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ome of my favorites we celebrate this month...Coffee, coffee, and coffee! La Jolla has an abundance of coffee shops - centers of our community where we gather to talk about life, school, family...what's important! For some a daily routine, and others a special treat. So many jewels here in La Jolla but we take an in-depth look at a star that is doing well locally and globally - Bird Rock Coffee Roasters.

In this issue, we go beyond your standard cocktail with a fun feature and George's Level2 drink. Hope you enjoy the recipe. And by popular demand, we continue our La Jolla Unleashed feature.

We hope you enjoy this new favorite spotlight on one of our furry friends in the community!

We also can't wait for the annual La Jolla Art & Wine Festival. Last year, we couldn't peel our kids away from the Gepetto's Kids Zone to explore the whole event for hours. This year, so much to see and explore once again in The Village. We decided to explore the Top 10 Reasons to attend this year's festival, but each year proves new and exciting.

Something I never knew I needed until reading about Michelle St. Clair is a luxury concierge. This is a fascinating look into the life of the woman at the helm of Elite Lifestyle Management and why this La Jolla resident is elevating the concept of the concierge in San Diego and beyond.

What's your favorite coffee spot? Share with us online...we'd love to hear from you!

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Hot Spot

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Culinary Creations

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Locals Only

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Animal Kingdom

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Local’s Choice

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Compassion in a Cup

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Michelle St. Clair - Luxury Concierge

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Las Patronas 'Taking Flight' Annual Jewel Ball

Las Patronas welcomed guests to the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club for this social event. Décor celebrating the Golden Age of luxurious air travel set the scene as community members dined, danced and raised money for this year’s many beneficiaries. LasPatronas.org PHOTOGRAPHY ZEMINA ZAFERAKIS, Z BELLA PHOTOGRAPHY

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Good Times

San Diego International Film Festival Insider Series

The exclusive patron event was held at a private home in La Jolla as part of a special series for patrons, bringing in filmmakers to talk about upcoming projects. On this evening, it was an intimate discussion with military filmmakers Erik Sabiston and Wendy Anderson. SDFilmFest.com PHOTOGRAPHY ZEMINA ZAFERAKIS, Z BELLA PHOTOGRAPHY.

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Julie Ducharme and Tiffany Todd

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Ruben Chato, Cheryl Mitchell, Kristi Pieper and friends

Letty Nowak Opening at Aaron Goulding Galleries

It was a full house with guests from San Diego and those who traveled from Orange County for the Opening Reception for Letty Nowak's Faces of Surfing Paintings. Also on display was Aaron Goulding's well known photography from in and around La Jolla and San Diego.

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FRESH START SURGICAL GIFTS 26TH ANNUAL BUTTERFLY BALL TO BENEFIT CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL DEFORMITIES San Diego nonprofit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts will host its 26th Anniversary Summer of Love Butterfly Ball on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine. Former NBA Champion Bill Walton and his wife Lori have been involved with Fresh Start for over five years and will serve as the event’s honorary chairs.

The Butterfly Ball will commemorate Fresh Start’s commitment over the past 26 years in providing surgical gifts and transforming the lives of infants, children and teens with physical deformities caused by birth defects, accidents, abuse or disease. FreshStart.org

TASENDE GALLERY EXHIBITION AND ANNIVERSARY After a year of building and renovation, Tasende Gallery welcomes the public to view the exhibition Sign of the Times featuring 19 works

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tributed to the history of the gallery and cultural landscape of the community during the last 38 years. A few highlights of the exhibition include Giacomo Manzu's Doors of Death; Eduardo Chillida will be represented with a mural fired in clay; and Niki de Saint Phalle's Totem Bullhead 2000. Sign of the Times will run through November 4, Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. TasendeGallery.com

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ird Rock Coffee Roasters signifies more than simply a delicious cup of coffee to local San Diegans. Serving its home neighborhood for the last 15 years, the cafe maintains an integral role in the community as a

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notable gathering point for friends to catch up while

enjoying unparalleled brews and supporting worthy causes.

Each product offered at their three locations represents

an extensive process of careful selection and thorough research. The level of attention begins with the farmers themselves. “We’re very selective who we buy our coffee from.

We seek exceptional, craft-oriented farmers that [yield] new coffee profiles on an annual basis,” Jeff Taylor, CEO of BRCR shares. Beyond the novelty and noteworthy taste of the coffee itself, they also ensure the farmers adequately compensate their employees, refusing to cut costs at the workers’ expense.

The merit of potential beans is analyzed by a uniquely qualified team of eminently trained quality control experts, including Taylor’s wife. Boasting an impressive resume, Maritza Taylor previously worked under the Colombian Coffee Federation and further as a reputable judge in various quality competitions. “We go to great lengths to make sure we’re getting exposure to the best farms and best coffee available,” she says. Once the premium brews have been determined, BRCR utilizes a pour-over method in order to serve rare and exclusive coffees that are not mass produced. Therefore, unlike most competitors, each drink is prepared individually

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In addition to providing the best beans the world cultivates to their loyal customers, BRCR is also responsible for pioneering direct trade in the city. The direct trade buying model creates an opportunity for the staff to sustain symbiotic relationships directly with the farmers themselves, whether that be in El Salvador, Kenya or Ethiopia.

