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club Members,

In July, The Los Angeles Athletic Club served as one of many host Towns for the Special Olympics World games. Our host Town consisted of a delegation of 27 athletes and coaches from Colombia. For 3 days, we housed these athletes at the Club. When the group arrived, we held a welcome reception on the roof, which included several dignitaries, including Miss Colombia. We raised the Colombian flag on our rooftop and it remained there through the duration of the Special Olympics games. Over the course of two days, we toured the delegation around LA and hollywood and we showed them many cultural sights. On their final evening here, we bused them to the California Yacht Club for a waterside dinner, followed by a sunset harbor cruise on one of the FantaSea Yachts. Many of these athletes have never seen the ocean or experienced a boat ride. Following the host Town experience, the athletes were taken to their respective housing centers at uSc or ucLA.

during the games, many of our employees and members cheered the Colombian athletes in the sports of soccer, swimming and track. Several medals were earned, but more importantly, they competed and made their country proud. It was incredibly rewarding for me to see the enthusiasm and energy these athletes displayed. I want to thank our employees who organized the host Town experience, as well as our members of the Board of governors who helped chaperone the athletes to the various downtown sights.

Thank you to our partners for generously donating time and services during our host Town: downtown Concierge, LLC for providing transportation throughout the three days, LdS Church for a wonderful picnic lunch at the California Science Center, Celebrity Sweat Team for a fun workout on the basketball court with MMA Legend, Big John McCarthy and celebrity trainer Eric the Trainer, the Exceptional Children’s Foundation for the incredible reception and interactive art showcase, Vespaio Restaurant for a delicious five course meal, 7-11 on Sunset and Alvarado for the amazing welcome and lunch. Thanks to California Yacht Club and FantaSea Yachts for a memorable send off for our delegation. The Special Olympics Southern California is an organization that the LAAC has partnered with for many years through the John Wooden Award. Each year we host the Special Olympics basketball athletes for a fun basketball tournament over the Wooden Award weekend. Our Wooden Award finalists act as guest coaches for the teams and they do a great job of interacting and having fun with the players. We’re proud to be affiliated with this organization and very happy to have participated in their World games.

Steve hathaway

A MEssAgE fRoM thE pREsidEnt

LAAC 2015 RACquEtBALL touRnAMEnt our club recently held an in-house racquetball singles ladder tournament. It provided members the first officiated matches in many years that allowed them to rank their skills. Sixteen players competed in two divisions of eight over a period of 4 weeks. Everyone involved had a good time and found that the tourney atmosphere helped raise their level of play. All in all, quite rewarding. The winner of division A was Mark Nordbrock.The winner of division B was Saro Tuna. congratulations to both gentlemen. they helped set a great standard of play and sportsmanship.

Mark Nordbrock Saro tuna

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Once a catalyst for some of the city’s most influential friendships and business ventures, the historic fourth floor Blue Room has reopened its doors, reinvented and remod-elled in partnership with British designer Timothy Oulton.

Cosy and relaxing, with an edge of drama and intrigue, the Blue Room retains a strong sense of its erstwhile allure in a fresh, modern setting. huge comfortable leather wing chairs sit with repurposed drum side tables, while vibrantly-coloured Chesterfields invite conversation under the glow of a chandelier crafted from real laboratory test tubes. Every nook reveals vintage curiosities, from sporting trophies to Timothy Oulton’s striking Match Point artwork, created from old wooden tennis rackets.

According to LAAC general manager Steve hathaway: “The collaboration is a blend of two iconic brands that represent heritage, quality, and the celebration of a holistic lifestyle, which balances pleasure and productivity."

The story of Timothy Oulton began in 1976 with a small antique shop owned by Tim’s dad. Profoundly influenced by his love of antiques, his father’s military background, and an inherent affection for British heritage, Tim created an authentic, visionary brand with a deep commitment, integrity and a passion to deliver the extraordinary. today, Timothy Oulton is a world-wide luxury brand with a global presence.

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LAAC has a long tradition of being a place where membership included many social benefits. The first LAAC social club, the Uplifters, was founded by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wizard of Oz, in 1913 to “uplift art, promote good fellowship, and build a closer acquaintance” among the members. Because “elevating art” was one of the primary goals of the group, the members consisted of many creative professionals, such as musicians, writers, artist, poets, and philosophers.

