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Mother. Actress. Writer. Designer. Entrepreneur. Yes, reality television alum Kristin Cavallari is doing it all, but don’t let her superhuman resume fool you—she’s definitely one of us. “I have moments, like last night, where I don’t think I can do it,” Cavallari admits at the beginning of our phone conversation. “But then, like today, I pick myself back up and power on and just get it done.”
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n preparation for our phone interview, I spent some time looking over everything Cavallari has done in the past few years, which turned out to be everything from competing on Dancing with the Stars, to guest starring in television shows and small films, to charity work involving PETA and HIV/AIDS. When I bring up her go-getter personality, though, she’s quick to point out that it’s not a one-woman show. “The fact that Jay is home all day, every day right now … he’s the reason I’m able to do half of what I do,” she says, referencing her husband of two years, Miami Dolphins quarterback, Jay Cutler. Make no mistake—the hard-working mom of three loves her work, but her real passion is her family. “Five o’clock comes and every night we’re eating dinner as a family—that’s the most important thing to me,” she says. “It’s important for me to wake up in the morning and make the boys’ breakfast, pack their lunches … I make sure that certain family things are a priority. Everything else is secondary.” Looking back on Cavallari’s life, this state of mind isn’t surprising. While most of America still recognizes her as the perky teenager from the MTV reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, and later The Hills, Cavallari wasn’t born into a life of glamor and glitz. “I lived in a suburb of Chicago throughout my entire junior high years and my mom lived here,” explains Cavallari, who settled in both Los Angeles and Chicago before finding a home in Nashville with Cutler. “Moving back to Chicago wasn’t a shock for me because I had experienced it before. But I do think, because of living in L.A. and Southern California for so long, it was still an adjustment.” What kind of adjustment? “I remember I had no clothes!” Cavallari laughs. “No winter jackets … I had to buy this stuff. But to be honest, I prefer having my kids grow up in a place that has four seasons. Snow days for me were part of my childhood, and I love that my kids are experiencing that. It’s just a different way of growing up.” At the very least, it’s different from how Cavallari grew up. After moving to California to attend Laguna Beach High School, fame came calling in 2004. She would spend three years of her life being documented alongside the lives of her friends, and then another six as part of a spin-off series from Laguna Beach castmate Lauren Conrad— but don’t expect someone who grew up in the spotlight to share that same glimpse behind the curtain. “It’s funny, because yeah, I was on reality TV, but I’m actually a very private person when it comes to my family,” Cavallari says. “But I do realize that’s what people really resonate with and that’s what they connect to, so I try to find a happy medium and a happy balance.” Still, there’s a line, and that line isn’t a surprise. “People ask me all the time why I don’t show my kids’ faces, but they didn’t sign up for this world,” says Cavallari. “I did. And I want them to choose if that’s a life and world that they want to be in. I don’t want to rob them of that decision.” Does she wish that social media existed in the days of Laguna Beach, for her own sake? Well, that’s a different matter entirely. “It’s interesting, because people will comment with things like, ‘oh you’ve grown up a lot.’ Yes, I have grown up a lot, but also this has always been who I am,” says Cavallari. “And in the same breath, yes, of course I’ve matured quite a bit since I was 18, 19, 20, but the core of me has always been the same.” Fast-forward to 2018, and the girl who was once known for being part of Lauren Conrad’s “love triangle” is, in every sense of the word, satisfied. She’s happily married, and her wedding day is one that’s still fresh in her mind. “Not to sound cheesy, but literally the entire day was so perfect,” she shares. “Our reception was so fun. We had about 120 people and it
was truly our closest friends and family; it felt intimate to us. We really focused on three things to make it perfect in our eyes, so that was really good food, great booze, and really good music. We had a five-person motown band and every single person was on the floor.” She credits her relationship right now as “the closest we’ve ever been,” explaining, “we know each other so well and we’re so incredibly comfortable with one another. And I would take our relationship now over what it was in the beginning.” Aside from her children, Cavallari’s current pride and joy is her jewelry line, Uncommon James. “I started this company by myself and I’ve never had that kind of creative freedom in my life, and it’s so satisfying,” she says, and I can feel the excitement in her voice radiating through the phone. “It’s so freeing. It’s the hardest job I’ve ever had and I love every second of it. I love jewelry—I think that accessories make or break your outfit. But it’s more about owning a company for me that’s so fun. It’s the most challenging thing for me, besides being a mom, that I’ve ever done. Uncommon James hasn’t even been around for a year, and I’m already opening my own brick and mortar—which is scary as hell but it’s also really exciting.” As we speak, Cavallari is preparing for a short book tour to promote her new cookbook True Roots: A Mindful Kitchen with More Than 100 Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar. “My cookbook is truly a passion project of mine—I’m such a healthy eater and I’m just excited to share with everyone that being healthy doesn’t mean boring,” she explains. “You’re not missing out on anything. I really think that you can eat anything as long as you’re choosing the right ingredients … this cookbook is how I eat on a daily basis. I honest-to-God make everything in this cookbook all the time; it’s how my family and I eat. I’m a home cook who loves to cook healthy and I’m doing this to share that with my fans, who are excited about eating healthy and want to get on track.”
