep up this flirting? We’re married now!” And I says, “I think so.” He never objected, because he knew it was just for the fun of it. I really wasn’t serious about it, but I got a kick out of being attractive. I ended up being a good mother with three beautiful children, and 10 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild. He’s only 2 months old. Then, of course, I’ve had kids from all over the world here, and they’re still like my children. I always had youngsters I was helping, legally and illegally. Sometimes the legal one knew an illegal one, and she would say, “Maybe momma will take you.” How can you say no to a child? For my 100th birthday, I had 90 guests, including people from four different countries who came to live with me when they were 16 years old. One of my kids just turned 60. Another little imp was a daughter of the doctor to the president of Mexico. She was a spoiled little rascal, but I had her here 50 years ago, and we still write back and forth. My one boy in Sweden became a very famous children’s book writer. I’m still entertaining visitors … dignitaries [who] come wanting to understand our ways of being a doctor or lawyer or Indian chief. It was so different when I first came here to Pasadena and Altadena. Fair Oaks was in bad shape. There were bums hanging all over. I’ve seen Pasadena change into a beautiful city. But when I was young, I used to be scared to go to the Fair Oaks and Colo-
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rado area. It was pretty rough there. I had to go there because that’s where the grocery store was, and the meat market, too. That’s where I met my husband, in this ugly little meat market! There was this 6-foot-2 man with black curly hair. He was just a butcher, and I had always done better than that. My goodness, I liked my men executives and directors and all that. They took you to nice places and poor men just couldn’t do it. I liked nice things. I had never gone out with a poor man or a working man. But it happened that I ended up marrying the butcher — that beautiful head of black hair, and he was so tall and so polite and gentle and said sweet little silly things, so thoughtful and precious. Even if it wasn’t a holiday, he’d bring me a big chocolate bar for no reason. He turned out to be a Mormon. I says, “Which wife would I be if I fell in love with you?” I remember that’s exactly what I said. He says, “Well, I don’t believe in that. I want just one woman in my life.” Isn’t that interesting? He was very sensible, and very sweet. He didn’t even have a car, but he had things the others didn’t have: kindness and gentleness. We ended up owning a big electric appliance company. We had a nice business out there in East Pasadena for many years. I had quit modeling professionally after my family came along. I gave it up because I was getting older and didn’t have time. And you had to quit eating so you could stay thin, and I liked eating. But I was still into hats. I started putting on costume shows for different clubs. I used to have long hair, down to my hips, which I decorated with big, fancy combs. But I still have about 100 hats upstairs. I did charity hat shows for hospitals and clubs. I would always bring a good crowd in, because I had a different story. I did everything my way. If it was a foreign party or event, I would dress in foreign clothes, representing Poland or Italy or China or wherever. They got a kick out of it. Then I became famous for bell collecting. I have almost 2,000 bells — the whole front of my living room is all bells from everywhere. I’ve been very fortunate to travel to practically every country. I’ve never stayed in a hotel, I’ve always been a house guest: from little houses to big mansions. I traveled practically the whole world without my husband, because he didn’t like to travel very much. He would rather stay home with the children. It worked out real good, because I could go out and do something good for the clubs, and he didn’t mind it. Like I said, I always did things my way.
CORRIE HARRIS I was born November 18, 1910, in Dumas, Arkansas. I must have been 25 years old when I moved here. I joined the Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church, and I’ve been a member there ever since. In fact, I’m the oldest member there. All the rest of them’s gone. In Arkansas, I was married. My husband had a brother here in California, and we decided to come visit. When we got here we liked it so well, we just decided to stay. His brother had told him, “You have to go back because men can’t get a job out here. They’ve been eating out of their wives’ aprons,” meaning taking food home from the white people’s houses in their aprons to feed their husbands. But I believed my husband was the type that could find a job anywhere. So he moved in with me, and found [a job] with the Packard Agency, where they sold cars. He worked there for years, and then became the first black to work for Pasadena’s water and light departments. Of course, they didn’t hire blacks in those days, but he’s the type that asked, “Okay, why don’t you have any blacks?” He was told, “We can’t find them. They don’t work.” Lon kept talking, and they finally said, “We like you. Why don’t you put your application in?” And he did. Not very many people know in those days there was a trolley train that ran down Colorado Boulevard. The station was on Vernon and Colorado. That’s where Lon and I got off the train. And at that time, there were no blacks north of Colorado. All the blacks were on the south side of Colorado. There were no blacks in Altadena at all, not until later on. So many things have changed. For instance, when I got here, no blacks were allowed to swim in the pool at Brookside Park except for Thursday. After that, they would clean it all out and put in new water for the white people. We lived on Vernon, south of Colorado. There was a time when no blacks lived on Orange Grove. No blacks worked at Huntington Hospital. But I thought I could get a job there. So one day, I put my clothes on and put my application in. But they didn’t hire any blacks. That’d be 75 years ago. I’m from the South, so I’m used to that. Didn’t bother me at all, because I’m used to it, you see. When I came to Pasadena in ’36, it was mostly people from the South. But as time went on, and Martin Luther King did a lot for us, everybody got together. Now, my best friend lives next door. He’s white. We’re all together now; we’re just
as one now. That’s one improvement that Pasadena has accomplished. It’s beautiful, just beautiful. My husband was such a lovely person, but he loved TV, and when we got a set, he just stayed sitting in front of that television. I said to him, “Well now, if this is what you’re going to do, I’m going back to school.” He just laughed. First, I went into nursing. I was a real good practical nurse and I worked with good doctors I’ll never forget. After that, I decided to go into real estate. I did very well, too. But in those days, you didn’t get very much commission like now. If we got $1,000 commission — oh, that was big, you know? I never will forget when a community was turning black, because when one black family moved into the neighborhood in Altadena — well, then a [for sale] sign would go up all around. I went to one lady’s house, and I said, “Would you like to sell your house?” She said, “Yeah, I’m going to sell it, but how far are they down there?” Meaning, how far away are the blacks? I said, “Well, they’re not too very far, but they won’t bite you when they get here.” She finally sold her house, but not to me, because she didn’t like what I said, you know? Houses sold for not too very much. For instance, when I built this house, I paid $1,500 for the lot. And I paid $10,000 to build this house. And look how high they are now. The houses are too much for the young people to buy now, whereas my first house, I paid $4 a month. That was 70-some years ago. Four dollars a month! I am a very healthy person. I don’t take any medicine at all. I have most all my teeth. I can read without my glasses. I drive. I pick up bread every Monday to take to the church for the needy. I’m still on the church’s trustees board and the finance committee. If it weren’t for my knees, I could fool everybody. But my knees give me away when I start walking. I could be sitting right next to a nice-looking guy, and he won’t know I’m 100 ’til I stand up. Over the years, I made a lot of friends. That’s the reason I had over 300 people at my 100th birthday party. I had to turn people away, because I didn’t have enough room. All those friends, can you imagine? They were there on crutches, in wheelchairs, but they were there. From up north, from New York, Minnesota and one grandson from Texas. I even got a letter from President Obama: “Happy 100th birthday. Congratulations.” That was wonderful. I never thought we would ever have a black president. But we do.