The Uplifters met weekly in the Blue Room for lunch and at monthly dinners with themes and entertainment. Their various recreational, entrepreneurial, and charitable activities shaped both the Los Angeles Athletic club and the history of Los Angeles. Their members helped design the lighting system for downtown L.A. and were instrumental in bringing the 1932 olympic games to Los Angeles.

Well-known members of the LAAC Uplifters included:hal Roach – Film Producer, hal Roach StudiosTed Shawn – dancer, deni-shawn dance troupeWill Rogers – Actor (Cowboy/Western Films)george Arliss – Actor (Academy Award Winner)Busby Berkeley – Film director & ChoreographerIrvin S. Cobb – JournalistMichael Curtiz – director (Casablanca)Arthur Lake – Actor (dagwood and Blondie Series)harold Lloyd – Actor & Founding Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & SciencesLewis Stone – Actor & Academy Award Nomineedarryl Zanuck – head of Twentieth - Century Fox Studios

Each year, the Uplifter Outing included a circus parade on Sat-urday afternoon, when members dressed in their most outland-ish costumes and paraded through the wooded grounds. This prize-winning five some included writer Irvin S. Cobb, on the far right. Courtesy, George and Onis Rice.

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I am jealous of Antonio diaz. And I haven’t even met him yet.

You’d think I was interviewing a starchitect or a Top Chef Master. “Antonio: The Filmmaker.” “Antonio, The Storyteller.” Everyone at LAAC smiles at the mere mention of his name. If the club had a web channel, Everyone Loves Antonio would play on a revolving loop.

When I arrive for the interview, a staff member gawks, “Ohhhh; you’re sched-uled with AnTONio?!” My mind begins to spin threads of intrigue. Am I secret-ly holding a Q&A in the Blue Room with President Obama under his Secret Service code name, “Antonio diaz”? Wink, wink.

This diaz guy is starting to chafe my inbred artist’s insecurity.

I’m guided to the Blue Room: a re-imagined speakeasy whose only entry is a flight of steep steps behind a prohibition-era hidden door. The whole experi-ence has a grenadine-sipping, gun moll kind of vibe to it.

There he sits, at ease in his favorite modern maraschino-cherry leather chair, framed by wall art configured from vintage wooden tennis rackets. diaz im-mediately leaps to his feet; smiles easily. I’m sensing warmth, kindness; not pretension. Is he faking it? But as I’ll soon discover in my interview, Antonio diaz actually means it.

Authentic. Yes, that’s the word that comes to mind upon meeting Antonio. No iPhone 6 pasted to his ear; no airs. Savvy, but not jaded. Ambitious, but not arrogant. And he actually shows up on time - VERY un-L.A. I’m wavering between suspicion and starting to like the guy - jealously be damned.

generationally, diaz is one of those ubiquitous millennial entrepreneurs, or more derisively - a YUCCIE – Young Urban Creatives that have flocked to downtown L.A. The under-30 set that brought us Facebook, Instagram and Snap-Chat has made authenticity their Biblical mantra. They harbor outright disdain for advertising or the mere idea of being “sold to.” They are foodists and aficionados of wine and spirits, but only when liberated from their tradi-tional starchy pretension. Their idea of the good life is a common reclaimed wood table shared with good friends, hand-crafted spirits and delectable cui-sine served on mismatched plates in a cramped, start-up space, lorded over by some rising, wunkerkind chef.

To capture this millennial, artisan-centric lifestyle, diaz founded magazines – not the ad-stuffed glossies you see at the supermarket. And not the kind of Buzzfeed-infected periodicals hidden behind online pay walls. his magazines - Life & Thyme and In good Spirits are printed on matte paper, contain no ads and are full of dense, exquisite storytelling rarely experienced outside the pages of The New Yorker.

Under the Life & Thyme banner, diaz has also produced spare, artful short films profiling L.A. artisan purveyors and chefs. Calls from big brands soon started pouring in.

We sit across from one another under the Blue Room’s ceiling-high stacked “book pillar” and copper-plated bar. I throw him a bit of a confrontative open-ing salvo. A scorching first serve, just to see how he volleys back.

LAAC: So really; what is your story?

Antonio Diaz: I was born. (laughs) I guess I would start with my Mexican-American family. My parents were immigrants. A lot about how I see life; run-ning a business; my general drive to hustle – that all came from my father. At any given time he worked three jobs to provide for our family. he worked so much that I didn’t get to see him that much. But when I did see him, it was magical.

