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Raising the bar

Young Professionals making a Difference in Monterey Peninsula.

Profiles Nick Cunningham Amanda Nansel-Giuliano Kendall Ronzano Will Wiltschko Domini Anne Jason Coniglio John Cardinale Julie Capili Gina Aliotti

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Baltic Salts - Fashion Spread from across the Atlantic.

Nick Cunningham - A local Olympian.

Young Philanthropy - Next generation of philanthropers.

Domini Anne - The Clothing Architect.

Baroque Festival turns 40.

“In a Baroque Economy” - Fashion Spread.

Young Professionals - Raising the bar.

Looking Back - Book review + Memphis Magazine 1976.

Live Global : Stay Local - Jewelry with a purpose.

Hallway Ballers - Local band doing big things.

Living Above the Hawks - Extraordinary Architecture.

Julie Capili - Collector of Songs.

Gina Aliotti - Fitness Professional.

Battle in the 831 - Paintball.

Laos An Untold Story - A Film Documentary.

Frolicking in the rain - Fashion Spread from Singapore.

Annual Monterey Beer Garden.

Hope for Hops - Young professional’s other profession.

Sierra Nevada Record Attempt.

Mixology Competition - Best bartenders in downtown.

The List - Our Favorite Cocktails.

Family Fun - County Fair.

Review - Karma from Fisker.

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Editor In Chief / Publisher Ryan Zen Lama Managing Editors Lindsey Douros Blaise Douros Contributors

Lisa Watson Gina Aliotti Nathan Winn Adrea Peters Lily Dayton Noel Gray Jonathan Lopez Megumi Reagan Anita Joshi Joseph Grant Megan MacDonald Mark J. Steitman Kani Canale

Sanjog Rai Yves Goyatton Rachel Zwolenkiewicz Raaz Bomzan Randy Tunnell Michelle Magdalena Maddox Samuel Barrett Christena Dowsett Nicollette Mollet Ausra Osipaviciute Michael Troutman Heather Barrett Pat Hendrick Thomas Gray Marianne Mangold Edie Ellis

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Mahendra Lama Lanita Lama

Contributing Photographers

Laos : An Untold Story

Young enough to try and bright enough to triumph.

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Reception - Issue release 831 Magazine Halloween Party In the Mix Annual Monterey Beer Garden Sierra Nevada Record Attempt Family fun at the county fair

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like “immediate area” or “familiar surroundings.”

But after a lot of late nights wrestling with the thesaurus, we’ve come to a conclusion, one that many of our readers probably already know: There’s no substitute for local.

Sometimes the editors of 831 look at our pages and find ourselves in a dilemma—how many times have we used the word “local” on this page? Too many? What can we substitute for that word so it doesn’t get repetitive? Local local local. Sure, we can be trendy and say “in the 831,” or geographical and say “the Central Coast,” or use other words

Ausra Osipaviciute

Jonathan Lopez

Ausra Osipaviciute at Jonathan Lopez is a the moment works between freelance writer, full-time Vilnius and London with poet, part-time artist, and private and business clients life-long lover of all things mostly in fashion area. Ausra motor-powered and fast. has developed an outstand- He grew up on the central ing weirdly intense photog- coast, holds a B.A. in English raphy style which involves a from LMU, and currently lives mixture of contrasting colors, in Salinas. If you see him in bizarre juxtapositions, alien his blue Subaru, give him a looking personages, unexthumbs-up. pected angles and approach to fashion imagery using different artistic mediums such as embroidery or painting on prints.

We don’t just mean there’s no synonym. Allow us to spell it out for you (see what we did there?): there’s no replacement for getting to know the remarkable people and stories that surround our home.

Sometimes that means our global village (“Live Global, Stay Local,” page 38; “Laos: an Untold Story,” page 56), but most often it means that just down the street, or across the bay, or next to you in line, is a person doing something amazing, or beautiful, or challenging. And it’s our job to find them for you.

So, as always, we’ve been searching for the most interesting people, best stories,

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Lily Dayton

Gladys Ng

Lisa Watson, a fifthgeneration Nor-Cal native, belongs to one of three sets of twins in a large and dynamic family which is, at times, inspiration for her writing. Watson, a UC Davis grad, enjoys a diverse career in business, education, and writing. She is also an adjunct instructor of writing and journalism for CSUMB.

Lily Dayton is a writer based out of the northern fringe of the 831 in Santa Cruz. She writes about a broad range of topics, from arts and culture to science and society—and she particularly enjoys writing stories where these elements intersect. Find more about her at www.lilydayton.com.

Experimental is the word to describe photographer Gladys Ng and her works. Fascinated by beauty, fashion photography is doubtlessly her calling. Never one to bow to monotony, she constantly aims to transcend boundaries. Ever since starting fashion photography one and a half years ago, it has been a roller coaster ride that is always exciting. Every shoot is like creating a new piece of art that is exclusive.

It is not about just creating photographs, but creating fantasies.

“Eagerly anticipating her career as a successful fashion photographer, Nicollette Mollet hopes to someday travel the world, creating art and history. Located in the heart of Texas, the twenty-one year old currently attends the Art Institute of Dallas and will receive her BFA in Photography in the summer of 2013.”

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So grab your favorite cocktail (pages 68-72) or brew (pages 64-65), thumb through the mag, and learn why there really is no substitute for local. At least, not when “local” is synonymous with “here in the 831.”

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and coolest new trends for you here in the 831. On our cover this issue is area jazz musician Julie Capili; you can read about her on page 46. Speaking of jazz, head over to page 26 to read about the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, and learn why and how jazz relates to Bach. Olympic athlete Nick Cunningham describes his training on page 20, and the Badger Brigade paintball squad elevates their pastime to a true team sport on page 54. And for a local’s perspective in a more literal sense, head to page 42 to read about Mark Seitman’s house: a 270-degree panoramic view from Carmel Valley to Point Lobos.

Michelle Magdalena Maddox For the past ten years, she has been applying a theatrical vision and planetary awareness to her passion for the photographic arts. She has forged a unique body of work that speaks to the traditional and the avant-garde alike and is currently exhibiting a retrospective in Sand City’s Independent Building.

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Looking Back | Previous Issue Feedbacks + Reviews + Fixes

Reception Our intimate issue release reception was held in The C Restaurant and Bar, at the oceanfront InterContinental The Clement Monterey (listed on Conde Nast Traveler Magazine’s “Best in the World 2012” to Northern California list). It was a fabulous evening, spent sharing good stories, drinks, and food, with close friends. We are very thankful to all of our hardworking team, as well as our friends, family and contributors for their continued support.

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In Summer’s “The List” section we wrote “The Inn at Spanish Bay -- Enjoy watching the ocean, with the warmth of a fire pit, while making gourmet s’mores. ” We meant to say we wish we could make s’mores (maybe there will be a new drink inspired by the beloved campfire treat). We do not recommend making s’mores over a gas fire.

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“Neck in Neck” incorrectly stated 1959 as the year founded on for Robert Talbott. It was founded on 1950 and not only half of neckwear production but 100% of neckwear production happens in Monterey. Half of other apparel production happens here as well.

In “Final Final - Taylor Catherwood” we incorrectly stated that she left school, she was on a semester break from school.

