DECEMBER 2019

The MCCA Private LifeStyle Club for Residents or by Membership

A LifeStyle Destination for Health, Fitness, Racket Sports, Swimming, Boating, Bridge, Discussion Groups, Shows, Parties, Dancing, Just Relaxing and Fine Dining

Without Leaving Los Angeles

4333 Admiralty Way • Marina del Rey, CA 90292 • 310.822.0611 • www.marinacityclub.net

2020New Year’s Eve Party

Tuesday, December 31, 2019Doors open at 7 p.m.

$65.00

tax and gratuityadditional

Buffet DinnerCash Bar

6:30 p.m. – Doors Open9:00 p.m. – East Coast Champagne ToastMidnight – West Coast Champagne Toast

Reservations Requiredonline at

marinacityclub.netor call

310.578.4915

Party Until Midnight with Vic Moraga

Member Holiday Party

Friday, December 20Join us for a Festive Holiday Buffet

$33.95

tax and gratuity additional

DJ Victor

The video-storytelling platform for you and your life.Everyone has a story.

What's yours?

Megilla

Tell your storythe easy way.

Tuesday, December 37:00 p.m. • Galaxy Room

special presentationby

MegillaLearn how to easily record videos to

share with your friends and family.

MARINA CITY CLUB4333 Admiralty WayMarina del Rey, CA 90292(310) 822-0611www.marinacityclub.net

COA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Louise PescePresidentMark GreenbergVice PresidentLahdan RahmatiTreasurerDonna BryceSecretaryElena MondragonDirector

RESTAURANT CORPORATION BOARD

Lahdan RahmatiInterim Board PresidentDonna BryceSecretaryMark GreenbergDirectorLouise PesceDirector

MARINA CITY CLUB STAFF

Amanda FrancisGeneral ManagerCatriona McCarthyAssistant General Manager

Gene DesrochersDirector of Racquet Clubs

MCC CLUB COUNCIL

Louise PesceMark GreenbergHelen Vignery - Essex Rep

MARINA LIFESTYLE MAGAZINEMarina Lifestyle Magazine is a monthlypublication of the Marina City Club.Editor-in-Chief: Carole BarlinAssistant Editor: Tina Oswald

For editorial information pleasecontact Carole Barlin at 310-822-7900; e mail: CaroleBarlin@aol.com

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Restaurant NewsLouis Estrada

Food & Beverage Director

H appy Holidays! Fromeveryone here at

Marina City Club, we want towish you a wonderful holidayseason. As we reflect upon the endof the decade, we hope that youtake the time to acknowledge all ofthe growth, blessings, and joy thepast ten years have brought.

In the meantime, we promise tohelp you get into the holiday spirit.We have a couple amazingfestivities planned this month andsome special events that have beenin the works for a while.

On Tuesday, December 3, wewill have a special presentation byMegilla, a technology companybased right here in Los Angeles.Megilla is a user-friendly video-storytelling website designed to helpyou tell your life story and build yourlegacy. Stop and learn how to easilyrecord videos to share with yourfriends and family.

On December 7, we welcomeeveryone to join us for a specialPearl Harbor Remembrance Dayevent hosted in conjunction theWounded Warriors Project. Help uscommemorate this historic event

and celebrate all of the bravemen and women who haveserved in the armed forces.

Next up, get ready torock around the Christmas tree at ourannual Holiday Party on December20. Join us for a night of dinner,dancing, and drinks with your friendsand family right here at Marina CityClub. This is always one of thehighlights of our year. You won’t wantto miss out!

Last but not least is our NewYear’s Eve party on December 31.Get jazzed because the roaringtwenties are back and we are hereto help you start them off right. Ringin the start of 2020 off right withrollicking good time and aspectacular view of the fireworksover the marina.

Please note that we will beclosed from Saturday, December 21until Sunday, December 29.

As always, you can join us everyFriday night for dinner and dancing.Entertainment will be provided by DJThomas Mandola on December 7,Jimmy & Susan on December 13, DJVictor on December 20, and VicMoraga on December 31.

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T he Palm Desert Trip this year came together in such a serendipitous manner, I haveno choice but to call it one of our best trips in my tenure as Racquet Sports Director.

The catered meal at the wonderful residence we've used the last two years for our partyand for some of the members to reside at, was delicious and fresh and on time. Specialthanks to Tess Gill for arranging the catering for this year's Saturday night party. People didnot want to leave, which I took to mean either the party was fun, or they didn't likewherever they were staying. Either way, we had a blast.

The tennis was also scintillating. On day one we played at the Westin Mission Hills,hosted by a wonderful tennis director, Chad Ruthig, we enjoyed seven courts of doublesagainst their club. Chad and his crew were impressed with MCC's sportsmanship andtennis prowess … so much so that we took away the head-to-head victory 4-2 inmatches. The seventh match was all MCC players, so that was a win for us also.

For the second match on Sunday, we journeyed up Portola Avenue to competeagainst Deep Canyon Tennis Club. Nestled in the hills, this club boasted 12 courts, ofwhich we used eight. The tennis was excellent once again, however, the heat got thebest of our players as we were playing at 10:30am, but due to the end of Daylight Saving

MCC Annual Palm Desert TripBy Gene Desrochers, Tennis Director

Tennis Holiday

Party

Friday, December 6

Galaxy Room

7pm

Buffet Served

Call to make reservations

with the Restaurant.

Palm Desert Weekend atDeep Canyon Tennis Club

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Time, we were actually playing in the 11:30amheat. Several had to forego the final set, whichgave the Deep Canyon players the edge 2-5.Again, great times and friendly tennis equaledanother great morning of tennis.

