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Volume XXI, Issue 3 <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong>
<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong> • <strong>Peninsula</strong> 3
PENINSULA<br />
Volume XXI, Issue 3<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong><br />
P A L O S V E R D E S P E N I N S U L A M O N T H L Y<br />
ON THE COVER<br />
John Z. Blazevich and Alex McLeod in the hamam at<br />
Hacienda de La Paz.<br />
PROFILES<br />
12<br />
24<br />
38<br />
32<br />
An Indian wedding<br />
by Mark McDermott<br />
Sanam Madhav and Neil Chhabria wed in<br />
a three day ceremony informed by four<br />
centuries of Indian tradition.<br />
Gould would wood<br />
by Bondo Wyszpolski<br />
Woodturner Richard Gould makes art of<br />
felled and abandoned trees.<br />
Hacienda de la Paz<br />
by Kevin Cody<br />
John Z. Blazevich wanted to build an<br />
iconic home embracing art, architecture<br />
and engineering spanning a millennium.<br />
Rolling Hills planners had their doubts<br />
about the project, but not any more.<br />
Brooklyn’s Bell<br />
by Kevin Cody<br />
Chef Robert Bell recalls a lifetime of<br />
cooking, dating back to Grandma<br />
Terano’s Brooklyn kitchen, after whom<br />
he named his <strong>Peninsula</strong> restaurant.<br />
HIGHLIGHTS<br />
6 Vista for Children golf<br />
18 Gary Johnson at Drew Cary’s<br />
24 Jester & Pharley tennis<br />
28 H.E.L.P celebrates 50th anniversary<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
29 <strong>Peninsula</strong> calendar<br />
62 <strong>Peninsula</strong> Home & Garden Guide<br />
69 Home services<br />
Photo by David Fairchild<br />
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<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong> • <strong>Peninsula</strong> 5
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S P O T L I G H T O N T H E H I L L<br />
Vistas for Children<br />
Golf Tournament<br />
Nearly 100 golfers participated in Vistas<br />
for Children’s annual golf tournament<br />
at the Palos Verdes Golf Club. The tournament<br />
raised $32,000, which will benefit<br />
South Bay children’s charities.<br />
1. Current and Past Vistas Presidents<br />
Pam Branam, Nadine Bobit,<br />
Eileen Krock, Karen Odom and<br />
Helaine Lopes.<br />
2. Tournament co-chairs Tricia<br />
Hawkins, Pam Branam and Cindy<br />
Percz.<br />
3. Larry Percz, Mark Herand,<br />
Dave Carpenter, Brad Means and<br />
Paul Stimpfl.<br />
4. Larry and Pam Branam and<br />
guests.<br />
5. Helaine Lopes, Pam Branam,<br />
4th District Supervisorial candidate<br />
Steve Napolitano and Cindy<br />
Percz.<br />
6. Tournament winners Steve<br />
Hunt, Jonathan Hathaway, Matt<br />
Misitich and Dane Lupe.<br />
7. Wells Fargo’s Paul and<br />
MaryKay Stimpfl.<br />
8. Rich Severa, Tom Ricci, Mike<br />
Melideo, Steve Cox and Cindy<br />
Percz.<br />
9. Ginger McNary, Paul Stimpfl<br />
and Deirdre Hunt.<br />
10. Tricia Hawkins, Madeline Jordan<br />
and Brenda Beatty.<br />
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Vivaha<br />
by Mark McDermott
Sanam amd Neil’s parents praying for the couple’s matrimony. From left to right, Sanam, Malvika, Atul, Philomina, Raju, and Neil. Photo by Lin & Jirsa<br />
Neil and Sanam Chhabria begin a new life toget her by following four centuries of<br />
tradition wit h a t hree day celebration<br />
Sanam and Neil Chhabria were married August<br />
20 in a traditional Hindu wedding, or<br />
Vivaha, that was the culmination of three<br />
days of elaborate rituals. Festivities began Thursday<br />
with an eight-hour ceremony in which the<br />
bride was painted with intricate henna designs at<br />
the groom’s family home in Palos Verdes Estates<br />
and ended Saturday with an exuberantly colorful<br />
wedding at the Hyatt Regency Resort in Huntington<br />
Beach.<br />
But the newlywed’s love story began, with considerably<br />
less grandeur, on December 18, 2010,<br />
at Big Mike’s Philly Steaks & Subs sandwich shop<br />
in Hermosa Beach.<br />
Neil, the son of local real estate icon Raju<br />
Chhabria and his wife Philomina, had invited his<br />
UC San Diego college friend, Diva, to a hip hop<br />
show he was promoting at a nearby Hermosa<br />
nightclub. His brother, Anand, was performing.<br />
His friend brought a few cousins, including<br />
Sanam, the daughter of Atul and Malvika Madhav<br />
of El Segundo. Diva called to meet before the<br />
show, and Neil asked the girls to join him at Big<br />
Mike’s, famed for its massive Philly cheesesteak<br />
sandwiches.<br />
Neil was in mid-cheesesteak when they arrived.<br />
He was immediately struck by Sanam.<br />
“I wasn’t expecting to really meet anyone, but<br />
Diva was bringing these two cousins and she<br />
called me. ‘Okay, cool, whatever — meet me at<br />
Big Mike’s so I can walk you into the show and<br />
you don’t have to pay cover,’” he recalled. “They<br />
show up at Big Mike’s and I’m chowing down on<br />
a sandwich. Then I saw Sanam, and got a chance<br />
to take in her beauty….It’s really corny and I feel<br />
weird saying it...They say the eyes are the windows<br />
to the soul, and I looked at her eyes and I<br />
could tell she’s a really good person. I don’t know<br />
how else to explain it other than I liked what I<br />
saw, and not just physically.”<br />
Sanam, a lifelong vegetarian, was less impressed.<br />
“I’m like, ‘Ew, what are you eating?’” Sanam remembered.<br />
“I remember him just going at it, and<br />
the sandwich was just so much meat. I was thinking,<br />
‘Oh god, this guy is like a serious carnivore.’”<br />
“She was repulsed,” Neil remembered.<br />
At the show, Neil kept his distance. “I think he<br />
wanted to see what kind of girl I was, what I was<br />
about,” Sanam said.<br />
But he couldn’t help but watch Sanam, who<br />
was 20 at the time, a student in radiologic science<br />
at Cal State Northridge. He liked everything<br />
about the way she carried herself.<br />
“I pretty much fell in love that night,” he said.<br />
The next morning, Sanam checked her Facebook<br />
to find a friend request from Neil. She accepted,<br />
and they chatted online; he asked for her<br />
phone number and she gave it to him. She realized<br />
from the outset his interest was romantic.<br />
“When someone sends you a smiley face, you<br />
know what it’s about,” she said.<br />
She thought Neil was a nice guy, but Sanam<br />
was so focused on school that she wasn’t even<br />
considering dating. In fact, she’d never dated; her<br />
priority was education and she didn’t want distractions.<br />
But Neil sweetly persisted, gently asking<br />
her out again and again over the next few<br />
months.<br />
The couple’s mutual love for the Los Angeles<br />
Lakers helped pave the way. He’d asked her out<br />
for Valentine’s Day, but she told him she thought<br />
it was a silly holiday. Instead, a few days later that<br />
February, Sanam agreed to go with Neil and a<br />
group of mutual friends to festivities surrounding<br />
the NBA All Star Game, which was at the Staples<br />
Center that year. Over the course of the evening,<br />
she realized how much she really liked Neil.<br />
Vivaha cont. on page 56<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong> • <strong>Peninsula</strong> 13
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S P O T L I G H T O N T H E H I L L<br />
Libertarian Johnson<br />
meets with area supporters<br />
Kerry Welsh knew he’d found a presidential<br />
candidate he could support<br />
when Libertarian Party presidential candidate<br />
Gary Johnson stayed at the Rancho<br />
Palos Verdes home of Welsh and his<br />
wife Helen.<br />
Despite RPV’s steep hills, the candidate<br />
wanted to go on a bike ride. Johnson<br />
has climbed each of the highest mountains<br />
on the seven continents. “Unfortunately,<br />
I told Gary, my bike has a flat.<br />
‘Not a problem. I’ll fix it,’ he said. I<br />
thought, wow, a presidential candidate<br />
who’s not afraid to get his hands dirty,”<br />
Welsh recalled at the candidate’s visit to<br />
a fundraiser he co-hosted in July at the<br />
home of comedian Drew Carey.<br />
Nirvana bass player Krist Noselic reminded<br />
Johnson supporters of how the<br />
Seattle grundge band’s 1991 hit “Smells<br />
like teen spirit” went “viral” after receiving<br />
play on MTV. He said today’s more<br />
powerful social media gives small party<br />
candidates like Johnson an opportunity<br />
to challenge the major party candidates.<br />
R.J. Lyman, a law partner of Johnson’s<br />
vice presidential running mate, former<br />
Massachusetts governor William Weld,<br />
told supporters, “Theodore Roosevelt<br />
promised the Square Deal, Franklin Delano<br />
Roosevelt promised the New Deal.<br />
Truman promised the Fair Deal. Trump<br />
is promising the Art of the Deal, and<br />
Clinton is serving up the Same Old<br />
Deal.”<br />
Johnson, he said is the Real Deal.<br />
Johnson told of building his handyman<br />
business from one employee (himself) to<br />
1,000 employees before becoming governor<br />
of Texas, where, he said, he vetoed a<br />
record 700 bills.<br />
Johnson described himself as the fiscally<br />
conservative candidate who favors<br />
less government, and more individual<br />
liberties. He proposed replacing military<br />
intervention with free trade diplomacy.<br />
Johnson is hoping to reach the 15 percent<br />
poll threshold that would qualify him for<br />
participation in the presidential debates.<br />
1. Presidential candidate Gary Johnson with Kerry<br />
Welsh, Drew Carey and VEEP co-star Diedrich Bader.<br />
2. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson with former<br />
Walt Disney COO Gary Wilson.<br />
3. Bob and Buckita Leff of Hermosa Beach.<br />
4. Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic.<br />
5. R.J. Lyman, a partner of Johnson’s vice<br />
presidential running mate William Weld.<br />
1 2<br />
3 4<br />
5 6<br />
6. Co-host Kerry Welsh of Rancho Palos Verdes<br />
introduces Libertarian party presidential nominee<br />
Gary Johnson<br />
7. Nominee Johnson with Matt Kibbe, a political<br />
organizer with the Concerned American Voters, a Rand<br />
Paul SuperPAC.<br />
8. Gary Johnson with Hermosa Beach supporters<br />
Warren Barr DDS, and wife Peggy.<br />
PHOTOS BY KEVIN CODY<br />
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S P O T L I G H T O N T H E H I L L<br />
4th Annual Jester & Pharley<br />
Tennis tournament benefits<br />
Children with cancer<br />
The rousing round-robin at Alta Vista Park<br />
in Redondo Beach raised funds to provide<br />
copies of David Saltzman’s awardwinning<br />
