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JUDY PROFETA – ACHIEVINGTHE IMPOSSIBLE DREAMP. 22by Sheila MaddenWe follow Judy Profeta’s journey from a modestchildhood in San Jose to her role as top real estateagent and community supporter on the Montereypeninsula.
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SOURCE FOR HAPPY SMILESP. 16by Jeanette Kern, D.D.S.Jeanette Kern, D.D.S. shares her wisdom and experi-ence on dental health, explaining how an ounce ofprevention is worth far more than a pound of cure.
MARCI BRACCO, ONE FORTUNATEWOMANP. 34by Dan ShaferWe explore how Marci Bracco has built a manage-ment career around the concept of using specialevents to help charities and small businesses brandthemselves.
YON-KA SIGNATURE DAY SPAP. 48by Sheila MaddenMore than just your average day spa, Yon–Ka DaySpa offers post–surgical treatments in addition tohydrotherapy and a selection of other uniqueservices to refresh your mind and body.
contentVOLUME THREE ISSUE TWO [SPRING 2008]
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016 SOURCE FOR HAPPY SMILES
020 EVENTS & AFFAIRS
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022 JUDY PROFETA – ACHIEVING
THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM
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034 MARCI BRACCO, ONE
FORTUNATE WOMAN
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048 YON-KA SIGNATURE DAY SPA
050 ONE CHICKEN WHOSE EGGS
REALLY ARE GOLDEN
066 EVENTS & AFFAIRS
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070 A PROUD HERITAGE
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014 PUBLISHER’S NOTE
029 RUNWAY
053 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
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65 °THIS IS THE MONTEREY PENINSULA
14 65mag.com Spring 2008
In this issue of 65° Magazine we cele-
brate the many women of the Monterey
Peninsula. These women not only call
the Peninsula home but have gone to
great lengths to help build the commu-
nity into what it is today while culturally
enhancing it.
We started this issue by bringing
some of the Peninsula’s female icons
together at the Highlands Inn for the
cover photo shoot. Fiona Vanderwall,
Resort Manager of the Highlands Inn,
was gracious enough to host the event
and provide the facility where every-
one assembled. It was an amazing
experience. While everyone who gath-
ered there that day were originally from
the Peninsula a few of them have been
away from the area for a while and were
more than pleased to return.
We are extremely thankful that
everyone who participated in this issue
took the time to make the Women of
the Peninsula issue one to remember.
Our feature story delves into the life
and career of Judy Profeta, an aston-
ishing entrepreneur and community
leader who is not afraid of working
hard or dreaming big. Her story of
growing up from modest roots into a
woman, who has taken her life by
storm, is one of inspiration as she
informs us how she learned that any-
thing is possible. She has truly
achieved the impossible dream and
strives to help others do the same.
We are happy to share the story of
Marci Bracco who has dedicated her time
to helping charities and small business-
es build success around special events
and packages. A native of Morgan Hill,
Marci shares how she went from jour-
nalism and being a student in marketing
at Long Beach State to becoming the
Catering and Special Events Director at
Quail Lodge. Marci truly shines as she
helps a variety of organizations raise
much needed money.
The Carmel Art Association’s Director,
Susan Klusmire, who formerly worked as
the Museum and Cultural Coordinator
for the City of Monterey, describes how
she often found herself regularly visit-
ing the CAA during her time with the
City. After over a decade of dreaming
that she would one day work at the CAA
she finally found herself working among
the artists and members who have
made the CAA a community staple for
the last 80 years.
Known as the “Ansel Adams of Golf
Photography,” Joann Dost takes us on
the journey she followed, from her life
as golf pro with the LPGA to her meta-
morphosis into one of the world’s most
renowned golf photographers.
Inspired by the orthodontic work
that she had done to her own teeth as
a young teenager, Jeanette Kern,
D.D.S. became motivated to begin her
career in the dental industry. From
dental hygienist to Cosmetic and
Restorative Dentist, Jeanette has
made an effort to decrease patient
discomfort and increase convenience
by employing technological advances
such as digital radiographs, air abra-
sion, and teeth straightening proce-
dure called Invisalign. Dentistry will
never be the same.
Vice President and CEO of Cort
Companies, Beth Cort, contributes a
column that shares her excitement for
the future while Highlands Inn Resort
Manager, Fiona Vanderwall, speaks in
her column, about what it is like to work
at an establishment that is linked to
years of tradition.
We want to thank Charles T.
Chrietzberg, Jr., Chairman, President,
and Chief Executive Officer at Monterey
County Bank for the extraordinary lunch
that the company put on for our maga-
zine. It was great meeting his close
friends and clients as well as meeting
with downtown Monterey merchants
Brenda Eberly & Linda Castillo-Arreola
of Karma Fashion Lounge, who are pas-
sionate about rebuilding their business
after the fire.
It was equally delightful meeting
Masterbuilder Al Saroyan. Seeing some
of the incredible homes that he created
with such fine artistry was mesmeriz-
ing and unforgettable.
We are now preparing for our next
adventure here at 65° Magazine.
Following this issue, we will be focus-
ing on the men of the Peninsula. With
more encouraging stories, we look for-
ward to introducing you to the
Monterey Peninsula’s inspirational
men who will share their experiences
as Peninsula residents, professionals,
and volunteers. °
Richard Medel
Publisher
richard@65mag.com
PUBLISHER’S NOTE [WOMEN OF THE PENINSULA]
*“THESE WOMEN NOT ONLY
CALL THE PENINSULA
HOME BUT HAVE GONE TO
GREAT LENGTHS TO HELP
BUILD THE COMMUNITY
INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY
WHILE CULTURALLY EN-
HANCING IT.”
SEND ANY COMMENTS ON THE ARTICLE TO EDITORS@65MAG.COM.
peekstrends * fashion * impressions
Judy Profeta beleives that beingprepard when opportunity knocksis key to acheiving one’s dreams,and shares her life experience withus. Meanwhile, Jeanette Kern,D.D.S. is happily fixing the smiles ofPeninsula residents who come toher Monterey office.
HAPPENINGS
PEEKS [HOMEGROWN]
From early childhood I was interested in athletics,
and played center position on my high school volley-
ball team. I was especially interested in art and
created some ceramic pieces that some people
thought were fine.
At age 13 I had some orthodontic work done and
was simply dazzled by the effect that the procedure
had upon my appearance. The experience created a
desire for me to find a place for myself in the dental
care profession.
However, women didn’t become dentists in those
days. Also, the process took too long. I was afraid I
would be an elderly graying 30-year-old before I grad-
uated, so I went into dental hygiene. If I couldn’t give
people a perfect smile I could at least give them
clean white teeth.
PROFESSIONAL BEGINNINGSMy role as Dental Hygienist supplied me with an
important set of skills. I enjoyed the role I was play-
ing in providing wellness for people. Things changed
when bonding appeared in the 1980s and dentists
could suddenly do such things as lengthen and
smooth teeth providing an improvement in smiles
beyond what had been possible up to that point. The
power of bonding appealed to the artist in me. I
wanted to create beautiful smiles. I decided to become
a Dentist and applied to Dental School.
The world had changed and by that time women
were beginning to get involved in any part of the
business world that we wanted to be in. So in 1985 I
became an entry-level dental student at UCLA. A full
one-third of us in that class were women. By the
way, parity has since become perfect and UCLA den-
tal classes are now evenly divided by gender.
I’ve discovered that life has rhythms and cadences.
If a person will simply stay in-tune with the Universe
then things tend to happen when the time is ripe. In
retrospect, the nine years I spent as a Dental
Hygienist served to mature my self-awareness and
my understanding of human nature to the point that
I was prepared to engage in the dental experience at
a level that simply wouldn’t have been possible dur-
ing my callow youth.
The difficult courses such as Physics and Organic
Chemistry were simply hurdles that I cleared with
great joy and energy because I was determined to
become the authentic Me that the Universe had
designed me to be.
I graduated at the head of my class and following
graduation I taught dentistry at UCLA and USC,
worked as an associate in a Los Angeles dental office,
and gave birth to two daughters. LA is no place to
raise children so in 1995 I moved to Monterey and
purchased my own dental practice.
CLIMBING TO THE TOP My professional life underwent a seismic transforma-
tion in 1999. Following ten years of traditional dental
practice I attended my first hands-on dental training
institute emphasizing cosmetics and I came to a bril-
liant clarity that my practice could focus upon the
kinds of transformation that I had only dimly imag-
ined when I was 13.
I subsequently participated in post-doctoral train-
ing with pioneers in the fields of aesthetic,
restorative, and general dentistry. This was the culmi-
nation of the journey that I had been taking up to
that time. I had found my purpose.
Fortunately I’m married to an amazing busi-
nessperson. My husband, Kevin, a professional
accountant, has helped me with the business part of
my practice. Besides keeping our accounts straight,
Kevin takes care of our computers, performs liaison
with the government, handles Costco kinds of tasks,
and serves as a gentle shepherd for our daughters.
Kevin is my life partner in almost every way a man
could be a partner to a woman. He carves out space in
which I can focus my attention on the thing that,
after all, I love to do. He has provided me with the
opportunity to be particularly successful.
I’m passionate about continuing education, never
imagining that I have in any sense “arrived” at some
pinnacle of professional competence. Every year I
take all seven of us in my office for multi-day train-
ings in such places as Florida, New York, San Diego,
and San Francisco. We always return from these
events fired up and excited to utilize our newly devel-
oped skills for our patients’ benefit.
The seven of us also have fun, both during our
training experiences and in our day-to-day work. Our
age spread is 29 to 52. Four of us are mothers, three
single, and we blend into an organization in which
the diversity serves to draw us together and to pro-
vide energies and abilities that no homogeneous
group could ever match.
As a result of our focus on education and training,
I’m confident that I’m managing the most well-
trained dental team on the Peninsula. My dental office
was featured in the Winter-Spring 08 New Beauty
magazine as an illustration of how a business like
mine should be run.
SOURCEFOR
HAPPYSMILES
JEANETTE KERN, D.D.S.
IS A VIGOROUS
PROFESSIONAL AND
THE PROFESSIONAL
WOMAN’S NETWORK’S
CURRENT WOMAN OF
THE YEAR.
BY JEANETTE KERN, D.D.S
IMAGES BY D.M. TROUTMAN
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JEANETTE IS HAPPILY FIXING THE
SMILES OF PENINSULA RESIDENTS
WHO COME TO HER MONTEREY
OFFICE. HER WORK IS ALL ABOUT
RELATIONSHIPS.
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RAISING THE BARDentistry is undergoing profound changes because of
the impact of technology. Along with so many other
things, it seems that our profession is re-inventing
itself every five years or so. To paraphrase an old car
ad, “This is not your grandfather’s dental office” actu-
ally falls far short of the reality.
“This is not your older sibling’s dental office”
would be closer to the truth.
