In The Mood For California

Today we’ll feel and experience Beverly Hills featuring an interview with incredible Alex Rotaru! Alex Rotaru is an internationally known, multi-award winning filmmaker. A polymath born in Romania, he moved to the US after a successful career in film acting which led to the highest distinction available to Romanian young actors, to pursue a degree in Physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technol...

Today we’ll feel and experience Whitley Heights featuring an interview with amazing Gaby Santinelli! Gaby Santinelli, born in Manhattan, trained in acting and singing at Interlochen Arts Academy, Northwestern University, and Mannes School of Music. She also trained at the Atlantic Theatre Company in NYC and in the Meisner Technique in London. Living in England for 15 years, she became a dual US-UK...

Today we’ll feel and experience Bronson Canyon featuring an interview with wonderful Russell Brown! Filmmaker Russell Brown’s body of work includes five narrative features, two full-length documentaries, and a number of well-regarded narrative and documentary shorts. His feature films have opened theatrically in select cities to favorable reviews after playing at more than 270 festivals around the...

Today we’ll feel and experience Richard Neutra’s architecture featuring an interview with esteemed Dr Raymond Neutra! Dr. Raymond Neutra is the youngest son of Richard Neutra. After a public health career in environmental medicine and epidemiology at several universities and the California Department of Public Health he has been drawn back to the legacy of his father and brother. He has been activ...

Today we’ll feel and experience Palm Springs and will get an overview of Los Angeles Landmark restaurants in the interview with inspiring George Geary! George Geary is passionate about history, cooking and conversancy. He loves to share that passion with others. He brings humor, energy and experience to every personal appearance across the country and on luxury cruises. His lectures, classes and c...

Today we’ll feel and experience Woodland Hills featuring an interview with incredible Alan K Rode! Alan K. Rode is an American film scholar and preservationist, cinema host, producer, charter director and treasurer of the Film Noir Foundation and a co-host of the NOIR CITY, Hollywood and Chicago film festivals. He has been the producer and host of the annual Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm...

Today we’ll feel and experience Sherman Oaks featuring an interview with remarkable Anthony Mohr! Anthony J. Mohr served for 26 years as a judge on the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, and also sat as a judge pro tem on the California Court of Appeal. In January 2021, he became a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University and is now a senior editor of th...

Today we’ll feel and experience Disneyland followed by an interview with incredible Rosanna Norton! Rosanna Norton is a renowned costume designer. She earned a nomination, alongside Elois Jenssen, for Best Costumes at the 55th Academy Awards for her exceptional work on the film "Tron." Her creative contributions extend to various iconic films, including "The Flintstones," "The Brady Bunch Movie,"...

Today we’ll feel and experience the Rose Parade followed by an interview with wonderful and innovative Paul Jenkins and Evelisa Genova! As a Los Angeles native, Paul Jenkins has a deep connection to this vibrant city, where he has lived most of his life. He holds a degree in Construction Management from CSLUB and is a Certified Construction Manager and LEED Green Associate. Over two decades, Paul...

Today we’ll feel and experience Griffith Park featuring an interview with incredibly talented David Melville! David Melville is co-founder and Managing Director of ISC (Independent Shakespeare Co.). He is the writer and composer of Red Barn, which performed in the Independent Studio in the fall of 2012 (redbarnthemusical.com). With ISC, he has played many of Shakespeare’s leading roles, including...

Today we’ll feel and experience Julian featuring an interview with amazing Michael and Janessa Cotugno! Michael C. Cotugno, Esq., M.A. in Spiritual Psychology, founder of Conscious Divorce Michael has been a practicing attorney in California since 1996, and a trained mediator since 1998, focused almost exclusively on family law. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Spiritual Psychology in 2011, duri...

Today we’ll feel and experience Helms Bakery District in Culver City featuring an interview with incredible Bernhard Mairinger! The first thing you notice about Chef Bernhard Mairinger is his height, for at 6’8” tall, he is arguably the tallest toque you’ll ever encounter. His towering size matches his culinary creativity, which has made him a standout chef since his career began in his native cou...

Today we’ll feel and experience Sunland-Tujunga featuring an interview with wonderful Lila Bassior! Lila Bassior is an LA-based sound bath facilitator and 500-hr certified yoga teacher with over eleven years of teaching experience. Lila loves creating mindful, relaxing and restorative experiences for people by helping them celebrate all kinds of events or by using thoughtful, instruction to help t...