children’s book The Jester Has Lost His<br />
Jingle and Jester & Pharley dolls to young cancer<br />
patients at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in<br />
Torrance.<br />
Janice Bittker and Hans Lavik, both of Redondo<br />
Beach, slammed their way to first place<br />
in Division A in the recent annual Jester &<br />
Pharley Phund Benefit Doubles Tennis Tournament.<br />
Lisa Greiner of Rolling Hills and Wayne<br />
Turner of Hawthorne took first-place honors in<br />
Division B.<br />
“It’s always so much fun to play at this event<br />
and raise money to help children with cancer,”<br />
said John Mandich, who, at 91, was the oldest<br />
player. His excitement was seconded by pals<br />
Don Short, 85, and Maurice Kogon, 79.<br />
Players enjoyed lunch and refreshments donated<br />
by Trader Joe’s and Starbucks of Riviera<br />
Village and from Subway and Peet’s Coffee &<br />
Tea of Redondo Beach.<br />
The South Bay-based Jester & Pharley Phund<br />
takes its inspiration from the N.Y. Times bestselling<br />
children’s book written and illustrated<br />
by Chadwick School graduate David Saltzman<br />
as his senior project at Yale University before<br />
his death from cancer in 1990. For additional<br />
information, visit, www.thejester.org or call<br />
310-544-4733.<br />
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1. Division A winners Janice<br />
Bittaker and Hans Lavik receive<br />
trophies from Chair<br />
Heidi Grimm.<br />
2. Chair Heidi Grimm<br />
presents Division A runnersup<br />
Tammi Giardino and Hugo<br />
Silva with their trophies.<br />
3. Division B Winners<br />
Wayne Turner and Lisa<br />
4 5<br />
Greiner receive trophies from<br />
Heidi Grimm.<br />
4. Division B runners-up<br />
Vince Comon and Karin<br />
Proell beam over their<br />
hard-fought victory.<br />
5. John Mandich won 2 out<br />
of 3 matches.<br />
6. Don Short, left, and<br />
Maurice Kogan.<br />
2 3<br />
6<br />
7. Amy Hastings.<br />
8. Judith Karon.<br />
9. Chuck Atwood, Carmen<br />
Ferradas and Betsy Dobson.<br />
10. Gabe Papp.<br />
11. Tammi Giardino.<br />
12. Duke Hendrickson.<br />
PHOTOS COURTESY OF<br />
THE JESTER & PHARLEY PHUND<br />
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Richard Gould in his workshop. Photo by Bondo Wyszpolski<br />
Former home builder<br />
Richard Gould<br />
turns wood into art<br />
by Bondo Wyszpolski<br />
Richard Gould holds up a chunk of wood, which<br />
gives rise to the inevitable first question, Okay, so<br />
what?<br />
“It’s mystery wood,” he replies. “And it’s also free.”<br />
Explain why it’s free, and why it’s also a mystery.<br />
“It’s free because a friend was cutting down a tree, and<br />
it’s a mystery because I don’t know what it is.”<br />
Would someone else be able to identify it?<br />
“I’ve tried that with this wood. It looks like ficus, but<br />
some people say it’s not ficus. A lot of times you’ll get a<br />
wood and you won’t be able to figure out what it is. I<br />
know a lot of my woods, but this one is a mystery to me.<br />
It’s not ash, it’s not maple…”<br />
Richard Gould is a woodturner, or maybe woodcrafter,<br />
but not a woodcarver, which is often imagined as an old<br />
guy sitting on a stump with a piece of wood in one hand<br />
and a penknife in the other. Gould is also more than a<br />
woodturner who specializes in bowls.<br />
Bowled<br />
Over<br />
Chips falling where they may<br />
How do you get free wood?<br />
“A lot of people all over the South Bay know that<br />
I’m a woodturner,” Gould replies. “A lot of tree cutters<br />
know me, too. So people call me and say, We’re<br />
cutting down a tree, can you come get it?” He does,<br />
and sometimes there are surprises, like finding a rare<br />
coin in your pocket change.<br />
“A friend’s next door neighbor was taking down<br />
this macadamia tree, and she called me on a Saturday<br />
and said, Richard, they’re taking it down right<br />
now, can you get over here? I said, oh my god,<br />
macadamia, that’s a little exotic, isn’t it?”<br />
He’ll also find free wood on Craig’s List, and<br />
sometimes will drive a great distance to pick it up.<br />
At this point we’re in Gould’s garage, a former<br />
three-car garage but now with hardly enough room<br />
to park a bicycle. “I have a whole woodworking shop<br />
here,” he says, stating the obvious, and with enough<br />
tools (and of course the knowhow) to make all kinds<br />
of furniture. As if that isn’t impressive enough, “I<br />
also have a small metalshop over there,” he adds, indicating<br />
another area of the garage. With his metal<br />
lathe and other equipment he can make his own<br />
tools. Meanwhile, the rest of us are keeping Lowe’s<br />
and Home Depot in business.<br />
“My dad did woodworking when I was a kid,”<br />
Gould says, “and he allowed me to use his workshop.<br />
That’s what kind of got me into this, through<br />
my dad.”<br />
“I’ve been doing this a long, long<br />
time. Woodworking is my hobby; I<br />
don’t make money off of it, really.”<br />
After another quick look around the<br />
workshop: It looks like a long-term<br />
hobby.<br />
“This is collected over many, many<br />
years,” Gould replies. “I’ve just recently<br />
started turning wood, and I just<br />
recently started doing art shows. But<br />
I’ve always had a workshop, so my<br />
workshop’s been here for a long time.<br />
My lathe-turning is something that’s<br />
a little bit newer, like in the last sixseven<br />
years.”<br />
But what’s the sense of interviewing<br />
a woodturner who doesn’t switch<br />
on his wood-lathe and show you how<br />
it’s done?<br />
Gould does just that, giving an explanation<br />
and then a demonstration.<br />
“I turn the outside [of the bowl]<br />
first. I plan it, and I plan it trying to<br />
get an interesting rim.” And in the<br />
process he introduces the functions of<br />
a spur drive, the tenon and the chuck,<br />
the headstock and tailstock. Chips fly,<br />
and then the outside shape of yet another<br />
bowl begins to emerge. “I turn<br />
the bowl around on the lathe in order<br />
to do the inside,” he says, but for now<br />
cutting off the machine.<br />
“I also do mentoring for Boy<br />
Scouts,” Gould says, removing his<br />
goggles. “I’m a merit badge counselor<br />
for woodworking and I’m involved in<br />
a lot of Eagle projects.... There’s not<br />
really much woodworking in the<br />
schools anymore, so I try to help out<br />
and give back that way.”<br />
Man on the move<br />
“I’ve always lived in the South Bay,”<br />
Gould says. “I went to El Segundo<br />
High School, I’ve lived in Manhattan,<br />
Hermosa, Redondo, PV, then back to<br />
El Segundo, then back to Redondo,<br />
then back to Manhattan, and back to<br />
Redondo and then PV.”<br />
Currently, Gould and his family live<br />
in a large three-story home a bit down<br />
the road from Chadwick in Rolling<br />
Hills Estates.<br />
“I’ve been in this house about ten<br />
years,” he replies, when asked. “I built<br />
this house [although not in his workshop].<br />
We wanted to get my kids into<br />
the PV school district and so we<br />
moved up here. Now that they’ve<br />
graduated we’re thinking about building<br />
another house. This is like my<br />
fifth house I’ve built for myself.”<br />
Well, Geppetto with all of his woodcarving<br />
skills could never have afforded<br />
anything this nice, so Gould<br />
must have been spending a lot of time<br />
away from the wood-lathe. But he did<br />
say that woodworking was just his<br />
hobby, didn’t he?<br />
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So what do you do as a real job?<br />
“I ran an architectural company for<br />
a development corporation,” Gould<br />
replies. “Maybe in the 35 years I was<br />
with that company I designed and<br />
processed and oversaw the plans for<br />
4,000 houses. That’s what I did for<br />
the majority of my professional life,<br />
design houses, either custom or tract<br />
houses, and implemented the construction<br />
of them. It’s kind of like an<br />
architect, but it’s not an architect: I<br />
had architects working for me.<br />
“Later on in my career I got into<br />
real estate development. We developed<br />
properties, so it meant dealing<br />
with planning departments and planning<br />
commissions and city councils.”<br />
He’s still involved in such endeavors,<br />
but seemingly at a more relaxed<br />
pace. When he states, “I think I’d<br />
rather wear shorts to work” that<br />
about sums it up. And pretty nicely,<br />
don’t you agree?<br />
The finishing touch<br />
Although Gould has “only” been a<br />
woodturner for six or seven years,<br />
he’s already been recognized for his<br />
work. This past summer he received<br />
the Gwen Sandvick Award for 3D at<br />
the Celebrating PVAC Artists Groups<br />
Show at the Palos Verdes Art Center.<br />
He’s also a member of several related<br />
organizations, the American Association<br />
of Woodturners, the El Camino<br />
Woodturners Guild, and the Redondo<br />
Beach Art Group, among others.<br />
We’ve been looking at one of his<br />
woodpiles, outdoors next to his house.<br />
Gould has lifted the tarp that covers<br />
the blocks of wood and points out<br />
how he seals the ends with wax so<br />
they don’t dry out too fast. While he’s<br />
pointing to the black acacia that came<br />
from Torrance I’m keeping an eye out<br />
for snakes, having lived on the Hill<br />
myself, back when dinosaurs ruled<br />
the earth.<br />
Inside the workshop once more,<br />
Gould studies the rows of unfinished<br />
bowls. After he’s rough-turned them,<br />
they sit for a few months losing<br />
weight and drying out, and in fact<br />
Gould charts the progress of each<br />
bowl rather carefully. “When it stops<br />
losing weight it means it’s come to<br />
equilibrium in this climate, and I can<br />
go ahead and finish it safely. In the<br />
first month or two it’s very susceptible<br />
to cracking, especially if it’s really<br />
hot.” Then, if the bowl isn’t cracked,<br />
he’ll apply a type of furniture varnish<br />
called tung oil. It’ll receive between<br />
five and eight coats, while sanding<br />
with 800 grit sandpaper between<br />
coats. If there is a crack, he often fills<br />
it in with turquoise, inlayed and<br />
sanded just like the wood.<br />
Needless to say, the beauty of each<br />
bowl depends on several factors, beginning<br />
with the shape, the rim, the<br />
grain, the contrast of light and dark<br />
or heartwood versus sapwood, knots,<br />
or spalting (a fungus) which adds colored<br />
streaks.<br />
Do you have a favorite wood?<br />
“You know what I love,” Gould<br />
