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Concerts Coming Soon to MIM Music Theater Winter/Spring 2013 Concert Series sponsored in part by:

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Arizona Opera Up Close Series: Double Entendre

I Am AZ Music: Arizona SingerSongwriters in the Round

Thursday, April 11 | 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $37.50–$42.50 Two lead couples from both casts of The Marriage of Figaro share an impressive collection of debuts and accolades spanning the globe

Tuesday, April 23 | 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $15.00 Hans Olson, Walt Richardson, Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms), and the Zubia Brothers (Pistoleros) come together to share stories and songs

I Am AZ Music: The Best of the Valley: Open Mic Showcase

MIM Musical Interludes Series Featuring ASU:

Tuesday, April 16 | 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10 Featuring Andrew Duncan Brown, Ruca (Haley Grigaitis), Tim Allyn, Amanda Morgan, and Jason Messer for an evening of local and diverse music

Wednesday, April 24 | 10:30 a.m.

Tickets: Free with museum admission or $7 performance only (Free for Circle of Friends) Elizabeth Buck (flute) with Lynne Aspnes (harp) will perform delightful and triumphant French chamber music

Marty Stuart

Molly Ringwald

Thursday, April 18 | 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $39.50–$47.50 Five-time GRAMMY winner Marty Stuart is one of country music’s most eclectic artists, moving between honky-tonk, rockabilly, country-rock, traditional country, and bluegrass

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French Chamber Music

Wednesday, April 24 | 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $37.50–$42.50 The actress, singer, dancer, author, and daughter of jazzman Bob Ringwald brings her talent and passion for jazz to MIM for a special evening

The Klezmatics

Hayes Carll

Sunday, April 21 | 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $39.50–$47.50 Taking the wildest approaches to klezmer, this group “can rank among the greatest bands on the planet.”

—Time Out New York

Thursday, April 25 | 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $19.50–$24.50 Texas singer-songwriter Hayes Carll is firmly established as a next-generation singer and writer in the maverick countryfolk style of Van Zandt and Guy Clark

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Vladimir Pleshakov and Elena Winther: Rachmaninoff Anniversary Concert

2013 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Friday, April 26 | 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $27.50–$32.50 Pianists Pleshakov and Winther have been hailed by the Russian press as “European heirs to the great Russian pianistic tradition”

Visit MIM.org for complete schedule

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Sara Watkins

Sunday, May 5 | 7:00 p.m.

R. Carlos Nakai Doc Severinsen and The San Miguel 5 Wednesday, May 1 | 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $42.50–$47.50 (7:00 p.m.)

Tickets: $37.50–$42.50 (9:00 p.m.)

A high-energy evening of sophisticated Latin rhythms and jazz, à la Django Reinhardt

Saturday, May 11 | 7:30 p.m.

Marcia Ball

Friday, May 17 | 7:30 p.m.

Tom Rush

Sunday, May 19 | 7:00 p.m.

Maria Muldaur and Her Bluesiana Band Saturday, May 25 | 7:30 p.m.

Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merritt

Jane Monheit

Saturday, May 4 | 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $29.50–$37.50 Simone Dinnerstein, a Juilliard-trained pianist, joins forces with Tift Merritt, a critically acclaimed Americana singersongwriter, in a unique collaboration uniting their two musical worlds

Rickie Lee Jones: My Life in Words and Music

Wednesday, May 29 | 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

Friday, May 31 | 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 1 | 7:30 p.m.

I Am AZ Music: Bluegrass/Americana Tuesday, June 4 | 7:00 p.m.

Young Sounds of Arizona Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole

Thursday, June 6 | 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 12 | 7:00 p.m.

Tickets: $32.50–$37.50 Considered “the voice of Hawaii’s new generation,” Kanaka’ole carries the mantle proudly with ancient chant, traditions, modern melodies, and original songs

Jerry Douglas

Friday, June 14 | 7:30 p.m.

Sarah Jarosz

Saturday, June 15 | 7:30 p.m.

Iris Dement

Friday, June 21 | 7:30 p.m.

Béla Fleck Wednesday, May 15 | 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

Tickets: $52.50–$62.50 Considered one of the most innovative pickers in the world, demonstrating the versitality of the banjo

John Joregenson’s Gypsy Jazz Quintet Sunday, June 23 | 7:00 p.m.

John Scofield’s Überjam Band Saturday, July 20 | 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey Tuesday, August 6 | 7:00 & 9:00 p.m.

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Contents APRIL/MAY 2013 [ IN EVERY ISSUE ]

13 Publishers’ Letter 14 Contributors 16 Connect With Us

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MOTHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE Creative present ideas that are sure to put a smile on Mom’s face HAWAII TRAVEL Eric Twohey explores a tropical paradise on the Big Island

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FASHION FEATURE Spring fashion hits @ Proof, an American Canteen at the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

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BEAUTY PRODUCTS TO AVOID

MYSTERY LOVERS’ PARADISE TOP VALLEY BARS The choicest spots to order

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ON THE COVER Ford/Robert Black Agency model Lauren Lostumo photographed @ Proof, an American Canteen.

Photo by Scott E. Whitney Styling by Shannon Campbell Make-up by Corinna Cooke Hair by Drew Noreen

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Contents

BUZZ

24 Auto Trends: The Cadillac SRX: luxury redefined 65 Overnight Camps: Prescott-area adventures 78 Event Calendar: What’s happening in the Valley

LIFESTYLE

67 Jewels: “Designers’” designing ways 68 R elationships: Marriage material 76 Flavor: Blood orange salad with seared scallops 80 A dopt-A-Pet: Furry friends

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70 Investments: Investing in IRAs

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HEALTH

53 Beauty: Five ingredients to avoid 62 Health: Wonder foods to keep you young 64 Golf: Learn to strike the ball better 72 Fitness: Mind, body, spirit: Balancing the big three

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73 Boys and Girls Clubs: Bogies and Stogies 77 The Galaxy Gala: Da Vinci–The Genius unveiling 82 Barrett Jackson: High-end car auction

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20 LOCAL PROFILE: Eco-artist Ted Love 22 ARIZONA SKIES: Look to the sky for astronomical events 28 ART & CULTURE: Poisoned Pen: Mystery lovers’ paradise 32 VALLEY VIBRATIONS: Rock with Autumn’s End 35 HOT SHEET: What’s new in the Valley 36 ENTERTAINMENT: Best in TV, music, and movies 38 TWO Cents: The Dearings chime in 52 SPORTS: AZ Diamondbacks’ JJ Putz and Cody Ross 54 AZ FUN FACTS: The man on the Arizona state seal 55 GIVING BACK: The 100 Club of Arizona 66 CROSSWORD: Puzzle Solver 74 BOOKS: New and noteworthy

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Volume 8 / Issue 3 PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER

Adam Toren adam@northvalleymagazine.com Matthew Toren matthew@northvalleymagazine.com

EDITORIAL

Managing Editors Sondra Barr sondra@northvalleymagazine.com Crystal Huckabay crystal@northvalleymagazine.com Pavlina Toren pavlina@northvalleymagazine.com Copy Editor Kate Karp kate@northvalleymagazine.com CONTRIBUTORS Ted Baird, Diana Bocco, Scott Bohall, Julie Carlson, Steve Cates, J.P. Dahdah, Leanne Dearing, Matthew Dearing, Lea Friese-Haben, Audriana Gates, Allison Goldstein, Matthew Grunwald, Myles Mellor, Greg Rubenstein, Scott Sackett, Matthew Toren, Michael Torres, Marshall Trimble, Eric Twohey, Jennifer Zach PHOTOGRAPHERS Ben Arnold, Samantha Peck, Michelle Pelberg, Mark Susan, Scott E. Whitney ADVERTISING sales@northvalleymagazine.com 602.828.0313 Marketing Director Eric Twohey Art Director/Production Vanessa Fryer

CIRCULATION

Distribution Manager Mark Lokeli

Networking

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER Eric Twohey North Valley Magazine sets high standards to ensure forestry is practiced in an environmentally responsible, socially beneficial, and economically viable manner. Printed by American Web on recycled fibers containing 10% post consumer waste, with inks containing a blend of soy base. Our printer is a certified member of the Forestry Stewardship Council, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and additionally meets or exceeds all federal Resource Conservation Recovery Act standards. When you are finished with this issue, please pass it on to a friend or recycle it. We can have a better world if we choose it together.

NORTH VALLEY MAGAZINE is published six times a year for distribution aimed at higher-income households in such areas as Anthem, Carefree, Cave Creek, Tramonto, North Scottsdale, Desert Ridge, DC Ranch, Grayhawk, Estancia, Desert Hills, Troon North, Desert Mountain, McDowell Mountain Ranch, and Arrowhead Ranch. You can also pick up North Valley Magazine at many businesses, including specialty shops, salons, spas, auto dealerships, libraries, children’s and women’s specialty shops, boutiques, restaurants, health clubs, hotels, medical offices, and many rack locations. Statements, opinions, and points of view expressed by the writers and advertisers are their own, and do not necessarily represent those of the publishers, editors or North Valley Magazine staff. Although North Valley Magazine has made every effort to authenticate all claims and guarantee offers by advertisers in the magazine, we cannot assume liability for any products or services advertised herein. No part of North Valley Magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without the expressed written consent of the publisher. Publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any editorial or advertising matter at any time.

Postmaster: Please return all undeliverable copies to North Valley Magazine, 3120 W. Carefree Hwy., Ste. 1-128, Phoenix, AZ 85086. Yearly subscriptions available; six issues mailed directly to your mailbox for $19.95 per year (within the U.S.). All rights reserved. ®2013 North Valley Magazine. Printed in the USA.

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tep inside this issue, and you’ll find there’s a lot to take in. First, take a tour of some of the Valley’s best spots to grab a cocktail and unwind. From longtime faves to newcomers, we’ve been keeping tabs on the Valley’s top-shelf watering holes so you don’t have to. With this in mind, we headed to the beautiful Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North to shoot our spring fashion spread at their new restaurant/bar: Proof, an American Canteen. It’s the perfect spot to take in the Valley’s gorgeous spring weather, and the views from this unique restaurant are breathtaking.

Adam Toren Publisher

Next, catch up with Diamondback players—outfielder Cody Ross and closer J.J. Putz—and read how they’ll be reenergizing the team this season. From there, head to the story on six wonder foods that’ll keep your skin, your cells, and your body young, and peruse our beauty story on the poison apples of beauty products. Don’t forget to check in with Valley artist Ted Love and learn how he’s bringing new life to old items. You’ll also want to flip to our Mother’s Day Gift Guide to get some ideas for your mom’s special day.

This issue also brings you relevant information on health and wellness, shopping and retail, fashion and beauty, restaurants, sports and recreation, and arts and entertainment! All the fun, inspiring, and interesting content that you’ve come to expect from North Valley Magazine!

With that in mind, we hope you have an opportunity to take in everything the Valley has to offer during the best time of year to be a Phoenician—springtime! For us, it’s relaxing on the patio, sipping an evening cocktail and delighting in balmy temps.

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Scott Sackett, GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher since 1999, was recently voted as one of Golf Digest's best teachers in the state for the fifth year in a row. He is also director of instruction at Park Meadows Country Club in Park City, Utah. While in Scottsdale, he teaches at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. Contact Scott through his website at scottsackett.com.

Valley Vibrations

Audriana Gates is an Arizona State University alumna. She is a freelance writer specializing in music and social events and currently resides in Arizona. When not writing, Audriana can be found at many of the Valley’s live-music events.

Arizona Fun facts

He has been called a cowboy singer, a humorist, and a storyteller. He is Arizona’s official state historian, but Marshall Trimble’s most treasured title is teacher. He hopes people will realize the importance and fun involved in Arizona history and culture.

Relationships

Lea Haben is the founder and publisher of SmartFem.com, Phoenix’s premier online magazine for women. For the last 10 years, Lea has been a relationship columnist as well as a radio and TV personality. Her columns have been featured in AZ Weekly and Runway Magazine. She has been published and featured in So Scottsdale, Phoenix Woman, and 101 North. Her many local and national TV appearances have been featured on the major networks—ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC.

SPORTS

Michael Torres is a Texas State University alumnus who majored in journalism. He is a freelance writer and sports enthusiast currently residing in Mesa, Arizona.

Auto Trends

Greg Rubenstein is a freelance automotive journalist and deputy editor for iZoom.com, an auto-enthusiast Website. He has been writing about and racing cars for 25 years.

Adopt-a-pet

Michelle Pelberg is a Phoenix native whose passion for animals began at a very young age. Her talent for photography was not discovered until later on in her life. When not tending to her small zoo at home, she helps educate the minds of high school kids as an assistant teacher of photography.

Jewels

Scott Bohall is the owner of Treasures Jewelers. The Treasures staff has won more design awards than any jeweler in Arizona. Scott is a past president and current board member of the Arizona Jewelers Association. He travels the world to find gems and speaks throughout the state on jewelry-related topics.

Giving Back & Local Profile

Jennifer Zach is a freelance writer who lives in Ahwatukee. Jennifer and her family enjoy Saturday morning trips to Fountain Hills to visit grandparents and eat oven-baked pancakes at Flapjack’s.

HEALTH, STYLE, & BEAUTY

Diana Bocco is a freelance writer, a coach, and an author.

For the past decade, freelance writing has taken her from the dusty streets of Phnom Penh to the manicured gardens of Tokyo to the cobbled alleyways of Prague. As a certified personal trainer and nutrition consultant, she specializes in health and beauty topics.

