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ope springs eternal. January ushers in a feeling of renewed optimism and purpose. The holiday haze is lifted and we are left with a resounding call for enlightenment and change.

Gone are the shackles that once bound us to the past and we can begin to dream and live to our fullest existence. The New Year summons a golden opportunity, which we grip to with an anticipation of levity. Let us not live our lives on what ifs’ and the pragmatic past, but turn our brow to the future, knowing that what it holds will mold us and determine our paths, for we are resilient.

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elcome to winter, or as I like to call it, the harkening of spring. January always makes me feel so grateful for all we have achieved. Over the past few years CVLUX has grown and continued to evolve into something I could have never dreamed. Its journey has taken me across this great state of ours.

I have met so many wonderful people along the way who have left an indelible mark on my life.

One reason I love January is because of our annual Luxury Awards. This year the awards will be held on January 20th. Over the past few months our readers have nominated and voted on the best of the best in the Valley and it’s time to celebrate! This year a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Saint Agnes Holy Cross Center for Women. For 30 years, Saint Agnes Holy Cross Center for Women (HCCW) in downtown Fresno has served as a refuge for homeless and underserved women and their children. Operated

by Saint Agnes Medical Center, the center provides daytime shelter, counseling and referral services, education and skills training, clothing, laundry and shower facilities, and social activities. In addition, the center offers six, seven-week long summer programs held for children and young people ages 4-17. Visit www.cvlux.com to purchase your ticket and to find out more information about this years’ event.

If you are one of our digital subscribers, you may have noticed some changes to our website. This January we launched the LUX Shop division where you will be able to shop the looks in each of our fashion, home and beauty spreads. In addition you can join the LUX Club and receive a free six-month subscription to both our print and digital editions. When you become a LUX Club subscriber you are given special offers to all of our affiliate advertisers. Be sure to sign up today at www.cvlux.com and receive your copy of CVLUX direct to your inbox.

As always I hope you enjoy this latest edition of the magazine as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you.

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CVLUX: LiveFit is becoming one of the fastest growing boutique gyms in Fresno. How is it catching on so fast?

What do you offer that’s so unique?

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Nick and Angela Marziliano Owner, Sam’s Italian Delicatessen & Market CVLUX caught up with Angela Marziliano in the kitchen of Sam’s Italian Delicatessen & Market. This Italian Treasure stands about all of five feet, and as usual, was working and having fun in her favorite part of the Deli—her domain and kingdom—The Kitchen.

We shared an expresso and Angela told me her story. She was born in 1943 in Bari, Italy. Her mother had five girls and one boy, and Angela sadly lost her father when she was only 16 years old. In her younger years she worked as a salesgirl. Since there were few jobs in Italy after the war, Angela, her mother and one other sister journeyed to Toronto in 1964, aboard the ship, The Constitution. There, the family joined her older brother, who had a bakery shop in Toronto. Angela didn’t speak any English, but learned simple words, washed dishes and could pick out pastries for customers and work the cash register.

Saverio Marziliano was born in Sannicandro di Bari, Italy, five miles away from Angela’s hometown, and in the same year, 1943. He sailed to Toronto in 1957, where he worked as a butcher for another delicatessen. In Toronto, both Saverio and Angela’s family knew one another (and Angela noticed that Sam always smiled at her when he came into her brother’s bakery!), so one night, when there was a huge blizzard, Angela’s brother asked Saverio (or, “Sam”) to take her home.

After giving her several more rides, Angela’s mother asked Sam his intentions.

“My intentions are very serious,” Sam replied, and Angela’s mother instructed him to go talk to Angela’s brother.

In January of 1965, Angela’s mother wanted to return to Italy. Angela and Sam became engaged in May of 1965, when it was the customary to wait two years before getting married, but Sam didn’t want to wait, so on February 12th, 1966, the two were married in Toronto. After they were married Sam asked her to quit her job. Meanwhile, Angela’s mother began sharing her fabulous recipes, which Angela began to cook at home. Sam’s sister in Sanger also shared some of her recipes with Angela. In March of 1967 Angela’s son, Nick, was born, so she cooked even more while taking care of their new baby.

Early in 1968 there was a grocery store and property in Fresno, at Clinton and First, which Sam and his brother-in-law purchased, then called S&S Supermarket.

Sam continued to work as a butcher for the deli in Toronto. In 1972, Angela and Sam’s daughter, Carmela (who would later operate Bella Pasta), was born.

