It’s been a good day for WSmad’s great clients!  Today, Candy Messer of AffordableBookkeepingAndPayroll.com was awarded Womanpreneur Magazine‘s title of 2011 Mom Entrepreneur of the Year!

Candy works hard both at work and at home.  She’s grown Affordable Bookkeeping & Payroll (on the web at ABandP.com) from a single-person bookkeeping business into managing a number of bookkeeping and payroll clerks to handle the business’ many accounts.  On top of that, she’s been doing her part to raise and home-school a wonderful Christian family.

In short, Candy rocks.  There is nobody more deserving of such an award as Mom Entrepreneur of the Year.

Congratulation, Candy Messer!

Congratulations Salon h by Hala for being voted Best Hair Salon of 2011!

Hala Espinoza has been working hard in her premium salon to bring the right stylists, products, and of course the best customers to Salon h, and it is starting to pay off.

Salon h, on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Hawthorne Boulevard in Torrance, California is one of many, many, many salons in the Torrance  / Redondo Beach area – and most of those claim to be premium.  With all of the choices that discriminating salon-goers have, it’s really no surprise they’ve chosen Salon h.  Lead Stylist Hala Espinoza is incredibly gifted as both a stylist, colorist and leader in the Salon Industry.  She makes amazing things happen with her clients’ hair, and she’s able to ensure that high level of quality in the stylists she chooses to represent Salon h.

Our warm congratulations to Salon h!  If you were thinking about changing stylists and you’re in the area, now is a good time to give Salon h a try.

From the SummerProLeague.com Web Site:

SummerProLeague.com is live!

“We are back! The original Southern California Summer Pro Basketball League was first established in 1970 by Dick Marquis. John Younesi acquired the SPL in 1992 and developed it into the place to see good quality summer professional basketball. The SPL showcase NBA sponsored teams who featured their 1st and 2nd year players and a combination of free agent teams with a mix of rookies and various unsigned players. Over 800 current and former NBA stars have participated in the SPL, including Magic Johnson, Andrew Bynum, Jordan Farmar, Danny Manning, Carmello Anthony and Kobe Bryant. The SPL helped professional basketball players and the amateur player who was on the cusp of professional careers to launch or hone their skills and gain exposure to professional scouts and agents, while providing basketball fans, as well as sports media outlets, a closer look at players playing in professional competition.”

After some time off, the Summer Pro League is back with the re-launch of their Web Site, www.SummerProLeague.com. Summer 2011 and all of the politics that went with sports this year are behind us, and it’s time to work on making a name for yourself, or find the best player at the best price possible for 2013, and by far the best way to scout in California will be the 2012 Summer Pro League.

Congratulations and welcome back, www.SummerProLeague.com. You may enjoy reading the full article from the site.

Salon H by Hala has been open for a couple of years now serving Torrance, Palos Verdes and the surrounding area of California, and now they’ve recently upgraded their site to take appointment requests on-line.

Salon H by Hala

To get your hair cut, trimmed, or colored at one of the finest salons in Torrance, you can now request an appointment on-line.  The scheduling staff will have a look at the availability around the times you’ve requested and either confirm your appointment or suggest a time that can be made to work.

Salon H is known for its excellent service, and for Hala, the Lead Stylist with a resume including Tony & Guy, Vidal Sassoon and Paul Mitchell.  Salon H is also known for its excellent products, from Hempz, Keratin Complex, Keune, Michael O’Rourke, Moroccan Oil, Pureology, Redken and Schwarzkopf.

If you’re looking for a peaceful environment to get your hair done, Salon H by Hala is the place!

Congrats on the solid upgrades to your web site, Salon H!

www.CheckeredPastRacing.com‘s Chris Locke is a part of Lotus Formula One History.  Three JPS Team Lotus type 79s have taken to the track together, for the first time ever.

At Snetterton on Wednesday 4th May 2011, 33 years after winning the 1978 Formula One World Championship, Classic Team Lotus ran three JPS type 79s; chassis 1, 2 and 3.  This never happened in period.

On behalf of American owner Paul Rego, the Team Principal of Regogo Racing based in Dallas, Classic Team Lotus has undertaken a complete restoration of chassis 1, which was driven by Mario Andretti in testing and practice throughout the 1978 season, then raced by Jean-Pierre Jarier in the US GP at Watkins Glen.

Regogo Racing Works driver Doc Bundy was at the wheel for testing prior to airfreight back to the States in time for the car to be raced in the Legends of Motorsport event at the Barber Raceway on the 22nd May.

Chassis 2 and 3 are part of the Classic Team Lotus Works Collection. Chris Locke, as Patron of chassis 2, contributed to its restoration and the car is fitted with his engine. Chris Dinnage, Team Manager of Classic Team Lotus, was at the wheel.

Chassis 3 was driven by Clive Chapman, son of Lotus founder Colin Chapman.

Classic Team Lotus and Regogo Racing were joined by a number of the 1978 Championship winning team, including designer Martin Ogilvie and Chief Mechanic Eddie Dennis.

