BARBARA LAZAROFF, ASIDInterior Designer
Imaginings Design, Inc.
Commercial & Residential Design
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Designer Barbara Lazaroff understands the classic such as Spago Beverly Hills as well as the whimsical. Her designs include Felliniesque Chinois, underwater fantasy at Granita, and the masculine cyberworld she created at Eureka brewery and restaurant. Barbara has garnered many accolades for her innovative and singularly unique and forward-thinking restaurant designs as well as for her showcase rooms such as Greystone, Frette, and her elegant home design.
Barbara's new book!
Wishes for a Mother's Heart
Barbara's new book is now available at various locations including Amazon.com. This inspirational yet practical paperback was co-written with Barbara's dear friend and author Tricia LaVoice, with a foreword by Leeza Gibbons.
For more about the book, please visit the official site, WishesForTheHeart.com.
(There, you can click “Look Inside” to read excerpts.)
Visit the blog at WishesForTheHeart.blogspot.com.
Become a "Wishes" fan on Facebook.
“A heartwarming book of inspirational 'Wishes,' intuitive and experiential wisdom, and pragmatic actions; for creating, maintaining, and expanding the connections with all the women in your life. A lasting gift of love that can be enjoyed for years to come by ALL the women in your life; moms, daughters, sisters, mentors, your children's teachers….”
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Aviva Family and Children's Services.
My Wishes page 
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Barbara's Friends & Finds
Through my affiliations and travels I have had the good fortune to discover wonderful people, places and services. It is my pleasure to share with you some of my most favorite friends and finds. Enjoy!
Barbara is well known in Beverly Hills as a woman who cares about helping people bringing people together to accomplish great things.
Here's what she's working on, or recently finished (until next time).
What's Coming Up
American Wine & Food Festival's new
Evening on the Beach
Extraordinary food, specialty cocktails, crackling fires and music — on some of Santa Monica's most sought after sand.
On Thursday, July 29th, from 6 to 10 p.m. the American Wine & Food Festival will host an exclusive festival pre-party, "An Evening on the Beach."
On the sands of Santa Monica, La Brea Bakery's generous charcuterie will kick off the evening with specialty cocktails and select wines. Guests will enjoy the summer sunset with crackling fires and great music as noted chefs serve up scrumptious grilled dishes under the stars.
Sponsored by Audi, the event will feature noted Los Angeles chefs Joshua Smith, Church & State; David Myers, Comme Ça; Katsuya Uechi, Katsuya Restaurants; Christophe Émé, Ortolan Restaurant; Michael Cirmarusti, Providence Restaurant; John Sedlar, Rivera Restaurant; WP 24, David McIntyre; and John Lechleidner, Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill.
Limited to 350 guests tickets are $125 per person and include parking in the lot directly north of the Jonathan Beach Club.
This event sold out quickly — but if you missed out, you can still look forward to the original event — the 28th American Wine & Food Festival which will be on Saturday, September 25th, 6 to 11 p.m. at Universal Studios' Back Lot.
For info and tickets visit AWFF.org.
Cal Spirit XXVI
On August 8, Barbara will co-host her 26th annual California Spirit Event for the American Cancer Society. Along with co-hostess Sherry Lansing and co-host Wolfgang Puck, it features gourmet creations by Los Angeles’ most renowned chefs, premium California wines, live entertainment, and a spectacular live and silent auction. The official Cal Spirit webpage will be active by early June. We'll bring you the link when it is, so you can purchase a ticket to be part of the festivities.
What Just Happened
KindredSPIRITS — 3rd annual world-class humanitarian aid concert
On Sunday June 13, Barbara was KindredSPIRITS' special honoree, receiving the KindredSPIRITS Humanitarian Award. This concert of world music celebrating unity and peace benefitted one of Barbara's favorite philanthropies, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger.
Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter, Melissa Manchester joined the 60-Voice Gospel Choir from Faithful Central Bible Church, the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony, under Dr. Noreen Green's direction, and noted artists: Ilan Davidson, tenor; Chayim Frenkel, tenor; and Ilysia Pierce, soprano. This well-received concert was held at Walt Disney Concert Hall — Downtown Los Angeles.
To learn more about KindredSPIRITS please visit: KindredSpiritslive.org.
Spago’s 26th Annual Seder
On March 30, the second Passover Seder night, Barbara, for the 26th time, hosted a Seder at Spago to benefit Mazon, A Jewish Response To Hunger. This gourmet Seder, conducted by Rabbi Arnold Rachlis D.D. and Cantor Ruti Braier was, as always, quite a celebration, with over 200 people attending!
This year's fragrant dishes included a "killer chicken soup" with fluffy air light matzoh balls, Spago chopped chicken liver, gefilte fish made from fresh pike, whitefish and carp, roasted chicken, and almond crusted salmon (courtesy of the talents of Spago's Jewish chef, Lee Hefter and Japanese chef, Tetsu Yahagi). Being a Spago Beverly Hills event, it was, of course, topped off with a sumptuous array of desserts by Spago's Sherry Yard. (Her macaroons are the best!) Spago sommelier Chris Miller poured exceptional kosher wine this year: Red C Cabernet Sauvignon 2003, Napa Valley, and Chardonnay Lavan 2008, Russian River Valley.
The story of the Spago Seder