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Several years later, Sam began to be frustrated with the cold weather of Toronto.

He and Angela often came to Sanger, California, to visit family, and the warm weather helped Sam decide he wanted to relocate. In 1978 Sam pursued his immigration papers to become a U.S. citizen, and in 1979 he and Angela left the store in Toronto.

In 1980, with the help of his brother, Vito (a very well-known hairdresser in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and once a month at Fresno’s Northwest Spectrum), Sam began thinking hard about his own business, and ultimately decided to open his own delicatessen.

On its first day the delicatessen only made $250, and both Sam and Angela worried they had made a big mistake. But they persevered, and though business started slowly, it began to pick up as Angela started to really cook, making trays, meatballs and pasta. In 1986 they built the big counter and the kitchen in the back of the store.

In 1992, their son, Nick, who graduated from CSUF, re-joined the family business and brought even more of his parents’ dreams to fruition with the addition of the huge pasta room, the large kitchen for cooking classes, and the large dining area.

In 2008, after Angela and Sam had been married for 50 years, the couple was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Valley Restaurant Association.

Angela lost her beloved Sam in 2011, but has continued with her love of cooking and can be seen creating two dinners per week in the dining room and wine cellar for guests of the Delicatessen. Her favorite dinner is Brasciole, which is a flank steak cooked in a sauce for several hours.

“I can truly say, ‘We imagined and lived the American Dream,’” Angela tells me, “and I would not have had it any other way!” Bellisimo, Angela!

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YOUR WORLD Lifestyle Editor Michelle Peranich Lighting Provided by The Lighter Side

Photo by Michelle Peranich

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ndoubtedly, lighting has the biggest influence when creating the visual appeal of an event.

Despite the importance of lighting, it is often overlooked or under-budgeted, as it is not typically considered a primary component in influencing the success of an event. But nothing beats the feeling of glamour and elegance that candlelight brings to a room.

You may think to yourself, “There are plenty of overhead lights here. Why spend more money where we don’t have to?” But the thing is … you do. Your guests arrive at your event wanting to look and feel their best, and lighting is a great way to compliment that. A moderately dim room tends to make one’s skin look better, outfit more flattering and instills a more intimate feeling to the room. Your guests want attention … so give it to them!

Whether you choose to use votives or tapers for your candlelight, its best to use them in clusters or bunches.

White candles are always the most elegant, but make sure they are unscented so they don’t compete with the aroma of your food.

Lighting can often determine your experience, as it brings color and movement to the room, while creating a dimensional illusion for your guests to enjoy. This dimension imparts a feeling of romanticism to the environment and encourages an emotional response from your guests. In addition, the lighting will form layers of atmosphere that seemingly enhance the visual experience of the event.

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There are two kinds of light~ the glow that illumines and the glare that obscures. ~James Thurber The conceptual purpose of lighting is to alter or determine the way your guests look at the room. This of course affects every other aspect of your event, including ambiance, decorations, centerpieces, brightness, temperature and overall color.

When considering the importance of lighting for your next event, you’ll notice that there is much more to lighting than you might have originally thought. For me, ambient lighting is often the most important part of transforming a space in the most dramatic way possible.

First, consider that there are always extremes. You never want the room to be too dark, and you especially want to avoid the room being too bright. When an event is too dark, guests won’t be able to fully appreciate the colors and details you’ve so carefully planned. However, when an event is too brightly lit, guests may feel like they are being asked, “Where were you on the night of the 14th?”

As you create the environment of your event, begin by filling it with a warm glow. Use colors like amber, red, and yellow when trying to emulate a visual and energetic heat. Although candlelight is important, uplighting is very flattering when dealing with warmer temperatures. It tends to soften the walls and points emphasis towards the architectural foundation of the venue. These lights are rather inexpensive and are very easy to set up, as they can be plugged into an everyday wall socket. Moving in the opposite direction, you will want to use variations of blues and lavenders for a cooler evening, embodying a colder hue. Remember, the perfect lighting can make any space feel more intimate, elegant, or grand.

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Charlene Petersen built this house with her husband and two children in mind. The house was named “Rustic Zen,� after the feeling evoked by the interior: warm and calming, yet organic and raw, inviting guests to come in and immediately be at ease and comfortable.