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Models: Rimante and Enrika at Supermodels MUA: Greta Babarskaite Hair: Giedre Jarockaite Fashion Stylist: Leva Daugirdaite Photography: Ausra Osipaviciute (www.aography.com) Special thanks for photo studio PIX (http://pixstudija.lt) Coats- Zara

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Bates “My dad drives a Porsche.” “My dad drives a Ferrari.”

“My dad has a charge account at Bruno’s.”

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PROFILES | Athlete An Olympian

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Nick Cunningham Hometown: Monterey, California Current Residence: Lake Placid, New York Upcoming Events: World Cup, Germany Relationship Status: Single One word to describe yourself: “Passionate.” nickcunninghamusbobsled.com Pre-game prep: t @bobsledr “I usually try to get away from bobsled the night before, just stop thinking about it. I do so many mind runs. Like right now, I have track notes of the next track in Germany. I have video of every curve—different countries coming through with their velocity and speed.”

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Biggest inspiration: “My parents are my life support. I wouldn’t have made it as far as I have without them. Mentors are my strength.

Knowing that I have a whole community, like Monterey behind me.

When it’s negative 20, it’s raining and snowing, the last thing you want to do is be there but they give you that extra boost to remind you what you’re there for.”

Most important aspect to racing: “As an athlete, I want to win every race. I don’t want to watch other teams winning medals that should be around team USA’s neck.

I hate that. Winning keeps me motivated. Winning can keep anyone motivated.”

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Most important skills for the job: “It’s about speed and power. It’s a combination of both.”

Ideal workout: “It’s all about squats. It’s a little upper body but it’s all lower body. It’s keeping the power and the speed. It’s what our sport is all about. You’ve got to get the sled moving and that’s about 500 pounds.”

Best moment as an Olympian: “The 2010 Winter Games. That’s what fuels the fire. You walk into the opening ceremonies and everything is worth it. You walk in with a whole country behind you.”

Biggest motivation: “Music. As a pilot, I need to get in and calm down. I’ve got to stay calm, stay happy. Music is motivation to me because it takes me back to being on a friend’s ranch or being in the Salinas Rodeo.”

What’s on your iPod?: “A lot of Justin Moore, a lot of Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, George Straight. The good stuff.”

Beer of Choice: “I’m between a Bud Light and a Blue Moon. But my favorite beer is a free beer.”

What he’s looking for in a girl: “The girl next door. Kind of a go-getter, who can get dirty. I need a girl who can wear cowboy boots and likes the snow.”

In addition to representing his country at the Winter Games, Cunningham also serves his country as a Sergeant in the New York National Guard. This busy all-American is looking forward to getting back on the ice and taking on the world in his breakout season.

Photo By -Pat Hendrick

Growing up on the Monterey Peninsula, Nick Cunningham enjoyed surfing, running track, and the Salinas Rodeo. Though his speed on the field quickly earned him a place on the Boise State University track team, Cunningham wouldn’t have been anyone’s first pick as a future Winter Olympian.

What started as a joke between parents and son has now turned into a reality— Cunningham made the US Olympic Bobsled Team in 2008 and traveled to his first Winter Olympic Games in 2010. 831 Magazine caught up with the 2014 Olympic hopeful, who is currently competing at the World Cup.

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FEATURE | Profiles Philanthropy

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Growing up, Kendall Ronzano loved to build extraordinary structures out of K’NEX building sets. She also lit a fire in her mother’s stove with a blow torch, and blew up the microwave by experimenting with adhesives and popcorn.

By the time she was 10 years old, she vowed she would learn how to build a house before graduating from high school. And, driving daily past the local homeless shelter and people shivering under newspaper or digging in dumpsters as she departed her Santa Cruz home en route to York private high school in Monterey, she confirmed her commitment to build a home and shelter a family from the streets.

Now closing in on the spring of her senior year, as she plays year-round power volleyball and prepares her college applications, Ronzano, 17, is close to completing her first house.

Photo by: Yves Goyatton

Never mind that she bought the plans for the house online from Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. Or that it will be 117 sq. ft. plus 50 sq. ft. of loft space. Or that it sits on a trailer to be towed by a truck. The structure, with its bathroom, bedroom, kitchen and loft, is a bona fide house that can and will sleep two to four people.

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“I’ve always thought it would be financially smart to know how a house works,” Ronzano says, “so I could fix anything on my own, without waiting for a plumber or electrician. If the toilet breaks, I won’t freak out. And if natural disaster strikes, I’ll have tools under my belt, literally and figuratively, to take care of things.”

But when the tsunami hit Japan during her sophomore year, and she imagined waves rushing over the agricultural fields of Watsonville, were such a disaster to hit home. “I had an epiphany,” she says, “that I could actually do something to help my community by building this house and giving it to someone who needs it.”

For her efforts and philanthropic spirit, Ronzano was recently awarded “Most Philanthropic Youth of the Year” at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon, hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) and Development Executives Network (DEN).

We are delighted,” says Head of School Chuck Harmon, “that Kendall has joined a long list of York students who have been recognized as leaders in local philanthropy. She is a great example of how diligence, determination, and dedication yield success. In addition to being a great student, she is the student technology officer at York, as well as an accomplished athlete – captain of York’s volleyball team. Kendall exemplifies an important value of our school: the importance of

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giving back to your community.”

Once she completes her house, Ronzano, who has fundraised $10,000 of the $15,000 cost of the house, plans to assemble a committee to establish criteria by which to select a family in need. Next, she will embark on her second house and train a team of high school students to see it to completion while she heads off to college.

Ronzano is one of many young philanthropists in the 831 who warrant recognition for service to their local community.

Amanda Nansel-Giuliano considers her life privileged. The local high school senior, 17, who was raised on the Monterey Peninsula by two devoted parents in a context of faith and family, is set to graduate from the private Santa Catalina School this spring, and pursue a college education in theater arts and neuroscience. Fascinated by why things work and the technical aspects of everything, she sees the potential for interaction between her chosen fields.

Nansel-Giuliano also is focused on the perspective fostered in her by privilege, which is not about entitlement but obligation to community.

Which is why, during the past two years, she has accumulated more than 400 hours of volunteer service as a member of the Junior Auxiliary at Community Hospital.

“A premise I have found to be established both in moral principle and in experience,” she says, “is that it is impossible to live well alone. All are called to live in community. We survive and we thrive by relying upon each other, by carrying one another’s burdens and by restoring peace.”

Nansel-Giuliano began volunteering at the hospital as a way to explore her sense of self through her connections to others, and to develop her understanding of herself as a philanthropic person, someone who contributes to life beyond her own.

“Seeing people benefit from my volunteer work,” she says, “is something that helps fulfill me as a person. I had an experience where I talked with a patient, an elderly gentleman, for 45 minutes, listening to him talk about his life. I not only found him interesting, but I knew I was letting him know he mattered. Here was this person who was not well, alone in his bed and his illness, but not alone.”

Nansel-Giuliano, who has volunteered in nutrition services, at the

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front reception desk and, currently, in the ER at Community Hospital, is now president of the Junior Auxiliary. In addition to her volunteer services, she attends every recruitment and orientation meeting, interviews and trains young volunteers, and contributes to Currents, the Auxiliary magazine.

