A fantastic holiday setting for signing The Great Mrs. Claus book

I know I look a bit “dazed and confused” here, but rest assured the mood was awake and perky at the Sheridan Gardens Nursery on 11-21-08! Many thanks to Arlene, Chris (shopkeeper) and her husband Bill for hosting me that evening. There were many visitors and well-wishers at the event, and the evening’s mood was greatly enhanced with the smell of brewing apple cider being offered up to all visitors and the light sounds of Christmas instrumental music gently playing in the background.

I was surprised by the number of kids out this evening too! It was the community’s Holiday in the Park and “open house” night. People were encouraged to stop in the local stores, browse, shop and get their “stamp book” stamped by all participating stores. The idea was to fill the book and redeem it for a prize. It was also Friday night, so with no school in the morning, folks were more ready to keep the kids out late. I signed until 9 pm, and lots of kids enjoyed poring through the North Pole maps and searching for the clues hidden in the book.

Sheridan Gardens Nursery (formerly a liquor store back in the 1950’s and no I didn’t locate the private stock!) is located in a designated area called Magnolia Park, not far off the corner of Hollywood Way and Magnolia and an area of Burbank that has enjoyed a renaissance of sorts over the past 5 years. The Magnolia Park District has become a great concentration of restaurants, theaters, antiques, clothing, thrift and curios shops that are easy to breeze into one after the other, so more and more people are discovering the area. I used to have my Acts of Creation entertainment office literally on that corner some 9 odd years ago, so it definitely felt like being in the old neighborhood with friends.

Sheridan Gardens looks warm and inviting from the outside! The Great Mrs. Claus book is sold here daily until Christmas.