1.
Cocktails in Historic Places™
Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:30--6:45 p.m., event starts at 6 but I don't get off of work til 6 PM
La Grande Orange Cafe
260 S. Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
626-356-4444
La
Grande Orange Cafe is housed in Pasadena’s historic 1935 Del Mar
station and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Dorothy
Parker frequently disembarked from the Pasadena station when taking the
train in from the East during the 30s and 40s. Legend has it that a car
from the Garden of Allah, DP's favorite Hollywood hotel, would collect
guests from this station. Who knows...
Let's join the Art Deco Society of LA for for no-host cocktails on
June 19th for an evening with like-minded people at their Cocktails in
Historic Places™ event for June. The event is open to members and
non-members alike and reservations are not required. Located near the
Gold Line, why not take the train?
2. If Pasadena is too far for you westsiders, let's reconvene on Saturday, June 20 at 4 PM at the charming
La Senora Research Institute
in Boca Santa Monica Canyon. The Institute is housed in a home once
owned by Anita Loos and her brother. Peter Graves will be the featured
speaker at a screening of "Airplane" in the Institute's Teatro del
Canyon. Cost $20.75. You must pre-purchase
tickets online. Hurry, seats fill up fast.
565 Dryad Road, Santa Monica
La Senora is located in the
serene Santa Monica Canyon where lies the creek from which the City of
Santa Monica took its name. Legend tells that a Spanish Solider with
the first exploration party drank from the meandering creek running
through our Canyon and exclaimed that: "The water is as sweet as the
tears of St. Monica".
From the Coast Highway drive up the Canyon along Entrada to San Lorenzo.
From
Santa Monica take 7th Street across San Vicente. Start down the hill
and, while on the big curve, turn right onto San Lorenzo.
http://www.lasenora.org/EventsAndActivities.asp3. Finally, let's have a picnic!
I'm
soliciting dates for a fun picnic in July or August at the Coldwater
Canyon Park, just a few miles from where Mrs. Parker lived house off
Coldwater Canyon Blvd around 1938.
Let me know which month works and what dates work and we'll schedule it.
Also taking suggestions for ways to celebrate Parkerfest West in October.
The LA Chapter of the Dorothy Parker Society will meet on
12/17 at 7:30 pm for a drink at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel,
9500 Wilshire Boulevard,Beverly Hills, minutes from Dorothy's many houses off Canon Drive, where John O'Hara
would often entertain her with his buddies who met there weekly for drinks and mayhem.
His regular
group included James Cagney, Sidney Skolsky, Robert Benchley, Clifford
Odets, Gilbert Roland, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre.
After a quick drink, we will walk down Wilshire Blvd
to admire the holiday windows of Saks and Barneys. The closest LA gets to
Manhattan at holiday time, especially if the weather is cold enough for
coats.
Also see:
The Dorothy Parker Society, New York, home
page:
http://www.dorothyparker.com/index.html
