Ladera Ranch Magazine, the first high-end magazine to feature the award-winning and well-known community of Ladera Ranch, has announced that the magazine’s inaugural publication will be available in July, 2007. The magazine is a sophisticated, custom publication that talks to the residents that live in the area and will reinforce why the community of Ladera Ranch is one that provides people “a well-planned life.” Residents in neighboring cities will also receive the magazine via mail.“Ladera Ranch is a very unique place to live and the residents here deserve something that is a reflection of the community, and the people who live here,” said Publisher Devon Hocker. “We wanted a sophisticated, beautiful, magazine that not only looked superior in design & quality, but focused on the things that really make this master planned community an incredible place to call home.”
Set to publish every other month, the premier issue of Ladera Ranch Magazine will take on topics that are relevant to the community, such as the new San Juan Hills High School, favorite local resorts, insight on today’s financial market, tips on how to throw a backyard BBQ and activities to keep kids entertained this summer. Each issue will be beautifully produced and contain pertinent information to the area.
Website: www.laderaranchmagazine.com
2 comments:
I think your Magazine is amazing and captures our community exactly as it should. I did, however, have an unusual experience this week at Infusion restaurant and wrote a brief article, although I do not believe it meets the needs for your magazine. But if you have any suggestions where I can send the article, I would appreciate it. I have known Devon Hocker for several years and am very proud of what she is doing...Howard Cohen. Here is the article:
Tolerance in Ladera Ranch
March 12, 2008
I cannot remember ever writing an article to a local paper but after my experience this week, March 11, 2008, I felt compelled to put forth my limited writing skills to the local Ladera Ranch paper.
First of all, I want to acknowledge the patrons and staff at Infusion Restaurant in Ladera Ranch. I have always had wonderful service from the wait staff and the owners, Claire and Lonnie, not to mention their incredible food. The atmosphere is always upbeat, friendly, warm and inviting.
However, as noted above, I was dining with 3 friends, two from out of town and one local. We are all professionals and work in the related fields of Healthcare (a physician and national speaker, an international marketing rep. for a major medical device company, an Administrator of a large hospital system in Chicago, and a PhD candidate for Healthcare Accounting). We were enjoying our meal, as expected, seated next to the bar. At the bar was a couple, a man approximately late thirties and a woman who appeared in her early 40’s but not sure since she obviously had several surgical procedures and appeared to be inappropriately dressed for her age, i.e., trying to look younger than she was. Not a flattering sight but to each his/her own.
Well, as time went on, the couple at the bar became more enamored with each other and were becoming more “touchy feely” which seemed to make those nearby, including our table, a little uncomfortable. The woman began to look around and smile at the people nearby. She then looked over at our table and asked, in a very loud voice, “Are you Homo or Married?”
At first, we were not sure that she asked such an unusual question, considering one does not always exclude the other, but also that it seemed very inappropropriate, obnoxious, derogatory, and rude. Her intent seemed clear.
When I asked her “what did you ask?” she said “Are you married?” she then turned away, smiled at her male friend and began speaking on her cell phone. One of my table mates heard another woman at the bar ask this obviously rude lady if she had asked if we were Homo or married. Another table next to ours also commented to us on what a rude woman that was. They even commented on the woman’s obviously bad plastic surgery and that her behavior was probably due to surgical complications.
Well as for me and my tablemates, we seemed to have a solemn end of the meal. I felt that the pleasant experience had been reduced to a feeling of sadness and embarrassment, not only for ourselves but also for those around us. It seems that Tolerance in this case, was tolerating the bad behavior of a possibly drunk woman who had her own insecurities, possibly due to her difficulty with aging and losing her youth and vitality. The one way she could feel better about herself was to try and berate others.
I would like to thank those patrons that were appalled by this behavior and acknowledged another kind of tolerance. They genuinely wanted to let us know that we were ok and this woman was the aberrant one. I admire these patrons who were willing to stand up and say something rather than sit back and ignore this behavior. I hope we as a society have learned to stand up for our neighbors and not make the same mistakes that human society has unfortunately made in the past. From racial injustice to cultural cleansing.
Whether any one at our table was gay, straight, black, white, brown, Asian, Jewish, born again Christian or even Muslim, was not an issue. Just as I felt that this woman could perform as much plastic surgery as she wanted or could dress as (legally) inappropriate as she wished, it was her business and I would never go out of my way to make her feel bad about herself. However, after stewing about this event, I do hope she reads this article and DOES feel bad about her behavior and herself. Because, no matter how much surgery one has, no matter how many makeovers one does on themselves, their character cannot be changed; a tiger cannot change her stripes. But hopefully one day she may be more accepting of others. One positive note, she is obviously aging and hopefully she will mellow with age as many others have done before her.