replies, “is olive, because when you<br />
turn olive it fills up your shop with<br />
the smell of olive oil. You would<br />
think that wood like eucalyptus<br />
would be similar; they’re not. With<br />
eucalyptus, the leaves are the thing<br />
that have the aroma, not the wood.<br />
So olive is very fun, and it’s relatively<br />
soft and easy to turn, and it’s<br />
easy to finish, easy to sand.”<br />
Depending on the venue, Gould<br />
may take 60 pieces when he participates<br />
in an art show, as he has at<br />
Malaga Cove Plaza this year. This<br />
gives potential buyers plenty to<br />
choose from, doesn’t it?<br />
“Sometimes, yeah,” he says, “but<br />
sometimes I can’t make up my mind<br />
which ones to take, and then sometimes<br />
people can’t make up their<br />
minds which ones they want to buy.”<br />
Of course, there’s nothing to prevent<br />
one from picking up two or<br />
three. PEN<br />
This peculiar-looking ash vessel by<br />
Richard Gould won the PV Art<br />
Center Gwen Sandvick Award<br />
last summer<br />
Inside and outside highlighted<br />
together in this carob vessel by<br />
Richard Gould<br />
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eventcalendar<br />
CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS<br />
Compiled by Mary Jane Schoenheider<br />
You can email your event to our address: penpeople@easyreadernews.com<br />
All submissions must be sent by the 10th of each month prior to event taking place.<br />
Saturday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 1<br />
Young Frankenstein – The Broadway Musical<br />
Palos Verdes Performing Arts’ production of the zany, Mel Brooks musical comedy<br />
“Young Frankenstein” continues through <strong>Oct</strong>ober 9 at the Norris Theatre.<br />
The production features a 14-piece orchestra, professional cast and sets and<br />
costumes from the national tour. Performance times are 8 p.m. Fridays and<br />
Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, plus 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober 1 and 8. Ticket prices range from $55-$65, plus a $5 per<br />
ticket facility fee. The production is not recommended for children under 13.<br />
For more information or to purchase tickets, call the box office at 310- 544-<br />
0403 or go to palosverdesperformingarts.com. The Norris Theatre is located<br />
at 27570 Norris Center Drive in Rolling Hills Estates.<br />
PV Library Needs Teen Tech Trainers<br />
Teens, become a Tech Trainer in partnership with PVE Cares, <strong>Peninsula</strong> Seniors<br />
and PVP Village. The Palos Verdes Library District will offer 3 upcoming Teen<br />
Tech 4 Seniors events for teens who are interested in volunteering at the events<br />
to answer technology questions for our adult community. Prospective volunteers<br />
contact Laura Ishizaka and file a volunteer application with PVLD before <strong>Oct</strong>ober<br />
1. Peninisula Center Library Community Room, 10 a.m. - noon. Questions?<br />
Contact Laura at lishizaka@pvld.org or 310-377-9584 ext. 215.<br />
Saturday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 8<br />
Palos Verdes Library District<br />
Medicare 101 Understanding Your Medicare Plan Options. Do you have questions<br />
about Part A, B, C, D, enrollment windows, cost sharing or “Extra Help”,<br />
the difference between Original Medicare, Medicare Advantage Plans and<br />
Supplement Plans? Join a presentation with Carol Clement (CA License<br />
0H80524) and have all of your questions answered. 3 p.m. in the <strong>Peninsula</strong><br />
Center Library Community Room. Sponsored by Palos Verdes Library District,<br />
this seminar is free, open to the public and is for educational purposes only.<br />
Medicare has neither reviewed, nor endorses, this information. Contact Mary<br />
Cohen at mcohen@pvld.org or 310-921-7519.<br />
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Las Amigas de las Lomas Evening with Friends<br />
Las Amigas’ annual fundraiser supporting Orthopaedic Institute for Children<br />
promises an elegant evening in the tropics at the Harlyne J Norris Pavilion.<br />
The gala, a tropical luau and live auction, raises funds to benefit the construction<br />
of OIC’s Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) housing the two largest pediatric<br />
orthopaedic operating rooms in the country. This year’s event promises<br />
an evening filled with exciting, one of a kind auction items, live entertainment,<br />
a fine wine pull and dinner compliments of the talented Chef Safer. To info or<br />
tickets, visit: lasamigasdelaslomas.org. or contact: oic.lasamigas@gmail.com.<br />
Monday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 10<br />
SERENDIPITY exhibition opens at the Promenade<br />
Featuring artist Norma Cuevas White, woodturner Joe Devinny, and printmaker<br />
and painter Mina Tang Kan, continues until November 20 at the Artists'<br />
Studio Gallery in the Promenade on the <strong>Peninsula</strong>. Opening reception Sunday,<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober 16 from 2 to 6 p.m.; closing reception Sunday, November 20 from<br />
2 to 6 p.m. The public is cordially invited to these free events. For further information<br />
call the gallery at 310-265-2592 or log onto www.artists-studiopvac.com.<br />
The Artists' Studio Gallery is affiliated with the Palos Verdes Art<br />
Center/Beverly G. Alpay Center for Art Education, which has been serving<br />
the South Bay community for over 80 years. 550 Deep Valley Drive #159,<br />
Rolling Hills Estates.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 12<br />
Palos Verdes Woman's Club<br />
The Palos Verdes Woman's Club will meet at noon at the Rolling Hills Country<br />
Club, 27000 Palos Verdes Drive East. A presentation will be made by Pat<br />
Whitehead, representing Guide Dogs for the Blind. Cost of the luncheon is<br />
$32. For reservations and information call Beverly Teresinski, 310-378-1349.<br />
Thursday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 13<br />
PVP Village<br />
Helen Dennis will discuss “The Upside of Aging” with Paul Irving, chairman<br />
of the Milken Institute’s Center for the Future of Aging and distinguished scholar<br />
in residence at USC. At the Palos Verdes Golf Club from 2 to 4 p.m. in celebration<br />
of the PVP Village. RSVP to peninsulavillagepvp@gmail.com.<br />
Friday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 14<br />
<strong>Peninsula</strong> Seniors Fundraiser<br />
Fashion show, accessory boutique, raffle baskets and silent auction will raise<br />
funds for <strong>Peninsula</strong> Seniors at the Hilton DoubleTree Torrance, penthouse. Tickets<br />
are $60. Lunch choices: Salmon, Chicken Marsala, Pasta. Send a check<br />
with meal and tablemate preferences to <strong>Peninsula</strong> Seniors, 30928 Hawthorne<br />
Blvd. RPV, CA 90275 . Additional contact: Jo Anne Weber 310- 328-7875.<br />
The DoubleTree is located at 21333 Hawthorne Blvd.<br />
Saturday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 15<br />
Tours at Switchback trails of Trump National<br />
Enjoy a Los Serenos docent-led tour through the switchback trail of Trump National<br />
Golf Course to the beach. Learn about local geology and fall blooming<br />
habitat. Stay to watch the sunset from Founders Park. Hike difficulty is moderate.<br />
Parking available on left side of Clubhouse in public lot at the end of<br />
Trump National Drive. Free, public is welcome! 3 p.m. Hike cancelled if there<br />
is rain. For more information call 310-377-5370 or visit www.losserenos.org.<br />
Sunday, <strong>Oct</strong>ober 16<br />
Artists’ Studio opening reception<br />
To celebrate the opening of SERENDIPITY art show, a jazz concert by Venice<br />
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guitarist Vinnie Caggiano begins at 2 p.m. and a woodturning demonstration<br />
by Joe Devinny takes place at 3 p.m. A reception with refreshments follows<br />
until 6 p.m. There will also be a closing reception on Sunday, November 20<br />
from 2 to 6 p.m. Artists' Studio Gallery in the Promenade on the <strong>Peninsula</strong>,<br />
#159, 550 Deep Valley Drive, Rolling Hills Estates. For further information call<br />
the gallery at 310-265-2592 or log onto www.artists-studio-pvac.com.<br />
PV Democrats’ Meeting<br />
The League of Women Voters will explain the propositions on the November<br />
ballot at their monthly meeting. Open to all; handicapped accessible; free admission;<br />
free parking. Seating available at 2 p.m.; meeting 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.<br />
at the Palos Verdes <strong>Peninsula</strong> Center Library Community Room, 701 Silver<br />
Spur Rd., Rolling Hills Estates.<br />
Fall music fest<br />
Music Director Richard Babcock and the <strong>Peninsula</strong> Symphonic Winds presents<br />
a Scott Joplin march, an Addams Family overture, a polka depicting a grumbly<br />
old bear, and more! 3 p.m. at Rolling Hills Covenant Church Community Center,<br />
1735 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates (enter parking from Deep Valley<br />
Drive). Adults $10. Children under 12 free with adult. Tickets available at<br />
the door or online at www.pswinds.org.<br />
Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay<br />
The COSB season opens with pianist Stephen Lin performing Beethoven's<br />
beautiful Piano Concerto No. 1. Additional concerts are scheduled for Nov.<br />
13, <strong>2016</strong>, Jan. 8, March 12, April 8, 2017. Performances are at 8 p.m. with<br />
pre-concert talks by notable musicologists. Subscription seats are available for<br />
the <strong>2016</strong>-17 season by calling 310-502-9934 or emailing at<br />
cosb.mail@gmail.com. Subscribe at palosverdes.com/chamberorchestra. Single<br />
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Also learn what to plant in your gardens<br />
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The Andalusian courtyard and plaza is representative of a 19th century Spanish hacienda.<br />
Home for the millennium<br />
by Kevin Cody<br />
John Z. Blazevich and Alex McLeod in their<br />
hamam spa meditation room.<br />
Photo by David Fairchild<br />
(DavidFairchildStudio.com)<br />
John Z. Blazevich<br />
drew upon 1,000<br />
years of art,<br />
architecture and<br />
engineering to<br />
realize his<br />
vision for a<br />
19th century<br />
California<br />
hacienda<br />
In 1993, John Z. Blazevich began stealing time away from overseeing<br />
Contessa Premium Foods, the pioneering convenience food and seafood<br />
importing company he founded 10 years earlier, at age 28, to oversee<br />
the work of 300 desert nomads in Morocco.<br />