We train ourselves to remain abreast of things
like digital radiographs, laser for soft tissue manage-
ment, and air abrasion — a technology that permits
us to remove decay without using a drill. Invisalign is
an amazing process that provides clear removable
braces. We have a CEREC machine that actually cre-
ates finished crowns in a while-you-wait process
that frees patients from the always obnoxious need
to wear a temporary crown for three weeks.
Our standard dental services are, themselves, a
source of satisfaction because of the connection
between oral health and general health. For example,
inflammatory conditions in the mouth (periodontal
disease) are tied to heart disease. Studies of plaque
material in blood vessels reveal the same bacteria
that live in your mouth causing cardiovascular dis-
eases such as atherosclerosis, and leading to high
blood pressure and strokes.
In the area of oral health, an ounce of prevention
is worth far more than a pound of cure. I tell peo-
ple, “You take care of your teeth and they’ll take
care of you.”
I see my task as one of partnering with patients in
creating and maintaining healthy teeth and pleasant
— even dazzling — smiles. “I’ll help you keep your
teeth for a lifetime,” I tell my patients. “And help you
be happy with your smile.”
The primary responsibility for dental health prop-
erly belongs to the patient. My role is to restore and
maintain their teeth, and to teach them about den-
tal care so they can take responsibility for their own
dental health.
GETTING AND STAYING CONNECTEDThe years of my life have served to teach me the
lesson that everything is about relationships; it’s all
about people. I’m in service to my patients. I’ve also
put my training and position as a businesswoman
into service for the community. Part of this is just
for the networking and PR opportunities that
community outreach provides me. If people have the
desire to improve their smiles, I’m the one to give it
to them. This isn’t just an advertising sound-bite,
this is the truth.
At its best, marketing is much more than merely
pushing services and products. My philosophy is that
you have to have your house in order, with a com-
pletely trained team in place and equipment up to
high standards, before beginning any heavy advertis-
ing campaign. I wanted to have all my ducks lined up
before telling the world “Here I am.” I firmly believe
that tooting your own horn is fine as long as you
actually know how to play the tune.
Given the kind of excellence we provide, marketing
becomes a matter of simply letting our light shine.
We’re simply showing others the blessings that we
can bring to their lives.
I sometimes feel that in marketing my dental serv-
ices I’m like a lighthouse. Not everyone needs the
services we provide; boats sometimes merely go sail-
ing by on a course for some other destination.
However, we’re shining the way for people searching
for a place to find help with their teeth.
The Professional Women’s Network (PWN) has
provided me with connections to people outside
my sphere of dental professionals. The organization
PEEKS [HAPPY SMILES]
Spring 2008 65mag.com 19
JEANETTE KERN
AGE:52
OCCUPATION:COSMETIC, RESTORATIVEDENTIST
PLACE OF BIRTH:LOS ANGELES
LOCAL RESIDENCE:MONTEREY
LIFE GOAL:TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL SMILES
has become a great resource for meeting people
and for profiting from their example of how to suc-
ceed in business.
The PWN includes women in ages ranging from
35 to 65. We are all business owners or high-level
managers who have raised ourselves to leadership
roles. Together we are learning from each other
and teaching one another principles and tech-
niques for growing businesses. We read books to
improve our minds and spirits, such as The Path,
by Laurie Beth Jones, Good to Great, by Jim Collins,
What is Your Purpose?, by Jim White, and Your A-
Game, by Bill Blatchford.
We read, study, and mentor one another — using
all available channels in order to remain in the cur-
rents of professional development and personal
transformation. We believe that people are not born
leaders; we evolve by taking many deliberate steps in
growing into our roles.
Those of us in PWN are shoulder-to-shoulder in
learning how to balance careers, family, and com-
munity. Theresa Ream, the current President of
PWN, for example, balances five businesses while
maintaining a happy family, in addition to serving
on her church board.
The example of Theresa and other business women
getting involved in community outreach encouraged
me to spread myself out. It gave me permission to
become an independent-minded and confident leader,
and as a result I’m now Secretary of the Monterey Rape
Crises Center board, member of the Dance Kids of
Monterey County, and Chairperson of the PWN’s
Membership and Network Showcase committees.
I’ve created a university scholarship for local
women who are interested in science, and am active-
ly involved with the Go Red for Women, Give Back a
Smile, and Make-A-Wish foundations. In addition,
I’m the only woman member of the Monterey Dental
Society’s Peer Review. This fall I plan to launch a
campaign to raise awareness about oral cancer.
My career began with a vision. I have developed
skills to complement my artistic talents and am
applying them in service to my clients. I love what I
do! The excitement that people derive from their new
smiles never fails to turn me on.
I’m blessed to have become an artisan who gets
paid to perform her art in doing the very thing that I
would have gladly done for nothing.
Send comments about the article to editors@65mag.com.
[HAPPY SMILES] PEEKS
“ I subsequently participated in
post-doctoral training with pioneers
in the fields of aesthetic, restorative,
and general dentistry. This was the
culmination of the journey that I had
been taking up to that time. I had
found my purpose. ”
EVENTS & AFFAIRS [2ND ANNUAL SURF N SAND WINE TASTING]
20 65mag.com Spring 2008
Robin Fagundes Monterey Bay Wine Company Carol Ann Manly, Scott Cantor, Liz Cantor, Mary Jo Frederickson
Esta Holden, Ken Holbrook, Jerry Holden Christy Rector, Kim Ruiz, Kim Lemaire
Ryan Sanchez & Father Guille Barbosa, Joanne Dempsey, Karla Maciel, Jasmine McMahon
[2ND ANNUAL SURF N SAND WINE TASTING] EVENTS & AFFAIRS
Spring 2008 65mag.com 21
Vickie Casalla, Mick Brown, Teresa Sewell, Pam Christianson, Diana Worthy Gina Nucci, Stephanie Zelei
Marsha & Dave Leadingham, Anita Benson Vernon & Joyce Horton, Mary Lou & Doc Emmerd
Patricia Quaglia & Josie Villalpando Kathy Baumann, Kim Lord, Brian & Hilda Johnson, Christina Herrera, Elsa Rivera
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THREE WOMEN PRO-
FOUNDLY INFLUENCED
JUDY PROFETA’S LIFE.
ONE TAUGHT HER TO
APPRECIATE BEAUTY
AND TO WORK HARD;
AND THE OTHER TWO, TO
BELIEVE IN HERSELF, AND
TO DREAM BIG.
Judy Profeta describes herself as happy by nature. Yet make no mistake,things have not always been easy for her. The life that Judy has today she hascreated with her powerful ability to envision what is possible and herresilience and courage to do what it takes to make her dreams come true.
Judy was eight years old when her mother first brought her to visit Carmel.There was no place further from the reality of Judy’s day–to–day life than thebeautiful, 1950’s Bohemian Carmel–By–The–Sea. Yet after the first visit sheknew that Carmel was where she belonged and where she would eventuallywork and live. It was a dream completely beyond her reach. She did not knowhow or when she would make it happen, but she never stopped believing thatit would become a reality.
In describing her childhood trips to Carmel she says, “It was perfection forus, visually and spiritually. This was the place that was soul satisfying. Iknew I belonged here.”
MODEST ROOTSJudy was born in San Jose, California in what she describes as a low-incomefamily. Her single mom, Anne, worked for the Campbell Union School Districtto support her and her two sisters. And while it was necessary to create a verystructured regimen to keep the house running smoothly, her mom was also
PJUDY PROFETA ACHIEVING THEIMPOSSIBLE DREAM Jby Sheila MaddenImages by Russell Byrne
[FEATURE]
Spring 2008 65mag.com 23
“THEY TAUGHT ME
TO NOT LIMIT
MYSELF ON
ANYTHING, THAT
EVERYTHING IS
POSSIBLE”
able to instill in Judy a great love of natural beauty and of beautiful things. Sitting in her living room, Judy’s eyes fill with tears as she says, “My
mother sewed and so we always had pretty things. Even though we didn’thave much money, I didn’t know it. I grew up very happy.”
Her tears were not tears of sorrow but tears of joy and gratitude. Had hermother not appreciated great beauty, Judy would never even have seenCarmel, let alone been able to create the fulfilling life she now lives hereon the beautiful Monterey Peninsula.
LEARNING THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEThere was another woman in Judy’s life who also had an extraordinaryinfluence on her. When Judy was thirteen, her widowed grandfather, whowas working overseas, met and married a European Countess. When theyreturned to the United States, Judy was immediately captivated by hernew Nonna. From Italian and German heritage, Nonna mesmerized Judywith stories of her life in Europe and of her world travels. “Nonna wasunlike anything in my experience. It was very magical for a young girl,”she recalls.
Judy describes her Nonna as a very tall, elegant and striking womanwho drew people to her with her interesting stories and life experiences.She lived in San Francisco and Judy spent summers with her. UnderNonna’s tutelage Judy learned about life in other parts of the world. Shelearned the art of hosting parties, how to dress well and how to travel.During the many gatherings that Nonna hosted, Judy came in contactwith people from around the world and it was this experience thatprovided her the opportunity to become very comfortable with people ofdiverse nationalities and cultures.
After Judy’s grandfather passed away, Nonna reconnected with herdear childhood friend, Theresa, who had also lost her husband. The twolived together and as far as Judy is concerned, she gained a secondgrandmother. Theresa also had a brilliant mind, was a gifted artist anda fabulous storyteller.
The two women treated Judy like an adult. They opened her world toreading, art and opera. But by far the most important gift that they gaveher was the constant assurance that she was wonderful and that she couldbe and do anything she wanted with her life.
“They taught me to not limit myself on anything, that everythingis possible.” Judy says.
THE WORLD WIDE JOURNEY THAT LEAD TO REAL ESTATE Judy married and divorced at a young age but then met and married hercurrent husband of forty years, Bob, who is a nuclear engineer by trade.During the early years of their marriage his work offered them the oppor-tunity to become world citizens. With Judy’s adventurous spirit sparked byNonna and Theresa’s stories of the world, Judy enthusiastically embracedliving internationally. They spent nine years abroad. Their first three-yearassignment was in Tarapor, India. That was followed by three years inVittoria, Spain and another three years in Taipei, Taiwan.
They returned to the United States in 1979 and lived in Morgan Hill,California. After living such an exciting and unusual life for the previ-ous nine years, Judy found herself becoming bored and restless. She hadgrown up wanting to be an architect and always had a passion fordesign and decorating, so when a neighbor suggested that they get
real estate licenses, she agreed. Judy felt that entering the world of realestate would open the door for her to do more design work and perhapseven architecture.
That goal changed when Judy very quickly became a highly successfulRealtor. She discovered that in real estate she could combine her desire tohelp people with her artistic talent and her problem solving capabilities.Within a short time she became one of the top agents in her company.
“It was a total accident”, she says about finding the vocation thatchanged her life forever.
But was it? As Judy’s life continued to unfold, she began to understandthat there are no accidents in life. What was happening was the beginningof a very mindful and focused journey to achieving her dream of returningto Carmel.
