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DECEMBER 2021 PUBLISHERS

Ben Malkin | Ben.Malkin@lifestylepubs.com Robin Chesler | Robin.Chesler@lifestylepubs.com

"May you live in interesting times" ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA, "MAY YOU LIVE IN INTERESTING TIMES" IS AN ENGLISH EXPRESSION THAT IS CLAIMED TO BE A TRANSLATION OF A TRADITIONAL CHINESE CURSE. While seemingly a blessing, the expression is normally used ironically; life is better in "uninteresting times" of peace and tranquility than in "interesting" ones, which are usually times of trouble. Even though there is no equivalent Chinese expression, the English seemed to prefer to not take

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Evan Deuvall L AYO UT DESIGNER

Jayme Emery CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Melinda Gipson, Ashlen Kernes, Ben Malkin, Benjamin Marcus, Kim Maselli, Cary ONeal, Alison Perks

full credit for this spot-on irony.

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This year is gratefully coming to a close and has been a tumultuous continuation

Jean Celeste Lubin, CJ Ladas, Benjamin Marcus, Cary ONeal

of 2020. Just when we thought it might be “safe to go into the water” (does anyone hear John Williams’ “Jaws” theme in the background?) in January, the pandemic and social and political upheaval continued. In spite of it all, Americans and our local communities have been resilient and remained healthier than most and far less alienated from each other even when opinions differed. For example, when I shop at Gelson’s or Pavilions, everyone wears a mask and no one to my knowledge has had a temper tantrum over the mandate. Robin and I are venturing forth and attending some local events, dining outside at local restaurants and shopping for things we need (I avoid Amazon as much as I can). We

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still put safety first and attend events and entertainment venues that require proof of

ART DIRECTOR Sara Minor

vaccination. Our superb local winery NABU is a good example. We have even driven

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Janeane Thompson

to Los Angeles to “Ben Heaven” jazz venues like Catalina Bar & Grill and Feinstein’s

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at Vitello. Proof of vax is required so we can relax and enjoy the show. Locally, 5-Star

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Theatricals just closed an incredible production of “Mamma Mia.” What a joyful treat!

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Pacific Festival Ballet is ready to perform their iconic production of “The Nutcracker” New West Symphony has launched their 2021-22 live performance season. CMATO is enjoying great attendance for their “Gifted” exhibition. The ARTS survived!! Last but not least, if you wait until Wednesday to make a restaurant reservation for the weekend, forget about it. Local restaurants are booked solid!

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Chapter 4: Mr. Malibu’s Adventures Continue

Malibu Coast Lifestyle | December 2021

CARY ONEAL EXPERIENCED EMOTIONAL TRAUMA BOTH IN

retained by such luminaries as James “Jim” L. Brooks, creator of “The

HIS CHILDHOOD AND LATER IN HIS LIFE, WHICH HE FOUND

Simpsons”; famed feature film director John Frankenheimer (whose

DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, INTEGRATE AND RESOLVE.

Malibu Colony home Robert F. Kennedy slept at the night before he

His quick fix was trying to suppress emotional pain with alcohol.

was assassinated); Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards (who Cary was

Catching Cary like quicksand, the drinking slowly accelerated out of

informed were just about to close a deal to sell their Paradise Cove

control until he hit the dark night of his soul. Not just the effect of tox-

bluff residence to Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayad); and Elma R.

icity, he felt there was a big black hole inside from the drinking and

Shoemaker, heiress to Ralphs Markets.

felt very close to the edge of giving up hope in life. Feeling demoral-

Jim Brooks invited Cary into his Broad Beach living room with his

ized and defeated, he by Grace alone made it into AA in Malibu and

wife and kids to watch Cary’s “Top Secret Adventures” pilot and imme-

the five-year deadly obsession to drink was lifted off of him. He now

diately exclaimed, “Congratulations! You really have a show here!”

celebrates over 31 years’ sobriety.