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avallari’s tour will take her to New York, Nashville, and Chicago, and she’ll take her children with her to Chicago to see her mom. Even though Los Angeles isn’t on the list of promotional cities, I have to ask the obvious question— is there a possibility of having a play date with new moms (and former Hills co-stars) Audrina Patridge and Heidi Montag? “We talk about it all the time!” Cavallari assures me. “It’s just hard because they’re in L.A., and I’m in Nashville. But I’d love to. Audrina and Heidi both reached out to me a lot and I love that I was able to be there for them because when I had Camden, my oldest, I had no one I could turn to for advice or for any kind of help. So being able to be there for my co-stars and my ‘normal’ friends, too, I love nothing more.” Work, family, business success—life seems to be coming at Cavallari fast, and for a while, that’s what she always wanted. “My whole life, I always wanted to be older,” she says. “I always wanted to be in the next phase of my life, but now I just want everything to slow down. I wish I could’ve just enjoyed being 18.” She pauses, as if she’s reflecting on the journey she’s had so far, the one that’s taken her from small-town suburbia to the beaches of Hollywood and back to the grounded, simple, family-oriented life she knew before all her fame and fortune. “Just enjoy the journey and enjoy the moment.” For a girl who once wanted to grow up too fast, Cavallari is now making sure it all counts.
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hen first meeting newlyweds John Bonadelle and Caroline Baliker, the sweetness between the two is immediately apparent; you can tell that this is a couple whose friendship is the core of their love for one another. John and Caroline’s story together commenced at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas, but they are building the next chapter of their lives in Fresno, California. It all started at SMU. Caroline grew up in Houston, Texas with her little sister, but moved to Dallas to attended SMU for accounting. John grew up the eldest of three siblings in Fresno, California, and also chose SMU because of its business school’s notoriety. The two had mutual friends in college, but didn’t formally meet until their junior year on spring break, yet it wasn’t until that summer that they reconnected and hit it off. “I think we both knew pretty early on. It just felt natural,” said Caroline. She brought John to meet her family in Houston that following winter break, and then Caroline followed him to California to meet his family a few days later. They dated those final two years of college, and then for another two after graduation. From shared interests to their calm dispositions, John and Caroline’s similarities far outweigh any differences. Independently, John loves duck hunting and golf, and Caroline is avid about running and Pilates. But together, they enjoy being physically active outdoors. Dallas made them major foodies, so they are always eager to try new restaurants, as well as experiment with cooking. The couple love to travel, and have been to several states together already. Before settling down, visiting Europe and going on a safari are on their bucket list. It was on a vacation in New York City that John popped the question. The couple went out to dinner in Brooklyn with some friends, and then back to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, where they were staying; he proposed in the lounge there. Was she expecting it? “Kinda, but we had talked about it … I didn’t know exactly when, but [I knew] it was coming.” Friends had been teasing them the night before, asking when it was going to happen, but Caroline admitted she had no idea he’d do it right after. John proposed the weekend before Thanksgiving 2016, but the couple chose to wait until after the holidays to begin planning their wedding. “You got right into it! And I tried to stay out of it!” John divulged with a smile and an enduring chuckle. “Yeah, I was a very hands-on bride,” Caroline admitted, though the couple hired a wedding planner to help. “We didn’t want to see each other before the wedding, the ceremony,” Caroline explained of their shared traditional tendencies. She made a point of integrating traditions to honor John’s Italian roots. His grandmother’s Italian cookies were included, and each place-setting had the traditional five almond favors, which signify five wishes for the bride and groom: happiness, health, wealth, fertility, and longevity. Both partook in groom & mother and bride & father dances. To honor Caroline’s special relationship with her maternal grandparents, she shared a dance with her grandfather, and carried the handkerchief her grandmother used on her wedding day.