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DOROTHY MAE VAUGHN We lost my father when I was 5. There was a bad flu epidemic, and thousands of people were taken. My mother and I lived in Los Angeles, which had very few cars and dirt roads, just horse and buggies. We lived in the Wilshire District. It looked underdeveloped, but there were movie studios not far from where we lived. But during the Depression, we lost our home. My mother and I moved for a couple of years to the Pasadena Hotel, which was connected to the Green Hotel by a bridge. My uncle owned the Pasadena Hotel, and he asked my mom, who was a businesswoman, if she’d come over. So we lived there when I was maybe 17 or 16, while I went to Pasadena City College in the 1920s. We had a suite of rooms at the top of the hotel. It was gracious. There was a ballroom and a lovely lobby. Pasadena then was just a calm, country-type, gentle city. It was very undeveloped. Later, the Red Car trolley ran down the center. It’s no longer there. We loved the area. My mother and I had a Pekinese dog, and she would stay in the lobby and if anybody came near, she’d jump off and bark at them. My mom got me the dog for my birthday. After two days, the little dog dug out from under the fence, and got out. So I stayed out of school, and went from door to door with no success. There was one house on the street I didn’t get to. We ran an ad in the paper, and some lady called and said she thought she had my dog. Could I come see it? I said I could, but not until my mother came home. So we went, and it was at the one house I hadn’t checked. Well, it turned out that this lady told her son some little girl and her mother were coming to look at the dog. So he hid in the bedroom. He didn’t want to meet some little girl. But pretty soon, he walked past the living room to the bedroom and back. His mother finally called him in, and he asked if he could carry my dog home. She was tiny. She had little white paws. We named her Tippy. John asked if he could carry her home. I said yes. We lived on the same street down a ways. And when we got to the house, he asked, “May I call on you Friday?” And I said that would be very nice. And that was it. When he was a freshman at UCLA, he wanted us to get married. I said, “When you graduate and have a job, we’ll think about it.” At the time, I had to go to work and take care of my mother. Six years later, we married and stayed married for 67 years. It was a wonderful marriage. Wonderful. We were hungry a time or two, when he got out of school and it was the Depression.
For several years, I worked at Pasadena City Hall as a secretary, taking dictation and typing stuff. I worked for the road department on the 11th floor. In 1933, there was a bad earthquake. I had gone in on a Saturday when no one else was there, to work. The black elevator operator was there, too. The 11th floor was swaying. The man came up and said, “Please go home. I will speak to your boss.” I thought that was awfully nice. Later, I worked for the Crook Company of tractors and equipment. I worked on the switchboard and took dictation and all that. I worked until I got married. My husband asked me if I would mind not working, just be his wife. Too many mothers, in my opinion, work, that shouldn’t. They should stay with their children. John and I moved back to our home in Los Angeles. One year, a cousin said our other cousin had a home in San Marino, and he was losing it. We fell in love with it. It was a three-story English home, but we couldn’t afford it. But we remembered it, and in 1943, we [bought it] and lived there for 41 years. We only left because my husband had a bad fishing accident and needed a one-story home. Then we moved here to Pasadena on Orange Grove, and I’ve been here for 26 years. It is a lovely place. We had many happy years here. We had two children — a boy and a girl. My son lives in Santa Barbara, and my daughter in Glendale. My husband was a businessman. Out of college, he found a spot in a paint company as a bill collector. He worked his way up to the presidency of the company, and then he built a brand new one. After 26 years, he sold it and became a banker. He was in banking about 10 years and he was on 28 boards. He was a founder of Pepperdine University and was given an honorary law degree John and I did a lot of dancing at the Edgewater Beach Club and other private clubs. That gentleman was a wonderful dancer, and we won silver cups for ballroom dancing. To me Dancing with the Stars is not dancing. It’s acrobatics. When we first started, we did beautiful waltzes and fox trots. I had danced from the time I was in high school. A group of classmates would come to the house with their boyfriends and we’d turn on the Victrola to dance. It was a marriage made in heaven. I think life — and marriage in particular — is kindness, toleration and love. We didn’t have screaming mimi’s or whatever. We treated each other as gentle people. ||||
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PHOTO: Courtesy of the Archives, Pasadena Museum of History (A9-3c)
Cal Rodgers (right) and the Vin Fiz
ON THE WINGS OF A PRAYER Calbraith Perry Rodgers had little else to keep him aloft during the first transcontinental airplane flight that brought him to Pasadena a century ago. BY BETTIJANE LEVINE
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PHOTO: Courtesy of the Archives, Pasadena Museum of History (A9-3c)
Cal Rodgers (right) and the Vin Fiz
ON THE WINGS OF A PRAYER Calbraith Perry Rodgers had little else to keep him aloft during the first transcontinental airplane flight that brought him to Pasadena a century ago. BY BETTIJANE LEVINE
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ON NOV. 5, 1911, SOME 10,000 PEOPLE FROM NEAR AND FAR PACKED PASADENA’S TOURNAMENT PARK, DRAWN BY THE PROMISE OF A HISTORY-MAKING AVIATION EVENT — WHICH MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT HAPPEN.
