Talking Travel: Jan News 2024

VoyageLA: Niver is an Inspiring Story

Thank you VoyageLA for interviewing me for your Inspiring Stories from West LA! Conversation with Lisa Niver: Today we’d like to introduce you to Lisa Niver. Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got … Continued

Join us to Celebrate Joannie Parker on her Birthday

Please join us for a celebration of life for Joanne Parker on Saturday, November 7, 2020, at 2 p.m. via Zoom. What better day to celebrate Joannie than on what would have been her 87th birthday? To RSVP for the event, click here. The celebration is being organized by Joannie’s daughters, Alison ’83 and Sabrina, and … Continued

Remembering Joannie Parker!

Before COVID-19, we would have gathered this weekend in honor of Joannie Parker at the campus of the former Westlake School for Girls where she was my teacher and mentor. However, now we will gather May 8, 2021 instead. I miss my friend so very much. The video footage above is from Westlake reunion day … Continued

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Happy Birthday Joannie Parker!

Happy Birthday Joannie Parker! Today she would have been 86 years old. This photo is from 10 years ago when she was a 76 year-old bridesmaid at my wedding! I first met her in 1983 when she was my junior year English teacher and the following year my senior year Women’s Studies teacher at Westlake … Continued

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