THE VISION THING One day Judy’s assistant in the Morgan Hill office where she worked toldher she was going to get her broker’s license. Being one who never wantsto miss out on anything, she quickly realized that she couldn’t have herassistant become a broker without becoming one herself.
Judy studied for and received her broker’s license but had no desire orintention to own her own business. She continued to be a top producer inher company and wanted to focus on growing her sales.
“I’ve always been fierce about my playtime”, Judy says. After eighteenyears in real estate she enrolled in a class to learn new ways to continueto build her real estate business while balancing it with the rest of her life.The class proved to be a turning point and taught her something she didnot expect: To create and manifest exactly what she wanted in her life.
One of the first projects in the class was to write down the vision of whather perfect day would look like five years in the future. Judy did not grav-itate to this assignment because she didn’t feel she was good at visioningand setting goals. Plus, having experienced the regimen her motheremployed in their lives in order to survive, Judy did not want her freedomto be confined by any rigid set of goals.
With encouragement from her teacher and classmates, Judy resignedherself to write the vision statement but it took her almost six monthsto complete. When she began to think about her perfect day the onlything she knew for sure was that she wanted to live and work in Carmel.She persevered and at the end of six months her life picture includedthese statements:
• I’m in Carmel where I belong• I have my own successful business• I live a short distance from my office• I am “walking distance” from downtown so that when I grow old,
I can still get around• My husband works with me• I have six grandchildren• I’m very involved in my community
UNWAVERING BELIEF AND GOING WITH THE FLOWOnce Judy had completed the process of putting her vision intowords, there was no question in her mind that every single elementof it would happen.
And here is the secret to her success: She never once thought or worried
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about how it was going to happen. Instead, she applied her single-mindedfocus on knowing that it would happen and she paid very close attentionto all of the opportunities that began to present themselves to her.
She laughed as she explained to me that at the time, her current life hadabsolutely no resemblance to her dream. She still lived and worked inMorgan Hill, her husband was still in nuclear engineering with his companyand their children were in college.
In a remarkable series of events, each of which called upon Judy’scommitment, faith, and courage, within two years everything she haddelineated, except the grandchildren, had come true.
BEING PREPARED WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKSJudy and Bob shared the desire to live in Carmel and while they had begunto talk about selling their house in Morgan Hill and moving, the timingwasn’t right. Morgan Hill had recently had an earthquake and the wholearea had been redlined, reducing property values and making financingvirtually impossible.
Then a client with whom Judy was working visited her at home. He andhis wife loved the house and told Judy they wanted to buy it. That night atdinner Judy told Bob, “I think I may have sold the house today.” As theybegan to talk about their dream price for selling, the phone rang. It wasJudy’s client offering her and Bob the exact amount that they had beendiscussing just moments before.
Although it was wonderful to have received the perfect offer, she doubtedthat the client would ever get the appraisal required to secure financing,but he did. They sold the house and decided to start looking for a place inCarmel. In the meantime, they faced one slight problem. They had nowhereto live.
That problem too was solved quickly. Within a couple of days, the peoplewho had rented a town-home for five years from Judy and Bob in MorganHill called to say they were moving out. This provided them with a placeto live and the ability to seriously look for a home in Carmel.
It didn’t take Judy long to find a house to buy in Carmel. She and Bobwere still living and working in the Morgan Hill area so they decided to rentout their newly purchased Carmel house, confident that when the timewas right they would be able to move into it themselves.
However, during a meeting at her Realtor’s office, Judy noticed a build-ing for rent on the same block. Thinking it would make a great real estateoffice and with her focus on wanting to work as well as live in Carmel, shetalked with her broker in Morgan Hill to try to convince him to rent thebuilding and open an office where she could work.
He wasn’t interested but explained that she could do it if she wanted to.“Well, that is never going to happen” Judy said to herself. A few days laterwhen she was back at her Realtor’s to pick up the keys to their new home,she noticed someone pounding a “For Sale” sign on a neighboring build-ing. She had spent enough time in Carmel to know that commercial prop-erty rarely became available.
She went into the building and for the first time pictured having her ownoffice. The next thing she knew she had put in an offer on the building.
“It was so far out of my range at the time but I knew I wanted to makean offer on it and I did. Then I figured out how to make it work.”
That night at dinner, Bob was again informed of another surprise adven-
ture. Judy told him she had bought the building and, as gently as possible,let him know that they would need his 401K funds to make it happen.
As she tried to get financing to make this part of her five-year visioncome true, Judy was rejected repeatedly because the building was consid-ered a mixed use property. It took six months but finally, the 28th lenderwhom Judy approached provided the financing. Never once during thattime did she consider giving up or think that perhaps she had made amistake. That was eleven years ago and the building is now her Alain Pineloffice on Junipero, between 5th and 6th in downtown Carmel.
THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETEDuring the past eleven years all of the other pieces of Judy’s dream life havealso neatly fallen into place. The nuclear industry began to shrink so Bobjoined Judy in real estate, as have each of their three children and one ofJudy’s sisters. While Judy is devoted to her role as owner and broker, shestill does what she has always loved to do. She sells real estate. She contin-ues to be in the top 3% of agents across the country.
She and Bob have been blessed not with six, but with eight grandchil-dren. A ninth is on the way. Judy cherishes her grandchildren and theopportunity to provide to them what she received so generously from herown grandmother. While her beloved Nonna died at 99, Judy’s mom Annenow lives in town close to her and Bob.
Another part of her five-year vision included becoming involved in hercommunity. As a person who started life with very little, Judy is deeplyappreciative of all that she has today. She generously shares her time andtalents with several non-profits and planning organizations.
She believes that helping children is the key to making the world abetter place. Knowing about Judy’s early experiences in life, it is nocoincidence that she is involved with the Monterey County YouthMuseum. At MY Museum each child is considered an inventor, teacherand artist. Unstructured play is the key to help them learn to identifywhat their needs are and to communicate those needs to the adults intheir lives. At Kinship Center, Judy provides support in fulfilling theorganization’s commitment to providing adoption, foster and relativecare services to the children and families of California. She has alsocontributed her many talents to several women’s groups including theWomen’s Council of Realtors.
No matter what the venue—family, work or volunteering—Judy’s objec-tive is to help people define and successfully achieve their goals.
Judy’s message is consistent, “The most critical part of the journey isknowing where you want to be.” Guided by those words she counsels herclients, trusting that the details will unfold perfectly so that their dreamscome true.
“If I had tried to plan each step of implementing my vision it never, everwould have happened,” Judy says.
When asked how she feels now about the power of creating a life visionshe smiles and says, “What happens is extraordinary.”
Indeed it is, as is she. Judy’s life story is a wonderful reminder that nodream is truly impossible when you believe in it and yourself. Bravo Judy! °
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abodeLIFESTYLEThis issue we take a step into the life
of Marci Bracco, event planner extra-
ordinaire. Plus Beth Cort of the Cort
Companies contributes a guest
column and shares her passion for
environmental conservation on the
Monterey Peninsula.
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IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHO'S
MORE FORTUNATE, MARCI OR
THE MANY FRIENDS AND
CLIENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM
HER PASSION FOR HELPING
CHARITIES AND SMALL BUSI-
NESSES BUILD SUCCESS
AROUND SPECIAL EVENTS
AND PACKAGES.
BY DAN SHAFER
IMAGES BY RUSSELL BYRNE
MARCI BRACCO, ONEFORTUNATE WOMAN
If you spend a little time with Marci Bracco, you're
likely to hear the words “fortunate” and “blessed” so
often you may wonder if she really is just lucky or if
there are other, perhaps more mundane explanations
for her success in life. As famed French scientist Louis
Pasteur once said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.”
Clearly the word “prepared” fits Bracco just as well
as her own choice of “fortunate.” She has moved
smoothly and swiftly through a marketing career that
began with a dream job and just kept getting better.
Bracco, who has been associated over the years
with numerous local charities including Kinship
Center and CASA (Court-Appointed Special
Advocates), has built a management career around
the concept of using special events to help charities
and small businesses brand themselves. It's a unique
niche that has led her to become closely involved
with some of the world's top brands of merchandise
including Tiffany, Bentley, Bugatti, Nissan, Nike, Park
Hyatt and dozens of others.
“I like to find a charity that has an immediate
fund-raising need and then create a really special
event geared specifically to that need,” she says.
She's particularly drawn to charities that work with
children and animals. While she has no children of
her own, she does have two pets that keep her busy:
a Katrina rescue cat named Sophe and a one-year-old
French Bulldog named Geno.
She recently changed jobs, moving from a five-
year post as the first marketing and events director
at the upscale Monterra gated community to a newly
created post as catering and events manager at Quail
Lodge. In her job at Monterra, she worked directly
with developer Roger Mills, whom she called “an
amazing man” who has been very supportive of her
event-driven approach to marketing, in this case,
high-end home sales.
“Now I have a series of events all set up, with the
contacts and the template all set, so that he and his
staff can continue them year after year as long as
they wish,” she says. “It's a good time for me to be
leaving and moving to my next challenge.”
FROM ONE CHALLENGE TO ANOTHERIt seems Bracco, a native of Morgan Hill who has
spent most of her life in Northern California, has
moved from one exciting challenge to another for her
whole career.
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After graduating from Live Oak High
School, she went to Long Beach State
where she majored in journalism with
a minor in marketing, the perfect
preparation for a career that combines
publicity and promotion with activi-
ties supporting product sales.
“My first job out of college,” she
says almost as if it still surprises her,
“was at the hugely successful Chiat
Day advertising agency.” There, her
first assignment was to coordinate
an entire sports program that fea-
tured tennis star Arthur Ashe and
other national celebrities. Later, she
helped launch the Nissan Infiniti line
of automobiles' pioneering women's
marketing program.
From Chiat Day, Bracco moved to
The Blaze Co. where she oversaw the
grand re-opening of the world-
renowned Beverly Hills Hotel. She also
helped launch the Boston Market
restaurant chain and Beverages and
More retail chain in Southern California
and worked with Hyatt hotel proper-
ties in several locations.
After a two-year leave of absence
during which she helped her father
phase out and close the family's heat-
ing, ventilation and air-conditioning
business and stayed on the family
ranch in Morgan Hill, Bracco teamed
up with Pamela Musgrave, owner of a
Monterey-based branding agency.
After a year there, she signed up with
Mills at Monterra.
CHARITY IS EVENTFULMany charities raise substantial por-
tions of their annual funding needs
through special events, but one of the
problems with doing so is that putting
the “special” into the event is no mean
task. This is perhaps where Bracco
shines most brightly.
She meets with the leaders of the
charity – board members, staff if there
is one, key volunteers and others – to
determine the need and to get some
idea of what the group may have done
in the past, what seems to work for
them, and what resources they have
at their disposal. Then she puts togeth-
er a detailed plan for a unique event.