Blazevich was introduced to the nomads by Spanish architect Rafael<br />
Manzano Martos, whom he had commissioned to design Hacienda de la<br />
Paz, a 51,000 square foot home he was building on approximately eight<br />
acres in Rolling Hills.<br />
The nomads were hired to hand carve sandstone blocks, reliefs, archways,<br />
and capitals that were to form the walls and ceilings of his new<br />
home’s 10,000 square foot hamam, or Moorish spa. The spa was modeled<br />
after the Medina Azahara Palace their ancestors had built in Córdoba,<br />
which Martos restored for the Spanish government. The palace was built<br />
in the 10th century by a Moorish king.<br />
“I wanted to build a home that would stand the test of time and was reflective<br />
of California’s history. I did not want to build another California<br />
ranch style. I did not want a Southwestern, Mexican Colonial or a Mediterranean<br />
villa. I wanted my home to be first generation Spanish and authentic<br />
in every detail,” Blazevich said.<br />
A canopy of carob trees is all that remains on the property of the two<br />
parcels he purchased in 1993. The drive beneath the carob trees is now<br />
Portuguese limestone, installed by Portuguese stone cutters.<br />
The winding driveway ends at a motor court for six cars. A tall, white<br />
fountain appears beyond the tower in the center of the Andalusian courtyard.<br />
The Moorish gardens and fountains are the focal point of the plaza.<br />
When the gardens were nearly completed, Blazevich noticed one of the<br />
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fountains appeared off-center to the others. The workers disagreed. Blazevich<br />
ordered a rotating laser transit to settle the disagreement. The fountains<br />
were indeed out of alignment by one-eighth of an inch.<br />
The workers corrected it.<br />
“Visual precision is important and I have a gift for it,” he said.<br />
A similar incident occurred with an out-of-line wood floor plank at the<br />
end of a long hallway in the main house. Blazevich had the hallway corrected<br />
because “that’s the way we do it here,” he told the perplexed carpenter.<br />
“I can be a challenge to my workers,” he acknowledged<br />
But he was also a benefactor to tradesmen and artisans of ancient and<br />
fast disappearing skills.<br />
The Spanish tiles throughout the 20,000 square-foot main house are from<br />
Andalusia, whose combination of Spanish and Moorish architecture was<br />
the inspiration for Hacienda de la Paz. Blazevich chanced upon the tile<br />
maker while traveling to the Andalusian town where “The Good the Bad<br />
and the Ugly” was filmed. He is a fan of Sergio Leone’s spaghetti Western<br />
movies.<br />
“I was out in a remote area, visiting a stone quarry and also to see the<br />
Sergio Leone movie sets when I saw him making tiles. I asked if he could<br />
make a lot of them and ended up ordering six 40-foot containers from him.”<br />
Blazevich insisted on auditory as well as visual perfection. The hacienda’s<br />
18th century Neoclassical ballroom’s 50-foot high ceiling was replaced<br />
several times until the acoustics equaled those of an opera house.<br />
Upon the completion of the ballroom, Blazevich surprised his mother on<br />
her 75th birthday with a performance of “Phantom of the Opera.”<br />
Evidence of the 21st century, including the mixing console, sound system,<br />
movie screen and electric cables are hidden behind the walls and in<br />
the ceiling.<br />
One New Year’s Eve, he threw a James Bond Theme Party. Johnny Rivers<br />
sang “Secret Agent Man,” backed by a 30-piece band. Bond film clips<br />
screened throughout the night.<br />
Blazevich’s fiancée Alexandra “Alex” McLeod is an Emmy nominated TV<br />
Hacienda de la Paz cont. on page 40<br />
The Moorish gardens emphasize symmetry and bold colors.
The interlocking salon ceiling was designed in the Mudejar style and assembled without nails by Spanish craftsmen.<br />
Hacienda de la Paz cont. from page 39<br />
personality and entertainment news correspondent. She was the original<br />
host of “Trading Spaces” and “Joe Millionaire I.” Recently, she has appeared<br />
on NBC’s “Open House NYC” and CNBC’s “Secret Lifestyles of the Super<br />
Rich.”<br />
Their home and her background make the couple highly sought after<br />
hosts for fundraisers and other gatherings, ranging from casual barbecues<br />
to lavish balls. President Jimmy Carter was the guest of honor for a 350<br />
guest, Habitat for Humanity sit-down dinner. Other favorite charities include<br />
UNICEF and GRID Alternatives (a provider of solar power to low income<br />
families.)<br />
When not in use for social gatherings, the grand ballroom is also a tennis<br />
court, built to U.S. Open specs. Trompe l’oeil windows with physical balconies,<br />
brass and wrought iron railings create the illusion that the court is<br />
outdoors.<br />
<strong>Peninsula</strong> Wimbledon champions Pete Sampras and Tracy Austin and<br />
Croatian Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic have played there.<br />
Blazevich began playing tennis after finding a tennis court on one of the<br />
two lots he bought. “Growing up, I didn’t think of tennis as a very physical<br />
game. But after taking lessons, I quickly found I was so wrong. Now I love<br />
it,” he said.<br />
Weather permitting, Blazevich, McLeod and their friends play on the outdoor,<br />
clay court, built to French Open specs, except for the composition of<br />
the red clay. “I went to the French Open and talked to the maintenance<br />
crew. They said dust blows off this clay whenever it’s windy, and it gets<br />
windy in Rolling Hills. So we modified the clay,” Blazevich said.<br />
Blazevich’s account of a royal Spanish architect leading him to Moroccan<br />
stonecutters to build a 10th century Moorish bath in the desert, where it<br />
was assembled to make certain the pieces all fit, then disassembled, crated,<br />
shipped 6,000 miles across sea and land to a world 1,000 years removed<br />
and installed beneath a Rolling Hills home called Hacienda de la Paz, evokes<br />
images from a Gabriel García Márquez novel.<br />
The hamam’s magical realism is heightened by star shaped lights in the<br />
amber sandstone ceiling that reflect off blue Murano glass at the bottom of<br />
the 40-foot pool. Blazevich picked the blue Venetian glass because he<br />
wanted the water to be the color of the Adriatic Sea, where he frequently<br />
sails.<br />
“Swimming in the hamam pool, you feel as if you are floating through<br />
time. It is a supernatural experience,” he said.<br />
Despite its earthen enclosure, the hamam suffers from neither the high<br />
humidity nor the chlorine smell common to indoor pools. Alcoves line either<br />
side of the pool. One has a 15-foot tall, waterfall.<br />
“Showering under it is like having a massage,” he said.<br />
Another alcove has adjoining mineral baths enclosed by vaulted, gold<br />
leafed walls. Another resembles the colorful, silk draped tent of a nomadic<br />
chief. “It’s like what you might see in ‘Lawrence of Arabia’” Blazevich said.<br />
The pool’s 90-degree temperature is maintained by the home’s geothermal<br />
heating and cooling system. The geothermal system is coupled to<br />
dozens of HVAC units. In 2008, while at Contessa Premium Foods, Blazevich<br />
built a $35 million, green, LEED certified factory in the City of Commerce.<br />
It was the first green LEED certified frozen food factory in the world.<br />
Blazevich grew up in San Pedro, where he attended San Pedro High<br />
School. He majored in marketing at USC, while also indulging in his love<br />
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A chapel dedicated to Santa Catalina sits off the poolside loggia.<br />
for history, art and physics.<br />
His father Rudolf was a chef who escaped to the U.S. from Communist<br />
Yugoslavia in 1955.Three years later, his wife Ljubica and son joined him<br />
in San Pedro.<br />
Blazevich contemplated buying a Spanish Colonial Revival home in Beverly<br />
Hills, designed by Wallace Neff.<br />
He was acquainted with the legendary Pickfair architect’s son. Though<br />
he decided against the Neff home, Neff’s enduring architectural influence<br />
proved instrumental in enabling Blazevich to convince the City of Rolling<br />
Hills to approve his ambitious, new home.<br />
“I wanted to build something iconic, with privacy and panoramic views<br />
when I found these two adjoining parcels in Rolling Hills,” he said. The<br />
property offers views of both the Los Angeles basin and the Santa Monica<br />
Bay.<br />
Rolling Hills’ rural zoning promised privacy, while still fostering a family<br />
oriented community with amenities for residents, community clubs and<br />
events including Easter, Halloween and Christmas parties for children.<br />
But the building department requirement that all homes be white, single<br />
story and ranch style posed a problem.<br />
“I did not want to live in a barn with marble counter tops,” he said. “You<br />
cannot build an iconic home with board and batten siding.”<br />
During a careful reading of the Rolling Hills building code, Blazevich discovered<br />
that Cliff May, the architect who popularized California ranch<br />
homes, is not the only architect whose style is allowed. Neff is also mentioned.<br />
Blazevich knew of at least one adobe home in Rolling Hills, though<br />
it is largely hidden from view.<br />
Still, city staff was not happy with his plans for a 51,000 square foot<br />
home, 31,000 of it, including a ballroom and Moorish spa, below ground.<br />
“The city thought I was going to build this huge monstrosity and destroy<br />
the image of the community. I told them I would be using adobe, which<br />
better reflects the rural setting. Fortunately, I was young enough, at 38,<br />
and had enough money and determination to convince them.”<br />
When finally completed in 2010, 17 years after conception, Hacienda de<br />
la Paz invited comparison to Hearst Castle in San Simeon. While comfortable<br />
with the comparison, Blazevich points out that Hearst Castle reflects<br />
William Randolph Hearst’s’ eclectic tastes and as a result, lacks cohesiveness.<br />
Hacienda de La Paz also brings together seemingly disparate elements,<br />
spanning a millennium of architecture, art and engineering.<br />
“The Andalusian architectural style of the estate is 19th century, the Neoclassical<br />
ballroom is 18th century and the hamam is 10th century,” he said,<br />
all wired with 21st century HVAC, security, lighting and entertainment electrical<br />
systems.<br />
The challenge, he said was to harmoniously weave together these 1,000<br />
years of influences.<br />
