May 2014 Issue - MarinaCityClub.net

A Publication of Marina City Club
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Starters
Traditional Albondigas Soup
Cabo Caesar Salads
Home Made Fresh Guacamole
Tortilla Chips, Salsa Mexicana
and Sour Cream
Entrees
Steak Fajitas
with Corn & Flour Tortillas
Chile Relleno & Chicken Enchiladas
Mexican Style Sea Bass
Shredded Beef Taquitos
Famous Michoacan Carnitas
Refried Pinto Beans & Mexican Rice
Sautéed Mexican Squash with
Ranchero Cheese
Dessert
Tres Leches Cake - Assorted Pastries
Mexican Flan and Rice Pudding
Fresh Fruit, Ice Cream and More
$21.95 per person
Service and tax additional
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Sunday, May 11
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May 2014
11:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Chilled Gulf Jumbo Shrimp, Alaskan Crab Claws
Spicy Cocktail Sauce, Lemons, and Tabasco Sauce
Norwegian Smoked Salmon
Variety of Bagels with Cream Cheese and Jelly
Breakfast Breads, French Toast, Biscuits with Gravy
California Mixed Greens with dressing and condiments
Grilled Vegetables Salad with Feta Cheese
OMELETS & BELGIAN WAFFLES PREPARED TO ORDER
CARVING STATION
Slow Roasted Black Angus Prime Rib of Beef
with Natural Au Jus and Creamy Horseradish
Ginger Honey Glaze Ham
HOT ENTRÉES
Crispy Bacon and Farmer John Sausages Links
Cheese Blintz with Strawberry Sauce, Traditional Eggs Benedict
Pan-Baked Salmon Filet with Shallot Lemon Sauce
Champagne Chicken Breast on a Bed of Steamed Spinach
Rosemary Roasted Red Creamers Potatoes
Wild Rice Pilaf , Fresh Seasonal Vegetables, Vegetarian Quiche
DESSERT STATION
Chocolate Fountain with Variety Condiments
Assorted Pastries and Seasonal Sliced Fresh Fruit
Chef Selection of Cakes & Pies, Gelato, and much more
Reservations
Required
with a
credit card at
Ext 215
$41.95 per person
Kids 12 & Under
$17.95
Service and tax
additional
Restaurant
News
By Candace Miller,
Food & Beverage Director
Happy May Sun
and Showers MCC!
ur Cinco de Mayo Party will be
Ocelebrated on Monday, May 5th. The
Chef has created amazing Mexican buffet
to enjoy. Please note, we will not be
featuring room service, the regular dinner
menu, Monday chicken special or the early
bird that night. Mariachi will be with us from
7-9 p.m. Table reservations highly
recommended at Ext 215.
Sunday, May 11th - MOTHER’S DAY
CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH! We love all our
Mom’s and Grandmom’s here at MCC and
welcome you to come spend the day with
our “all you care to enjoy” Sunday brunch
from 11:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. We only host
three brunches per year, so be sure to
come enjoy the flowing Mimosa’s and the
spread Chef Jesus will prepare. Brunch
price for adults will be $41.95++, Kids 12 &
under $18.95++ and under 5 are Free! We
will have live music featuring a Jazz
Quartet.
Monday, May 26th- MEMORIAL DAY BBQ
by the Oval pool from 1-5 p.m. $25 adultsincludes tax and tip, kids 12 & under $15, 5
& under FREE! We will be accepting
payment at the door. Cash bar inside,
along with music from our Favorite Band
The Belmont Bettys from 1-5 p.m. Our
Henna and Face Painters will not be joining
us this time. Please note, the dining room
will not be open that evening.
Every Wednesday in May we will waive
the corkage fee for 750 mL bottle of wine,
with the purchase of an entrée per person,
with a max of 3 bottles per table. This offer
is only available at dinner tables, not at the
bar. Get through Humpday with some vino
and great dinner!
Taco Tuesday will return after the
summer!!
Thanks for your patronage and support.
~The Restaurant and Café Staff
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MARINA CITY CLUB
4333 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
(310) 822-0611
www.marinacityclub.net
Message from the
President
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Jerry Simonoff
President, Treasurer, CFO
Marie Rassman
Vice President/Secretary
Mark Fleischman
Director
David Raphel
Director
Gary Rochelle
Director
MCC CLUB COUNCIL
Don Mantarro
David Raphel
Vivienne Versace
Tommie Jackson
MARINA CITY CLUB STAFF
Susan Larson
General Manager
Catriona McCarthy
Assistant Manager
Rose Judkins
Director of Resident Services
Susan Stohrer
Director of Fitness Center
Gene Desrochers
Tennis Director
Mark Baldus
Director of Engineering
Levood Lopez
Director of Property Services
MARINA LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE
Marina Lifestyle Magazine
is a monthly publication of
the Marina City Club.