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Their extraordinary business model and practices can be summed by their underlying philosophy - “We love coffee, we love people, and we love community. So we focus our care on those things,” Taylor says. It’s no wonder BRCR has drawn national recognition and countless awards, highlighted in Coffee Review’s National List of Top 30 Coffees of 2016 as well as multiple local titles.

In the community, BRCR supports numerous organizations such as Bird Rock Elementary, Las Patronas, the Little Italy Art walk and much more. They also donate 10 percent of sales to breast cancer research during the multi-day Breast Cancer Walk. The tradition of support spreads past organizations alone, as demonstrated by their artist of the month features. Each month, BRCR promotes 3-4 local artists identified by their community art liaison, offering the artists an opportunity for local exposure and sharing the city’s finest talents.

Ultimately, whether it’s for an unrivaled cup of personally-produced coffee, to reunite with old friends and neighbors, or to support local artists and foundations, Bird Rock Coffee Roasters is a local gem worth a visit. Taylor adds, "We’re very happy to be a part of the La Jolla community, and after 15 years we’re still growing.” BirdRockCoffee.com

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Elite Lifestyle Management offers concierge services for high net worth individuals and families hree years ago, Michelle St. Clair

magazine and called her immediately “to

stumbled across an advertisement

make sure we were real people.” (He is now

that changed her life. It touted a

a loyal, longtime client.) Most of the firm’s

private, men-only concierge service

clients are scattered throughout San Diego

–and St. Clair was intrigued.

County, though they also work with families

“I started researching, and realized there’s

in New York, Las Vegas, and the Southeast.

this entire industry for private concierge ser-

In addition to its core high-worth and cor-

vices, predominantly in New York and Los

porate clients, ELM is now working hand in

Angeles,” she says. “But there was nothing

glove with some of San Diego’s most well-

here in San Diego. It was a real void.”

heeled developers (including The Casey

So the former event planner set out to fill it.

Brown Company and, yes, Papa Doug

She launched Elite Lifestyle Management, a pri-

Manchester) to be staged on location at

vate concierge service for ultra high net worth

the companies’ new lifestyle concept work

individuals and families, in 2015. Since then, the

spaces. And while St. Clair definitely has

company has handled everything from interna-

expansion in her sights, “We don’t ever want

tional property scouting and relocation services

to grow so big that we lose the personal

for investors entering the United States on EB5

touch we’re known for,” she says.

visas to removing scorpions from guest houses,

She credits her resourcefulness to a

and now provides bundled services to corpora-

childhood dotted with regular uprooting. Her

tions who offer ELM memberships as a perk to

mother, she says, moved St. Clair and her

employees. The company offers round the clock

siblings every year, often more frequently.

service to its clients, who purchase member-

Sometimes, the moves were local; other

ships in exchange for a private, discreet advisor

times, they were the opposite (like a year

who can charter a jet, score courtside seats to

spent living with an uncle in Kansas City).

the Lakers, or secure a bespoke experience – all

She rarely stayed at the same school longer

in a moment’s notice.

than an academic year – certainly not long

At first, the business grew slowly. St.Clair

enough to forge lasting friendships – and, as

launched ELM while her two daughters, now

a result, took care of herself from an early

aged 7 and 4, were quite young, but the com-

age. The experience left her resolute and

pany really took off when she began putting

street smart, and she’s now firmly committed

in the work in the wake of her divorce. She is

to paying her success forward by mentoring

now up to a team of five full-time employees,

youth on emotional intelligence skills through

who handle requests ranging from hiring a

San Diego nonprofit The Collective Access.

driver for a family’s beekeeper (seriously)

And despite her company’s meteoric rise,

to securing tickets to Broadway’s Hamilton

St. Clair seems most proud of the example

three hours before curtain call.

she’s modeling for her young daughters.

ELM’s reputation and client base have

When asked what she wants to grow up to

been largely built by word of mouth referrals

be, her oldest daughter replies without hes-

from some of San Diego’s most illustrious

itation - Mom! “My kids wanting to be me?

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families – though one particularly well-con-

There’s nothing more inspiring,” St. Clair

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says. “That alone makes my job worth it.”