Along with his wife’s encouragement, Jim set up a meeting for Cary

Beginning a new life clean and sober, Cary was given a lucid vision of a story for an original TV series. He spent two years producing a

with the chief of the Fox Children’s Network. Cary also introduced his show to Disney, where it became the basis for Disney’s “Spy Kids.”

pilot for the show he titled, “Top Secret Adventures,” described as a

Moving forward, Cary woke up one morning with a vision for

“‘Mission Impossible’ with kids.” The story was about like-minded

another movie about a father living a minimal existence with very

“super children” who were able to unite with each other from all over

little money, and the day his baby boy is born, he vows in the mirror

the globe. They were unhappy about the way adults were running

that his son will not suffer the same hardship. He vows to give his

the world, so they built their own bank and advanced technology

baby boy a successful education the world had never seen before.

to take on global challenges such as clean energy and expanding

But it hilariously backfires as the boy happens to be a genius who not

consciousness to successfully deal with the runaway mind.

only got the education, but by the time he becomes 8, is a mixture

In order to support himself in his entertainment production efforts, Cary created a company, Electronic Malibu, that sold and installed

between Bill Gates and Bernie Madoff, proceeding to create worldwide chaos in the wake of building his multibillion-dollar empire.

advanced electronic systems including smart home, entertain-

Cary shared the story with Elma’s confidant, who was so impressed

ment, security and telephone systems. Right out the gate Cary was

he asked Cary to share his vision with her. She wrote Cary a large CONTINUED >

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CHAPTER 4: MR. MALIBU’S ADVENTURES CONTINUE

(CONTINUED)

check to give him the time to write the screenplay, which he did.

to meet for six hours. Sanders generated a Memorandum of

One of the business ventures the young kid in the story creates is

Understanding (MOU) for Cary, a $400 million investment in their

The World’s Greatest Paper Airplane Contest between all the major

“Distributed Interactive System,” which would have the computer

aircraft makers. Cary then had the thought that the contest could

“fire power” to simultaneously deliver live interactive television to

take place “in reality” and hired a little boy actor to play the part of

millions of users. Cary’s vision was to utilize the system to deliver his

the kid in the story and gave the young actor credit for coming up

A.I. StarBrain worldwide.

with the idea of the contest. That catalyzed the making of the real

Cary was already actualizing the development of StarBrain,

contest which Cary spent a year to produce. It was a smashing suc-

similar to what he did with the contest. He leveraged that

cess at the McDonnell Douglas hangar in Long Beach. All the major

Lockheed MOU to attract another MOU from Russia’s Sibnia

news networks broadcasted stories about the contest and reached

National Labs, who at that time had a team of global leaders in

well over 100 million viewers worldwide. Cary’s screenplay became

A.I. algorithms critical to accurate high speed data mining for

the basis for Warner Bros’ “Richie Rich” movie. Cary felt the movie

intelligent results. Cary also generated a business development

missed the mark and bastardized his story.

plan with a former Director of Lockheed Skunk Works for a sys-

Another element in Cary’s screenplay about the kid is an intel-

tem Cary called “Lawman” that was a holographic personified

ligent A.I.-driven holographic person called “StarBrain” created by

LexisNexis (a legal database containing all cases, precedents,

the kid, and it becomes the kid’s mentor in the story. Since child-

rulings, etc.) that users would simply talk to in order to spit out

hood, Cary had been following advanced technology trends in aero-

legal contracts and litigations most likely to win based on prece-

space and computer sciences by reading Aviation Week & Space

dents. This met resistance with the legal community fearing they

Technology, an international McGraw-Hill weekly magazine that his

would be replaced by Lawman which could perform millions of

father subscribed to. One day, an ICM agent (whose mother owned

times quicker and more accurate.

a home in the Malibu Colony) approached Cary, knowing of his

Cary envisioned StarBrain and Lawman based on the promise

passion for advanced technology, and asked him if he were aware

there would be high-speed fiber optic to the home by the late 90s.

of any advanced technology investments relating to entertainment

This did not materialize due to manmade roadblocks, so Cary had to

technology because ICM “had infinite cash” to invest.

move ahead with other opportunities in the meantime. Amazingly,

Cary asked the agent “for example, can they put up $400 million,

22 years later in 2016, Cary filed for a patent of his PsyberCeuticals

roughly the cost of four feature films?” The agent said, “the sky’s

system to empower personality and consciousness development, a

the limit.” Cary phoned the most advanced technology company he

quantum leap from his StarBrain project 22 years prior.

could think of and that was Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. The CEO

Look for more Mr. Malibu stories in the next issue of Malibu Coast

of the entire corporation got on the phone with Cary and said, “Yes.

