Alex & Julia Magur – Collective Locals
We were both born and raised in the Palisades – Julia on the top of Bienveneda and Alex in the Marquez Knolls and later on the Via Bluffs. We have known each other since we…
Emily Kay Tillman – Founder of Fancy Feet Dance Studio
I was born in Brooklyn, New York and my parents moved us to Pacific Palisades when I was two years old. My parents both had Masters degrees in Music and my father, who had grown…
Nicole Gyarmathy – Johnson Tree Company
26 years ago I moved to the Palisades from Pensacola, Fl to pursue the dream of entertainment. On that path, I met a young man who was born and raised in the Palisades. He owned…
Fay Vahdani – Co-Founder and Owner of Luxe Homecare
My name is Fay Vahdani. My husband Ben and I moved to the Palisades in 2001, when I was pregnant with our daughter. At the time, both my brother and sister were already living here,…
Patrick R Hildebrand “PJ” – Amazing Music Store & Surron By The Sea
Where the Mountains Meet the Sea: A Life in the Pacific Palisades In 1970, my father began working at Earl’s Bay Music on Swarthmore Avenue in the Pacific Palisades. Just three years later, in 1973,…
Cali Gilbert – Tower 15 Productions
Hello! I’m Cali, the Manifesting Mermaid & Mentor. This chapter of my story began at the end of 2013. I had been experiencing homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area when my soul decided to…
Tricia Cosentino – Owner of Kumon Brentwood-Palisades
I’m from NY – married right out of college and moved to LA in ‘97 where I became a 5th grade teacher. After puttering around different spots on the west side, we had a baby…
Gerry Blanck – Owner of Gerry Blanck’s Martial Arts Center
I’m an 8th Degree Black Belt, former WKA World Kickboxing Champion, and for more than four decades, I’ve been lucky enough to call Pacific Palisades home. I grew up in Pensacola, Florida, and started karate…
Trish Alison – Trish Alison Photography
I grew up in Wisconsin and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After college, I moved to Chicago to begin my career in advertising, which eventually brought me to Los Angeles. Not long after arriving, I…