In 2001, when I was 13, my dad was diagnosed with cancer. Six months later, he passed away. That moment right there was the pivotal point in my life. I had to grow up quickly. As soon as I got a computer I was trying to start a

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People my age (diaz is 28 years old) don’t go to Yelp reviews; they go to Instagram to see what is hip and cool where their friends are going. Their bullsh*t radar is off the charts. They know when they’re being sold to. You can’t sell something unless it has context. it has to be more genuine. the best stories are the ones that are more authentic.

LAAC: You’ve also expanded Life & Thyme into film production. how did that happen?

AD: I befriended the guys at handsome Coffee [in dTLA’s Arts district]. I wanted to catch that vibe, tell a story, be creative. So we made a two-minute film about them and it exploded on-line. We got a ton of hits, and it places Life & Thyme on some sort of map. Then we start to get hit-up by brands. That was the turning point. We went from a media company to a media production company.

LAAC: So you dreamed up this idea for a short film and then just went out and did it?!

AD: I’m self-taught in basically everything - how to publish, shoot, produce - all of it I learned through experience. I made mistakes, but surrounded myself with A+ players. There’s so much medi-ocrity out there. i thought everything needed a higher standard.

LAAC: how has downtown L.A. figured into what you’re trying to do?

AD: [Years ago] no one wanted to come downtown - it was a place where you thought you’d get shot! But chefs and restau-rateurs saw it as fertile land and believed in downtown when no one did.

Also, no one wants to buy a big house anymore. It’s a shar-ing economy now. People want a cooler urban experience. They want to feel more connected; more creative.

Everyone loves to critique L.A., but now, even New Yorkers love it. L.A. is now probably one of the most important cities in America. It’s very exciting to be a part of it.

LAAC: how did you first become involved with LAAC?

AD: [LAAC’s Website developers] connected us to the club. They said, “We need photography for their new website. Let’s meet up at the club.” It was actually my first time visiting here.

The moment I walked in, I thought, “I love this place already.” I’m a hopeless romantic. I love the ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s and I felt like it was preserved right here in this building. All I could think was, “Why is this the first time I’m here?” There’s just history in every room. I love LAAC’s respect for heritage. You just fall in love with being transported to a different era. When you walk in, you become a lady; you become a gentleman. It’s like Mr. Porter or Mad Men.

So then we produced a photo shoot that portrayed all the differ-ent aspects of the club - food, athletics, the hotel. The challenge was: how do you create romance in a space? how do you tell a story through just an image? I love how an image can por-tray a sense of feeling: �I want to have a cocktail at Invention (LAAC's new bar/restaurant). I want to swim in that pool. I want to be eating that food.� I wanted to form a relationship. I be-came fascinated.

business; trying to make money. I liked the hustle; the grind. I didn’t really thrive in the traditional school system. I didn’t like working for other people; I wanted to do my own thing; be an entrepreneur.

LAAC: What drew you into creativity and storytelling?

AD: Creativity can’t be taught; but you can learn the tools. I love to learn but on my own terms and through my own experience. If you tell me that pan is hot, I want to touch it myself. Then I know what it really feels like. I could hack systems, but not school, so I got into web design. I co-founded a branding agency called Toi that worked with a lot of start-up technology companies in San Fran-cisco. That was where I learned how to work with creative - pho-tographers, designers, writers. But I didn’t really feel fulfilled. I was scheming on the side, because I wanted something of my own. So I started to dabble in food right about when the food culture started to explode in LA.

LAAC: Is your love of food something that comes from your family?

AD: With most immigrant households, food is connected to your family. Sitting around a table with your family and friends - that’s how problems were solved. That’s how you started feeling con-nected.

When I was a kid, I didn’t realize the amazing food my mom was making. I was jealous that my friends were at Mcdonald’s. We ate it every once in a while. It was a big event to get a meal outside of the home. It wasn’t until I grew up that I realized how terrible the food industry could be.

One of the turning points for me was when I read this book - The Omnivore’s dilemma - that’s like my bible. It focuses on the indus-trialized food complex - how everything is made from corn; how the well-being of animals is just atrocious. I read that and I was freaked out…about the crap I – and the rest of America - was eating.

LAAC: So there’s also an element of reporting or journalism that motivated you to found Life & Thyme?