Lifestyle Magazine. Cary ONeal’s high-profile events and celebrity

As a matter of fact, Lockheed Sanders invented the original video

interviews reach over 22 million on television, 500,000 via social

game and is still being paid royalties from Sega and Nintendo.” The

media and nearly 4 million on YouTube. Visit MalibuHD.com and

CEO flew a Sanders executive out to Malibu from New Hampshire

HeartAscent.com to learn more. Mr. Malibu invites Larry Ellison to co-develop PsyberCeuticals.

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R E AWA K E N I N G

“THE NUTCRACKER”

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WHEN THE LAST CURTAIN CALL ENDED AT THE CLOSE OF “THE NUTCRACKER” 2019, NO ONE, EITHER ONSTAGE OR IN THE AUDIENCE, COULD EVER HAVE PREDICTED WHAT AWAITED US ALL. As we know now, the result of the pandemic brought the performing arts world to a standstill. Like a domino effect, theaters one by one went dark all around the globe. With footlights unplugged, dressing rooms empty and the cavernous Kavli Theatre a silent shell, Pacific Festival Ballet retreated into its cocoon, holding on to the hope of emerging sooner than later. As weeks turned into months and months into two years, the daunting reality of the COVID shutdown took its toll on the resident ballet company at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center. “In hindsight I am glad we did not know how long this shutdown was going to last. At first, we thought the closure would be a month or so and we would ride it out,” says Artistic Director, Kim Maselli. “Once we realized the magnitude of this pandemic and the long-term effects it could have on our company, we shifted from survival mode to ‘let’s get proactive’ mode.” Pacific Festival Ballet was in the midst of rehearsing “The Secret Garden” for their 2020 Spring season when everything came to a halt. By early summer the discussion of transforming this original ballet from a stage production to film was in full bloom. Creative minds explored options and new production teams went into action. Using the Conejo Valley as the background, dancers and crew found beautiful local landscapes to act as the film’s canvas. Often a crowd would gather as music and dance became a spontaneous stage distracting people from their everyday activities. The dance film premiered months later, projected on the side of a Westlake Village building with a red carpet and all. “People were so excited to come out with their lawn chairs and set up in a dark parking lot,” comments Jonathan Sharp, one of the film’s leading performers. “It felt like a grand event!” On the heels of the film’s success came the devastating news that theatre closures were extended indefinitely, and our Nutcracker 2020 season was cancelled. After celebrating 25 years at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza the year before, it came as a huge blow to Pacific Festival Ballet and the community as they realized this cherished holiday tradition was not going to happen. From seasoned professionals to the youngest patron, the disappointment was tangible. Pre-professional ballet student Abbey Wyrrick says, “For years I have trained diligently with the hope of pursuing a ballet career. I also have had the role of Clara in ‘The Nutcracker’ as a personal goal. To realize this dream was postponed and possibly never achievable was hard for me.” Once again, PFB went into problem solving and decided to venture into another dance film, this time on a larger scale. Instead of taking “The Nutcracker” from stage to film, the PFB board decided to bravely step in a new direction. One of Pacific Festival Ballet’s trademarks is producing original ballets as well as preserving and presenting the classics. With the COVID shutdown sending so many alumni and professionals home to the Conejo Valley, Pacific Festival Ballet decided to build an original CONTINUED >