For editorial information,
please contact the
Executive Office:
phone:
(310) 822-0611, Ext. 236
fax:
(310) 578-4905
e-mail:
[email protected]
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By Jerry Simonoff, President of the Marina City Club
Condominium Owners Association, Inc.
[email protected]
s most of you already know the 2014 Election for Board of
Director Members has been successfully concluded. At this
election only two of the five board positions were up for
election. The newly elected members for the two year term to end in
2016 were Carole Barlin and Tom Hallick. The retiring Board members
are Marie Rassman (termed out) and David Raphel. I know we all
want to thank both Marie and David for their devoted efforts on our
behalf. It was a rewarding
experience to work with both of
these dedicated and intelligent
people, who have shown over and
over, that their sole motivation was
to provide the best for our
community. They put a great deal
of effort into what, in many
cases,were time consuming and
difficult tasks. Serving with them
has been a privilege.
Because this letter was written
Tom Hallick and Carole Barlin
in mid April, due to required printing
lead times, the officer and
Management Council positions have not yet been finalized. You will
be notified as soon as this is completed.
I’m sure all of us welcome and thank Carole Barlin and Tom Hallick
for agreeing to join the Board. I look forward to having them on our
team, and working with them to help us keep the Marina City Club a
wonderful place to live as well as a financially sound organization.
Mixed Doubles
Championship
he mixed doubles tennis tournament at MCC
was fabulous this year! We had eight teams
competing in the Gold Division and two in the
Silver Division. New members, Jon Dennis and Kristen
Marquis won out over long time members and tough
partners, John McIntyre and Ellen Travis, 6-1, 6-3 in a
fun match on court number 3.
The Gold Division had the defending champs,
Nancy Closson and Mike Levitt at the top of the draw
and Joan and Stephen Hall at the bottom. We
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Mike Levitt and Nancy Closson defeated Joan and
Stephen Hall
featured a double-elimination draw that was
completed in one day! Joan and Stephen got
through Jim Richards and Lucy Walker in the first
round, then fought out a tough match with Carlos
Dunkerly and Donna Leventhal in the semis. Big
hitting by the men and consistency by the women
made this match contentious, but again the Halls
prevailed. In the top half, Mike and Nancy played
Marva and Bill Baumgart in a very tight set 6-4. Next
they competed with Maryella and Bill Pegnato.
Nancy and Mike pulled that one out 6-2, but the
points were good. In the last main draw match,
Nancy and Mike edged the Halls, 7-5.
In the back draw, the Baumgarts played great to
get through their first match against Marv Benson and
Linda de Villers before succumbing to Carlos and
Donna, 6-3. Lucy and Jim beat out Mike Skolnik and
Sheelagh Boyd to play the Pegnatos, but Bill and
Maryella proved too much as they went through 6-1.
The Pegnatos battled it out against Carlos and
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Donna for the right to
play the single-loss
Halls. In the end,
Carlos and Donna got
to the back-draw finals
6-4 over Bill and
Maryella. Stephen and
Joan were determined
to have a rematch
with Mike and Nancy,
as they struggled
through a very game
team in Donna and
Carlos, 7-5.
The finals were
amazing! Mike and
Nancy started out icecold and the Halls took
advantage, winning 9
Silver Champs Jon Dennis
of the first 10 games in
and Kristen Marquis
the match for a 6-1, 30 lead. Nancy and Mike kept egging each other
on to stay strong and focused in the face of the
excellent play of Joan and Stephen's monster
serve. Slowly, the ship turned as Mike and Nancy
kept shot after shot in play and forced errors from
the slightly pressing Halls. They evened the set at
4-4, then momentum shifted as they closed out the
set with a strong hold by Mike. The final set was
decided by a ten-point tiebreaker. It went back
and forth with long
rallies and careful
lobs before
someone would
attempt an
offensive shot only
to have it thwarted
by the speedy
footwork of Mike or
Joan or the quick
hands of Stephen
or Nancy. Finally,
the score arrived at
9-9. The players
were tense and
again, careful, high
percentage tennis
prevailed as Mike
snuck a lob over
Joan's head and
then forced a net
cord error, to end
the match 11-9 in
Silver Finalists John McIntyre
and Ellen Travis
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the tiebreaker. Scintillating tennis on a
gorgeous afternoon with 40 MCC spectators
watching and enjoying barbeque at court #1
ended with another classic final, 1-6, 6-4, 11-9 as
Mike and Nancy won for a third straight year!
Thanks to all the players who participated.
Our next tournament is the Doubles
Championships on May 17th. Sign up with
Gene today!
Fans enjoyed good weather and great tennis
“Da Body Serve”
erving into the body, particularly in
doubles can be extremely effective. Three
reasons the body serve works so well:
1. People do not expect it. Everyone is always
looking for the ace or trying to cover the angles
on the return of serve. When it comes right at
them, many players are startled.
