California home was featured in Will Ferrell, Kristin Wiig thriller comedy in 2015
The Stanislawski family’s connection to Johnston Lake in Pasadena, California, dates to 1921.
That’s when Lisa Stanislawski’s grandparents enjoyed a waterside picnic — a date that was memorialized with a photo. Lisa came across the picture years later, shortly after she moved to Pasadena, and that’s all the convincing that was necessary: She set her sights on making a home on the lake.
After marrying, the Stanislawskis purchased their first house in 1989. It was close to the lake, but not close enough. The real prize, what they called their dream home, was next door.
It was eight years before they could call the property home, though. That’s when their elderly neighbor moved and sold the home to the Stanislawskis, by then a family of five.esenting the property, told Homes.com in an interview.
