Alexia, co-owner and manager of Angel's Place in downtown La Verne.
Now, when your doctor advises you to switch to a Mediterranean diet for your health, you have a real option, Angel’s Place in downtown La Verne.
Open a little more than two years in downtown La Verne, it serves both Greek and American traditional cuisine in a warm and inviting dining area, with a private patio [...]
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While Jeff Tortorelli is a liturgical artist, nationally known for creating beautiful furnishings for churches and cathedrals, his son Nick is fast becoming a well-known local pizza artisan as owner of Tortorelli’s pizzeria on Foothill in San Dimas.
Opened last April, Tortorelli’s offers delicious, hand-tossed pizzas, using locally produced deli meats and vegetables.
“Our pizza is the [...]
Don’t get the wrong impression. LaVerneOnline loves people, but it really loves dogs. I own a few myself. That’s why last week we featured Edward Mac, culinary chef for dogs through his company Culinary Canine Creations (http://www.laverneonline.com/2010/02/05/la-verne-entrepreneur-wont-roll-over-when-it-comes-to-his-culinary-canine-creations/)
But did you ever think what happens after your cuddly canine consumes all that gourmet puppy chow. Unlike you [...]
Edward Mac eats dog food.
But before thinking the worst – that this 26-year-old is starving or has fallen on hard times — consider what’s been on his menu lately: The All-American Breakfast, with eggs, sweet potatoes, uncured applewood-smoked bacon, parmesan, parsley, organic garlic and bone mean; Hunter’s Delight with venison, potatoes, pears and carrots; and [...]
With Wayne Kawamoto, you never know what’s up his sleeve or under his hat. For one, he’s now 50-years-old, but doesn’t look a day over 30. He’s La Verne’s charming chameleon. How else can you explain the Cal Poly engineering and MBA grad giving up lucrative positions as a project engineer and then as a [...]
Michael Noble, owner of Assembly Solutions in La Verne, belongs in the Guinness Book of Records. Once for J.C. Penney, he methodically and masterfully assembled more than 300 chairs in a single day, loving every minute of his work. It seems one man’s monotony is another’s motivation.
“At $1.50 a chair, personally, that was pretty good [...]
The employment picture isn’t pretty. National unemployment is over 10%. California’s percentage is about 12.5%. The two inland counties that make up the Inland Empire continue to fare poorly, following only the Detroit area in metro areas with the worst unemployment. San Bernardino County clocked in at about a 14% rate, up from 13.6% the previous month, and [...]
Imagine Marty’s predicament. Last year, she was strapped in the seat of an Australian-bound jumbo jet taxiing on the runway, ready to enjoy her first vacation in 10 years.
Then came the dreaded announcement: “Please turn off all electronic devices and prepare for take-off.” Separating Marty from her electronic leash that has kept her successfully connected [...]
Saffron — carefully handpicked from the burgundy-colored crocus (crocus sativus) — is the world’s most expensive spice. Each flower provides only three stigmas, yet it takes more than 14,000 of them to produce one ounce of saffron. The flavor is distinct, pungent and integral to hundreds of dishes, such as bouillabaisse, paella, risotto and many [...]
The first thing you notice about Diane Vasquez, owner of Angel Diane Photography in La Verne, Calif., is she makes eye contact. Look into her deep caramel-colored eyes, and she immediately puts you at ease. That’s a great quality to have when you’re the subject, and she’s focusing one of her Canon digital cameras on [...]