Today we’ll feel and experience multifamily housing in Los Angeles and Santa Monica featuring an interview with amazing Frances Anderton! Frances Anderton is the author of Common Ground: Multifamily Housing in Los Angeles, published by Angel City Press, and winner of a Gold award for best Regional Nonfiction from Foreword Reviews. Common Ground has been covered in a number of publications, includi...

Today we’ll feel and experience the history of murals in Los Angeles followed by an interview with wonderful Rio Diaz! Río Díaz is a Curator and Painter with a deep passion for social representation in Public Art. Her murals adorn schools in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. She has curated exhibitions at The Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, UCLA’s Powell Library, the Los Angeles Mexican Consulate,...

Today we’ll feel and experience the Garden of Alla followed by an interview with incredibly gifted Romy Nordlinger! Romy is an NYC based Actor, Playwright/Screenwriter and Audiobook Narrator. Some recent TV roles include guest and co-starring roles on Bull, Manifest, FBI and Law & Order (Officer Talbor). She can be seen in numerous independent films, most recently as Agent Farrow in The Good Egg....

Today we’ll feel and experience the artful spirit of Los Angeles followed by an interview with legendary Joan Agajanian Quinn! Joan Agajanian Quinn, a Los Angeles native, is a journalist, curator, collector and arts advocate. She was appointed the West Coast Editor of Interview magazine by Andy Warhol, and was Society Editor of Hearst’s Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Joan, with late husband, attorne...

Today we’ll feel and experience South Pasadena and the Garfield House followed by an interview with amazing Alex Winter! Alex Winter is a director, writer and actor who has worked across film, television and theater. Winter entered show business as a child actor with co-starring roles on Broadway in The King & I and Peter Pan, and came to prominence in movies such as Warner Bros’ hit The Lost Boys...

Today we’ll feel and experience iconic Los Angeles landmarks followed by an interview with incredible Carolyn Hennesy! On television, Emmy Award winning actress Carolyn Hennesy has dazzled as the deliciously vicious Penelope Ellisa on ABCs critically acclaimed series REVENGE. She also joined the cast for the fifth season of the sleek vampires-meet-world saga, TRUE BLOOD, and fast become a fan favo...

Today we’ll feel and experience Brentwood followed by an interview with wonderful Kelley Raleigh! Kelley is an unschooling mother, Intuition Coach, Certified Brain, Trainer and the Founder of KINDbrain Body & Brain Spa. She has had a soul nourishing career as a Director of various youth programs across the country and a Family Coach for teens/parents for over 20 years. She knows the challenges of...

Today we’ll feel and experience Schindler House followed by an interview with amazing Tom Engle! Born and raised in suburban NY. First part of career Tom spent working on Madison Ave in advertising in magazine publishing working for Details, Esquire and Vanity Fair. After burning out on NY and advertising Tom relocated to Miami. As a Spanish speaker who majored in Latin American Studies he liked t...

Today we’ll feel and experience Los Angeles and what it is like to be an actor in Hollywood followed by an interview with incredible Lee Purcell! Multi Emmy nominee, Lee Purcell, has done her director and producer hat as well as starring in virtual productions benefitting The Motion Picture and Television Fund (a 501 C3 charity). Ms Purcell just announced that friend and colleague, Leeza Gibbons,...

Today we’ll feel and experience Silver Lake followed by an interview with wonderful Charles Fleming! Veteran newspaper, magazine and television journalist Charles Fleming, most recently automobile and motorcycle reporter for the Los Angeles Times, is author of the bestselling Hollywood exposé High Concept, the novels The Ivory Coast, After Havana, The Studio Kill and others, the urban hiking books...

Today we’ll feel and experience Freedom Farms in Creston, CA followed by an interview with amazing Dr. Marilyn Kroplick! Marilyn Kroplick MD is president of In Defense of Animals, a board-certified psychiatrist, and award-winning socio-political photographer. Since 2011, Dr. Kroplick has led In Defense of Animals’ powerful campaigns to end the dog meat trade, advocate for elephants, strengthen ani...

Today we’ll feel and experience Universal Studios followed by an interview with magnificent and inspiring Nina Parker! Nina Parker is an American television journalist, television presenter and fashion designer. Parker co-hosts Nightly Pop on E!, a late-night entertainment news show that debuted in 2018.Nina was raised in Sacramento, California. She received her bachelor's degree in broadcast and...