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The Official Magazine of Coronado, California

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7 Family Games 13 Fun Ways to Get Outside and Its Benefits 18 Explore Limitless Boundaries While Sheltering In place 23 Anatomy of an Ice Cream Sandwich 50 From My Shelf to Yours: Quarantine Reading to Transport Your Mind

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33 Confessions of a Perfect(ish) Mom Back to School... Maybe?

39 Way of Life

Mirror, Mirror - On the Wall?

42 The Goodlife

Breathe Deep at One of America’s Top Gardens

53 Operation Homelife

Welcome Home! Yes, You Live Here Now

56 Finance

Plan Before You Meet with an Estate Attorney

59 Yesteryear

Paul R. Williams, FAIA, and the Coronado Beach Hotel

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FAMILy EUD F Coronado Edition

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See Answers on Page 61 Name a high school sport.

When quarantine is over, what is the first thing you are going to do?

Name a reason someone might wake up at 2 a.m Name a food you can eat with your hands.

What’s the first thing you eliminate from your morning routine when you are running late?

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Fun Ways to Get Outside and its Benefits

by Krysta Murray In a world of mobile devices and TV screens it can become a

as a family, get some exercise which has multiple benefits in and

challenge to convince children that there is a whole world of fun

of itself and it is proven to reduce stress. Improvements in memory

outside the home, screen-free. Same can be said for motivating

and attention were even more significant when children engaged in

adults to put down their devices. Studies are just beginning to

outdoor activity. Raise some interest in the environment around you

show how this disconnect can be more harmful to our well-being

with some fun ways to explore. In a recent poll, parents weighed in

than we might think. So to combat this, get outdoors and reap

on ways they’ve gotten their kids more involved with spending time

the benefits of some fresh air. You will connect on a deeper level

outdoors.

Go on a scavenger hunt Create a list of things you’re likely to find outdoors. It’s summer in Southern California, so there is a lot to see right now. Research your local wildlife using sites like www.parks.ca.gov which has an entire section on education and kids learning. You and your child can start a journal and set out to find the birds, bugs, plants etc. Start a nature journal and take notes of where you spotted it, what it was doing, and draw a picture of what you saw. Binoculars and magnifying glasses can be a nice addition. For a fun twist, do some evening exploring and note the differences between day and night. Observe the stars, the moon, and sounds you hear. Check the tides and note the date and time. Go outside on those not-so-perfect sunny days. Even if it’s raining or cold, dress appropriately and observe nature in all its elements. What creatures savor the rain or fog? Where does the water go? What causes wind and how does it affect things around you?

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P lant a garden Food doesn’t begin at a grocery store.

Gardening teaches children not only where food comes from but also patience, it builds confidence and develops STEM & analytical abilities. Be sure to do a little gardening research before digging in to set you up for success. Planning and organizing is part of the learning process. Growing something you can eat from something as simple as a seed can provide satisfaction in their capability.

It also encourages healthier eating, math and science skills, and promotes scientific inquiry by having children observe the garden daily. They can write when they water, if they pull weeds, measure their plants or make other observations such as weather cycles, measuring rainfall and monitoring insect life around the plants. They are also growing their own food which is not only sustainable but builds a sense of pride. You can also plant flowers and see how insects interact with them. Hummingbirds, bees and other insects utilize them in all kinds of ways.

Yardwork

Maybe it isn’t all fun and games, but teaching responsibility encourages pride in your home and maintaining a place to enjoy outside is equally as important as spending time there.

Little ones are capable of pulling weeds and raking leaves. Older children may be ready to mow the grass or trim hedges. Taking care of the house isn’t just the adult’s job but theirs as well. They will feel accomplished after they see the fruits of their labor and will then want to enjoy that space even more.

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Get Crafty Combine my first three suggestions and get creative. Did you notice a lot birds on your scavenger hunt? Build and paint a birdhouse. What do they eat?

Make a bird feeder or watering bath.

Place it in your new garden. Maybe you need labels for the garden. Grab some popsicle sticks and decorate fun labels to identify your plants. You can paint rocks to create colorful borders. In your observations of nature, consider painting pictures of the trees or using different mediums such as color pencil sketches, or create leaf rubbings by placing a piece of paper over various leaves and rubbing crayons across the top to transfer the texture into pleasing works of art.

Recreation

Burn that energy and have fun doing it. Go sailing. There are many options for rentals if you don’t have a water craft of your own. With the ocean and bay so close to us, there are many ways to explore on the water. Paddle boarding, kayaking and canoeing to name a few. Maybe go fishing or observe aquatic life. Want to get in the water? There’s always swimming, surfing, boogie boarding and snorkeling too. If you prefer to stay on land you can make forts with lookouts, camp, go biking, hiking or take the dog out for walks.

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Nothing at all

You read that right, sometimes the best thing to do outside is

All of these things create a sense of purpose and feelings of pride

nothing at all. You benefit more than you’d think. Experience and

which are especially important in a world where technology can

notice nature: its silence, its sounds, its smells. Take deep, calming

take over and disconnect us from others and the world around

breaths, meditate, let your mind clear. Let imaginations run wild.

us. Exposure to green space significantly increases both physical

You can simply lay on the grass and watch the clouds, dip your

and mental health. Not only that, but taking breaks to enjoy nature

toes in the water and find peace within yourself and the world

correlates to better academic performance. It is scientifically

around you. Awareness of the world and present moment grounds

proven to increase memory, attention and decrease stress. Take

us and can replenish our energy.

advantage of our year-round weather and reap the benefits.

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ou listen as you step further into the dark, nothing but the dim light of a lantern to illuminate your path.

Silence.

Your group edges forward and then CLANG, one of you stumbles slightly but the noise of the armor echoes around the chamber and that’s when you see it. A pair of menacing yellow eyes stares back at you from the darkness.

What do you do?

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Explore Limitless Boundaries While Sheltering in Place

by Brooke Clifford Role playing games are a great way to

much more progressive, fostering an eager

the role of story narrator. The DM creates

pass stay-at-home time while presenting

and welcoming new community. Today

the setting, plot, and non-player characters

opportunities to learn, be creative,

you’re likely to see D&D used as a tool in

(NPCs) that the rest of the players may

work together and problem solve, all

schools and in therapy, acting as a safe space

encounter. The rest of the group will

while ultimately having fun. So if you’re

for players to develop social skills, foster

choose what characters they will be playing

wondering how to spend your time social

critical and creative thinking, and explore

throughout the game. These could be pre-

distancing during the last month of

their own identity where they have agency

created by the DM or from websites or other

summer break, let me share a game with

over their narrative. At its core, D&D is a

guides that have characters already built-

you that you and your family or friends

communal experience about playing out a

out with basic backstories, or completely

may not have tried yet.

story of your creation together.

original.

