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THE SCENT OF LOVE AN OUTDOOR SOIREE PALM DESERT GETAWAY THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

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Lifestyle Letter

Language of Love

FEBRUARY 2017

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ove is probably one of the most powerful words in our vocabulary - and the most powerful emotion! It is so broad - so all encompassing yet has so many meanings. Love for family, friends, your passions and interests, your soulmate and, of course, love for community.

I'll never forget the first time I came to Del Mar and experienced our breathtaking coastline views, the relaxed community beach vibe...We are truly blessed to be able live, work and play here! To this day, I still experience that strong feeling soaking in a sunset or just walking along Powerhouse Park. I am also loving the great growth in Carmel Valley with so many families that are proud to call the area home, world-class schools, great community-minded businesses and access to the best of San Diego in our backyard.

Recently, while enjoying dinner with friends in town at The Brigantine, and one of my favorite local views, we got to talking about how we express love differently. We had a very sparked and fun conversation on a book I read many years ago - The Five Love Languages. If you haven't read it or haven't done so in a while, I recommend it. Its power is in the simplicity of understanding how each of us expresses and receives love from others. The original book was intended for couples but since it was published, there have been many offshoots and the concept does apply to other relationships across all areas of your life. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we can all share love and joy more freely with those that are most important to us in our lives?

What do you love about our community - share with us on social media...we'd LOVE to hear from you!

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Del Mar Lifestyle Holiday Party at Crudo

Del Mar Lifestyle's first annual holiday party was a grand success thanks to partners and community members. Held at the newly opened Crudo, the event featured bites prepared by Chef Pascal Lorange, red carpet welcome, holiday photo booth, giveaways galore and goodie bags filled with holiday cheer. PHOTOGRAPHY CHRIS BRAKE.

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Christmas Gala To Benefit Underprivileged Children The festive black tie event at Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines Hotel saw everyone dressed their holiday best - ladies in holiday gowns and heels, and men looking dapper in their finest tuxedos. Major beneficiaries were Athletes for Education, Polinsky Children's Center, and The SDPD Southeastern Division. PHOTOGRAPHY CHRIS BRAKE

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MARKET Restaurant + Bar 10th Anniversary Dinner

MARKET Restaurant + Bar celebrated its 10-year anniversary in November with many of the locals that have made the restaurant a Del Mar favorite. Executive Chef/Owner Carl Schroeder prepared a 10-course dinner and wine pairing featuring many of the top dishes since the high-end restaurant opened in 2006. MarketDelMar.com

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Santa by the Sea and Tree Lighting at L'Auberge

Families met in the L’Auberge Del Mar amphitheater for an evening of holiday cheer, taking photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, singing with the Original Dickens Carolers, donating gifts to benefit the children of the Ronald McDonald House, and writing letters to Santa Claus himself. PHOTOGRAPHY ANNALISE DEWHURST LAubergeDelMar.com

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La Colonia BGC Holiday Party

The La Colonia Clubhouse held their annual holiday party early December. Sponsored by Del Mar Rotary Club, Jr. Board of BGC San Dieguito, and Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito. BGCSanDieguito.com

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All bottled Wine and Beer available for retail from our cellar

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and entertained the crowd with choreographed musical numbers. The choir is led by director and music teacher Anne Marie Oldham. St. James Academy is a Preschool-8th grade elementary school serving the North County communities of Solana Beach, Del Mar, Carmel Valley, Rancho Santa Fe, Encinitas, Carlsbad and San Marco. SaintJamesAcademy.com

DENTISTRY DONE DIFFERENTLY AT RANCHO SANTA FE DENTISTRY Rancho Santa Fe Cosmetic & Family Dentistry is a premiere dental office located right between Del Mar and Rancho Santa Fe on Via De La Valle. Dr. Jennifer Dean’s goal is changing the patient's expectations of their dentist from the moment they first speak to them, by not only providing world class dentistry and patient care, but also world class customer service to each and every patient. RSFDentistry.com

KENDRA SCOTT FASHION VALLEY COCKTAIL EVENT BENEFITS HOGAR DE LOS NINOS TIJUANA Latinas y Amigas with Kendra Scott Fashion Valley held its first Holiday Cocktail Event on December 6, 2016 to fundraise for Casa Hogar de los Ninos, a home for orphaned, abused and neglected children and adults in Tijuana. Guests and friends shopped the latest Jewelry and Home Collection while 20 percent of all sales that night went back to the orphanage. HogarDeLosNinos.com

BUSHFIRE KITCHEN OPENS IN DEL MAR Local family owned and operated Bushfire Kitchen offers local and organic, healthy and simple homestyle cooking with bold flavors.