The Team Lotus type 79 dominated the 1978 World Championship to such an extent that the team would ‘sandbag’ their cars in qualifying so that their advantage did not appear too great.  The shape of the underside of the car in relation to the track surface created a venturi profile which, together with the all important sliding side skirts acting as seals, created a lot of downforce for relatively little drag.  Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson finished first and second on four occasions, at a time when such a result was rare.

In chassis 2 Mario won the Belgian GP and Ronnie won the Austrian GP.  In chassis 3 Mario won the Spanish, French and German GPs.  (Mario won the Dutch GP in chassis 4, the other JPS type 79, but this car was unable to attend.)

The type 79 has topped two polls of ‘Most Beautiful F1 Car Ever’ and was chosen as the best technical design in a survey of F1 designers.

The GARBOUSHIAN GALLERY is hosting it’s largest and most eclectic Exhibition yet, paradoxically entitled Polemically Small.

Polemically Small at GARBOUSHIAN GALLERY in May

World renowned Fine Art curator, writer and critic Edward Lucie-Smith has put together works from 29 artists, including names like Presneill, Zakharov, Waller, Cristi, Aestes, Maddock and de Cadanet is  to be exhibited across both GARBOUSHIAN GALLERY in Beverly Hills, CA and slightly closer to WSmad’s home at the Torrance Art Museum.

This exhibition is a demonstration from some of modern art’s finest that the movement toward smaller art is afoot.  For years, large works requiring entire concrete-tilt-up walls have dominated the avant-garde, but recently, fine artists have begun working toward more modestly sized pieces – though certainly not modest in technique, style, or story.

Polemically Small will open at GARBOUSHIAN GALLERY on May 21st, 2011 in Beverly Hills Golden Triangle district.

For years, Judy Jackson (www.OnlyJudy.com) has been a valuable resource to Real Estate agents as their go-to lady for getting termite and mold inspections done quickly and professionally.

Just this month, Judy has announced a new partnership with Kal Fume Inc., a fully licensed, bonded and insured company doing work in Southern California for many, many years.  Judy Jackson and Kal Fume can ensure you close escrow quickly and efficiently – and Judy lists over 50 of Southern California’s finest real estate agents as references to prove it.

Next time you need those inspections done, contact Judy Jackson to get the best rate and the most professional service and make sure you close escrow to keep your clients happy.

Greater Hope Foundation for Children has just launched www.AllClearLivescan.com to make foster parenting easier and less expensive for prospective foster parents in California’s High Desert.

AllClearLivescan.com serves California's High Desert Communities

After witnessing frustrations over cost and availability in their prospective foster parents, Greater Hope Foundation has launched their own off-shoot livescan fingerprinting service.  Prospective foster parents (and anybody requiring a livescan fingerprint uploaded to the FBI’s database) can go to the AllClearLivescan offices in Barstow or arrange for mobile service (for an additional charge) where the AllClearLivescan staff will travel to them.  Prospective customers can sign up and arrange the appointments, both in-office and mobile, through the new Web Site at www.AllClearLivescan.com

Congratulations Helena, Reako, and everyone at Greater Hope Foundation on another beautiful Web Site!

Our friends Chris and Suzy are at it again!

After the immense success of Fowler & Moore’s last in-store event where Chris and Suzy suggested Christmas decoration tips, they’re at it again with a limited space, invitation only event on Tuesday, April 12th.

Although we’re not allowed to disclose details, we can tell you that if you’re in Redondo Beach and you want some ideas for sprucing up your home and bringing it up to date, it’s probably a good idea to figure out how to be there!

To get an invite, go to Fowler & Moore at Home on Catalina in Riviera Village and tell them you’re interested.  Of course, you can also go to www.FowlerAndMoore.com and at the “Store” page, you can sign up to get their e-mails and if you do it before Friday, you’ll be sure to get their next (and last) e-mail invitation.

We’ll be there!  You should, too!

MA Trading, a wonderful family company from India with headquarters here in Redondo Beach, CA has launched a new line of high-quality designer hand-made rugs it is calling “The Basics”.   To help designers and buyers understand the depth of the collection, they’ve launched an e-catalog at www.matTheBasics.com.

Shakeel Ansari, CEO of MA Trading, explains the importance of the new site to his company: “Our customers want to be

www.matTheBasics.com

able to choose online, to see our products and find out who we are and how we work.”  Additionally, designers can choose from the entire existing line-up and create a whole new custom design using MAT’s vast color pom and the huge array of beautiful designs in the line-up using the Custom Quote Form on the site.  Designers and design houses can also use the site to learn how to become a dealer.

MAT is an up-and-comer in the industry, and recently won the prestigious Best Contemporary Rug Design award from Architectural Digest.

Another feature of the site is the buyers’ ability to see how the rugs are made by hand by MA Trading, from dying the wool all the way through finishing.  MA Trading is very proud of its workers and its quality process.

Web Site Maintenance & Design congratulates MA Trading on its continued success and wonderful, functional new Web Site in www.matTheBasics.com!