The Resort Report

The Resort Report
St. Moritz:
(949) 362-6000
February 2013
February 2012
Universal City Walk
Farmers Market & The Grove
Rose Bowl Pasadena
Los Angeles County
Museum of Art
Feb. 16 Walt Disney Concert Hall Tour
& Beverly Center
Feb. 17 Calico Ghost Town
Feb. 23 Whale Watching
Feb. 24 Getty Museum
March 2 Downtown Ventura
March 3 Palos Verdes
Feb. 2
Feb. 9
Feb. 10
Feb. 12
Employee of the MonthSt. Moritz
The Employee of
the Month for St.
Moritz is Breana
Arimura. Breana
started in September
and jumped right into
her new role as
Leasing Consultant.
She is always willing
to lend a hand and has already gone
above and beyond the call of duty.
Breana faces every challenge head on
and will never complain if a task is
difficult. It is a joy to work with her
every day. Way to go, Breana!
Wanted: Good Samaritan
Volunteers
The Trauma Intervention Program
is looking for caring volunteers to
participate in a training program to
provide emotional and practical
support to victims of traumatic events.
Visit www.TIPOrangeCounty.org, call
714-420-0875 or e-mail
[email protected] for
information.
Property Phone Numbers
Barcelona Leasing Office
362-7000
Barcelona Maint. Office
362-7017
Barcelona Accounts Admin. 362-7003
St. Moritz Leasing Office
362-6000
St. Moritz Maint. Office
362-6012
St. Moritz Accounts Admin.
362-6011
Emergency After Hours
588-2466
Recreation Department
644-4664
GEMM AWARD NOMINATIONS
The Greater Excellence in
Management and Maintenance
(GEMM) Awards recognizes the rental
housing industry’s best and brightest
in Southern California. This year’s
nominees from St. Moritz are: Russell
Vezina for Maintenance Technician of
the Year, Nick Dekold for Leasing
Professional of the Year, and Kim
Barcelona:
(949) 362-7000
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Excursion
Join us as we venture to the Point
Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos
Verdes on Sunday, March 3, at 10
a.m. The Interpretive Center is located
on an ocean bluff with such fabulous
views of the Pacific Ocean that it is
used as a center to count the
migration of whales each year. The
museum inside offers a look at the
geology and history of Palos Verdes,
artifacts from early settlers,
information on whale migration and
even a section on the old Marineland.
Outside, one can wander the 28-acre
park through native plantings and
coastal walkways or sit in the
amphitheater and perhaps catch a
sight of a migration whale. Afterwards,
we will head to the South Coast
Botanic Gardens to see more than
150 plants and species from around
the globe, including southern Africa
and Australia. The cost to enter the
Botanic Gardens is $8 for adults and
$6 for seniors. A $5 transportation fee
is due at sign-up.
Corona for Bookkeeper of the Year.
Barcelona nominated Ausencio
Gonzalez, Miguel Perez and Elliot
Flores for Maintenance Technicians of
the Year, and Barcelona Apartments
for Community of the Year.
Congratulations to everyone on
their nominations and good luck at the
GEMM Awards.
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
With 100,000 objects dating from
ancient times to the present, the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA) is the largest art museum in
the western United States. It’s a
museum of international stature as
well as a vital part of Southern
California.
LACMA’s collections encompass
the geographic world and virtually the
entire history of art. Among the
museum’s special strengths are its
holdings of Asian art, housed in part in
the Bruce Goff-designed Pavilion for
Japanese Art; Latin American art,
ranging from pre-Columbian
masterpieces to works by leading
modern and contemporary artists, and
Islamic art, of which LACMA hosts
one of the most significant collections
in the world. We will depart for
LACMA on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at
9:30 a.m. A $5 transportation fee is
due at sign-up.
Guest Suites—
St. Moritz and Barcelona
If you have an out-of-town guest,
why not put them up in one of our
fully-furnished guest apartments?
Contact your property’s management
office for availability and pricing.
Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty
Museum at the Getty
Center in Los
Angeles houses
European paintings,
drawings, sculptures,
illuminated
manuscripts,
decorative arts, and European and
American photographs. In addition to
the permanent collection, we will have
the opportunity to see the new exhibit,
“Messerschmidt and Modernity.” The
exhibit highlights not only the study of
expression and physiognomy during
the eighteenth century European
Enlightenment, but also the impact the
heads have had on the work of
modern and contemporary artists. We
will depart on Sunday, Feb. 24, at
9:30 a.m. A $5 transportation fee is
due at sign-up.
Calico Ghost Town
Calico is an old West Mining town
that has been around since 1881, and
today the park offers visitors a unique
experience and opportunity to share in
its rich history and enjoy the natural
beauty that surrounds the grounds.
Make sure to bring your cameras,
because this weekend they will
reenact the Civil War. Departure time
is 9 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 17.
Admission tickets are $7 for adults
and $4 for Youth tickets (6-15). A $5
transportation fee is due at sign-up.