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Flavor

Matthew Grunwald has been whipping up culinary delights in his mother’s kitchen for years and loves to bring his original recipes to a television audience on “AZ Midday” and “Valley Dish” segments. He is training at the Culinary Institute of America.

ARIZONA SKIES

Steve Kates/Dr. Sky® is a locally and nationally known broadcaster of both radio and TV. He is president of Dr.Sky Inc, a multimedia company that produces the Dr.Sky Show on KTAR News Talk 92.3 FM, and appears as a regular on the Morning Scramble on AZTV with Pat McMahon.

ART & CULTURE

Julie Carlson is a freelance writer. She’s had articles published in the Town of Paradise Valley Independent as well as Phoenix and Desert Living magazines. Julie is also an aspiring screenwriter—her book review blog, “That’s Swell!,” is part of her company, Reel Swell Productions. Julie is also a former police clerk with 11 years experience in law enforcement.

Photography

Scott E. Whitney was trained at the Navy School of Photography and has traveled the world as a photographer. From portraits to weddings and events, Scott has done it all. He is also a successful real estate broker and investor at Whitney Realty and Investments. As a photographer and broker, Scott is bridging both professions, complementing each in a very rewarding way.

TRAVEL FEATURE

Valley resident Eric Twohey loves to experience new places and meet new people. He enjoys painting and traveling. His other interests include music, photography, sports, and entrepreneurship. Eric earned two degrees from CSU, Sacramento, and served on the university’s student-government board of directors.

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• LOCAL PROFILE

Eco Art Valley artist Ted Love brings new life to old items.

By Jennifer Zach Valley artist and jewelry designer Ted Love is passionate about preserving our environment, and he wants you to be, too.

“Have you ever been to the Phoenix landfill?” he asks. “It makes me want to cry when I think about how much we waste as a civilization. It’s not actually very civil, is it?”

Love has styled himself as an ecoartist committed to using recycled, salvaged, and found materials in his jewelry and art pieces. “I’ve always found new uses for old items and looked at things in a different way,” he says. “I’ve always been able to give new value to things others have discarded.”

Originally from Texas, Love finished high school in Phoenix and then left for Los Angeles to go to school for jewelry design and fabrication. While in LA, he worked as a movie standin, wearing his own unique pieces on the set. His designs

caught the eye of several actors, including Heath Ledger, Jay Baruchel, and Gerard Butler.

This led to the opportunity for Love to work with designer Liz Goldwyn on jewelry design for movies, including Running with Scissors and Superman.

Five years ago, Love moved back to Phoenix to become the caretaker of Rose, a family member with Alzheimer’s disease, for a couple of years.

“Rose was very resourceful,” Love says. “She was the queen of taking rusty old items and turning them into useful—like pieces of an old shopping cart that she turned into a tomato cage.”

He continued to design and produce his own jewelry out of remnant silver and offcasts bought f rom other artists.

These he sold and continues to sell on his website, tlovejewelry.com.

Sometimes, he recast the silver, but more often, Ted Love, completely boxed in. he built sculp-

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Hotboxes and Love Lamps.

tural pieces around the remnants as they were, creating singularly imaginative pieces.

In January 2012, Love’s sister asked him to help her find a way to display her own vintage button jewelry at an auction fund-raiser for a friend with cancer. He created a jewelry case for her out of an old cigar box, lining and refurbishing it for display. The box was a huge hit—within a week, Love had six orders, and his new company, Hotbox, was born.

When a friend’s father passed away, Love was inspired to create a unique memorial that incorporated one of the father’s shirts into the design of one of his boxes.

Love now offers this option on all of his custom orders and will work with whatever mementos his customers have, like clothing of deceased loved ones, favorite concert T-shirts, and even dog beds. The mirrors used in the boxes are salvaged from construction and demolition sites, which Love then hand-cuts and chips for a textured edge. Love also searches the discards at thrift shops to find clothing that would otherwise end up in landfills.

“Sometimes, the clothing will inspire the box, and sometimes, the box will inspire the clothing I choose,” he says. “I get design ideas from the cut, color, and style of each piece of fabric.”

Each box Love sells is a signed piece of art and embodies the principles that he strives to live by, diverting old things from landfills and upcycling them into useful and beautiful objects.

Love has expanded beyond jewelry boxes to charging stations, lamps, and home goods and pet memorial boxes, which have proven very popular. He will take tags, pictures, and pet beds and create a special memory box where owners can keep the ashes of their deceased pets.

“My art is functional and ecofriendly,” Love says. “I do my best to preserve the environment that I live in and that my future children will live in.”

Ted Love takes custom orders and sells his boxes at the Artisan Markets at Southbridge in Scottsdale and through the Hotbox Facebook page.

You can also see his work online at vimeo.com/55247598.

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The days get longer, and the nights get shorter. Welcome to the skies of April and May 2013, a very exciting time to be here in Arizona! With the advent of much warmer weather, you will want to spend more time outside looking up at some of the events discussed below.

Get ready to experience the wonders of our great Arizona skies. We begin with Earth’s nearest neighbor, the moon. Lastquarter moon occurs in April, rising in the east around midnight. It’s a great sight to see, high in the south at dawn. This is followed by the dark of the moon, or new moon, on April 10. This is one of the best times of the month to see faint sky objects like planets and star clusters.

The lunar cycle starts again with the thin waxing moon visible in the west at dusk, starting on April 11. The moon reaches its first-quarter phase on April 18, followed by the beauty of the Full Pink Moon on April 25. As with all of the great full moons of the year, get set to see a most amazing sight as the moon rises right after sunset. As an additional treat, the moon will be very close to Saturn, which reaches opposition on April 28. It’s astonishing to see these two worlds very close together—Saturn is the object just above and close to the Moon.

Topping all this off is a small partial eclipse of the moon for observers in the Eastern Hemisphere, lasting only 27 minutes. For planets, April offers us a few evening visitors just after sunset in the west. We get to see Venus, which has now started to move once again into the evening sky and will be there for the rest of the year. Jupiter is the second of the evening planets, bright to the naked eye after sunset and high in the southwest.

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Saturn, as I mentioned before, will rise in the southeast at sunset and be there all night.

Don’t miss looking at the ringed planet through a telescope—it’s that good!

Look to the northeast sky on the morning of April 22 for the shooting stars.This is when the Lyrid meteor shower peaks. May skies offer up additional gems. The moon reaches last quarter on May 2 and continues to wane until we get to the new moon on May 9—a great time to seek out faint galaxies, comets, and nebulae. An annular, or ring-shaped, solar eclipse will take place on May 9 and 10 for lucky observers in Australia and the Pacific.

The moon continues to wax and reaches first quarter on May 18, followed by the next full moon, the Full Flower Moon, on May 25. A penumbral lunar eclipse also occurs at this time, too faint to easily notice. Then we get a final last-quarter moon on May 31. Venus climbs higher in the west at sunset, and Jupiter rides closer to the western horizon at this time as well.

Our Dr. Sky programs continue in force in Sedona and aboard the Dolly Steamboat as well as at the Lost Dutchman State Park in

the East Valley, Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, May 18 at 8 p.m. Fans of outer space: Mark down May 24–27 for Spacefest V, held at the great Starr Pass Resort in Tucson. You’ll meet astronauts, celebrity guests, and many more stargazers. I will be speaking at Spacefest on Monday, May 27. Visit spacefest.info to learn more.

Finally, we are excited about our special out-of-country Droshky tours to China and Costa Rica to see the great comet known as Comet ISON on the luxury sailing yacht Star Flyer. Learn more about the tours by visiting tropicalsails.com.

Join Dr. Sky® for the many Dr. Sky programs around Arizona, monthly events at the beautiful Las Posadas Resort in Sedona, and monthly “Dr. Sky Cruise to the Cosmos” on the Dolly Steamboat. Listen to KTAR News Talk 92.3 weekly for the Dr.Sky Show, 3 a.m.

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• AUTO TRENDS

Luxury Redefined Auto expert Greg Rubenstein reviews the 2013 Cadillac SRX. The super-size Escalade is what most people think of when they hear the words Cadillac and SUV in the same sentence. But there’s another SUV option from General Motors’ premium brand: For all but those with the largest of families or serious towing needs, the five-seat SRX sport utility vehicle likely serves up a better balance of performance, luxury, and daily livability.

While its big brother is equipped with a beefy V-8 engine, the SRX does just fine with a 308-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-6. Mated to a six-speed automatic transmission, this Cadillac is rated at 24 mpg highway and 17 city, and returned an as-tested 21 mpg in a week’s worth of mixed driving.

The SRX was introduced in 2004 and received a significant update for 2010. For 2013, the SRX gets a minor facelift featuring a new grille, front fender vents, and LED headlights. The design borrows heavily from Cadillac’s distinctive brand styling, which in this model is underscored by a bold look of athletic prowess. In a sea of melted-jelly-bean SUV designs, the sharply creased tailoring of the SRX definitely sets it apart from the crowd.

Cadillac has long hung its luxury hat on a mantle of technology, and in the new SRX, that tech is taken to a new level. The core advancement is the new standard-equipment CUE (Cadillac User Experience) multifunction touch screen and voice-activated infotainment system. With the ability to pair information and entertainment data and content from as many as 10 Bluetooth-enabled devices, USBs, SD cards, and MP3 players, CUE can be customized as a scaled-down music and phone interface for neophytes, as a comprehensive management system for highly connected super-users, or for anything and everyone in between.

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stack instrument panel is the heart of the CUE system. Like a smartphone and tablet displays, the screen is loaded with function icons. Standard, swipe, pinch, or spread gestures react with the expected results. The CUE display and surrounding control “buttons” feature proximity sensing and haptic, or touch, feedback—as your finger nears a button, its function is activated. Touch feedback is provided in the form of a slight vibration. There’s nothing else quite like this system, and while it takes a bit of getting used to, it’s way cool, highly functional, and fun to show off once the driver is acclimated to it.

The SRX comes with all the standard features expected in a modern luxury vehicle, and there are a few nice surprises, such as active noise cancellation. This system listens inside the cabin for ambient noise and sends counteracting sound waves though the audio system to create a serene onboard environment.

With a base price of $45,780, the tested frontwheel drive Performance Collection SRX included more than $2,500 in options for a total of $48,315.

In addition to optional 20-inch polished wheels and a dual-screen entertainment system built into the back of the front seats, the SRX we tested came with a driver-awareness package that included forwardcollision alert and a lane-departure-warning system tied into an active “safety alert” seat. This function delivers tactile vibrations that correspond to particular safety events right to the tush, which also takes a bit of getting used to, but it’s certainly effective.

While there’s plenty of competition in this segment, none of Cadillac’s rivals offer the combination of features found in the new SRX. With compelling looks, respectable performance, fun driving dynamics, and state-of-the-art automotive technology, the new SRX sets a high benchmark for midsize luxury SUVs.

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• ART & CULTURE

Mystery Lovers’ Paradise Julie Carlson dips into the Poisoned Pen Bookstore.

Everyone loves a mystery. This genre, often referred to as detective or crime fiction, has been infiltrating our psyche for ages.

Mystery buffs may argue who the father of the modern mystery is––whether it’s the macabre Edgar Allan Poe or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ingenious Sherlock Holmes. But since the 1800s, and likely even before then, mystery stories have come in all forms.

Interested in getting away from the big bookstore chain or online stores, especially if you’re a mystery fan? Then visit Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Old Town Scottsdale. Stepping in through the doors is to set foot into a mystery lover’s paradise. Located in the Art District, Poisoned Pen was founded in 1989 by Barbara G. Peters. It specializes, as you can conjecture from its name, in crime fiction. Peters, a former librarian and lawyer, retired in her mid-40s. “My husband [Robert Rosenwald] one day said to me, now that you can do whatever you want, what is it that you’re going to do? Meaning, time to get back to work,” Peters says.

Peters missed being a librarian but she didn’t want to go back to work in a library, so she thought it would be fun to open a little bookstore, make coffee, and sell a few books.

The money Peters makes from her store goes to the staff. She has almost no staff turnover.“I’ve been the unsalaried CEO for all these years. I run it like a nonprofit,” Peters says. Every once in awhile, Peters and Rosenwald do something fun for their staff. Last August, they closed the bookstore and took the staff on a cruise to Alaska.

The bookstore has become known for their hundreds of author events and autograph signings throughout the year and for hosting enormous events for celebrity authors.

“We started as a mystery store because that’s what I knew,” says Peters, who knows private-eye novels, romantic suspense, and biographies like—well, a book.

Poisoned Pen has faithfully stuck to mystery fiction, although they do carry the odd hiker’s guide and have a New York Times Bestseller table, which Peters says has become a successful niche for books they normally wouldn’t carry. “Our bestselling author is Diana Gabaldon, who does not

write crime fiction. She writes historical fiction,” Peters says.

“But she was a customer here before she became a published author. We’ve grown up together, so to speak. Right behind her is Clive Cussler, who also lives in the area and writes adventure.”

About 15 percent of Poisoned Pen’s sales comes from overseas, and about 60 percent comes from the Internet. “The truth is with credit cards,the Internet,and global shippers, it’s just as easy to sell a book to somebody in Sydney as it is to somebody in Philadelphia or Scottsdale,” Peters says.

Peters has no desire to retire again. She works from home, and her primary responsibility is content provider. She reads most of the books, writes reviews and most of their publications, and along with Will Hanisko, a former intern, sets up the events

schedule. In 1997, with her husband and daughter, Susan Malling, Peters founded the independent book publisher Poisoned Pen Press. The company has its own staff and budget, publishes several mysteries a month,including e-books, and has expanded to Young Adult mysteries called Poisoned Pencil. Peters serves as editor-in-chief. “It was actually very important that we keep them separate since we’re still married.

