"The Source" - A New Movie With Ties To Los Feliz

The Source of Los Feliz

Forty-one years ago Los Feliz was home to the hippie cult, The Source Family. That’s name of a new documentary by Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille.

The Source Family was founded by Jim Baker, a World War II hero from Cincinnati who ended up being called Father Yod. 

They not only lived in Los Feliz, but also had a health food restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, which is now Cabo Catina. 

They were typical hippies; they meditated, practiced yoga, had names like Sunflower and practiced free love.

Their first home here was the Chandler Georgian-style mansion. They called it the Mother House. Not surprisingly the Chandlers did not renew Father Yod’s lease after a year.

 They did not go far. They were able to move to Nichols Canyon in a house built by Catherine Deneuve. Though it was closer to the restaurant, which was nice, it was also only a three bedroom home and they had 140 people living there.  

You can find the film on iTunes. It opened on Friday, May 17th at the Sundance Sunset Cinema in Los Angeles, CA. You can buy the DVD for $16.98 only with other items at http://www.thesourcedoc.com/. 

It's Time to Think About What to Do with the Kids This Summer

With summer only a month away, now is the time to think about activities for the kids. 

Summer camp is a great way to give yourself a break while giving your children memories that they will cherish and experiences that will empower them for life.  There is a camp for every child but here are five to get the ball rolling all just a hop, skip, and/or jump from Los Feliz!

 Summer Art Academy  

Summer Art Academy offers 4 types of camps. Art Camp for ages 7-11 offers activities such as cooking, ceramics, magic, theatre, fencing and woodworking just to name a few.  Art Camp 101 5-6 is a great tester day camp for your younger kids. Cooking Camp for ages 7-16 will ,have your kids making blueberry muffins, cheese raviolis, quiche and fudge. Clay Camp for ages 6-14 kids will learn how to use a potter’s wheel. They will make pinch pots, coil vessels. Also they will learn decorating and glazing.  

Center Stage Dance 

This camps limits campers to 12 so each camper gets a ton of individual attention. Their camps run in two week session for ages 3-4, 5-6, 7-11 and 9-12. During those two weeks your aspiring dance star will study ballet, jazz and hip hop along with singing and acting. At the end of the two weeks there will be an informal representation at the studio for family and friends. 

Rising Star Musical Theatre Troupe

Rising Star Musical Theatre Troupe is the place for your aspiring actor or singer to go. They will get to do full productions, learning the business of great theater from the ground up. Each session is overseen and taught by experienced artists that will teach your superstar everything they need to know to rise to their dreams.

Sports Plus Day Camp

Specializing in summer day camps and winter day camps. We also offer one of the best sports day camp programs available in Southern California. All programs for children to teens ages 5 to 14.

Tom Sawyer Camps

Our All American summer and winter day camp offers our summer and winter sports training programs, special events and overnight trips. Activities include, Disneyland Trips, Beach Days, Knott's Berry Farm, movies, rollerblading, boogie boarding, hiking, biking, camping, swimming, and more!

Los Feliz Living Gets the Real Dirt about Minnie Driver's "Mystery Man"

I like to know my town.  I think it's my BUSINESS to know my town, so in an effort to keep you all informed as well, I tried to cover a lot of different ground.

​Sometimes that includes celebrity gossip because let's face it, this is Los Feliz and a lot of celebrities live around here.  

One of the top celebrity sitings of the week around here was Minnie Driver being seen out several times with a "mystery man" - we picked up the story from the daily mail here, then tweeted it out like we always do.

​Cut to Minnie herself (who looks as gorgeous as ever) picking up on our tweeter post and setting the record straight.  

​Glad we could help set the record straight.  All in a day's work.  :)