“I called it Hacienda de la Paz because when I came home from a 12-<br />
hour work day, I wanted my senses to be awakened by the aromas and the<br />
colors of the gardens, to listen to the sounds of my fountains and to feel at<br />
peace,” he said.<br />
Hacienda de la Paz cont. on page 42<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong> • <strong>Peninsula</strong> 41
The 18th Century neoclassical ballroom is also a tennis court built to U.S. Open specs.<br />
Hacienda de la Paz cont. from page 41<br />
After overcoming the city’s resistance, Blazevich embarked on executing<br />
his Andalusian vision.<br />
Rafael Manzano Martos was King Juan Carlos’ curator and is the world’s<br />
foremost expert on Mudejar architecture. The Mudejars were Spanish<br />
Moors. In addition to introducing Blazevich to the Moroccan stone masons,<br />
Martos helped find complementary art.<br />
A painting in the entry hall commemorates the 100th anniversary of the<br />
1615 publication of “Don Quixote.” The painting formerly hung in Madrid’s<br />
Prado Museum. The entry hall’s four life-size, silver and gold busts of bishops<br />
are 400 years old. They come from an Italian library that was undergoing<br />
modernization.<br />
Wrought iron window grates on the main house are from a 15th century<br />
Seville convent.<br />
To coordinate with the city on building codes and contemporary amenities,<br />
Blazevich recruited <strong>Peninsula</strong> architect Anthony Inferrera.<br />
Also from Madrid, was Nicolas Luca de Tena, who worked for Spain’s<br />
royal family as an artist and art restorer. He is the 15th generation grandson<br />
of Hernan Cortes, Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs and discovered<br />
Baja California.<br />
Luca de Tena lived at Hacienda de La Paz for 10 years, painting trompe<br />
l’oeil frescos, ceiling murals and original art and applying gold leaf accents.<br />
His painting over the living room fireplace is an interpretation of a Joan<br />
Miro painting. Blazevich liked the original Miro, but not its blue background,<br />
so he asked Luca de Tena to repaint his version with a warmer, yellow<br />
background.<br />
Other contemporary artists’ paintings hang alongside Flemish tapestries<br />
and Dutch masters’ because, “I don’t want the house to be caught in time,”<br />
Blazevich said.<br />
Spanish father and son interior designers Bruno and Manuel Gavira were<br />
responsible for bringing harmony and individuality to the main house’s<br />
nine bedrooms and 25 bathrooms, as well as the guest house and Renais-<br />
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sance chapel.<br />
“No two rooms have the same design,” Blazevich said.<br />
There are surprisingly whimsical touches. The ladies powder room has<br />
a confessional and allows two women to converse in privacy through a<br />
screened confessional window. The men’s room has an original Thomas<br />
Crapper.<br />
The interlocking ceiling beams in the living and dining rooms were designed<br />
in the Mudejar style by a Madrid professor of architecture and assembled<br />
without nails by carpenters brought from Madrid.<br />
The artisans responsible for the three-foot-thick adobe walls came from<br />
closer by.<br />
“I hired the workers who restored the California missions,” Blazevich<br />
said.<br />
Despite the adobe walls’ thickness, they didn’t meet California’s seismic<br />
safety standards. So they were reinforced with wood and steel posts. Blazevich<br />
then stuccoed the walls white. “When city officials first saw the adobe<br />
walls, they liked them and thought I should keep them exposed in some<br />
areas. I said, ‘Wait a minute, the code says houses need to be white.’ These<br />
were challenging times with the city. But we came to a compromise and<br />
everyone is happy with the end result. Many haciendas have been built<br />
now behind the gates. I paved the way.”<br />
Los Angeles building inspectors, whom Rolling Hills contracts with,<br />
spent so much time on the site, that Blazevich said they worried him.<br />
“I asked, ‘Am I doing something wrong? Why are you guys here all the<br />
time?’ They said they had never seen a house so over-engineered. They<br />
wanted to know why I was using 8-inch pipe when I could use 6-inch pipe.<br />
I said, the labor and material costs are almost the same and I want this<br />
house to last hundreds of years. The reason housing systems go south and<br />
need to be replaced is because the requirements are so lax,” he said.<br />
Blazevich’s decision to go subterranean stemmed in part from building<br />
restrictions, but more importantly because, he said, “Even on eight acres,<br />
51,000 square feet on one level would be too much. I wanted amenities,<br />
like an indoor pool during the winter and a tennis court that I could use<br />
after work. The city doesn’t allow night lit courts.<br />
“It’s a well-intentioned restriction and I agree with it. There are no streetlights<br />
or sidewalks in Rolling Hills. The quiet, coastal views and privacy<br />
suggest the romance of the ‘30s and ‘40s.”<br />
An essential characteristic of Mudejar architecture is beautiful gardens.<br />
Blazevich planted dozens of fruit and nut trees, including navel, Valencia<br />
and Sanguinello (blood) oranges, avocado, figs, apples, peaches, apricots,<br />
lemons and limes; as well as herbs and vegetables in the summer, winter,<br />
fall and spring gardens that border the entry driveway and are spread elsewhere<br />
across the eight acres.<br />
“My goal was to be able to feed off the fruit and vegetables any time of<br />
year while walking through an aromatic property,” he said.<br />
The property has become a sanctuary for <strong>Peninsula</strong> wildlife and migrating<br />
birds.<br />
“Every March, three days before the swallows return to Capistrano, the<br />
swallows stop here to dip in our pool. They’re like a sign from heaven,”<br />
Blazevich said.<br />
In 2013, just three years after completing the final building stage of Hacienda<br />
de la Paz, Blazevich put it up for sale. Hacienda de la Paz is listed<br />
at $48 million. He estimates that building his home today would cost close<br />
to $100 million.<br />
But Blazevich appears in no hurry to move. The home has hosted several<br />
weddings and his may be next. He and McLeod are engaged, after having<br />
lived together on the property for more than a decade.<br />
Blazevich said he decided to sell Hacienda de la Paz because he wants to<br />
move on to his next project. His son Andreas, a student at Art Center College<br />
of Design in Pasadena, prefers to have his own home. Blazevich sold<br />
Contessa Premium Foods in 2011, by which time its aggregate sales had<br />
exceeded $4 billion.<br />
He declined to disclose what his next project is, except to say it might be<br />
in Croatia, where his family owns olive groves and vineyards.<br />
Because olive oil was important to 19th century haciendas, Blazevich<br />
planted over 60 olive trees from the Central Valley on his property. An<br />
olive oil tribute room in the main house features large, ancient, clay vases<br />
and photos of old Spanish olive mills. Salads from the gardens are dressed<br />
with olive oil from his family’s olive groves in Croatia. The bottles are labeled<br />
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Grandma<br />
Terano’s<br />
boy chef<br />
Chef Robert Bell with a chicken meatball salad on the patio at Mama Terano Cafe. Photo by Richard Foss<br />
Brooklyn born Robert Bell traces his love of cooking to dinners at his Grandma Terano’s.<br />
He named his new restaurant in her honor.<br />
by Richard Foss<br />
Most chefs have someone in their background<br />
who inspired them to get into<br />
cooking, often a kitchen veteran who<br />
saw promise in a new dishwasher and evolved<br />
from a boss to a mentor. In the case of Robert<br />
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started at home in Brooklyn, where his<br />
Italian grandparents taught him a reverence for<br />
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“My grandmother was a fun-loving immigrant<br />
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table, they had no status. My mother told me that<br />
on her first year of high school she didn’t have<br />
enough money for school supplies because they<br />
were celebrating someone’s birthday and they<br />
used the money to buy veal.”<br />
“My grandmother was a good cook because she<br />
had to be. In those days you started cooking<br />
when you were little because… that’s just what<br />
you did. My grandmother never really taught me<br />
how to cook, but what she and that family did<br />
was enable me to see the importance of dining<br />
and of food being the most important thing you<br />
talked about at dinner. Once in awhile you’d talk<br />
about the Brooklyn Dodgers, the New York Yankees<br />
or Giants, maybe even politics, but the usual<br />
questions were “What kind of salami is this?<br />
Where did you get these pastries, on Avenue U?<br />
What bakery did you go to?”<br />
With a background like that, it’s almost surprising<br />
that Robert Bell didn’t go straight into the<br />
culinary industry in New York. However, his<br />
mother decided to move to California and he<br />
graduated from Hollywood High in 1963. He considered<br />
starting at the bottom in a restaurant<br />
kitchen, the main industry career path in an era<br />
when there were few cooking schools. Instead,<br />
and despite the fact that he was an indifferent<br />
scholar, he decided to pursue a higher education.<br />
“I took classes at college and changed my major<br />
about four times and never actually graduated. I<br />
got into architecture and city planning. I did that<br />
for 15 years, but I really wanted to cook. In 1975<br />
I got a call from Chuck Lehman, whom I played<br />
poker with in high school. He said, ‘I’m opening<br />
a restaurant in Hermosa Beach. Would you be interested<br />
in doing my floor plan to submit to the<br />
health department?’<br />
“We got together and it quickly got a lot deeper<br />
than that. When Café Courtney opened in 1976<br />
(now a Round Table Pizza) I was his sous chef,<br />
and ended up taking over the reins of the kitchen<br />
about two months later. He was a great teacher.<br />
I loved food, cooked for family and my girlfriends<br />
all the time. He taught me how to do it on a bigger<br />
scale, with helpers, and how to delegate. The<br />
amazing thing is that I was able to learn from all<br />
my subordinates without them knowing I didn’t<br />
know anything. I’d go up to one of my cooks and<br />
