Pacific Palisades Coronet debutantes Grace Jameson and Claire Kirshner were presented at the 60th anniversary Coronet Debutante Ball in November. Proceeds from the ball go to the National Charity League Los Angeles, to support Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic, Head Start I and II, and classrooms and consulting offices for the Childrens Hospital therapeutic programs.
You feel like a character from an Antonioni movie as you zip up Palisades Drive in your convertible during the magic hour, taking in the late-afternoon lavenders and ambers cast on the green mountains. So it’s only fitting that your destination, should you be hungry, be Casa Nostra Ristorante at 1515 Palisades Drive in the Highlands. ‘I’ve always opened for other people,’ says Giovanni Zappone, who has run the restaurant with his partners, Michele Scarpino and Nostra’s chef, Gerardo Ballesteros, since last August. ‘This is the first restaurant I’ve opened for myself.’ The son of trattoria owners in his native Italy, Zappone says that having the same chef from the previous Italian restaurant gives the eatery continuity from when it was Paolo’s Ristorante and ensures the quality of the food, for which Nostra uses only the freshest ingredients. He says he’ll pay more for the best products rather than take shortcuts that compromise the taste. Satino Coccia, a successful L.A. restaurateur and a buddy from Zappone’s teen years in Milan, motivated Zappone to move to California in 2000. He worked at various Italian restaurants around L.A., including Ago in West Hollywood and E. Baldi in Beverly Hills from 2005 through 2009. E. Baldi owner Eduardo Baldi is the son of Georgio Baldi of Georgio’s in Santa Monica Canyon. ‘I had the good fortune of working with Eduardo,’ says Zappone, a Northridge resident who works hands-on at Nostra seven days a week. ‘I learned a lot about everything from him”the food, the service, how to run the business.’ Paolo’s barely lasted a year before owner Paolo Marrazzi forfeited his business. Ballesteros’ menu has changed and so have the prices. The result: high caliber cuisine for less. The papardelle d’anatra (duck ragu atop noodles) is delicious, as is the fettucini boscaiola”white wine sauce-soaked pasta topped with Italian sausage and mushrooms. For dessert, there’s tiramisu, cheesecake and a flourless chocolate cake. But the sublime offering is the homemade cr’me br’l’e. The ambiance has also changed for the better. Before reopening, Zappone re-tiled the floor and lightened up the interior by knocking out or repainting walls a subtle pale yellow. This upped the classy appearance while maintaining the relaxed atmosphere and that killer view from the covered patio. ‘I love the atmosphere,’ Nancy Lynch says as she and a friend try Nostra’s signature dish, the branzino alla livornese (Mediterranean sea bass saut’ed with cherry tomatoes and kalamata, and accompanied by spinach). Unlike Paolo’s, Casa Nostra intends to stick around for a while. Zappone signed a 15-year lease, and says: ‘I really want to thank my neighbors and the neighborhood. I’m not a millionaire. I’m just a person looking for a chance to run a very good restaurant. Here, I’ve found a beautiful community.’ Contact: (310) 454-8889; www.casanostraristorantela.com
The Palisades Woman’s Club will hold its annual Coming Up Roses fashion show and luncheon, raffle and auction on Tuesday, March 9 at the clubhouse, 901 Haverford. The reception begins at 11 a.m. followed by lunch at noon. The program will include fashions from Vivian’s Boutique and a raffle of merchandise and gift certificates from local businesses. This event is the primary fundraiser for the club, supporting philanthropies benefiting Pacific Palisades nonprofit organizations. A limited number of places are still available. To reserve a place and arrange payment, call Jean Aroeste at 310-230-2792 before 1 p.m. on March 7.
