ESTABLISHED IN 1979
EDITOR
Susan Dowdney Safipour
ART DIRECTOR
Roger Gurbani
SENIOR EDITOR/SENIOR WRITER MANAGING EDITOR A S S O C I AT E E D I T O R
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Kristen Haney
Stacey Kennelly
SENIOR FOOD EDITOR
ART/WEB ASSISTANT
Peter Crooks
Nicholas Boer
Rachelle Cihonski
Samantha Schneider
E D I T O R AT L A R G E
Michaela Jarvis
CONTRIBUTING ART DIRECTOR DISH COLUMNIST COPY EDITORS
Greg Silva Sara Hare
Judith Dunham, Linda Lenhoff
PRESIDENT
Barney Fonzi
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Toni Tighe
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
Marilyn Beck Rivera, Megan Tuggle ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
Nicole Alexander
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Dave Reik
M A R K E T I N G A N D C I R C U L AT I O N M A N AG E R
Melinda Solomon M A R K E T I N G C O O R D I N AT O R
Amanda Stratmeyer
C O N T E N T M A R K E T I N G A S S O C I AT E
Danielle Sensley
SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE EMERITUS
Francine Lyall
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Robert Burnson, Deborah Burstyn, Ben Davidson, Lou Fancher, Ethan Fletcher, Gina Gotsill, Sarah Henry, LeeAnne Jones, Linda Lenhoff, James O’Brien, Lexi Pandell, Angela Sasse, Ian A. Stewart, Lisen Stromberg, Sarah Sung, Tracey Taylor EDITORIAL INTERNS
A.K. Carroll, Alexa Gambero, Katie Henry, Amanda Polick
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Brendan N. Casey
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Sylvia Bajjaliya
A C C O U N T S P AYA B L E
Ana Magaña
A C C O U N T S R E C E I VA B L E / R E C E P T I O N I S T H E L P D E S K A D M I N I S T R AT O R
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Eileen Cunningham
N AT I O N A L A D V E R T I S I N G O F F I C E S
AD PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION
Jennifer Brazil, Debra Donovan, Ron Henry, Renate Woodbury P R O J E C T M A N AG E R / A D C O O R D I N AT O R
Sarah Schultz
HAWAII
Cheryl Davis
Nick Rubalcaba
David Bergeron
C R E AT I V E D I R E C T O R
D I R E C T O R O F O P E R AT I O N S
A D M I N I S T R AT I O N
Jodie Aranda
Lola Cohen Co., Lola Cohen, (808) 282-1322
N A PA / S O N O M A N E W YO R K
Wendy Tognetti, (707) 544-3643
Couture Marketing, Karen Couture, (917) 821-4429
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA
Dorie Leo & Associates, Dorie Leo, (310) 822-4938
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Steven J. Rivera
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Diablo (ISSN 1051-3434) is published monthly by Diablo Country Magazine Inc., 2520 Camino Diablo, Walnut Creek, CA 94597-3939. Periodical postage paid at Walnut Creek, CA, and additional mailing offices. Subscription rate: one year, $20, payable in advance. Single copies, $4.95. Back issues, if available, $4.95. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Diablo magazine, 2520 Camino Diablo, Walnut Creek, CA 94597. For inquiries, call (925) 943-1111. All rights to the contents of this magazine are owned in full by Diablo Country Magazine Inc. Diablo may not be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher. Views expressed herein are those of the authors and advertisers and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ownership or the management of the magazine. Contents © 2015. All rights reserved. March 2015, Volume 36, Number 3.
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