[My husband] runs the press, and I run the bookstore,” Peters said.

“It’s also much easier on our staff.

The Press has done very well.”

Poisoned Pen is located at 4014 N. Goldwater Blvd., #101, Scottsdale. They are open Monday–Friday 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m.–6 p.m., and Sundays noon–5 p.m. Call (490) 947-2974 for more information.

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Audriana Gates sits down with a local heavy-metal band whose name hints at their hard-edge theme.

Autumn’s End is metal that falls

with a heavy, crashing brood into a pile of bronze and copper leaves. Their music isn’t for the faint at heart, but at the same time, there’s something so sweet about Autumn’s End that you can’t help but jump into that leaf pile and roll around with the band for a time. Formed over 10 years ago by Chris Cannella, the four men behind Autumn’s End—lead guitarist Cannella, bassist Christopher El, guitar-

ist Steve Jasinski, and drummer Dylan Troxel—have taken their vision of a band and created a composition of musical fusion that engages the senses.

Inspired by heavy-metal pioneers Black Sabbath and later iconic heavyweights such as Metallica and Slayer, Cannella formed Autumn’s End with a vision of having “four guys on the same page playing metal with no rules or agenda…straight from the depths of our inner demons.”

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The band’s name, derived from a nature painting titled Call of Autumn, was tossed out at the musicians while recording their first demo.

The more metallic moniker came out of a tweak by a friend visiting the recording studio, and it immediately stuck. With a few lineup changes over the past decade, Autumn’s End has now found its niche with Troxel, their newest and youngest member, who was inducted into the fold in 2012.

Troxel says that he had been a fan of the band since their inception.

When Autumn’s End had an opening available for a drummer, Troxel was at the right place on the right night. “I was chatting with Chris at a show and he said to me, ‘I have been watching you since you started… one of these days I will have you in my band,’” Troxel said. Jasinski had a similar experience, entering the band three years ago when they needed another guitar player.

Autumn’s End delivers hard hits to the Phoenix streets at local venues such as the Rocky Point Cantina in Tempe. They’ve hit the stage with local bands Hogjaw, Virulent, [Sic]monic, and the slew of other bands that have carved their indelible mark on the Phoenix music scene. At the same time, they’ve never forgotten the musical watering holes of Arizona’s past—Boston’s,The Clubhouse,The Mason Jar.“Sad to say, my favorite places are gone now,” El says.

What drives these artists—and any successful ones—to continue to create music? “It’s too hard to answer in words if you have never created a piece of magic that people can relate to,” Cannella says. “We just love playing music together.” Adds El, “It is just a drive to push each other and our music to the fullest potential. It’s just in your blood, or it’s not.” Autumn’s End has given plenty of that blood to the scene; they continue to push themselves individually and as a unit, supporting their local scene and sacrificing family time and opportunities that might otherwise hinder their ability to tour.

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DC Ranch Village Health Club and Spa announced the development of a new $2.5 million tennis addition to their health and fitness offerings. The DC Ranch Village Tennis Center will be the new standard for tennis facilities in the North Scottsdale area. Offering the latest in tennis-court construction, the center will house 10 state-of-the-art post-tension courts, with three of the courts equipped with 10-and-under lines to enable kids to play at their level. The upscale center will also offer a 2,000-square-foot clubhouse with a viewing patio. The center is set to open in fall 2013.

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NeighborFood’s Dishcrawl is a onenight celebration of food and community.

On Sunday, April 7, adventurous diners will get the chance to nosh their way through a select group of prominent restaurants in Old Town Scottsdale. Tickets for the event cost $45 each and include selected dishes at eight different restaurants within walking distance from one another.

The fun begins on the day of the event during check-in. Participants will receive a dinner map that shows all the dining spots and the dishes offered, and then it’s off to the first

restaurant on the map for an evening of fun. Drink specials will also be offered at participating locations. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Scottsdale League for the Arts to support artists, art programs, and art education. For more info, visit dishcrawl.com/neighborfoodaz.

SanTan Brewing Packs Pineapple Goodness into a Can SanTan Brewing Company’s summer seasonal, Mr. Pineapple Wheat Ale, is back and available in the can just in time for summer camping trips and cookouts! Winner of a silver medal at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival competition, Mr. Pineapple is a refreshing and fruity traditional German wheat ale that uses white wheat, two-row, and Munich malts. It was originally developed as a signature brew for SanTan Brewing Company’s annual Luau celebration during the hot summer months in Arizona.

Twelve-ounce cans of Mr. Pineapple will be available at Valley craft beer retailers until September 2013. To find Mr. Pineapple near you, visit SanTan Brewing Company’s Beer Detective online at santanbrewing.com.

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MUSIC

2 Bon Jovi: April 23 at Jobing.com Arena Bon Jovi is hitting arenas and stadiums across the globe to promote their new album, What About Now. Released in March, the album’s first hit single, “Because We Can,” hit huge on the iTunes Top 5 in 24 countries, reaching number one in 12 of them and making itself the biggest single launch since the band became downloadable. jobingarena.com

2 Taylor Swift: May 29 at Jobing.com Arena Taylor’s RED tour is set to be one of the most-anticipated musical events of 2013. Her live shows are renowned worldwide for bringing her music to life with what Variety has dubbed “supreme spectacle” and Billboard has hailed as an “overwhelming experience that blended the pacing, the music and the artist’s personality in a way that transfixed.” During the course of every show, Taylor plays a variety of instruments and performs her biggest hits and fan favorites from her four Big Machine Records albums. jobingarena.com

2 Fleetwood Mac: May 30 at US Airways Center Fleetwood Mac, one of rock’s most enduring, beloved, and successful bands, embarks on a major 34-city national tour after a three-year break—they last toured in 2009 with the sold-out Unleashed tour. The new tour also marks the 35th anniversary of the release of their classic Rumours album (1977), one of the most successful albums in recorded history, which won them a 1977 Grammy and helped induct them into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. usairwayscenter.com

MOVIES:

2 The Company You Keep : April 5 Jim Grant (Robert Redford) is a public-interest lawyer and single father raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of Albany, New York. Grant’s world is turned upside down when his identity is exposed by a brash young reporter named Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf), who discovers that Grant is a former 1970s antiwar radical fugitive wanted for murder. After living for more than 30 years underground, Grant must now go on the run. With the FBI in hot pursuit, he sets off on a cross-country journey to track down the one person who can clear his name.

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2 Oblivion : April 19 Tron Legacy’s director Joseph Kosinski delves further into sci-fi land with this concept film about a future where a soldier (played by Tom Cruise) learns there’s more to the battle-ravaged planet that he’s been assigned to patrol when he discovers another being living amongst the ruins. The Departed ’s William Monahan penned the script, along with Karl Gajdusek and Michael Arndt. Olga Kurylenko and Andrea Riseborough costar.

2 Iron Man 3 : May 3 Iron Man gets a third outing following his team-up with The Avengers in this Marvel Studios production. The movie pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr., against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds.

When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks upon a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey will test Stark’s mettle at every turn. Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, and Rebecca Hall join returning cast members Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle.

TELEVISION:

2 Hannibal : Premieres on April 4 on NBC Based on the popular horror novel series by Thomas Harris, this psychological thriller revolves around Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a forensic psychiatrist/ serial killer (Mads Mikkelsen) and his budding relationship with FBI criminal profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy).

2 Da Vinci’s Demons : Premieres on April 12 on Starz Written by David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, the Blade franchise, and the upcoming Man of Steel), this new fantasy series follows the “untold story” of Leonardo da Vinci’s early life during his years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year-old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer, and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality.

2 Family Tools : Premieres on May 1 on ABC The series follows a man who’s had a streak of bad luck with everything from enlisting in the Army to flunking out of seminary three times. When he returns home, he finds himself in the unlikely position of taking over Mr. Jiffy Fix, his father’s hardware-handyman business. He’s got another shot at nailing it, so to speak, but it’s not as easy as expected as he tries to maintain Dad’s success.

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• TWO CENTS

Matthew Dearing

Leeann Dearing

The Dearings chime in on some of their favorite things in the Valley.

Melissa And Doug

Matthew: My wife tells me that cartoons kill brain cells...or something

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like that. Apparently this means that the baby needs to play with toys that “spark his imagination.” Okay, she probably reads too many books, but I have to say that I do love Jack’s Melissa and Doug toys. They’re made really well, which in my world means my son can throw them against the wall, chew on them, fling them from a moving car—you get the picture—and they hold up. I also enjoy that my son is learning as he plays.

Leeann: Classic wooden toys are back in vogue! Huzzah! For an old soul like myself, this is excellent news. I’ll take a classic wooden train set over an obnoxious sounds-and-lights toy any day of the week. Melissa and Doug are my go-to for educational, inspired, classic toys. My son’s favorites are the shape-matching toys (he can already identify a rhombus and a trapezoid. I know. Gifted!). I also dig the alphabet blocks. And—wonder of wonders—my son is wildly entertained for hours, without an iPad in sight!

Downton Abbey

Matthew: “The daily dramas of an aristocratic British family.” It could practically be a reality show on TLC. This show is fascinating. I am absolutely absorbed in their world, particularly the cinematography and set design.

However, of most interest to me is the acting, which is really incredible (particularly Hugh Bonneville and, of course, Dame Maggie Smith).

Leeann: Pip pip cheerio! Bloody hell! Other British idioms! All right, I must begin by confessing that I am a huge Anglophile, bordering on addiction. And Downton Abbey is my late-Edwardian-era fix of the moment. Even if you’re not as fascinated by the British culture as I am, I promise this show has something for you. Love! Scandal! Conspiracy! If you’re not watching it, please stop what you’re doing immediately, log in to Netflix, and watch season one.

Puparazzi

Matthew: With the pet chain stores, you tend to get a very generic sort of grooming package. Not so with Tammy Rodgers’ Puparazzi mobile grooming! Our yellow lab has major shedding issues, and thanks to Tammy customizing his care, we’ve seen a lot of reduction in hair lying around the house. Plus, I can truly say that Tammy loves animals. When she has your pet, she treats it like her own. She always has a special treat for our dog, and he’s always very happy to see her. We are lifetime customers.

Leeann: Hands down, the most ingenious dog-grooming solution in the Valley! Sometimes, getting the dog to the groomers is just one more thing on your list that doesn’t get done. Puparazzi, owned by Tammy Rodgers, brings its shiny pink van to you and gives your pooch the star treatment right outside your home. Plus, the special treatment packages for your dog are to-die-for cute! Our dog likes the Comedy package with the blueberry facial.

U-Stream

Matthew: For our agency showcase, we needed a quick fix to get the event online. U-Stream seemed like the perfect solution. It was quick and easy to use. Unfortunately, their commercials interrupted enough times to make us not want to use the service again. You cannot get uninterrupted video stream without paying $99/month. This product is great in theory, but it’s not a permanent solution.

Leeann: We recently had an agency showcase at the Dearing Studio.

We bring all our local agents in to the studio to see new talent. At the last minute, a few agents were unable to attend, so we needed a way to live-feed the performances to the agents. Enter U-Stream. In a pinch, it was a great answer, although I understand that several commercials were an annoyance for the viewers watching.

Poshmark

Matthew: I assure you, I don’t care about vintage Dior. But anything

Leeann: You know that one friend you have who has great clothes?

And every now and then, when she’s getting rid of stuff, you go and “shop” her closet? What if you could shop the closets of thousands of people across the country? Great news, you can—PoshMark! Create a profile, and list clothes that you’d like to sell, either new or in great condition, and shop designer items from closets all over. You get new clothes. You get rid of old clothes. Husband stays happy.

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that saves me money and allows my wife to shop is something I say yes to. If Poshmark is that, then I guess I’m on board.

Matthew and Leeann Dearing own and operate the local Dearing Acting Studio off Shea Boulevard and 32nd Street (dearingstudio.com). Leeann is one of Dr. Bob Parson’s official Go Daddy Girls. For more of their thoughts and suggestions, follow them on Twitter @LeeannDearing and @DirectorDearing.

Would you like the Dearings to come review your business? Send an email to ReviewFor2@DearingStudio.com.

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Craig Pustejovsky and Jake Chamness at Sentry-managed Fulton Ranch

Sentry Management Attributes its 27 Years of Growth in Phoenix to Flexibility

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or 27 years, Sentry Management has provided services for homeowners and condominium association managers. Sentry retains 97 percent of its communities every year—in fact, four of the original communities managed by the company are still clients.

“Being flexible and understanding of the unique issues faced by each association is why we keep associations year after year,” says Craig Pustejovsky, vice president of the Arizona Division.

Fulton Ranch, a beautiful upscale 960-home development in east Chandler, is a good example of Sentry’s flexibility. The community has great amenities that include lush landscaping, lakes, water features, and numerous parks. To maintain marketability, much attention is given to keeping it manicured and well cared for, with no distraction to residents. This is accomplished by understanding and being responsive to the needs of the community.

Jake Chamness, community manager for Fulton Ranch, uses a simple example of responsive-

ness. “While on a routine drive of the community, I noticed water running along the edge of street,” he said. “I immediately thought a contractor might have accidently hit a sprinkler head, causing a leak. Instead, following the flow brought me to a home that had an irrigation zone that obviously was not shutting off. I knocked on their door and told them about the problem, and they immediately shut off the system and called for repair. There are dozens of these types of little emergencies that must be tackled every week. Communities simply expect us to go that extra mile.”

“What I like about Sentry is that we have the best aspects of being a local company with major company backing,” Pustejovsky says. “We maintain a strong local presence with a full complement of resources in our Tempe office.

