Around the Town with Patty Hill
SHOP OWNERS Mathew Malin and Andrew Goetz.
Behind the bold, white letters in the 200 north block of Larchmont Blvd., a new and fresh space opened with revelers enjoying gourmet cheeses and martinis to welcome New York-based owners Andrew Goetz and Mathew Malin. Guests admired the spare and chic architecture not to mention Malin and Goetz’s famed “cures” for all that ails – dry hair, wrinkled skin and razor burn.
Eating, drinking and enjoying a bite of the Big Apple on Larchmont were: Architecture/Interiors Magazine’s Mike Powers and Anthony Iannacci, Merle Ginsberg, Dr. Peter Kopelson, Brooke Bryant, Laura Medina, Brenna Egan, and Malin and Goetz general manager Mathew Aguilar.
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT were newlyweds Mitch Estela and Eliza Roos.
Este and Lars Roos celebrated an addition of a different sort at their Irving Blvd. home when 70 neighbors and friends lined up to greet the Roos’s daughter Eliza and meet her new husband Mitch Estella.
SETH RIGGS and Margaret Svensson at the Roos’s.
Drinking champagne and eating a fabulous fusion of Swedish and Asian dishes dubbed “Swedenamese” by the host and hostess were: Andy Truong, Tony Tiet, Margareta Svensson, Seth Riggs, Jane Sandler, Katya and Gil Seaton, Carmena Glicklich, Wilhelmina Diener, and Suz and Peter Landay to name a few…
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PRETTY IN PINK were Mary Toolen-Roskam and Barbra Hardesty.
And at the historic Anne Banning Community House on April 19, “Pretty In Pink” was the theme of this year’s champagne luncheon given by the College Alumnae Auxiliary of the Assistance League of Southern California. Some 300 ladies came in their pinkest best to bid on baskets and settle into grilled chicken salads while ALSC Mannequins modeled couture creations by designer Lourdes Chavez.
CHATTING DUO Wendy Taylor and Donna Econn.
Blooming amid the pink orchids were event chairman Barbara Hardesty, co-chair Laura Bradley-Small, auxiliary chairman Mary Toolen-Roskam, Myrna Gintel, Sandy Boeck, Peg Henry, Joyce Forn, Vita Cortese, Shar Penfold, Toni Yager, Carolyn Layport, Gerry Kimbrough, Amanda Parsons, June Bilgore, Fluff McLean, Joyce Skinner, Wendy Taylor, Audrey Fimpler, Yvonne Cazier, Joann Clark, and Jim and Patte Barham-Inman.
Strolling gorgeously down the runway were locals Donna Econn, Jackie Kruse and Jan Daley. Proceeds from the event will provide much needed services for ALSC’s Hollywood Senior Multipurpose Center.
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AT HOLLYGROVE party. Busy Philipps, Rob Reiner and Mary McCormack
Hollygrove, that venerated Hollywood Institution that has cared for and advocated on behalf of more than 20,000 children, celebrated its 100th anniversary April 25 at the Hollywood Museum in the Max Factor Building. Featured was an exclusive sneak preview exhibit of young Norma Jean, a resident of Hollygrove during her childhood who later became Marilyn Monroe.
After the cocktail reception, the guests were welcomed for dinner and a program highlighting the best of Hollygrove by celebrity hosts Rob Reiner, Neil Patrick Harris, and Mary McCormack. Local supporters seated along the Museum’s original Art Deco grandeur to cheer for Hollygrove’s great works were Sondi Sepenuk, Olivia Kazanjian, Kristina Johnson, Michele McMullin, Krista Bissell, Cassie Nelson, Amy Savagian, Mary Woodward, Cathryne Macievic, Marion Plato and Hollygrove’s development director Cathy Kort.
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The magnificent Italianate Gardens of Clara and Larry Yust’s Rossmore Ave. home was the setting for an afternoon party to raise funds for Pilgrim School’s Library and Visiting Writers Program. Pilgrim’s head of school Mark Brooks and librarian Kristine Williams greeted literary loving guests as they look forward to best-selling author Erik Larson’s appearance on campus next month.
And that’s the chat.
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