Owners Clive and Brandon Barwin serve everything made from scratch and work with local producers. Naturally nutritious slow food is the mission here. Head on over to try one of their signature Bushfire Burgers! The restaurant recently opened for business at Beachside Del Mar, 2602 Del Mar Heights Rd #102. BushfireKitchen.com

SAINT JAMES ACADEMY CHOIR BRIGHTENS SOLANA BEACH TREE LIGHTING WITH HOLIDAY PERFORMANCE Saint James Academy's student choir performed a selection of Christmas songs at the Solana Beach Tree Lighting ceremony in December. The choir, which is composed of Academy students from grades 4-8 and a delightful group of alumni, was dressed in holiday attire

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chosen career fields, which include agriculture, education, medicine, art, engineering, business and entrepreneurship. Torrey Pines High graduate Sofia Davis of Rancho Santa Fe continues to demonstrate the incredible work ethic that won her a $5,000 scholarship in the Employee category and propelled her to UCSD. She won Provost’s Honors,

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E.C. STYLEBAR OFFERS MOBILE SALON AND BEAUTY CONCIERGE SERVICE E.C. Stylebar is your beauty concierge that delivers exceptional beauty professionals to your doorstep. They match the perfect beauty team for your event and budget, no matter the type of event or group size, anytime and anywhere throughout Southern California. They help plan, organize, and schedule beauty services, whether for brides and bridal parties, birthday parties, photo shoots, prom, or any other special event. Services include hair and makeup, nails and waxing, spray tanning, massages as well as facials and lash extensions. Co-founders mother-daughter duo Katelyn and Dona McCullough offer the unique experience of a mobile salon at your event through their 100 percent Women Owned business. Their fabulous work has been featured on The Knot and San Diego Style Weddings Magazine, and you have

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for a woman’s scent when perfume is mingled with her body’s natural oils and pheromones: cassolette.

So what could be more romantic than creating a perfume or cologne that is as unique and unforgettable as your love this Valentine’s Day? Step into the lab, at Tijon Fragrance Lab & Boutique in La

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grance experience. This parfumerie is where scent meets science, and where the right blend of essential oils has the power to

conjure up powerful feelings of love, evoke cherished memories, and flood the mind with treasured experiences.

It’s part high-tech science lab, part spa-quality pampering. Fragrance-making is a science, after all. But instead of plush robes, guests wear lab coats as trained “noses” (the industry’s term for olfactory experts) share their artistry and knowledge during the creative composition process.

Using beakers as their brushes, and a perfume organ—brimming with more than 300 oils—as their palette, guests are free to mix and match until they create the perfect perfume or cologne.

They even christen their scent with a personalized name, and each hand-crafted fragrance is presented in a personally labeled, 55 mL glass bottle, complete with a velvet keepsake pouch.

Tijon offers several fragrance creation experiences, each of which can be fully customized based on individual tastes and preferences. Like a high-end cooking class or wine-tasting experience, guests can experiment for several hours, or let Tijon surprise them with a tailor-made scent. The choice is theirs! Here are a few of the more popular options: 24

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To celebrate their aromatic creations, guests conclude each session with a flute of fine champagne and a savory madeleine (as in authentic French cookies—no imitations).

All fragrance recipes are safely stored in Tijon’s database and can be easily reordered. Love, after all, is meant to last forever!

For those in search of other unique, fragrance-themed Valentine’s Day gifts, Tijon also offers a custom line of handcrafted products, including body lotions, scented candles, fragrance necklaces, perfume atomizer writing pens, scented drawer liners and more. Gifts may be purchased online or in the boutique during normal business hours.

“At Tijon, we are all about the experience,” says Jovan Van Drielle, President & CEO. “We celebrate the uniqueness of every client, creating an experience as distinctive and special as they are.” Tijon.com •

FRAGRANCE IN A FLASH: Tijon’s “noses” interview you, analyze

your scent preferences and body chemistry, and create a custom scent in less than an hour. (Available Monday – Friday, walk-ins welcome—no lab coats required; $75 per person) •

MIX & MATCH CLASS: Don a lab coat and break out the beakers.