Our employees have unmatched knowledge of issues unique to here, fully understand laws relating to HOAs and condominiums in Arizona, and have great hands-on relationships with the associations we manage. As part of Sentry Management, we are

provided capital and technology, so we have the best tools available to help our communities.”

Advanced technology is a huge issue in this industry. Most Sentry board members in Arizona are savvy about technology since many come from Motorola, Intel, Honeywell, and other high-tech local employers. Board members are increasingly coming to meetings with their tablets and smart phones—they are very comfortable receiving their information through these devices. Our homeowner boards demand that their management company have robust online systems. CommunityPro®, Sentry’s exclusive community-resource-management software, provides boards with instantaneous real-time information available at their fingertips 24 hours a day. This includes a suite of financial and general ledger reports, homeowner and property profiles, work orders, and collection and insurance records.

At Fulton Ranch, Sentry utilizes a smart-phone program to communicate with vendors and create work orders. The commu-

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nity manager can take a picture using his phone to photograph a problem (like a dead tree or water leak) and then electronically send a message with the picture to notify the vendor. It eliminates guesswork. The image goes along with a GPS-created map to pinpoint the exact location of the issue and a manager description of the work to be completed. The program speeds up the communication process so that contractors can resolve the matter in a timelier manner. It also creates an official record for future reference by the board.

Craig Pustejovsky believes that boards never chose a management company based on only a single detail—it’s the whole package of value that the organization brings. Sentry’s complete complement of advanced services, Pustejovsky says, is outstanding in the industry.

Sentry Management office is located at 7955 S Priest Dr., Suite 105, Tempe, AZ 85284. Phone (480) 345-0046.

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• Mother’S DAY GIFT GUIDE

Mother’s Day Gift Guide Spread some love on May 12 with these creative present ideas that are sure to put a smile on Mom’s face.

Flowers in a Can

Customized Jewelry

The ultimate low-effort garden starter! Pop the top and add a bit of sunshine and some water, and in a short while, your mom will have herself a pretty bouquet of flowers in a can—dahlias, geraniums, impatiens, pansies, sunflowers, petunias, marigolds, and more! $15 each. fredflare.com

Treat your mother to a oneof-kind experience at the Kendra Scott Color Bar at Scottsdale Quarter. There, she can choose from a kaleidoscope of stones and silhouettes to create a unique piece of jewelry made right before her very eyes. Prices vary. kendrascott.com

Make Meaning Make mom feel über-special with a creative gift she won’t put into the junk drawer.

Make Meaning’s imaginative enthusiasts will walk you throug‑h each step to create a one-of-a-kind gift she’ll fall in love with. Located at the Scottsdale Quarter, this innovative spot will get your juices flowing. Prices vary. makemeaning.com

Sprinkles MOM Box You may be her proudest accomplishment, but it likely has nothing to do with your culinary skills. This Mother’s Day, leave the baking to others and give her something that she’ll truly love. Sprinkles MOM box features dark chocolate, red velvet, vanilla, and lemon cupcakes, making it the perfect gift for every mom.

From $3.99. sprinkles.com

Winsome Wanderer Most moms have fantasized about getting away from it all at one point or another. Give her some inspiration: Atlas of Remote Islands. This book features 50 mysterious little paradises with full-color maps and historical tidbits and lore—a captivating read for any mom with an inclination for travel off the beaten path. $12.99. shopterrain.com 40

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Art Appreciation No matter how far you branch out, you’ll always be a member of the family tree.

Celebrate deep-rooted bonds with this unique artwork that you can personalize for your mom with a family name, a year, and a bird for each member of the family.

From $79.95. redenvelope.com

Fragrant Florals Lisa Hoffman’s Madagascar Orchid Variation four-vial set will transport dear Mums to a garden oasis. This luxury fragrance set contains four exquisite, original perfume oils, which may be worn individually, combined in pairs, or layered beautifully one atop the other. $95. lisahoffmanbeauty.com

Write Stuff One of the greatest gifts is a word of appreciation. This stationery makes that act even more meaningful. A kit to inspire 52 weeks of “Giving Thanks,” the Year of Gratitude Thank You Set includes four unique designs, with a total of 52 cards with envelopes and a journal to help your mom get inspired. $29.95. papyrusonline.com

Jars of Radiance Give your mom the gift of brighter skin. SkinMedica LYTERA Skin Brightening Kit corrects and helps prevent hyperpigmentation to promote a radiant, more even skin complexion. The LYTERA system pairs beautifully with TNS Essential Serum to protect, rejuvenate, and brighten your skin. Buy two TNS Essential Serums and receive a free LYTERA Skin Brightening System (a $250 value)! For more information about these great products or how to enroll your mom in the 90-day boot camp, call Dr. Davey at (480) 619-5540. dermatiquemd.com

Wine Down For the wine-loving mom, these vino-inspired gifts are perfectly delightful.

Wine Ice Cream Now you can have your wine and your ice cream, too. Containing 5 percent alcohol by volume, Wine Ice Cream is the real deal. Enjoying a scoop of Cherry Merlot or Red Raspberry Chardonnay could make your Mom a tad tipsy, which she richly deserves. She raised you, didn’t she? $7.99 a pint, plus shipping. mercersdairy.com

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You have watched them grow and start families of their own.

Will they be protected and provided for when you are no longer there to help?

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Cabernet Sauvignon Caramels Sweet, buttery caramel meets California cabernet sauvignon in these soft, melt-in-your mouth handcrafted treats that pair flavors meant to be together. $20 for 20. seaandcane.com

Wine-Flavored Tea Give mom the chance to indulge in her favorite vino without any resulting hangover. Vintage Teaworks’ six wine-inspired blends—Oolong Chardonnay or Pu-erh Cabernet in her teacup?—are aged to perfection. Better yet, she can down a cup—or four—and still drive home. Loose tea, $16–$19. vintageteaworks.com

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• hawaii travel feature

Hawaiian Adventure

Eric Twohey explores the Big Island.

The Big Island of Hawaii boasts

an ocean of sea and land activities, embellished by three distinctive volcanoes serving as natural landmarks and featuring unique natural wonders. With 1,660 varieties of vibrant flowering plants and 45 species of birds found nowhere else on the planet, it’s extraordinary to discover that 11 of the world’s 13 climate regions are found here. Here are some recommended attractions, landmarks, and treasures to put on your aloha list during a stay.

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An astonishing 1,350-acre sanctuary, Waikoloa Beach Resort is situated a short shuttle ride from Kona International Airport under the enchanting skies of the breathtaking Kohala Coast, making it an ideal yearround private travel and relaxation destination. In the heart of the Waikoloa Beach Resort sits the grand Hilton Waikoloa Village, an established 62-acre resort containing a wealth of luxurious accommodations, shopping, recreational activities, native-inspired amenities, and

wedding space, all enhanced by photogenic sunsets. A multitude of rich cultural influences and a magnificent melding of 1,800 art pieces derived from Asian,Western, and Oceanic roots, adorn the Museum Walkway. This familyfriendly oceanfront resort invites relaxation and enrichment while creating lifelong memories on the beautifully unique Big Island.

The resort showcases over 1,200 beautifully appointed guest rooms with coconut-in-

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fused bath products, a walk-in shower, and comfy bathrobes.

Vacationers will appreciate the delightful backdrops of the resort and surrounding unique environments, including arboretums where lush local plant life and koi ponds flourish.

Delightful property views can be enjoyed aboard the convenient complimentary transportation seen in their new state-of-the-

art Swiss-made trams and mahogany boats that glide along the meandering saltwater canal boat way. In the center of the resort is the four-acre ocean-fed saltwater lagoon and sandy relaxation space, teeming with a bountiful variety of brilliantly colored native fish and a few curious resident sea turtles. Snorkeling, kayaking, and paddleboarding are all available for any experienced enthusiast or someone who simply wants to get his or her feet wet. Nestled among lava fields, the Waikoloa Beach Resort boasts two challenging, picturesque championship golf courses and an 18-hole putting course, perfect for romantic couples or families who like a leisurely day of golf. Additional amenities showcase elaborate pools, including the Kona Pool with a 175-foot waterslide and the decadent 25,000-square-foot Kohala Spa. Hawaiian cultural activities abound, highlighted by the Legends of the Pacific Luau and dinner show under the stars, a stunning spectacle featuring a traditional feast of Island-inspired dishes enhanced by interactive Polynesian hula and fire-dancing entertainment.

KPC is the ideal venue among the resort’s 10 restaurants from which to view the epic Pacific sunset and indulge in a gourmet meal of fresh seafood and quality steak complemented with a preferred-wine or tropicalbeverage pairing. This sophisticated eatery absolutely breathes romance. It’s a perfect seaside setting for couples, with its candlelit elegance and captivating ocean views. Walking distance from the resort is the Waikoloa Grill’n Bar, another noteworthy fine dining option, famous for its spectacular seafood cui-

Aerial of the Hilton Waikoloa Village

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sine with a scenic garden setting overlooking celebrated Mauna Kea mountain views.

Down the lava-lined versatile western coast, the sunny Kona District is filled with coffee farms and historic Hawaiian landmarks. The district’s highlight is downtown’s Kona Town, which houses numerous dining and nightlife venues and the famous Kona Brewery. Recommended experiences here include the memorable manta ray boat tour, where you can snorkel with gentle, graceful sea creatures, or a game-fish expedition that might yield an elusive giant blue marlin.

Proceeding south, the cooler upland slopes are where the world-renowned Kona coffee is widely produced. Similar in brand and standing to Napa Wine, richly flavored Kona coffee boasts a certain level of prestige regarding its production and consumption, rivaling any other coffee-growing region in the world. Situated in the heart of roughly a 100 acres of prime coffee-growing and -processing land rests Greenwell Farms, a fourthgeneration-managed Hawaiian farm that offers brief, informative tours of their coffee fields and processing facilities. Visitors will learn how coffee cherries become expertly roasted beans, and they’ll enjoy samples of Greenwell’s various quality coffee offerings.

Seize the opportunity to gaze out at the endless Pacific Ocean with nothing but deepblue water between Antarctica and Ka Lae. Known as South Point, this is the southernmost location in the United States—it’s a National Historical Landmark as well as a respected place of worship, as told by the historical Polynesian temple ruins, fishing APRIL | MAY 2013

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shrines, and other cultural remains found in the area. The 12-mile drive from the main highway to the southern cliffs with offshore currents and prominent rocky shoreline runs through wind-impacted areas. The rural ranches peppered with white windmills create another unique island scene.

Located on the southeastern Kau coast, Punaluu Black Sand Beach is an optimal area to glimpse waves crashing into the exotic jetblack sand. You may catch a large green sea turtle resting along the unforgettable shoreline dotted with coconut palms. The scenic picnic area makes this easily accessible stop a superb lunch destination.

Volcano Winery is a hidden jewel and a convenient side trip to take just before visiting Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Volcano is the Big Island’s only winery, where visitors can savor some aloha elegance. Unique growing conditions influenced by volcanic fire combined with the exotic tropical fruit gifts of the island are blended with traditional wine grapes to create an interesting collection of varietals.

Many of their blends contain exclusive traits and flavor combinations that have inspired the playful label for their “conversation wines”— vibrant creations such as their gold-medalwinning Symphony Mele and their signature Macadamia Nut Honey Wine.

On the southeastern part of the island amidst a barren landscape sits Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the Big Island’s top attraction. Guests will view natural, primal volcanic activity at what is considered an international volcanism epicenter. Two stars of nature dwell here, Mauna Loa, which last erupted in 1984, and Kilauea, the world’s 44

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businesses, engaging museums, art galleries, and a glorious farmers market. Highlights include Panaewa Rainforest Zoo, Suisan Fish Market, and Imiloa Astronomy Center.

While proceeding north along the Hamakua Coast, take a short detour through the town of Honomu to Akaka Falls State Park, where a short, accessible hike reveals picturesque views of two breathtaking waterfalls. It will easily be the best $1 entry fee you’ve ever spent. I recommend proceeding right down the paved footpath, which makes a majority of the excursion a downhill walk.

Majestic 100-foot Kahuna Falls is a stunning sight, with thundering Akaka Falls descending 442-feet into a naturally carved gorge. Hawaii’s most awe-striking waterfall is Anaehoomalu Bay on the Kohala Coast. surrounded by lush rainforest in a real-life version of the film Avatar, enhanced with mindblowing combinations of lush, color-bursting flora seen in bamboo groves, wild orchids, sprawling ferns, and flowers.

Waimea is another historic place unlike any other on the island. Its cowboy-country Hawaiian style filled with rolling green pastures and cattle ranches is home to Hawaii Island’s finest chefs, and the Kahilu Theatre is a cultural capital showcasing acclaimed performances. Waimea also presents superb views of Mauna Kea, the world’s tallest mountain from the ocean floor, Sunset off Kohala Coast its summit hosting observatories containing 13 of the world’s most active volcano, which amazes onlookers most powerful telescopes and astronomerwhen its boiling lava flow converges with the lauded views for guests. sea. Also in the park resides Thurston Lava With such a bountiful diversity of specTube, a 500-year old cavernous channel that tacular natural wonders, a history dappled formed when its molten contents spewed out with notoriety, and exciting activities, the and created a void, leaving the slower cooling climatically diverse and culturally enhanced top intact. The dark interior of this hollow Big Island has an adventure waiting for evunderground cave is sufficiently illuminated eryone. Experience genuine Hawaiian hospifor the traveler to walk through and reveals tality and world-class accommodations that an enchanting tropical rainforest at the end. lead the globe in aloha spirit.