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holiday ballet showcasing these beautiful artists and incorporating the current dancers in our community. This new film, “A Holiday Angel,” was an artistic effort created for the moment. The ballet is designed to celebrate the holidays, but it also holds a message of recognizing and uniting cultures from around the world. “During the holiday season more than ever, I think people are willing to set aside their differences and embrace all that humanity has in common,” Maselli says. Partnering with TOArts Roadshows, “A Holiday Angel” premiered at The Lakes behind the Civic Arts Plaza to a parking lot full of supporters. The success of “A Holiday Angel,” along with the spirit of the holiday season, was recognized by the applause of honking horns! As the calendar passed into 2021, Pacific Festival Ballet continued to expand its platform by filming archived performance pieces, again using the Conejo Valley as its background. Parks, greenbelts and gardens became opportunities for pop-up art. Film provided a wonderful way to keep dance alive, but everyone was yearning for the live performance experience. At long last summer 2021 ushered in an outdoor performing opportunity at the beautiful Los Robles Gardens. For the first time in almost two years, an audience gathered and under the evening stars, music, dance and stage lights filled the amphitheater. On the heels of this performance came the announcement that Broadway and theaters around the country were opening their doors. That long-awaited moment had finally arrived! Now on any given day at Pacific Festival Ballet, the score of “The Nutcracker” drifts from multiple rehearsal rooms. Dancers practice in the hallways as costumes are pulled out of storage and refurbished. The wheels are in motion for the company’s biggest comeback. “The start-up process was more challenging than anticipated,” says Production Manager Paige Loter. “We have produced ‘The Nutcracker’ for so many years, but suddenly, this season, we were needing to hire new trucking companies, stage managers, costume designers, printing companies. It makes us realize how many organizations suffered from the COVID shutdown. We feel grateful that PFB weathered the storm.” The return to the Civic Arts Plaza’s stage is met with great anticipation. Stepping into the theatre whether as cast, crew or audience member will not be taken lightly.

To purchase tickets to “The Nutcracker” or to

The traditions of the holidays are met with new appreci-

view our ballet films, “The Secret Garden” or “A

ation, and as the curtain rises on “The Nutcracker” 2021,

Holiday Angel,” visit PacFestBallet.org.

the familiar joy will be rekindled along with a sensitive awareness of the journey we have all recently endured.

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MALIBUILLABAISSE: THE RISE AND RISE OF BROAD STREET OYSTER STILL ON MAPS TO THIS DAY, THE AREA AROUND THE MALIBU PIER IS LABELED “KELLER’S SHELTER,” HONORING DON MATTEO KELLER, A 19TH CENTURY ADVENTURER AND ENTREPRENEUR WHO CAME TO CALIFORNIA BY WAY OF MEXICO. On Nov. 5, 1857, Keller bought the 13,300-acre Rancho Topanga Malibu y Sequit from Leon Victor Prudhomme for $1,400— the equivalent of $35,000 in modern dollars, but still a bargain. Don Mateo is remembered as one of the fathers of SoCal viticulture, and he also planted 250 million oyster seeds in Malibu Lagoon, which in 1876 was pristine/brackish and a perfect environment to harvest 4 million oysters a year. I know what you’re thinking: Holy shuck! Where did he sell 4 million oysters a year? It’s a mystery wrapped in an oyster shell. Don Matteo’s oyster beds were wiped out by a storm that flooded Malibu Lagoon half a century before Mrs. Rindge built her dam. BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Fast forward almost 150 years to July 4, 2019: Christopher Tompkins is a displaced New Yorker who looks like a cross between King Neptune and the Cowardly Lion, but he is closer to ocean deity than sketchy feline. Gaining a reputation as “The Oyster Man” in Silverlake, Tompkins moved to a 2,650-square-foot permanent location in Malibu in 2019, opening Broad Street Oyster Company as a pop-up bar to see if the citizens and visitors would bite—or slurp. When Broad Street Oyster opened, Tompkins’ friend author Verizon John offered some local knowledge: “Places in Malibu either fall off a cliff or take off like a rocket. Atmosphere is important, quality is important, service is important and word of mouth is everything.” HIDDEN AWAY While Broad Street Oyster is tucked away down a narrow alley behind Malibu Village and the now not-so-pristine but still brackish Malibu Lagoon, thanks to social media, location, location, location and visibility don’t mean what they used to. Broad Street took off like SpaceX, finding that alchemy of funky and fashionable that struck all the right notes with Malibu citizens and outsiders. Decorated with nautical/Hollywood kitsch—TV sets in the bathrooms showing “Baywatch” reruns, surf posters, netting, buoys, 18

