An Intergenerational Women’s Dinner

June 21, 2014
at the Altadena home of Angel Chen and Dermot Begley

60 women spent the Summer Solstice together in an otherworldly pergola tucked against the mountains of Altadena. Many of us brought family members, partners, friends of all ages. We shared stories of our mothers, our daughters, we dined on a garden dinner prepared by Frannie Garretson and her sister Lily: self care soup, okra and kale. Emily Lacy led the group in singing Sister Row Your Boat Ashore as the sun set on the longest day of the year. We celebrated ourselves as part of something larger. Of course there were lots of killer deserts!

Event Photos by Gilda Davidian

Program by Kate Johnston, Nametags by Katie Bachler and Sarah Williams

Program by Kate Johnston, Nametags by Katie Bachler and Sarah Williams

Massaging kale was a group effort

Massaging kale was a group effort

Sisters in the Kitchen

Sisters in the kitchen

Menu by Frances Garretson

Menu by Frances Garretson

Honey-macerated strawberrys

Honey-macerated strawberries

Centerpieces by Akina Cox

Centerpieces by Akina Cox

Women of all ages mingled as the sun set

Women of all ages mingled as the sun set

Host Angel Chen during cocktail hour

Host Angel Chen during cocktail hour

Sweet faces

Sweet faces

Guests were seated in the enclosed garden

Guests were seated in the enclosed garden

Massaged kale salad

Massaged kale salad

One of the many adornments of the space

One of the many adornments of the space

Sharing stories

Sharing stories

A welcome by some of the crew

A welcome by some of the crew

The cooks

The cooks

View from above

View from above

One of many fabulous desserts

One of many fabulous desserts

 

Participants
Auden Scout
A.L. Steiner
Adrienne Walser
Agnus Bolt
Akina Cox
Amanda Hunt
Andrea Dominguez
Angel Chen
Ania Diakoff
Ariane Vielmetter
Audrey Chan
Barbara McCarren
Caroline Jurovic
Carren Jao
Carrie Cook
Chrysanthe Oltmann
Dawn Finley
Dorit Cypit
Emily Hopikns
Emily Lacy
Frances Garretson
Geneva Skeen
Gilda Davidian
Gloria Cariaga
Helia Ansari
Henri Maddocks
Jaye Fischel
Jennifer Moon
Jennifer Rider
Jessica Fleischmann
Joanna Neborsky
Julie Moon
Juliette Bellocq
Karen Adelman
Kate Johnston
Katie Bachler
Krista Buekling
Laila Ayi Cariaga-Huang
Laura Bernstein
Lilly Estenson
Lily Orozco
Lucy Cook
Lydia Okrent
Mariana Valencia
Martine Syms
Maryam Hosseinzadeh
Merideth Hillbrand
Michelle Jane Lee
Nikki Darling
Rachel Berks
Rebecca Whitney
Robin Cox
Sara Berks
Sarah Williams
Stephanie Cariaga
Stephanie Kern
Susan Silton
Sylvia Syms
Valerie Dueñas
Violaine Esterez
Vivian Bang