Monday, October 17, 2011

Holiday Home Tour & Boutique, Sunday, November 13 l PPJWC.COM

You are invited to the 26th Annual Pacific Palisades Junior Women's Club (PPJWC) Holiday Home Tour & Boutique fundraiser on Sunday, November 13, 2011. A total of five stunning homes will be dressed for the holiday season and open for public tour, along with a Holiday Boutique at Pali High featuring more than 50 gift vendors. Here's a peek at the lovely homes you'll get to see on the tour.

Historic Hollywood on the Bluffs
Actor Charles Laughton was a previous owner of this estate offering dramatic 180-degree ocean views. In the 1940s, Marilyn Monroe and Shelley Winters studied acting here. The home has been featured in numerous magazine shoots, television shows and movies.


California Cape Cod
7,000 square feet of pure California-style Cape Cod is refreshing and bright.  Built in 2006, the home boasts an outdoor movie theater, several dining and lounging areas with canyon and ocean views, and a rock waterfall splashing into the pool and spa. 


Spanish Sensation
This newly built Spanish Colonial Revival with tranquil ocean views is decorated in a mix of contemporary and traditional styles with an emphasis on textures, through plush rugs and lavish chair coverings.  Everything is done with an eye to complement the Spanish heritage of the home. A "smart" residence, the owners can operate many of the home's features via an iPad. (Photo by Grey Crawford)


Art Meets Architecture
The home of LA artist Ed Massey is a feast for the eyes with vivid colors set to the beautiful backdrop of the “708” architecturally-significant home.  Originally built in 1948, the home was renovated in the 1980s by award-winning architect Eric Owen Moss, and has not previously been opened to the public. 

Napa Valley Retreat
With the backdrop of Will Rogers State Park, this home, built in 2011, is decorated for the holidays and exudes warmth and charm.  It is a family-friendly home yet elegantly appointed with entertaining in mind.  Larger-than-life living room windows bring the outside in.  The young home owners did a large percentage of the design and finishing features themselves.



Visit the Holiday Boutique at the
Palisades Charter High School!
Sunday, November 13, 10am - 5pm
 
Each participating merchant will donate a portion of their sales to the PPJWC grant-giving fund.   

Great Holiday Gift Ideas. There are crafts, home decor, jewelry, handbags, apparel, children's toys and more.  

Plus enjoy the "Taste of the Palisades" as several
favorite local restaurants offer their most popular menu items.    

Entertainment will be provided by Fancy Feet, the Oom Pa Pa Band and Alper's Young Musicians Big Band. 
 

Enter to Win!
Mini Model House
 


A mini-replica of a modern, architectural home is nearly 9 feet wide, offers beautiful and light-filled space, and is just waiting to be personalized into a posh kids playhouse, a home office or retreat, cabana, elegant storage unit or whatever you dream up!

Raffle tickets can be purchased on Sundays at the Palisades Farmers' Market or through a PPJWC member now through November 13, when it will be auctioned off at the Home Tour Holiday Boutique. You may also send a check for raffle tickets to PO Box 1224, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.
   
Raffle Tickets: $10 each
Six Raffle Tickets: $50
15 Raffle Tickets: $100



HOLIDAY HOME TOUR & BOUTIQUE
Sun., November 13
Home Tour: 11 am - 4 pm
Boutique: 10 am - 5 pm

FOR TICKETS
Tickets may be purchased online at PPJWC.COM and on the day of the event at the Boutique located at Palisades High School, Mercer Hall.  15777 Bowdoin Street, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

$40 General Admission
$30 Seniors 62+ and Students 6-18, or College Students with valid ID

For questions, please contact us at info@ppjwc.com.

Proceeds from the holiday event will support a variety of charitable organizations, community schools, the local fire department, and social services.

Sponsored by:
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Highlights from the 2011 Gracie Awards

The Awards Show is produced by the Alliance for Women in Media and the Gracie Award winners were honored in a star-studded gala hosted by Emmy® Award-winning actress Patricia Heaton. 


The Gracie Awards (also known as “the Gracies”) recognize exemplary programming created for women, by women, and about women in all facets of media, including radio, television, cable and new media. The awards program also encourages the realistic and multifaceted portrayal of women in entertainment, news, features and other programs.

To view my scrapbook from the evening, 
click on the image below.


The black-tie Gala attracted the best and brightest in the field, NBC Today Show’s Meredith Vieira, Access Hollywood’s Maria Menounos; Model & Activist Christy Turlington Burns; ESPN’s Erin Andrews; NBC Community’s Yvette Nicole Brown; Fox Sports Radio’s Deb Carson; ABC Family Pretty Little Liars’ Lucy Hale; Lifetime Army Wives’ Kim Delaney; Actress, author, activist Morgan Fairchild; Olympic champion Peggy Fleming; E! Chelsea Lately’s Chelsea Handler; NPR’s Julie McCarthy; CBS Rules of Engagement’s Megyn Price; E!’s Giuliana Rancic; CBS The Talk’s Holly Robinson-Peete, and more.













The Gracies Gala will air on the Hallmark Movie Channel on August 8, 2011, during prime time, then again as a daytime encore on August 12. “Alliance for Women in Media is thrilled that, for the first time, the Gracies Gala will be televised to a national audience,” said AWM Chair Valerie K. Blackburn. “It is especially exciting to be shown on the Hallmark Movie Channel because of their commitment to high quality programming that shows realistic portrayals of strong women.”