For CASA, for example, she proposed
an annual black-tie dinner with local
catering. Her events have raised a min-
imum of $25,000 per year each time
they've been held. Working with
Kinship Center, Bracco helped them
plan their First Annual Harvest Moon
Festival; the event netted $64,000 and
the center plans to repeat it into the
foreseeable future.
Her current project involves her
work with MY Museum, the name of
the Monterey County Youth Museum
on Cannery Row which recently pur-
chased new, larger facilities in down-
town Monterey. Titled “Project Dream
Builder,” the new undertaking features
five local contractors who are each
building 100-square-foot playhouses.
These houses will be on display at Del
Monte Center for several months, cul-
minating on Oct. 18 when they will all
be auctioned off for a minimum bid of
$5,000 each.
“By creating a repeatable event, I
can help these charities raise money
not just for one year but for several
years,” Bracco points out. “With the
planning work and documentation we
create as we develop the event, it can
be re-staged in subsequent years with
less intensity, effort and uncertainty.”
In virtually every case where Bracco
creates a fund-raising event for a
local charity, she puts the events
together so that they cost the charity
nothing. “I'm continually surprised
and gratified at how generous peo-
ple are with their donations of food,
decorations, linens, materials, and
time,” in helping her put together
these events. “The spirit of giving is
alive and well in Monterey.” Bracco
always encourages attendees at these
charity events to return the favor by
supporting the businesses that pro-
vide voluntary assistance.
Bracco also serves the community
as a member of the Board of Directors
of the Monterey County Hospitality
Association (MCHA).
“I think it is absolutely critical to
have an association like this to drive
business to the Monterey Peninsula,”
says Bracco. “That board has some of
the best thinkers in the area getting
together regularly to figure out how to
make this an even more attractive
tourist destination. One of my fellow
board members, Gary Cursio of Rancho
Laguna Seca, and I co-chair a golf tour-
nament every year that raises about
$20,000 for the association.”
Over the years, Bracco has put on
some fairly spectacular events. One of
what she describes as the “coolest”
events was for Tehama Golf Club in
Carmel. “We put together an artist, a
sculptor, a painter and a writer in dif-
ferent corners of the room and built a
dinner and exhibit around them.
People loved it. The chef researched
old local recipes like dishes prepared
on Fisherman's Wharf back in the
1950's to give the thing a special flair.”
She also managed to get a Tiffany
event staged in the private home of
one charity's chief benefactor. The New
York-based jewelry store, which has a
local presence, brought in some of its
most expensive and spectacular items
for attendees at the event to try on.
“The key to these kinds of events,”
she says, “lies in the often-over-
looked art of forming partnerships,
building relationships, for the long
term rather than simply to address
an immediate, short-term need. For
such an event to work, it has to be a
true win-win-win, so you spend a lot
of time talking to the participants to
find out what they need or would like
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MARCI BRACCO
AGE:37
OCCUPATION:CATERING & SPECIALEVENTS DIRECTOR,QUAIL LODGE
PLACE OF BIRTH:SALINAS
LOCAL RESIDENCE:SALINAS
LIFE GOAL:TO WORK WITH NICEPEOPLE
to get out of the connection. Then
you just create an event that makes
everyone involved happy.”
It isn't only charities and her pri-
mary employer who get Bracco's
attention these days. She has a small
circle of “four or five friends” with
whom she works to help them build
their small businesses into successes.
One of those with whom she is
presently working is Bahama Billy's
new owners, April and Anthony Momo,
who took over the popular Barnyard
restaurant from founder Bill Lee about
a year ago.
IT'S A DOG'S LIFE OFLUXURYIn the past year, Bracco, who admits to
working 70 or 80 hours a week most of
the year, has developed a serious rela-
tionship...with her dog. Geno goes
almost everywhere with her as she
travels the Peninsula in pursuit of her
many interests.
“Geno even writes a column about
dog-friendly places to visit,” she
laughs. When she dines at pet-friend-
ly restaurants, for example, she always
brings Geno. Bahama Billy's is one of
their favorite spots as is the Bubbly
Fish Cafe where Geno is provided with
his own velvet blanket when he deigns
to dine with his human companion
(she scoffs at the idea of “ownership”).
Bracco likes to travel, which she
does three or four weeks each year.
Last year, for example, she went to
Chile and Argentina, and two years ago
she and her boyfriend, Brandon Miller,
who's the Executive Chef and partner
at Stokes Restaurant and Bar in
Monterey, went to Italy. “Of course
when you travel with a chef, it's a
major food tour. I ate more truffles
and pasta than I thought possible,”
she laughs.
When she travels, Geno gets to hang
out at the family ranch in Morgan Hill.
“By the time I get home, he's got the
first position in a house with several
other dogs. He's got the lead position
on the couch, on the bed, and every-
where else in the house.”
Local artist Steven Whyte, a good friend
of Bracco's, has a canine companion
named Lord Wellington, an Old English
Bulldog with whom Geno is, Bracco
says, “absolutely in love.” For Geno's
first birthday, Whyte surprised the pair
with a painting of the dog.
Of course, Geno didn't escape his
human's penchant for events when he
turned one year old. “We had 12 dogs
and their humans over for a party that
featured, among other things, a fire
hydrant-shaped cake made entirely of
dog-friendly products by the staff at
Stokes Restaurant.” The event was
complete with a sketch artist and a
photo booth.
“I don't do anything small,” Bracco
said with a mirthful laugh. “I'm living
in the large.”
And a lot of businesses and chari-
ties are better off for all that. °
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My childhood memories of the
Monterey Peninsula made moving to
Pacific Grove 15 years ago an easy deci-
sion. My grandparents lived in
Monterey, where my grandfather
retired as an army general; his last post
being Fort Ord. When it became time
for my husband and me to decide
where we wanted to raise our son I
knew the Monterey Peninsula was the
place. In a way I felt that I was coming
home.
I was raised in the country outside
of Stockton, California. I had always
been very involved with the arts,
specifically dance. At age three I began
taking ballet lessons and never
stopped. But, at the same time, I loved
nurturing living beings. I was always
bandaging my many animals and good
natured brother. So, my choice to
attend California State University at
Fresno with a major in nursing and a
minor in dance and drama was no sur-
prise to anyone.
After graduation I began my nursing
career and purchased the ballet school
where I was a young student. Juggling
two careers for awhile, I was never real-
ly able to choose between them.
When my school grew to 250 stu-
dents I needed a larger location. This is
how I met my husband, Dan Cort. I had
been interested in an abandoned his-
toric school for years, but could never
find the owner. Dan had purchased the
building and was thrilled that I was
interested in relocating my school to
his new project, which was not particu-
larly on the right side of the tracks. We
instantly noticed that we had the same
vision; we were able to see beyond the
old linoleum and leaking ceilings and
transport ourselves to the finished
product. We didn’t realize it at the
time, but this would be the common
thread that would merge our interests
in the future. When my studio was
complete, I figured I would marry my
landlord so I wouldn’t have to pay rent!
After 25 years of dancing and teach-
ing, a severe hip injury forced me to
sell my school and move away from
that part of my life. It was a difficult
decision, but I always view difficult
decisions as opportunities. It has been
exciting to see where life leads me.
In 1990 Dan and I married and a year
and a half later our son Joshua was
born. I loved staying at home and
devoting 100% of my time and ener-
gies to my new son. However, when he
was three years old my husband’s work
of renovating historic properties was
experiencing explosive growth and he
needed help.
This is how, unknowingly, I began
my career as the Vice President and CFO
of Cort Companies, a company dedi-
cated to the redevelopment and reno-
vation of historic real estate. I figured
that if I could teach a four-year-old
intricate dance steps and keep a sick
person from dying, I could help care for
a company and its employees. Of
course, it wasn’t as easy as it sounded.
I began learning about real estate
law, landlord / tenant issues and
employee relations as well as construc-
tion and accounting; using my organi-
zational skills as a nurse and my cre-
ative and artistic skills as a dancer to
guide me in this new adventure. I enjoy
learning and can see how everything
in the world relates. Like the systems in
our body, they all work together.
Healing sick buildings and commu-
nities led us to public service and the
need to give back to our community.
When my husband became Mayor of
Pacific Grove, we felt that both of our
skill sets could help a community that
needed some nourishment.
Our family started ‘Trees for PG,’ a
volunteer based organization whose
mission is the replanting of our aged
urban forests. To date, we have planted
almost 2000 trees and raised
$10,000.00 for the program. I am
involved with many environmental
organizations including Oceana—which
campaigns to protect and restore the
world’s oceans—and Sustainable PG,
which is an educational organization
focused on making Pacific Grove a sus-
tainable community. I was taught that
you must leave things better than you
found them.
With our son heading to college in a
year, I am excited about how my future
will change. I only wish there was less
pressure on our youngsters to decide
their futures so early in life. My advice
to students and adults is to seek that
which you love. Opportunities will
always present themselves; it is up to
you to take them. °
Beth Cort
Vice President and CFO
The Cort Companies
GUEST EDITORIAL [BY BETH CORT]
*“TO DATE, WE HAVE
PLANTED ALMOST 2000
TREES AND RAISED
$10,000.00 FOR THE
PROGRAM.”
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THRIVING65˚takes a walk in the shoes offormer LPGA golf pro and golflandscape photographer, JoannDost. We also temp the appetitewith Le Coq d’or’s classicalGerman and French Cuisine,learn about Yon–Ka SignatureDay Spa, and celebrate the life of65˚Magazine Photographer,Henry Benson.
persona * gusto
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FORMER PRO SHOOTSGOLF THROUGH HERLENSES
If you’ve played golf at any of the best-knowngolf courses in the world, odds are prettygood that you know Joann Dost’s work even ifyou aren’t sure about her name. Increasingly,her name is becoming as widely known as herintensely real photographs of great golfholes—photographs that hang in hundreds,perhaps thousands of museums, galleries,gift shops, and private collections through-out the world.
Dost, the creative juice behind a thrivingfine-art golf photography business bearing hername in Monterey, has reached the pinnacle ofher career in a strongly male-dominated fieldthanks to her knowledge of the game, her insa-tiable curiosity, her keen powers of observationand a lot of hard work. Oh, and thanks also inlarge part to her friends, colleagues and busi-ness partners, Bob Reade and Sarah Joplin, CEOand President, respectively, of her company.
The de facto “official” photographer at PebbleBeach for many years has traveled the globe inpursuit of her passion of “enriching peoples’lives by creating a round of golf they can playforever.”
BEFORE THERE WAS ANSEL...Just about everybody who knows Dost or hasread any of the articles that have been writtenabout her over the years knows what is referredto somewhat reverentially as “the Ansel Adamsstory.” How a friend of hers who worked as thefamed photographer’s assistant introduced herto her boss as a candidate to work on a golfcourse project with Clint Eastwood for the U.S.Open being played at Pebble in June of 1982.How Adams looked at her portfolio and told her,“You can handle this job. I’m going to tell Clinthe should hire you.”