You’ve probably heard of Dungeons &

D&D is whatever you and your group of

There are many resources available online

Dragons (D&D). You may even know

players want to make it. It can be created for

to help you get started with basic guides

someone who’s currently playing, as

younger players to finish in a shorter time

on how to set these up. The beauty of it is

this role playing game has been seeing

period, or for more mature players where

that the guides are exactly that – guides.

unprecedented growth in mainstream

the game can go longer and be sustained

When it comes to races (elf, goblin, gnome,

popularity over the last couple of years.

through weeks of play.

etc.), classes (wizard, ranger, cleric,…),

Drawing a diverse group of new players

To begin, you simply need one person to be

and backgrounds (merchant, folk hero,

to the game has helped D&D become

the DM, or dungeon master, who will take

pirate,…), and settings (you name it!), the pre-existing materials are there to help act as a basis for mechanics in the game and your group can take that base and run with it to suit your group’s interests and needs.

The traditional view of D&D, of course, is the Tolkien-esque fantasy setting but if you want to play in a futuristic setting in space, or a Victorian era mystery, or on the frontier of the Old West, you can absolutely do that. If you’d rather plan an epic heist than fight a dragon, no problem! You can run a short game with a story contained within one session of playing, or a longform narrative that builds up like a novel that the DM & players are writing together that lasts for many sessions.

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relies on the varying degrees of success of

You would say your piece and then roll your

the most fun aspects of D&D, transporting

a character’s dice roles in relation to their

20-sided dice (a d20) and add whatever

yourself into a story and improvising in-

skills, the rules of the game can be adjusted

modifier fits the situation, persuasion in

character with your fellow players to figure

and applied to just about anything you can

this instance, based on how charismatic

out what you’re doing and how you’re going

imagine.

your character is.

to do it.

Ex. Your group has been sent to investigate

As a table top role playing game (TTRPG),

Role playing in D&D can teach you a lot

the local haunted house, but the doors

role playing is another aspect of D&D that

about developing a character and often

are locked so, naturally, you decide to

some players may hesitate at upon first

times can touch on real-world subjects

knock and politely ask whatever specter

glance. Again, this can be as involved or as

about identity and relationships as your

inhabiting the manor to kindly let you in as

minor as your group is comfortable with.

characters work to achieve a common goal

you’d simply like to have a chat.

Personally, I think role playing is one of

whilst navigating obstacles that can be both tangible and intangible. Creativity

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is encouraged in finding solutions. In this

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vein, role play can lead to many rewarding

Digital one-stop shop for D&D where you can create digital character sheets for easy

moments for everyone playing the game.

player management, access information on basic rules/races/classes/backgrounds/spells/etc.

(Mixed with the improvisational nature of

https://dungeonmaster.academy/articles/dming-for-young-kids Tips on running a game for younger kids

D&D, it also tends to lead to many, many shenanigans.)

I would encourage you to give D&D a try

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as we continue to practice social distancing.

Series of videos detailing how to create & play a fun game for all players of your game

If I’ve piqued your interest in the game, be

https://www.thedmlair.com/free-dd-adventurers/ Resources for new & experienced dungeon masters including story modules, villains, NPCs, puzzles, and more

sure to check out the resources listed. With the help of technology, the game is more readily available and the newest edition (5e) focuses more heavily on storytelling. Most

http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder

everything you need is available for free

Helpful DM tool for creating potential combat encounters for your players that will

online, such as digital dice, information on

challenge them without overwhelming them (unless, of course, their series of choices

the basics for characters, and video group

and actions have lead them to an overwhelming situation)

chat platforms to play with friends or family

http://donjon.bin.sh/ For all your random generator needs (town or character names, random rewards, spells, monster lists, etc.)

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Anatomy of the Ice Cream Sandwich

by Susie Clifford

Many of our vacations have become staycations and we are looking for the little things we can do to make every day a little more special. What says “summer vacation” more than an afternoon snack of an ice cream sandwich?

Purchased sandwiches are great, but why not try making a few of your own? Use purchased ice cream and cookies and get creative.

However, this could be the excuse you’re looking for to pull out your old ice cream maker out of hiding. There is nothing better than homemade ice cream. It’s easy to do, but takes a little planning and time.

Add homemade cookies and you’re in heaven! Homemade cookies are a treat of their own and a terrific side project if you have kids at home who need something to do. Choose a cookie with a soft texture.

Fill cooled cookies with ice cream and freeze for at least an hour to help soften the cookies and harden the ice cream.

Personalized ice cream sandwiches can be any shape or size and the combination of flavors is endless!

Brown butter cookies shown with chocolate and vanilla ice cream. A caramel ice cream would also compliment the cookies.

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These homemade graham crackers are filled with lime gelato. Try any citrus flavor with this delicate cookie.

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Key Lime Gelato

Adapted from “The Ciao Bella Book of Gelato & Sorbetto: Bold, Fresh Flavors”

and Epicurious.com 2 cups whole milk 1 cup heavy cream 4 large egg yolks 2/3 cups granulated sugar 3 tablespoons Key lime juice 1 tablespoons Key lime zest Whisk egg yolks in separate bowl until smooth; gradually whisk in the sugar until pale and thick. Combine milk and cream in a heavy sauce pan and heat on mediumlow until bubbles start forming along the sides of pan, about 170º. Temper the egg yolks by whisking in a little of the milk/cream mixture to the egg yolk mixture.

Drizzle egg yolk mixture into the milk, whisking continually. Heat until the back of a wooden spoon is coated, until about 185º. Do not boil. Pour through a sieve into a bowl and cool 30 minutes, stirring every five minutes. Cover custard with plastic wrap and refrigerate four hours or overnight (preferred).

Remove from refrigerator and whisk. Add lime juice and zest. Add to ice cream maker, following manufacturer’s instructions. Place in an airtight container and freeze four hours or overnight.

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A traditional pairing of chocolate and cherries. Homemade cherry ice cream is simple to make and delicious. Layer ice cream in a flat dish, using plastic wrap underneath and on top. Use a cookie or biscuit cutter to cut out the ice cream.Â

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Simple Vanilla Ice Cream

Vanilla ice cream is the basis for many other flavors, just add fruit, chocolate chips,

nuts, caramel or fudge at the last two minutes of churning.

For Simple Cherry Ice Cream, I used about two cups of frozen, halved cherries and mixed it with 1/3 cup cherry jam. I added to the last two minutes of churning.

1 cup whole milk 3/4 cup granulated sugar Pinch kosher salt 2 cups heavy cream 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract Adapted from Cuisinart Recipes

In a deep bowl, combine milk, sugar, salt and beat on low speed until sugar is dissolved. Stir in heavy cream and vanilla extract. Cover, refrigerate at least two hours or overnight (preferred).

Remove from refrigerator and whisk. Add to ice cream maker and follow manufacturer’s instructions. It will have a soft, creamy texture when finished. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze at least two hours. For simple chocolate ice cream, add 3/4 cup cocoa powder, sifted, 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar to the whole milk and salt.

For easy caramel ice cream, add about 1/3 cup of prepared caramel sauce to the last two minutes of churning.

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Caramelized Banana Ice Cream 2 cups heavy cream 1/2 cup whole milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/3 cup packed dark brown sugar 1 tablespoon water 2 tablespoons butter 2-3 large bananas, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 1/2 tablespoons dark rum 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate or chocolate chips

In a deep bowl, whisk heavy cream, whole milk, vanilla extract and salt. Set aside. In a large skillet over medium heat cook the brown sugar with the water until it begins to sizzle.