The vision and challenge was to create a bright, white, Scandinavian-inspired design with lots of depth and texture using minimal color: whites, beiges, greys and blacks. Charlene constantly plays with patterns and scale, such as incorporating stripes with ethnic prints, or plaids with antique textiles, always choosing fabrics that are soft and inviting.

The house was built to welcome extended family and lots of friends with six bedrooms, six full bathrooms and two powder rooms. It is ski in/ski out to the slopes of the exclusive Yellowstone Club in Montana with a breathtaking view of Loan Peak, the main mountain of Big Sky Resort.

WINTER WHITE CHARLENE PETERSON’S LUSHLY LAYERED RUSTIC ZEN PROJECT INSPIRES ONE TO GRAB A HOT COCOA AND CUDDLE UP!

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The custom Madeline Weinrib rug provides an inviting foundation for the Club Cu Dining Table and the Eames Chairs by Design Within Reach.

Below right is a huge window seat in the Great Room, featuring Osborne and Little plaid fabric, perfect for naps, reading, games and conversation.

An antique bookcase is cleverly perched above a unique storage space for firewood.

The dramatic Great Room features layers of texture from the sleek and ultra-comfy upholstery by Verellen, three statement chandeliers by Kelly Wearstler, to a Gregorius Pineo console table.

The Children’s room brings the forest inside with wallpaper by Cole & Sons and Sparrow Cribs by Oeuf. Canopied overhead is a custom teepee by Rusty Nail Design in Bozeman.

SOURCES SKI ROOM – OTTOMAN BY VERELLEN, AREA RUG BY RALPH LAUREN, DIRK CHANDELIER BY ARTERIORS KITCHEN – NATIVE TILE BY COMMUNE COLLECTION FAMILY ROOM – UPHOLSTERY BY VERELLEN, STOOLS BY LEE INDUSTRIES, PETRIFIED WOOD SIDE TABLES BY PALECEK LOWER LEVEL LIVING SPACE – EAMES BARSTOOLS BY DESIGN WITHIN REACH, WALLPAPER BY PIERRE FREY, LIGHTING BY APPARATUS STUDIO MASTER BEDROOM – RUG BY MADELINE WEINRIB, BENCH BY CUSTOM FURNITURE LA, PILLOWS AT 1ST DIBS MASTER BATHROOM – CHANDELIER BY CISCO, FIXTURES BY SONNEMAN POWDER ROOM – ANTIQUE SLIDING DOORS BY CLUB CU, WALLPAPER BY PHILLIP JEFFRIES, SCONCES BY URBAN ELECTRIC BUNKROOM – HUDSON SWING ARM SCONCE BY VISUAL COMFORT, ART BY TROWBRIDGE, OTTOMAN BY ANTHROPOLOGIE

Perfect for visitors, the Bunkroom below features four queen size beds and a sitting area.

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In winter, I plot and plan.

In spring, I move.

-Henry Rollins

Sense and Sensibility

by Mike Ragan

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fter months of feasts and festivities with friends and family, winter affords us the luxury to reflect, renew and regroup. We can create a space in which we feel calm and secure by filling it with things that comfort our senses, such as the perfect fragrance, the softest materials and earth’s essential elements. This relaxed environment allows us to cocoon, be inspired and look forward to the year that is upon us.

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1. Meridian Chandelier by Kalin Asenov 2. Dior, from Christian Dior to Raf Simons, by Farid Chenoune 3. Tree of Life, Reversed Glass Painting by Jean de Merry 4. Agate Geode Slice at 1st Dibs 5. Cubo Table by Worlds Away 6. Wooster Bench by Gabriel Dean Design 7. Etau Lounge Chair by Azadeh Shladovsky 8. Cristaux Photophore Candle by Diptyque Paris

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Vino is our passion, food & cocktails are our creation.

They should be combined & enjoyed with friends & family.

We invite everyone to enjoy the journey.

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RED MOUNTAIN REFUGE KRISTIN DITTMAR BOLDY CAPTURES A WOODSY RETREAT ON ASPEN’S EXCLUSIVE RED MOUNTAIN

Interiors Editor MIKE RAGAN Photographer BROOKE CASILLAS Construction SHANNON SWEENEY DEVELOPMENT Interior Designer KRISTIN DITTMAR, KRISTIN DITTMAR DESIGN

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pectacular views of Ajax and Mount Sopris are captured throughout this contemporary masterpiece on Red Mountain. Developer, Aspen Starwood, gave Kristin Dittmar great freedom in designing this new home. Huge windows create a seamless transition between the outside and the interior. Kristin incorporated layers of texture using several types of wood, including bamwood, European oak and white oak in varied patterns to create a unique vibe in each room. Her neutral palette was further grounded by her choices of stone, metal fixtures and finishes.