While that commission – which produced anew kind of golf book for the tournament – cer-tainly gave Dost’s photographic career a hugeboost, it was hardly the beginning of her inter-est in and mastery of the art of the camera.
For that, you have to go back to the years shewas growing up in suburban Washington, D.C.,in northern Virginia. Her grandmother was anartist, so Dost had a certain amount of exposureto the world of art during her childhood. Shegets her athletic genes from her father’s side.He was an Olympic speed skater in the 1940’s
JOANN DOST IS THE
“ANSEL ADAMS OF GOLF
PHOTOGRAPHY,” BUT FEW
KNOW THE LONG ROAD SHE
TOOK OR THE MANY ROLES
GOLF HAS PLAYED IN HER
RIDE TO THE TOP.
BY DAN SHAFER
IMAGES BY D.M. TROUTMAN
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and her older brother Dickie was a professionalbaseball player in the Mets’ organization. Herparents, both octogenarians, are still living andstill married.
The family had a neighbor named MeyerRubin, who worked as a geochemist for the U.S.Geological Survey. Rubin and his son loved totravel around the country, visiting and photo-graphing the National Park System.
“They’d come back from a trip and have allthis film and then they’d go into their darkroomto develop it. I thought it was absolutely mag-ical the way a picture would just come to life infront of your eyes on these ordinary-lookingpieces of paper,” Dost recalls.
A couple of years later, Dost, who’d been anexcellent high school athlete (basketball MVPand later inducted into her high school’s sportsHall of Fame), decided to try her hand at touringgolf. In those days, one did not simply show upto qualify for the rights to play on the LPGAtour. Most female golfers started on the mini-tour circuit, which in many ways resemblesminor league baseball in today’s sports world.
In 1973, as she was launching her run at a progolf career, Dost found herself in Australia. “Ifigured if I was going to be in this strange andexciting new place,” she remembers, “I’d prob-ably better have a nicer camera than theInstamatic I was carrying around.” She boughta Yashica Rangefinder camera and carried itwith her for the nearly one year she spent onthe Aussie tour. “That was the spark that got megoing in photography,” says Dost.
The Rangefinder was one of the best 35mmcameras of the day, and Dost spent much of herspare time on the tour studying its use andpracticing with it.
When she returned to the United States in1974 she landed in the San Francisco Bay areawhere she hooked up with a woman who wasto play a significant role in her future career.Judy Horst was a partner in a company calledBo Tree Publishing and she was also thefounder of the mini-tour on which Dost wasabout to embark. Horst had become famous –some would suggest infamous – for publish-ing a calendar called the “Ladies HomeCompanion” which featured tasteful nudemen carefully positioned and photographed.Bo Tree specialized in calendars, Dost recalls,“so there were cameras all over the place”
when Dost and several other touring prosstayed at the Horst house.
“I bought a camera at a pawn shop,” Dostrecalls, “and one day Judy took me out to Mt.Hamilton to give me a chance to shoot somescenery and landscape stuff. After we got theshots developed, she told me I had an eye forthis work and that I should keep it in mind incase I ever decided to leave the tour.”
As she played the mini-tour the next year ortwo, Dost often combined her golfing with herphotography. “I was getting some of my shotsaccepted and actually getting money from myphotography,” she says, shaking her head atthe memory.
COMES THE LPGAFinally, after several years on the mini-tour,Dost earned her LPGA card and began a five-year career as a touring pro golfer. The women’stour was less than 20 years old at the time andstill suffered from a number of image and prize-money problems not faced by the men’s circuit.
“The hardest part about life as a touring pro,”Dost says, “was getting the money togethereach year to start the tour. It cost about $1,000each week to travel the circuit and that was alot of money in the mid-1970’s. In a good year,I’d just about break even. I did, however, meeta lot of great people and got a lot of great doorsopen to me, all of which has stood me in goodstead to this day.”
During Dost’s five years on the LPGA Tour, shehad several top-ten finishes, shot a low round of66 and finished third at the Ping Championshipin Portland, Oregon as well as at the 1976 tourstop at Lake Monroe in Bloomington, IN. At onepoint she held the ladies’ course record at LakeChabot in the Oakland hills with a 67.
As she began to shift her career to photograph-ing golf, she started, quite logically, by shootingtournaments. “I knew what the players were feel-ing. I could sense their gut about their nextmoves, so I was frequently in position to get aparticularly good shot,” she recalls. While otherindependent golf photographers, who at the timewere all men, were not very welcoming or sup-portive of this first woman to step onto their turf,the professionals were “really helpful,” she says.“The guys shooting for the wire services, thenational sports and golf magazines, were reallygood about helping me and showing me things.”
Over the years, Dost says she’s shot “probablyabout 400 tournaments” for the U.S. GolfAssociation and magazines. She also does playershots for the players’ agents, advertising agen-cies and others.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF BIRDIEThese days, Dost spends the bulk of her timephotographing golf courses. She is a licensedphotographer at Pebble Beach, which sellsmany of her photos in its pro shop and else-where to avid golfers and collectors all over theworld. The majority of her work is on assign-ment but she does find time to shoot coursesjust for the love of it from time to time.
Because many of her shots are aerials – anecessity given the size and scope of a golfcourse or hole – she spends a lot of time flyingaround with the birds, suspended out the doorof a hovering helicopter by a strap, bulky tele-photo lens in hand, waiting for just the rightcombination of light and shadow and moistureand cloud to get the shot she envisions.
For closer-to-earth shots, she often bringsvery tall ladders to her shoots. “I sometimesspend hours perched on the top of the ladderwaiting to get just the right shot,” she says,demonstrating a patience that also character-ized her early mentor, Ansel Adams. While shemost often shoots in natural light, she doesoccasionally use bounce and fill lighting to geta particular effect with ground cover and otherfeatures of a tee or green.
“I get the same kind of excitement frombeing able to get just the perfect shot as I didfrom qualifying for the LPGA tour,” she says.“But I wish I had a way to write down the sym-phony I hear in my head when I’m shooting. Iexperience the course that I’m shooting on somany levels that I just love my work.”
The challenge of shooting golf courses isnever-ending and always shifting.“Architects today want the courses theydesign to fit into the landscape as if it werealways there,” she says. “They want to moveas little dirt as possible in creating thecourse right into the terrain.”
Even established courses that she has pho-tographed repeatedly change over time. “PebbleBeach is being reworked for the upcoming U.S.Open,” she says of the course’s preparation forthe prestigious 2010 tournament. “It really
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looks quite different from what ithas in the past few years. They’rereworking the bunkering, makingslight changes to the greens andwill be managing the rough differ-ently. All of that produces a coursethat is quite different to my eye asit is to the golfers’ games.”
Weather of course plays a bigrole in her photography as well.You might think she’d be reallyexcited by a totally blue-sky daybut you’d be wrong. “I have plen-ty of clear-sky day shots,” shesays. “I thrive on storms. I lovethose little ‘sucker holes’ thatoften accompany storms on theCoast. Interesting cloud forma-tions can really make a shot.”Although fog isn’t necessarily herfriend, she says that just as fog islifting, it can reveal some veryinteresting shots to her camera.
Dost has thousands upon thou-
sands of golf course landscapeshots carefully stored and cata-loged in binders at her enterprise’scorporate headquarters on GardenRoad near the Monterey Airport.Her company, under Reade’s lead-ership, produces custom prints ofall sizes, products like notecardsusing her art, and books. She ispresently at work on a book enti-tled “The Nature of Golf,” aboutwhich she is quite excited.
While she mixes digital and the“old-fashioned” analog approach-es to photography, most of herwork remains in the traditionalworld of film, a world that isshrinking in terms of suppliersand equipment. “We do so much inlarge-format prints,” Reade pointsout, that digital photography isgoing to have to scale up a good bitbefore we can even think aboutusing it as our primary medium. It
will have to get to 50 megapixels orhigher resolution.” Even the bestdigital cameras today top out atunder 32 megapixels.
“I still can’t believe that this hashappened to me,” she says wistful-ly, a twinkle in her eyes. “To be outon a golf course, often before any-one else is there or after everyoneelse is gone, to get to know it sowell that I can capture its essencein photographs and then to be ableto make a business out of it. It’smore than I ever dreamed.”
Her dreams help a great manygolfers take their dreams of play-ing the world’s greatest golf cours-es back home in memorable pho-tographic records that capture therelaxation and thrill of that “roundof golf that lasts forever.” °
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editors@65mag.com.
JOANN DOST
AGE: 57
OCCUPATION:GOLF LANDSCAPE FINEART PHOTOGRAPHER
PLACE OF BIRTH:WASHINGTON, D.C.
RESIDENCE:PEBBLE BEACH
LIFE GOAL:MAKE A DIFFERENCE INTHE WORLD THROUGH
“The hardest part about life as a touring prowas getting the money together each year tostart the tour.
A versatile man with a vivid artistic voice, Henry Benson had a propensity for infus-
ing his photographic works with spirit. His non-intrusive approach and ability to bring
photos to life acquired him a loyal international audience made up of artists, musi-
cians, colleagues, and admirers.
With a natural ingenuity for the visual arts, Henry was expressly renowned
for producing candid photographs that captured the lives of thousands of
people including musicians—particularly jazz and blues entertainers. Henry
Benson’s photojournalistic masterpieces have graced both online and print
media. The creator of Central Coast Magazine, member of Image Makers of
Monterey, and contributing photographer for 65° Magazine—among a flock of
other professional endeavors and memberships—Henry’s roles as a photojour-
nalist, graphic artist, and web designer were the result of his hunger for story-
telling and love of visual artistry.
For more than 10 years Henry also donated his photographic talents to a
menagerie of events including the Monterey Blues and Jazz Festivals, the
Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Santa Cruz Blues Festival, and the Big
Sur Marathon Events. Photographing and befriending the likes of acclaimed
celebrities such as Dave Brubeck and Clint Eastwood, Henry never suffered
from a lack of inspiration.
Henry’s versatile abilities earned him a reputation among musicians, artists, and
colleagues for images that breathe with passion.
Fellow photographer and Member of Image Makers of Monterey, Miller Outcalt,
once referred to Henry as, “…truly the best photographer of the people I ever knew.”
65° Magazine knew Henry best for his photographic contributions and for his
warm demeanor. Never a harsh word leapt from his lips and never less than a
friendly greeting was exchanged, even when he was feeling under the weather.
On behalf of everyone here at 65 ° Magazine, we feel fortunate to have been able
to consider Henry Benson a part of the 65° family.
Andrea Stuart
Editorial Director
65° Magazine
[REMEMBERING HENRY BENSON] ]RENAISSANCE MAN
OCTOBER 25, 1946 – MARCH 4, 2008
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BLOOM [HOMEGROWN]
YON-KASIGNATURE DAY SPA
BY SHEILA MADDEN
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EXQUISITE SKIN & BODY CARE DELIVEREDWITH UNSURPASSED PASSION
Chantal and Philippe Tourtin are high school sweethearts who have created a successful busi-
ness as well as a successful marriage.