“The work I do at the hospital is not about my title as president,” she says, “but what I’m able to achieve with others. When we hear that the hospital would not be able to run without its volunteers, we understand that our help is both needed and appreciated. We do this because we believe in our community and we want it to work, to function together to the benefit of everyone.”

Nansel-Giuliano also has invested in her philanthropic work through Santa Catalina, where she participates in community service, such as spending time with residents at nearby Ave Maria Convalescent Hospital, through her Peace & Justice Club.

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for her age, Amanda’s positive attitude and her special demeanor serve as an excellent example to her peers,” says Debra Baker, director of Campus Ministry.

“Amanda is clear about her values and takes a stand for her beliefs. She learns from the situations she encounters and knows how to make adjustments in her study skills to achieve the goals she has for herself. I’m impressed with how Amanda balances her academics with all the extracurricular activities she participates in.

Although Will Wiltschko, 21, has graduated from Monterey Peninsula College and moved on to his first semester at UCLA, the political science and data analysis major has left much behind at his former campus.

In the wake of ongoing budget cuts that sacrificed student support programs, last year, Wiltschko and pal Travis Johnson, who is now studying engineering at San Jose State, decided to find a way for students to help students.

“Prior to transferring to UCLA this fall, Will crafted the club’s guidelines to help future SEA club leaders, and recruited MPC students to serve as SEA club officers in the coming year in order to keep the club working toward its common goal of providing academic support for fellow students.”

The young, wrote the late Pearl S. Buck, do not know enough to be prudent and, therefore, they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation.

The result is Scholars for Excellence and Advancement (SEA), a student-run club through which student scholars form study groups through which to help one another through school.

“Carsbia Anderson, vice president of student services, told me about Uri Treisman study groups, which focus on excellence, collaborative learning and faculty sponsorship to significantly improve student performance in class,” says Wiltschko, “and we knew we could create a program at MPC. Our study groups go beyond course subjects to create camaraderie and support, which increases productivity and gets learning done.

Travis led study groups in engineering, I held them for political science and English, and another student did it to the highest levels of math.”

TOP > Amanda Nansel-Giuliano at CHOMP ( Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula).

After Wiltschko worked with Johnson, a first-generation college student, on his scholarship applications, the pair thought, why not create workshops for scholarship and university entrance applications? Wiltschko held a workshop for UC applications and says every student who attended, achieved acceptance to the UC campus of their choice.

When Wiltschko rose to accept the “Outstanding Philanthropic Young Adult” at National Philanthropy Day in November 2012, he acknowledged Johnson and his other SEA mentors for their contribution to the success of the program.

“Will took the initiative to create the SEA club on the MPC campus when he learned that the Academic Support Center had limited funds to provide tutorial assistance and would not be able to help as many students in 2011-12,” says faculty advisor Lynn Iwamoto. “Will approached an MPC faculty member and made his pitch to start the club. He recruited tutors for the program, organized the study groups, and even coordinated the club’s fundraising activities which generated $1,100 for student scholarships. B

Kendall Ronzano at her construction site with her tools.

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PROFILE | Fashion + Art + Style Fashion Forward

The Clothing Architect by - Lily Dayton I’m sitting on top of a colorful pile of fabric, watching the ugly lavender blouse I received for Christmas last year rip apart.

Before me, an animated redhead pulls a stream of silvery lace from a bin of remnants and swoops over the fabric with scissors. The shears appear to take flight in her hands, like bird wings, as the forms of a fitted bodice and sleeves take shape.

After merging the fabrics beneath the arm of her sewing machine, a shirt previously destined for the Goodwill pile, is magically transformed into a stylish article of clothing. Not only does it fit me perfectly but it also moves with my body, and reflects my personality.

While this scene sounds like an outtake from “Project Runway,” it’s an average day in the studio of Domini, the 831’s own “Clothing Architect.” Based out of her loft studio in Sand City, Domini has been working on her personal brand of clothing design—reconstructing “upcyled” garments to create high-couture, custom-made, clothing that’s designed to express the uniqueness of the individual wearer.

Basing her design philosophy on the architectural edict that “…true beauty is the perfect marriage of function and form,” Domini believes that clothing should fit the wearer perfectly— both their body and their personality. And if it doesn’t, she says, “You should change it.”

“People come to me saying, ‘I have to lose five pounds so I can fit in this outfit,’” says Domini.

“There’s something wrong with the cut—it’s not you. Body types are different. Lifestyles are different. It’s so important to me that we turn clothing back into an avenue for self-expression, instead of a compromise between your build

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and what the industry has to offer [each] season.”

This is partly why Domini has made an active decision to move away from the massmarketing retail model of the fashion industry.

All of her clients come to her for personalized clothes that she more often than not designs on the spot. She has clients that travel from San Francisco specifically to buy her custom designs.

And there are several people who wear nothing but clothes created by Domini.

Why would someone travel from a metropolitan area to the quiet fringes of Monterey Bay for fashion? Perhaps it’s because of Domini’s sleek designs complement individual body structures in a way that commercial pattern grading does not. Domini says it’s all about the pants.

“People say I have ass voodoo,” she laughs.

“They tell me, ‘My ass looks really good in your pants.’”

Indeed, the custom-made stretch pants she’s fashioned to go with my newly reconstructed shirt do have a shape that hugs my backside in a way that looks—and feels—great.

And while the light-purple embellishments she’s inlaid into the ankle line are fancy enough to dress up with heels, the pants still work perfectly in a barefoot yoga class.

This adaptable style reflects a key component of Domini’s clothing philosophy. If you ask how her philosophy of clothing design is different for exercise wear versus dance wear, street wear or dress wear, she’ll tell you that it’s not.

“I don’t see much usefulness in segregating your wardrobe,” says Domini, who in addition to designing clothes also teaches Gyrotonics (an exercise system often compared to Pilates).

“Clothing should clothe you in all the things you do throughout your day. You shouldn’t have to change your clothes for exercise or work or going out. People shouldn’t have to look sloppy— even when exercising.”

Dressed in sleek black stretch pants and matching tank, both subtly embellished with a red velvety ruffle, Domini is a living testament to her philosophy. Her clothes move with her as she whisks around the room, snipping bolts of fabric and putting them together.

“I live in these clothes,” she says. “In Gyrotonics I’m doing fluid, dance like movement. If I want to get fancy, I accessorize—I add heels, a necklace and a belt.”

Domini is not only trying to bridge the gap between life and activities for women—she also designs custom-made styles for men in the 831. As in her women’s attire, her men’s clothing features comfort, breath ability and movement.

For example, her men’s dress pants are designed along the pattern of sweat pants but with dressier material, accented with inset satin and pocket details to create interest. Her men’s dress shirts are often constructed from two different materials, creating a two-toned effect on the front, with patterning on the back.

“My goal is to expand the palette of what we see around us,” says Domini. “Men don’t have a lot of options, and clients that I work with really want more to choose from.”

She adds, “I would like my street to be more exciting—I’d like to see men walking by in more than just jeans and a T-shirt.”

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Turning 40 - Music off the Beaten Path Santa Cruz Baroque Festival

Interested in classical music?

Do composers Frescobaldi and Rameau sound like European desserts to you? What does a Swedish nyckelharpa have to do with a sackbut?