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chair with the legs sawed off, was covered in corduroy to prevent Rodgers from slipping around on it. Chains connected to the propellers were readymade for bicycles. The spoked wheels, also off-the-shelf, looked suitable for the bicycles or baby 2 buggies they were probably built 1. Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz at Tournament Park, 1911. for. The gas tank, attached directly behind the pilot’s head, 2. Take-off of the Vin Fiz at was perfectly positioned to decapitate him if it broke loose. Elmira, NY. And an 8-inch-long string, described by some reporters as a 3. Postcard featuring Cal shoelace, dangled directly in front of the pilot — his only inRodgers and the Vin Fiz, 1911. dication of which direction he was flying in and whether he was banking too steeply. “In flight, the string should fly straight back,” wrote Eileen F. Lebow, author of Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz (Smithsonian Institution Press; 1989), the most comprehensive book on Rodgers. “But if the plane was side-slipping, the string would be at an angle. The aviator had to correct the error by flying in the direction the string pointed.” The pilot navigated this contraption cross-country through mountain passes, through updrafts and downdrafts, around flocks of birds and other hazards that could prove — and already had proven — fatal to those who had tried to fly even short distances. He had no aerial maps to study, no ground beacons or markers to chart his route by, no landing strips to aim for in times of trouble. It was only three years earlier that the Wright Brothers had shown the world that sustained flight was possible. When Rodgers arrived at their Dayton, Ohio, compound in June 1911, they had just released the newest version of their flying machine to the public for purchase. Rodgers took just 90 minutes of flight training from them and was extremely adept at it. He loved being airborne and promptly bought a plane from them for $5,000. He became the 49th person to obtain an official pilot’s license. At that point, he had no inkling of exactly what he would do with it. –continued on page 39
PHOTOS: Courtesy of the Archives, Pasadena Museum of History (A9-3d, A9-3f, A9-3b)
If the plane could stay aloft, if the pilot could find his way and if winds and weather remained copacetic, the world’s first transcontinental airplane flight would land right in front of them, on a space marked on the playing field by white sheets. By late afternoon, the plane still had not arrived and the crowd had grown subdued, concerned about the pilot’s fate. Then a young boy shouted, “It’s up there!” and pointed to the sky. Calbraith Perry Rodgers, 33, was swooping and twirling his spindly Wright Brothers Model EX biplane above the roaring crowd, proving his prowess before slowly spiraling down to earth. Rodgers’ trip from New York to Pasadena had taken 49 days. Twenty-four of them were spent flying the plane with a 35-horsepower engine that topped out at 50 miles per hour and an altitude of 1,000 feet. Twenty-five days were spent on the ground, recovering from 16 crashes along the way. By the time Rodgers reached the West Coast, he had suffered multiple cuts, bruises and broken bones. His plane had been completely rebuilt, bit by bit. The only original parts left were the oil pan and one strut. The tall, handsome pilot was mobbed by waiting reporters and the cheering crowd. He was carried aloft to the carriage that would take him to Pasadena’s Maryland Hotel for the first of many celebratory feasts. The course of travel on planet Earth had changed forever. Telegraph operators tapped out the news, and newspapers around the globe hailed Rodgers’ death-defying feat, dubbing him “a hero for the ages,” a man who had “defied the laws of nature,” one whose name would forever be inscribed in textbooks and on monuments. “A Feat For The Ages,” blared the Los Angeles Times in a front-page headline, adding that it “would have been totally impossible” just two years before. “A man has flown across the American continent…unaided and in constant peril of his life,” the paper continued. “Rodgers’ name will forever be penned in every history of world events.” Of course, that didn’t happen. Rodgers had indeed made history — but then was quickly forgotten by it. Text and history books don’t mention his name. Schoolchildren learn about Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart, but never about Calbraith Perry Rodgers, whose plane was much more primitive than theirs, and who preceded them by more than a decade. His achievement has been ignored for no logical reason; it’s just a glitch in historical recordkeeping, say those who have studied the case. Yet no amount of purple prose could overstate the magnitude of Rodgers’ achievement. Consider his plane, named the Vin Fiz after a grape-flavored soft drink now as forgotten as he is. Rodgers’ aircraft was reportedly made of spruce, cotton fabric, wire and glue. It 3 had no cabin, not even a windscreen to protect him from the elements. It had no brakes, no instruments and, of course, no means of groundto-air communication. The pilot’s seat, which looked something like a kitchen
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Until then, most flying had been amusement for wealthy adventurers. It was the extreme sport of the era, demonstrated at air shows in the U.S. and Europe, where pilots competed for cash to see who could fly highest, longest and trickiest. The U.S. Government had purchased one Wright plane for experimental purposes and was cautiously considering buying one more. The phrase “air travel” was not in the lexicon. Only the most futuristic thinkers could even imagine using the flying machine as a means of mass transport. Press lord William Randolph Hearst was one of those forward thinkers. While Rodgers was learning to fly, Hearst was offering $50,000 to anyone who could make it across the continent in 30 days. Rodgers was wealthy and an adventurer, but he was no play3 boy. Born with the proverbial silver spoon, his lineage was distinguished. His grandfather was Oliver Hazard Perry, the naval commander