The living room features two curved sofas by Flexform, upholstered in a de Le Cuono wool, Muriel Chandelier by Oly Studio, Holly Hunt coffee table, Arterior stools and Loloi rug.

For the Family Room, Kristin wanted a cozy nook: a place to relax, read or watch a movie. The console is by Noir, coffee table by Arteriors and custom sectional

by RAGS.

Kristin created a great entertaining space with a wet bar, overlooking an indoor basketball court, featuring custom chairs by RAGS and coffee table by Restoration Hardware.

Below, the lower living area features custom upholstery by RAGS and a Global Views Deer Pillow.

The Second Master Bedroom features a Noir slipper chair, Arteriors side tables, Kelly Wearstler chandelier and Aerin sconces mounted on a custom RAGS headboard. The footboard cleverly houses a pop-up television.

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Upper right Master Bedroom features a wall of barn wood with built-ins to display books and photographs. The bed is by Restoration Hardware and lamps by Kelly Wearstler.

Below is Kristin’s favorite bed, custom made by RAGS, bedside tables by Restoration Hardware and both bench and lamps by Arteriors.

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THERE WE ALL WERE, EATING, DRINKING AND INDULGING OUR WAY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH TORREY DEVITTO, STAR OF NBC’S CHICAGO MED, RIGHT THERE WITH US. “Three days of Thanksgiving at my dad’s house,” she recounts to CVLUX. “I literally ate a pumpkin pie a day.”

Then suddenly it’s the New Year and you’re supposed to do a total 180.

First of all, it’s hard to do a maneuver like that when you’re sleepy from too much gravy and all of your pants are too tight. And second, it’s difficult to commit to hard work and sacrifice. Torrey DeVitto might not be so disciplined when it comes to eating (“I can kind of justify any indulgence when it comes to food and sweets,” she says, “and when you get me and my sister together … it’s over”). But when it comes to her career, Torrey is more than willing to give things up in order to get what she wants.

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Torrey had a good role model when it came to pursuing a life of performing; her father is Liberty DeVitto, a rock star drummer who worked with the likes of Elton John, the Beach Boys, and Billy Joel.

“We spent every Thanksgiving at Billy Joel’s house…” Torrey remembers. “I grew up with his daughter, Alexa; it was a lot of warm, happy memories.” But her childhood was not without its lessons: “My dad knows what it’s like to be on tour and miss out on people’s birthdays and family events,” she recalls. “He wasn’t able to come to certain things for my sister and I, and he told me early on, that’s the sort of sacrifice you have to make if you want this career.”

And at first a career in music is what Torrey wanted. “When I was about six years old Billy Joel...had a violinist on tour,” Torrey says, “and I was completely enamored with her and followed her around everywhere. At the end of the tour I asked my parents if I could play violin.”

By fourth grade she was playing with the local high school orchestra, and at the age of twelve she performed a solo at Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook’s wedding. Torrey was on track to play violin professionally, until another childhood obsession began to compete with her musical ambitions.

“When I was about seven, I saw Les Miserables on Broadway for the first time ... that sparked me loving to perform for people. I was always picking things up and I was good at things,” she remembers, “but I wasn’t trying to be great.”

She began to act more and more, struggling to balance her two passions.

Some sound advice from her father led to one of Torrey’s first real experiences with giving up something she loves.

“The best advice my dad ever gave me was, ‘Find something and try to be great … Don’t try to be a jack of all trades.’” So Torrey took a good hard look at her passions: acting and the violin. “I knew I didn’t want to be in a professional orchestra forever,” she says, “so … I made the choice to move to LA and pursue acting as what I wanted to do for my lifetime.”

Torrey DeVitto is the first to admit that making that decision wasn’t easy: “I knew I was putting something I had been doing for 20 years on the back burner,” she tells us. But it wasn’t like she was giving music up for no reason. “It wasn’t time that I’ve just thrown away,” she explains.

In fact, Torrey was pretty much doing the opposite of wasting time. As she puts it, “I was working my ass off.”