For the answers to these questions, check out a series of five off-the-beaten-path concerts offered by a local non-profit organization that is turning 40 this year. Originally founded as the Festival of Living Music in 1974 by keyboardist Linda Burman-Hall, the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival has retained its original experimental bent.

As a young keyboardist, Burman-Hall moved to Santa Cruz and began infecting local musicians around her with the baroque bug - a love for old instruments (replicas and originals) and obscure musical manuscripts and their combined potential for sonic exploration. BurmanHall, who has been on the UCSC music faculty since 1976, is also a scholar of Indonesian music.

Her recent trekking adventures in the forests of Mentawai resulted in a multi-media composition and performance that combined the calls of rare female apes with visuals from the jungles, topped off by two live baroque flutists musically accompanying their distant animal cousins (Forest Song, 2012).

The ‘baroque’ period describes styles of art, music and architecture from the 1600s and 1700s (in music: 1600-1750), but for the Baroque Festival the

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word is often only a springboard into further musical adventures, including creative crossover collaborations with Turkish, Swedish, North Indian, and Spanish music and musicians.

Guitarist and lutenist Hideki Yamaya returns to Santa Cruz from his home in Oregon with a program of music for the mandolino. The baroque-era mandolino is not commonly heard on stage, but many of us are familiar with the sounds of bluegrass or Neapolitan mandolins (the ‘tater-bug’), or perhaps even the Ecuadorian bandolin, all of which are descendants of its baroque ancestor. A cousin of the lute with roots in medieval times, the mandolino became popular for solo playing and accompaniment in the 17th and 18th centuries. For his upcoming concert program he has teamed up with his former mentor, virtuoso lutenist and guitarist John Schneiderman, a frequent festival performer, and highly respected artist of the early music community.

Multi-instrumentalist Tim Rayborn travels between the musical worlds of medieval Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and the Balkans.

In doing so, he plays dozens of musical instruments including lutes, plucked strings, flutes, and percussion. Rayborn is also a talented vocalist—Magnatune describes Rayborn as “a worldclass talent in the field of ancient music.”

In 2013 Rayborn will be appearing with renowned early music vocalist Rita Lilly for Hasten to the Sea, a program of medieval music from Portugal, Spain,

and France – and the concert admission certainly beats current airfares.

Who would have expected a connection between ‘baroque’ and ‘jazz’? Baroque music makes use of a compositional technique called ‘figured bass’ underneath its melodies: a written out bass line with markings that tell a keyboardist, guitarist, or lutenist which harmonies to play to accompany the melody, much like a rhythm section in jazz. Baroque music features extensive improvisation and complex syncopated rhythms, with virtuosic ornamented melodies an integral part of the musical repertoire. These are all features common to jazz music Naturally there are a number of Baroque music specialists who have a keen interest in playing jazz as well. Violinist Rob Diggins is one such hybrid, equally at home performing concertos in a concert hall, trading phrases with fellow jazz musicians at a small club, or sitting beneath a tree playing mountain music.

Diggins returns this season for a home-brewed, authentically Santa Cruz program of musical surprises, featuring ‘pop’ tunes from the 1600s and 1700s, and a hot jazz trio playing music by Bach - swing style. The Santa Cruz Baroque Festival means business when it comes to staying a ‘festival of living music’.

For festival performance information, dates and times, visit: www.scbaroque.org, www. facebook.com/scbaroque, (831) 457-9693, info@scbaroque.org

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Raising the Bar Jason Coniglio and John Cardinale put a modern twist on a family legacy.

- Lisa Crawford Watson

The Casa Sanchez building, on Alvarado Street in Monterey, houses a legendary bar. Stained dark, a black-and-white portrait of Horace Coniglio presides over the place.

This is not his bar. But it once was.

Coniglio never had a drink in his own bar. He liked nothing better than to look out across the polished wood, to see the place packed three and four deep with cowboys and cannery workers, farmers and fishermen, seamen and soldiers. But he never fraternized with his help, and he never drank with his patrons.

His was a gentleman’s bar, a working man’s well that never caused a ruckus but gave everyone in the post Prohibition era a place to hang out and have a drink.

It was 1937, four years after the 21st Amendment was ratified, and folks were celebrating their right to drink openly by drinking openly in Coniglio’s new bar. He and his brother Sam opened the “saloon” in the Casa Sanchez building on bustling Alvarado Street, and named it “My Attic.”

The attic is a place where memories are stored, where the stuff of legends rests in old trunks and musty boxes, where new generations learn about themselves through those who came before. It also is a place where people hide during troubled times—times like war

and Prohibition.

By all accounts, My Attic was the most happening bar in town. John Steinbeck and Doc Ricketts reportedly threw back a few in “The Attic”. The legendary author often referred to the bar in his writing.

After 30 years, the bar’s story played out. Coniglio gave a “last call” and went into real estate. Yet, the bar became legendary through the stories shared throughout the large Sicilian family. Particularly for grandson Jason Coniglio, who missed the bar by seven years, and grew up on the legends that kept it alive.

He vowed, if the Casa Sanchez building ever became available again, he would resurrect “My Attic” and give the community another reason to celebrate.

And so he did. Dogged by a different kind of prohibition—new city rules and regulations, Coniglio and his business partner John Cardinale have persevered, and opened “My Attic” redux. In keeping with his grandfather’s dignity and sense of social graces, the new bar and lounge will welcome after-hours guests in an atmosphere of casual elegance.

“I have wanted to recreate my grandfather’s bar for as long as I can remember,” says Jason Coniglio, who has his own history in hospitality on the Peninsula.

“My father and uncles grew up cleaning the bar, and often were called out of class at Monterey High to go back and clean it better. As my grandfather established, this will not be the bar where people go to get drunk or pick-up dates. It will be the place where people stop in after

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Every Week Was Halloween MEMPHIS MAGAZINE OCTOBER, 1976

In 1976 I wrote a column for the Halloween issue. At twelve-years of age I liked being alone in the house and recall a half fiction-half true story about being home by myself with just my imagination and my bedside radio.

Some columns took me a few days to complete, this one I wrote nonstop and completed it with barely a hesitation. When I finished I sat back, let out a sigh and smiled. I think you will see why.

As mad as it may seem, the fondest memories of my childhood are crystal clear recollections of myself as a pre-teen in a state of absolute terror. Let me explain. At twelve years old I was possessed with a strange fascination for mystery and horror shows. Those were the days of radio programs that would test your courage as well as your imagination. The Friday and Saturday night schedules were scary enough to send chills up Bela Legosi’s spine, if he has one. From eight o’clock to eleven, three hours for a frightening journey into the land of the unknown.

At the time, I was old enough to stay home alone, but not smart enough to avoid the host of radio shows, whose only purpose was to strike fear into the very soul of anyone gullible enough to believe and foolish enough to listen. I stood guilty on both counts. On weekends my parents would leave the house for the evening only after I had promised to keep the radio tuned to the Lone Ranger, Fiber McGee and Molly, or the like. I had the best intentions but somehow after they’d leave I would just have to check out all the horror shows. Oh, not to listen to the whole program, but just to hear for a few moments and see what the show was about. It must have been voodoo or witchcraft for at the first sound of a screeching door or the dull thump of a slumping body, the radio dial would lock in position. Not to be disobedient, but just for the sheer joy of being scared to death, I would pull up the covers and settle in for the night.