Please keep a lookout for our next tennis tripin May to the world-famous La Jolla Beach &Tennis Club. Sign-ups for that trip have alreadybegun. For more information contact Gene attennis@marinacityclub.net or call 310-578-4949.

Please keep these dates in mind as you plan tennis matches in December to work around thecourt washing schedule.

Courts 1 & 2Thursday, December 5

7:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Courts 3 & 4Thursday, December 12

7:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Courts 5 & 6Thursday, December 19

7:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Court Cleaning

Westin Mission Hills

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Susan Stohrer, Fitness Director

F oam rolling plays a vital role in achieving theresults we expect from fitness and sports

performance programs, keeping us moving atoptimum levels.

So, what is foam rolling? To understand foamrolling you also need to understand a bit aboutmyofascial release. Myofascial release is a stretchingtechnique that involves applying gentle pressure onmuscle knots leading to a release of muscular tension.It’s used to help prevent muscle aches and pain,decrease immobility, and increase flexibility. As a self-myofascial release (SMR) technique, foam rolling issimply an approach you can perform on yourself. Inthe following pages you’ll find an introduction into thewhat, how, and why of foam rolling.

Foam rolling is a self-myofascial release (SMR)stretching technique that has been embracedthroughout the fitness industry. This effective andsimple to do technique delivers positive, feel goodresults.

WHY SMR? SMR can be done with a variety of tools beyond

foam rollers, such as medicine balls, handheld rollersor other assistive devices. SMR focuses on the neuraland fascial systems in the body that can benegatively influenced by poor posture, repetitivemotions, or dysfunctional movements. Thesemechanically stressful actions are recognized as aninjury by the body, initiating a repair process calledthe Cumulative Injury Cycle. This cycle follows a path

of inflammation, muscle spasm, and thedevelopment of soft tissue adhesions that can leadto altered neuromuscular control and muscleimbalance. The adhesions reduce the elasticity ofthe soft tissues and can eventually cause apermanent change in the soft tissue structure. SMRfocuses on alleviating these adhesions (also knownas “trigger points” or “knots”) to restore optimalmuscle motion and function.

START FOAM ROLLING Foam rolling should be done before static or

dynamic stretching activities, improving the tissue’sability to lengthen during stretching activities. Foamrolling can also be done as part of the cool-down.Foam rolling activities should be performed ontissues identified as overactive during the assessmentprocess. Foam rolling is not appropriate for all clients,including those with congestive heart failure, kidneyfailure, or any organ failure, bleeding disorders, orcontagious skin conditions.

Slowly roll the targeted area until the mosttender spot is found. Hold on that spot while relaxingthe targeted area and discomfort is reduced,between 30 and 90 seconds. During the exercises itis important to maintain core stability. Use thedrawing-in maneuver (pulling the navel in towardthe spine) to maintain stability in the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex. Take the time to experience theexercises and discover how slightly modifyingpositions or angles can target different areas of themuscle. Examples of Foam Rolling Exercises appearon the top of the next page.

Why You Should Learn Self-Myofascial Release

By Sina Pashaie-Rad

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Foam Rolling Exercises

In the event you missed the MCC Halloween party,it could have been taken directly from the

Masquerade Ball in Phantom of the Opera. The ladiesespecially were beautiful, the Master of Ceremonieswas handsome and the decorations were not onlybeautiful but creatively displayed. Most importantly,the guests were in a joyous mood.

As we stepped from the elevator, we werewelcomed by a giant black cat who allowed us towalk past him thru the entry filled with ghosts andgoblins floating from the walls and ceilings, then intothe ballroom (restaurant) delightfully decorated withblack and orange. Real pumpkins adorned eachtable with faux bugs crawling on them with candyand other Halloween appropriate items on the tables.After mingling, the friendly guests moved on to thereally delicious buffet dinner followed by the costumecontest. Our chef outdid himself that night!

The contestants were directed to approachedTom Hallick, our superb MC and were asked by Tom togive their name and who they "were." The judgeswatched closely as all contestants were clearlyidentified with special attention given to the bestdressed who were possible winners. There was onegroup winner, another winner for the best couple, andsix more for the best singles. The group winners werethe Ginie Sisters, Uko, Ymi Setsuko and Rieko who

promised to entertain us later with a dance, buteveryone was too happy enjoying the wonderfulmusic and dancing to stop for a break. The SocialCommittee plans to include them in a future event.The couple winners were Linda and Jeff Finndressed as Abner and Daisy Mae. For the singlewinners, Irv Jacobs easily won as Raggedy Andyand Lee Saxon, looking lovely in her Scarlett O’Haragown, Donna Petrac as a gorgeous Cleopatra,Martha McCarthy was creatively surrounded by lotsof purple balloons representing a bunch of purplegrapes and Valerie Sales was a perfect skeleton.They all won a prize. Another man, in blue face,won a prize but I will omit his name in the event heruns for a political office at some time in the future.He had on an elaborate costume that made himlook like a handsome Geni.

Our staff and vendors generously donated theprizes. Vincent at Mr. Polish gave a number of carwashes, The Beauty Salon donated a massage,Gene D, our tennis pro, offered a tennis lesson andTyrone Perkins, gave a training session at our gym.Our Restaurant Manager, Louis, completed theprizes with two gift certificates for dinners and twobottles of wine.

It truly was another successful Halloween eventhere at MCC. Make sure you join us next year!

Around and Aboutby Carole Barlin, Editor

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