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he next time you are scouting the market for full home remodeling, room additions, kitchen remodeling and/or bathroom remodeling, make sure you call Kaminskiy Design and Remodeling first. This award winning San Diego-based full service home remodeling company specializes in these services and has perfected the remodeling process to ensure clients receive the highest quality service from beginning to end.

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No contention then that Kaminskiy Design and Remodeling has been voted Best Home Remodeler, Best Contractor, Best Kitchen and Bath Remodeler and Best Local Construction Company by the San Diego Union Tribune from 2010 to 2014, and once again honored as ‘San Diego’s Best’ by Union Tribune Best reader’s poll in 2016! That’s thousands of satisfied customers in San Diego since Sergei and Elena Kaminskiy established the company in March 2005.

Kaminskiy Design and Remodeling is founded on a commitment to exceptional craftsmanship. They implement the latest design trends, assure project completion on time and on budget, and their professional designers work with you every step of the way. Here, clients are guaranteed upfront, honest and detailed contracts and a state-of-the-art Client Management System that allows you to sign in and view your weekly schedule, project files, material lists and tasks for the entire design team.

“Our team is everything! We consider each other family and we also treat our clients as family,” says Operations Manager Kimberly Villa. “We aren’t the biggest remodeling firm in San Diego. We don’t want to be. We want to stay small enough that we can continue to give our clients the time and attention they deserve and expect when choosing to work with a boutique design build firm, as well as be able to focus on each employee’s personal and professional growth. So our goal isn’t to be the biggest, just the best!”

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other San Diego home remodeling companies. This includes in-home consultation, design, design and build presentation, shopping trips, plans and permits, starting the remodel, project in construction, and completion of remodel.

The company is also heavily involved in the local community and supports several organizations through the year. Staff regularly donates materials to Habitat for Humanity and Rebuilding Together. In September 2016, they were site captains of the San Elijo State Beach clean up site for ‘I Love a Clean San Diego”.

They were also overall financial sponsors of the countrywide event.

During the holiday season, they collected gifts for Promises2Kids.

Staff, friends, office neighbors all donated toys and other gifts that were then distributed to foster children throughout San Diego.

Sergei and Elena have a 501 (c)(3) that operates completely separate from Kaminskiy Design and Remodeling. As Sergei explains, “There are things we do as a company to help others, but I need to have my own personal charitable work. It keeps me grounded and humble.” KaminskiyHomeRemodeling.com

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or our February issue, we are dreaming of elegant emeralds, rustic woods and vintage metallics and our vision was brought to life by Bree Hueners of I Love You More Events. This styled shoot, photographed on location at Morgan Run Country Club by Kylie Chevalier, brought together talented artisans Bluebell Florals, Design by Laney, EC Style Bar and Aspire Hair by Felicia. To complete the look, the bride and groom were dressed by Mia Bella Couture and Town & Country Tuxedos with wedding accessories from Loghman Jewelers. Of course, we had to send the happy couple off in style with a convertible from BMW Encinitas!

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ARTICLE JENNIFER AUSTIN PHOTOGRAPHY KYLIE CHEVALIER STYLED BY BREE HUENERS, I LOVE YOU MORE EVENTS

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Dining & Dancing in the Countryside What better way to celebrate a bountiful love than to dance and dine in the countryside. Morgan Run has ballrooms and elegant interior spaces for events, but for this occasion, we found little nooks and hideaways throughout the grounds that inspired the romantic ideal we were designing. Moving the celebration outside allowed to open up our vision and enhanced the ambiance.

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Gold leaf calligraphy, watercolors and wax seals, an invitation to remember Delicate yellow gold, brilliant haloed solitaire with pave bands, a promise to behold Rustic farmhouse table, gold flatware and amber glass goblets, a celebration of love Dapper groom in slate blue tuxedo with striped bow tie, debonaire at the altar Romantic lace accents and tufted baby blue velvet, a vision of love And they drove off in the sunset, in their dreamy white convertible Vintage chandelier and timeless wingback chairs, an affair in the countryside CONTINUED >

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he language of flowers or floriography has been practiced for ages and recognized throughout different cultures in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. However, during the Victorian era, flowers were often used to send clandestine messages to their recipient. This veiled language allowed feelings to be expressed without uttering words.