who led the Battle of Lake Erie, a decisive American victory over the British in the War of 1812. (He also helped immortalize the phrase “Don’t give up the ship.”) His granduncle was Matthew Calbraith Perry, the U.S. Navy commodore who compelled the opening of Japan to the West. Rodgers’ father was an army man who’d distinguished himself in the struggle to open up the West to settlements. His mother was heiress to a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, glass-manufacturing fortune. But there, his good luck seems to have ended. Rodgers’ father was fatally struck by lightning before his son was born. At age 6, Rodgers developed a severe case of scarlet fever that left him deaf in one ear and hearing-impaired in the other. And yet he grew up to be strong, athletic, earnest and handsome — 6 feet, 4 inches tall, about 175 pounds, with a penchant for anything mechanical. Refused by military academies because of his hearing loss, he was unable to follow in his family’s military footsteps, so he became something of a bon vivant after graduating from prep school. He was living at the New York Yacht Club, enjoying all the perks of the wealthy young bachelor’s life, when he met his wife, Mabel. She was on the family yacht when her mother tumbled into the water; Rodgers, who just happened to be nearby, leapt in and saved the drowning woman, kindling a romance with her thankful daughter. Not much else is known about Rodgers’ personality or personal life. Both his mother and wife apparently supported his yen to fly. When he heard about Hearst’s coast-tocoast contest, he decided to try for the prize. But the cost would be monumental, possibly more than the prize money itself. Because there was no cross-country flight path, Rodgers’ only option was to fly above the transcontinental railroad tracks that had recently been completed. He had to hire his own train and crew to travel below him on those tracks, keeping him in sight as much as possible. The train had to carry mechanics and enough spare parts to repair the plane as needed. It also carried an automobile that his crew could drive to the rescue when he went down. And all those salaries for personnel, along with all equipment and other costs, were at Rodgers’ own expense.
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He decided to find a sponsor to help cover the costs. The Armour meat-packing company of Chicago signed up for the job in return for promoting the soft drink division’s new sparkling grape beverage, Vin Fiz. Rodgers’ plane was named after it, the letters boldly printed on the underside of its wings for all to see as he flew above populated areas. Rodgers was also asked to drop cards publicizing the drink. And Armour pledged to pay up to $5 extra for every mile he flew. With all arrangements in place by September 1911, Rodgers loaded his wife and mother onto the private train and took off from Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, New York. Newspapers across the country offered daily reports on his crashes, injuries and progress; citizens on the ground reported sightings of him to the press; and crew members wrote bulletins from the train, many of which were published. It looked to even the most sophisticated observers as if this pilot and his flight would be etched forever in human memory. Rodgers decided to fly one more time in order to dip his wings over the Pacific — a symbolic gesture to make his journey quite literally coast to coast. Only five months after his historic flight, he crashed and died in the ocean off Long Beach during what should have been a short pleasure trip. Since then, Tournament Park, his landing place in Pasadena, has been absorbed by the Caltech university complex. There are no plans by the City of Pasadena to honor the 100th anniversary of his flight. Rodgers didn’t live long enough to be interviewed by biographers, and apparently no writers tried to research his life while his close friends and relatives were still alive. He also didn’t live long enough to have children with Mabel. After his death, she married one of the mechanics who had traveled with her on the train. But Rodgers’ plane, if not his name, lives on. It is on view at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. |||| 06.11 | ARROYO | 39
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probably drink some water. We discovered that the concept of petrified wood is difficult for a 7-year-old to grasp. (“How can it be a log? I can see that it’s a rock. I am not stupid.”) Camping has also been a time of loss. We’ve said goodbye to flip-flops in rivers, teeth in grassy fields, various poorly secured items from the top of the car and my husband’s wedding ring, which sits somewhere at the bottom of the Colorado River, waiting to be-
INGREDIENTS Heavy-duty aluminum foil 3 or 4 ounces per person of meat, poultry or fish (Try hamburger patties, chicken breast or salmon filets.) Assorted diced vegetables (Try onions, potatoes, mushrooms, green beans, broccoli, carrots and corn.) Olive oil Salt, pepper, lemon wedges and herbs for seasoning, such as Italian blend, herbes de Provençe or seasoning salt
come “precious” to some Anasazi version of Gollum. Camping is better than any zoo for animal encounters. We once woke up to a campground full of elk. If you want your family to get up quick, tell them there is a herd of elk mov-
METHOD 1. Get your campfire going and generate some good hot coals. Set ingredients out assembly-line style. 2. Give each camper a 1-to-2-foot-long piece of foil. Assemble packs with whatever ingredients you choose. Start with protein on the bottom, and finish with a small drizzle of oil, salt and pepper and other seasoning if desired. Cover ingredients with foil, and roll tightly to seal well. Mark with a Sharpie so campers can find their own. 3. Move hot coals to the side of the fire and set foil packs on top. Cover with additional coals and cook for about 10 minutes. 4. Use tongs, mitts, or a couple of long sticks to remove finished packs from fire. Unwrap and check for doneness; return to the fire if necessary. Empty contents of finished packs onto plates and serve. 5. Follow with s'mores.