Chantal, a Board Certified Paramedical Aesthetician, was working as a trainer for Yon-Ka®
when the company asked the couple to open a spa in Carmel. In September 1993 they opened
The Yon-Ka Signature Day Spa, located at 118 Crossroads Boulevard, and it has become Yon-Ka’s
flagship spa in the United States.
Chantal and Philippe are contagiously passionate about their work and the healing bene-
fits of the Yon-Ka product line. Their unwavering commitment to quality and customer care
is the reason that 90% of their business comes from local, long-term clients.
THE YON-KA® STORYYon-Ka was founded in 1957 by French scientists, Ernest and Charles Multaler. Yon-Ka prod-
ucts and therapies are hand crafted, plant-derived, holistically formulated, and customized to
meet the needs of each client.
The Yon-Ka Signature Day Spa has a private, serene ambiance. They offer head-to-toe treat-
ments that nurture your skin, relax your mind and restore your inner balance. Offerings include
facials, massage, hydrotherapy, Ayurvedic body care, and waxing.
Because of Chantal’s unique medical background, she also provides clients pre and post-sur-
gical care to prepare the skin and body for faster healing from cosmetic surgery or non-surgi-
cal procedures. These treatments help speed recovery by up to 70% by promoting wound heal-
ing and reducing symptoms such as bruising and swelling.
I experienced these results first hand when I needed plastic surgery after the removal of a large
tumor from my face. Chantal referred me to Monterey Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Doug Sunde, who did
a brilliant job repairing my face. After surgery Chantal began a series of post-operative treatments
and thanks to the two of them, there is virtually no sign of having had such a major surgery.
When asked what distinguishes Chantal from other aestheticians, Dr. Sunde says, “She is so
professional, so thorough and dedicated.” He also appreciates Chantal’s medical background and
declares himself a big fan.
Other newly offered services include the LumiLift® and LumiFacial® which use the revolution-
ary techniques of light energy and polarized current to rejuvenate the skin and lift sagging mus-
cles without invasive procedures.
STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCEWhen you walk into the Spa you will be graciously welcomed into warm elegance. Your senses
will come to life with the subtle smell of the aromatic products. You will notice that every inch of
the Spa is meticulously clean.
Downstairs there is a hair salon and a Jane Iredale make-up room. Upstairs, you discover three
massage rooms, three aesthetician rooms and two hydrotherapy rooms in addition to a lovely
sitting room.
Chantal and Philippe care deeply about their clients. They have a standard of excellence that is
unsurpassed and keeps us all coming back. They are hard-working people whose commitment to
each other and to their business is refreshingly inspirational.
The Yon-Ka Signature Day Spa is open 7 days a week. For appointments call (831) 625-4410.
Visit www.yonka-signature.com to receive their newsletter, class schedule and product information.
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Nestled away in its own little courtyard on Mission
between 4th and 5th in Carmel is one of the most pop-
ular local favorite European cuisine establishments,
one that offers a rare and enticing menu that com-
bines the best of German and French cooking styles
and traditions.
One of a handful of restaurants on the Peninsula
owned and operated by women, Le Coq d’Or (German
“Zum Goldenen Hahn”, English, “The Golden Chicken”)
is a mainstay in the midst of one of the restaurant
Meccas of the Monterey area. Lorie Parsons and her
mother, Annelore, co-own and manage the restaurant,
with Lorie handling the kitchen and Annelore acting as
hostess and business manager.
Le Coq d’Or has been a fixture in Carmel for more
than 60 years, during the last 16 of which Lorie and
Annelore have been its co-proprietors. Both women
have long family histories in the food business. Lorie
grew up in Carmel with a mother who owned several
restaurants. “I was often in the kitchen,” she recalls
with a chuckle, “standing on milk crates, helping the
kitchen staff.” By the time she’d reached the ripe old
age of 11, she says, “I could already make a good
Hollandaise sauce.”
Today, Lorie’s eight-year-old daughter Juliana is fol-
lowing in Mom’s footsteps, often helping out in the
kitchen at Le Coq d’Or.
Lorie’s history
with the restaurant
goes back a good
many years. “I
remember coming
here with my parents
and their friends,”
she says wistfully.
“There used to be
wonderful murals on
the wall depicting
French pastoral scenes.
I’ll bet they’re still under
there somewhere.”
Both of these women are in
the restaurant business for one
big reward. “It’s important that
people are happy, talking about
the food and enjoying their experi-
ence,” Lorie summarized. “We like
people to want to keep coming back
over and over to dine with us.”
COWBELLS EVERYWHEREAs you walk into the warm and welcoming
interior of Le Coq d’Or (which also features a cozy,
dog-friendly patio just outside the front door), one of
LORIE AND ANNELORE
PARSONS GATHER CLASSICAL
GERMAN AND FRENCH COOK-
ING UNDER ONE ROOF AT
LONG-STANDING CARMEL
EATERY COQ D’OR, DRAWING
A LOYAL CLIENTELE TO DINE
AMONG THE COWBELLS.
BY DAN SHAFER
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ONE CHICKEN WHOSEEGGS REALLY AREGOLDEN
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the first things you’re bound to notice are the myriad cowbells
hanging from the beam ceiling. These traditional German bells
hang from the ceiling and around the tops of the walls of the
restaurant and have become a signature emblem of the fam-
ily’s traditional European background.
“That one over there,” Annelore says with some pride, “was
just given to us by a good friend and customer. She brought
it over from her trip to the Olympics in Lillehammer [in 1994].
She said she was cleaning out some things from her house
when she ran across it recently and thought of us, so she
brought it right over.”
Some of the bells are so large you might envision a pretty
good-sized bovine with its neck stuck through the noose that
holds it up. And in fact, among the many keepsake photo-
graphs scattered throughout the restaurant, there is one of
such a beast with members of her family taken many years ago
in Germany.
STARTING OVERAnnelore had been in the hospitality business her whole life
and Lorie had spent all her working years in the business as
well. Lorie, a native of the Peninsula born at the old Fort Ord
Hospital and graduate of Carmel High School, went to
Europe in 1981 where she spent four years studying culinary
arts, beginning as an apprentice. When she returned to the
area in 1985, she soon found herself involved in a motorcycle
accident that put her out of work for about six months.
After she recovered, she spent some time as the assistant
manager of a bed-and-breakfast where, she recalls, she was
able to bake bread and make hors d’oeuvres. Annelore had been
in the restaurant business in Carmel since 1960, holding key
positions in several local establishments.
“We were both ready for a change,” Lorie says. “Mom
wanted to get away from the kitchen for a while and I was
eager to try some of my own ideas.” Le Coq d’Or had been
in business more than 40 years but had recently been an
Italian place called Capriccio’s for a very brief period. That
restaurant went out of business as a result of a family dis-
pute and Lorie and Annelore had the opportunity to open
what was the daughter’s first restaurant of her own. They
undertook a complete remodeling of the restaurant,
decided to revert to its previous well-known name, and
opened for business.
The German portion of the menu favors all-veal Schnitzels
ranging from the traditional Wiener Schnitzel to the more
exotic Schnitzel Holstein featuring a fried egg and anchovies.
On the French side, easily the most popular dish is the Confit
de Canard, whose citrus glaze has become legendary among
Carmel gourmands.
On the dessert side of the menu, the French Tarte Tatin (tra-
ditional apple tart) and the deliciously different Marillen
Knodel (apricot-filled dumpling) rank high on most regulars’
lists of favorites.
The restaurant is open for dinner only, seven nights a week.
PARTNERANNELORE PARSONS
OWNER-CHEFLORIE PARSONS
YEARS IN BUSINESS16
FAVORITE DISHVEAL SCHNITZEL
AVERAGE DINNER MEAL$30
RESERVATIONSRECOMMENDED831-626-9319
LOCAL PROFESSIONALSPENINSULA PROFESSIONALS CREATE THE REGION’S ECONOMIC BACKBONE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE AREA’S LEADING BUSINESS-PEOPLE — MEN AND WOMEN
WHO PROVIDE SERVICES AND PRODUCTS THAT BOLSTER OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. >>>
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Epsilon restaurant is serendipitously located in down -town Monterey. For the last 17 years Petros (Peter) hasbeen incorporating his mother’s authentic recipes tocreate a variety of succulent dishes. Revered by theSan Francisco Chronicle as one of the best placesworth visiting on the Monterey Peninsula, EpsilonRestaurant’s menu attracts people from around thepeninsula as well as clientele from all over America.You owe it to yourself to try this healthy and nutri -tiously delicious cuisine. It is their pleasure to inviteyou to experience this jewel of Monterey. Come inand sample their beautiful and tastefully uniqueGreek cooking.
Petros Mungridis, Owner
EPSILON RESTAURANT422 Tyler Street, Monterey
831-655-8108www.epsilonrestaurant.com
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Ryan Sanchez, Fermin Sanchez, AJ Sanchez, Owners
There is nothing like the rich malt flavor of a good whiskey ora beer with mouth-filling body to quench your thirst. If youenjoy the way your taste buds dance around the flavors of highquality spirits and wines you will enjoy partaking in Surf NSand’s tasting events featuring wine, tequila and rum, vodkaand gin, champagne, scotch, and bourbon. On May 1st they arehosting a tequila and rum tasting event at Quail Lodge from6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Each attendee will receive a free shot glass.Also sample vine-grown libations at their newly opened winetasting bar. To complement your experience visit their otherstore, Bruno’s Market, for quality foods and service.
SURF N SAND GENERAL STORE & BOTTLE SHOP
6th & Junipero next to Bruno’s Market & DeliCarmel-by-the-Sea, 831-624-1805, 831-624-3821
www.carmelsfinest.com, www.brunosmarket.com
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Fred began his career with Mercedes as a sales con -sultant in 1997. Today he continues to demonstratethe full potential of Mercedes products, allowing cus -tomers to experience high performance luxury drivingin sleek style. With a diverse and repeat customerbase of more than 1300 customers between WalnutCreek and Monterey, Fred is available 24/7 to eachcustomer even after they drive off with their New orAMG Certified car. Additional services include deliveryof cars to the Monterey Peninsula at a moment’s no -tice. Fred’s ability to maintain lasting rapport witheach customer is propelled by his concern that eachcustomer drives away with a smile on their face.
MERCEDES-BENZ OFWALNUT CREEK
1301 Parkside Drive, Walnut Creek925-324-9477, Fredscherer@comcast.net
Fred Scherer, VP Sales
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In November 2006, Kathleen Emmons-Perez became the new owner of TheBarn Swallow, a well-established, popular women’s boutique enjoyed bylocals and tour ists alike. Her daughter and assistant buyer, Emily Candelaria,joined her and ensures that stylish and high quality brands of clothingand accessories that cater to women of all ages fill the store. They carry alarge selection of Brighton handbags, shoes, and gifts, as well as VeraBrad ley, Pandora, Christine Alexander, Not Your Daughter’s Tummy TuckJeans, Painted Pony, and more! The Barn Swallow has a wonderful staff thatdelights in pampering customers in a warm and inviting atmosphere. Stopby the shop in the Barnyard Shopping Village with its beautiful gardensand plentiful parking!