Add butter. When melted, add the bananas and cook about 2 minutes until softened. Carefully stir in rum, cook 2 minutes more until slightly thickened. Remove from heat; remove bananas with slotted spoon into a separate bowl, reserving sugar syrup in its own bowl and cover.

Add lemon juice to bananas and mix bananas into the cream/milk. Cover and refrigerate two hours or overnight (preferred).

Remove from refrigerator and whisk. Add to ice cream maker, follow manufacturer’s instructions. Meanwhile, bring sugar syrup to room temperature. Melt chocolate. The last two minutes of churning, add the sugar syrup and then add the melted chocolate. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze at least two hours.

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These peanut butter cookies are filled with caramelized banana ice cream, but they would go great with so many other flavors.

Make your favorite peanut butter cookie dough and roll it out onto parchment paper, 1/4 inch thick, and drop parchment paper into a 9 X 13 inch pan or jelly roll pan. Press with fork tines. Bake. Once removed from oven and slight cooled, cut into the size you prefer. Shown is 2 X 5 inches.

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Potato Chip Cookies Go crazy with a cookie choice! The extra salt of the potato chips are a perfect choice. Salt helps bring out the flavor of frozen foods.

1/2 cup butter, melted 6 tablespoons granulated sugar 6 tablespoons light brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flower 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup chocolate chips 1 cup crushed potato chips 1/2 cup oatmeal 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350ยบ. Add melted butter and both sugars to bowl and mix on high until light and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add egg and vanilla, beat another minute. Add flour, salt and baking soda and just mix until incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips, potato chips, oatmeal and pecans. Drop cookies onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and bake 8-10 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Center will set as they cool. Remove from oven and with a knife, nudge the edges to help form round circles. Cool on sheet 5 minutes and transfer to baking rack to cool completely.

Adapted from FoodieCrush.com

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Confessions of a Perfect

by Hattie Foote

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Mom

Back to School...Maybe?

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PARENTING PARENTING

However, I caught my children playing Amazon package delivery in their playhouse recently, so maybe I need to pull it together just a little bit. Yikes.

I went to Target recently to do some back-to-school shopping.

Really just some essentials: “yoga” pants, some paper, and a bottle of wine.

Seriously though what is going on, what are we doing? As I write this there is no plan, which I get. How can you plan when the whole state is on fire? I understand people’s frustrations and concerns, and as much as I wish we could send our kids back to school, I just don’t see how. I am not meant to be a homeschool teacher, but at some point, will I have to pull my big girl pants on and do it?

I don’t know, so many questions, so many feelings. It weirdly gives me some comfort knowing we are all in the same boat, and I wish we could start acting like it. Reading through certain community Facebook pages makes me sweat and feel like I am taking crazy pills (phew, can you tell that triggers me?).

We have an incredible community; I hope we listen, learn, Happy August, can you believe it? That was a summer for the

grow, and most importantly take care of each other.

books I tell you, action packed!

So, this month as we face whatever our school year looks Let’s see, we are smack dab in the middle of a global pandemic

like, I could think of no better person to introduce you to. I

and a revolutionary social justice movement. I was attacked

met Amber when we were both hanging out on the grass at

on social media by a group of anti-vaccine extremists, had

the Ferry Landing, and we were both teaching our baby girls

strep throat, and both our fridge and dryer broke all in same

to walk. Our paths continued to cross over the years, at a

week! I could go on, but enough about me!

lemonade stand (how Coronado is that!), the beach, and as our girls entered kindergarten together. I can only describe her

How are you guys, are we hanging in there? Obviously,

as if Disney created a beautiful princess teacher, who loves a

emotions are at an all-time high. I truly hope you are all

good drink and has a great sense of humor. I have no doubt

giving yourselves some grace. Just last night my kids ate a

you will love her and her beautiful family!

bag of popcorn for dinner and I thought “meh, just doing the best I can, and today the best I can is a bag of popcorn and that’s OK.”

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Class meet Mrs. Amber Bassett!

PARENTING What is a big mom fail that sticks out to you?

I try not to make choices where I’ll have regrets; I’m a planner and calculated, but I regret not listening to that little inner mommy voice when my daughter fell ill when she was 2. Feeling torn as an educator and parent, I commuted to work when my heart told me to stay and cuddle her. Audrey ended up having a bad febrile seizure in my husband’s arms that morning. From then on, I have listened better to that instinct and strive to weigh my own family needs over classroom ones more thoughtfully.

What’s your favorite thing about raising a family in Coronado?

We love the small town feel and military presence. Our children can bike everyday and are surrounded by model citizens. We are very supportive of the armed forces and admire their devotion to our country. It’s not just the service member, but their entire family behind them who serve. The small size churches have also been instrumental in laying the foundation we desire for our family.

Tell us a little about yourself and your family.

The Bassett bunch consists of myself (Amber), husband Damon, daughter Audrey, 6, and son Mason, 3. I teach first grade in Poway Unified and will humbly accept wine and baked goods should they “mysteriously” show up at my beach bungalow to brace for the upcoming school year. Damon is a Lifeguard Sergeant with Coronado Fire-Beach Lifeguards and a very involved father. Audrey attends Village and Mason (fingers crossed!) will begin preschool at Graham come September.

Describe motherhood in three words.

Soulful, giving, rewarding.

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If you could give one piece of advice to a new mom, what would it be?

Just one?! So I need to address two areas in order to feel like I have served our newest members of the Mommy Tribe well. First, look into meeting with a lactation consultant soon after birth, should you choose and/or are able to feed your little one this way. I was a hot mess and nursing had many complications. Most insurances now cover private consultations! I adored Robin Kaplan and her book “Latch” is a must read. Additionally, in hindsight, I would have invested in a professional to teach us how to establish healthy sleep habits. I had massive mommy guilt being a working professional and being gone so many hours of the day that I just rocked and cuddled those cuties too much (and they are freakish insomniac robots!). Give yourself grace and know that quality interaction is just as important as the quantity of attention you can give.

You are a mom and a teacher, any words of wisdom as we navigate this next school year?

Educators want nothing more than to teach inside the four walls of their classroom and share community with your children. Teachers were not trained to teach remotely, nor children designed to sit in front of a device for hours on end.

My advice is aim to be a part of their learning and not just the director of the learning cruise ship. Watch them work through a problem on an online program, act interested in what they are learning, sit under the shade of a tree and partner up with them on an assignment. Conversation, teamwork and engagement is such a huge part of in class learning success and will need to be translated to remote learning, should that be the route we may need to take.

Again, be kind to yourself. Connection may not happen within the typical “school” hours or even by a parent. High school and college aged students make for great mentors and tutors and younger students are often more responsive to them than family members.

Lastly, children are very resilient and their hearts and spirits should be considered first and foremost above their ability to nail that report card.

