02 SNAPSHOTS

03 STARBUCKS REMODELS,BROOKLYN WATER BAGEL COMING

03 TENANT RECOGNITION

04 WELLNESS JEWELSISSUE 3 VOLUME 18 OCTOBER 2011

WESTCHESTER NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR FRIENDS & TENANTS OF DROLLINGER PROPERTIES

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A wealth of wisdom awaits our minds and hearts in the “Jewels of Westchester.” The “jewels” I am referring to are the elders who grace our day-to-day life. Whether it’s a neighbor or a local volunteer, our Westchester Woman’s Club or the patriarchs of our local Rotary Club, we are honored to have them among us. One of the greatest learning opportunities I ever had was working side-by-side with my Dad for the last three years before he passed away. He taught me all kinds of things just by doing what he did every day of his life, and I realized then how truly special our elders really are and the wealth of knowledge they are ready, able and willing to impart to us. In this Forum, you’ll see an

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Westchester ForumHalloween Town Fair Set for October 22The Westchester HALLOWEEN TOWN FAIR promises to deliver a Spooktacular, fun-filled event beginning at 11a.m., on Saturday, October 22 in the parking lot behind the Paradise Building (9100 S. Sepulveda Boulevard at Westchester Parkway in Westchester).

With free admission for everyone, the Fair will offer something for young and old alike: exciting carnival rides and games, live entertainment, a petting zoo, face-painting, a costume contest, lots of great food and much more continuing until 5 p.m.

The Fair will also include a Battle of the Badges Chili Cook-off, featuring original chili recipes from our local police stations and fire houses. Come try samples of them all and vote for the one you think is the best.

“This is a great opportunity for us to showcase to the community the great shops and restaurants in Westchester Town Center,” said Don Duckworth, Executive Director of the Westchester Town Center BID, which is presenting the event. “The Halloween Town Fair will be a true community event, and we expect that thousands of people will turn out to celebrate Halloween and enjoy the unique sense of community we have here in Westchester.”

The event will also include a beer, wine and margarita garden by Melody Bar & Grill as well as bounce houses. Fantastic Fig & Newton, the psychic magician, will roam the crowd entertaining kids and adults alike. On stage, the Couchois Brothers Band will entertain fair-goers with its unique brand of rock, funk and R&B. Between 4 and 5 p.m., the LAX Coastal Area Chamber of Commerce and Otis College of Art and Design will announce the winners of their annual Halloween Window Painting Contest. At 6 p.m. the site will transform into an After-Fair Food Truck Fest and Fun event, featuring some of L.A.’s best gourmet food trucks and entertainment by Pure Play Band.

Free parking for the Fair will be available in the Drollinger parking structure at Westchester Parkway and Sepulveda Westway.

For more information on the Fair or the Food Trucks, please visit www.westchestertowncenter.com.

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Drollinger Properties’ Miki Payne and Jet to Jetty Grand Marshal Geoff Maleman celebrate at the 2011 Jet to Jetty race, which helped raise more than $30,000 for Airport Marina Counseling Service. Drollinger Properties was a proud sponsor of the event supporting the private, non-profit, community-based mental health clinic that has been serving the greater LAX region since 1961.

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Congratulations to physical therapist Chris Graham (pictured above right) and everyone at Sports Medicine Institute of Los Angeles in the Paradise Building as they celebrate their 10th anniversary. SMI does physical therapy for everyone from professional athletes and weekend warriors to student athletes, police officers and firefighters. For more information about how this great sports medicine facility can help you, please call (310) 649-6470 or visit www.smipt.com.