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The small, four-room apartment left no corner too far from the front door and the shuffling of neighborly footsteps or faint voices in the hallway. My room was at the far end of the apartment. The bed, strategically placed in the left-hand corner of the room. The perfect position to give me an

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My heavy flannel winter pajamas gave me warmth and comfort, but were not thick enough to muffle the sound of my heartbeat as it began its rhythmical count of the three hours of self-inflicted torture I was now ready to begin. You might think me mad, or so I said it would seem, but I was not altogether at the mercy of trespassers or demons. In case of emergency or some unnatural event I was more than adequately prepared. I had taken from my top left-hand drawer a deluxe scout model Eveready Flashlight. This Eveready was as reliable as the sun; I mean I would stake my life on it. As a double precaution, I kept a supply of spare bulbs and batteries in the bottom of the dresser, and hardly a day went by that I didn’t check the readiness of my Eveready. Yes, “Ole Search” and I had been through a lot: basement hunting, star blinking, and plenty of reading under the covers. I forget now what one reads when one is forced to read under cover, but let it suffice to say, “Ole Search” put me at a distinct advantage over anyone—or anything—stumbling about the apartment in the darkness.

If you add this to my knife, placed carefully under my pillow, you can see why I possessed all the inner comfort and confidence needed to actually enjoy the evening. It was somewhat unfortunate that because of an accident while handling my Boy Scout knife (one requiring three stitches), I was forbidden to play with, go near, or even touch that scout knife, the dinner knife or my mother’s very special, super sharp steak carving set. She had earned that carving set by sitting through twelve double features of the Kent Movie.

She always kept them hospital clean and surgical sharp and I shudder to think of my punishment if I had gotten any blood on them, regardless of whose. By elimination, the only knife blade left in the house was a four inch butter knife. Not exactly my first choice for weapons but more than enough to get the job done, if you knew how to use Contd.. Page 80

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- Travelogue, fashion and Social Enterprise

- Megan MacDonald

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But in this world in which sound plays a spectacular role, the deaf community experience life in an entirely different way.

The sounds in Kenya are unrelenting. In the morning, the racket of public transport and the shouts of those peddling fares usher in the day. In the afternoon, the Call to Prayer echoes through the tin-roofed slums that line the city, while giggling children start their long walks home from school. As the cacophony finally starts to abate at dusk, the birds begin their nightly serenade.

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I’ve been working alongside Kenya’s deaf community for just under a year, as the manager of a social enterprise called Sasa Designs by the Deaf.

While labels like Lalesso, Suno and KikoRomeo have taken Kenyan fashion to the global stage, most local craft groups produce the same safari-relevant curios day in and day out. The commitment to work and the need for income is desperate, but quality designs that can translate to the international stage are hard to find at price points that work.

This collection of deaf artisans embodies the artistic potential and the necessary skills to create such pieces.

Sasa Designs is creating trendy wrap bracelets and preparing to expand a

Spring/Summer 2013 collection that reflects Kenya’s natural elements.

To paint a picture of the Sasa women is to try at one time to draw attention to their disability, while simultaneously celebrating their resilience. The women working with Sasa Designs talk about childhoods in which society at large assumed they were stupid. Teachers were often unaware that the students seeking refuge in the back of the classroom, literate but unable to answer questions, were simply unable to hear. Amid this discriminatory environment, in a country with roughly half of the population out of work, the deaf community faces a staggering 85% unemployment rate.

With few other options, many of these women have developed coping mechanisms to survive.

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they have been shunned and left behind by friends, family and community. When asked about their childhoods, many share a deep-rooted shame they felt growing up. Some relate the ways their parents tried to get them to hear – even after childhood illness (the most common cause of deafness here) caused irreparable damage. But on our campus the deaf community is the majority – surrounded by those who share their experiences and routinely celebrate overcoming disability through opportunity and training.

Two of our newest artisans are single mothers. Flora is the first to arrive at the workshop each day and is the last to leave.

She habitually works through lunch and tea break to earn as much as possible to support her two children. Flora escaped an abusive 6-year marriage, and was abandoned by her new fiancé after getting pregnant with her second child, adding insult to injury. Since she joined Sasa Designs, Flora is able to afford the obligatory school uniforms and supplies required for her children to attend school in Kenya. Not only can she provide for her children, she can now begin realizing her dream of buying a small piece of land and sending her children to college someday. Recently, she set aside about 75 cents to purchase a pair of earrings at the staff discount. There was such pride and joy in her face as she allowed herself this small indulgence – a treat now possible due to her hard work and dedication.

Susan is 24 years old and has a 10 month-old child whose father left when she was four

months pregnant. After panicking about what was in store for her and her child, she learned from another deaf friend about Sasa Designs. She travels over an hour each way to get to the workshop, from the slum where she and her baby stay with another friend. Having trained with Sasa Designs for the last two weeks, the first thing she shared when asked about her new job was, “It seems it will change my life forever.” Susan’s only work experience before this was collecting garbage, and the energy she brings to work each day shows what a leap this new work has been to her. As she masters each skill used in our current designs, she shyly brings them to my desk for approval – breaking into a massive grin when I acknowledge what she has learned.

In an interview last year, I was asked if there was a binding theme to my career thus far. I immediately said that I always seek work that in some way gives voice to those who are not given the opportunity to use their own. As the words left my mouth I was awash with awareness of my daily reality, working alongside a handful of women who have no voice – but who are finding a way to be heard just the same.

Sasa Designs Spring/Summer 2013 collection will debut in February. Learn more at www. sasadesignsbythedeaf.com.

Megan is part of the Peninsula’s Daniels/Shorts clan and a ’98 graduate of Santa Catalina. She currently splits her time between Kenya and Carmel and can be reached at megan@sasadesignsbythedeaf.com. Additional writing, her blog and photography can be found here: http://about.me/meganmacdonald. O

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“California Style” By - Tanya Moore

The Moss Landing native band, Hallway Ballers are content with the simple things in life. So long as they are doing what they love most—performing for their fans.

The band’s melodic feel-good vibes speak of a laid-back, California-surfer lifestyle. Their music is reminiscent of another successful California rock group, the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It’s no wonder that MTV executives have taken an interest in this group, commonly referred to as “The Ballers”. The two brothers Dave and Raphael Grijalva share lead vocals and catchy guitar riffs, while bassist Nate Hydie accompanies with rhythmical vocal compositions, and drummer Adam Huntress, who was raised on his family’s Salmon boat, sets the beat. The Hallway Ballers have a unique edgy country-soul, infused with hip-hop rock funk.

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of MTV executives with songs off their first selftitled 2008 CD. The MTV animation Good Vibes featured three of the band’s original songs Feelin’ Tight, Cold Wind and Don’t Stop.

Their most recognized song California Prunetucky (a.k.a. Prunedale) speaks of the band “being down for so long”. However, the last few years have proved otherwise. The band has landed performances in major festivals and events throughout California, such as The Maverick Surf Competition, Moto Grand Prix of USA, Snow Boarding Grand Prix, the Bay-to-Breakers, California Roots Festival and the Monterey Bay Reggae Festival.

Despite the bands success, they are far from wanting any sort of fame that would jeopardize their eccentric lifestyles. Their routine consists of early mornings trips to their spiritual homeland, the Moss Landing surf scene, and weekly ocean fishing trips to catch salmon, halibut or sea bass, or whatever else may be in season. The band members are also avid skate and snowboarders.