AD: I was having a hard time finding quality stories about good food. It was either textbook information or tabloid-centric media. There were restaurant reviews but something was missing - the cre-ative perspective where you could tell stories about food. I’m a huge lover of quality storytelling. I love reading the NEW YORKER.

Food is something we all have in common; something we can all get behind. I thought, “We’re all learning about food culture - why don’t we just document where we are going?”

I also wanted a playground to explore my interests; whether it was film or photography. We just started to create content. We had no contributors; no followers - we were nobodies; but the presentation was something - it made us look bigger than we were.

I don’t have any experience in publishing - didn’t come from a culi-nary background - but I felt like our unbiased perspective would be appealing.

LAAC: Life & Thyme was also conceived around the unique way millennials consume media.

AD: If you look at traditional food media - the glossy periodicals – it’s either “Look, it’s a Top Ten List”, or “The Top Five Places a Chef Eats.” It’s all surface-level. I love food but I care about people more.

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LAAC: You’re also working on a new video project for LAAC?

AD: They were going through a renovation of the Blue Room and they showed me the space beforehand. It was a blank slate and everyone was dreaming up what the Blue Room could be. Then we connected with (Blue Room designer) Timothy Oulton.

[LAAC Assistant general Manager] Cory [hathaway] suggested, “What if we do a video documenting the process of the Blue Room renovation?” So we filmed it and now we’re in post-production. I’m really excited about it.

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futuRE's pAst: LAAC’s nEw BLuE

Los Angeles is not San Francisco. The difference can be summed up in two words: Painted. Ladies. In LA., the term most likely refers to a female tattoo artist or some kind of hipster burlesque show. In San Francisco, the term describes those immaculately preserved historic Victorian/Edwardian row homes built from the 1849-1915. Ever notice there are virtually no such buildings in L.A.? Bunker hill, overlooking downtown LA., was once home to a bevy of gingerbread house-trimmed Victorian mansions. They exist only in digital photo databases now. The grove of historic pre-war structures was bulldozed in a craze of 1960s downtown redevelopment. The few Victorians pre-served and relocated out of Bunker hill were eventually torched by vandals. Tough town.

Not to throw shade on our fair city, but let’s face it, L.A. is the place that eats its old ANd its young. It’s a place moving forward so fast, there’s no thought to looking back. here, on the edge of the continent, “new” is the new black. LA is the gauzy future unbound by past experiences and failures. And by nature, this attitude is logical. Only humans are nostalgic. The California King Snake doesn’t hang his molten skin on a wall and wax poetic about it.

But then, the L.A. Athletic Club’s new Blue Room happened. It’s as if someone said, “hang on to that baby; we can always refresh the bathwater.”

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From its opening in 1912, the original Blue Room was an exclusive space that served the club’s most elite members. Its walls

hosted “meetings” of the infamous Uplifter Club – a vir-tual mafia of hollywood glitterati including Walt disney,

Frank Baum and Clark gable. And prohibition didn’t break up the party either. Someone just installed a steep, narrow staircase entrance to the room and then locked it behind a secret door. But much like those dearly departed Bunker hill Victorians before it, the Blue Room fell into aban-donment once tippling bourbon ceased to be a crime codified in the U.S. Constitution.

So when the LAAC recently decided to renovate/re-open the space, they did something few car-crazed

Angelenos do: they checked their rearview mirror.

Instead of designing a “hipster heaven” festooned with media screens and go-go dancer cages, the club hired timo-

thy Oulton – a designer with British provenance and a penchant for all things antique. The renovation brought a copper-plated bar and precisely-poured single malt scotches. décor centerpieces include a spiraling floor-to-ceiling pillar of hardback books (yes; actual “books”). Plus, what appears to be Bjorn Borg’s lost Wimbledon wooden racquet collection serves as a striking wall treatment. With its woolen grey tennis balls as accents, the art piece conjures sepia images of ladies tip-toeing the baseline in ankle-length white skirts. Yet clearly, the Blue Room’s final unified design feels simultaneously vin-tage and modern. It is neither ironic about, nor hagiographic towards a temporarily lost era. This isn’t some dusting off the past; it is a re-imagination of it. The Blue Room is like a user-friendly guide of historic context that lets us know someone great was here before us; that we didn’t actually invent physical fitness or The Manhattan. These wonderful things already existed long before us and now we’re rediscovering and enjoying them again. Context is the missing word from most L.A. design presentations. Ironi-cally, the Blue Room does something that is leading edge and distinctly L.A. It uses heritage and context to inform our appreciation of the pres-ent. No matter what colors you choose, Painted Ladies will always be repre-sentative of their era. The Blue Room is something else. Literally.