I sincerely hope that no one else in our wonderful town of Ladera Ranch will have to experience such intolerance or obnoxious behavior. I was one of the first persons to move into Ladera and am very proud of our community. I hope we all can feel the same way and hope that Tolerance, for all, can become a mainstay of Ladera life.
Sincerely,
Howard Cohen
I think your Magazine is amazing and captures our community exactly as it should. I did, however, have an unusual experience this week at Infusion restaurant and wrote a brief article, although I do not believe it meets the needs for your magazine. But if you have any suggestions where I can send the article, I would appreciate it. I have known Devon Hocker for several years and am very proud of what she is doing...Howard Cohen. Here is the article:
Tolerance in Ladera Ranch
March 12, 2008
I cannot remember ever writing an article to a local paper but after my experience this week, March 11, 2008, I felt compelled to put forth my limited writing skills to the local Ladera Ranch paper.
First of all, I want to acknowledge the patrons and staff at Infusion Restaurant in Ladera Ranch. I have always had wonderful service from the wait staff and the owners, Claire and Lonnie, not to mention their incredible food. The atmosphere is always upbeat, friendly, warm and inviting.
However, as noted above, I was dining with 3 friends, two from out of town and one local. We are all professionals and work in the related fields of Healthcare (a physician and national speaker, an international marketing rep. for a major medical device company, an Administrator of a large hospital system in Chicago, and a PhD candidate for Healthcare Accounting). We were enjoying our meal, as expected, seated next to the bar. At the bar was a couple, a man approximately late thirties and a woman who appeared in her early 40’s but not sure since she obviously had several surgical procedures and appeared to be inappropriately dressed for her age, i.e., trying to look younger than she was. Not a flattering sight but to each his/her own.
Well, as time went on, the couple at the bar became more enamored with each other and were becoming more “touchy feely” which seemed to make those nearby, including our table, a little uncomfortable. The woman began to look around and smile at the people nearby. She then looked over at our table and asked, in a very loud voice, “Are you Homo or Married?”
At first, we were not sure that she asked such an unusual question, considering one does not always exclude the other, but also that it seemed very inappropropriate, obnoxious, derogatory, and rude. Her intent seemed clear.
When I asked her “what did you ask?” she said “Are you married?” she then turned away, smiled at her male friend and began speaking on her cell phone. One of my table mates heard another woman at the bar ask this obviously rude lady if she had asked if we were Homo or married. Another table next to ours also commented to us on what a rude woman that was. They even commented on the woman’s obviously bad plastic surgery and that her behavior was probably due to surgical complications.
Well as for me and my tablemates, we seemed to have a solemn end of the meal. I felt that the pleasant experience had been reduced to a feeling of sadness and embarrassment, not only for ourselves but also for those around us. It seems that Tolerance in this case, was tolerating the bad behavior of a possibly drunk woman who had her own insecurities, possibly due to her difficulty with aging and losing her youth and vitality. The one way she could feel better about herself was to try and berate others.
I would like to thank those patrons that were appalled by this behavior and acknowledged another kind of tolerance. They genuinely wanted to let us know that we were ok and this woman was the aberrant one. I admire these patrons who were willing to stand up and say something rather than sit back and ignore this behavior. I hope we as a society have learned to stand up for our neighbors and not make the same mistakes that human society has unfortunately made in the past. From racial injustice to cultural cleansing.
Whether any one at our table was gay, straight, black, white, brown, Asian, Jewish, born again Christian or even Muslim, was not an issue. Just as I felt that this woman could perform as much plastic surgery as she wanted or could dress as (legally) inappropriate as she wished, it was her business and I would never go out of my way to make her feel bad about herself. However, after stewing about this event, I do hope she reads this article and DOES feel bad about her behavior and herself. Because, no matter how much surgery one has, no matter how many makeovers one does on themselves, their character cannot be changed; a tiger cannot change her stripes. But hopefully one day she may be more accepting of others. One positive note, she is obviously aging and hopefully she will mellow with age as many others have done before her.
I sincerely hope that no one else in our wonderful town of Ladera Ranch will have to experience such intolerance or obnoxious behavior. I was one of the first persons to move into Ladera and am very proud of our community. I hope we all can feel the same way and hope that Tolerance, for all, can become a mainstay of Ladera life.
Sincerely,
Howard Cohen
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