Barbara Schroeder’s debut feature documentary, ‘talhotblond,’ is a horrific Internet tale that keeps the viewer engrossed throughout its 67-minute running time. MSNBC has purchased the television rights and Paramount the movie rights from the Pacific Palisades resident, who is an award-winning television journalist and former Fox Television news anchor. Schroeder, who made a short documentary in 2007 called ‘Six (and a Half) Secrets of Love,’ was searching for a topic for her second documentary when her husband Richard showed her a story in Wired magazine. Schroeder initially protested because she felt it was just another Internet saga, but Richard made her promise to keep reading until page two because there was a ‘twist.’ ‘As a journalist, I couldn’t believe the story,’ says Schroeder, who thought that someone must already own the rights. She made some calls, only to find out that the true tale had only been featured on local television and had not yet received national television coverage. After securing the rights to the story, she read the e-mail transcripts. ‘First it was like a romance novel,’ she says, ‘and then it turned to a horror story.’ The story is as follows: Tom Montgomery, a 47-year-old married New York factory worker and father of two daughters, is a frequent visitor to Internet game rooms. On one site, he comes across the moniker ‘talhotblond’ and strikes up a conversation with 18-year-old Jessi, who lives in West Virginia. Using the screen name ‘marinesniper,’ Montgomery, claiming to be a 19-year-old Marine waiting for deployment to Iraq, strikes up an online rapport with Jessi. A steamy online romance ensues, with Montgomery spending more and more of his evenings immersed in this cyber fantasy. According to neighbors, Montgomery was a kind man, a person who was on his daughters’ swim team board and a church member. As the months go on, he becomes more and more smitten with Jessi, who has posted wholesome photos from her high school basketball and softball teams, and graduation and prom. Jessi’s language becomes increasingly graphic and eventually she sends sexy underwear to Montgomery. Montgomery’s wife discovers the underwear and sends a letter and a photo of the family to Jessi to let her know she’s not communicating with a young buffed Marine, but rather her middle-aged husband. Jessi then contacts another 21-year-old Brian Barrett, a part-time student, who works at the same factory as Montgomery, to verify the story. Barrett and Jessi hit it off and he becomes enamored with the pretty girl. While still communicating with Barrett, Jessi contacts Montgomery again. She pits the two men against each other. Barrett backs off, but Jessi doesn’t let Montgomery know, playing on his jealousy. In January 2009, Barrett is murdered and Montgomery is arrested. Police find Montgomery’s messages from Jessi and worry about the young girl’s safety. They contact police in West Virginia, who go to Jessi’s home. They don’t find the teen, but do find Mary, Jessi’s frumpy-overweight mother with brown hair, who has been posing as her daughter, without her daughter’s knowledge. ‘The mother [Mary Shieler] never broke any laws,’ Schroeder says. ‘She was never convicted of anything.’ Schroeder explains that the woman had an adoring husband [Tim], but was bored, lonely, had no job, no career and the Internet was everything to her. She and Tim later divorced. ‘This woman got away with a virtual accessory to murder,’ Schroeder says. ‘She didn’t do anything illegally, but morally she did something unspeakable.’ In a video captured during her divorce hearing, the Internet affair and the death of Barrett was brought up. Shieler responded, ‘Get over it, I have.’ Schroeder, who graduated from the University of Michigan with a master’s degree in communications, started her career as a reporter and television anchor in Michigan. Soon after moving to Los Angeles in 1992, she was assigned to the anchor seat for Fox during the L.A. riots. In addition to winning several Emmys for her television work, she has co-authored the book ‘The Diet for Teenagers Only.’ Her first short documentary was a 2007 Winner for Best Documentary at the Hollywood DV Film Festival. In order to make ‘talhotblond,’ Schroeder’s production company, The Answers Productions, secured rights from Montgomery, Tim Shieler and Jessi. Brian Barrett’s parents Deb and Dan, shared Schroeder’s sentiment about Shieler and have started a petition on the film’s Web site (talhotblond.com) asking people to support the call for new legislation regarding accountability on the Internet. ‘Talhotblond’ is available on Amazon and iTunes. When asked if she is currently working on another project, Schroeder responds, ‘People are coming to me with ideas. I may want to do something a little less dark. Although”
