Conversations With Claus Vol. 1
February 2, 2015
The moment those New Year’s champagne flutes are put away and stored for next year’s party, Santa’s off-season starts. Let’s face it–delivering toys to all seven continents is exhausting work…
Why We Should Never Make New...
February 1, 2015
Every January, millions of Americans, softened and bloated by weeks of holiday cheer and excess, descend on elliptical trainers, treadmills, and exercise bikes, sparked by the sudden charge of a…
Hollywood Cocktails for New Year’s
December 30, 2014
New Year’s Eve is the time when everything old and new converge. It is a time to celebrate the past and the future in one memorable New Year’s Eve party….
Silver Bells and Silver Screens: Where...
December 18, 2014
What is the ideal Christmas landscape? This question triggers so many images—the Hallmark Christmas Card scene of rooftops cake-frosted in snow. For children, perhaps it is some scene out of…
Christmas Light Installation Do’s and Don’ts
November 26, 2014
Who hasn’t seen those Holiday movies that make comedic fodder out of our annual struggles with Christmas light installation and décor? Who hasn’t laughed at those hapless would-be burglars in…
2014 Los Angeles Holiday Lighting Ceremonies
November 6, 2014
The Holidays are a time to collect images with your friends and family. Bowls of gold-wrapped chocolates, toffees, and caramels nested around Poinsettia centerpieces. The smell of wood-smoke and Christmas…
Should I Hire a Christmas Lighting...
October 31, 2014
This season, let a Christmas lighting professional do the hard work while you focus on family and friends.The winter season brings shorter days, longer nights, and the twinkling splendor of…
Top Five Holiday Light Destinations in...
October 29, 2014
Christmas is all about transformation. Ebeneezer Scrooge changing overnight from neighborhood miser to philanthropist. Natalie Wood’s childhood skepticism transformed into the miracle of belief in A Miracle on 34th Street….
Top Five California Made Holiday Cocktails
October 15, 2014
It’s time to start thinking about the perfect Holiday party. Think about holly and mistletoe, evergreen wreaths and poinsettias. Think about fat Yule logs crackling in the fireplace. Think about…
Vintage Christmas Decorations
September 25, 2014
Let’s talk vintage Christmas decorations. Let’s recall some of the great decorative hits of the 1970’s and 80’s. Let’s remember those red and green bubble Christmas lights–The ones that looked…