say, ‘The last hollandaise I made came out really<br />
thin, how do you make yours? Let me see how<br />
you do it and see if mine comes out better.’ I had<br />
never made hollandaise in my life, but I’d watch<br />
him make it and replicate that faithfully. I was a<br />
sponge and I wanted to learn, so I picked it up<br />
really quickly.”<br />
Unusual for the time, Robert Bell came out of<br />
the kitchen to interact with diners, a habit he developed<br />
partly because nobody had told him that<br />
chefs didn’t do that.<br />
“Maybe the reason I was willing to come out of<br />
the kitchen and talk to people is because I wasn’t<br />
really a chef. I was acting as one, but I wasn’t<br />
trained not to talk to people.”<br />
In 1976, California Cuisine was barely five<br />
years old and was mostly a San Francisco Bay<br />
area phenomenon. Wolfgang Puck had lived in<br />
46 <strong>Peninsula</strong> • <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong>
Los Angeles for less than a year and was beginning<br />
to make waves at Ma Maison and other<br />
chefs were starting to pay attention. But hardly<br />
an echo of this was to be heard in the South Bay.<br />
In that era when diners and steak and seafood<br />
joints dominated the local landscape, Café Courtney‘s<br />
blend of French and Californian ideas was<br />
like something from another planet.<br />
“I started doing stuff that was completely different<br />
from everyone else. Everybody else was<br />
using frozen fish, frozen vegetables. Everything<br />
we were doing was a little newer, a little more<br />
contemporary, a little fresher than everyone else.<br />
Even simple things like our turkey and avocado<br />
sandwich – we put it on different bread. No one<br />
had a wine program. No one. Most places had a<br />
house red and a house white and that was it. We<br />
had a wine list, wine tastings and we used to do<br />
a wine of the month. The first month we were<br />
open, <strong>Oct</strong>ober of 1976, we featured Franciscan<br />
Zinfandel out of Sonoma. We paid $12 a case for<br />
it and we sold it for $3.95 a bottle.”<br />
Café Courtney was an immediate success,<br />
partly because of the chemistry that developed<br />
between Bell and the person Lehman hired to<br />
manage the front of the house. Michael Franks,<br />
who now co-owns Chez Melange with Bell, had<br />
the same dedication to service that Bell had to<br />
food. And they shared a fascination with pushing<br />
culinary boundaries. Their partnership seemed<br />
like such a natural thing that it’s surprising to<br />
hear what Bell says about his first impression of<br />
Franks.<br />
“When I first met Michael, I remembered<br />
thinking, I don’t want to work with this guy. I’m<br />
from Brooklyn, he’s from London. He came from<br />
what I thought was an upscale upbringing, I was<br />
just off the line of being poor. He went through<br />
restaurant school, I barely made it through junior<br />
college. But we were both very driven, very passionate<br />
about what we were doing, and that’s the<br />
only reason we got along.”<br />
Michael Franks confirmed that the men who<br />
were to forge a partnership that would endure<br />
more than 40 years did not have much in common.<br />
Before coming to the United States, Franks<br />
had worked at elegant but stodgy London hotels<br />
like the Savoy and the Dorchester, which he said<br />
had “fine service with very predictable food.” He<br />
then ran a group of French bistros. None of that<br />
had prepared him for a down to earth, straight<br />
talking chef like Bell.<br />
“Obviously we had no similarities at all. Our<br />
family life, our business experiences, everything<br />
was completely different. The only thing we really<br />
had in common was food. That’s what connected<br />
us, our love for food. We communicated<br />
perfectly on that level, and that’s what has kept<br />
us together all these years. Our social life is different,<br />
but when it comes to restaurants, food,<br />
the business, we’re totally on the same page.”<br />
Their relationship was tested on road trips that<br />
Michael says gave them multiple revelations<br />
about the expanding culinary world of that era,<br />
and led them to take Café Courtney in a completely<br />
different direction than what had been intended.<br />
“When we were brought in, Chuck expected a<br />
French bistro – he called it an introduction to<br />
French food. Robert and I went to Chez Panisse,<br />
we went to a restaurant called Ports in Hollywood<br />
where they had couscous and a Chinese<br />
chicken salad on the menu. We realized that<br />
starting from where we were, a combination<br />
French Bistro and healthy Californian place, we<br />
could serve Chinese food in a French restaurant.<br />
You could put anything on the menu, as long as<br />
you communicated that to the customer. We decided,<br />
let’s do everything.”<br />
Café Courtney was extremely successful and<br />
became the flagship for a chain of six restaurants.<br />
In 1981, they even managed to get attention from<br />
the Los Angeles Times for their wine dinners,<br />
though the Times was disdainful of the South Bay<br />
in those days. The future looked bright for the<br />
company, but the two people at the heart of that<br />
success were becoming dissatisfied with running<br />
multiple locations.<br />
Mama Terano in Brooklyn, in 1960. The<br />
photo hangs in the <strong>Peninsula</strong> restaurant<br />
that grandson Robert Bell named in her<br />
honor.<br />
As Bell remembers it, “In 1982 the owner of the<br />
Plush Horse Inn was looking for a restaurateur<br />
to run the old Plush Pony coffee shop. He ran an<br />
ad in the paper, which Michael and I saw. We<br />
were excited about doing what we were doing on<br />
a one-to-one basis, not a mini-chain with six units.<br />
Ed Wilkinson, who owned the Plush Horse at the<br />
time, was smart enough and nice enough to<br />
cosign a loan for Michael and me to get the place<br />
open. We paid him back in half the time we<br />
promised.“<br />
The new restaurant was appropriately called<br />
Chez Melange and had innovations that astonished<br />
the local community. In place of the hotel<br />
coffee shop’s lunch counter there was a sushi bar,<br />
a caviar and Champagne bar. The sleek, modern<br />
dining room offered food from all over the world.<br />
Newcomers sometimes stared at the menu and<br />
asked, “What kind of restaurant is this, really?”<br />
They couldn’t wrap their head around the idea<br />
that they were in a place where you actually<br />
could get Chinese stir-fry, French seafood, or an<br />
American steak. Even more unusual, the multicultural<br />
and eclectic experience was offered at<br />
breakfast and lunch rather than only at night.<br />
Franks and Bell didn’t particularly want to be<br />
open for breakfast but it was required by the<br />
hotel, so they decided that it had to be done with<br />
the same spirit as everything else.<br />
When Bell first worked at Café Courtney he<br />
had commuted from an apartment in Hollywood,<br />
but that got old very quickly. In 1977, he moved<br />
into a duplex in Hermosa and soon after started<br />
dating a wine broker named Michelle who would<br />
later become his wife.<br />
A new passion would inspire him to move to<br />
the Hill.<br />
“I started cooking professionally when I was 30<br />
and took up golf when I was 45. I really enjoyed<br />
the game, and decided I wanted to join the Palos<br />
Verdes Golf Club. You had to live in the Estates<br />
to join, so I decided to move here. The money I<br />
saved up wasn’t enough for the down payment<br />
in 1990, so I borrowed money to buy a house.<br />
Then I had to borrow money from Michelle to<br />
join the golf club. It’s been a great life here.”<br />
The menu at Chez Melange continued to<br />
evolve. As they had at Courtney’s Franks and Bell<br />
hosted wine dinners and other culinary events.<br />
“I don’t think there’s anyone who doesn’t work<br />
for a winery that has done more wine dinners<br />
than I have, I must have done hundreds,” Bell<br />
said.<br />
Some benefitted worthy causes. In 1985,<br />
Franks and Bell cofounded the For Our Children<br />
Food and Wine festival and they have contributed<br />
their time, energy, and resources to many other<br />
events. Asked whether his childhood in a relatively<br />
poor family might have inspired his charitable<br />
efforts, Bell was reflective.<br />
“I hadn’t thought about it before, but probably<br />
yes. Many times I wonder what my life would<br />
have been like if I had made one of many wrong<br />
turns, or what I’d be doing today if I had never<br />
moved to California. I wonder if I’d even be alive.<br />
When I turned 50 my mother called to wish me<br />
a happy birthday. I asked, ‘What do you think of<br />
me making it to 50?’ She said, ‘I never thought<br />
you’d make it to 15.’<br />
“After I moved here the people at St. Francis<br />
Episcopal Church asked me to get involved in a<br />
program called Designs For Dining. I learned<br />
from this experience that as an individual I could<br />
make a big change in someone’s life. I raised<br />
$13,000 every year at this one event, and 100 percent<br />
of it goes for college scholarships. I’ve met<br />
kids who are in college or have graduated thanks<br />
to that program and it’s humbling. I hope they<br />
are all better students than I was.”<br />
Though Bell continues to be involved in Chez<br />
Melange on a daily basis, he is obviously pleased<br />
by the success of his other restaurant Mama Terano.<br />
That restaurant recently spun off a second<br />
location in the Malaga Cove Plaza. He also works<br />
on other culinary projects, including the menu at<br />
Plates Bistro.<br />
“After 40 years in the industry, I’m still having<br />
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somewhere. I have two new concepts that I am<br />
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Michelle says to me, “You’re 70 years old, when<br />
are you going to stop?” You have to understand<br />
that to me a restaurant is like doing a movie, but<br />
it’s personal. In a movie you have someone to do<br />
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up the room, pick the chef... right down to the<br />
uniforms and the linens. To do that and then<br />
watch it on opening night, there’s nothing like it,”<br />
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56 <strong>Peninsula</strong> • <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong>
Neil proposed to Sanam at the firepit of his<br />
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Photo by Dearly Beloved Photography<br />
