Toluca Lake
Sustainable Shopping in Magnolia Park
Exploring Burbank’s Green Business District
The countless thrift, antique and consignment stores in Magnolia Park offer our community a fun and eclectic shopping experience like no other. You never know what you’re going to discover, so it’s like hunting for treasure in your own backyard. Read More »
Classic Costume Designer Adrian and His Toluca Lake Home
How the Film and Fashion Icon Found a Place to Hang His Hat at Villa Encanto
One of the most successful costumers in film history, Adrian became one of the most successful American couturiers as well — and he started that business in the garden of his Toluca Lake home. Read More »
Green Eating and Living With Full O’ Life
Full O' Life general manager Cindy Moon, her husband, Gary Moon, and their son and grocery manager, Chris Moon, share their thoughts on health food trends today. Read More »
Shopping for a Cause at the Toluca Lake Discovery Shop
For a fun and easy way to reduce your environmental footprint while supporting a worthy charity, look no further than Toluca Lake’s own American Cancer Society Discovery Shop on Riverside Drive. Read More »
Full O’ Life’s Legacy of Green Eating
When Kay and Edward “Barney” Matheson decided to repurpose an indoor skating rink to build health food store Full O’ Life in 1959, the couple unknowingly took the first step toward pioneering an organic food movement that would become mainstream decades later. Read More »
What Does It Mean to Eat Green?
Healthy Food Tips From a Local Expert
Rémy Leigh Peters, a registered dietitian at the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, shares her expertise on how natural, seasonal and organic eating can be better for you and for the planet. Read More »
Farmers Markets in and Near Toluca Lake
Where It’s Good to Go Green
By now, you probably know that you can find pesticide-free produce at your local farmers market. But do you also know that by shopping there you reduce your carbon footprint, too? Read More »
Spring Greens From Full O’ Life
One of the hallmark features of Full O’ Life is its all-organic restaurant and café, which serves up healthy, from-scratch comfort food and fresh-blended juices and smoothies daily. We were lucky enough to score the recipes for the restaurant's popular Sunshine Salad and lemon-mustard dressing. Read More »
Sustainable Shopping in Magnolia Park
Exploring Burbank’s Green Business District
The countless thrift, antique and consignment stores in Magnolia Park offer our community a fun and eclectic shopping experience like no other. You never know what you’re going to discover, so it’s like hunting for treasure in your own backyard. Read More »
Shopping for a Cause at the Toluca Lake Discovery Shop
For a fun and easy way to reduce your environmental footprint while supporting a worthy charity, look no further than Toluca Lake’s own American Cancer Society Discovery Shop on Riverside Drive. Read More »
Farmers Markets in and Near Toluca Lake
Where It’s Good to Go Green
By now, you probably know that you can find pesticide-free produce at your local farmers market. But do you also know that by shopping there you reduce your carbon footprint, too? Read More »
Tapping Into Operation Adopt
Finding Shelter Animals Homes in Our Community
The Animal Protectorates are revolutionizing pet adoption and finding shelter animals homes in our community with their local pet adoption center, Operation Adopt. Read More »
Going Green With the Begleys
How the Longtime Local Residents Built “the Greenest Home in America”
Actor and environmental advocate Ed Begley Jr. and his wife, Rachelle Carson-Begley, spent five years building a house in Studio City that would meet his stringent sustainability requirements while fulfilling her aesthetic vision. The Begleys graciously showed us around their innovative home and shared their expertise on going green. Read More »
A Local Home Renovation Shows It’s Easy Being Green
Here’s how one Toluca Lake family applied green principles in their recent home renovation to save energy and water (and money!). Read More »
Energy Efficiency 101
Want to green your home? Begin by assessing your current energy usage and then look for ways you can save. Read More »
Flowers for All Seasons
Whether for Valentine’s Day, an anniversary, a birthday or just because, there are plenty of skilled florists in our area ready to craft bountiful bouquets to fit any style or budget. Read More »
What Does It Mean to Eat Green?
Healthy Food Tips From a Local Expert
Rémy Leigh Peters, a registered dietitian at the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Cancer Center at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, shares her expertise on how natural, seasonal and organic eating can be better for you and for the planet. Read More »
Fit for the New Year
Get ready to work up a sweat with these local exercise options.
Resolving to focus on fitness in the new year? Get moving and motivated with our overview of fun exercise options in and around our neighborhood. Read More »
Ask the Doctor: How Do You Run 50 Races Without Injury?
In his 40 years of running, sports podiatrist Franklin Kase, D.P.M., of Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center and Burbank Podiatry Associates Group, has completed 50 half marathons and six full marathons without suffering any leg or foot injuries. He shares his secrets for staying injury-free and his tips for choosing a supportive shoe. Read More »
Courting Community at Toluca Lake Tennis and Fitness Club
Considered one of the area’s hidden gems, the private Toluca Lake Tennis and Fitness Club mimics Toluca Lake’s small-town feel by providing members a welcome escape from the hustle and bustle of its surroundings. Read More »
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Show us what you love about Toluca Lake on Instagram and your picks could be featured here and in a future issue!
March/April 2018
As we look forward to the annual Toluca Lake Earth Day festival and Taste of Toluca, one of the neighborhood’s signature annual events, our Green Issue celebrates all things fresh, seasonal and eco-conscious. In the cover story, environmental advocates and longtime area residents Ed Begley Jr. and Rachelle Carson-Begley share how they built “the greenest home in America,” and how everyone can take steps toward an earth-friendly lifestyle.
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