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WAY OF LIFE

M irror, M irro r - O n t he Wa ll ?

by Lura Allen, Staff Designer, J Hill Interiors

Mirrors are an essential design element for

Do you have walls and walls of windows in your

bathrooms and master closets. Not only do they serve

master bath? First off – lucky you! Who doesn’t love

a functional purpose, but they also bring in light,

all the natural light pouring in? Walls of windows are

create a sense that the room is larger than it is and

a gorgeous architectural element in a space, but we

add another opportunity for some decorative flair.

understand they can make certain practical elements a

But what do you do if your wall space is limited in the

bit tricky. It can be difficult to figure out how to fit the

aforementioned rooms?

vanity, the shower and any storage elements in rooms

Here are a few creative tips we love for

that are configured this way.

incorporating mirrors into floor plans that don’t have room for them in the traditional sense.

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WAY OF LIFE A great trick that solves this

This is an incredible space saver in

reserved for storage.

problem is floating or hanging a

tight spaces where maximizing the

decorative mirror in front of the

efficiency of the room is key. If that

to incorporate floor length mirrors

windows themselves. This look works

is not in your budget, inquire about

in both closets and bathrooms is to

with every design aesthetic from

adding a mirror to the inside of one of

build mirrors into the cabinetry doors.

traditional to contemporary and really

your cabinetry doors. This can be an

Building mirrors in to the cabinetry

creates a beautiful floating effect. You

elegant yet cost effective solution.

creates a beautiful custom look and

can select minimalist mirrors that let

Lastly, a simple but luxurious way

If space is not an issue and

makes the space feel grander than

the views from the window shine,

you prefer something a little more

it is. Mirrored cabinetry creates the

or you can choose more decorative

permanent and decorative – try

feeling you are in an elegant dressing

mirrors that become a focal point of

floating a mirror in the room! This

room rather than just a walk-in closet.

the design. Either way – this design

requires a bit of engineering but the

If custom cabinetry is not in your

trick is a beautiful and functional

end result is well worth it! A floating

budget, affixing a mirror to the back of

solution to a very common problem.

mirror transforms your closet in to

the door is a safe bet that is sure to get

your own private boutique without

the job done.

Don’t love the idea of obstructing a window? Is your bathroom of a

comprising any of the wall space

Happy designing!

generous size? Okay then – we suggest an island vanity!

Much like with a kitchen island, you must have ample room to pull this one off. If you do indeed have the space, an island vanity with a double side mirror can be the epitome of glamour and elegance. Hanging the double-sided mirrors creates individual sink areas that feel both private and open at the same time. And again, just as with a kitchen island, a vanity island creates an opportunity for beautiful stone or cabinetry detail. If you have the space, this is a jaw dropping design element we encourage you to explore!

No place for a full-length mirror?

Maximizing storage in a closet of any size is of the utmost important. What if maxing out the storage solutions leaves you with out a place for a fulllength mirror? No problem, we have it covered.

If this is a custom closet build, talk to your designer, architect or GC about adding a pull-out floor-length mirror that is “hidden” in your cabinetry.

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Breathe Deep at One of America’s Top 10 Gardens

o g e i San D n e d r a G c i n a t o B Story and Photos

by Kris Grant

Here’s a day-trip suggestion that’s just a few minutes up the

coast, and one where you can socially distance in a totally outdoor

environment that will transport you like magic to all parts of the globe.

San Diego Botanic Gardens in Encinitas is an urban oasis. Its 37 acres are located on a sandstone ridge, with undulating canyons and mesas, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, which lies about two miles to the west. Here you will encounter more than 5,000 plant species from around the world. Four miles of walking trails will lead you into 29 separate garden environments that each entice you to linger, breath deep and unwind. You are also likely to come away inspired with ideas to spruce up your own private oasis.

I spent a pleasant morning and early afternoon meandering through the garden on Thursday, July 2. Even at the height of summer tourism, I encountered few other visitors, as the reservation system caps visitors at just 90 per day.

A visit to the gardens begins at a new entrance at what was once the rear of the property; there’s ample free parking. Opposite check-in is the new Dickenson Family Education Conservatory, an 8,000 square-foot glass-enclosed facility housing rare and unusual tropical plants with an adjacent outdoor amphitheater.

A highlight of the conservatory are six floating “plant islands” reminiscent of the movie “Avatar” that hang from the ceiling.

These “living chandeliers” were the brainchild of the garden’s first President and CEO, Julian Duval, who retired in January 2019 after 24 years of service. Duval took the former quail refuge to a nationally recognized tourist attraction, which was named in 2019 as one of the “Top 10 Gardens Worth Traveling For” by the American Public Garden Association.

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The Bamboo Garden pond features sacred lotus, water lilies, bromeliads, screw pine, several species of bamboo and friendly turtles.

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Cape region, where the Mediterraneantype climate is similar to that found here.

The Australian garden includes plants from “Down Under” that include kangaroo paws, bottle trees, firewheel trees and many low-water landscape plants.

The “Walled Garden,” adjacent to the former owner’s home, is a secluded space filled with historic trees, ferns and cycads.

It reminded me of the garden in the movie “Notting Hill.”

There’s also an herb garden, New Zealand garden, Mediterranean garden with a shady grove of cork oak trees and fragrant low-water plants like lavender, rosemary and rock rose. The Mexican garden shares the rich botanical heritage of Mexico through its plantings of agaves, salvias and cycads. And the Native Plants and Native People display describes the ethno botany of the Kumeyaay indigenous people who once lived here. Among its exhibits are a Kumeyaay dwelling and a ramada.

Prior to COVID-19, the gardens offered

“nature

bathing”

excursions,

which is based on “Shinrin-Yoku,” a Japanese practice developed in the 1980s.

Colorful dragonflies pollinate plants at the Tropical and Temperate Rainforest.

The garden’s main trail is well

explained Lisa Reynolds, the San Diego

marked with arrows, which suggest a one-

Botanic’s public relations director who

way path to maximize social distancing.

kindly escorted my friend Nancy and me

One of my first stops was the Bird and

on our get-acquainted tour.

Butterfly Garden, well named, as I chased

So many gardens! Among them are

butterflies and hummingbirds around the

the Canary Islands garden that includes

flowers and plants to capture them in

a dragon tree grove among its plantings,

photographs.

while the Central America garden includes

The neighboring Hamilton Children’s

a Montezuma cypress, tree dahlias and

garden and children’s “Seeds of Wonder”

other plants of the region. Palm Canyon is

garden are the only two gardens now

filled with dozens of graceful palms from

closed by CDC orders. “The children’s

around the world, while the South Africa

tree house and equipment didn’t lend

Garden features colorful flora of South

themselves well to social distancing,”

Africa, especially those of the southwest

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Led by teachers certified in the subject, individuals immerse themselves in a forest or other natural surroundings and take it all in, using their five senses. “It’s been found to reduce blood pressure, increase creativity, uplift your mood and general sense of well being,” said Reynolds, who participated in a recent class and found it channeled a surprising emotional release.

Although the classes aren’t available due to COVID-19, Reynolds suggested that solo visitors might want to bring along a journal or good book and spend time just relaxing on a bench amid the sights, sounds and smells of their favorite gardens.

As Lisa, Nancy and I left the whimsical Undersea Garden where a tropical coral reef is surrounded with succulents and overflowing with imaginary marine life, a gentleman rode up on his Vespa. It was Dr. Ari Novy, the garden’s new President and CEO, who took over the helm last year. Novy is a plant biologist with

on earth.”