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BROAD STREET ARTICLE BENJAMIN MARCUS

PHOTOGRAPHY BROAD STREET OYSTER

Broad Street auteur and chef de cuisine Chris Tompkins with his friend, Spiney Norman.

plastic lobsters, the finest in velvet art—Broad Street Oyster’s atmosphere pairs well with its “Malibuillabaisse” menu. Although oyster gets top billing, by far the most popular items are

the lobster rolls—big, healthy pieces of Atlantic lobster, served hot or cold in a butter-saturated brioche, with French fries or potato chips. Tompkins whispered to me how many lobster rolls they sell on the busiest days—a classified, but eye-popping amount! Are there any lobster left in Maine? Additional offerings include lobster hot and cold, oysters by the dozen (not from Malibu Lagoon—yeesh!) and fish and chips good enough to draw in some of Malibu’s famous British celebrities. In the fall, the Atlantic lobster are joined by the local spiney Pacific lobster served with corn and other trimmings. Yum! And while it may seem weird to go to a seafood place to eat beef, their hamburgers are also really good. Or try the $150 Seafood Tower, the Caribbean Stone Claw Crabs or the Snapper Ceviche. They also have sea urchins, Calamari Steak, Broccolini, Fried Shrimp, Maryland Style Crab Cake, Pound O’ Mussels, Chorizo and Clams, plus a variety of soups, salads and sides. Their Tiki Bar window serves an array of wines and craft beers that Tompkins refers to as “an eclectic mix of craft beers from as many California producers as possible.”

PINK’S HOT DOGS IS A CAKEWALK As the kids say, “It’s all good,” which probably explains the unbelievable crowds Broad Street attracts. If you thought Pink’s Hot Dogs was a long line, Pink’s is a cakewalk compared to Broad Street. On a weekend or holiday, the line winds out into the parking lot and turns right 300 feet on Google Earth as the seagull flies. Los Angeles people hate to wait, but sometimes there’s an hour wait to order and pick up your food. Another cool facet of Broad Street is how they use a bullhorn to announce whose food is ready, and people go running up to the window before they pass out from anticipation and starvation. To quote Brad Pitt from “Inglorious Basterds”: “Souuuuuund good??!?!? ” It is good! Read Broad Street’s Yelp reviews and they are generally favorable, although some people will complain about the long waits, and others about the prices. Visit Broad Street Oyster Company at 23359 Pacific Coast Hwy, #3874a in Malibu. CityLifestyle.com/MalibuCoast

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C el eb r at i n g Mo m e nt s T h at M at t e r

ARTICLE ASHLEN KERNES, BOYS & GIRLS CLUB SPECIAL EVENTS & MARKETING ASSOCIATE

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‘TIS THE SEASON OF GRATITUDE AND YEAR-END CELEBRATIONS, AND BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MALIBU IS

Please consider a year-end tax-deductible donation to support this community service organization. Visit BGCMalibu.org.

INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR A TRYING, BUT REWARDING, 2021! We are celebrating community. BGCM is passionate about

INSPIRING INDIVIDUALS & FAMILIES

making a difference in our community! We do this by providing

Gonzalez Family, Club Family

resources and support services for youth, individuals and families

“My family feels fortunate to be a part of the Wellness Center

throughout Malibu and beyond. Our work is continuously inspired

and the Club. The workshops and opportunities for parents to learn

by every person that we serve, by creating moments that make a

about different topics have helped me be a better mom to my kids. I

powerful impact on the lives of others.

feel the one-on-one support has helped me improve my emotional

Since the start of the pandemic, the Boys & Girls Club

health, for which I'm very grateful. My son attended the Teen Center

has served over 5,000 individuals and families, providing the

this past summer, going on field trips and doing positive things in

following services:

the community. He was even able to take skateboarding classes,

+ Mental Health Counseling

something I couldn't have done without the help of BGCM.”