Sanam’s bridal Mehndi. Photo by Peter Nguyen<br />
Vivaha cont. from page 13<br />
Neil and Sanam’s first look before the wedding. Photo by Lin & Jirsa<br />
“I think he’s a very confident person, which I think is a really attractive<br />
trait,” she said. “He’s like that just generally in life, very confident, and<br />
that’s actually one of my faults. I’m not always confident in myself, and<br />
Neil is, always, and very positive. That’s why so many of his friends love<br />
him so much — he’s a very hard worker, always working, so he doesn’t<br />
have a lot of free time, so when he does come around his friends get very<br />
excited. That’s how you can tell he’s a good person.”<br />
After that night, the couple never looked back. They dated for the next<br />
five years, and it became increasingly clear they’d spend their lives together.<br />
Neil is a self-declared non-romantic. Sanam accepted this, but had<br />
one condition.<br />
“I am notorious for not being romantic,” he said. “Her one request was,<br />
‘I know you are not romantic, but when you propose to me, you better be<br />
romantic.’ I was like, ‘Oh, man, I thought I was off the hook with her.’”<br />
Neil’s family goes to Hawaii every other year for his mother’s birthday.<br />
Sanam had never been able to go, because her parents, being very traditional,<br />
were not comfortable with her staying overnight. But last year, Neil<br />
had already asked Sanam’s father for his daughter’s hand and won approval.<br />
Her father also agreed to allow her to go to Hawaii, where Neil intended<br />
to propose. But as the trip approached, he realized he wanted to<br />
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out on August 16. His mother had designed a new fire pit at their home<br />
in PVE, and Neil had it fully decked out — everything was covered in rose<br />
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wanted to drop by his parents’ home before dinner. They arrived, and nobody<br />
was home; pretending to look for his family, Neil led Sanam to the<br />
backyard. As she approached the fire pit, he dropped to one knee.<br />
“I was so blown away about the way he did it,” she said. “The amount<br />
Vivaha cont. on page 58
Vivaha cont. from page 57<br />
The Hindu deity in a human form but<br />
with the head of an elephant<br />
represents the power of the Supreme<br />
Being that removes obstacles and<br />
ensures success in human endeavors.<br />
A decorative rickshaw was present at<br />
Friday night’s Garba Sangeet, a Gujarati<br />
wedding dance. Guests were<br />
photographed in the rickshaw to make<br />
them feel like they were in India, in<br />
keeping with the traditional theme.<br />
Photo by Peter Nguyen<br />
of flowers...I mean, I was just very<br />
stunned. I think the first thing I<br />
said was, ‘Oh my God, you are romantic.’<br />
He’s like, ‘Thank you!’”<br />
A year of planning led up to one<br />
of the grandest weddings the<br />
<strong>Peninsula</strong> has witnessed. Festivities<br />
began two weeks before the<br />
date with a dance party at A Spice<br />
Affair in Beverly Hills for Neil and<br />
Sanam and their friends.<br />
“It was an opportunity for Sanam<br />
and I to let loose and have a good<br />
time before we had to smarten up<br />
and host 600 people,” Neil said.<br />
Official festivities began the<br />
Thursday morning before the wedding,<br />
with special prayer ceremonies<br />
hosted seperately by each<br />
family. That night, the Chhabrias<br />
hosted a traditional gathering,<br />
called a Mehndi, in which an artist<br />
draws designs on the bride-to-be’s<br />
skin. Sanam thought this would<br />
take a few hours. As it turned out,<br />
it began at 1:30 p.m. and wasn’t<br />
completed until after 8 p.m. But as<br />
she sat, at first impatiently, she<br />
began to see the beauty of the occasion,<br />
and its purpose. She couldn’t<br />
move her arms, so everybody,<br />
including her groom, had to wait<br />
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on her hand and foot the entire time.<br />
“It was cool to be queen for a day,” she said.<br />
“She looked like Jasmine from Aladdin that night,” Neil said. “It was one<br />
of the most incredible things you’ve ever seen.”<br />
Friday night a traditional Hindu dance was held at the Norris Pavilion<br />
in Rolling Hills Estates.<br />
“That was a traditional Indian folk dance, and since I’m Gujarati — It’s<br />
called a Garba, from Gujarat state, where my people are from,” Sanam<br />
said. “It was really fun. A lot of people had a good time.”<br />
Sanam and her mother and aunt, in fact, went back to Gujarat last year<br />
on a shopping trip for wedding clothes for themselves and other members<br />
of the wedding party. “We went with four empty suitcases and came back<br />
with them all full,” she said.<br />
The wedding occurred Saturday at 1 p.m. and the reception was at 6<br />
p.m. in the ballroom of the Hyatt. The wedding was performed in Sanskrit<br />
by Mahesh Bhatt, a renowned Hindu wedding priest, who took care to explain<br />
much of the ritual in a way that made it understandable to everyone<br />
present.<br />
“Our priest was a hit,” Sanam said. “He was so refreshing. He had so<br />
much wisdom.”<br />
The ceremony included 15 stages, beginning with Barat Swagat, in which<br />
Neil and his family were welcomed to the ceremony site by Sanam’s family,<br />
and ending hours later with Kanya Viday, when the bride and groom<br />
left their “Mandap,” the four pillar canopy at center stage (the pillars represent<br />
the four parents). There were nine bridesmaids and nine groomsmen.<br />
The bride’s brothers, Sahaj and Shakeel, gave her away.<br />
Neil, months later, is still dazzled by the experience, and by his new wife.<br />
“Number one, she is smart,” Neil said. “She’s got a good head on her<br />
shoulders and works hard. She handles her business and she’s somebody<br />
I can have an intelligent conversation with. I just enjoy being around her.<br />
And besides being smart and capable, she is the most loyal person in my<br />
life.”<br />
The future is bright for the young couple. Neil, 29, works with his father<br />
at their newly established Chhabria Real Estate Company, which was<br />
founded this year after the family spent the last two decades with Shorewood<br />
Realtors. Sanam, 26, works for UCLA Health as a radiologic technologist.<br />
She’s also obtaining her real estate licence and helps with the<br />
family business on weekends.<br />
“I like my career but we can’t predict the future. I’m a part of Neil’s family<br />
now,” she said. “Of course we’ll do what’s best for the family.”<br />
In fact, an essential underlying theme the couple’s wedding rituals emphasized<br />
is that marriage is about more than the union of Neil and Sanam,<br />
but also between their families for generations to come.<br />
Sanam said one day recently her parents, who have felt somewhat bittersweet<br />
emotions since the wedding, stopped by her and her husband’s<br />
home in Hermosa Beach.<br />
“They were very happy, of course, but a bit sad,” Sanam said. “I’m leaving<br />
home, of course. When they came over the other day, they told me,<br />
‘When you have kids, you’ll understand.’ This is a big accomplishment, as<br />
a parent — to have your kid finish education, earn a degree, get a good career,<br />
then get married. You’ve accomplished your job as a parent.” PEN<br />
Wedding planner: Ajita Chopra<br />
Floral & decor: Sadhna’s floral studio<br />
Bridal makeup & hair:<br />
Drea V. Makeup and Roseanna Ortega<br />
Proposal photographer: Dearly Beloved Photography<br />
Pre-wedding event photographer:<br />
Peter Nyguyen Photography<br />
Wedding & reception photographer and videographer:<br />
Lin & Jirsa Photography<br />
DJ and lighting: 3D Sounds<br />
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Preserve your timeless treasure<br />
We live in an age where just about everything is disposable.<br />
Yet centuries ago when the world’s finest clockmakers<br />
were hard at work, their aim was to create a<br />
mechanical marvel that operates continuously and last forever.<br />
Imagine a hand made complex mechanism of inter-working<br />
parts designed to keep time accurately. Your clock is a work of<br />
art and your job is to keep this timeless treasure healthy for the<br />
next generation.<br />
Your clock reminds you of its presence every time you wind<br />
it and if its accuracy is not what it used to be, or its chimes are<br />
not as strong rythmic, or maybe it just stops. That means it’s<br />
talking to you and telling you that its endless life is in jeopardy.<br />
It is imperative to maintain and service your clock regularly.<br />
Oil gets old and dry forcing the train of gears to work twice as<br />
hard to accomplish their goal. This results in damage that drastically<br />
shortens the life of a fine timepiece.<br />
Michel Medawar has been extending the lives of timepieces<br />
for over fifty years as his father did fifty years before. He is the<br />
inventor of the first talking clock in the world. He is a graduate<br />
from Patek Philippe in Geneva, Switzerland, The Theod Wagner<br />
clock Co. in Wiesbaden, Germany, and the Howard Miller<br />
Clock Co. in Zeeland, Michigan. Call him so that he may come<br />
to your home and offer you a free estimate for servicing your<br />
clock. Or bring your wall or mantel clock to our store to see our<br />
showroom and receive the same complimentary diagnosis.<br />
We are located at 810C Silver Spur Rd., in Rolling Hills Estates, Ca.<br />
90274. Or call us at (310) 544-0052<br />
Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm Tuesday - Saturday<br />
810C Silver Spur Road • Rolling Hills Estates • CA 90274<br />
Call 310.544.0052<br />
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Simply Tiles Design Center<br />
Fine Ceramics, Natural Stone, Hardwoods, Cabinetry, Faucetry.<br />
Kitchen & Bathrooms Specialist.<br />
3968 Pacific Coast Hwy., Torrance • (310) 373-7781 • www.simplytiles.com<br />
License #904876<br />
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1st Windows low prices, high quality<br />
Find 24/7 convenience shopping at 1stwindows.com or visit the Signal Hill showroom.<br />
1st Windows promises the best prices in the South Bay. - No games, no<br />
commissioned salespeople, no high-pressure sales. A volume, repeat-business<br />
dealer since 1995, 1st Windows is known for its straightforward and efficient<br />
service as well as its quality products, lines and workmanship.<br />
(562) 494-9069. 1858 E. 20th Street, Signal Hill<br />
Catalina Paints lets the color symphony begin<br />
