Category: Los Angeles

Matthew Allison shared his fascinating “Adventures Across North Africa” as well as Somalia and Saudi Arabia at the March 9 meeting of the Charter Chapter in beautiful Newport Beach, California. Highlights of his journey included a visit to Cairo’s City of the Dead, hitchhiking on the iron ore train across the Sahara in Mauritania, crossing…

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Our next quarterly meeting of the TCC Charter Chapter (Los Angeles/Orange County) will be held on Saturday, March 9, when we travel once more to the waterfront for a gathering at the Newport Beach Yacht Club. Matthew Allison will share his fascinating “Adventures Across North Africa” as well as Mogadishu and Saudi Arabia. Highlights of…

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As is normal, our Charter Chapter meetings alternate between sites in Los Angeles and Orange Counties on the second Saturday of each quarter. Our subsequent 2019 meetings will be in Los Angeles County on June 8 and Dec. 14, and again in Orange County on Sept. 14.

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More than 65 TCC members and guests gathered for the Charter Chapter’s Annual International Holiday Lunch at Lawry’s The Prime Rib in Beverly Hills, California, amidst festive decorations and newly-remodeled surroundings. Diana and Dennis Trombley shared many adventures in their presentation, “Intriguing India,” with travels throughout the country including the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Jaipur, Udaipur,…

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Our next quarterly meeting of the TCC Charter Chapter (Los Angeles/Orange County) will be held on Saturday, Dec. 15, when we return to the popular Lawry’s The Prime Rib for our festive Annual International Holiday Luncheon. Note: Change from our normal second Saturday! Diana and Dennis Trombley will present a fascinating and comprehensive tour of…

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TCC members and guests gathered on a warm sunny day along the Southern California coast as we toured the iconic Northwest Passage from Nunavut to Greenland — all at an African-themed restaurant in Laguna Beach! We are world travelers, aren’t we? Tom and Carol Getz shared their adventures and stories while cruising on a small…

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Our next quarterly meeting of the TCC Charter Chapter (Los Angeles/Orange County) will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Mozambique Restaurant in Laguna Beach, where popular presenter Tom Getz will share his adventures and stories while cruising the iconic Northwest Passage from Kugluktik, Nunavut, Canada, to Kangerlussuag, Greenland. The small ship made many…

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Due to an unforeseen and unavoidable schedule conflict, the date for the Charter Chapter’s festive Annual International Holiday Luncheon has been changed by one week to Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The gala event, following much-loved tradition, will again be held at Lawry’s The Prime Rib in Beverly Hills, California with a non-hosted cocktail reception at…

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More than 50 TCC members and guests applauded their colleagues who achieved new destination levels during the Charter Chapter (Southern California) June luncheon at the historic Tam O’Shanter Inn in Los Angeles (see more photos below). TCC President JoAnn Schwartz bestowed a Diamond-level pin and certificate to Judy Endeman upon the achievement of visiting her…

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Our next quarterly meeting of the TCC Charter Chapter (Los Angeles/Orange County) will be held on Saturday, June 9, at the historic Tam O’Shanter Inn in Los Angeles. Northern California member Margo Bart will present on her trip to Eastern Europe last year. With our President JoAnn Schwartz as a travel companion, the two started…

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