As a youth, Connie Armijo left San Diego to follow her dream. Last year, Connie's dream brought her back!

An exceptionally successful businesswoman, Connie's Los Angeles-based event planning firms Great Presentations and Park Plaza Events have created "extraordinary experiences" for a list of clients that reads like the who's who of Hollywood. Whether creating a studio's Academy Award party or orchestrating an "A"-Lister's birthday party with 5 to 500 of his/her closest friends, Armijo enjoys her work and is a master of logistics. It's no wonder, then, that when she decided to address one of the logistical disconnects in her own life she would come up with a brilliant solution.

You see, while Connie loves her work she also loves to ride. Getting her first horse at the age of 15, Connie has always had horses but has never had a home that accommodated her vocation and her avocation. A little over a year ago, Connie decided to solve that problem, and Casa de Armijo is her solution.

-- Exerpt from "Living With Style" (Sept/Oct issue of Reins Magazine) Copyright © 2008 LuAnn Boylan