Teens Sew Cool wraps up fall season

The kids with their projects

Linda Shannon-Hills Teens Sew Cool finished up the fall session in December at the three sites located at Oracle Mountain Vista School, San Manuel Junior/Senior High School and Coronado K-8 School in Catalina. Many wonderful ladies from SaddleBrooke Ranch, SaddleBrooke and Oro Valley area mentor students one-on-one to teach the art of sewing. Each session…

Saddle up for the spring 2016 season

The group’s ride at Donnelly’s in October 2015. Pictured from front of the trail back are the guide from Donnelly’s, Bev Hall, Jeanne Chiapel, Marian Bianchini and Gary Sherman

The SaddleBrooke Ranch Riding Group is saddling up for the spring season. The first ride is scheduled for Saturday, February 6, at 10:30 a.m. at Donnelly’s in Gold Canyon. The one-hour trail here winds through the foothills of the Superstition Mountains and provides a nice view of the Phoenix area to the west. It generally…

Festival of Lights

Judi Slavin-Cosel adding more latkes to the lavish buffet of holiday delights. Photo by Steve Weiss

Marlene Diskin Over 40 members and friends of the Ranch’s Shalom Club celebrated the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah together at a party at the home of Judi Slavin-Cosel on December 6. Candles were lit, and all feasted on a lavish buffet of traditional holiday food prepared by guests. “No one ever goes hungry at a…

Hotel Normandie revisited

The lobby of Hotel Normandie

Jean Morgan How many of us get the chance to go back and sleep in the place we grew up? Recently my husband Mark and I were invited to spend several nights at the newly renovated Normandie Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. What a thrill to stay in a guest room that had been my…