A century ago the garden’s canyons

Sorry, Disneyland!

and mesas were dotted with native plants.

A little history…

San Diego Botanic Garden’s history

is as rich as its soil.

and Nan Ingersoll who built a small ranch house on its hilltop; Nan planted some eucalyptus trees. Donald Ingersoll, in partnership with developer J. Frank

degrees from New York University and

celebrating its 50th year in grand style

Cullen, built much of Cardiff-by-the-Sea,

Rutgers University who formerly served

this year, if not for the coronavirus. Public

a seaside village that is part of Encinitas.

as Executive Director of the United States

relations director Lisa Reynolds says that

A 16.5-acre portion of Ingersoll’s land

Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C.

if all goes well, next year’s gala will use

was next sold to Anton van Amersfoort,

the 50th anniversary celebration as its

who planted many trees, including a grove

theme.

of avocados. A German settler, Herman

gardens here, Novy called out the Tropical

garden

acre land parcel was purchased by Donald

been

Asked about his favorites of the 29

The

That began to change in 1917, when a 45-

would

have

and Temperate Rainforest, where shady paths follow streams and pools with a beautiful waterfall at the center. I had to agree on his choice.

Another of his favorites (and mine, too!) is the bamboo garden. “It’s great any time of year,” he said. “It’s shady in the summer and warms you on colder days because the tall and thick bamboo acts as a wind shield.” The American Bamboo Society was started at the garden in 1979.

Its collection of bamboo, which began in the late 1970s, has long been the largest collection in any U.S. public garden.

Novy added that he also enjoys walks along the boardwalk to the Overlook Tower. In the early 1990s, students at Mira Costa College developed this special garden to demonstrate the merits of California native plants. A wooden boardwalk was built to protect its sensitive Southern

maritime

chaparral

habitat

including Coastal Sage Scrub and the endangered Del Mar Manzanita.

At the end of our tour, Nancy was ready to sign up for Master Gardener classes so she could one day be a volunteer docent. In fact, one volunteer docent, Jeff, greeted us at the end of our day. “I love it here,” he said. “It’s the happiest place

The Bamboo garden features the nation’s largest collection of bamboo.

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developed the landscape of their ranch, which they named “San Ysidro de las Flores” with more than 200 species of trees, shrubs, cacti and succulents, many of which came from Mexico and South America and required low water usage. Ruth, typically wearing overalls and green rubber boots, often began working in her gardens at sunrise.

While the Larabees didn’t have children of their own, Ruth, who had been a Camp Fire Girl in her youth, became a troop leader for senior Girl Scouts. Charles became a Scout Executive for the Senior Explorer Scouts, sponsored by the Encinitas Rotary, where he was a lifelong member of the club that was founded in 1939.

The Larabees often brought the scouts to their ranch and educated them about conservation.

Charles eventually established a business as a river guide for tours in Utah, Arizona and Colorado and separated from Ruth.

The Larabees divorced in 1950 and Ruth remained at the ranch through 1957, then deeded her 26-acre estate to the County of San Diego as a park to preserve the habitat of California quails.

By 1961, Quail Gardens Foundation nonprofit corporation was formed with the task of preserving and enhancing the property and envisioning its future. The board decided upon a horticultural garden and in 1968 began building roads, bathrooms, a parking Ruth Baird Larabee planted more than 200 species of plants, shrubs, cacti and succulents on her land that she later donated to San Diego County as a preserve for California quail. Photo courtesy of Sally Sandler.

lot and water lines to the property, in preparation of opening the gardens to the public.

On March 8, 1970, Quail Park Botanic Gardens opened its

Seidler, bought a second 10-acre parcel.

In 1942 and 1943 Ruth Baird Larabee purchased both parcels.

Well-educated and independently wealthy, Ruth and her husband Charles hailed from Kansas City. The Larabees shared a love for Latin cultures, gardening and conservation. It was Charles Larabee who led the way west. He was the owner of the Larabee Flour mills, founded by his father, which was the third largest flour mill in the nation after Pillsbury and General Mills. Ruth’s father was a multi-millionaire bank owner in Kansas City and wealthy real estate owner with considerable investments in Texas.

Charles spent the years 1938 to 1942 traveling and photographing throughout Mexico, South America and the American Southwest, where he also participated in a two-month journey down the Colorado River.

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gates. The following year, neighbor Paul Ecke, Sr., known as “the Poinsettia King,” donated another four acres and a Scout Hut to the county, which was later enlarged and used as administrative headquarters. Eventually, the gardens leased an additional seven acres from the City of Encinitas.

Over the years, the gardens have expanded; new plant species have been added, a visitors center and gift shop opened and two name changes came about; the last, San Diego Botanic Garden, was adopted in 2009.

And what ever became of Ruth Baird Larabee, you ask? This woman was nothing short of remarkable! She could have settled back comfortably in one of Kansas City’s finest mansions, but Ruth had a penchant for service and adventure.

For several years Ruth and her friend and neighbor Magdalena Ecke [Paul Ecke, Sr.’s wife] took food and clothes and other provisions down to Mexico, explains Sally Sandler, author of the book “Sowing Seeds of Wonder – The Stories of Ruth and Charles Larabee and the Origins of San Diego Botanic Garden.”

“Ruth was comfortable there, saw a need, and seemed to

Use your imagination at the Undersea Garden!

want to shed her wealthy background for something more meaningful and dedicate herself to service,” she noted.

So, after deeding her ranch property to the county, Ruth left for Puebla, Mexico where for the next seven years she provided nursing care to needy people at the Baptist mission Hospital LatinaAmericana. Next, she moved to Lubbock, Texas, where her sister lived and where she developed a relationship with Texas Tech University.

While traveling in Europe in 1969, Ruth was killed in a hotel fire in England.

In her will, she left an endowment for the Camp Fire Girls, money to assist nursing students in Mexico, a bequest of Texas land and funds to build a 36-bell carillon at Texas Tech, and money to Tuskegee University in Alabama for scholarships for African-American women.

So, one might say that the seeds of San Diego Botanic Garden were planted with loads of good karma!

If

... o G You Admission prices are $18, adults; $12, seniors (60+); $12, active

military; $10, youth, 3 – 17. Reservations must be made in advance at sdbgarden.org. Only 90 individuals are allowed into the garden each day.

This creates a near-ideal environment for strolling and only occasionally encountering other visitors. No one over two years of age is allowed to enter the garden without a face covering, which must be worn throughout the garden when coming within six feet of other visitors.

While the garden’s coffee cart, gift shop and other indoor areas are currently closed, visitors are encouraged to bring their own water and snacks. Restrooms are cleaned and sanitized every two hours.

The garden is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday; closed Monday and Tuesday.

The entrance has been moved to 300 Quail Gardens Drive; exit I-5 at Encinitas Boulevard.

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From My Shelf To Yours: Quarantine Reading To Transport Your Mind

By Alex Brady

“Girl, Woman, Other”

by Bernardine Evaristo

“Game Control”

by Lionel Shriver Lionel Shriver is known for being contrary.