ing toward breakfast.The threat of a mauling can also get people moving. At Sequoia we
Happy Camper This summer, pack up your dump dinner, grab your mess kit and head for the hills. BY LESLIE BILDERBACK | PHOTOS BY CLAIRE BILDERBACK
saw an idiot get way too close to a bear, hunkering down low and snapping lots of pictures,
canned and boxed foods are opened and dumped into the pot for recipes like stew,
which I can only imagine looked to the bear like an annoying and easy-to-capture snack.
chili, soup and even dessert. (Cake mix + 7Up + fruit cocktail = food of the gods.) Lots of
As the bear charged him, my only thought was how I could possibly turn his blood-soaked
camp recipes involve cooking something in something else: omelette in a bag, meat
death into a learning experience for the six kids we had in tow. Luckily, that dude was quick.
loaf in an onion, chocolate in a banana and just about anything in foil (a.k.a. Hobo
In nature, surprisingly small animals can also set people in motion. I have seen grown men run screaming like little girls at the appearance of a larger-than-normal insect. (It was not, as they claimed, the size of a small flying dog.) And then there are the meat bees that chased after our bacon until we gave in and ate breakfast in the car. Hiking is a key element of camping. For a successful hike, bring plenty of water and
Packs. Why the term “hobo” has become so endearing is a mystery, although I guess no one would be tempted by a dish called “itinerant packs.”). Some camp cooks go all out, with fancy stoves, special outdoor cookware and elaborate recipes to gourmet up their outdoor experience. But for me, camping is about roughing it. If you’re eating coq au vin out of a mess kit, you’re missing the point. I want
some tasty trail mix for energy. Pack a lunch to enjoy at your destination, and don’t forget
food that will not be spoiled but, rather, enhanced by camp dirt, soot and the occasional
to leave a snack and a drink back at camp for recovery. If you plan it right, you can actu-
bug. Camp cooking should be easy and quick so we can clean up fast and get straight
ally gain weight on your hike.
to the ghost stories.||||
Yes, food is the essential ingredient of a happy campout. Luckily, the best camp food
44 | ARROYO | 06.11
is idiot-proof. You’ve got to be a real nimrod to mess up wieners on a stick. Many campers
Leslie Bilderback is a certified master baker, chef and cookbook author. A South
are partial to the Dutch oven, while others favor “dump” recipes, in which various fresh,
Pasadena resident, she teaches her techniques online at culinarymasterclass.com. 06.11 | ARROYO | 45
KITCHEN CONFESSIONS
I love sleeping under the stars and the smell of a campfire on a quiet wilderness morning. I also love stupid campfire skits and the thrill of walking alone through the woods to the latrine in the middle of the night. (It’s better than any haunted house.) I don’t really understand non-campers. I knew a woman who camped with a generator so she could power her make-up mirror and hot rollers. People, the campsite is not an extension of your suburban home! John Muir rolls over in his grave every time someone plugs a TV into the car’s cigarette lighter. As far as I’m concerned, trailers, campers and RV’s are for wimps. I can set up a tent in nine minutes and 23 seconds, which is, I think, one of the qualities that first attracted my husband. Come to think of it, camping played a vital role in our courtship. I seduced him with my Sacajawean skills, and he has never left. Once I wanted to climb Mount Lassen, and though he really should have stayed home to study for the bar exam, he brought his books and studied at the campsite while I hit the summit. He celebrated our marriage by taking his buddies camping for his bachelor party. (I’m not sure how the strippers felt about that.) A few years later I announced our impending parenthood on a trip to Crystal Lake. Of course, the kids became campers too. (Possibly against their will.) Camping is a great place for learning. My girls learned that fire is hot, and so is the propane lantern. They learned to shoot a bow and arrow, huck a tomahawk and bait a fishhook. They learned the proper way to suck the venom out of a snake bite: (Pocket knife: $9.99; the look on their faces as you explain how to slice an “X” into your own skin to access venom: priceless.) They learned that leaves can be nature’s toilet paper --- as long as they are not reddish and grouped in threes. Camping is a time for discovery. We discovered that water poured from your canteen
Hobo Packs
on each side of the Continental Divide will evaporate before it can flow into either ocean. We discovered that the majesty of the Grand Canyon cannot compete with giant fossilized worm poop. We discovered that if mommy doesn’t drink water on the hike, she gets very, very grumpy, and you should probably quit bugging her, especially about how she should
probably drink some water. We discovered that the concept of petrified wood is difficult for a 7-year-old to grasp. (“How can it be a log? I can see that it’s a rock. I am not stupid.”) Camping has also been a time of loss. We’ve said goodbye to flip-flops in rivers, teeth in grassy fields, various poorly secured items from the top of the car and my husband’s wedding ring, which sits somewhere at the bottom of the Colorado River, waiting to be-
INGREDIENTS Heavy-duty aluminum foil 3 or 4 ounces per person of meat, poultry or fish (Try hamburger patties, chicken breast or salmon filets.) Assorted diced vegetables (Try onions, potatoes, mushrooms, green beans, broccoli, carrots and corn.) Olive oil Salt, pepper, lemon wedges and herbs for seasoning, such as Italian blend, herbes de Provençe or seasoning salt
come “precious” to some Anasazi version of Gollum. Camping is better than any zoo for animal encounters. We once woke up to a campground full of elk. If you want your family to get up quick, tell them there is a herd of elk mov-
METHOD 1. Get your campfire going and generate some good hot coals. Set ingredients out assembly-line style. 2. Give each camper a 1-to-2-foot-long piece of foil. Assemble packs with whatever ingredients you choose. Start with protein on the bottom, and finish with a small drizzle of oil, salt and pepper and other seasoning if desired. Cover ingredients with foil, and roll tightly to seal well. Mark with a Sharpie so campers can find their own. 3. Move hot coals to the side of the fire and set foil packs on top. Cover with additional coals and cook for about 10 minutes. 4. Use tongs, mitts, or a couple of long sticks to remove finished packs from fire. Unwrap and check for doneness; return to the fire if necessary. Empty contents of finished packs onto plates and serve. 5. Follow with s'mores.