Hilo Town on the east coast, known for its moist climate and surrounding orchid farms, is the geographic opposite of the Big Island Hawaiian vacation tourist-frequented volcanic Kohala Coast resources: located a short distance from Hawaii VolHiltonWaikoloaVillage.com canoes National Park and serving as the waikoloagrillnbar.com island’s commercial center. The downtown greenwellfarms.com district was strategically constructed around volcanowinery.com its crescent-shaped bay, with recent revitalnps.gov/havo ization efforts yielding a pleasant mixture of hawaiistateparks.org

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• FOUR SEASONS FASHION

Spring fashion hits Photographer: Scott E. Whitney, scottewhitney.com Wardrobe Stylist: Shannon Campbell, shannoncampbellstylist.com Hair: Drew Noreen Make-up: Corinna Cooke Models: Drew Kinney & Lauren Lostumo, Ford/Robert Black Agency

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Wardrobe: Fashion by Robert Black, (480) 664-7770 & Dillard’s Fashion Square, (480) 949-5869 Location: Proof, an American Canteen at the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

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Antonio Melani jacket, $119.40 Antonio Melani top, $71.40 Antonio Melani pants, $59 Jessica Simpson shoes, $59.99 @ Dillard’s

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Perry Ellis shirt, $69.50 Perry Ellis pants, $79.50 Bowtie, $39.50 @ Dillard’s

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• SPORTS

A Fresh Lineup Sports writer Michael Torres catches up with key Diamondback players.

Photos courtesy of Jordan Megenhardt/ Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Arizona Diamondbacks will have a dif-

ferent look in 2013. Gone are former Diamondbacks Justin Upton, Chris Johnson, and Trevor Bauer. More important, though, are the additions the team made during the offseason. The players that the Diamondbacks have added are special not just because they are talented but also because of the attitude and mind-set they bring to the team.

One of the new faces fans will see at Chase Field this season is that of outfielder Cody Ross. Ross comes to the desert from the Boston Red Sox but has previously played in the Diamondbacks division. Ross was part of the San Francisco Giants team that won the World Series in 2010. Needless to say, he brings experience and leadership to the team.

Ross is excited to be back to an area he’s more comfortable with and that he believes will benefit him more than ever.

“I love it—I’m from this part of the country,”Ross says.“I’m sure it’s going to be a bit of an adjustment living at home but something

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that I’m gladly going to take responsibility for and enjoy.”

Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz knows from facing Ross and now playing with him that he will fit in well with this ball club.

“Cody Ross, from a pitching perspective, is a guy you never want to see up there when the game is on the line,”Putz says.“He always has that smile on his face in the clubhouse and brings a good vibe.”

Another key acquisition for the Diamondbacks this season is a player who Putz says is in a versatile mold similar to Ross: third baseman Martin Prado. Having played in Atlanta since 2006, Prado was a major piece in the trading of Upton and Johnson.

While Prado is listed at third base, he has the ability to play many positions on the field and is a well-respected player. Putz describes Prado as someone who leads by example through his ability to grind out at-bats and because he never gives in. Ross concurs and believes Prado is a proven winner.

Prado’s gritty play is a characteristic shared by the entire Diamondbacks team, including some of the new pitchers. Putz raves about an improved bullpen that includes left-handers Matt Reynolds and Tony Sipp as well as the veteran right-hander Heath Bell. Bell, like Ross, used to play in the NL West.

Whether it’s the newer players like Prado and Ross or seasoned players like Putz, every one of them on the team is a selfless player who will do what it takes to win.

“That’s the number-one way to win—you have to put your egos and personal stuff aside and focus on the team,” Ross says.

Ross attributes this team-first mind-set to a couple of things, one being how close the team members are to one another. Ross reflects on his sign-on with the team in January and knows it was an easy transition. But aside from the feel of having been with Arizona for years, Ross believes the team shares the same mentality because of their shared experience of never having been “spoon-fed,” or handed anything. Each player on the roster has had to persevere and work hard to be where he is, Ross says, and

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it makes them want to win more.

“Obviously, you have to be talented to get to this level, but we’re not prototypical first-round draft picks,” he says. “It’s a lot of guys who have had to face adversity in their careers and jump over a lot of hurdles.”

Putz says that general manager Kevin Towers and manager Kirk Gibson have meticulously built their team with players who’ll fight for every out in the game and will never give up. The team front office and staff made difficult decisions in letting some players go, but they were trying to get the mentality of a team that was going to give their all every day on the field.

“It’s not a knock on anyone that is not here now but more of a credit to the people they brought in,” Putz says. “I think that the way they’ve put this team together, if you look at the personalities of our coaching staff, we have a lot in common with them.”

Putz refers to some of the team coaches like Gibson, Don Baylor, Steve Sax, Alan Trammell, and Matt Williams. When these coaches were players, Putz says they played the game with respect and were gritty, hard-nosed types of players. This is what the Diamondbacks were looking for in the offseason, and that’s also what the team looks like today.

“Usually, the team takes the identity of the coaching staff,” Putz says. “Maybe we haven’t had the right players to take that identity in the past, but I think this year we do.”

2013

• beauty

The Poison Apples of Beauty Products Five ingredients to avoid.

By Diana Bocco The average person comes in contact with over 1,000 chemicals a day, according to Dr. Macrene Alexiades-Armenakas, assistant clinical professor at Yale University School of Medicine. “An average woman wears nearly 515 of those chemicals on her body,”Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas says.

Because the skin is the body’s largest organ, almost 60 percent of any topicals you apply on it are absorbed, according to the doctor. While the FDA currently does not regulate what can and cannot be used in personal care products, there are ways that consumers can protect themselves. If you’re someone who wants to keep his or her skin in good health, learn to read labels and avoid certain ingredients in your beauty products. Even better, switch to organic, natural products, if possible. Avoiding chemicals and additives will go a long way toward keeping your skin—and your body—healthy.

Retinyl palmitate A common ingredient in sunscreen, retinyl palmitate is closely related to retinol. Take heed: The last thing you want to do with retinoids is to apply them during the day. “They make you sun sensitive, and that is why you certainly wouldn’t want them in a sunscreen,”

says Debra Jaliman, MD, assistant professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Another thing to watch out for in sunscreens is nanoparticles. They can be absorbed into your bloodstream, Jaliman says.

Nanoparticles are banned in Europe because there’s a safety risk associated with them. Everything from degenerative diseases to cell damage has been linked to nanoparticles.

How do you know if your sunscreen contains them? Jaliman says that if sunscreen comes out of the bottle clear instead of white, then you know it includes nanoparticles. “It’s okay if it comes out white and then rubs in clear into your skin,” she adds.

Formaldehyde Found mainly in nail polishes and nail hardeners, formaldehyde can cause allergic reactions and has been linked to cancer, according to Jalimar. Some people are particularly sensitive to formaldehyde and can have more serious reactions. Also, the chemical is more dangerous when inhaled than when it comes in contact with the skin, so keep it away from your nose and mouth.

Sodium laureth sulphate Sodium laureth sulphate is a common ingredient in skin-cleansing products, where it’s perfectly OK to use. However, this ingredient is not meant to be left on the skin, so experts don’t recommend it when it’s part of moisturizers or serums. Why? According to Dr. Diane De Fiore, a dermatologist at the Rosacea

Treatment Clinic in Melbourne, Australia, this ingredient compromises the integrity of the skin’s barrier, reducing or even harming its ability to function. “We often see signs of irritation and inflammation when patients use these products on even just a semiregular basis,” De Fiori says.

Parabens Parabens are found in cosmetics and personalcare products like facial moisturizers and body wash.They have been linked to breast, uterine, and prostate cancer, according to AlexiadesArmenakas. Parabens also cause the disruption of normal endocrine-system functions and can cause severe allergies. Several studies have shown that parabens have an estrogenic effect in the body, causing hormonal reactions and potentially increasing the risk of diseases associated with high estrogen, such as cancer.

Propylene glycol Propylene glycol is a common ingredient in numerous beauty products, including shampoo, conditioner, soap, acne treatment products, moisturizers, and mascara. Propylene glycol enhances skin absorption, which is why so many products include it as an ingredient. Unfortunately, there are a number of health issues associated with propylene glycol; according to Alexiades-Armenakas, it can cause skin irritations and has been linked to organ toxicity.

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• AZ FUN FACTS

The Man on the Seal State Historian Marshall Trimble sheds light on George Warren, whose likeness is reproduced on Arizona’s state seal.

Most Arizonans are familiar with our state seal. Along with the moun-

tains, reservoir, Theodore Roosevelt Dam, and our famous sunsets, the key enterprises––the historic five Cs: cotton, citrus, cattle, climate, and copper––are symbolized on the face. Standing in front of the entrance to a mine is the only human figure on the seal: a miner standing with his pick and shovel. Few Arizonans are aware that the miner on the seal is the likeness of a real-life prospector named George Warren.

George’s early years were rough. His mother died when he was an infant, and his father was killed by raiding Apache. The youngster was taken captive by the war party and raised by them until one day they traded him to a party of prospectors for a 20-pound sack of sugar. Young George might have been better off remaining with the Apache. Growing up with the rough-and-tumble miners caused him to become something of a reprobate, and soon he could drink whiskey with the best of them. It’s been said George was a hard worker, but if he had any other virtues, they’ve been lost to history.

George’s rendezvous with history began in a roundabout way. In 1877, a cavalry troop on patrol was camped at the south end of the Mule Mountains in southeast Arizona. While searching for water in a narrow canyon, known today as Tombstone Canyon, Army scout Jack Dunn found some rich outcroppings of ore. Dunn shared his findings with his commanding officer, whose name was Lt. John Rucker, and packer Ted Byrne. Dunn filed the claims and named the mine The Rucker. Soon after, Lt. Rucker drowned while crossing a swollen stream in a canyon in the Chiricahua Mountains that today bears his name.

Dunn, Rucker, and Byrne had planned to stake their claims but were too busy chasing Apache at the time, so at Fort Bowie, they had enlisted the help of George. It turned out to be a bad business decision. They grubstaked 42-year-old George Warren with supplies and a map to the location where Dunn had found the rich outcroppings.

However, on the way to stake the claims, he stopped at a saloon, fell into some bad company, got drunk, and gambled away his grubstake.

George eventually arrived in Tombstone Canyon and staked out claims but unscrupulously omitted the names of the men who made the discovery. Jack Dunn, John Rucker, and Teddy Byrne never received any of the wealth that was to come. The ore was indeed rich, and the town of Bisbee was born on the site of the discovery.

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living with the Apache, he’d become a fast runner, and he was so convinced he could win the race that he bet his share of the claim on the outcome. For a moment or two he was in the lead, but soon, the horse left him in the dust and with it his share of the Copper Queen Mine, one of the richest strikes in the Old West. Soon after he lost the bet, Warren’s share sold for a cool one and a quarter-million dollars.

After that, George remained drunk most of the time. He lived out his remaining years in Bisbee doing odd jobs and subsisting off a small pension given him by the Copper Queen. He died alone and penniless and was buried in a pauper’s grave. Years later, however, the citizens of Bisbee dug him up and reburied him with a headstone honoring him as Father of the Camp. They even gave the name Warren in his honor to a town adjacent to Bisbee.

Sometime earlier, a photographer had taken a picture of George standing with his pick and shovel. It was hung in the lobby of the Bank of Bisbee, later the Bank of Arizona and today the Bank of America. When Arizona was preparing for statehood in 1911, a group of men were busy designing a new state seal. They wanted something that epitomized the new state. William Brophy, a wealthy mine owner, was in the Bisbee bank one day when he noticed George’s photo and thought the image would be the perfect addition to round out the seal.

It’s rather ironic (or not) that, when one considers Arizona’s colorful history, one of its most notorious reprobates would wind up standing tall on the face of our sacred state seal.

2013

• Giving Back

The 100 Club of Arizona Helping public-safety officers and firefighters during times of need.

By Jennifer Zach This spring, the 100 Club of Arizona celebrates 45 years serving the families of publicsafety officers and firefighters who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty.

The organization’s original mission has expanded over the years. Today, the 100 Club of Arizona supports all police; correctional, probation and parole officers; firefighters; and federal agents who are serving and protecting the citizens of Arizona. The club provides financial, advisory, and emotional support and has given more than $6.7 million to over 2,000 statewide public-safety agencies, officers, firefighters, and their families since its beginning. Sharon Knutson-Felix has been responsible for $6.2 million of that amount since she joined the 100 Club as executive director in December 2001. Under Knutson-Felix’s leadership, the range of support has been expanded from financial assistance in case of death or injury to include safety grants, scholarships for children of public-safety officers, and peer-training programs.

Knutson-Felix is a passionate advocate of bereaved families of publicsafety officers. Her first experience with the 100 Club came in 1998 when her husband, DPS Officer Doug Knutson, was tragically killed in the line of duty and she received a check from the organization. As a recipient of its benevolence, Knutson-Felix truly understands what the 100 Club’s benefits, both financial and emotional, mean in a time

of crisis. She came to the 100 Club after spending 24 days working with survivors at Ground Zero in New York City immediately following the attacks of the World Trade Center in September 2001.

“In giving back, that’s how you find your feeling and strength,” Knutson-Felix says.

“You have to take tragedies and use those experiences to become a better person.”

Even before her husband’s death, Knutson-Felix wasn’t a stranger to tragedy. Her 6-year-old son, Ricky, was run down by a reckless driver in 1983. After years of telling her story as a community leader, mentor, and victim-rights advocate, Sharon was inspired to write her book, The Gifts My Father Gave Me: Finding Joy After Tragedy (Holbrook Street Press, 2006), to share her message with survivors on how to grieve, heal, Sharon Knutson-Felix and find love and joy once again. This book has touched the lives of hundreds of survivors nationwide, and 100 percent of the proceeds from book

sales are donated to the 100 Club.

