REMINDER FROM THE MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

2009 - The Year of Valley History
Store Window Stained Glass - August 2005 - Photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge).

Don't forget - WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Tomorrow - Saturday - 10 am North Hollywood Park
corner of Magnolia and Tujunga (North Hollywood Park) $10 donation for The Museum fund. hat - sunscreen - good walking shoes - little bottle of water (or brandy?) - apx 2 1/2 hours - nice cafes at the end - amazing history - bring a friend or six friends.


The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Capital of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.

EXPLORE THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

Goat at the Leonis Adobe - Photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on goat to enlarge)

Hot weather and the economy getting you down? Well, maybe they are the perfect excuse to explore your very own San Fernando Valley. This photo was taken when I walked the length of Ventura Boulevard from Calabasis to Barham Boulevard, a couple of years ago. He lives at the Leonis Adobe.

One of my very favorite places is the charming city of Calabasas and its neighboring Leonis Adobe. Go see for yourself Calabasas Creek, (one of the two year-around streams that form the Los Angeles River), have a required Marguerita at the Sagebrush Cantina, and best of all visit the handsome Leonis Adobe Museum. Go in the morning and watch the animals cavort (Only Mad Dogs and Enlishmen Go Out In The Noonday Sun.) Dinner on at patio at Finns is an especially nice warm weather experience. Notice, I spared you a "goat" pun. Jer

PS - DON'T FORGET THE WALKING TOUR OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD THIS SATURDAY - Meet your Museum guides at 10am at the Amelia Earhart statue - Magnolia and Tujunga in the park - Your $10 or more donation goes to the Museum's development fund and its tax deductible.


The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Capital of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.

POMEGRANATES AND THE MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY

Pomegranate blossom - Photo by Janne Fecht 2009 (click on image to enlarge)
When the Lord of the Underworld, Hades abducted the daughter of Ceres (the Goddess of Vegetation), all sorts of unexpected things occurred as a result. The distraught Lady Ceres was so unhappy that she refused to let things grow. Not unexpectedly human began to starve.
When people cried out to the King of Heaven, Zeus, the powerful Jove ordered a trial. Hades argued that the little Goddess Persephanie was his rightful wife. Ceres claimed she was her daughter. Without Judge Judy, Zeus had to decide for himself. He asked Persephanie if she had eaten anything in the Underworld, and she confessed to having dined on six pomegranate seeds.
"Ah," said Zeus, " six months it is with Hades and six months with your mom." Thus were have six months of plant growth and six months off.
So here's your chance to bring about some good fortune in your life. Send six dollars this week to support The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - it's tax deductible - and will make the Goddess Ceres happy with you.
The Museum of the San Fernando Valley
Suite 419
21031 Ventura Boulevard
Woodland Hills, CA 91364

The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Capital of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.

TECHNOLOGY CATCHES UP WITH JERRY

Sorry about the delay posting new goodies on the blog of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley. This last Thursday my computer rebelled, the "mother board" and "memory board" died! Who knows what was lost. Most of the information was backed up, but I won't know for sure what was lost until this coming Wednesday.
Don't forget that we have a super walking tour scheduled for this Saturday May 9th at 10 am in historic North Hollywood.
I'll do a formal posting this afternoon.

STUDIO CITY IMAGE COMES FROM NORTH CAROLINA

Studio City - vintage postcard collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2009 - electronic image - gift of Harvey Tow. (click on image to enlarge)

We just received this postcard image of Ventura Boulevard facing East in Studio City, "a main thoroughfare extending through this beautiful Valley from Hollywood to points north on U.S. Highway 101. The image was sent to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Harvey Tow who resides in Greensboro, North Carolina. It was accompanied by this email message:
"Hi,
I was just perusing your website and having lived in the SF Valley for over 50 years, thought you might like this postcard, if you haven't already gotten one. I think it was taken around 1957, the year that I graduated from North Hollywood High School."

Go Bingtown!