Month: May 2006

  • OC Register Picks Up OrganizingLA KCBS/KCAL Garage Makeover Post

    Ocregister_1The Orange County Register has picked up our exclusive blog article about the Costa Mesa mother who won the KCBS/KCAL Mother’s Day Garage Makeover Contest.  The article, printed in Saturday’s Register, cited the work 8 Los Angeles-area Professional Organizers tackled on April 27th.  OrganizingLA and John Trosko were part of the bunch.

    "The professional help picked the [Taffy] Dalby garage bare to the rafters and laid 30 years of memories in the driveway. They boxed up and labeled the thousands of razors, Famous Amos cookies and handwritten letters for care packages. Three trucks from 1-800-Got-Junk came and left, filled to the top.

    With the junk gone, there was room for shelves and hooks and order. The Container Store came up with $1,200 worth of supplies. The professionals of NAPO-LA organized. And 10 hours later, they had a garage worthy of any care package assembly line."

    View the segment:

    • Wednesday, May 10, 5:00 pm – KCBS-2
    • Thursday, May 11, evening time tba – KCAL-9

    Click here to read Kimberly Edds’ full article, courtesy of OC Register online.

    Click here if you would to donate to Taffy Dalby’s work with Operation Interdependance.

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  • Los Angeles Modernism Show – May 5-7

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    Celebrate 20th Century design when the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium hosts the LA Modernism Show this month. Will Ferrell hosts the Opening Night Gala on May 5, with proceeds to benefit the Cancer for College Scholarship Fund. The show continues on May 6 and 7 with 90 international exhibitors showcasing 1900-1980 period furniture, decorative arts, fine art, jewelry, pottery and glass.

    Our favorite?  Desk supplies—it’s a great place to snag investment pieces for your office.  After the show, leave your Range Rover at the Auditorium and take the short walk down Ocean for some delicious Caribbean at Cha Cha Chicken.

    Click here for more information on the show.

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  • Mac Store Los Angeles Offers Two Noteworthy Events

    Grove_vertical102804_1We highly recommend the technology team at Tech-Pal in Los Angeles.

    Networking for your home and business office is hot.  But what’s even hotter is finding a great teacher to show you the ropes and get one more item off your to-do list.

    If you’re in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 3rd, or Wednesday, May 17th, Atul Gupta and Ryan Barron, the Technology Tritons from Tech-Pal, are hosting free classes in the posh second floor theater at the Grove in Los Angeles.  While the classes are specifically for Mac users, both Atul and Ryan are adapt at both Mac and PC.

    Networking for Your Business with TechPal

    • Wednesday, May 3, 4:00 p.m.
    • TechPal takes you through the basics of networking, including a step-by-step look at everything from broadband and wireless networking to LAN, WAN, PAN, and everything in between.

    Daylite for the Mac with TechPal

    • Thursday, May 17, 7:00 p.m.
    • Join technology experts from TechPal to learn how Daylite can help you grow your business with tools to better manage clients, projects, and potential opportunities.

    Click here for the special event schedule, maps and directions for the Grove Mac Store

    Click here for additional Mac Store locations if you live outside of Hollywood

    Click here to check out the Tech-Pal website and book an appointment

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  • Organizing Solutions – How To Make a Beautiful Home When No One Agrees

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    If you play organizing volleyball with your partner…

     Check out Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan's post on Apartment Therapy.  Sometimes couples just don't see eye-to-eye on how to organize a home and make it beautiful.  It's about communication, compromise and a lot of large discussions.  But is it as easy as that?  No.  AT offers great advise, and make sure you check out the comment section– the better advise can be from his dedicated readers.

     

    In our own company, we've been utilizing the expertise of noted Brentwood, CA Psychotherapist and Relationship Specialist Dr. Sherie Zander, in private practice for over 20 years.  Dr. Zander helps us better understand boundaries when coaching clients and the differences in male and female decision-making.  Organizing should not be therapy, but it's about removing obstacles that hinder your productivity– so the time we've spent exploring this has been valuable.  Check out the article and get some excellent advise.

     

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