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fEAtuREd CLAssEs At LAAC spoRts stREtChMondAys 11:30-12:15 pMZhAnnA (6)Make this total-body stretch part of your pre-game ritual. En-hance your recovery, improve your performance, and reduce your injury potential with this rejuvenating stretching session. CARdio hip hopwEdnEsdAys 7:30-8:45 pMdAVid (8Mp)Sweat your buns off as you learn the latest choreography in a non-stop cardio and muscle-toning dance workout. All levels.

MoRning stREtChfRidAys 7:00-7:55 AMChERyL (7)Start your day with this total-body stretch. Enhance your re-covery, improve your performance, and increase your overall sense of well-being with this rejuvenating stretching session.

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BAskEtBALLThe Los Angeles Athletic Club is pleased to announce the selection of its newest Basketball committee. The Chairperson of the com-mittee is Mr. Abdel Reid and the committee members are Mike Farhat, Steve Ishisaka, Wellington Phillips, Allen Sliwa, gabi Varna, and Alek Petrosssian (LAAC Basketball Coordinator). In keeping with the committee’s focus on deepening membership engagement with the sport, we are pleased to introduce the LAAC’s inaugural Basketball Club. The Basketball Club’s founding mission is to unite players and enthusiasts at every level with ongoing events, games, meetings and opportunities to engage with the sport.

We are currently welcoming new members to the Basketball Club. For more information on how to become a part of the growing community of basketball enthusiasts at The Los Angeles Athletic Club, please contact basketball@laac.net. We look forward to see-ing you at our first ever Basketball Club Autumn get together.

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hAndBALL2015 UShA doubles handball Nationals.We are proud of our LAAC members Vic, Mando, Marcos and Sean.

Left to right: Vic Perez and Mando Ortiz won second place against Marcos Chavez and Sean Lenning who won the doubles.

Alek Petrosssian Allen Sliwa gabi Varna

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Eva goicochea is a digital content creator, web designer and brand strategist based in Los Angeles.

whAt AttRACtEd you to LAAC?Being neighbors of the club and interested in history/architecture, my husband, Ian, and I at first visited out of curiosity. Upon joining, we realized how extraordinary the culture, community and facili-ties are and we've been happy members—even though we're not downtown residents anymore— ever since. how Long hAVE you BEEn A MEMBER?5.5 years. whAt is youR fAVoRitE pARt of thE CLuB?In truth, I spend most of my time in Invention working or meeting with friends, but know that we have the Blue Room, it's quickly becoming my favorite corner of the club. do you hAVE A fAVoRitE dRink in inVEntion?Southside. whAt is youR woRkout RoutinE?When it's empty, I'll use the aerobic studio and follow an interval routine. Otherwise, I like to run or walk on the treadmill and then follow up with circuit training. do you hAVE A spECiAL MEMoRy oR stoRy AssoCiAtEd with LAAC?I've spent many holidays at the club—Easter, Christmas, St. Pat-rick's day. But my most vivid memory is of going up to the roof on the Fourth of July and watching the fireworks in every direction from the view. whERE ARE you fRoM oRiginALLy?I am from New Mexico, but I've spent most of my life in California and I spent a few years in New York City. how did you BEgin youR CAREER in BRAnding And digitAL ContEnt?When social media started becoming an area of interest for busi-nesses, I found myself learning digital marketing in my traditional marketing roles. Over time and as an early adopter, I carved out a place in the companies I worked. Most recently, I was the head of Social Media at a startup, Everlane, and about a year and a half ago, I decided to work for myself by opening up a digital branding and design studio. That's the short answer. ha! whAt BRAnd CAMpAign ARE you Most pRoud of?I am really proud to have worked at Everlane in the early days. They have grown to be a recognizable, admirable and forward-thinking brand and have set the tone for the way companies should oper-ate online. whAt hAs BEEn thE BiggEst ChAngE in youR industRy sinCE you stARtEd?The interest and importance of social media and digital marketing as must-have communication tactics for brands. Without smartly focusing on these areas, companies get lost in the noise.

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