11 Years Ago We Had Wedding Number 2 Near Our Summer Home: Still Madly In Love

Bollywood–Hollywood Christian–Hindu weddings are fun. Still madly in love.

A Sunny June In San Francisco

The true, happy self isn't centered on the demands of ego but on higher values: love, truth, creativity and compassion. Because our true self is connected to the source of awareness, at a deeper level of the mind, our true self is at peace. There is no hole to fill with the endless pursuit of pleasure and distraction. Life is aligned with increasing one's consciousness and growing from the inside.

 

The Most Important Assignment Is Never Handed In: Tomorrow Thinking

In today's world, memorization of facts and figures is no longer considered a central facet of a balanced education. While an encyclopedic memory may help at Jeopardy, we believe it's our mission as parents to raise our son in a way that he possess strength of character and confidence to effectively navigate change while managing cultural ambiguity. In preparing our son for this changing world in which character and creativity are equally important as knowledge and discipline, we are open to engaging and connecting with parents in an increasingly globalized world, regardless of the path our children choose in the future. We are always looking to make tomorrow better. 

Explore. Investigate. Create. All images from Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena.

Fatherhood

Boys need the company of men–men who will guide, instruct, esteem, respect and understand them. When asked about the happiest experience of their lives, boys often say it was the time they made something with their fathers. Mothers matter, too–but sometimes there’s no substitute for Dad.

Out Of This World: Los Angeles Without A Map

Los Angeles is awash in wit, kitsch, horror, cartoons and the ultra chic rebel yell–it's a city with a future and a remote control past. Residents of Los Angeles are a remarkable bunch. It is a strange place, but far more relaxing than you might expect. If you suddenly find yourself here talking to Hollywood royalty you’ll find Los Angeles is a warm, generous place filled with talent, opportunity and remarkable insight. If you fly into Burbank or LAX and take the Pacific Coast Highway to Malibu, Ocean Front Walk, Venice, Hollywood Hills and then to Pasadena–you’ll see the charm that is Los Angeles. Mulholland Drive is the spine that connects the valley to the rest of the city. When you are on Mulholland you can see both sides of Los Angeles. It is serpentine; all at once it locates you as nothing else. Los Angeles does not feel like anywhere else on earth and this is good. Pulsating daily into the airwaves the dream is alive in the entertainment capital of the universe. Now go out and watch a movie at a nearby cinematheque.

Garden Of Flowing Fragrance: The Huntington

Angeleons often boast of being able to visit the mountains and the beach in a single day. In fact, when you are in LA, you can also explore a jungle and a desert too–thanks to the expansive Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens in San Marino. With 120 landscaped acres and more than a dozen themed gardens, the center's grounds are a must see attraction, but there's a lot more. It takes a few days to roam on site which includes: the Beaux-Arts style Huntington Art Gallery (former residence of the center's founders, railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington and his wife, Arabella). The Huntington ground are also home to Virgina Steele Scott Galleries of American Art that houses more than 6 million rare film scripts, books, photos and art including John James Audubon's The Birds Of America.

Believe In Boys. Raise Great Men.

We spend a lot of time thinking about the ways boys learn and grow. This understanding shapes everything we do—in choosing the ultimate private school classroom, how they interact on the playing fields and in serving the community. 

It’s a constant challenge to focus the energy and enthusiasm of boys, but it’s crucial because we have great expectations for them. We want boys to develop in mind, body and spirit, so that they become men of conscience, courage and compassion—men who will make a difference.

What could be more worthwhile?