Leo & Karen’s California View – April 2012
PAUL WRIGHT has once again taken the helm as President of the BABCLA (British American Business Council Los Angeles) a position he held from 2005-2007. He stepped down after the highly successful BABC Transatlantic Conference in LA featuring 51 leading speakers. Details can be seen at www.babc2007.com The BABC is a vitally important organization that [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – March 2012
“PROUD TO BE a Brit and to be flying our flag” is how the enormously talented 23-year-old singer and song writer, Adele, accepted her award in London last month before being cut off by those men in “suits”, who she flipped her finger to. Hey, who’s the draw here? Yes, she does need to be [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – February 2012
RETURNING from the UK, sailing tall ships, and driving all over Southern California, basically leading a very active life, I came to a swift, sudden, and abrupt stop when a 23-year-old man ran a red light at great speed, driving through an intersection, plowing into my vehicle one sunny afternoon on December 13. The crash [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – January 2012
WHENEVER I go to the UK I always get that tingling feeling when the clouds clear long enough on the final approach to look down at that patchwork of fields in the countryside that’s our home!! Although I haven’t been back at this time of year for many years, I found the weather not much [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – December 2011
SANTA BARBARA’S Concours d’Elegance marked its 25th Anniversary while celebrating the 125th Anniversary of this year’s marque manufacturer, Mercedes Benz; the 100th Anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 with Andy Granatelli as Grand Marshall; the 35th Anniversary of one of Santa Barbara’s own manufacturers, Clenet Coachworks, and it kicked off its sister event, the Mille Miglia [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – November 2011
“FROM THE Tweed to the Tay, from Cape Wrath to the Forth, there’s none can compare with the Cock o’ the North!” That’s how the Chief of the Gordons has been known since the 16th Century. When we met him at the recent Seaside Scottish Festival he was introduced as Granville Gordon, 13th Marquis of [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – October 2011
THE BRITISH Home in Sierra Madre this month celebrated 80 years of continued service to the British Community and re-opened Jameson Cottage, after extensive alternations. Mayor John Buchanan and his wife Teri gave a speech to 70 area representatives of the Daughters of the British Empire, residents, and friends for recognizing the changing world in [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – September 2011
WHILE WATCHING the recent riots in the UK, it’s becoming very apparent we’re moving to a whole new level of violence that is neither acceptable nor should it be tolerated. Why? Because the British people deserve better. When we lose the right to walk along High Street with the family on a Saturday evening for [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – August 2011
IT’S ALL about the News: whether to be informed, follow what’s going on, salacious gossip, or just news from home. So the demise of an institution like the News of the World after 167 years, is sad. Not only the loss of jobs for innocent employees who show up for work each day, but one [...]
Leo & Karen’s California View – July 2011
PETER ASHER, of Peter & Gordon fame, True Love Ways and World Without Love, gave us an amazing concert plus a trip down memory lane at a recent concert at The Canyon Club in Agoura Hills. Using a split screen, Peter sang and played guitar with his former singing partner, Gordon Waller, who died recently. [...]
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