Westchester Playa Village (WPV) is a grassroots, volunteer-driven membership organization committed to supporting older adults, 55 years of age and over, living in the neighborhoods of Westchester, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Marina del Rey and Ladera Heights. For $500 per year for an individual senior or $750 for two seniors in the same household, WPV coordinates volunteers to provide transportation services, do small household chores or just keep seniors company. Linda Berri, who runs WPV, said the chief request from members is simply a ride to the doctor or to the grocery store. Berri (pictured in her Airport Office Center office) said members and volunteers often develop relationships with each other and both benefit from the experience. Because they now have access to transportation, seniors often do a better job of visiting all the healthcare providers they should; and volunteers get the satisfaction of giving back to the seniors in need within their own community. “It just works on so many levels,” said Berri, who added that WPV is modeled after the successful, nationally recognized Beacon Hill Village model in Boston. WPV has a long list of potential members, but is still seeking volunteers – all of whom must undergo DMV and background checks before being paired with a senior. For more information on WPV and how you can help or become a member, please call (310) 695-7030.

TENANT PROFILE:

Westchester Playa Village Helps Seniors

Westchester Rotary Club’s Fifth Annual Halloween Bowl will be held from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, October 29 at El Dorado Lanes, 8731 Lincoln Boulevard in Westchester. Admission is $40 per bowler ($25 for kids), which includes pizza, beverages, bowling ball, shoes and bowling lane(s). Come dressed in costume. Proceeds go toward Rotary’s various community projects. For more information or to RSVP, please call (310) 670-1109.

Rachel Remen has a unique perspective on healing rooted in her background as a physician, a professor of medicine, a therapist, and a long-term survivor of chronic illness. A deeply moving and down-to-earth collection of true stories, this prominent physician shows us life in all its power and mystery and reminds us that the things we cannot measure may be the things that ultimately sustain and enrich our lives. Kitchen Table Wisdom addresses spiritual issues-suffering, meaning, love, faith, courage, and miracles-in the language and authority of our own life experience.

“Kitchen Table Wisdom” by Rachel Naomi Remen

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I N T H E D I S T R I C TN E W S F R O M W E S T C H E S T E R . . .

We thank and congratulate the following new tenants and those who have renewed their leases with Drollinger Properties this quarter:

Renewing TenantsC.D.W. Financial Corp.Ritz Rent ACarGerard Annibali DrywallsLei Aloha LoungeAAA Auto Shippers DirectJ.R. Whitman Co.Garrett & Cheryl GrillsAssefa Deres FoundationMGM LimoA1 Business ServicesPrimerica Financial ServicesCrews IncorporatedRestaurant Design International

Inc.Samara EngineeringAnthony MartinAztecaNet Inc.Kathleen JerniganDirect Response of AmericaMaleman Ink Public RelationsWestchester Playa Realty

Alliance, Inc.Gurney ProductionsCilantro Fresh Mexican GrillS.A.S. ServicesC.W. Business CenterMarshall EnterprisesCCI Construction ManagementCarenetLABusiness Support Enterprises

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New TenantsSecurity One InternationalWorld Karate Training CenterCharles Carroll AssociatesThomas Johnson M.D.Met LogisticsChant, Inc.Jaime PastranaBlue Diamond SpaRambo House Inc.

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Stop by and check out the beautiful remodeling job at Starbucks Coffee, 8817 S. Sepulveda Boulevard, in Westchester Village.

Manager Ava Bell tells us that, perhaps, the best part of the remodeling is the addition of a new Clover® brewing system.

The Clover® brewing system includes an innovative design that lets you discover new layers and dimensions within a coffee’s familiar aroma, flavor, body and acidity. The result is a deeper experience – one that’s carefully prepared and made to order, one cup at a time. The Clover® brewing system uses innovative Vacuum-Press technology to create your cup right in front of you. You watch as a stainless steel filter lowers into the brew chamber. Hot water is added at a precise temperature to brew your coffee for an ideal length of time.

The system controls brew time and temperature digitally, as even small changes here can dramatically affect the outcome you taste in the cup. A thermal blanket surrounds the brew chamber to keep water within 1 degree Fahrenheit of the ideal temperature.After the coffee brews, it is pulled through a 70-micron filter. The resulting grounds are pushed out of the top of the machine. The coffee itself flows into your cup – hot, aromatic and amazingly flavorful. We’re pretty sure it will be the best cup of coffee you’ve ever tasted!