In a June profile for The New Yorker Shriver said that in all her work she aims to “tackle precisely the subjects that everyone yearns to avoid” — “Game Control” is no exception. Eleanor Merritt is a bright-eyed hopeful working as a family planner in Kenya; she distributes condoms and birth control to locals. Calvin Piper is a famously controversial demographer (he recites statistics of overpopulation like scripture and wonders whether one might “revenge” oneself “ ... on an entire universe”). Calvin has a murderous solution for Africa’s over-peopled

woes:

literally.

Eleanor

epitomizes white guilt; she’s driven to neardelusional efforts of savorism, blinded by the modern discomfort that she “costs too much.” Meanwhile if Calvin, who is an unflinchingly irreverent man whose politics have “veered so far left they had ended on the far right instead,” shared his murderous final solution on Twitter, he would surely find himself “cancelled,” and then some. Shriver’s novel is a farcical look into the precarious politics of the modern intellectual and an investigation into the ways the upper class may try to save, or destroy, the plight of the oppressed in the name of some greater good.

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Evaristo’s “Girl, Woman, Other” is

tongue-in-cheek

like stained glass. Once assembled, the

(Dominique’s possessive paramour, Nzinga,

12-character narrative offers a compelling

is a “teetotal, vegan, non-smoking, radical

look into Black womanhood. Evaristo

feminist separatist lesbian housebuilder.”)

jumps from woman to woman. First, we

From there, more women join the cast.

meet Amma. The formidable middle-aged

Evaristo delves into the realm of the “other”

theatre director is working on a new play

through these women’s everyday experiences;

alongside her longtime friend Dominique

she charts their pains and their joys in equal

who, swept up in love, runs off to America

measure. “Girl, Woman, Other” will take

with a psychotically possessive new age

you out of your four walls and ask you, often

woman and ends up trapped in the rural

humorously, to consider the “other,” and to

commune of Spirit Moon. And then

inhabit her.

there’s Yazz, Amma’s “woke” teenagerebel-girl daughter who the two women are co-raising — not without difficulty.

Evaristo’s writing is funny in that she writes in list-style-sentences-with-dashesand-or-commas-with-exacting-

character

observations

“Euphoria”

by Lily King This 250-page whirlwind follows three anthropologists entangled in a love triangle.

The novel, which is loosely based on the life of the famous anthropologist Margaret Mead, follows Nell Stone and her husband Fen. The couple’s marriage, while often dysfunctional and abrasive, breeds a sort of magnetism. When Andrew Bankson (the third anthropologist) meets them, he is instantly enthralled. Set in the jungles of New Guinea, this one is likely the most “transportive” of the bunch — the dense flora of the jungle welcomes secrecy and accelerates the trio’s increasing obsession.

You’ll get sucked in, too.

“The Glass Hotel”

by Emily St. John Mandel Emily St. John Mandel’s spring release opens with a command: “begin at the end.”

And so the opening chapter starts the way the final chapter concludes. Mandel, much like her 2014 hit “Station Eleven” which gained popularity early on in the pandemic due to its post-apocalyptic setting, gives you fragments that slowly start to coalesce. “The Glass Hotel” drifts through time to trace the origins and fallout of a sprawling Wall Street ponzi scheme. Partly set at the crime scene in Manhattan and partly set in a secluded luxury hotel in the Pacific Northwest owned by the very financier responsible for the scheme at the novel’s center, Mandel’s novel ultimately asks what it means for a life to go off track. Through her characters’ increasingly

interconnected

narratives,

Mandel shows how individual decisions reverberate throughout countless lives and time, and how old griefs can connect us and render our memories seemingly corporeal.

“Death in Her Hands”

by Ottessa Moshfegh On a daily morning walk with her dog, a 72-year-old-widow named Vesta finds a note in the dirt. It reads: “Her name was Magda. Nobody will ever know who killed her. It wasn’t me. Here is her dead body.”

In her lonesome, quiet life in a remote forest cabin, she becomes desperate to piece Magda’s life together and, ultimately, to solve the mystery, freeing both the alleged dead girl and herself from obscurity. The premise masquerades as a classic whodunit, but Moshfegh’s slim volume asks more of its reader. Vesta’s story reveals the ugliness that loneliness unearths; our crippling fear of death, and the feeble attempts we make to evade it. But Moshfegh is not one for clearcut morals. Throughout, she punctuates her plot with self-aware asides on the absurdities inherent in writing a mystery novel, and writing fiction more broadly. In one aside, Moshfegh pokes that it’s “the job of the writer to belittle the miracles of this Earth, to separate one question out of the infinite mystery of life and answer it in some sniveling way.” As Vesta dives deeper into her investigation, the clues become more and more immaterial, and Vesta’s control becomes less and less certain. “Death in Her Hands” doesn’t settle for easy answers, and the mystery is all the better for it.

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Welcome Home!

Yes, You Live Here Now

by Krysta Murray I have actually said those words to my husband more than once. Maybe more.

Truly, he shows up from deployment and I have moved all of our belongings to a new house, a new state, a new country. He has been paying rent on a place he never actually stepped foot in yet.

Our first deployment was two years into our marriage. Even though he had been away many times for schools or training or underways, it was the first time he would be gone for months on end rather than weeks at a time. How many months was actually not determined by the time he left, and could change anyway. He was also deploying to an active war zone at the time and I’d say we were both pretty stressed about it so I opted to take a semester off from college and move back home for awhile to be near family.

I moved back roughly two months before he returned to start my next semester and get us a place to live. I specifically remember needing a new bedroom set and ordering a fairly inexpensive one that was mailed there in about 10 boxes and 200 pieces I had to put together myself. Two nightstands, a chest and dresser with so many drawers to be assembled. A friend and I spent hours surrounded by pieces with the little letter Coronado Magazine

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stickers on them as we flipped through pages of assembly instructions. By the time he arrived I had settled in already, and showed him the new bedroom set, how the washing machine worked, where the silverware drawer was, etc.

When it came to a homeport shift to Spain, he and the crew had to worry about getting the boat there, but the spouses had to get ourselves and our things there. So most of us went ahead of them. While the household items would take awhile to arrive, the house search was a more intense process; we had cultural integration courses to complete, visas to apply for and a driver’s license to obtain. All while living out of a hotel room with a toddler no less, in my situation. The ship arrived before we found a house, and we moved to temporary housing for a week or

before taking another two planes to San

Sure enough by mid-September, the truck

so and surprise! He was sent back stateside

Diego. We stayed at a hotel for only two days

arrived with all our things. So when my

for a school! So while he was away, I found

before the house was available to move into.

husband flew in that October, he had an

a house, had our household goods delivered

So we did, because we only had so many

actual bed and fully furnished house to

and had unpacked everything. By the time he

days allotted to be in a hotel. However, our

call home. Of course he was only here for

got back, I had to show him how everything

stuff would take a lot longer. For six weeks

a month before he went to a three month

worked and the buttons were all in Spanish.