ing toward breakfast.The threat of a mauling can also get people moving. At Sequoia we
Happy Camper This summer, pack up your dump dinner, grab your mess kit and head for the hills. BY LESLIE BILDERBACK | PHOTOS BY CLAIRE BILDERBACK
saw an idiot get way too close to a bear, hunkering down low and snapping lots of pictures,
canned and boxed foods are opened and dumped into the pot for recipes like stew,
which I can only imagine looked to the bear like an annoying and easy-to-capture snack.
chili, soup and even dessert. (Cake mix + 7Up + fruit cocktail = food of the gods.) Lots of
As the bear charged him, my only thought was how I could possibly turn his blood-soaked
camp recipes involve cooking something in something else: omelette in a bag, meat
death into a learning experience for the six kids we had in tow. Luckily, that dude was quick.
loaf in an onion, chocolate in a banana and just about anything in foil (a.k.a. Hobo
In nature, surprisingly small animals can also set people in motion. I have seen grown men run screaming like little girls at the appearance of a larger-than-normal insect. (It was not, as they claimed, the size of a small flying dog.) And then there are the meat bees that chased after our bacon until we gave in and ate breakfast in the car. Hiking is a key element of camping. For a successful hike, bring plenty of water and
Packs. Why the term “hobo” has become so endearing is a mystery, although I guess no one would be tempted by a dish called “itinerant packs.”). Some camp cooks go all out, with fancy stoves, special outdoor cookware and elaborate recipes to gourmet up their outdoor experience. But for me, camping is about roughing it. If you’re eating coq au vin out of a mess kit, you’re missing the point. I want
some tasty trail mix for energy. Pack a lunch to enjoy at your destination, and don’t forget
food that will not be spoiled but, rather, enhanced by camp dirt, soot and the occasional
to leave a snack and a drink back at camp for recovery. If you plan it right, you can actu-
bug. Camp cooking should be easy and quick so we can clean up fast and get straight
ally gain weight on your hike.
to the ghost stories.||||
Yes, food is the essential ingredient of a happy campout. Luckily, the best camp food
44 | ARROYO | 06.11
is idiot-proof. You’ve got to be a real nimrod to mess up wieners on a stick. Many campers
Leslie Bilderback is a certified master baker, chef and cookbook author. A South
are partial to the Dutch oven, while others favor “dump” recipes, in which various fresh,
Pasadena resident, she teaches her techniques online at culinarymasterclass.com. 06.11 | ARROYO | 45
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The quest for artisanal olive oil may or may not be high on your list of priorities. Certainly, at a time of potentially catastrophic climate change, global political turmoil and general human trepidation, such fixations might seem shallow. But if we’re not to run around, screaming,“All is lost, all is lost!” then perhaps it’s these small comforts that can help keep us at least somewhat sane. And doling out small comforts is what Marty Davich, longtime TV composer, and chef Mary Pat Brandmeyer are doing at newly opened eatery The Market on Holly. Davich has
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–continued from page 47 long soothed and riled the senses with his soundtracks for shows like General Hospital,
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counter alcove serving Portland, Oregon’s finest joe --- Stumptown Coffee --- has a
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If you pop in during lunch hour, you’ll see office workers picking up bags of goodies to eat in the park or at their desks, and the epi-curious browsing the shelves. Friendly, knowledgeable service is the final key to an experience that, at least for the time it
cheeses and charcuterie, along with Brandmeyer’s prepared offerings. Poached salmon
takes to eat, might take your mind off the worries of the world. With that said, it would be
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discovery for anyone venturing through the well-designed doors of The Market on Holly.
THE LIST
A SELECTIVE PREVIEW OF UPCOMING EVENTS COMPILED BY JOHN SOLLENBERGER
SUMMER FUN AND ENLIGHTENMENT AT PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM
south terrace of the Huntington Art
and costs $90 ($80 for members). Call
About…Productions on the original theater
Gallery. Wine and cheese will be served
(626) 405-2128 to register.
work Evangeline, Queen of Make-Believe.
June 3 — In conjunction with the exhibi-
at intermission. Tickets cost $35. Call (800)
The Huntington Library, Art Collections
Doors open at 8 p.m.Tickets cost $25 to
tion “Through the Colonial Lens,” the Indian
838-3006 or visit brownpapertickets.com.
and Botanical Gardens is located at
$75. VIP tickets range from $125 to $1,000,
Film Festival examines the country’s colo-
June 11, 18, 25 — Beginning and interme-
1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino. Call
including premium orchestra seats and a
nial era, opening with an 8 p.m. screening
diate watercolor painters can join botani-
(626) 405-2100 or visit huntington.org.
hosted reception with Hidalgo and Pérez.
of Junoon, a film on the 1857 uprising
The Los Angeles Theatre Center is located
against British rule.
at 514 S. Spring St., Los Angeles. Visit aboutpd.org for tickets and information.
