There are still a number of concerts scheduled for Farnsworth Park in Altadena.  Three concerts have been held so far and have been great.  The remaining concerts are as follows:     Riders of The Purple Sage - Country                            Saturday, July 14th    Downbeat Express (Altadena's Big Band)                      Saturday, July 28th    The Groove - 50's, 60's, 70's Rock 'n Roll                     Saturday, August 4th    Clarita & Arte Flamenco - Spanish Dance                       Saturday, August 18th    Clazzical Notes - Classical Jazz                                    Saturday, September 1st All concerts start at 7:00 pm in the Amphitheater at Farnsworth Park.  The park is located at 568 E. Mount Curve Ave.  in Altadea.  For information call 626 296-2103.  The concert... 07/02/2007

I can still remember how amazed I was the first time I found Loma Alta Park at 3300 Lincoln Ave. (corner of Lincoln and Loma Alta).  I was new to Altadena but I have lived in the area for most of my life and I didn't know the park even existed. The park was even more impressive after I took the time to explore.The 7.33 acre park was developed on land purchased from the Joshua Reed Giddings Family in 1954. Dedicated that same year this park serves as outlined by The Kiwanis Club, “for the protection of wildlife.” The park has gone through a series of name changes.  Originally dedicated as Loma Alta Park in 1954, renamed the Clarence H. Thurber Park and Giddings Memorial Picnic Area in 1959, and in 1960, again renamed Loma Alta Park featuring the Dr. Clarence H. Thurber community building... 06/30/2007

So often, people ask me the question - What are you mixed with?  You would think in this day and age, it really wouldn't matter.Mind you, a lot of people are perplexed when they meet me. They don't know what "category" to place me under.  I don't look completely white, I don't look completely black. Hispanics come up to me speaking Spanish. When I go to Hawaii people think that I'm a "local girl".  When I had a 4 hour stop over in Italy, people approached me speaking Italian.Don't get me wrong. I feel very fortunate to be of a mixed race.  My Mother is a White Russian Jew from Canada and my Father was of mixed race born in Mississippi - well, his father was fom Sicely, Italy and his mother was Cherokee Indian and Black born in New Orleans.  My mother's mother disowned her when she marri... 06/25/2007

Real Property Loan Law - Article 7 - California (continued)The law requires anyone negotiating a loan to provide a Mortgage Loan Broker`s Statement , often called a (Mortgage Loan Disclosure Statement) to a prospectivee borrower, with information concerning all important features of a loan to be negotiated for the borrower. Mortgage Loan Disclosure StatementA real estate broker who negotiates loans, on behalf of borrowers or lenders, to be secured by liens on real property must deliver a written disclosure statement to the borrower. It must be delivered within three business days of reciept of the borrower`s written loan application, or before the borrower becomes obligated to complete the loan, whichever is earlier.   12/07/2006

Procrastination haunts us all lets face it. WHen trying to manage your time effectively procrastination serves as this principles kryptonite. Many of us when it comes to having a specific  deadline we think oh ill do it tommorow. This carries for several days and at the last minute we are running around trying to make the deadline. One way to counter this thought process is to break this into smaller tasks and do just one of the smaller tasks. You could even set a timer and work on the big task for jsut 15 minutes. By doing a little at a time, eventually you will reach a point where you will want to finish. Some loans especially the 80/20 100 % financing require a lot of paperwork. In fact each stacking order has to be identical for the 80% and the 20%. When submitting loans in house or... 10/30/2006