Scepter & Sash
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A one-of-a-kind retail experience. Central California’s largest purveyor of pre-owned authentic designer luxury goods. Specializing in bridal jewelry, certified loose diamonds, watches, vintage and estate jewelry, handbags, and accessories. We offer a 100% lifetime authenticity guarantee, a one year warranty on all watches, and a 14-day no-questions-asked return policy, with layaway available. See us for a no-obligation evaluation on all of your luxury goods.
ALL ITEMS SHOWN ARE PRE-OWNED AND/OR VINTAGE. SCEPTRE & SASH IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED RETAILER OR AFFILIATED WITH BRANDS PICTURED. LICENSE #000000780
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The people of Fresno, California, are zipping around in more Audi, Porsche and exotic cars than ever. Here’s why.
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Over at Porsche Fresno, the team specializes in creating and configuring personalized cars for their clients. Options, interiors and colors can all be custom-selected to suit the individual driver.
years now, off and on as a driver, as a spectator, as a fan,” CJ Wilson likes to yarn. “And when you see people from all walks of life, different personalities and tastes, and you see how everyone respects the winner of a race, the “You get that ‘Disney cars, the effort — that type of stuff and enthusiasm is infectious. movie sense’ a lot,” “You get that ‘Disney movie sense’ a lot,” he goes on. “There’s that prideful, wistful tear in the eye.”
he goes on. “There’s that prideful, wistful tear in the eye.”
That type of infectious enthusiasm is what drove CJ, a former all-star Major League ballplayer, to Fresno in the first place. He traded his mitt for driving gloves and moved his family — wife Lisalla and two daughters — to join the growing car community just over a year ago. When you walk into a CJ Wilson dealership, like Audi or Porsche Fresno, it’s obvious that everyone there is a car enthusiast. Just try asking them about their own favorites and dream cars. And it shows in their sales, too — since taking ownership, they’re up year over year.
For the even more discriminating buyer, the group runs Exotics On Palm. They pride themselves on sourcing truly one-of-a-kind “unicorn” cars. If you’re looking for something the team doesn’t have in stock, this is who you call.
“We either have what you are looking for in one of our stores or you spec it out for us and we will begin the search for you,” CJ explains. With decades of collective experience, the team knows where to look and who to talk to for just about any vehicle you can come up with. Another cornerstone of the group is their effort to give back to and grow their racing fan base. With community track days at Buttonwillow, Laguna Seca and as far as Thunderhill, Spring Mountain (Las Vegas) and INDE (Tucson, Ariz.), they can bring racing enthusiasts together like nowhere else, spreading the
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In May, the dealership group launched an inaugural event they’re calling F3 (for Fresno, Fast cars and Food), with plans to make it an annual gala for 500+. This year’s beneficiary was the local group Break The Barriers and
“We love having people come in just to window shop, to look at great cars up close,” CJ says. “We want more people to be part of this community. We are always open.”
“We love having people come in just to window shop, to look at great cars up close,” CJ says. “We want more people to be part of this community. We are always open.”
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The next day, we carried out our plan to drive to Lodi, on the way back home, to experience what many in the wine industry have labeled the unofficial “Zinfandel Capital of the World.” On a Sunday morning, shortly before 11 o’clock, we scoured the parking lot of Michael David Winery for space. Just a short distance from Highway 5, the popular winery and restaurant was packed with people and its parking lot was full, despite the time. The doors leading in from its center entrance were divided into two areas: the small bustling café and a farm store, offering vegetables and picnic supplies (like fresh-picked strawberries, salami, and gourmet cheese). The doors from the store opened up onto the massive park-like grounds, where a tasting room, tables, and chairs bordered the vineyards, and lounge areas were set up around rocky waterfalls, bocce ball courts, and a kids’ play area. Home to some of the most popular and coyly named Zinfandel wines on the market, the 7 Deadly Zins winemaker’s grounds reveal the fun, entertaining side the brand is known for. On the east side of the winery, gigantic tanks emblazoned with the carnivalinspired Freakshow Cab label offered an appropriate backdrop to the fun and vibrant outdoor area.
