 SAFE AND SOUND—The Dawoodjee family from Calabasas survive white water rafting on Mendenhall Lake in Juneau Maska. Towering behind them is the Mendenhall Glacier.  SOUTH OF THE BORDER—Juliet and Jensen Risko of Agoura Hills enjoy their visit to the Town Center of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.  ALOHA—Oak Park kids Hali and Raizi Simons show off The Acorn south of Makena Beach on Maui.  HITTING THE HIGH SEAS—Land ho! These residents recently sailed Cook’s Bay on Moorea Island, Tahiti. From left is John and Sue Chambers from Oak Park and Beata and Gerry Gill from Agoura Hills.  TIE ME KANGEROO DOWN, SPORT—Carolyn Zimring and Brian Zimring, the wife and son of Donald Zimring, Las Virgenes Unified School District deputy superintendent, introduce The Acorn to a Down Under resident. Read on, mate.  LITTLE HIKER—Three-year-old Christian Clausen of Agoura Hills isn’t daunted by the towering pine trees on Pine Mountain in Ojai.  SACRED GROUND— The Adivi family of OaPark—Carla, Jacob, Elan, Benji and Dan— celebrates Elan’s Bar Mitzvah at the WesterWall in Jerusalem.  A CAPITOL IDEA— Meril Platzer of Agoura Hills shares the local news at the Longworth-Rayburn building, one of the four main offices sed by the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.  CRUISIN’—Acorn readers enjoy a cruise on the Pride of America as it squeezes through the Panama Canal. Back row, from left, are Robbi Gelb of Calabasas; Jaclyn Gelb, Eric Chase, Cole Chase, Lisa Chase and Dakota Chase, all of Agoura Hills; and Rickey Gelb of Calabasas. Front row, from left, are Chloe Chase and Nikki Gelb, both of Agoura Hills.  BAY CITY ROLLERS—The E-Posse took The Acorn to San Francisco for a weekend of shopping. From left are Marsha Wasser of Agoura Hills; Nancy Taylor of Castaic; Katie Sharma and Ellen Kinberg, both of Westlake Village; and Susan Friedman from Oak Park. Let’s hope they found lots of good bargains.  CAVE DWELLERS—Suzy Cronk of Calabasas and her daughter, Laurie Smith of Virginia, and granddaughters Ginger and Lindsey try not to get lost inside Luray Caverns in Virginia, the largest caves east of the Mississippi. Suzy’s husband, Larry, took the photo.  BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE—These Oak Park kids brave the biggest snowstorm in 25 years at Mammoth. From left are Kevin Marks, Robyn Marks, Zachary Orens, Jake Orens and, in front, Sara Marks.  LOOK WHERE WE ARE—Emma and Dylan Gordon of Agoura Hills enjoy the view from their balcony overlooking a rainforest beside the Pacific Ocean in Quepos, Costa Rica.  CRATER KIDS—Bradley, Jonathan and Kayle Sears of Agoura Hills show off their Acorn at the Kilauea Crater on the Big Island of Hawaii.  JUST UNBEARABLE— The Brodskys of Agoura Hills hope they don’t meet a furry beast at the Lair of the Golden Bear family camp in the Sierras. In the photo are David, Lynette, Kelcie, Tanner and Hayden Broksky.  TAKE THE LAST TRAIN TO OAK PARK— The Bregman family of Oak Park visit the train station of another Oak Park, this one in Illinois. They saw the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway and the studio of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Pictured are Janet, Tom, Liora, 8, and Sarah, 10. |