BROOKLYN WATER BAGELS COME TO WESTCHESTERThe Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. is gearing up to become just the company’s second West Coast location when its doors open in early 2012. In the midst of renovating the former Coldstone Creamery site at 8732 S. Sepulveda Boulevard, owner David Habibi said he is excited about

bringing real Brooklyn bagels to Westchester.

“Everything is made from scratch,” he said. “We will make all the dough on-site and even add real Brooklynized water!”

Since “it’s all about the water,” the location’s focal point will be a front-and-center stainless steel Brooklyn water processing plant, cased in polished seamless glass. It is here that the Brooklynized water will be manufactured, bottled and capped under 24-hour spotlights. Habibi said the water will include the same mineral composition as the water in Brooklyn itself.

In addition to featuring its signature innovative bagel and specialty menu, The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Co. will offer California-style Omelet menu items such as a Matzo Brie with Apple Chutney; Cinnamon & Apple-Walnuts, Honey & Goat Cheese; Asparagus-Egg White Omelet with Parmesan, Scallion & Pumpkin Seeds; and Avocado with Tomato Salsa, Shredded Cheddar with Sour Cream-Avocado Oil. Additional menu items will include: pizza melts,

Scooper melts and freshly cut fries. Don Duckworth, Executive Director of the Westchester Town Center BID welcomed news of this new eating destination.

“This is another of many exciting improvements in the Westchester Town Center that fulfill the community’s desires and our promise ‘Shop, Dine, and Enjoy!’” he said.

Habibi said that the 2,500-square-foot location will include seating for about 30 guests and added that he is exploring the possibility of adding outdoor seating as well.

DROLLINGER WAY DEDICATIONBe on the lookout for the official name change of 87th Street to Howard Drollinger Way to honor the man known as “Mr. Westchester.” In 1944, Ella Drollinger built the community’s first commercial building. Her son, Howard, and his wife, Jewel, continued that legacy by developing and redeveloping properties throughout the Westchester area.

HOLIDAY HOME TOUROn Sunday, November 6, the Westchester Mental Health Guild’s annual Holiday Home Tour will feature five spectacular homes, all decorated for various holidays. The tour of homes will occur between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Ticketed guests visit the homes and then attend a festive reception.

Tickets are $25/person for adults and $20/person for seniors and can be purchased by calling (310) 641-7850.

Guests also can do some early holiday shopping at the Guilded Cage Boutique or check out gifts from the boutique, which will be on display at the reception. The reception and boutique will take place between noon and 5 p.m. at the Westchester Family YMCA Annex, 8020 Alverstone Avenue in Westchester. (Please note that the tour itself concludes one hour earlier, at 4 p.m.)

Starbucks Adds New Brewing System,Brooklyn Bagels on Its Way to Westchester

organization that is setting out to provide amazing services for our seniors – the “Jewels of Westchester” – and I invite you to help spread the word. Better yet, contribute to this worthy organization.

I would also like to thank all of our elders who have dedicated their time, money and wisdom to make Westchester and the world a better place. There is always a danger in naming names, because you inevitably leave someone out. But taking that risk, I start off by thanking my Dad, Howard Drollinger, for his years of service in our Westchester community, Westchester Rotary, YMCA, AMCS, Loyola Marymount University, just to name a few. I would like to thank Morrey Plotkin for his years of service to Westchester, Empowertech and Playa Village. And a long list of our community’s true jewels: Marty Francis, Lloyd and Renate Hild, Joe Callinan, Bob Smith, Alan and Mary Ellen Cassman, Sandy Luboviski, Frances Stronks, Booker Pearson and many, many others.

And remember this insightful quote from Eleanor Roosevelt:

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” Namaste,

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Karen

Wellness JewelsChange your perspective and your awareness will change.

Look at your horizon from a different vantage point and your view will be new.

Options and a broader picture will present themselves.

Proceed from your heart and your gaze will take you far.

With our hands we join our hearts,

Namaste,

Julie Rae O’ConnorLicensed Massage Therapist and Registered Yoga Teacher

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