We were on hand at the Roosevelt Hotel Friday, with a luncheon crowd of 300, to see Clarion Partners’ Richard Pink (at the podium) with wife Gloria (far right) and sister Beverly (on the other side of Charlie Chaplin), presented by councilman Tom Labonge with the Hollywood Arts Council’s first-ever Culinary Arts Award. It’s not just Union Station’s 75th anniversary, but that of the city's grand old LA hot dog stand on La Brea, too.

To show you the kind of company the Pinks keep, another honoree was Richard Sherman, composer of songs from famous musicals like Mary Poppins, here playing A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down. Very impressive, although it is doubtful Richard Sherman could define a cap rate quite like Richard Pink.

We always forget that this ballroom was where the first Academy Awards were held, in 1929. But with Joe Mantegna and Leonard Maltin among the presenters, and Charlie himself standing on stage, the Pinks helped bring it alive again with the glamour of Hollywood. Although it would have been perfect if they'd also catered it.