In the heart of downtown Lodi, in a small galley-like storefront, we opted for patio seating at Smack Pie Pizza. A pizza bar offering local Lodi wines, the restaurant sits next to the historic Woolworth building, in the center of Lodi’s diverse and varied dining scene. Around the corner, we wandered into an art gallery serving ice cream. The walls of the Double Dip Gallery showcase the work of Tony Segale, artist and owner. In addition to the handcrafted jewelry pieces of other local artists, the
gallery serves up edible works of art by way of Gunther’s Ice Cream (from Sacramento), like their popular MonPetite Petit Sirah sorbet that is made exclusively for the gallery (using the Michael David label).
Headed home, we stopped at Durst Winery & Estate, where two friendly winery dogs greeted us as we pulled up to the tasting room. Located behind the Durst’s family home, an expansive grass yard stretches to meet wisteria-covered tables. Adirondack chairs and picnic blankets dotted the yard where families and young children enjoyed the spring day. Couples came and went from the tasting room, taking a bottle or two of wine out to the yard to enjoy. We grabbed a glass of Tempranillo and sat in the sun, our children and dog content to run around the yard with the gigantic plastic balls provided by the winery. Occasionally, one of the dogs would meander over for a belly rub from one of the available kids in the yard, taking advantage of the extra attention. Reluctant but satisfied, we drove away from the second wine region that weekend cognizant that we were only a few hours away from the types of wine, dining, and entertainment culture that so many of us expect from larger wine regions. We passed winery directional signs on the way home, each pointing a different way to a new place we have yet to discover—we took note and vowed to return. For more information about visiting El Dorado County’s wine region, go to Visit-ElDorado.com, and to learn about visiting Lodi’s wine region, check out VisitLodi.com.
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f you get a chance to talk to Jenn Lyon, talk to Jenn Lyon. She’s bold, she’s funny, and you better believe she’s damn confident. But make no mistake: the North Carolina-born actress and daughter of a pastor (the Rev. Ken Lyon, a former pastor of First United Methodist Church in High Point) recognizes where she comes from and what she gets to do, and she doesn’t take any of it for granted. “My dad’s a preacher, so I was always in church plays, and I was usually the really loud angel,” Lyon explains with a laugh. “I loved fart jokes and falling, anything to make my family laugh … I caught the bug pretty easily. And we moved a lot, so I think being the new kid so many times over also sort of led to an element of performance, because you have to make people like you.” Lyon channeled her enthusiasm and talent through high school theater, and then made plans to go off to college. But she soon discovered that acting, not academics, was her strong suit, and eventually ended up leaving school altogether. Lyon may not have wanted to be back in school, but her family didn’t let her off so easily. “My parents, they just really tough-loved me really hard,” she admits. “They said, ‘If you’re gonna live in this house, you’re going to work and save money and get into another school.’ And after about a year of working at Applebee’s and doing odd jobs and attending community college, I got into the University of North Carolina School of the Arts [UNCSA].” Lyon was 21 by the time she began her training, but being on the older end turned out to be a gift—Lyon gained a deep appreciation of everything she learned, from Chekov to improv. She moved to New York shortly after graduation, quickly finding out that for a Southern girl, figuring out how to pay rent was easy in comparison to figuring out how to live in the Big Apple.
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“I couldn’t understand why everyone was living on top of each other, or that social discrepancy and inequality,” says Lyon, recounting her frazzled first months of adjusting to the world as a New Yorker, which involved calling her agent constantly. “I could not figure out the subway. I got lost constantly. I didn’t know how to navigate this world!” And while she’s never truly lived in LA, she still would pick Manhattan over the City of Angels—but not because she finally figured out how to get around. “I loved being on the train in the city because you were surrounded by so many different people,” says Lyon. “When you go to LA, you end up being surrounded by actors. And that’s fine, there’s nothing bad about that, but there’s a beauty in sitting next to someone you don’t know and just being surrounded by so many different stories.”