Call it a movement in the middle of a movie. Louie Psihoyos’ 2009 film ‘The Cove’ is the frontrunner to win the Oscar for Best Documentary at Sunday night’s Academy Awards. And ‘seen by many’ has been the goal of ‘The Cove”s talent and supporters, who want to bring awareness to the dirty little secret of the Japanese town of Taiji in an effort to shut down a covert annual ritual of mass dolphin-killing. If you’ve seen ‘The Cove,’ you know that it centers on the efforts of Richard ‘Ric’ O’Barry”a former dolphin trainer on the hit NBC series, ‘Flipper’ (1964’67)”to expose the brutal entrapment and murder of dolphins by Taiji fishermen. The massacre at Taiji contributes to some 23,000 dolphins and porpoises killed each year in Japan. In addition, the dolphin meat that is harvested, with its toxic levels of mercury, is misrepresented as other types of seafood and sold to Japanese consumers. Unfortunately, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has been ineffective at curtailing the practice because Japan has dominated the proceedings by, according to the movie, bribing other countries represented for their votes. Today, O’Barry regrets his ‘Flipper’ participation because he feels that, by popularizing the bottle-nosed dolphin, the TV show has helped create a $150,000-per-dolphin market among aquatic theme parks and spawned decades of cetacean killings in Japan. His activism took shape by 1970 after Kathy, one of the ‘Flipper’ dolphins, had died in his arms due to what O’Barry believes was depression resulting from her captivity. That year, on the very first Earth Day, he founded the Dolphin Project, dedicated to releasing dolphins from captivity. O’Barry will be the guest of honor at ‘Sunset Sangria for the Dolphins,’ a fundraiser on Saturday, March 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Pacific Palisades home of animal activist Karen Dawn. Actor James Cromwell (‘Babe’), who will introduce O’Barry, is among the celebrities invited to the benefit party. On the eve of his current trip to Europe, O’Barry spoke to the Palisadian-Post from his home in Florida to update us on what has happened since the release of ‘The Cove’ and why fundraisers such as Saturday’s event can make a difference. PALISADIAN-POST: In the wake of ‘The Cove”s release, what is your mission now? O’BARRY: Our mission is to reach the Japanese people and shut down the dolphin slaughter once and for all. If they see the movie, they’re not going to buy Japanese meat anymore. Governments protect corporations, not people. If the consumers knew, they wouldn’t buy it. The Japanese people are more finicky about clean, healthy food than we are. The only reason [the Japanese consumers] buy it is because they don’t have the information. It’s actually illegal what they’re doing in Japan. They’re violating Article 21 of their constitution which says to inform the people, but it’s not a real democracy as we know it. PP: Congratulations on the Oscar nomination for ‘The Cove.’ What is the up side of the movie being nominated? O’BARRY: The most popular TV show in Japan is the Academy Awards. So that’s going to have a major impact. The idea is to create a PR nightmare for the Japanese government. To create giatsu, which means ‘external pressure.’ That’s what I’ve been doing all of these years. PP: Do you feel that the movie has been effective on getting the word out? O’BARRY: This story has been picked up by the BBC, CNN, ABC News, and now the movie is going to contribute to giatsu. We know that the government doesn’t want the Japanese people to see this movie. I’ve got to go back in the fall to try to get the 126 million Japanese people who did not see the movie into the theater. I don’t know if we’ll be successful or not. PP: If the movie wins the Academy Award, that will be great publicity. The Oscars will have an audience of a billion people. Are you going to deliver a message with your acceptance speech? O’BARRY: I’m not sure, but the fact is that they can’t ignore it anymore. It’s not going to go away. All the Japanese media will come to the Academy Awards. And March 9 is the Asia Society meeting [the Asia Society and Museum is a New York-based pan-Asian institution dedicated to strengthening ties and understanding between the U.S. and Asia]. We just keep the pressure on. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what [the participants of the dolphin-slaughter trade] don’t want. PP: Upon its April release in theaters in Japan, do you think ‘The Cove’ will reach enough people? O’BARRY: I’m trying to get them to put it on YouTube for free in Japan. Documentaries don’t make money and this one probably won’t. Jim Clark produced the film and his son-in-law owns YouTube, so we can do this. PP: Where are the proceeds from fundraisers going? O’BARRY: To send us back to Taiji. Saturday’s fundraiser will help subsidize our trip in September. We’re racing a clock. The killing season goes on from September 1 through March. Last year, we were able to shut down the dolphin slaughter for at least a short time. This year, we want to get 1,000 people to the Cove to get the message to the 3,000 or 4,000 people in Taiji who have nothing to do with the dolphin slaughter. Last year, we went back to Taiji with a group of reporters to help get the word out. This year, we’re going to step it up. We’re going to have a big demonstration there. We’re going to stage lectures and invite celebrities to be there: Sting, Ben Stiller, Yoko Ono, people who have expressed interest in ‘The Cove.’ You can find out more about it at SaveJapandolphins.org. We also want to show what’s right about Taiji. This is a place that’s like America in the 1950s, where nobody has to lock up their doors and no one will steal your bicycle. Most people are not aware of what’s going on there. There are only 13 boats so we’re talking about 26 guys doing all of the killing. Driving a wedge between the dolphin hunters and society is what it’s all about. We can shut that down forever. PP: What will you be doing in Europe? O’BARRY: I’m going to Geneva, where we’ll be filing a lawsuit against the Japanese government. Then I’m off to Denmark for the Copenhagen Film Festival. Denmark is voting with Japan in the IWC so we’re going to Denmark to raise awareness. PP: What is the simplest thing that the average person can do to help curtail the dolphin killing? O’BARRY: Please don’t buy tickets to a dolphin show. Recommended minimum donation for ‘Sunset Sangria with the Dolphins’ will be $150. To RSVP: EarthIsland.org/thecoveparty or e-mail Karen Dawn: thecoveparty@ThankingtheMonkey.com
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MASONRY, CONCRETE & POOL CONTRACTOR. 39 YEARS IN PACIFIC PALISADES. New Construction & Remodels. Hardscapes, custom stone, stamped concrete, brick, driveways, retaining walls, BBQs, outdoor kitchens, fireplaces, foundations, drainage, pool & spas, water features. Excellent local refs. Lic #309844. Bonded, ins, work comp. MIKE HORUSICKY CONSTRUCTION, INC. (310) 454-4385 ‘ WWW.HORUSICKY.COM
ALAN PINE, GENERAL CONTRACTOR ‘ New homes ‘ Remodeling ‘ Additions ‘ Kitchen & bath ‘ Planning/architectural services ‘ Insured ‘ Local refs. Lic. #469435. (800) 800-0744 or (818) 203-8881
PALISADES CONST. SERVICES. All phase construction and remodeling. All interior and exterior construction. Additions, concrete, tile, wood work (all), brick, patios, bathrooms, fences, bedrooms, permits. We have built (2) new 2,500 sq. ft. Palisades homes in last 3 yrs. Please contact us to schedule your free consultation and free estimate. ALL JOBS WELCOME. Please call: Kevin, Brian Nunneley, (310) 488-1153. Lic. #375858 (all Palisades referrals avail.)
SEME TILE. License #920238, insured. All phases of tile work. Kitchens, bathrooms, walkways, etc. No job too small! Call Steve, (310) 663-7256. FREE estimates! Email: semetile@gmail.com & website: www.semetile.com
PALISADES ELECTRIC. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. All phases of electrical, new construction to service work. (310) 454-6994. Lic. #468437 Insured Professional Service
ELECTRICIAN HANDYMAN. Local service only. Non-lic. Please call (310) 454-6849 or (818) 317-8286
LICHWA ELECTRIC. Remodeling, rewiring, troubleshooting. Lighting: low voltage, energy safe, indoor, outdoor, landscape. Low voltage: telephone, Internet, CCTV, home theatre, audio/video. Non-lic. Refs. LichwaElectric@gmail.com, (310) 270-8596
THE FENCE MAN ‘ 18 years quality work ‘ Wood fences ‘ Decks ‘ Gates ‘ Chainlink & patio ‘ Wrought iron ‘ Lic. #663238, bonded. (818) 706-1996
GREG GARBER’S HARDWOOD FLOORS SINCE 1979. Install, refinish. Fully insured. Local references (310) 230-4597 Lic. #455608
CENTURY HARDWOOD FLOOR ‘ Refinishing, Installation, Repairs. Lic. #813778. www.centurycustomhardwoodfloorinc.com ‘ centuryfloor@sbcglobal.net ‘ (800) 608-6007 ‘ (310) 276-6407
JEFF HRONEK, 40 YRS. RESIDENT ‘ HARDWOOD FLOORS INC. ‘ Sanding & Refinishing ‘ Installations ‘ Pre-finished ‘ Unfinished ‘ Lic. #608606. Bonded, Insured, Workers Comp. www.hronekhardwoodfloors.com (310) 475-1414
HANDYMAN ‘ HOOSHMAN ‘ Most known name in the Palisades. Since 1975. Member Chamber of Commerce. Non-Lic. Experience do it, not lic. Call for your free est. Local refs available. Hooshman, (310) 459-8009, 24 Hr.