When the guys are not rehearsing or recording original music in their Santa Cruz studio, they can be found riding a good wave, fishing the coasts or hanging out on the river’s edge with family members in their cabin near Arroyo Seco.

Unlike many artists these days, the Hallway Ballers are also known for creative song writing.

In addition to the originals picked-up for the MTV show Good Vibes, they’ve written songs for the multi-platinum recording hip-hop artist Akon— landing them a guitar riff, written by lead vocalist Dave Grijalva, on one of Akon’s albums. Bassist Nate Hydie also helped co-write the 2006 Winter Olympics’ theme song, alongside Steve Knight of Flipsyde.

Whether playing at surf, snow or extreme sporting events, the free-styling band has quickly established a name for itself both locally and globally. You can be sure to hear some more extreme melodies coming from this vibrant group in 2013. O

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Home Built by an Ordinary Life BY- LINDSEY A. DOUROS Mark Seitman grew up playing stickball in the streets of Brooklyn—ducking cars to field fly balls and sliding home on asphalt, only to sacrifice a new pair of jeans. Seitman didn’t know what an acre of land looked like, let alone a tree that wasn’t in a city park—he now owns over 8 acres, 565 feet above sea-level with unobstructed views of the Pacific Ocean, Point Lobos and Carmel Valley. This is where he comes to drink his morning coffee and ponder the meaning of life.

“The hawks fly beneath us,” Seitman explains, looking out 135 running feet of floor-to-ceiling windows, to a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean. “This house is special. My house in New Jersey was the same as the next hundred houses. But this house is special. I think it’s special because of the view, the privacy, and the structure.”

A marriage of art and practicality, Seitman worked with architect Lou Roberts for twenty months to build the magnificent contemporary home.

“In 1994, I traveled on The Peninsula and I fell in love with it,” Seitman says.

“I bought the property in late 98’ and I moved into the house in 2001. It’s very hard to build your own house. You know why you build your own house? You build your own house so you can have everything the way you want it. But I had to fight for it, to make the house livable and not just a work of art.”

With 3,500 sq. ft. of living space and a 1,000 sq. ft. expanse of decks, this three bedroom, four bathroom home was built to entertain. The floors are poured concrete with a hand-stained acid-etched finish. The ceiling is fir and the walls are plaster and maple. Exposed steel beams stretch up from 7 ft to the 14ft apex. The home is simple and modern. Built with clean lines so as to not distract from the real beauty—the view.

“The house is warm,” Seitman says.

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this house. They all want to come to my house.”

And if you build it, they will come—Seitman’s one of a kind home has been the backdrop to parties thrown by the likes of movie stars and billionaires. Professionally decorated and with priceless artwork like that of Marc Chagall gracing the walls, the home’s rich interior compliments the breathtaking exterior views.

“This is a pretty serious house,” Seitman muses. “It’s a good structure. It will be here for awhile.”

Seitman’s home is aesthetically beautiful. It’s cohesive from the moment you drive through the Corten steel gate, to the matching gutters, and roof.

However, he’s also kept a mind towards eco-living. Dust-free Radiant Heating, with six separate control zones, maintains an even temperature throughout the house. A series of solar paneling provides up to ninety percent of the structure’s energy. Drought resistant landscaping is serviced by a 12-zone irrigation system from the property’s

own well.

But despite the view, the artwork, and the rich furnishings, Seitman still is a city boy at heart and will always crave the hustle and bustle of his native land.

“The next stage is to buy a condo in Carmel Valley and spend half my time there, and half the time in my apartment in San Francisco,” Seitman says. “Go to San Francisco for opera, for dining, for friends, and that big city life that I like.

And spend half my time here, enjoying my daughter, enjoying Carmel. I love the city. I love San Francisco. I’m a city guy.”

While Seitman has loved living above where the hawks soar, he feels his time here has come to a close and is ready to sell his piece of heaven between the earth and sky… for the right price.

“You know about the green flash at the end of a sunset?” Seitman asks. “I’ve seen a few here. The sun sets into the ocean. Right there.” Seitman says pointing his finger off his deck and into the heart of the mass of blue below him.

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Julie Capili Collector of songs Connecting people through jazz music

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“The Japanese and Germans love jazz,” Capili explains.

“Being in Germany was really cool. I had a girlfriend of mine in LA make my dresses that I performed in. I got to sing with a legendary sax player, who played with Ella Fitzgerald. It was like singing with history.”

When Julie Capili enters the Pacific Grove coffee shop, she looks like any other mother on a Saturday morning out with her children. But Julie Capili is not just any mother—she’s an international jazz sensation.

Capili felt like an overnight success oversees, playing at packed venues and on big stages, being flown out for private parties in bustling cities, and featured in glossy magazines. However, she found it a little more difficult sharing her talent with those closer to home.

“I always sang, ever since I was little,” Capili says over a cup of loose-leaf tea. “But I was really, really shy. When I started singing professionally it was about 10 years ago. I was a little older and a little more confident.”

“[Jazz] is an American art form and it started here,” Capili says. “The history is seeped in here. It’s funny because I think other countries appreciate it more. We kind of take it for granted. It’s more of a novelty in other places.

It’s the whole look and feel of America.”

In fact, it was after Capili’s daughter, Jewel (now 11 years old) was born that she began to actively pursue her music career.

It’s easy to see why Capili is considered an American novelty. She is the essence of all things Americana, with long, curly blond locks, a soft face, and rosebud lips. Her

“I want to be an example for them of really following your dreams and keep doing what you love,” Capili says, nodding at her children. “So I got over my shyness and put myself out there.”

tall, willowy form is reminiscent of an instrument you might see in a jazz ensemble. Her voice is smooth, her diction clear and eloquent. Her clothing, offering a hint of 1920’s flapper flare, sets her apart from others in the coffee shop.

Recording her first album in 2007, Capili released the record, Passing Fantasies, in 2008. It quickly became an international hit in Japan, Germany, and London.

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was through cartoons honestly. You remember the old Tom and Jerry and Peanuts? And I loved musicals. I could sing every song in every musical growing up. It was the show tunes and the musicals that got me.”

In 1999, Capili took a jazz repertoire class at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It was during the late night class that she first learned how to properly hold a microphone and perform in front of an audience other than her family. “[Faith Winthrop], our teacher would play the piano and the class would sing songs and get used to performing,” Capili says. “That was the beginning.”

Capili went to the library and stuffed herself with all of the Ella Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday and Diana Washington CD’s that she could find. She seeped herself into the jazz tradition, listening and learning what she liked.

“When you’re a singer, really you’re a song collector,” Capili says. “You’ll listen to songs and you’ll resonate with the lyrics or the melody will stick in your head and it’ll stay there until you sing it. I sing songs that I love and I connect to emotionally. It’s almost an emotional outlet. I can get into that love song or that song that’s filled with hope or that song that’s just fun. It connects you with people. It connects you with universal truths.”

A shy person by nature, Capili uses music to express certain emotions (like conflict) that she would otherwise have a difficult time conveying.

For her, music is a universal language that allows people to connect. While she loves connecting people through art on stage, her favorite place is in the recording studio.