June 5 — As part of the museum’s 40th-
DINE AND DANCE ON THE BOARDWALK
anniversary celebra-
IMAGES: Courtesy of The Folk Tree (Joyce Miles, Jubilee); courtesy of Pacific Asia Museum (Katsushika Hokusai, Eagle in a Snowstorm); Craig Schwartz (A Noise Within); Anna Webber (Stories & Songs); courtesy of Five Acres (“Eastside Boardwalk”)
tion, a free family festival runs from noon
June 11 — Five
to 4 p.m., with per-
Acres, which serves
formances, hands-on activities, crafts and
abused, neglected
free admission to the museum’s galleries.
and at-risk children,
June 26 — Bea Roberts, author of Vanish-
hosts its annual
ing Traditions: Textiles and Treasures from
fundraiser, “Eastside
Southwest China, discusses village life, cus-
Boardwalk,” (formerly known as “Swingin’
toms and costumes of the people of
on a Star”), at 6 p.m. at the San Gabriel
Guizhou, at 2 p.m. Call the museum store
Country Club. The Prohibition-era, Atlantic
at ext. 20 for reservations.
City--themed dinner-dance honors
The Pacific Asia Museum is located at 46
philanthropists Bob and Gregg Smith
N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Call (626)
of Smith Brothers Restaurants. Tickets
449-2742 or visit pacificasiamuseum.org.
cost $250.
The San Gabriel Country Club is located
CURTAIN CALL FOR A NOISE WITHIN AT GLENDALE HOME
at 350 E. Hermosa Dr., San Gabriel. For tickets, contact Jasmine Abghari at (626) 7986793, ext. 2244, or jabghari@5acres.org.
June 3--5 — The classical repertory theater company A Noise Within bids farewell to its Glendale home with three benefit performances before moving to its
FOLKTREE CELEBRATES PASADENA’S CULTURAL MOSAIC
Visit fiveacres.org for information.
N’ORLEANS-SET TWIST TAKES NEW TURNS June 14 — The Pasadena Playhouse presents the new musical Twist, based on
new Pasadena location next year. The
June 4 — In honor of Pasadena’s 125th birthday, the Folk Tree opens “Pasadena:
Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.The produc-
special events feature performance high-
A Cultural Mosaic” with a reception from 2 to 6 p.m. The multi-media art exhibition,
tion, set in New Orleans on the eve of the
lights from the company’s 19 years in
continuing through July 2, reflects the city’s diverse cultural influences before its
Great Depression, tells the tale of an or-
Glendale. A Champagne and dessert
incorporation in 1886, starting with the native Hahamogna inhabitants.
phaned boy born to a courageous white
reception and silent auction follow
The Folk Tree is located at 217 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 795-8733
mother and talented black father, who
each performance. The curtain rises at
or visit folktree.com.
must navigate Southern street life and
7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at
racial intolerance.The contemporary score
2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets cost $100.
ranges from ballads to jazz, blues, gospel
ABOUT…LOS LOBOS
A Noise Within is located at 234 S. Brand
cal artist Lisa Pompelli in an illustration
Blvd., Glendale. Call (818) 240-0910, ext. 1,
class exploring roses, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
June 4 — Pasadena’s
by Tena Clark, who has written for Chaka
or visit anoisewithin.org.
over three Saturdays. The cost is $295
About…Productions
Khan and Patti LaBelle; Debbie Allen
($275 for members). Call (626) 405-2128
presents a benefit
directs and choreographs.Twist opens
to register.
concert and the L.A.
at 8 p.m., continuing at 8 p.m.Tuesdays
June 25 — In “Appetizing America,” chef
premiere of Stories &
through Fridays, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturdays
June 4 — The
and art educator Maite Gomez-Rejon
Songs: An Intimate
and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays through July 17.
Independent Shake-
leads a tour of the Scott Galleries, with an
Evening with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo &
Tickets range from $39 to $100.
speare Co. presents
eye toward the influence of culinary cul-
Louie Pérez, at the Los Angeles Theatre
The Pasadena Playhouse is located at
Shakespeare at
ture. Afterward, she teaches a hands-on
Center.The evening offers a retrospective
39 S. El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Call (626)
Sunset: Hamlet at
cooking workshop focusing on appetizers.
of the pair’s 40 years of making music and
356-7529 or visit pasadenaplayhouse.org.
6:30 p.m. on the
The event runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
a preview of Hidalgo’s collaboration with
WILL, WINE AND WATERCOLORS AT THE HUNTINGTON
and tap numbers. The music and lyrics are
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Krajewski. Gates open
days throughout the summer. Guests may
June 20 — The Autry offers training for
LEVITT –– YOU’LL LOVE IT
for pre-concert
bring picnics (not usually permitted). Free
aspiring docents from 1 to 4 p.m.,
June 18 --- The Levitt
picnicking at 5:30
with Descanso admission.
continuing Mondays through “gradua-
Pavilion Pasadena
p.m.; the concert be-
Descanso Gardens is located at 1418 Des-
tion” on Sept. 19. The classes cost $100,
launches its ninth
gins at 7:30 p.m. Tick-
canso Dr., La Cañada Flintridge. Call (818)
which includes materials and museum
annual “50 Summer
ets start at $25 for
949-4200 or visit descansogardens.org.
membership. To register, contact Susan
adults, $10 for children 14 and under.