LABOR OF LOVE carpentry, plumbing, tile, plaster, doors, windows, fencing & those special challenges. Work guaranteed. License #B767950. Ken at (310) 487-6464
LOCAL RESIDENT, LOCAL CLIENTELE. Make a list, call me. I specialize in repairing, replacing all those little nuisances. Not licensed; fully insured; always on time. 1 Call, 1 Guy: Marty, (310) 459-2692
DJ PRO SERVICES ‘ Carpentry, Handyman, Repairs. ALL PROJECTS CONSIDERED. See my work at: www.djproservices.com ‘ Non-lic. (c) (310) 907-6169, (h) (310) 454-4121
PALISADES HANDYMAN & CONST. SERVICES. All jobs and calls welcome!! All phases of const. and home repair. A fresh alternative from the norm, very courteous, very safe, very clean!! Call for a free estimate and consultation. Please call: Kevin, Brian Nunneley, (310) 488-1153. Lic. #375858
HAGGAI’THE HANDYMAN. General Construction and Repair Services. 25 years experience. Non-lic. Local references. Call Shannon, (310) 367-5529. FREE ESTIMATES
SANTA MONICA HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING. INSTALLATION: New and old service and repairs. Lic. #324942 (310) 393-5686
PAUL HORST ‘ Interior & Exterior PAINTING ‘ 56 YEARS OF SERVICE ‘ Our reputation is your safeguard. License No. 186825 ‘ (310) 454-4630 ‘ Bonded & Insured
TILO MARTIN PAINTING. For A Professional Job Call (310) 230-0202. Refs. Lic. #715099
ALL SEASONS PAINTING. Kitchen cabinets, garage doors, deck & fences. Interior/exterior painting specialist. ‘Green’ environmentally friendly paint upon request. Excellent referrals. Free estimate. Lic. #571061. Randy, (310) 678-7913
KANAN CONSTRUCTION ‘ References. BONDED ‘ INSURED ‘ St. Lic. #554451 ‘ DANIEL J. KANAN, CONTRACTOR, (310) 451-3540 / (800) 585-4-DAN
MYSTERY SHOPPERS earn up to $150 per day. Undercover shoppers needed to judge retail and dine-in establishments. No experience required. Call (877) 648-1571
WANTED: Male live-in caregiver for active 92-year-old man. Please call (310) 454-1956, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., ask for Wendy.
PALISADES FAMILY SEEKING live-in housekeeper with car Monday to Friday. No childcare, just cleaning. Cooking experience a plus. Some English required. Please call (310) 459-1310
1998 LINCOLN MARK VIII LSC. Looks, drives like new. Estate sale. Was my brother’s baby. Detailed every six months. New tires and brakes. 32 valve DOHC engine in excellent condition. Seeing is believing. $6,000. (310) 454-3032
STEARNS & FOSTER CA KING mattress Winterthur, 3 years old. Only slept on 2 weeks. Wonderfully comfortable. $1,000. Call Carol at (310) 454-4476
AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD PUPPIES. Gorgeous black tri’s. AKC and ASCA registered. Born 2/10/10, ready to go 4/10/10. $2,000; includes 6 week obedience training class. Los Angeles Breeder Permit #U09-074617. Call Julie Sterling for more info: (310) 573-1150
RIDGEWOOD UPRIGHT PIANO $1,250 8 years old. Purchased new for $4K as practice piano for my daughter who is now in college. Lightly used & in excellent condition. Comes with matching bench and light. Live in the Palisades stop by. (310) 454-4572
Enid M. Collup, a resident of Pacific Palisades for 55 years, died January 24 after a long illness. She was 91. Born February 5, 1918 in Oklahoma, Enid was the daughter of Franklin and Opal McMahan. She attended high school in Union, Oklahoma and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in the early 1940s. There she met her husband, Dayle O. Collup, who was studying electronic engineering. They were married May 9, 1942 in Washington, D.C., where he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and she worked in the FBI building. After the war, Dayle continued working for the government in the Pentagon and Enid devoted her time to her family. In the 1950s, Dayle took a job with Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles and was charmed by the weather and the possibility of pursuing nautical activities year-round on the West Coast. Marina Del Rey was just an idea at the time, but the proposed site happened to be located just across Lincoln Boulevard from Dayle’s new office. Finding a place to reside that was within easy commuting distance became the Collups’ quest. They both loved Pacific Palisades at first sight and moved there in 1954. Enid enjoyed participating in many community activities, including bridge games with local groups and events at the California Yacht Club after she and Dayle became members in 1969. She was predeceased by her husband in 2004. She is survived by a daughter, Carol Collup Currier, and two grandchildren, Dana Currier of Chicago and Craig Currier of Lancaster. Interment will be private.