“It’s just like in the movies where they set the scene,” Capili says. “[But] with music, you’re trying to paint a picture with sound and lyrics.

It’s so rewarding to finally hear the recording,

when you’ve captured that feeling you’ve tried to convey. It’s not like an audience. It’s just about the music. You don’t have to worry about all of the other dynamics going on when you’re performing. There’s [no] pressure of performing and engaging the audience.”

Capili is currently in the works on her sophomore album, which is expected to release in 2013.

She travels this summer to Chicago, where she will work with fellow musicians on cultivating her unique sound. But while Capili loves the excitement and glamour of traveling exotic places and meeting new people, she’s always happy to come home to the Monterey Peninsula.

“I love to travel and so do the kids,” Capili says. “But I love coming home to this place. Especially when I was in London, I was reminded of that fact. London was an amazing city. There was the hustle and bustle of more clubs and more music but I was so happy to get home. The day that I got home, we went for a walk on the PG trail and there was this huge pod of like 50 dolphins.

Where else in the world are you going to see that? I just love it here.”

As a single mother, it’s clear that Capili’s children are her biggest fans and her greatest motivation. They follow her to local performances, watching anxiously as their mother transforms on stage.

“I think the biggest most important thing for artists, is to find a group of people who really support you,” Capili says. “For me, it was hard to feel like I had something special to share. But I had people around me who would encourage me and ask me what I was doing next. You need a support group of people who love you and will push you to keep going and believe that there’s something you have that’s worth sharing. I have an amazing support group of women who are also creative. I have my kids now.”

“Yes! I was going to remind you,” exclaims 8-year-old Noah. Capili laughs, and gives him a quick peck on his chocolate covered lips.

Capili’s children are what inspire and give her courage to share her talent with the masses.

While some people are born with an internal drive, others like Capili need a support group.

Hers is and always will be her family.

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“I feel like things will come if you have the faith to put yourself out there,” Capili says. “That’s how so many things have come to me. I feel really blessed.”

For more information on Julie Capili and where you can see her perform locally, visit her website at: http://www.juliesingsjazz.com.

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Find out how a local born, fitness professional, stays healthy through the holidays. By - GINA ALIOTTI

It’s that time of year again… ah yes, the holiday season and New Year festivities. Tis the season to spend time with family, celebrate and often put on a few unwanted pounds that you will strive to lose in the coming new year.

With so many tasty treats, the cold weather, and hectic schedules, it seems nearly impossible to get through the season without gaining a few extra pounds. Many of us attempt to shed those added pounds with glamorous, yet unsuccessful, New Year’s resolutions.

However, history does not have to repeat itself! With a few simple

tools, we can keep our preseason weight in check, while enjoying all the holiday season festivities. This year, make a conscious effort to maintain some form of exercise, enjoy all food (and drink!) in moderation, and set S.M.A.R.T. goals.

If your schedule is just too crazy to get to the gym, get up just 20 minutes earlier and go for a brisk walk, it can burn up to 200 calories and get your mind ready for the busy day ahead. If you are traveling for the holidays, initiate an early morning family walk; this can be a great way to get your metabolism going while catching up. Instead of sitting around after that big holiday dinner, go outside; play with the kids and their new toys.

This time of year brings special holiday treats and lavish meals, and all can be enjoyed in moderation. Eat several small meals throughout the

day. While shopping, carry snacks with you to stave off those cravings for a fast food fix. Instead of starving yourself before a big holiday dinner, enjoy a few bites off the appetizer plates.

You can even play little games with yourself like eating ten carrot sticks to allow for a slice of apple pie. This way you fill up on healthy choices first, and eat less of the bad. Drinking plenty of water keeps you hydrated, preventing any unwanted hangovers, and also helps keep your stomach full.

Following these tips will bring you successfully through the holiday season and prepare you for planning for the new year ahead. As you prepare your resolutions, set S.M.A.R.T. goals. S.M.A.R.T. goals are: Simple- easy to follow, Measurable- so I can gauge my progress, Attain- able- so I can accomplish it, Realistic- no I won’t become an astronaut this year, and Timely- I know exactly when I want to reach my goal.

My Recipe Gina’s Pumpkin Spice Protein Bars Ingredients: 1⁄2 c. Splenda Brown Sugar 4 oz. unsweetened applesauce 2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1 1⁄2 tsp. ground ginger 1⁄2 tsp. pumpkin spice 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1⁄2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. vanilla extract 3 large egg whites 1 whole egg 1- 15 oz. can of raw pumpkin 2 c. oat flour (ground oatmeal) 2 scoops vanilla whey protein 1⁄2 c. unsweetened almond milk 1⁄2 c. chopped walnuts

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Directions: Preheat the oven to 350.

Spray a 9 X 13 dish with non-stick spray.

Combine all ingredients and mix well.

Spread batter into dish and bake for 30 min. Makes about 24 squares.

Nutrition: 1 square = ~65 calories, ~2.5 g fat, ~8 g carbs, ~4 g protein

My 8 Fitness Tips 1. Don’t bank your calories for a party.

2. Eat every 2-3 hours to keep you satisfied and metabolism fired-up.

3. Always start your day off with breakfast—the most important meal of the day.

4. Commit to a 20-minute walk, before you start your day.

5. Drink Water! Aim for your body weight in ounces each day.

6. Start healthy habits now and don’t wait for the new year!

7. Set S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely) goals for the new year.

8. Moderation in mind, don’t tell yourself you “can’t” have something.

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PROFILE | Teams Sports

Battle in the 831

Weekend war just for fun BY - Joseph Grant

Somewhere, in a remote and hostile location of the Salinas Valley, dust rises from a pursuing squad of paintball warriors. The crew of seven quickly advances over their opponents’ territory. Let the early morning battle began.

“Three targets neutralized,” I repeat to myself. Only five more and my squad will have secured this sector. “But these pillars,” I realize, “they’re all rounded!” Besides some light cover, offered by an old, rusted car door and the remains of a large cement pipe, I know I have to keep my angles tight. “Swhoooosh” – the breeze of an enemy’s bullet parts my hair. I stray two inches off my line of attack and nearly get nailed. I know if I can maintain my approach, creep sideways and straight along an invisible path, I’ll make it to the last pillar. Suddenly, Squad Leader Alpha lays down heavy fire on my left. Trusting in Alpha’s relentless cover fire, I charge forward. By the time Alpha crackles over my headset with “Advance! Advance!” I’m already in position, on my knees, behind the last pillar—note-toself…upgrade kneepads.

The Salinas River Rats’ nest is deep in their home base. A constant storm of rounds pounds the Badgers’ front line. Now, we’re only a hundred feet from their back line. “Delta do you copy? Charlie do you copy?” Other than Alpha and myself maintaining heavy fire, I don’t know who has my three or six o’clock positions. We are losing players fast. “CRACK!” I drop like a rock. “I’m hit! I’m hit!” I yell. “Stryker do you copy?” A muffled and urgent mes-

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sage comes through my earpiece. Rolling onto my side, I check my wound, and find it only grazed my forearm. I can still play. With the least movement possible, I squeeze my lapel button and mumble back “Stryker copy.”

I maneuver and grab my last pod of ammo.

My mind narrows down on what could be my last minutes of play, and I feel something very reassuring in my vest--a smoke grenade!