2. It is safe. When looking at a second serve,
placing it in the middle of the box is much
easier than trying to create angles. You don't
have to hit it hard if you hit with some kick or
slice so that the ball keeps moving into the
forehand, that's right, the forehand, hip (right
hip for a righty and left hip for a lefty), then it is
more about the placement than the power.
That said, a hard, flat serve right at 'em also
works well!
3. Although you rarely get aces out of body
serves, you do get floaters that your partner can
pop for a winner, which makes holding serve
easy and makes your partner feel good about
his contribution!
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To practice: Set up a basket or a box right in the
corner of the baseline where most people stand to
return serve, then try to hit a serve that goes over
or hits the basket after it hits the service box.
Remember, it's more about where the serve crosses
the baseline than where it lands in the box when
you go into the body.
TENNIS COURT
WASHING SCHEDULE
Courts 1 & 2:
Tuesday, May 6 • 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Court 3:
Tuesday, May 13 • 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Court 4:
Tuesday, May 13 • 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
Mixed Doubles Gang 2014
Courts 5 & 6:
Tuesday, May 20 • 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Susan Stohrer, Fitness Director
Memorial Day Hours
7 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Private Swim Lessons & Group Clinics
Now available at MCC
Adults & Children (3 yrs and older) All levels
$30/half hour $60/hour
(*multiple session discounts available)
For more information and to set up an appointment,
call Sue Stohrer (310) 822-0611 x222
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www.marinacityclub.net
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
May 2014
Wednesday
Thursday
1 Dining &
2
3
7 Prix Fixe
Dinner
Early Bird Spec. Cardio Tennis
8:30-9:30 a.m. Specials
$11.95++
Court 3
Early Bird Spec.
Prix Fixe
5-6:30 p.m.
Dinner
No corkage
Specials
Bridge Night 13
14 Prix Fixe
Dinner
Cardio
Tennis
Early Bird Spec.
Specials
8:30-9:30
a.m.
$11.95++
Court 3
Early Bird Spec.
Prix Fixe
5-6:30 p.m.
Dinner
No corkage
Specials
8 Dining &
9
10
15 Dining &
16
17
5 Bridge Night 6
CInco de
Mayo Party
Mother’s Day Early Bird
Specials
Brunch
5-6:30 p.m.
Saturday
Prix Fixe
Dinner
Specials
Save The Dates:
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Friday
Dancing w/
Stack of 45s
Happy Hour
5-7 p.m.
(Bar only)
Dancing w/
Michael
Forbes
Happy Hour
5-7 p.m.
(Bar only)
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19 Bridge Night 20
22 Dining &
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26 Bridge Night27
29 Dining &
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25
Early Bird
Specials
5-6:30 p.m.
Memorial Day
BBQ withthe
Belmont Bettys
21 Prix Fixe
Dinner
Cardio
Tennis
Early Bird Spec.
8:30-9:30 a.m. Specials
$11.95++
Court 3
Early Bird Spec.
Prix Fixe
5-6:30 p.m.
Dinner
No corkage
Specials
28 Prix Fixe
Dinner
Cardio Tennis
Early Bird Spec.
Specials
8:30-9:30
a.m.
$11.95++
Court 3
Prix Fixe
Early Bird Spec.
Dinner
5-6:30 p.m.
Specials
No corkage
Dancing w/
Belmont
Bettys
Happy Hour
5-7 p.m.
(Bar only)
Dancing w/
Sonny &
Friends
Happy Hour
5-7 p.m.
(Bar only)
Dancing w/
Summerwind
Happy Hour
5-7 p.m.
(Bar only)
www.marinacityclub.net
Welcome
New Members
Bella Mar Salon
is here for you!!
Brenda Bollinger
We provide all
hair services,
facials, waxing
and acupuncture.
Jonathan Dennis
Iselin Isaksen
Kristen Marquis
Anne Scully
Nicholas Wajda
Salon Phone Number:
310-305-4009
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10-5
Stop in and
check us out!
We are located down
the hall from the Gym
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Memorial Day Celebration!
Monday, May 26
Starters
Patriotic Potato Salad • Macaroni Salad with Golden Raisins
Nutty Confetti Cole-Slaw with Pineapple
Entrees
Baby Back Barbecue Pork Ribs • Traditional Spicy Barbecue Chicken
Black Angus Ground Chuck Burgers • Kosher Beef Franks and Turkey Dogs
Baked Beans and Corn on the Cob
Desserts
Fresh Seasonal Fruit, Brownies & Cookies, Ice Cream and Much More
Buffet from 1-4:30 p.m.
$25.00 includes Tax and Tip
Cash Bar
Kids 6-12 $15 • 5 & Under – FREE!
Reservations required with a credit card – Ext 215
Closed Monday night for dinner service.
4333 Admiralty Way
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
310.822.0611
www.marinacityclub.net