Edith Anderson Ramsay, who was known by all as Edie, passed away on February 14 at her home in Carmel, following a long illness. She was 85. Born April 13, 1924, in Evanston, Illinois, Edie moved with her mother, father and sister to Los Angeles in 1932. She attended the Westlake School for Girls and Stanford University, and received a bachelor’s degree from UCLA. She married her husband, Beatty, in 1950 and they moved to Pacific Palisades in 1952. In 1987, they moved to the Monterey Peninsula. Edie was extensively involved in the communities where she lived. In Los Angeles, she was a docent for the decorative arts at the Los Angeles County Art Museum and an active member of the Junior Philharmonic, the National Charity League and the Santa Monica Westside Charity League. She was active at St. Matthew’s Church in Pacific Palisades, where she served on the school board. Throughout the years she would be found at the Bel-Air Bay Club. In Carmel, Edie was a docent at La Mirada, actively involved at the Casa Abrego Club, a member and officer of Panhellenic, and a member of the Colonial Dames. Edie was much loved by those whose lives she touched, but especially by her late husband, Beatty; her son, Beatty (Chip) Ramsay and his wife Vinette; her daughter Janet Burd and Janet’s husband Mike; her seven grandchildren, Stephanie, Andy and Christina Ramsay and Sarah, Andy, Peter and Katherine Burd; her sister, Janet Anderson Butler; and her many nieces and nephews. Services for Edie were held on February 20 at the Church in the Forest, Pebble Beach. In lieu of flowers, Edie would like to be remembered through a donation to the Casa Abrego Preservation Foundation, P.O. Box 222501, Carmel, CA 93922-2501.
Storytime for children ages 3 and up, 4 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. Ruben Gerard, who teaches cartooning to students at Paul Revere Middle School once a month, signs his trade paperback collection of comic strips ‘Penny: Adventures in Coping,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.
Pacific Palisades resident Lance Lee signs his book of poetry, ‘Seasons of Defiance,’ 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore.
Sunrise Assisted Living hosts a free Alzheimer’s support group on the second Monday and fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. at 15441 Sunset. RSVP: the front desk (310) 573-9545. Moonday, a monthly poetry reading, 7:30 p.m. at Village Books on Swarthmore. Cathy Colman and Roger Aplon will be the featured poets. Open-reading signups begin at 7 p.m.
The Palisades Woman’s Club holds its annual Coming Up Roses fashion show and luncheon, raffle and auction at the clubhouse, 901 Haverford. The reception begins at 11 a.m. followed by lunch at noon. Reservations: call Jean Aroeste at (310) 230-2792. Don DeLano, chief landscaper for Fairplex (home to the Los Angeles County Fair) will be guest speaker at the Malibu Orchid Society meeting, 7 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. The public is invited. He will discuss ‘Visual Recognition of the Most Common Diseases of Orchids and How to Deal with Them’.
Baby and toddler storytime, a lap-sit mix of songs, finger plays, stories and flannelboards, for children under the age of 3 and their grown-ups, 10:15 a.m., Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The local League of Women Voters group will meet at 12 noon and focus on various education issues, Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited. Guest speaker Ted Ashby will relate the fascinating story of cowboy actor Tom Mix at the monthly meeting of the Palisades AARP chapter, 2 p.m. at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford. The public is invited.
