Category Archives: Holidays

Acclaimed American composer, songwriter and Palisadian Philip Springer, will celebrate his 100th birthday, tomorrow May 12. Daughter Tamar Springer said, “I am making a birthday tribute video for him – I will show him and post it on social media...

By JIMMY DUNNE Life has a way of sometimes showing us its deepest truths in the smallest frames. Not in speeches. Not in monuments. Sometimes just in an old photograph—a mother holding a child. This Mother’s Day, I found three...

The busiest restaurant day of the year is Mother’s Day. Here’s one great alternative, join the Lowe Family YMCA for a Mother’s Day Brunch on Saturday, May 9, from 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 at Simon Meadow, 15551 Sunset Boulevard (corner...

Retired Coast Guard Member Spring de Haviland presented the awards, for the “Paw it Forward Campaign Beyond Thee” on March 20 at the Santa Monica Pier. Officer Jacob Holloway, a Santa Monica Police Office and Marine veteran received a “Beyond...

If one was anywhere near Simon Meadow, at the corner of Temescal Road and Sunset Boulevard on March 28, the excitement was contagious as children gathered with Easter baskets, waiting to hunt for eggs. Nearly 150 people gathered for the...

The Palisades Lowe Family YMCA will hold a spring festival and an egg hunt in Simon Meadow on Saturday, March 28. The morning will include crafts, snacks and a photo opportunity with a special guest. It’s rumored the Easter Bunny...

  By HANK WRIGHT I received a Valentine’s party invitation “Do you want to join us Friday night?” It sounded good, but then they said it was for the elderly. I don’t like thinking of myself as an elder. ....

  By JIMMY DUNNE I finally got around to going through our basket of Christmas cards tonight. It always has to be just the right moment. Because a Christmas card isn’t mail. It’s time travel. Going through them reminded me of an...