+ Crisis Intervention + Disaster Relief

Jaz A., Grade 12 Student

+ Parenting Groups

“The Boys & Girls Club has been a HUGE part of my life for the

+ Student Group Education

past 7 years and has supported me by giving me opportunities to

+ 2,000+ Hours of Social Support Services

get involved in my community, teaching me how to be a leader

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and reinforcing that I can make a difference in the world. The

+ Health Care Assistance

Club has become a second family to me because of their support

+ Economic Support and Recovery

toward my endeavors and the experiences they have allowed me

+ Housing Navigation.

to have. I continue to be largely impacted by my time as a volun-

BGCM Wellness Center services are offered to the com-

teer and as a manager in training at the Club.”

munity at no-cost. A focus of the Boys & Girls Club is aiding Malibu students with

Roy Ramsey, Senior Citizen

academic support and care. Afterschool services and enrich-

“I am thankful for all the support from Boys & Girls Club. When

ment programs are provided at all three Boys & Girls Club sites,

Woolsey happened and I was left homeless, they aided me imme-

supporting an average daily attendance of 170 and serving 1,200

diately with financial support, finding a place to stay and providing

Malibu students. Programs include outdoor sports and recreation,

food. The ongoing support, including a mattress, bedding, food

S.T.E.M.-based projects, social-emotional learning, skateboarding

assistance and more during Covid, kept me alive. BGCM is not

with the Johnny Strange Legacy Inspire skate program, career

only the most helpful organization financially, but a place where I

and college readiness, and community service projects.

felt comfortable and loved at any time. The Wellness Center ser-

For Boys & Girls Club staff, nothing is quite as rewarding as seeing smiling faces enter the Club’s doors every day. They extend a huge

vices are incredible, providing unconditional help at any time; they check in often to make sure I'm well and taken care of.”

thank you to their annual supporters, fellow staff and volunteers, Board of Directors, and entire Club family for supporting the efforts to

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just ahead of this curve after graduating together from Virginia

Now both women—Katherine at Mono B, and Robin at Lapcos—

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are doing work for which they might have waited years to be pro-

degrees in Creative Advertising and Fashion Merchandising, Robin

moted into if they were in more established firms, in cross-cultural,

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roommate and set down stakes. Now, both are thankful that they took the leap. Each is not only working together on projects with her “best friend,” but seems to be

Maybe luck did play a part, but so did knowing what they wanted to do at an early age and working hard to build both their skills and resumes by committing to part-time jobs through high school and college.

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says, and for her, there was no other choice but L.A. She finds Mono B to be not only a perfect fit for her skillset, but small enough to afford her the opportunity to learn by doing nearly everything needed to market the brand online. She’s done all the email marketing, advertising, styling for the photo shoots, social media and much of the branding, such as naming the styles for the website. For someone with a passion for fashion, she considers it a “gift” to be able to do a bit of everything and to be able to apply creative inspiration to every facet of marketing. “I'm definitely in a more elevated role than someone my age with a normal trajectory would have had. A lot of what I've been doing is extreme trial and error and spending a lot of time teaching myself things I don't know,” Katherine admits. “Some people thrive having a mentor to hold their hand and teach them the ropes. I thrive having the freedom to do things the way I want and figure it out along the way.” Mono B apparel is designed with balance and inclusivity in mind. Inclusion for customers can be as simple as being able to find the really cute styles in “curvy” sizes for a larger frame, or that, for the month of May—Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month—every purchase was accompanied by a healing or invigorating cosmetic mask produced by Lapcos, and designed to introduce the best of Korean skincare science, a.k.a. “K-Beauty,” to the U.S. The cross-marketing effort was not only hugely successful for both brands, it yielded donations of 10% of proceeds to the Asian Mental Health Collective (https://www.asianmhc.org/), as May is also Mental Health Month, and because giving back is a core company value for both sisters and their brands. As they put it, “The only thing better than looking good is feeling good, and when you give to others (especially those most in need), you never have to choose between the two.” In the past year, other philanthropic partnerships have included the Downtown Women’s Center, Dress for Success, the Black Women’s Health Imperative and donations to frontline health workers and hospitals. Robin now tells her peers, “Don't be afraid to get out of your comfort zone, whether that means moving across the country or leaving a job where you’re not thriving. So many people are afraid of the unknown, but once you embrace it, you're drawn to it more and more because the return is so incredible.”