Chamber of Commerce president Ramis Sadrieh, owner of Technology for You!, will speak about ‘What’s New in Consumer Electronics’ at the Palisades Rotary Club meeting, 7:15 a.m. at its new location, the Oak Room on Swarthmore. Pacific Palisades Community Council meeting, 7 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library community room, 861 Alma Real. The public is invited. On the agenda: AT&T has plans to install a cell tower in the Riviera neighborhood and has identified two possible locations: the south side of Sunset, east of Capri, and the Riviera Country Club parking lot. An AT&T representative will present the proposed height and design of the towers for both locations, so that the Council can indicate which site the community prefers.
The vibrant Sabrina Giglio, with her gorgeous red curls and infectious smile, has ended her reign as Miss Palisades. Last night at Pierson Playhouse, a new Mr. and Miss Palisades were named at the annual Teen Contest sponsored by the Palisades Chamber of Commerce. The contest was held after press time, so the winners will be announced in next week’s newspaper. ’It has been so much fun,’ the 16-year-old Giglio said of the past year. ‘I enjoyed the Chamber’s monthly mixers [where business professionals mingle at a local venue] and riding in the Fourth of July parade.’ A junior at Palisades Charter High School, Giglio won the Miss Palisades title last spring by wowing the judges with her flawless performance of ‘Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major’ by Johann Sebastian Bach. Giglio, whose parents are Keith and Juliet, first discovered her passion for playing classical music as a seventh grader, when her mother signed her up for a beginning strings class at Paul Revere. Wanting to play a different instrument than her uncle and grandfather (who play the viola and violin, respectively), Giglio chose the cello. It didn’t take her long to fall in love with the sound and tone of the instrument. She began private lessons two months after joining the strings class, and her mother’s parents started taking her to classical music concerts. ’My grandparents exposed me to all of this,’ Giglio said. ‘While my [middle school] friends were listening to Top 40s, I was listening to classical music. While Top 40s has a place, classical music is so wonderful.’ Giglio has studied under four different teachers and is currently taking lessons once a week from Elizabeth Wright in the Palms neighborhood. She is a member of the PaliHi orchestra and used to play with the Junior Philharmonic of California and the Los Angeles Youth Orchestra. Since she started playing her instrument later than other classical musicians her age, ‘I really practiced hard to make up for a lot of time,’ Giglio said. She thinks one advantage to starting late is that ‘I have a real love for the instrument.’ Some of her peers play well technically, she said, but do not share the same passion for the music. The famous British cellist Jacqueline du Pre (1945-1987), who was forced to quit performing at age 28 because of multiple sclerosis, and multiple Grammy-winning cellist Yo-Yo Ma serve as Giglio’s inspiration. Her favorite composers are Antonin Dvorak, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Edward Elgar. The best concert she ever attended was in 2007, when she saw the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela at the Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown. ’It was so fun to see the kids’ energy and passion for their instruments,’ Giglio said, adding that she became a fan of Gustavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s artistic director. At 29, Dudamel is also the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Giglio has plans to attend a liberal arts school on the East Coast and double major in music and her second love, history. She enjoys studying 17th- and 19th-century world history. ’I feel if we learn about the past more, we can use that knowledge to better serve the present and future,’ said Giglio, who is taking Advanced Placement U.S. history and European history in addition to English at PaliHi. In her free time, Giglio enjoys swimming breaststroke and is a member of PaliHi’s varsity swim team and Team Santa Monica, a competitive swim club that competes throughout Southern California. For the past four summers, she has hosted a summer theater camp in her backyard for the neighborhood kids in Marquez. The camp lasts for two weeks, and the children put on a musical. They have performed ‘Cinderella,’ ‘The Wiz’ and ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ Giglio, who has always liked acting, has appeared in numerous shows at the Adderley School in Pacific Palisades and in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica. She originally started the camp for her sister, Ava, now a seventh grader at Paul Revere and a tap dancer. She comes from an artistic family ‘ her parents are screenwriters and screenwriting instructors at UCLA Extension. Some of their credits include ABC Family’s ‘Pizza My Heart,’ Disney Channel’s ‘Return to Halloweentown’ and Disney’s ‘Tarzan.’ Keith was also executive producer of the movie ‘A Cinderella Story,’ starring Hilary Duff. Having relinquished the Miss Palisades title last night, Giglio now hopes her sister can reclaim it someday. ‘Ava really wants to be Miss Palisades,’ Giglio said. ‘I think she will win because she is so talented. I won, and she’s a better version of me.’