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First came improving her technique. Guidance from acting teacher, Michael Woolson, gave Torrey both the information and the confidence she needed to start landing jobs. “Coming from Florida, [my acting was] a little bit Nickelodeon-ish, for lack of a better word. I learned so much about acting, and it became much more pleasurable because I learned how to use my life.”

Beyond medical terminology, even the actions of a doctor are foreign if you haven’t spent years in medical school.

Torrey was especially willing to work her ass off to get into character. “I do whatever it takes to emotionally get me in the place I need to be,” she says, “whether it be a happy place or a sad place.”

In order to avoid looking like Chicago’s least credentialed hospital, Torrey will spend hours pacing city streets and repeating hard-to-remember medical jargon to herself. “I definitely walk around the streets of Chicago ... saying words to myself all day and then I realize, ‘oh, people think I’m crazy.’”

And of course, as her father predicted, Torrey spent a lot of time giving up things that she wanted. “There’s so many times I’d be in New York for Thanksgiving visiting my family and I’d get an audition and have to leave all the family fun and fly back to LA,” she says, “or there’s a friend’s birthday and I can’t come … it’s hard, and it hurts.”

A year after enrolling in acting classes and being fully devoted to the grind, Torrey DeVitto was cast in her first role on the ABC Family drama, Beautiful People. Torrey’s turn as Karen Kerr on Beautiful People was followed by a string of roles where Torrey’s characters all had something funny in common.

“For a while I definitely was playing a little more of a psychotic range of characters—which I love,” Torrey adds, “and I had so much fun.”

In addition to psycho nanny Carrie on One Tree Hill, Torrey played The Vampire Diaries Dr. Meredith Fell, Army Wives wife Maggie Hall, and Pretty Little Liars Melissa Hastings. When asked if she has a preference in terms of parts to play, Torrey’s answer is that of a bonafide hard worker: “I don’t think people realize that, unless you’re Meryl Streep, you don’t really choose what you get,” she says. “I just read, audition, read, audition, and you know, see what happens.”

What happened, it turns out, was the very sane role of pediatrician, Natalie Manning, on Chicago Med. “This role on Chicago Med is definitely a character that’s closer to me as a person than any other character I’ve played before,” she says. Torrey tells us her character even plays violin on the show, “so I do feel I get to marry both worlds and I’m really happy about that.”

The happiness of her first passion reentering her life is met with the reality that playing a doctor naturally requires new and different types of hard work.

Delivering lines involving medical terminology, “is like learning a different language,” Torrey tells us. “We all have our funny moments on set, we all have our days where these words are not coming out of our mouths, and we get the nervous giggles because of it.”

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“We’re trying to put on the gloves and two fingers go in one hole and you’re like, ‘I have to start again.’ Or your stethoscope goes flying … it can turn into a disaster pretty quick!” she says.

And when other aspects of her job get difficult, Torrey is not afraid to seek advice from family. “If I walk away from a scene and I’m depressed because I think, ‘I could’ve done it better,’ or I didn’t feel like I found it, I call my dad and ask ‘did you ever feel that way?’”

Not surprisingly, Torrey’s dad can empathize. “It’s always reassuring, when you hear somebody that’s had the career my dad’s had, say, ‘yeah, I’ve fallen on my face so many times.’” Torrey turns to her mom when the realities of adulthood become a little overwhelming. “I say ‘Mom, I know I’m 32 years old and I’m supposed to be a grown up but this isn’t working out today. Can I just move back home?’”

But Torrey is only kidding, especially since technically Los Angeles has been her home more than any other place. After a childhood spent on Long Island, then in Florida, and also on tour with her father, she tells us she has lived in LA for 14 and a half years, the longest she’s ever lived in one place. In California she’s carved out a life for herself, and we mean carved because she’s actively worked for it every step of the way.

“I realized the one thing that really gives somebody longevity is work ethic … natural talent, luck, and confidence only get you so far.”

Torrey will be spending December 31st on tour with boyfriend, Artem Chigvintsev, of Dancing with the Stars fame. “I think this New Year’s will be really great,” she says. Then it’s right back to work.

Torrey DeVitto is a perfect example of how diligence and hard work can be rewarding. We know that’s not as fun of a New Year’s pill to swallow as something like, “Be Zen and envision things coming to you!” But we think it’s refreshing to be told that getting what you want requires really hard work, and a lot of it. And we think actively working towards a goal sounds like a pretty positive way to start out 2017.

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