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GIVING AWAY AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR, LIFESTYLE PUBLICATIONS IS GIVING $300,000 TO RECIPIENTS IN NEED THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON AND BEYOND... AND WE NEED YOUR HELP!

ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO ANNA SAROL, THE DAUGHTER OF A SINGLE MOTHER, WAS PARALYZED IN A GYMNASTICS ACCIDENT WHEN SHE WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT UNTIL LAST YEAR SHE DID NOT HAVE A STAIRLIFT IN HER HOME. The stairlift was made possible when Lifestyle Publications gave her family $10,000. “I watched my community come together to help me get this equipment to my house, and words can’t explain how appreciative my

“I watched my community come together to help me get this equipment to my house, and words can’t explain how appreciative my family and I are.” —Anna Sarol

family and I are,” Anna says. The money for Anna’s stairlift was part of a giveaway campaign from the company during the 2020 Christmas season that benefited more than 80 recipients across the country with a final distribution of $250,000 throughout the year. When the company opened nominations, they were flooded with submissions. Community leaders such as judges, police officers, teachers, nurses, social workers, mentors and readers like you nominated people that were in need of assistance. As the eyes and ears of the community, these readers were able to help identify people who might have

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otherwise gone unnoticed or unrecognized. One such nominee was Kathy*, an aunt who is raising her three young relatives. The children came from an abusive situation, and Kathy, a single guardian, works tirelessly to provide for them. Nevertheless, the family was already living in poverty despite her working seven days a week when Kathy lost her job during the pandemic. She resorted to selling tamales to help pay the rent. When a case manager with a Big Brothers Big Sisters foster youth mentoring program heard about Lifestyle’s campaign and call for nominations, she quickly thought of Kathy. “When I shared the news that Kathy was selected and would be receiving $3,000, she cried, screamed, and was in disbelief,” the case manager said. “She immediately wanted to give back to me and the donor by providing endless tamales. This funding allowed the children to have a small Christmas tree for the first time ever. Kathy was able to pay her rent and utilities for three months, and the children were able to experience a holiday season in peace without financial stressors.” In yet another case, Emily* who worked as a janitor at a school, was a recipient and was struggling to afford simply buying groceries for her children. Before the ongoing difficulties of the pandemic even started, a tornado destroyed the school she worked at just a couple weeks before the initial shutdown in March 2020 which resulted in a loss of income for her. Emily was incredibly surprised and grateful to receive assistance from the giveaway. *Names changed for privacy

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SYCAMORE SCHOOL STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF GATHERED AROUND A HOLE DUG IN THE GROUND TO BURY THEIR LISTS OF THINGS THEY “CAN’T” DO—YET— AND CELEBRATE THE POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER. “It truly is a community thing,” says Cofounder and Director Tedd Wakeman, who began holding “I Can’t” burial ceremonies with students in South Central L.A., where “there was not a lot of grass or trees, but we dug a hole and went through the process of physically burying the words “I can’t” in order to help create a growth mindset in the children.” Eliminating the words “I can’t” from students’ vocabulary makes space for what CAN be achieved

The greatest part is that the children really hold each other

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friends and family, says Wakeman.

the idea in a really profound way, and they keep everyone, even

Held every three years as new students enter Sycamore School, this year’s ceremony featured New Orleans-style upbeat jazz music to celebrate letting go of what students think they can’t achieve while looking toward what they can do.

By encouraging each other, the children provide support and resolve to achieve their goals and overcome challenges. “The biggest takeaway is the kids’ genuine desire to not quit, not give up and embody the growth mindset,” says Wakeman.

“We are big on trying to use the word yet or not

Sycamore School offers Grades Kindergarten through 5, with the

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Post-ceremony, the I can’t tombstone hangs in

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