Memorial Park from
The Rose Bowl is located at 1001 Rose
DiCato at (323) 667-2000, ext. 237, or
6 to 9 p.m. with a performance by Rocky
Bowl Dr., Pasadena. Call (626) 793-7172
FOUR FACES OF NATIVE DRAMA AT AUTRY FESTIVAL
Dawuni (pictured) and the Afro Funke
or visit pasadenasymphony-pops.org.
June 16--18 –-- Native Voices at The Autry
4700 Western Heritage Way, Griffith Park.
National Center’s “Playwright’s Retreat and
Visit theautry.org.
Soundsystem.The free international music
sdicato@theautry.org.
The Autry National Center is located at
DESCANSO’S JUNE: TWILIGHT TEA, BARBECUE AND BARBARA
Festival of New Plays” culminates in staged
4). Lawn seating is available, and perform-
June 19 — Celebrate Father’s Day with a
tural dilemmas at the Autry’s Wells Fargo
PAN-HANDLING BY STAR CHEFS HELPS NEEDY KIDS
ances usually begin at 7 or 8 p.m.
barbecue, serenaded by the Jet Set Quar-
Theater. Cikiuteklluku (Giving Something
June 25 — Rosemary Children’s Services
The Levitt Pavilion in Memorial Park is located
tet. Patina Catering has food for purchase
Away) by Holly Stanton is scheduled for
hosts the 44th annual “An Evening with Star
at 85 E. Holly St., Pasadena.Visit levittpavilion-
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; music starts at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Ungipamsuuka (My
Chefs” fundraiser, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Santa
pasadena.org for the summer schedule.
1 p.m. Tables and chairs are limited, so
Story) by Susie Silook takes the stage at
Anita Park, this year showcasing women
series continues Wednesdays through Sundays, from June 22 to Aug. 28 (except July
readings of four new works exploring cul-
guests may bring folding chairs and blan-
7:30 p.m. Friday, The Bird House by Diane
chefs, including Theresa Lin, the “Julia Child
A FIERY PERFORMANCE
kets. Free with Descanso admission.
Glancy will be read at 1 p.m. Saturday
of Taiwan,” and Bravo TV top chef Danielle
June 18 — The Pasadena Pops will light up
June 21 — The Camellia Lounge in the
and The Woman Who Was Captured by
Keene. Also on tap: live music, dancing,
the skies as it kicks off its summer concert
Japanese Teahouse opens from 3 to
Ghosts by Julie Pearson-Little Thunder be-
wine, opportunity drawings and silent and
series with a fireworks display and multime-
8 p.m., offering appetizers, snacks, spe-
gins at 4 p.m. Saturday. Tickets cost $10
live auctions.The live auctioneer is Fox 11
dia presentation celebrating Pasadena’s
cialty cocktails and beverages during ex-
per play or $25 for a four-play pass; half-
news anchor Christine Devine; Val Zavala,
125th anniversary. Selections include
tended summer hours through Sept. 15.
price for students, seniors and military; free
anchor of KCET’s SoCal Connected, pres-
the 1812 and William Tell overtures, Califor-
June 23 — Jazz and blues star Barbara
for Autry members and La Jolla Playhouse
ents awards and Lisa Nichols, author of two
nia Dreamin’ and Everything’s Coming up
Morrison kicks off the “Descanso Jazz
subscribers. Call (323) 667-2000, ext. 354,
Chicken Soup for the Soul books, emcees
Roses. Guest conductor is Michael
Series” at 5:30 p.m., which continues Thurs-
or visit nativevoicesattheautry.org.
the evening.Tickets cost $125 before May 31, $150 thereafter.
CALIFORNIA ART ON THE BLOCK
Santa Anita Park is located at 285 W.
American Art Auction” at the Pasadena Convention Center.
VINTAGE CASTLE OPEN FOR VISITS
Huntington Dr., Arcadia. Call (626) 8443033, ext. 211, or visit rosemarychildren.org for tickets.
June 14 --- John Moran Auctioneers holds its “California and
Going on the block at 6:30 p.m. are more than 200 paintings
June 26 —
and other artworks from private estates and collections, includ-
Pasadena’s Castle
ing pieces by California Impressionists Hanson Puthuff, John
Green opens its doors
Gamble and William Wendt. Also on sale will be works by post-
for a summer tour
war artists Lorser Feitelson, Leroy Neiman, Ogden Pleissner and
from 1 to 5 p.m.
Henry Koerner. According to the auction house, the sale
Visitors can get a rare
abounds in art valued at over $50,000.The works will be dis-
glimpse inside the 1898-vintage building,
played on the salesroom floor for public viewing starting at noon;
now private apartments for designers, musi-
the catalogue will be posted at johnmoran.com on June 1.
cians, artists and others. Highlights include
The Pasadena Convention Center is located at 300 E. Green
the Grand Salon, the Moorish and Turkish
St., Pasadena. For auction information, call (626) 793-1833 or
rooms, the Palm Room, sunroom, penthouse
email info@johnmoran.com.
and veranda.The tour, organized by Friends of the Castle Green, includes refreshments and live music.The cost is $20, free for children under 12. Pay at the gate; reservations are not required (although groups of 15 or more must pre-purchase tickets).
Castle Green is located at 99 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena. Call (626) 577-6765 or visit castlegreen.com. |||| 50 | ARROYO | 06.11
IMAGES: William Alexander Griffith (Sun Bathers, likely Diver’s Cove, Laguna Beach), courtesy of John Moran Auctioneers; courtesy of Pasadena Pops (Rose Bowl); courtesy of Castle Green (Castle Green Interior)
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