In 2012 Supreme Paints was acquired by Catalina Paints -- a chain of stores in<br />
the Los Angeles area and the largest distributor of Benjamin Moore Paints in California.<br />
Supreme Paints has been a leading paint supplier in the South Bay for almost<br />
50 years. Started by Sam Carl and his son Rick, Supreme Paints has grown<br />
up with the community. The two companies were a perfect match due to their dedication<br />
to the professional painter and providing quality products that can't be<br />
beat. Recently added to the Manhattan Beach location is Farrow & Ball paints, a<br />
favorite among designers. Both Catalina/Supreme Paints have full decorating departments<br />
with the latest trends in wallpaper and Hunter Douglas window coverings.<br />
1002 S. Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach<br />
708 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Manhattan Beach<br />
(310) 540-4456. supremepaintredondobeach.com<br />
Custom Design & Construction<br />
Love your home again and love the process too. While making a major remodeling<br />
change to your home is exciting and rewarding, it can also seem overwhelming.<br />
That’s why Custom Design & Construction has created a unique process to<br />
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• Interlocking Pavers<br />
• Retaining Walls<br />
• Driveways<br />
(310) 325-6790<br />
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• Patios<br />
• Stonework<br />
• Pavers<br />
• Foundations<br />
LIABILITY INSURED • WORKERS COMPENSATION<br />
Casey Lindahl - Founder & President of Lindahl Concrete Construction, Inc.<br />
310-326-6626<br />
Call for Showroom address<br />
Call for estimate<br />
LindahlConcrete.com<br />
Lic.#531387<br />
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guide each project from idea to reality. Begin with a Discovery phase where you<br />
explore all options within your budget range. CDC’s award-winning design team<br />
will work with you to select finish materials and fine-tune the design plans. Making<br />
all the decisions up-front, allows CDC to present you with an exact final price before<br />
any of the work begins. That’s the benefit of working with a single company<br />
that provides both design and construction all under one roof.Be sure to ask about<br />
the easy in-house financing. Call Custom Design & Construction today. License #<br />
524561 .<br />
(310) 815-4815. VisitCustomDesign.com<br />
Freighthouse Design Showroom with Sara Balough<br />
Freighthouse is a design showroom conceived by South Bay designer Sara<br />
Balough as a resource for fellow designers to buy and sell everything they need<br />
for the individual touch their clients require and for clients to trade beautiful things<br />
that may not work in their newly remodeled home for a fresh look. Freighthouse<br />
carries an ever-changing inventory of gently used designer, high end or antique<br />
items. This is Los Angeles's go-to place for high quality art, furniture, and accessories<br />
at way below retail prices.<br />
1260 Cabrillo Avenue, Torrance (next to The Depot restaurant)<br />
(424) 558-3768. freighthouseconsign.com<br />
GTD Image Consulting<br />
Completely Organized and Totally Stylish! GTD Image Consulting (formerly Out<br />
of the Closets) has been servicing the <strong>Peninsula</strong> and the Beach Cities for over six<br />
years. They specialize in wardrobe/closet makeovers, personal/business image<br />
assessments, and concierge shopping and styling. GTD offers a whole range of<br />
gold-standard services to address personal and home images. Many South Bay<br />
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937 Via del Monte, Palos Verdes Estates<br />
With a prestigious PVE address and a panoramic Queen’s Necklace and vast city lights views from most of its rooms, this turn key residence is designed to<br />
pamper you with polished details throughout. Every room has been tastefully remodeled. It boasts a very spacious 3,476 square feet of one-level living;<br />
impressively broad street frontage; gorgeous formal living and dining rooms; a decadently lavish master suite with an elegant spa-like bathroom; a large<br />
family room with wet bar and massive stone fireplace; 3 bedrooms and 3 fully remodeled bathrooms; plus a 2-car attached garage with docking station<br />
and generous storage options. This tranquil retreat with spectacular views will steal your heart.<br />
937ViadelMonte.com<br />
Anna Randall<br />
Re/Max Estate Properties<br />
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(310) 413-0838 Cell<br />
63 Malaga Cove Plaza, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274<br />
www.AnnaRandall.com annamrandall@gmail.com<br />
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Realtors add value to their services by referring GTD to their clients, to design and<br />
seamlessly transition their closets from one home to the next. Mention <strong>Peninsula</strong><br />
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Pools, spas by Horusicky Construction<br />
Beautiful swimming pools, creative spas and artistic masonry work projects of all<br />
sizes, Horusicky Construction makes your ideas of a dream yard into a reality.<br />
Started by Michael Horusicky and now run by son Mike Jr. and daughter Andrea,<br />
the family has been in business for over 45 years and is known for its quality work.<br />
From complete new pool and spa construction and remodels, to hardscape, decking,<br />
outdoor kitchens, brick and stone projects of all sizes as well as the landscaping,<br />
Horusicky Construction is the company that can take care of it all with the<br />
experience and expertise that you can<br />
trust. Log onto horusicky.com to see<br />
their photo gallery and customer comments.<br />
Call or email to schedule a free<br />
estimate.<br />
(310) 544-9384. info@horusicky.com<br />
Kitchen Collection team<br />
creates timeless results<br />
Jackie Balint, CKD, has been designing<br />
in the kitchen and bath industry<br />
since 1981 and is the owner of The<br />
Kitchen Collection in Riviera Village.<br />
Jackie and her daughter Debra offer<br />
years of expertise in practical and personalized<br />
kitchens and baths. They<br />
work with clients and contractors to<br />
create timeless projects, utilizing quality<br />
products and providing personal attention<br />
from concept to completion.<br />
Jackie and Debra have worked on<br />
projects throughout the states and have<br />
had many of their projects published.<br />
The Kitchen Collection is a member of<br />
the National Kitchen & Bath Association<br />
and the Bath & Kitchen Buying<br />
Group. Jackie has served on the<br />
boards of both organizations.<br />
(310) 540-4090. 241 Avenida del<br />
Norte, Redondo Beach.<br />
TheKitchenCollection.com<br />
Lindahl beautifying the<br />
<strong>Peninsula</strong> since 1983<br />
Lindahl Concrete is the leading concrete<br />
and masonry company in the<br />
South Bay. We value good relationships<br />
with our customers and producing<br />
high quality work. View our work<br />
of driveways, pool decks, patios, sidewalks,<br />
walkways, stairways, barbecues<br />
and more on our website. Set up<br />
an appointment to visit our garden<br />
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(310) 326-6626. lindahlconcrete@aol.com. lindahlconcrete.com<br />
Pete Fer Plumbing Heating & Air<br />
Pete Fer Plumbing is a complete mechanical contracting company, providing<br />
plumbing, heating and air conditioning for new construction, remodel, service<br />
and repair to commercial and residential customers. They provide 24 hour service,<br />
seven days a week through an automated emergency dispatch paging system.<br />
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Simply Tiles Design Center brings dreams home<br />
Visit Simply Tiles’ showroom to view fine ceramic, natural stone tiles and slabs.<br />
Simply Tiles also offers expert design, fabrication and installation. Enjoy the ease<br />
and comfort of one stop shopping. Visit the new design showroom for all your remodeling<br />
and contracting needs. Specializing in kitchen and bathroom design<br />
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for every budget. We will offer suggestions and recommendations on flooring to<br />
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Mattucci Plumbing<br />
At Mattucci Plumbing, the level of service you receive is a guarantee. For plumbing,<br />
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whenever you need them and a live person will gladly assist you 24 hours a day.<br />
Call today for your free estimate.<br />
310-543-2001 or mattucciplumbing.com<br />
Peveler’s Custom Interiors<br />
Peveler's Custom Interiors has been serving the South Bay and beyond for over<br />
37 years. A full service design-build construction company, their scope of work includes<br />
additions, second floors, complete house renovations, new construction,<br />
kitchen and bath remodeling. They manufacture their own custom cabinetry. Fully<br />
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310.543.2001<br />
CALIFORNIA<br />
Lic. #770059<br />
C-36 C-20 A<br />
2013<br />
Patch Master<br />
Plastering<br />
Patch Plastering<br />
Interior • Exterior<br />
• Venetian Plastering<br />
• Ceiling Removal<br />
• Drywall Work<br />
• Acoustic<br />
Ceiling Removal<br />
• Water & Fire Restoration<br />
310-370-5589<br />
Lic. # 687076 • C35-B1<br />
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62,000 Readers<br />
424-269-2830<br />
PLUMBING<br />
Thank You South Bay for<br />
50 Years of Patronage!<br />
Residential • Commercial • Industrial<br />
Plumbing 24/7 • Heating<br />
Air Conditioning<br />
pfplumbing.net<br />
800-354-2705 • 310-831-0737<br />
TILE<br />
Tile Reroof and<br />
repair specialist<br />
310-847-7663<br />
Family owned<br />
business since 1978<br />
Lic 831351<br />
POOLS & SPAS<br />
POOLS • SPAS<br />
HARDSCAPES<br />
New Construction<br />
& Remodeling<br />
Excellent References<br />
Horusicky Construction<br />
310-544-9384<br />
www.Horusicky.com<br />
Credit cards accepted<br />
Lic #309844, Bonded, Insured<br />
SOLAR ENERGY<br />
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62,000 Readers<br />
424-269-2830<br />
Simply Tiles Design Center<br />
Fine Ceramics, Natural Stone, Hardwoods, Cabinetry, Faucetry.<br />
Kitchen & Bathrooms Specialist.<br />
3968 Pacific Coast Hwy., Torrance • (310) 373-7781 • www.simplytiles.com<br />
License #904876<br />
<strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong> • <strong>Peninsula</strong> 69
72 <strong>Peninsula</strong> • <strong>Oct</strong>ober <strong>2016</strong>