Universal City Walk
Join us as we venture to Universal
City Walk in LA. Universal City walk is
filled with various restaurants such as
The Crepe Cafe, The Hard Rock Cafe,
and Tony Romas, to name a few.
After you have had a taste of the
delicious food, many retail stores
await along the shopping strip.
Departure time is 9:30 a.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 2. A $5 transportation
fee is due at sign-up.
Referral Bonus
If you refer a friend to St. Moritz,
and they sign a 12-month lease, you
will receive a $200 rent credit!
Signing Up for Excursions
If you are interested in joining us
on one of our excursions, please
follow these simple steps:
• Give a call to the recreation
office at (949) 644-4664.
• Let us know which property you
are at and how many people will
be going with you.
• If the excursion requires
payment. You will be asked to
write a check payable to “The
Resort Apartments” and drop it
off at your management office.
• On the day of the excursion, the
shuttle bus will pick up residents
from the resorts outside of each
property’s leasing office.
Whale Watching
Join us for whale
watching on
Saturday, Feb. 23, at
1 p.m. Our tour is
ideally positioned to
take advantage of the annual Grey
Migration, which brings hundreds of
grey whales along the Laguna Beach
coastline and within minutes of
Newport Harbor. Along with viewing
grey whales, you can expect to see
dolphins, sea lions and marine birds.
The cost is $20 and includes
transportation aboard the Park
Newport Shuttle and your ticket
aboard the whale watching boat.
Walt Disney Concert Hall &
Beverly Center
Designed by
architect Frank
Gehry, Walt Disney
Concert Hall, home of
the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, is designed to be one
of the most acoustically sophisticated
concert halls in the world, providing
both visual and aural intimacy for an
unparalleled musical experience.
From the stainless steel curves of its
striking exterior, to the state-of-the-art
acoustics of the hardwood-paneled
main auditorium, the 3.6-acre complex
embodies the unique energy and
creative spirit of the city of Los
Angeles and its orchestra. Join us as
we take a 1 hour docent lead tour of
this stunning building on Saturday,
Feb. 16. After touring the Hall, we will
head to the Beverly Center for lunch
and shopping. We will depart at
11 a.m. A $5 transportation fee is due
at sign-up.
Rose Bowl Flea Market
Welcome to the world’s most
unusual flea market and shopping
place of the stars. Featuring over
2,500 vendors and 15,000 to 20,000
buyers every month, the Rose Bowl
Flea Market is one of the most famous
markets in the world. Celebrating over
40 years of continued success at the
world famous Rose Bowl in Pasadena
California. If you come to shop or just
browse, you will truly enjoy the
experience. We will depart at 9 a.m.
on Sunday, Feb. 10. A $5
transportation fee is due at sign-up.
Admission at the flea market is $8 per
person, children under 12 are
admitted free with an adult.
Downtown Ventura
Vintage California.
Ventura’s Historic
Downtown Cultural
District is permeated
by early California history. Historic
homes, museums, boutiques, Mission
San Buenaventura, antique shops and
restaurants adorn our palm tree-lined
streets. Downtown epitomizes
Ventura’s loving embrace of all things
eclectic and unique as well as its
sensibility in preserving real California
heritage. Downtown Ventura is
located on the coast, 2.5 hours North
of Aliso Viejo. We will depart at 8:30
a.m. on Saturday, March 2. A $5
transportation fee is due at sign-up.
Farmers Market & The Grove
Shopping Center
Join us on Saturday, Feb. 9, as we
travel to the Farmers Market and The
Grove Shopping Center to see the
24th annual Mardi Gras celebration.
Enjoy live music, a parade band, face
painting for the kids, a Crazy Hat
decorating workshop and much more.
You’ll also have time to catch a movie,
shop or have lunch at one of the many
restaurants. Departure time is 11 a.m.
and transportation is complimentary
aboard the Shuttle.
Business Workshop - Social
Media and Promotion
The Aliso Viejo business
community is invited to take part in a
hands-on workshop designed to help
businesses succeed in the social
media era.
The business development workshop
and networking event will now take
place from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Saturday, Feb. 23, at Concordia
University at 1530 Concordia in Irvine.
The workshop will teach businesses
how to build a better, faster-growing
company. The City of Aliso Viejo is
sponsoring this workshop in an effort
to keep its business community
competitive in today’s marketplace.
For more information and to register,
visit http://oc100days.eventbrite.com
or call 949-495-6162.
February 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Universal City Walk
9:30 a.m. Departure
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9
Farmers Market
and the Grove
11 a.m. Departure
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14
Los Angeles
County Museum of
Art
9:30 a.m. Departure
Rose Bowl
Pasadena
9 a.m. Departure
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Getty Museum
9:30 a.m. Departure
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Walt Disney
Concert Hall Tour
& Beverly Center
11 a.m. Departure
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21
Calico Ghost Town
9 a.m. Departure
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Whale Watching
1 p.m. Departure
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