During their annual meeting and banquet, the 100 Club celebrated 45 years of giving back to public safety in Arizona and paid tribute to three officers and firefighters from across the state who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty: MCSO Deputy Sheriff David Wargo, BIA-Ft. Yuma Firefighter Anthony Polk, and Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie. The tribute ceremony’s theme, “Crazy Courage,” was inspired by the book of the same title published in 2012 by Samantha Light-Gallagher, the widow of border patrol agent Michael Gallagher, killed by a drunk driver.

As described in Light-Gallagher’s book, “Crazy Courage is doing what is right for you, doing what you have to when you are in an emotional state that can become self-defeating, when you have lost the passion for life itself. Crazy Courage is what it takes to become yourself again.” “[The theme] is also a dedication to the courage that our men and women behind the badge radiate each day in the line of duty,” Knutson-Felix says. Courageous officers can count on Sharon KnutsonFelix and the 100 Club of Arizona to support them and their families, in every way possible.

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• TOP VALLEY BARS

The Valley’s Best Bars From longtime faves to newcomers, we’ve been keeping tabs on the Valley’s top-shelf watering holes. Whether staying close to home or branching out for a bit of adventure, here are our (highly opinionated) selections.

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Blu Lounge at Ocean Prime

HOTEL BARS

Snazzy spots beloved as much by locals as by out-of-towners

Jade Bar

@Sanctuary on Camelback 5700 E. McDonald Dr. Paradise Valley (480) 607-2300 sanctuaryoncamelback.com

Unparalleled views, polished surfaces, and an exotic cocktail selection give the Jade Bar a swanky vibe.

You’re Having: The Eastern Raspberry Sidecar, made with Germaine Robin brandy and Nigori sake.

Proof, an American Canteen

@ Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

Jade Bar at Sanctuary on Camelback

10600 E. Crescent Moon Dr. Scottsdale (480) 513-5085 proofcanteen.com

Not your typical bland hotel bar. This place has style, with inventive décor, inspired dishes, and an extensive libation menu inventively encased in old license plates.

You’re Having: A handmade spiked shake from Proof ’s own soda jerk.

Other Spots to Try: Lustre Bar @Hotel Palomar (Phoenix) and OH Pool Bar @Hotel Valley Ho (Scottsdale)

Proof at Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North

FINE SIPPING BARS Where spirits rule

Blu Lounge

@Ocean Prime 5455 E. High St. Phoenix (480) 347-1313 oceanprimephoenix.com

Fine cognacs and whiskeys dominate at this modern American supper club.

You’re Having: Their bespoke scotch service, where guests are presented with a silver plate complete with a glass pitcher, a glass ice bowl, silver tongs, and a tulip-shaped glass that helps release the aromatics of the scotch.

Citizen R&D 7111 E. 5th Ave. Scottsdale (602) 904-3904 citizenpublichouse.com/rd

Blu Lounge @ Ocean Prime

Very speakeasy-esque (i.e., you call, you wait, and someone comes to escort you into the place). This out-of-the-box spot serves cocktails you have to see—and taste—to believe.

You’re Having: The Black Blazer, a mix of Jameson whiskey, blackstrap molasses rum, and maple syrup. The concoction is lit on fire and combined until it achieves a glaze that is poured over ice and topped with cream and orange zest.

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WINE BARS

Sip-worthy spots where vino is the star

Sun Devil Wine Cellar & Pub 235 N. Country Club Dr. Mesa (480) 834-5050 topsliquors.com

A hidden cellar underneath Sun Devil Liquors in Mesa. Venture downstairs and you’ll find a cozy lounge with a sizable selection of fine wines.

You’re Having: Every Thursday, they have a wine tasting of five different wines for $5. Cheap yet upscale—the perfect combo.

Kazimierz World Wine Bar 7137 E. Stetson Dr. Scottsdale kazbar.net

With over 2,000 wines—many from tiny producers and boutique wineries—to select from their big, bad wine list, delving into vino at this sophisticated yet down-to-earth “wine cave” is always an adventure.

You’re Having: Go big or go home, right? One look at their huge wine list and you’ll see what we mean.

Other spots to try: The Living Room Wine Café & Lounge (Chandler) and Postino (Three locations: Arcadia, Central, East)

PATIO BARS

Al fresco spots to fully appreciate springtime in the Valley

El Chorro 5550 E. Lincoln Dr. Paradise Valley (480) 948-5170 elchorro.com

El Chorro

Relax with an early-evening cocktail and take in the riveting sunset views of Camelback Mountain from the storied El Chorro patio.

You’re Having: The Sticky Keoki, the bar’s signature “sticky bun cocktail,” an homage to El Chorro’s iconic gooey goodies. Served hot in a Keoki coffee glass rimmed with melted butter, sugar, and kahlua.

Orange Sky

@Talking Stick Resort 9800 E. Indian Bend Rd. Scottsdale (480) 850-8606 talkingstickresort.com

Located atop the 15th floor of Talking Stick Resort, take in the sights from the expansive deck that offers 360-degree views of the Valley's signature orange sunsets—the inspiration behind it's name.

You're Having: A glass of vino from a wine menu that includes over 30 wines by the pour.

Orange Sky at Talking Stick Resort

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Other Spot to Try: Quiessence (Phoenix) and House of Tricks (Tempe)

Arriba!

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, resident mixologist Megan Curdy on how to master margarita making.

Sun, perfect weather, and patio dining have returned to the Valley. What better to enjoy in the fresh air than the quintessential spring drink, the margarita?

The margarita is often described as the not-toosweet but rather, the perfect balance of sweet with sour and a touch of a great tequila. It should be refreshing and easy to drink.

Many people are often intimidated by the idea of making a margarita at home. But don’t be fooled— you can be a “margarita maestro” in no time. By combing a smooth, high-quality silver (not aged) tequila such as Tequila Don Julio Blanco and fresh ingredients, the perfect margarita is just a few easy steps away.

Impress your friends this spring with these popular, easy to follow recipes for a midday refresher or an evening treat.

Distrito

Getting pool ready?

Try the Skinny Margarita.

MARGARITA/TEQUILA BARS

Everyone is watching their calories, but that is no reason not to enjoy a great cocktail. Try this skinny margarita option that’s as refreshing as it is light on your waistline.

Where tequila rules

Mission Lounge and Tequila Bar

What you need: 1.5 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco or

other high-quality silver tequila 0.75 oz agave nectar 1 oz fresh lime juice lime twist

@The Mission

3815 N. Brown Ave. Scottsdale (480) 636-5005 themissionaz.com

With handcrafted cocktails using freshly pressed juice, organic ingredients, and a boutique tequila selection that is definitely top shelf, you’re one sip away from an amazing cocktail.

You’re Having: The Mexito, a mix of Milagro silver tequila, pressed lime, pressed mint leaves, club soda, and sugar, with a splash of cranberry.

Modern Margarita

Looking for a refreshing, sweet drink?

Sip on the Sandia Margarita.

@CityNorth

5415 E. High St. Phoenix (480) 239-7114 modernmargarita.com

Margarita’s in the name, so it’s gotta be good, right? The place just opened, but you better believe they’re serving up some memorable tequila-focused concoctions.

You’re Having: The Spicy Mango margarita. The name says it all.

Other Spots to Try:

How to prepare: Mix tequila, agave nectar, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice, and shake well. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice, and garnish with a lime twist and salted rim (optional).

Use this twist on the traditional margarita. It’s sure to impress any of your guests.

What you need: 1.5 oz Tequila Don Julio Blanco or other high-quality silver tequila 1 oz lime juice 0.5 oz agave syrup 5 cubes of watermelon, unseeded

Modern Margarita at City North

How to prepare: Add watermelon cubes and agave syrup to shaker and muddle well. Add lime juice and tequila with ice, and shake. Pour all ingredients into a tall glass.

Garnish with a small watermelon wedge.

Enjoy!

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2013

• PELICAN HILL RESORT

The Resort at Pelican Hill

Evenings sparkle at ocean-view Coliseum Pool.

Experience paradise at this world-class retreat in Southern California

By Matthew Toren Photos courtesy of The Resort at Pelican Hill The Southern California coast

is dotted with luxury hotels and grand resorts, but few are as distinct and refined as The Resort at Pelican Hill. This 504-acre resort is nested within a lush, verdant environment amidst the sculpted hills of Newport Beach. Only an hour’s flight away from Phoenix, this serene refuge dazzles guests with unparalleled views of the majestic Pacific Ocean, but you might think that you’re actually in Rimini on the Adriatic Coast— Pelican Hill gives unerring attention to the minutest detail that truly sets this property apart.

Even before a guest steps into the resort, the service experience begins with a level of pre-planning unrivaled in the resort world.

Pelican Hill staff work to craft a carefree stay from the moment each reservation is made. A travel designer plans and arranges details of a guest’s impending visit,

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whether it includes pre-shipping golf clubs or scenting a guest’s accommodations with the preferred aromatherapy fragrance.

Once a guest arrives, a highly trained around-the-clock staff—

Late dining at the Coliseum Pool & Grill

Promenade, Pool and Pacific View

butlers, concierges, chefs, housekeepers—operates in tandem to assure a memorable stay. This

unprecedented service mindset translates into an unforgettable and unique experience, one that

is seamlessly orchestrated by a pleasantly discreet staff without any hint of stuffy arrogance.

The property itself is remarkable.Starting with the main estate, which you enter through a soaring aqueduct-style archway,guests are treated to an architectural display that is rivaled only by the riveting views of the sparking ocean and remarkable emerald fairways of the two on-site Tom Fazio-de-

signed golf courses. The property’s look and feel are based on the Old World designs of Andrea Palladio, the acclaimed architect of the High Renaissance. The inspired adaptation of his style is realized in the elegant proportions and crisp lines of the resort, which complement its stunning natural setting. With barrel-vaulted ceilings, arched porticos, multistory entry rotundas, corniced columns and intimate courtyards with tinkling fountains, and archways that allow an impressive view of the vast vistas of the sea, Palladio’s style has been reborn to magnificent effect.

The diversity of upscale amenities extends to the accommodations, which embrace the “hotel within a hotel” hospitality trend.

The property’s 128 two-, three-, and four-bedroom villas are outfitted with wine cabinets, Sub Zero refrigerators, and Wolf ovens and are stocked with professional cookware. The villas can accommodate multigenerational family travelers or groups of friends seeking residential-style accommodations. For those traveling solo or with a friend or partner, 204 residentially appointed bungalow guest rooms and suites with private terraces and hand-carved limestone fireplaces beautifully meet the needs. Guests can expect only the finest accoutrements, from sheets with outrageously high thread counts to deep soaking tubs and up to the vaulted ceilings and down to the marble floors.

The resort wouldn’t be complete without a crowning jewel—the Coliseum Pool shines brilliantly. One of the largest circular pools in the world, it has a shimmering bottom lined with over a million radiant blue-glass mosaic

The Resort at Pelican Hill goes out of the way to accommodate even its smallest guests in gilded fashion.Kids 4-12 get celebrity treatment at Camp Pelican. Young children will enjoy an ocean-view retreat featuring arts-and-crafts supplies, board games, books, and a children’s pool area with a bubble-jet fountain and sandplay spaces. For young guests, it’s big-screen HDTVs with video games, computer stations, iPod accessories, and karaoke.

Golf Ocean North 17th Hole Since opening its doors in 2008, The Resort at Pelican Hill has garnered an impressive—and growing— list of accolades and honors from many of the foremost authorities on travel, including Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, and the Robb Report. It’s also garnered the AAA Five Diamond Award for five consecutive years Villa Two-Bedroom Terrace Dining and counting. Step inside the beautifully appointed resort, and you’ll see why this Italian-flavored destination with an ample splash of SoCal cool appeals to even the most well-traveled guests.

Don’t miss these extraordinary spring 2013 experiences at The Resort at Pelican Hill. For more info, visit pelicanhill.com.

Bungalow Guest Room Interior

tiles. A dip in its waters gives the vacationer the feeling of floating off into the horizon above the ocean. This striking pool is surrounded by ultra-luxurious private cabanas and the poolside Coliseum Grill, where guests can enjoy casual terrace dining. Of course, extraordinary dining options abound throughout the property, most notably in the Andrea Ristorante.

The menu is a delightful mix of legendary Italian dishes with locally sourced ingredients and the freshest of salads tossed with 100-year-old Balsamic vinegar aged to perfection. Andrea Ristorante also features exquisitely crafted pastas made in a one-of-a-kind pasta room where the humidity is stringently controlled for creating perfect al dente form and texture.

Meanwhile, in The Caffè, guests can indulge in authentic, freshly made gelato and a variety of customized Italian coffees.

Bungalow Suite Spring Spa Indulgence Embrace the flutter of spring romance with a retreat just for two. Relish a relaxing couples massage in the luxurious ambience of your spacious Bungalow Suite. An intimate bath for two awaits in the privacy of your marble deep-soaking tub, with your choice of intentional spa bath salts. Enjoy an Aphrodisiac Indulgences welcome amenity and an in-room menu of foods, beverages, and other seductive delights— available around the clock!

Starting from $1,195* per night (exclusive of tax and gratuity)

Suite Celebration Package For Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduation, and other celebrations, book a Bungalow Suite and receive a complimentary Taste & Toast welcome amenity that features the chef’s selection of seasonal finger foods, along with a bottle of sparkling prosecco. For an extra-special occasion, upgrade to a Cristal & Caviar welcome amenity, available at market price.