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Opal THE STONE OF HAPPY DREAMS

Spectral flashes that appear to dance

than carat weight so they can be seemingly

on the stone’s surface are aptly described

‘all over the place’ and it can be difficult to

as play-of-color. This visual phenomena

know where to shop and what to look for

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to the body color of the stone but rather its

ics and imitations in the market. Recently,

sheen and is due to a reflection of light from

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glorious opals and the response from our

amorphous, opals are without a clearly

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defined external form but rather take on the

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shape of the space in which they form.

we’ve given these local stones a fresh look

When conditions are ideal, and they are

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perfectly formed - uniform in size and their

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beautiful, precious opals have an alluring

playful, kaleidoscopic flares known as opal’s

display of color and unique internal structure.

play-of-color occur. Without this perfect for-

In the dreamtime mythologies of Australia’s

mation, play-of-color cannot occur and the

indigenous cultures, opals were brought to

resulting material is called common opal or

the land via a great rainbow. Where the rain-

‘potch’; an abundant, translucent to opaque,

bow connected with the land, rocks and peb-

single colored material that is mostly used

bles that glittered in the sun with all the col-

for backings of composite stones unless it is

ors of the rainbow were formed. Many other

characterized by attractive color or interest-

cultures have credited opal with supernatural

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Bunny Bedi, owner and designer at Made

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In Earth, shares, “Opal prices generally

as the birthstone for October.

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THE METHOD Add all ingredients into a mixing tin, add ice

Crafted locally by the bar team at George's

and shake. Strain into a glass, add pebble

Level2, working to elevate the art of the

or crushed ice, garnish with mint crowns

cocktail, not only here in La Jolla but for all

and a pineapple frond.

of San Diego.

NOTES

Makes 1 cocktail.

THE INGREDIENTS

Cold smoked lime: Cut limes in half, applewood cold smoke for 30 minutes, juice limes.

1.5 oz 8yr Demerara rum

Tamarind: George's makes their own with

.5 oz Mezcal Joven

a little mole spice, but you can purchase a

.75 oz applewood cold smoked lime juice

similar product.

.75 oz tamarind syrup

Tepache: George's own fermented pineap-

1.5 oz house tepache

ple drink, but there are a few bottled options out there.

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Lifestyle Calendar

October

OCTOBER 7, 8:00 AM ONWARD SAN DIEGO CF CYCLE FOR LIFE 2017 CHECK WEBSITE FOR VENUE Get your wheels in motion on a brand new destination ride! The 2017 CF Cycle for Life ride will start in San Diego County, ride along the coast and end in Dana Point, CA in Orange County. FightCF.cff.org

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OCTOBER 13

FASHION WEEK SAN DIEGO 2017

5TH ANNUAL WHISKEY, BOURBON & WINE BBQ

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ESTANCIA LA JOLLA HOTEL AND SPA

Bringing new designers from around the world to show their never

The flavors of the deep South and northern California converge at

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this West coast BBQ bash. A nod to the property’s horse ranch her-

very talented and dynamic labels/brands on the catwalk in La Jolla.

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OCTOBER 4 - 8 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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OCTOBER 7 & 8 LA JOLLA ART AND WINE FESTIVAL GIRARD AVE This two-day juried art show and fundraiser has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the most prestigious art and wine festivals in Southern California. Free and open to the public. All profits raised benefit underfunded programs such as art, music, science, physical education, technology, and on-site medical care at local public elementary and middle schools. LJAWF.com

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OCTOBER 21 FRESH START SURGICAL GIFTS 26TH ANNUAL BUTTERFLY BALL HYATT REGENCY LA JOLLA San Diego nonprofit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts will host its 26th Anniversary Summer of Love Butterfly Ball to benefit children with physical deformities. Former NBA Champion Bill Walton and his wife Lori have been involved with Fresh Start for over five years and will serve as the event’s honorary chairs. FreshStart.org

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Local’s Choice

reaSONS To check out

the la jolla art & wine festival

Family Fun - The LJAWF is the perfect place to bring the whole family for a weekend of art appreciation, hands on activities, and art projects – even painting on a car. This year, the Geppetto’s Family Art Center + Lab is adding a science component where kids can get handson experience with fermentation and more.

he 8th Annual La Jolla Art & Wine Festival is October 7-8.

Wine, wine, wine! - Over 20 wineries will

Free and open to the public, the event features over 150 local,

be represented, with several varietals hailing

regional and international artists. The festival benefits under-

from a multitude of regions. From whites, reds,

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funded programs such as art, music, science, physical education, technology, and on-site medical care at local public elementary and middle schools. For more information, visit LJAWF.com

to rosé – there’s something for every taste.

Local and International Art - Over 200 artists from around the world will be displaying their artwork during the two-day event.

Kids’ Activities - Inspire your youngster to get creative with hands-on projects, face painting, and more.

So Many Artistic Mediums - Artists of every medium imaginable will be displaying their works. From painting to sculpting to metal work, and more!

Live Music - Be sure to bring your dancing shoes. There is a full line-up of live music and entertainment both days of the festival. Check online for full list of performers.

Community - Connect with friends and fellow art lovers. This event attracts over 10,000 people to Girard Avenue.

Craft Beer Garden - For those who prefer beer over wine, the beverage garden will also offer a wide selection of craft brews from San Diego and beyond.

Gourmet Food Court - The LJAWF is known for its delicious gourmet food court. Specialty food vendors will be serving elevated fare for foodies throughout the weekend.

Artists in Action - Many artists paint, sculpt and create at their booth so you get to see them in action.

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