THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

Wishing our Chinese friends - and everyone! - a Happy, Lucky New Year! Los Angeles is celebrating the start of the Year of the Fire Monkey with the city's 117th Golden Dragon Parade and Chinese New Year Festival this coming Saturday, February 13th, in Chinatown. The parade will kick off at 1pm on the corner of Hill and Ord Streets and even though the American-Chinese and Chinese residential areas are for the most part located in San Gabriel Valley nowadays, the Chinatown Parade and Festival still attract tens of thousands who line the parade route. If you are in town, this colorful, public event is well worth attending! Meanwhile: Lucky greetings from the Golden Lion and the M Girls. Happy New Year! Best Wishes from Janet, Ted, Kristen, Brynne, Kate, Max and Alisa

Is it just us or is it difficult to shake off the relaxation of two long holiday weekends? We are happy to be back in the office and ready to go! Our water cooler conversation centers on our plans and resolutions for 2016 - and if we all stick with them we will be very healthy individuals. If our hopes for the world at large become true, it will be a better world. Now let's just hope these two aren't right: In the meantime, I wish you all the best for a joyous New Year filled with accomplishment, contentment, adventure and good health!  Happy 2016!  Janet