Starting from $835* per night (exclusive of tax and gratuity)

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• HEALTH

Six Wonder Foods That Keep You Young

By Diana Bocco Ever wished you could turn back the clock?

While there’s no magic pill that can do that, what you eat might help you slow down aging.

Here are six foods that will keep your skin, your cells, and your body young.

Pumpkin

“One of my favorite antiaging superfoods would have to be pumpkin,” says Dr. Janet Brill, nutritionist and author of Cholesterol Down.Why? Because pumpkin, Dr. Brill contends, is filled with beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant provitamin that helps scavenge up those marauding, DNA-damaging free radicals. She adds that pumpkin is incredibly rich in vital and age-defying antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, including vitamin A, flavonoid antioxidants such as lutein and xanthine, and the minerals iron and zinc.

Spirulina

Probably one of the most important things you can do to keep your body young is to eat antioxidant-rich foods.“Antioxidants fight the free radicals that cause premature aging,” says

Susan Smith Jones, Ph.D., author of Recipes for Health Bliss, The Curative Kitchen, and 25 other naturalliving titles. Smith Jones says that there’s no better source of antioxidants than spirulina.“A staple of the Mayan and Aztec diets, spirulina is a superfood that contains more than 100 nutrients,” she says.

“From a healthy aging perspective, a single three-gram serving of Hawaiian spirulina contains more antioxidants than five servings of fruits and vegetables.” Smith Jones noted the additional benefit of increased energy levels reported by spirulina users.

Chia Seeds

Chia seeds, like fish, are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, says Keith Lauver, health expert and the founder of TheHealthyPantry.com.They’re also rich in antioxidants, protein, and fiber.

Lauver says that when chia seeds, especially milled seeds, are digested, certain acids are converted to a long-chain fatty acid that is considered very good for heart health––an integral component of staying young! “The beauty of chia seeds is that they are relatively flavorless but pack a strong punch of nutrition,” Lauver says.

Fish Oil

Good-quality fish oil is a great way to combat the effects of aging, according to Traci D. Mitchell, a Chicago-based health and fitness

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expert. “I’m a fan of cod-liver oil in particular because it’s loaded with body-loving vitamin D,” she says. Fish oil is famous for its ability to fight free radicals, which can damage the body much in the same way that rust damages a car, Mitchell explains. “Fish oil is like a great wax coat that keeps our body looking and feeling shiny and new from the inside out.”

Tomatoes

Tomatoes (and tomato paste) have one of the highest concentrations of lycopene, a very potent antioxidant, according to Meg Hagar, nutritional skincare specialist and owner of the natural skincare brand Skintritious.“Lycopene has been shown in recent studies to fight cancer and help protect against sun damage,” Hagar says. Antioxidants in general neutralize wrinkle-causing particles called free radicals.

Hagar recommends choosing tomato paste over fresh tomatoes because the paste contains a much higher concentration of lycopene.

Pomegranate

Board-certified dermatologist Tanya Kormeili, MD, recommends pomegranate as her stay-young food because it’s rich in vitamins C and B5 (pantothenic acid), potassium, and flavonoids (antioxidants). Their seeds are also rich in fiber, oils, and micronutrients. “Pomegranates can be beneficial for all organs because they fight oxidative damage, which is responsible for accelerated aging,” Kormelli says. ”They are especially effective in reducing heart disease because they reduce the bad LDL cholesterol.”As an added natural bonus, pomegranates also have antiviral and antibacterial effects in the body.

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• GOLF

Learn to Strike the Ball Better Golf professional Scott Sackett reviews some key positions in a great golf swing.

This month, I want to share with you some key positions in a great golf swing. Brandt Snedeker, FED EX Player of the Year 2012 and leading money

winner currently on the PGA Tour in 2013 as of Feb. 17, is our model.

I want to go over some key positions in his golf swing that could be very beneficial to your game. I often say that the only reason that golfers aren’t any better than they are is that they just don’t know what to do. With a little bit of mirror work and practice on the range, I’m confident that you’ll be striking the ball better than before, with some new knowledge. * The red line covering the golf shaft is called the shaft plane.

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• Shaft of club runs to the belt buckle—this pertains to all clubs.

Address:

Top of Swing:

• Feet are positioned parallel left to the target line, not toward the target. This is the numberone mistake of most amateurs.

• Left arm is parallel to the original shaft plane (long red line below). This is crucial to getting the club back on plane coming down.

• Stand tall in the knees with the spine very straight. It’s important to keep a level spine to the top of swing.

• Club face is parallel to the left arm to alleviate curve in ball flight. This is also very important.

• You only see one set of legs and one set of arms; body is very square to the target.

Start of the downswing: The most important move in the golf swing— period!

• Right knee remains flexed. Most amateurs tend to straighten the right knee at the top of the swing.

Pre-impact:

• The shaft drops down on the right forearm, which gives you a great chance of getting the club back on the original shaft plane (red line just below the yellow line).

• When the club head is returning on the original shaft plane, you’ll have a great chance of hitting the ball with a square face. Brandt’s club head at this position is just under the red line. You can see a clear gap between the forearms at his position.

• Ninety percent of all amateurs have the club on the right shoulder line at this point, meaning you will come in too steep at the ball. That term in golf is called over the top.

• You can see a small part of the left leg behind the right leg, which shows another key position at this point. Brandt’s hips are clearing through pre-impact.

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Post impact: • Brandt has done a great job staying in his original spine tilt.

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the position of his right shoe—you are able to see his spikes.

• The club shaft is coming out parallel to the original red line—the shaft plane. That tells us that his body is rotating perfectly through postimpact. If the shaft were coming out higher or lower, we would not see the consistency in overall ball flight.

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• He is shifting into the left side of his body through post-impact, which is apparent from

• His chest is facing the target.

• You can count all 10 spikes on his right shoe, a great sign of getting all the weight over to the left side.

• The shaft is once again parallel to the original red line, the shaft plane.

This is one of the simplest swings on tour. I use this model often while teaching to help a student understand what the golf club should be doing through the swing. As crazy as that may sound, about 90 percent of amateurs do not have a clear perspective of what the golf club should be doing throughout the swing. Without a clear understanding of these movements, plain practicing is not going to get you better. If you contact me, I’ll be more than happy to give you an analysis of what your golf club is doing in your swing. Once you have that information, you will be on your way to better golf. I promise!

Scott Sackett has been a “Golf ” Magazine Top 100 Teacher since 1999 and was recently voted as one of “Golf Digest’s” Best Teacher in the State for the fifth year in a row. He is also director of instruction at Park Meadows Country Club in Park City, Utah. While in Scottsdale, he teaches at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. If you would like to reach Scott, you can contact him through his website at scottsackett.com.

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• SUMMER CAMPS FEATURE

Overnight Camp Your kids can develop skills and independence while creating wonderful memories at Prescottarea summer camps.

By Allison Goldstein North Valley residents are fortunate to have some of the finest overnight summer camps in Arizona just a short trip from home. Happy campers can beat the heat and banish boredom in the cool forests of the Bradshaw Mountains in Prescott.

Prescott summer camps offer overnight stays ranging from three nights to seven weeks, with most camps offering oneor two-week sessions. Most camps offer financial assistance in the way of discounts, payment plans, or scholarships to make

camp affordable to all. Endless fun abounds as campers enjoy archery, creative and performing arts, climbing, hiking, zip lines, swimming, canoeing, paintball, horseback riding, and tennis.

Deciding whether to send your child to camp is often a question of whether the child—and not infrequently, the parent—is ready. Ginee Venezia of Peoria wants her three children to experience adventure, personal growth, independence, and social maturity at camp. Venezia has wonderful childhood memories from her days at summer camp, and she wants to give her kids the same opportunity. Her oldest child, Gabby, 9, will have her first days at camp this summer.

Although Gabby isn’t nervous about heading to camp for the first time,Venezia admits she will miss her little girl!

Annie Kirsch of North

HAPPY CAMPER Tips for a great camp experience (for the camper and you both!)

• Encourage independence throughout the year.

• Practice separation through sleepovers with trusted friends and family.

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P hoenix also had a great experience as a child at summer camp and wants to give her daughters the same. Her daughter Grace, 8, hasn’t attended summer camp yet, but she did spend a weekend during the school year at a Girl Scout camp in Prescott. Before going, Kirsch wondered if Grace was ready and was concerned that her daughter would be homesick.

“Moms may be more nervous than the kids,” says Kirsch, who feels preparation was the key to her daughter’s positive experience. Grace’s Brownie troop leader had the girls spend a night camping in her backyard to simulate the camping experience and practice coping skills.

Kevin Nissen, camp director at Friendly Pines Camp, says that homesickness is normal and every camper needs some time to adjust. Parents will be

with coping strategies.

• Tour camps in advance. Choose a camp together.

You can even bring a friend.

• Parents often have a harder time with separation than children do. Attending camp is a privilege.

Don’t feel you’ve abandoned them. Enjoy your time alone. You deserve it!

For more information, visit acacamps.com.

relieved to hear that in reality, a very small percentage of kids are actually extensively troubled by homesickness. Friendly Pines has over 200 campers going through their program; Nissen says, “We may have three or four kids who are visibly homesick and take longer than a day or two to adjust.”At Friendly Pines, counselors submit reports to Nissen every day regarding each of their campers’ adjustment.

They note whether campers are eating well, sleeping well, making friends, and so on. Counselors are prepared to deal with adjustment issues and provide the necessary comfort and support.

“Parents often have a harder time with the separation than the children,” Nissen says.

He reminds parents that they aren’t abandoning their kids by bringing them to camp—they should instead remember that their children are fortunate to be able to attend camp and that their kids will have their own great memories about camping!

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• jewels

“Designers’” Designing Ways

Jewelry expert Scott Bohall examines where and when brand-name jewelry is worth the price.

Without brand names, 70 percent of jewelers would be out of business, but is it worth spending the large sums?

Much as with cars, if the secondhand market for a watch is strong, the brand is likely a good one to purchase. However, if you pay $1,000 for a watch and one month later the same model is found on eBay for $100, the brand may be simple hype. Of course, there are trends and exceptions. Some watches are models or designs that are dead or are no longer of interest. Twenty-five years ago, everyone wanted ultrathin watches. Now, big watches are hot. A brand with the jeweler’s name on it is usually not a wise purchase; they’re mainly generic watches with an expensive engraving!

I’m the first to applaud any real innovation, but just because a famous person is now pushing his or her “own design” doesn't mean that it’s actually new to the market or of high quality. Jewelry shoppers can be impressed by a big name on a piece of silver jewelry and pay huge money for it, not realizing that silver is only $30 an ounce as of this writing.

I have no problem telling a customer about a piece that resembles the designer item, with the same amount of silver and costing 10 percent of the original. If you still want to show off the brand name, determine how

much a similar piece would cost and how it compares with the one you may want.

And sometimes, of course, the designer name actually is better, and a good jeweler can explain how.

It’s not ethical for a jeweler to copy a piece of jewelry, but the reality is that there aren’t many original ideas. I had a customer come in with an item that a local jeweler had copied from one of my original designs. Although I was highly flattered, the jeweler had glued the stone in instead of setting it correctly. (We set the stone properly for a small fee.)

There’s absolutely no reason to overpay for a machine-made wedding band or engagement ring. I recently ordered a platinum ring for a customer who was told by a store manager that it was their exclusive design. I showed the customer the same ring from the same manufacturer and asked them how much cheaper they thought it might be. They had hoped to pay $1,000 less, and it turned out to be $1,700 less!

And stay away from “designer”engagement rings with a thin band and a single stone. The designer didn’t design anything!

With a little effort and training, diamonds are easy to compare. Pay top dollar only for top-level cutting. Fancy engagement rings with lots of small diamonds or creative designs are the most complicated to evaluate, but you could easily learn how to use a loupe to see workmanship—even top designers can have workmanship issues.

And look for a good independent appraiser who doesn’t buy or sell jewelry. The appraiser can help you understand whether you made a good purchase and can recommend quality stores that carry what you’re looking for.

As always, if you don’t know jewelry, know your jeweler.

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• RELATIONSHIPs

Marriage Material Relationship expert Lea Haben offers hope for women over 40 looking to get hitched.

You Be the Perfect Match This Time!

Dear Lea, I am 39 years old and have never been married, and my family really harasses me about this. I hear it from my friends and family, and it certainly doesn’t help who I have an overbearing Jewish grandmother that sees me as a failure. I’ve had three long-term relationships that never resulted in marriage.

I’m not sure why it keeps happening and why the men always end the relationship. In the meantime, my clock is ringing like mad. What should I do?

Dear Clock Watcher, The common denominator in all of this is you. Your desperation is literally jumping off the page. When you decide to be the brilliant, intelligent woman who would like to get married if she finds the right guy, you’ll have more luck. Create a happy, fulfilled life without a man and be the best you can be so that they’ll want to be a part of it. Women over 40 have the choice to get married if they want to, but clearly, your current strategy isn’t working.

Why not sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride for awhile and see what happens?

More Chance of What ?

Dear Lea, Someone told me that there was an article put out several years ago stating that women over 40 have a better chance of getting killed by a terrorist than getting married. I’m 43 and have recently broken up with my fiancé.

I have heard this before, and I can’t believe in this day and age that it’s true. This is all so heartbreaking.

Dear Heartbroken, Newsweek printed that article more than 20 years ago. It should also be said that they recently retracted that story. There are so many women that are getting married in their 40s and 50s that they even have special wedding-gown designers. I, too, am over 40, and I’m engaged. Men are looking for strong women with a great sense of self at any age.