I slept on a pullout sofa couch I bought

school across the country. By the time he

He somehow managed to skip the moving

when I moved in, and used outdoor patio

was here long enough to figure out his way

part again when I left Spain to come

furniture as temporary living room seating

around the house and the area, I had been

to California. (He swears it was not

in which I watched TV on my computer.

here six months.

intentional.) He wasn’t technically departing

My small express shipment arrived so I had

Needless to say, when we leave California,

until October and would be on deployment

a computer, toys for my child, some laundry

I would not be surprised if I am yet again

up until then, but our son was old enough

baskets and extra sets of clothes and towels

sleeping on a deflating air mattress waiting

to start school that September so we got

and a few kitchenware items. That was it.

for our things. I imagine when they arrive

special permission to leave that August so I

I will assemble our household, arrange

could obtain a house and register our child

furniture and decorate. The bed will have

for school. My son and I flew overnight to

freshly laundered sheets, and I’ll greet my

Virginia, grabbed a few hours of sleep there

husband with, “Welcome home! Yes, this is our house, let me show you around.”

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What’s in Season?

Tender Green Beans

Nothing says summer like the crisp snap of a green bean. A perfect addition to any meal or snack, they can be eaten raw or cooked. While they are available year round (luckily!), mid-to-late summer is the ideal time for indulging.

The common green bean, also known as string bean, is what is mainly found in grocery stores. Other varieties are the French green bean (also called haricot vert), snap bean (not sugar snap peas), the pale yellow wax bean, the purple bean (turns green when cooked) - and so many more!

Green beans are a low calorie, high nutrient food. When green beans are fresh and crisp, they pack vitamins C and K, dietary fiber, folate, magnesium, potassium and silicon, with no cholesterol. They are heart healthy and good for bones, skin and hair. Green beans keep their antioxidant levels after cooking. Trim ends off before eating.

Green beans should be firm and snap when bent. If they bend and are wilted, they are old; they are certainly edible at that stage, but won’t have the same amount of nutrition. Store unwashed, whole beans in a container or plastic bag in the crisper section of the refrigerator up to seven days.

To freeze beans, rinse in cool water, dry completely. Trim ends and cut to desired size, put in a freezer bag and remove as much air as you can. Some people opt to blanch beans first.

Enjoy these versatile, fresh vegetable!

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Questions to Explore Before You Meet with an Estate Planning Attorney Presented by Jane Braun, CFP® Before your first meeting with an attorney to draft or update your estate plan, he or she may send you a questionnaire to complete.

This questionnaire will provide the attorney with basic information about your family, as well as an overview of your finances. The

Family Objectives • How do you wish your wealth to benefit your heirs?

• Would you like to leave assets to any family members other than your children (grandchildren, siblings, nieces, nephews)? What about special friends or your community?

• Do you wish to provide for specific gifts or bequests?

your discussion.

• Do you wish to put controls in place to determine when, why, and how much your beneficiaries receive, or would you prefer to give your trustee complete discretion to make decisions? Or maybe your wishes fall somewhere in the middle?

In order to craft an estate plan that addresses

• Would you like to benefit any family members during your life?

answers you provide on the questionnaire, however, will serve only as a foundation for

your goals and concerns, it’s important for the attorney to have an in-depth understanding of your entire financial life and family situation.

During your initial meeting, the attorney’s goal is to get to know you and understand your unique needs. Your challenge is to communicate what is important to you.

To get the most out of your time, prepare for the meeting by jotting down all the questions you have about the estate planning process and the decisions you will need to make. You may wish to use the following questions as a starting point.

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• Do you have any children with special needs? If so, do you have specific concerns regarding their care? Who would be a good fit as a guardian, if necessary?

• Do any of your family members have credit or financial immaturity problems?

Are you concerned about the negative effects of wealth on future generations?

If you have a mixed family (stepchildren, adopted children, or children by different partners), what are your priorities and your concerns in planning for their care?

• Have you had multiple marriages? How would you like to benefit your current spouse?

• Are you in a same-sex marriage or partnership?

• Is anyone else dependent upon you for support? If so, how do you wish this support to continue?

FINANCE

Fiduciary Matters •

Who would be best suited to manage your financial affairs if you are unable to do so for yourself?

•

Who would be best suited to manage your health care decisions if you are unable to do so for yourself?

•

Whom would you choose as executor of your estate or trustee of a trust, and why?

•

Whom would you like to be appointed as guardian of your personal affairs or estate, if it becomes necessary?

•

Whom would you like to serve as the guardian of your children?

Personal Matters •

Do you have any health concerns or disabilities that should be considered in your estate planning?

•

Do you feel that you have sufficient assets to provide for your family?

•

If you become incapacitated or terminally ill, do you have any wishes that you would like incorporated into your estate plan?

•

•

Have you considered using life insurance as part of your estate plan, and are you insurable?

Do you have any specific burial instructions that you would like carried out?

Business Matters •

Do you own a business? If so, do you have a plan for its future upon your death?

•

Are your children or other family members involved in the business? If so, have you considered whether you would like to transfer ownership to them?

•

If you have children who are not involved in the business, do you have an idea of how you’d like to benefit them?

•

Have you signed a buy-sell agreement or other legal documents to govern the transfer of your business?

Other Planning Considerations •

Do you have any assets that you wish to earmark for a specific person or purpose, or that you’d like to remain with the family (art, jewelry, vacation home)?

•

Are you interested in charitable giving?

•

Are you concerned about qualifying for Medicaid?

What Else Would You Like to Discuss?

As you review these questions, other matters that you’d like to

This material has been provided for general informational

discuss with your attorney may come to mind. You may wonder

purposes only and does not constitute either tax or legal

what other people are doing about a specific issue or what your

advice. Although we go to great lengths to make sure our

options are. Remember, bringing all of your questions and

information is accurate and useful, we recommend you consult

concerns to the first meeting will help your attorney draft the

a tax preparer, professional tax advisor, or lawyer.

best estate plan for you.

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YESTERYEAR

Paul R. Williams, FAIA, and the Coronado Beach Hotel for their design, which was first published on Aug. 8, 1948 in an article by Los Angeles Times real estate editor Charles Cohan.

The proposal, described as “modeled after [Williams’] well-known Racquet Club at Palm Springs,” included the five-story hotel with 170 rooms and 20 cottages, a golf course (open at all times to the public), and a country club. The hotel was to be sited at the intersection of Alameda Blvd., Marina Ave., and Ocean Blvd. The country club would be constructed “at the westerly line of 6th St. and a new street, Country Club Drive, to be parallel to Alameda Blvd. and a new golf Coronado Country Club c. 1906 Photo courtesy of Coronado Historical Association

by Kimball Worcester, CHA Volunteer

course.”