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Getting married on the SMU campus, where it all began, was the logical place to start their journey as husband and wife. John and Caroline tied the knot in a traditional Catholic ceremony on January 13th, 2018, at SMU’s campus church, Perkins Chapel. “It was perfect and everything we wanted,” mused Caroline of their wedding day. Well, almost perfect… It turns out the Catholic Church wasn’t on board with incorporating John’s beloved hunting lab, Brick, into the ceremony itself. The wedding party included eight bridesmaids and nine groomsmen, and 250 guests joined them in the celebration. “Most people [came] from out of town, either Houston or Fresno … Everyone that was there you knew on a really intimate level,” John said of their guest list. Black tie was optional, and everyone was dressed to the nines. Caroline’s ivory, sweetheart neckline gown, with allover lace, was classically elegant. Her “something blue” was her grandmother’s sapphire ring. Styled with a sleek, side-parted chignon, petite diamond drop earrings, and perfectly pink lips, the look truly captured the bride’s polished aesthetic. Both John and Caroline enjoy history and appreciate the elegant, elaborate architecture of historical landmarks, so they held their reception at downtown Dallas’ Adolphus Hotel. Round tables were set with white linens, topped with tall, fluted vases featuring bouquets of pale pink roses, a medley of white flowers, and a touch of greenery. Being foodies, fantastic cuisine was a must. Canapes of tuna tataki on a wonton crisp, heirloom tomato on burrata toast, and black-eyed pea tempura shrimp were waiter-passed. A sit-down dinner began with charred corn, lump crab, and poblano soup as the appetizer. Guests had a choice between miso-marinated sea bass, Texas grilled filet mignon, or house-made cavatelli pasta for the main course. The five-tier wedding cake was vanilla sponge with vanilla creme and raspberry filling, while the groom’s cake was chocolate devil’s food sponge with white chocolate mousse and buttercream. But, “The best part was the band!” John and Caroline enthusiastically agreed, revealing that their first dance was to “The Way You Look Tonight.” “We both loved The Parent Trap when we were younger,”
Caroline began. “It was more a function of my sisters loving The Parent Trap,” laughed John. “So the song ‘L.O.V.E.’ was played while we cut the cake,” continued Caroline. Family friend Pat LaRocca, owner of Five Restaurant in Fresno, even serenaded the bride with a beautiful rendition of “Sweet Caroline” that evening. The couple planned to ride away from the festivities at the Adolphus in a horse-drawn carriage, but seeing as the temperature was a mere 20° outside, the horse had to be convinced to get moving, leaving the newlyweds to wonder what the delay was. Guests partied until 4 o’clock in the morning, and eventually went for pizza, before retiring from celebrating the union of the young Bonadelle couple. For their honeymoon, as much as John and Caroline love travel, they decided against going around the world because they wanted a short flight, so the couple spent a week at the luxurious Rosewood Mayakoba Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, near Cancún. “While we were sitting there on our honeymoon, we realized that we hadn’t really planned anything beyond the honeymoon … The itinerary stopped!” John revealed. Nevertheless, right after returning to the States, the couple packed up and moved from Dallas to California, where they have managed to find a happy work/home balance in Fresno; John is Director of Operations at Bonadelle Neighborhoods, and Caroline works as a CPA for The Garabedian Group. Weekends are their opportunity to go jogging and hiking, while most evenings are spent breaking in their new cookbooks together (they are really into making cedar plank salmon as of late) and catching up on favorite television shows (unless it’s baseball season; they’re Giants and Astros fans). It really is the simple pleasures in life that make it worth living. With love, great company, and good food and music, it appears this couple is well on their way to a lifetime of happiness. Cheers to #BecomingBonadelle, the marriage of John and Caroline—a match made in Texas.
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