Kathleen Emmons-Perez, Owner
THE BARN SWALLOW3656 The Barnyard, Carmel, 831-626-1208
Monday-Sat 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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EUROPEAN JEWELER AND GOLDSMITHCrossroads Shopping Village, Carmel
381 Cannery Row, Monterey, 831-624-3555www.european-jeweler.com
Adriana and Arthur Granat, OwnersVisit your friendly local jeweler at European Jeweler and Goldsmith wherethey feature full service affordable jewelry and watch repair, redesigning,custom design, appraisals, and consignment. They buy gold and also offer anexquisite collection of designer jewelry in every price range. Plus, their localcustomers receive substantial discounts while receiving personalized service.Flexible payment plans are available to accommodate a variety of budgetsbecause European Jeweler and Goldsmith is where the customers alwayscome first. They now serve two locations and offer pick-up and delivery uponrequest. Pictured above: Adriana Granat, Owner & Ruby Skidmore, StoreManager. Pictured below: Arthur Granat, Owner.
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Thomas Rivera Owner
TANNING BY THE SEA 26352 Carmel Rancho Lane, Suite 102
Carmel831-624-TANZ (8269)
Prepare for the summer sun by starting your vaca -tion now. Pamper yourself at Tanning By The Seawhere the stylish oasis atmosphere is home to state-of-the-art Matrix tanning beds. Rated number onein the tanning industry the last three years, theMatrix beds provide a 360 degree golden glow thatlasts longer without harmful burning while you liedown and relax — ideal for the ultimate tan. Thesalon also offers all-natural, hypoallergenic, Swissformulated Arbonne products; tanning supplies,swim suits, jewelry and much more. Tom is a localresident who was raised in the Carmel area and takespride in the fact that he owns the number one tan -ning salon on the peninsula.
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SUDS ’N SCISSORSANIMAL GROOMING & BOUTIQUE
223 Crossroads Boulevard, Carmel831-624-4697
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Todd HarrisOwner
A top producer, Buff LaGrange is the agent referred by local residents and past clientsagain and again. Her extensive knowledge of the market and her innate ability tolisten and understand an individual’s needs set prospective clients at ease. A 30-year resident of Carmel and a second generation real estate agent, Buff is regardedas dependable, honest, and passionate about her work. Buff’s energy, profession -alism, and easy-going manner enhances her client’s experiences by instilling in themconfidence and trust. The former owner of one of Carmel’s landmark clothing stores,Buff LaGrange perfected her skills as a creative problem solver and detail orientedbusiness woman who transforms dreams into reality.
Buff LaGrangeRealtor
COLDWELL BANKER"Bringing the love of buying a home back into style"
831-594-6566BuffLaGrange@mac.comwww.bufflagrange.com
Your pet is part of the family. He or she loves you uncon-ditionally. That’s why you want the best for your pet pal.Suds ’N Scissors has been in busi ness for 45 years,providing the best pet grooming services in the area.Todd has owned the shop since 1995. As the previousowner of Country Club Kennels, Santa Cruz Animal Care,and Tatoha Trainers, and as treasurer of the Del MonteKennel Club for almost 20 years Todd is no stranger tothe pet care industry. Suds ’N Scissors provides the high-est quality grooming for cats and dogs, offering a quaintboutique with a variety of discount items, including highend spa products, dog toys, treats, grooming supplies andmore. They also provide limited home boarding services.Whether your pet needs general grooming maintenanceor a sophisticated cut, bring them to Suds ’N Scissors.
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Sisters and cosmopolitan travelers, Brenda and Linda, inviteyou to explore their shops in downtown Monterey at KarmaFashion Lounge, Goodie 2 Shuz, and Kaiya Boutique (openingin April). Karma Fashion Lounge takes a modern approach totrendy fashion by offering an eclectic collection of clothingand accessories from lines such as Stop Staring and Colcci.If you’re looking to add flair to your wardrobe with uniqueshoes, handbags, and accessories, Goodie 2 Shuz is a newshoe boutique that recently opened next door to Karma.Brenda and Linda are also excited to re-open Kaiya Boutiquewhich will offer feminine and eccentric styles from brandssuch as Tulle and Kensie. Call or visit today!
Brenda Eberly & Linda Castillo-Arreola Owners
KARMA FASHION LOUNGE415 Alvarado Street, Monterey, 831-333-1350
KAIYA BOUTIQUE570 Munras Avenue (on the corner next to Trader Joe’s)
GOODIE 2 SHUZ413 Alvarado Street, Monterey, 831-641-9228
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MONOPOLY MORTGAGE & REAL ESTATE500 Polk Street, Monterey
831-394-2000Donnamcguiremortgage.com
Donna McGuire
Owner/Loan Officer/Realtor
Christy BuzbeeOwner
BUZBEE STUDIO3 NE Mission at 4th, Carmel-by-the-sea
P.O. Box 5943, Carmel-by-the-sea831-622-9691
buzbeestudio@aol.comwww.buzbeestudio.com
Christopher and Donna understand that choosing a loanofficer is important which is why they build lifelong part -nerships with customers while providing them with thebest rates possible. Christopher is a lifelong resident ofMonterey and has great understanding and love for thecommunity. Donna owned and operated an accomplishedmarketing firm where she was a trusted advisor to manybusinesses in California. Through the marketing firm sheestablished lifelong partnerships in the Real Estate com -munity. Together, Chris, Donna, and their four seasonedagents assist with most financing projects from purchas-ing your dream home, to construction loans, financing,and investment properties. Using education as a vehi-cle, they help get clients on a more secure path towardfinancial stability.
Chris Buzbee, a pioneer in the beauty industry, conveysher concept of complete makeovers — emphasizing haircolor application and haircuts. Recognizing the cosmeticand medical need for hair replacement, Chris and herstaff capture the market with hair loss knowledge andtreatment. Clients enter the charming, eclectic salon,instantly picking up on the staff’s professionalism andsplash of edgy freedom. Chris Buzbee specializes inPersonal Image Design and welcomes all types of hairand personalities. Teaming with Chris, makeup artistMichele Pietrantonio, offers an organic makeup line fromAustralia that truly makes going green sexy. Her specialtyis using natural looking makeup to highlight a person’snatural beauty. Together, Chris and Michele provide wed -ding and event services, making them memorable.
Christopher King Loan Officer
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Opened in July of 2006, Ferguson Bath, Kitchen, & Lighting Galleryoffers a myriad of plumbing fixtures and faucets, appliances, andlighting. If you are building or remodeling, a visit to Ferguson is amust. Ten thousand square-feet of elegance make this showroomthe premier showroom on the Monterey Peninsula. Catering to archi -tects, contractors, designers as well as home owners, Ferguson hasworking kitchens and bathroom vignettes on display. Ferguson’sknowledgeable sales staff will be delighted to help with the selectionprocess and consultation appointments are available for larger jobs.Come see all the newest innovations and the latest products. Ex -pe rience weekend cooking demos while you browse. Ferguson…“Delivering Your Dream.”
FERGUSON BATH, KITCHEN, & LIGHTING GALLERY
1144 Fremont BoulevardSeaside
831-394-SHOW (7469)
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Located in downtown Monterey, Santa Lucia Café is a German Restaurant withan Italian twist. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner they use authentic recipesand present unique dishes such as Bavarian Sauerbraten, Beef Rouladen,Spaetzle, Schweinebraten, and Knoedel (dumpling), as well as Wild Boar Brats &Sauerkraut just to mention a few. Also try their German Apple Pancake or one oftheir thin crusted pizzas, fresh from the wood burning brick-oven (that’s thetwist). Their bar offers eight Bavarian beers on draft and provides a goodselection of German, Italian, and local wines. Chef Uwe Grobecker is usually onhand to greet you and will make sure your dining experience is all that it can be.
SANTA LUCIA CAFE484 Washington Street, Suite A
Monterey831-333-1111
Uwe Grobecker, Owner
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MONTEREY PENINSULA’S LOCAL PROFESSIONALS
FOREST HILL AUTO SERVICE Forest Hill Auto Service has been in continuous service to the motoring
public since 1963. Recognized for their professional excellence by many
state, national and governmental agencies, Bob Constant and his crew of
automotive professionals were one of the first two businesses certified
as a Monterey County Green Shop. The same forward thinking that moti -
vated Forest Hill Auto Service to adopt environmentally conscientious
business practices are also used to maintain their customer’s cars. All
vehicles that come through the facility are inspected for things that will
improve efficient operation while reducing negative impact on the envi -
ronment. Forest Hill Auto Service is one of less than one percent of all
national auto repair facilities to employ 100% Automotive Service
Excellence (ASE) certified technicians. They are an AAA certified Repair
Facility and a NAPA AutoCare Center. Call them for your next auto
service experience. www.foresthillauto.com
1123 FOREST AVENUE, PACIFIC GROVE 831-372-6575
JODY ROYÉE GALLERY “Fine Art for Your Body and Home.” The Jody Royée Gallery opened in
November, 2007, replacing the former site of Robin’s Jewelry. The gallery
presents the unique, original, and sophisticated work of Owner, Jody
Royée and several local artists. Jody’s gallery is a visual feast of paintings,
one of a kind jewelry, photographs, hand-painted silk scarves, and hand -
made ceramic and wood vessels. With ongoing rotational exhibits there
is always something creative and interesting to enhance your life, be it
wearable, functional, or visual art. The intimate space evokes a per -
sonalized atmosphere where visitors can learn about each artist’s
inspiration, meaning, and vision. These creations ultimately are intended
as an expression and extension of their new owner. Visit the Jody Royée
Gallery and take a piece of Monterey Peninsula’s creative spirit home
with you. www.jodyroyeegallery.com
317 MID VALLEY SHOPPING CENTER, CARMEL VALLEY 831-620-0303
2999 MONTEREY SALINAS HIGHWAY, MONTEREY 831-375-8574
MONTEREY STONE CHAPELA BY THE SEA WEDDING Patt O’Brien, born and raised in Monterey, has owned and operated A By
the Sea Wedding and has been uniting couples for 22 years. She opened
Monterey Stone Chapel 12 years ago, and she has an in-house photogra-
pher and videographer and operates the beautifully decorated Victorian-
style chapel. The Monterey Stone Chapel offers a convenient location for
your special day and also has a beautiful garden with an outdoor gazebo
where weddings can take place. Patt can also issue your marriage license,
minimizing the trips that you would otherwise have to make to the county
offices. So, whether you dream of reciting your nuptials on the beach or
be fore a warm stone fireplace in an elegant chapel, your dream will come
true with the help of A By the Sea Wedding and the Monterey Stone Chapel.
www.montereyweddings.com
www.montereystonemarriagechapel.com
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CREATIVE 65˚Magazine Steps inside of the CarmelArt Association and Views the greatInstitution through the eyes of thedirector, Susan Klusmire.