The next few months of 1948 saw updates in the news regarding the grand project,

Paul Revere Williams was a great Southern

a courthouse, a high school, a building at

and there was considerable debate as to the

California architect, with numerous public

LAX, actor Al Jolson’s tomb, and hotels.

fate of the venerable country clubhouse

and private buildings to his credit, who

The Coronado Beach Hotel was to have been

commissioned by J.D. Spreckels in the early

never had a structure in Coronado. He

built on the old golf course and country club

20th century. The Athletic Club was slated to

was, however, commissioned for one, the

grounds between Alameda Blvd. and the

move it (moving buildings being a Coronado

design of which was published in 1948 and

former Spanish Bight. The land had been

tradition) to the Strand, but ultimately it was

intended to be built in 1949, but it did not

acquired by developers who had just sold the

razed. Cost estimates reported in January

come to pass. Here is the story;

Hotel Del. They looked to Paul R. Williams

1950 (Coronado Journal-Compass) may

A Los Angeles native (1894-1980), Williams was orphaned at four years old and grew up to attend USC and the Los Angeles School of Art & Design. In 1921, he became the first Black member of the American Institute of Architects. Multiple accolades and honors were to follow over the decades. Williams was an illustrious architect famed for his versatility among many styles, sought after for his designs by celebrities such as Lucille Ball, Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck, and Frank Sinatra. Besides houses, he created, among other structures, churches, Coronado Journal-Compass, 27 July 1950 Photo courtesy of Coronado Historical Association Coronado Magazine

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negotiations was 108 feet.”

Perhaps that restriction negated profitability for the investors. We may speculate about the actual reasons for the hotel’s fate, and there is scant word in the local newspapers from then on about the hotel. The focus in reportage then shifts to Country Club Estates, a much lower investment for the developers and possibly a much higher potential return.

One does wonder about two grand hotels well have been the death knell, since by

“Navy Lowers Height Limit for Proposed

bookending the beach on Coronado, one a

February 1950 the newspaper reported the

New Beach Hotel…due to proposed

19th-century grande dame and the other a

razing.

lengthening of North Island runways, the

mid-20th-century modern statement. Both

There is just one hint about why the

height of the projected new Coronado

designs were representative of their times and

Coronado Beach Hotel never fulfilled its

Beach Hotel and Club on the golf links

both boasted gifted architects. Paul Williams’

promise. On July 14, 1949, at which time

area adjacent to the ocean front, should

legacy remains vibrant, fortunately, even

there had been hope construction would

not exceed 90 feet. The previous height

without his projected contribution to the

have started, the Journal-Compass reported:

limit allowed by the Navy during last year’s

structures of Coronado.

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FAMILy FEUD Coronado Edition

Questions were posed to Coronado residents, with the most popular answers given below.

The answers are in order by points, not reflecting the Family Feud Grid.

Where do you visit once a week?

Restaurant [37] Coffee/donut shop [15] Grocery store [13] Retail Orange Ave/Ferry Landing [11] Church [10] Gym [7] Bank [3] Golf course [2] Office [2]

8. Name a behavior a dog can get away with but not a person.

Pee/poop improper place [47] Licking [23] Sniffing bottoms [11] Eating off floor [10] Barking [5] Jumping on people [4] 9. What activity do you do on the weekend in Coronado?

Walk/run [32] Beach [23] Visit friends/family [11] Eat out [10] Sail/boating [10] Golf [7] Bike [4] Shop [2] Garden [1] 10. What bribe are offered to kids to do their homework?

Food/dessert [38] Screen time/electronics [31] Seeing friends/going out [22] Toys [5] Beach [2] Nothing [2]

2. Where is the best place to get dessert in Coronado: Tartines [49] Clayton’s Bakery & Bistro [15] Gelato Paradisio [11] Nado Gelato [11] Mootime [11] Grocery Store [3]

Bonus Round 1. Name a high school sport.

Football [36] Soccer [24] Tennis [8] Basketball [8] Baseball [4]

3. Name something you haven’t done since high school gym class?

Team sports [45] Climb rope [22] Calisthenics/exercise [17] Dodgeball [8] Run/run a mile [5] Pacer [2] Wear gym uniform [1]

Lacrosse [17] Track/Cross Country [3]

2. When quarantine is over, what is the first thing you will do?

Go to restaurant/bar [27] Travel/visit family [25] Hug people [19] Party/see friends [12] Spa/mani-pedi [10] Shopping [7]

4. What is the best place for a picnic in Coronado?

Spreckels Park [33] Beach [22] Glorietta Bay Park [12] Tidelands Park [12] Ferry Landing [9] Sunset Park [9] Star Park [2] Central Park [1]

3. Name a reason someone might wake up at 2 a.m.

Worry/anxiety [22] Noise/disturbances [20] Need to use bathroom [19] Bad dream [13] Children/baby crying [10] Thirsty [5] Heat [4] Earthquake [3] Insomnia [2] Go to work [2]

5. What is the best beach activity?

Surf/boogie board/body surf [34] Walking/run [31] Lay out/tan [19] Games [9] Find seashells [3] Read [3] Surf fish [1] 6. Name a reason a person might be running.

Exercise/health reasons [67] Fear/being chased [23] Arrive early [3] Running late [3] Get help [3] Chase a pet [2] 7. Name a favorite event held in Coronado.

4th of July Parade [53] Christmas Parade [15] Flower Show [10] 4th of July Fireworks [10] Military Ball [4] Concerts in the Park [4] Taste of Coronado [2] Silver Strand Half Marathon [1] School sport [1]

4. Name a food you can eat with your hands.

Pizza [23] Tacos [21] Burger [19] Chicken wings/nuggets [10] French fries [10] Sandwich [8] Fruit [6] Ice cream cone [3] 5. What’s the first thing you eliminate from your morning routine when you are running late?

Breakfast/coffee [38] Shaving [21] Nothing/that’s why I’m late [14] Wash/fix hair [11] Make bed/clean up [8] Walk/exercise [3] Floss [2] Shower [2] Skip making lunch [1]

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Coronado Magazine

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Information about our writers, features and photographers for submitted pieces.

Cover

Hattie Foote, columnist, photographer, mother of two

Family Time: Games Page 07 Created by Alexis Bowlby, Denise Lyon and Daniel Toennies Photos by Daniel Toennies & Kel Casey

Explore Limitless Boundaries While Sheltering in Place Page 18 Brooke Clifford, feature contributor

Anatomy of an Ice Cream Sandwich Page 23

Susie Clifford, copy editor Eagle Newspapers Photos by Daniel Toennies

Confessions of a Perfect(ish) Mom: Back to School… Maybe? Page 33

Hattie Foote, columnist, photographer, mother of two Photos by Hattie Foote

Way of Life: Mirror, Mirror - on the Wall? Page 39 Lura Allen, staff designer, JHill Interiors

Photo courtesy of Flagship Properties

Breathe Deep at One of America’s Top 10 Gardens Page 42 Kris Grant, writer, photographer

From My Shelf to Yours: Quarantine Reading to Transport Your Mind

Alex Brady, contributor

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Operation Homelife: Welcome Home! Yes, You Live Here Page 53

Krysta Murray, columnist, military spouse and mom

Plan Before Meeting Your Estate Planning Attorney Page 56

Presented by Jane Braun, financial advisor with Manning Wealth Management, and an Investment Adviser Representative of Commonwealth Financial Network®, a Registered Investment Adviser, 619-237-9977.

Yesteryear: Paul R. Williams, FAIA, and the Coronado Beach Hotel Page 59

by Kimball Worcester, Coronado Historical Association Volunteer

Photos courtesy of the Coronado Historical Association

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