Lisianthus Delicate and dainty, this flower can be mistaken for a tulip or poppy and certain varieties resemble roses and peonies. The lisianthus is a flower of appreciation and admiration but can also be given to represent charisma and gratitude.

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Iris

Found both in floral shops and in gardens, the iris is the national flower of France and its likeness is signified in the fluer de lis symbol. Generally revered as a regal flower, it also has connotations of faith, wisdom and hope.

Gerbera Daisy Whimsical and happy are two words to describe this flower since they come in many colors, mostly cheerful and bright. The ideal flower for children, young adults and also the young-at-heart, the gerbera daisy symbolizes purity and innocence.

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Ranunculus Simultaneously whimsical and romantic because of the delicate layers of petals, each stem displays multiple blossoms. This flower has found a current popularity with bridal bouquets and is the flower of choice to give to someone you believe is charming.

Tulip Elegant and elusive because of the short period that they are available, tulips have different meanings based on the hue of their petals. Feeling the need to apologize? The white tulip is the perfect way to ask for forgiveness.

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Rose

Popularized by poets, most notably Shakespeare, the exquisite rose is both delicate and resilient, but always timeless with classic appeal. Perhaps this is because of the many colors and varieties, each with their own meaning. Both graceful and elegant, the pink rose can be given to represent a burgeoning love.

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hisk your loved one/s away to Palm Desert for a weekend or a week of savoring the desert life in one of Southern California’s

quickly booming and favored getaways. Ringed by three magnificent mountain ranges, this premier resort destination in the heart of California’s Coachella Valley is sheltered from coastal air pollution and inclement weather. Offering an average of 350 days of guaranteed sunshine annually, there is plenty to see and do here, or not, as you like.

FOR ANIMAL LOVERS – The Living Desert Zoo and Garden

experience is not just another zoo but a non-profit actively FOR ART AFICIONADOS – The Galen, the

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Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert,

generations. The nature preserve protects 1,050 acres of

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There is Never a Better Time Than Now Initial set-up fees for reverse mortgage loans have dropped considerably since 2011. It is now an ideal time to obtain an HECM as current mortgage interest rates are remarkably low. The lower the rates, the more you can borrow against your home equity. However, interest rates are never stagnant. If they rise in 5-10 years, you won’t be able to borrow nearly as much on your home.

HECM Benefits Any Retiree You can borrow as early as age 62 and take the mortgage in the form of a credit line rather than all-out cash. You can also borrow against the credit line at any time but you don’t have to take the money now. More importantly, this credit line continues to grow every year, which significantly increases your future borrowing power.

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SqFt

1802 Ocean Front

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5

4

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4551 Rancho Del Mar Trail

$4,995,000

$4,500,000

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6

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5191 Rancho Madera Bnd

$3,395,000

$3,000,000

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14173 Rancho Tierra Trail

$2,699,000

$2,600,000

203

5

6

5,855

325 9th Street

$2,295,000

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10

3

3

1,908

444 Pine Needles

$2,345,000

$2,125,000

30

4

4

3,276

14074 Mercado Drive

$1,895,000

$1,815,000

89

4

3

3,500

715 Avocado Place

$1,850,000

$1,800,000

81

6

6

3,948

5476 Foxhound Way

$1,575,000

$1,550,000

7

6

3

3,722

12778 Dannan Court

$1,590,000

$1,520,000

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4

4

3,221

5111 Seagrove Cove

$1,498,000

$1,475,000

58

6

5

3,832

5582 Valerio Trail

$1,499,000

$1,462,000

18

5

4

3,377

11416 Fairwind

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$1,445,000

17

5

5

3,721

4451 Philbrook Square

$1,499,000

$1,425,000

63

6

6

4,752

5807 Aster Meadows

$1,325,000

$1,350,000

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6

5

3,622

5445 Shannon Ridge Lane

$1,350,000

$1,325,000

61

5

5

3,827

5287 Sandhill Ter

$1,299,000

$1,265,000

64

5

3

3,114

13473 Caminito Carmel

$1,249,000

$1,220,000

58

4

3

2,990

3795 Derby Bluffs Way

$1,175,000

$1,175,000

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4

3

2,093

13379 Heston Place

$1,195,000

$1,170,000

15

4

3

2,640

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