The good news is author Peter Bennett is holding the first three copies of Life Lessons of a Harvard Reject. The bad news, ah, there's isn't any bad news. Just think of all the great exercise Ted and I are going to get loading all those copies behind us and shipping them north to La Verne!
Life Lessons of a Harvard Reject is now available in book form at www.HarvardReject.com. If you don’t believe me, I wish you could see the floor-to-ceiling books now stacked in my office. If you think “new car smell” is great, you should try “new book smell.” Although it’s been […]
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If you don’t want to shell out for a room at the Waldorf-Astoria-owned La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, Calif., consider dropping in for dinner or happy hour at the Adobe Grill on the well manicured grounds of this special desert oasis. For about $25, you can enjoy a couple of tamales and a signature […]
While sitting on some of the best patio furniture on the planet and sipping fabulous berry smoothies, several guests at Outdoor Elegance in La Verne on Tuesday night listened to La Verne Chiropractor Afshin Kaivan-Mehr discuss his 21-day purification program designed to help people feel and look better. “Called the Standard Process Purification Program, it gives you […]
*Recently, LaVerne Online sat down with C. Bradford Eastland, author of a novel which has been labeled by turns brilliant, breathtaking, both old-fashioned and newfangled, and even (occasionally) oddly experimental. It’s called WHERE GODS GAMBLE, a tale of American mythology, and was published in 2011 by iUniverse Inc. Below is the transcript of that interview […]
Back-to-school-day on Monday, Aug. 20 in La Verne, featured a little of everything, including lots of tears, fears and cheers. But whatever the emotion, there was no denying there was big excitement in the air. Parents Marissa and Dave were beaming proudly as they sent their son and daughter Hayden and Sadie off to class […]
David & Margaret Youth and Family Services will transform the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center’s California Ballroom into the fictional Hillview High School’s 1953 Fall Formal at its annual Notes of Love Dinner and Silent Auction on Friday, Oct. 12. Someone is trying to kill the dance’s chaperone, Doc Cheever – who doo-wah-doo-wah done it? The […]
A gala “evening at the opera” with gourmet refreshments and complimentary champagne will open the much anticipated third season of the Cultural Arts Society of La Verne on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Meeting House at Hillcrest. The highly acclaimed Repertory Opera Company promises theater-goers an experience of the some of […]
Named last year by ABC News as a company supplying quality “American Made” products, Gainey Ceramics in La Verne this month is highlighting its array of outdoor products that are guaranteed to dress up any landscape. From a residential, Mediterranean courtyard to a large scale modern commercial project, Gainey has been the choice of landscape […]
OFFICIAL RULES for NPR’s ‘What’s Your Big Idea?’ video contest. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Must be 13-25 years of age to enter. The “My Big Idea to Change the World” Contest (“Contest”) is designed to give people ages 13 to 25 the chance to explain their Big Idea to Change […]
Virtually every adult can remember a time when they overdid it in their efforts to get that golden tan and instead ended up lobster red. The result was painful and resulted in a peeling, flaking mess far from the desired result. Perhaps you experienced sun sickness with blistering, nausea, chills, fever and even flu-like symptoms […]