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I am the manager of the Carmel Art Association
(CAA), which is the second oldest art gallery in the
United States. We have the mission “To advance the
knowledge of and interest in art and to create a
spirit of cooperation and fellowship between artists
and the people.”
We’ve had amazingly gifted artists among our
membership. Salvador Dali was a former member.
The CAA remains, to this day, the only gallery in
Carmel exclusively showing local artists’ paintings
and sculpture. It is visited by thousands of people
from around the world each year.
For the past 80 years the Association has been
fulfilling the terms of the mission statement — a
period of time stretching back to the afternoon of
August 8, 1927, when 19 members of Carmel’s artistic
community met and defined the mission statement.
I worked for 20 years as the Museum and Cultural
Coordinator for the City of Monterey. We had exhibi-
tions at the Alvarado Gallery. My research often
brought me to the CAA gallery looking for pieces. On
one of these trips, while on the search for artistic
treasures I said to an acquaintance, “I would love to
work here someday.”
A dozen years later I was working here, so sometimes
the things you wish for come true.
My childhood was steeped in the arts. My grand-
mother was a hiker/backpacker, who wrote poetry
for a backpacking magazine. My mom wrote
children’s books.
My great grandfather was a Los Angeles sculptor,
J. L. Roop, who, among other accomplishments,
created the puppet that was used for the model of
King Kong. The Los Angeles Natural History
Museum's Seaver Center for Western History
Research has a collection of his scrapbooks, photo-
graphs, articles, and other items.
My grandfather created the Indian sculpture that
points the way to Arrowhead Springs. He was able to
create such life-like representations of prehistoric
animals that a collection of his animal sculptures are
on display at the La Brea Tar Pits.
As a child we did outings to the LA County
museum. My grandpa’s prehistoric animals seemed
enormous to my young eyes.
Embroidery is my own art medium and I always
had a passion for textiles and design. I started
embroidering when I was eight. For my tenth birth-
SUSAN IS MANAGING ONE OF
THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS ON
THE PENINSULA. THE CARMEL
ART ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN
IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION
FOR THE PAST 80 YEARS. ITS
TRADITION OF FINE ART BY
LOCAL ARTISTS IS THRIVING
UNDER SUSAN’S DIRECTION.
BY SUSAN KLUSMIRE
IMAGES BY D.M. TROUTMAN
A PROUD HERITAGE
ARTS [PERSONA]]
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day I got my first sewing machine. I’ve always
found embroidery to be therapeutic. The act of
focusing my attention upon the minute stitches
and getting the design to come out perfectly was
healing. That kind of creative effort always gets
me into the moment.
The majority of our members are dedicated and
professional artists who bring that kind of focus to
bear on all their creative efforts. That’s what their life
is about: Their focus.
The CAA has 120 members. Anyone within 35 miles
can apply for membership, but we’ve got an exclu-
sive society of artists. The Board of Directors makes
the selection for new members as an annual spring-
time event. Last year they chose only three new
members out of about 50 applicants. They might ask
applicants to supply slides or to bring in a portfolio
of their work. They will sometimes spend a couple
days reviewing and discussing the applications.
We lack any standard pricing for art. Each artist
determines his/her price. We have the largest
amount of watercolors available at least on the
Central Coast. Prices are extremely reasonable. The
San Jose Mercury had a report of small-town art
communities and Carmel came out number six in
the entire United States as an art destination.
The association was created in 1927. The newly
formed group met in a room in the Seven Arts Building
at Lincoln Street and Ocean Avenue for $30 a month
rent. In December that first year the Association
conducted the first annual exhibit of a set of “Thumb-
box Sketches,” which became so successful that the
major exhibition became a yearly event.
During the Great Depression in 1929 the
Association was forced to give up the Seven Arts
Building location and a commercial gallery handled
the artists’ works for the next five years.
Memberships declined during that difficult period.
In 1933 they purchased the current building for
$5,500. They borrowed the money from a business-
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man Barnett Segal, who has a room named after him.
Another room, Beardsley, was named for an patron who
donated $500 to the association, which was long enough
ago to snag a room named after him.
In 1933 they purchased a property on Dolores Street
between 5th and 6th for $5,500 with a down payment of
$413.34. By 1937 the Association was outgrowing its facility,
so dues were increased, raffles held, members donated time
and talent to construction, and by April, 1939, the new
gallery was open for business.
During the 1930s the great San Francisco artist, Armin
Hansen, built the stone wall, designed the garden, and
built the lovely benches in the front of the building. More
recently, a three-foot addition has been added to the
south side, new bathrooms have been constructed, a new
kitchen added, plus new and improved lighting and wall
covering, and a wheel chair lift to make the building hand-
icapped accessible.
The Carmel Art Association reaches into the community
by offering free lectures and demonstrations throughout
the year. The gallery space is available for special public
events such as the Bach Festival and the Carmel Art Festival.
Eight decades following its inception the Association
maintains the same ideals that it had in 1927. It continues
stimulating art interest in the Monterey Bay area and
enabling Monterey Peninsula artists to keep in closer touch
with one another, plus it continues serves as a conduit for
the sale of their paintings, which provides the funds to
sustain the center and pay the staff salaries.
We have an amazing art base through clientele, support-
ers, the arts community, and through the community in
general. The CAA numbers among its clients some of resi-
dents who have second homes on the Peninsula, some
coming from as far away as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.
It’s gratifying for me to belong to something that’s been
going so good for so long. After 80 years the creative energy
around this place remains stronger than ever. °
To learn more about the Carmel Art Association go to www.carmelart.org.
Send any comments on the article to editors@65mag.com.
SUSAN KLUSMIRE
AGE: 54
OCCUPATION:DIRECTOR, CARMEL ARTASSOCIATION
PLACE OF BIRTH:LONG BEACH, CA
LOCAL RESIDENCE:MARINA, CALIFORNIA
LIFE GOAL:BE HAPPY
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My most prized possession is a worn,
faded and long-outdated globe. I have
dragged it relentlessly across the world
with every move, from Madrid to Maui,
Lake Tahoe to London. As a child grow-
ing up on the tiny island of Bermuda, I
would spend hours spinning it with my
eyes closed and pointing to a random
destination, imagining what it would
be like to travel or live there.
Today, I often wonder where I would
be if my mother hadn’t come up with
the idea of escaping war-torn Belfast to
start her newly-married life in tropical
bliss. As a result, my parents, from the
beginning, taught my sister and me
that our future was limited only by the
boundaries of our imagination, and
that the world was a deeply diverse
place, ripe with opportunity to fulfill
any dream we could concoct.
In 1983 my father’s business trans-
ferred us to the island of Grand
Cayman, another tropical paradise.
Attending the Cayman Islands High
School, the only high school on the
island at the time, proved to be a pro-
found learning experience, with the
greatest knowledge coming from out-
side the classroom walls. As a young
white girl with British parents, I learned
quickly what it was like to be classified
as “a minority”. This feeling, although
not menacing, caused me to gravitate
towards others with non-traditional up
bringings and created the foundation
for my life-long desire to deepen my
understanding of humanity as a whole.
If the common question of “What
do you want to be when you grow up?”
were directed at me, it would be met by
a blank stare. A nurse? A ballet dancer?
No! I didn’t want to work at all! I want-
ed to spend my life traveling to exotic
places, meeting fascinating people
along the way. In the year following
college graduation, I would work sling-
ing drinks or flipping burgers until I
had enough money for my next adven-
ture. From hitchhiking through the
Guatemalan countryside to teaching
English to the chief of an Iban tribe in
the jungles of Borneo, I couldn’t get
enough of the world.
The turning point came when I
realized, with the help of my mother
who couldn’t stomach the idea of
another one of my “trips”, that I
could have a career that would fulfill
my desire to travel and would enable
me to create memorable experiences
for others. The next day I knocked on
the door of the Hyatt Regency Grand
Cayman and instantly felt at home.
For perhaps the first time, I was sur-
rounded by people with comparable
dreams and goals. I soon developed
a deep resolve to do anything in my
power to create the ultimate guest
experience. To my delight, each year
Hyatt would oblige my aspirations by
transferring or promoting me to
another area of responsibility.
My career has taken me from the
Caribbean to the shores of Maui to
the pristine mountains of Lake Tahoe.
Along the way, I have encouraged
young people, particularly minori-
ties, to embrace diversity and expand
their global view, and not feel limited
to their own backyards, or to pursu-
ing careers that society dictated as
being “suitable” based on their gen-
der or background.
During my tenure in Tahoe, I had the
pleasure of visiting the beautiful
Highlands Inn. When, a year later, the
opportunity to manage the resort pre-
sented itself, I jumped at the chance.
Highlands Inn has given me with the
best opportunity to date to make a sig-
nificant impact on our guests. It has
many years of tradition linked to its
beautiful rooms and restaurants, with
its wood-burning fireplaces and incom-
parable views of the Pacific. What sets
it apart is the emotional connection
between the property and its staff and
guests, which is like nothing I have ever
seen before! With all the stunning
locations the world has to offer, it is
heart-warming to welcome back so
many repeat visitors time after time,
who soon become like family.
Occasionally, upon hearing my story,
people will ask “Don’t you ever want to
settle down”? And I look around me at
the rugged beauty and diversity of the
Monterey Peninsula and I think
“Absolutely! This is the place!” Then
inevitably I feel that familiar tap on my
shoulder, and I spin the globe again, eyes
closed. I hear the words of Gertrude
Stein, “There’s no there, there. It’s the
journey and not the destination.” °
Fiona VanderWall
Resort Manager
Highlands Inn
GUEST EDITORIAL [BY FIONA VANDERWALL]
*“AS A WOMAN I HAVE NO
COUNTRY. AS A WOMAN
MY COUNTRY IS THE
WHOLE WORLD”
VIRGINIA WOOLF
When I was first contacted by 65° Magazine several months
ago about their desire to do a feature story on me and our
bank, I was obviously elated. I’ve been in business on the
Monterey Peninsula for over 20 years and this was the
first time a local magazine had wanted to do a cover
story on Monterey County Bank. I thought it as a great
idea for a new publication to focus on local business
people. There are a lot of wonderful local publica-
tions that cover the wine industry, the social scene,
and the peninsula as a travel destination, but a
magazine that spotlights the local business
community is an untapped niche. Every person
we interacted with at 65° from Publisher Rich
Medel to the writer and the photographer, were
incredibly professional and engaging. Once the
publication hit the streets, our phones started
ringing. Frankly, I was surprised by the
number of people who were reading this new
magazine and had seen our article, includ-
ing local politicians, business leaders,
clients, and friends. The response was
overwhelming, and from it we now know
that this magazine is read by our target
market of business clients. Thanks to
Rich and his team for realizing that
local business deserves a serious look.
Charles T. Chrietzberg, Jr.
President / CEO, Monterey County
Bank
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