Ladies, age is a number—do not let it define you. Marriage is more than a stroll down the aisle. Please make sure that you’re getting married for the right reason and to the right person, and not for the purpose of simply being married.

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• INVESTMENTS

Lend Money with Your IRA—on Your Own Terms

By J.P. Dahdah Ever wondered why every major metropoli-

tan city in America has skyscrapers showcasing a variety of bank brands—Wells Fargo, Chase, Bank of America, and on down the line? These companies occupy the largest buildings downtown because they make lots and lots of money. What’s their secret?

It’s actually quite simple: In every single financial relationship they’re involved in, they control the terms of the deal.

If you want a loan, the banks determine the loan amount, the interest rate, and the maturity date, and they define what assets they’re willing to accept to secure their position and lower their risk. If you simply want to deposit money with them, they establish the interest rate (or lack thereof) they’re willing to pay you to have them hold on to your money. If you use them to serve as custodians for your retirement savings by opening an IRA with them, they limit your investment choices to the products they sell and charge you money to get advice. Not a bad little business model, is it?

Well, the reality is that you can exercise this same level of investment control with your retirement savings. Any type of lending strategy can be implemented by simply establishing a self-directed IRA. Among your options are lending a real-estate investor money for their next property, refinancing someone’s high-interest-rate credit-card debt, offering a mortgage on a home for a family that can’t get a conventional loan from the big banks, or creating a bridge loan for a private company in need of capital to fund their growth.

What would your return on investment be on these strategies? Well, your IRA would be the lender, which means you would be establishing the terms of the promissory note.

So basically, the ROI would be whatever you demand it to be from your borrower. Does this type of investment freedom seem too good to be true? Well, it’s not.

IRA account holders have been able to direct their retirement savings into nontraditional assets such as private loans since 1974.

Of course, if this is the first time you’ve ever learned of these options, the reason’s obvious: traditional financial institutions and IRA custodians are not inclined to inform you of these alternative investment options because it’s not in their best interest to have you know about them. They have to pay the bills on those big downtown office buildings somehow, right?

The good news is that now you’re empowered with the fact that you have virtually unlimited investment options in your IRA and that you get to keep all that interest for yourself. Step one is to establish a truly self-directed IRA, and step two is to personalize your retirement strategy exactly how you want it!

J.P. Dahdah is CEO of Vantage.

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Fitness expert Ted Baird on balancing the big three.

Many of life’s most important things seem to come in threes: reduce, reuse, recycle; red, white, blue; Peter, Paul, Mary; body, mind, spirit. Maintaining a healthy body is about learning to balance the big three—exercise, nutrition, and rest.

Exercise—By now, it’s an established fact that we’re not designed to live a sedentary life.

Our bodies are made to move. And yet many of us work jobs that require little movement.

Out lives are oriented toward comfort. We enjoy remote controls, automation, and extreme convenience. Even this article is being written without moving my fingers because I’m using voice-recognition software.

Maintaining a healthy body requires making your body move even when it doesn’t want to! We have to plan to build regular exercise into our lives. The spectrum of exercise options is wide and plentiful. There’s no shortage of opportunities for us to engage in stimulating and beneficial healthy exercise for our bodies. Get out there and do something—walk, jog, run, hike, bike, strengthtrain, dance, do some cardio—but participate in something that allows your body to regularly engage in movement that increases your heart rate and strengthens your muscles.

Nutrition— Good food is essential to building a good life. A change in our relationship with food is desperately needed in our culture. We have become addicted to quick, easy, and often unhealthy meals and snacks. Good nutrition might begin with us changing our relationship to food. We must begin to view it not as a source of pleasure or for comforting our pain but rather as fuel for our body.

Consult a nutrition coach if you’re looking for a fresh start with food. It requires a little more planning, an increase in nutrition knowledge, and some deep intention to change your relationship to food. But the benefits are well worth it. When you put good fuel in your body, it just runs better!

Rest—The third component in a good life is taking time to stop. For many of us, there’s no pause button in our lives. We are engaged in nonstop activities 24/7. Our bodies, minds, and spirits are not designed to work nonstop. There must be intentional periods of rest. This country was built on a strong work ethic, and we have achieved great things as a society. However, sometimes our strengths can become our weaknesses. It’s possible for our busyness to become a badge of honor. We hear it frequently: “How’s it going?” answered with “I’m just so busy.”

Then comes the long list of activities that occupy every waking hour.

Fewer and fewer Americans are taking their allotted vacation time. When was the last time you unplugged for an entire day? When was the last time you stopped working for an entire 24 hours? When was the last time you took a vacation and completely disengaged from your work? Build in a regular routine of rest for your body. It will work better and last longer if you adopt a 24/6 lifestyle!

Balancing the big three can be a challenge for us all, but being intentional about our actions with exercise, fuel for our bodies, and rest will create a healthy life!

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THE EIGHTH VEIL: ETIQUETTE & A JERUSALEM ESPIONAGE MYSTERY

By Frederick Ramsay Perfect Niche, Feb. 7, 2012, 288 pages, available in paperback, audiobook, and eBook Frederick Ramsay is a Surprise, Arizona, resident and a retired Episcopal priest, and The Eighth Veil is the first book in his Jerusalem series. This novel will appeal to history buffs as well as those who enjoy a good mystery. Once readers open the pages, they’ll be transported back to a time not usually seen in fiction—28 CE. The sights and sounds of ancient Jerusalem come vividly to life in Ramsay’s solid thriller. The novel features historical figures and some who have become a part of modern religious culture: Pontius Pilate, John the Baptizer, King Herod, and a young rabbi-carpenter named Yeshua ben Yosef of Nazareth, who is not very well liked and is causing some trouble but is mainly only mentioned by name. The heart of the Eighth Veil surrounds the murder of a servant girl in King Herod’s court. Why did someone want to slit her throat? What importance does the pendant around her neck play in her death? Pilate asks a rabbi and scholar, Gamaliel, to investigate the crime. Despite Gamaliel’s early reluctance to get involved, he quickly becomes a stealthy sleuth who discovers there’s more to the crime than meets the eye. The novel focuses on the Hebrew religion but centers mainly on the history of the characters. The Eighth Veil is rich in description and dialogue and will keep readers intrigued.

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By Gail Carriger Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, Feb. 5, 2013, 320 pages, available in hardcover, audiobook, and eBook Popular adult author, Gail Carriger, makes her YA debut with Etiquette & Espionage. The riveting story will appeal to fans of all ages, and the heroine, Sophronia Temminnick, will charm the socks off of you. She’s a spunky, clever, and witty girl whose tomboyish ways are getting under her mother’s skin. So mom decides to ship Sophronia off to finishing school. But Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Ladies of Good Quality isn’t exactly what Sophronia or her mother thought it was. Sure, some of their techniques would come right out of the Emily Post Etiquette book, but Ms. Post taught young women good table manners and not to be assassins and spies.

Etiquette & Espionage is uproariously good fun. The plot moves quickly and ties up all the loose ends, and there’s an engaging subplot about a budding interracial romance between Sophronia and a teen boy engineer, Soap. Etiquette and Espionage whets readers’ appetites for more adventures from Sophronia and her crew, and there are cool gadgets and robots throughout—a steampunker’s delight! If you are familiar with Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series, you won’t be disappointed! If this is your first steampunk book, then you’re in for a treat.

REVENGE: ELEVEN DARK TALES

By Yoko Ogawa Picador, Jan. 29, 2013, 176 pages, paperback and eBook Japanese horror stories are known to be some of the scariest you’ll ever hear or read. Most are inspired by supernatural legends and urban myths told throughout the ages. Each short story in Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa is connected and builds in intensity becoming creepier with every turn of the page. When you first start reading “Afternoon at the Bakery,” about an older woman who stops by a local bakery to pick up strawberry shortcake for her dead son’s birthday, you at first think, “Oh, what a weird yet sad story”; however, something more sinister is lying just beneath the surface. You’re in for a haunting good surprise. Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales is like seeing a bad accident—no matter how hard you try, you can’t look away. It’s macabre and dark but also reverent and lyrically beautiful.

The characters and their stories are definitely twisted—that’s the appeal of Japanese horror stories. Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales will appeal to fans of movies like The Ring, The Grudge, Dark Water, and One Missed Call—and I’m not talking about the American versions. You also may want to rethink having that strawberry shortcake tonight.

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SCALLOPS 3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp. kosher salt 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper 4 scallops, side muscle removed Heat a medium-size sauté pan to high heat and add in the oil. Meanwhile, season the scallops evenly with the salt and pepper.

When the oil in the pan just starts to smoke, reduce the heat to medium and add in the scallops.

Sear the scallops on each side until they are golden brown. If the scallop is about an inch thick, cook on both sides 1 Ω minutes.

Remove the scallops from the pan and set aside while assembling the salad.

SALAD COMPONENTS ∑ cup pumpkin seeds ∑ cup sunflower seeds 3 blood oranges 1 head fennel 1 bunch watercress Ω pound frisée greens 8 8

Seared Scallops, Fennel, Watercress, and Blood Orange Salad, with Red Curry Vinaigrette Chef Matthew Grunwald creates a flavorful salad for springtime.

A clean, refreshing dish that offers immediate flavors and completely satisfies the appetite is one to add to

the recipe repertoire, especially if it’s equally healthy. Balanced flavors and bright colors are attributes that this lunch for two brings fully to life. Borrowing the archetypal flavor combination of fennel and citrus fruit in the form of vibrant blood orange from the Mediterranean and melding it together with the sharp, straightforward spice and acid notes from India’s red curry paste that takes the star role in the vinaigrette compose a base of flavor sensations that are vibrant and colorful.

Obtaining a hard sear on a scallop in a screaming-hot pan with the complement of a touch of kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper furnishes the plate with substance. The fresh herbs, toasted pumpkin seeds, and agave nectar in the salad find harmonizing flavors throughout the dish by adding freshness, nuttiness, and ideal sweetness. Quite simple to create, this salad entrée requires no culinary expertise and minimal equipment. This is the type of dish that fits snugly right in between quick-and-easy and fine dining. Bon appétit!

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In the same pan that was used for the scallops, add in the pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds and toast over medium heat for 1 minute, stirring constantly. When toasted and aromatic, remove from the pan and set aside.

Remove the rind from the blood oranges. Create a flat base by slicing off the bottom of the oranges with a knife where the stem is, and remove the top of the orange as well. With the knife, follow the couture of the rind, removing all of the white pith. Slice the cleaned oranges into ∑-inch-thick slices.

Slice fennel in half vertically from top to bottom, creating a flat base. Slice each side of the fennel into thin strips about ∑-inch thick.

On the dish that you will be serving the salad on, plate the watercress and frisée greens as a base and top with the sliced fennel, blood orange slices, toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds, and scallops.

VINAIGRETTE 1 tbsp. agave nectar 1 tsp. Dijon mustard 2 Ω tbsp. rice wine vinegar Ω tsp. shallot, peeled and minced Ω clove garlic, peeled and minced 1 Ω tbsp. red curry paste Pinch of kosher salt Pinch of freshly ground

black pepper 8 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil

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In a small bowl, using a whisk, combine all of the ingredients except for the extra-virgin olive oil.

GARNISH 4 tbsp. parsley, chopped 2 tbsp. chives, chopped 3 springs thyme leaves, chopped

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Join Desert Stages Theatre for their eighth annual Look into Your Heart Gala and Silent Auction and a fun-filled, fabulous Pink, Black and Blonde: A Pink Carpet Event.

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Enjoy a memorable evening to help support the Foundation for Blind Children at Monti’s on Mill Dining in the Dark event. Monti’s on Mill, 100 S. Mill Ave., Tempe. seeitourway.org

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plantings. Valley Garden Center. 1809 N. 15th Ave., Phoenix. hoenixbonsai.com Celebrate Pinnacle Peak Park’s 11th anniversary with a community pancake breakfast. pinnaclepeakpark.com

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The Fourth Annual Arizona BBQ Festival makes its way to Salt River Fields with more than 25 top barbecue purveyors. Salt River Fields. 7555 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale. saltriverfields.com

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Walk, run, or jog in this overnight event to raise funds to fight cancer at the Relay for Life. Cactus Shadows High School. 5802 E. Dove Valley Rd., Cave Creek. relayforlife.org/cavecreekaz

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Support the Desert Foothills Land Trust at the 18th Annual Sonoran Stars evening gala.

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Lucky 7 Lucky 7 is a 6-year-old Bengal mix. He has been at the shelter for over a year and would love to find a fur-ever home.

One characteristic that a Bengal mix can have is fierce independence. Lucky 7 shares a room with other cats but will definitely let them know he’s in charge. One of Lucky 7’s more entertaining behaviors is scooping his water with his paw and drinking from his hand. Lucky 7’s adoption fee is $50, which includes his neuter, microchip, and vaccines.

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Sally Sally is a black-andwhite medium-hair cat. She’s been with us for about six months.

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She will run up to you for petting, and she likes to play with toys and enjoys her treats.

She is 3-years-old and would love to find a loving family. Sally’s adoption fee is $50, which includes her spay, microchip, and vaccines.

to sit in laps and snuggle with everyone. He takes a bit of time to warm up to some men, but once he earns your trust, he falls deeply in love. This little guy will steal your heart with his big brown eyes! He also does this little begging dance when he wants your attention, and it will win you over every time! Chilie’s adoption fee is $150, which includes his neuter, microchip, and vaccines.

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Rosebud Rosebud is a domestic mediumhair cat that has been at the shelter a little under a year.

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