In my feverish advance up the front line, I completely forgot my mission—Maintain the right flank and smoke ‘em out at one o’clock when you reach the last pillar. I can still do this! Sliding my back up the pillar I see Alpha is still in position. Bravo and Charlie have fallen off-line.

“Cover me!” I yell, as I pull the pin on the grenade and slide around the pillar. Two enemies rise, firing from the bush. The smoke grenade leaves my hand. I’ve taken only three steps, but I can see everything clearly.

Adrenaline is heightening my senses, making every pebble grind loudly beneath my boots.

I swing my gun to my shoulder and fire, each round leaving the chamber marking my steady advance. Blue smoke engulfs everything. I see Alpha dashing forward through the blue haze, his left arm leading him, readying to jump the enemy’s last barricade.

The smoke curls away, and out of nowhere, I feel three distinct stings rip my chest. I fall backward. A dust cloud engulfs my mask, and everything fades to blue.

Bryan Laschiver started the 25-player paintball team, known as the Badger Brigade.

A young and talented Carmel-by-the-Sea jeweler, Laschiver founded the team in the summer of 2010. The Brigade, like other lo-

cal teams, is compiled of men, women, boys, girls, couples, and entire families. They all work together to play and compete in local and national events. What was once a mere three-person paintball team, consisting of Laschiver, his girlfriend, and his neighbor, has now grown into a team that competes at the United States Paintball Nation in Hollister, California.

For the past three years, the Brigade has stormed the corridors of the Monterey Bay Area paintball scene, keenly performing at the highest level of tactical teamwork. Advancements in training have included the deployment of autonomous sentry units, and the use of tools such as smoke grenades, paint landmines, flash-bangs, and the infamous homemade Biting Badger Paint Bomb. All of which, have elevated the fun and tactical proficiency of the Badgers.

Paintball teams are made unique by the manner in which they approach common tactical challenges. This is what makes one team standout from the rest. Laschiver’s intuitive approach, developed from his extensive training in Judo competition, gives him the expertise to instruct the Badgers in a teambinding synergy.

Through hard work and good sportsmanship, the Badgers have earned the trust and respect of other local teams.

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Laos : An Untold Story X "Three. Two. One."

by - Kani CanalE

Destroying unexploded ordnance in a remote province in Laos was one of the last things Thu-An Pham, a 17-year-old senior at York School, expected to do during her summer.

However, while making a short film documentary about the issue of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, she ended up doing just that. A transplant to the Monterey/Salinas area, Thu-An was born in New York City, moving to the Maldives with her family at the age of seven and continuing to live abroad until the age of nine. She credits her interest in travel and international relations to her formative years spent abroad.

“Living overseas exposed me to so many different countries and their people and cultures,” she says, “But with that experience also came first-hand exposure to global issues such as poverty and inadequate access to medical care.”

Currently the president of the Model United Nations club at York School, Thu-An was selected this past spring to represent York School at the Critical Issues Forum in Vienna, Austria.

The program is organized by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and brings together American and Russian high school students to discuss nuclear disarmament and

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present their nonproliferation projects. Thu-An is also vice president of her senior class at York. In addition to her active role in the York community, Thu-An is involved in activities within the broader local community—she’s recently trained for her first triathlon this summer, with the Monterey/Santa Cruz Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma’s Team in Training. They raised almost $2,000 for the organization’s cause.

She also competed in the Pacific Grove Triathlon this past September.

Thu-An answers some questions about her film documentary, Laos: An Untold Story.

Q: When did you first become aware of the unexploded ordnance issue in Laos?

A: I first became aware of the issue when my dad moved to Laos about a year ago. I already knew about UXO through the U.S. Army’s former Fort Ord awareness campaigns, but I didn’t know about its presence in Laos or the enormity of the issue there.

During the Vietnam War, about two million tons of ordnance was dropped on Laos and approximately thirty percent of the ordnance did not explode, leaving Laos with a massive UXO problem.

Q: What eventually led you to make the documentary?

A: After visiting Laos for the first time in the summer after 10th grade, I knew that I wanted to help out somehow.

Talking to people at the United Nations in Laos involved in the unexploded ordnance sector and learning more about the issue during that summer were the first stepping-stones in the process that led to making the film.

Q: During the making of the film, you had the opportunity to interview several victims of UXO accidents.

What did you gain from that experience and what do you hope to achieve through

your documentary?

A: Meeting the victims made me truly appreciate how lucky I am to be living in a place where I am not in constant danger of being seriously injured or killed because of a hidden bomb. Here in Monterey, the areas containing UXO are clearly marked, sectioned off and prohibited to the public whereas in Laos, the ordnance is scattered throughout countryside. Lao farmers often have no choice but to work in fields contaminated with UXO because they need the harvest. One of the victims I interviewed this summer, Anousone, was my age and had suffered severe burns from the white phosphorous contained within the UXO. He told me that because of his injuries, he could no longer play sports as well as he did before or even sit in class for very long. When I asked about his dream, he said that he’d like to work in the development sector of Laos and help his country continue to progress.

Through the documentary, I hope to increase awareness about the issue of UXO in Laos. I’m also hoping to raise funds to sponsor young adult UXO victims, around my age or older, for internships at local nonprofit organizations involved in the UXO sector and to start a small trust fund for this purpose. Speaking with Anousone inspired this particular goal.

Q: What are your plans for raising awareness of this issue in your community?

A: I am currently organizing a showing of my film documentary at York on November 15th that is open to the public.

My hope is to involve both nonprofit and service organizations in our community to help me spread awareness about the issue and also raise funds to help young UXO victims.

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SCENE | Events Beer Garden

Annual Monterey Beer Garden

BY - Anita Joshi

Kafir lime, coriander, and poppy describe just some of the diverse flavors experienced at this year’s Annual Beer Garden, hosted by Peter B’s Brewpub. The event marked the second annual celebration of microbrews, bringing together twelve innovative and dynamic brewers from Monterey, Santa Cruz, and the Bay Area. Since its inception, the Beer Garden has enticed beer fans from all over to spend an afternoon of unlimited beer tasting, BBQ and live music.

The breweries span across the central coast and central valley, including Santa Cruz, Hollister, and Mountain View. As Monterey’s only craft brewery, Peter B’s showcased some of its finest brews—all of which are created by master brewer, Kevin Clark. Hollister Hills Brewery poured their Hop Rocket IPA, served in the beer equivalent of a cold press to add a “fresh dose

Photos by - Thomas Gray

Set in Monterey’s Historic Memory Garden, the beer garden is an opportunity for beer enthusiasts and brewers to interact in a relatively intimate setting. Here, beer fans can hear the real stories behind the brews.

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of Willamette hops.” They also served their “Foggy Night”, which is aged in whiskey barrels.

Santa Cruz’s Uncommon Brewers gained recognition as a “communityoriented organic microbrewery,” whose goal is to “to make uncommon beers for uncommon people.” Uncommon indeed, serving up a brew made with real bacon, as well as “Siamese Twin Ale,” a traditional Belgian-style, double seasoned, brewed with coriander and Thai spices.

To complement the beers, Chef Jason Giles, of the Portola Hotel, created a gourmet BBQ menu with special lamb sausage and bratwurst. The lamb sausage was full of rich flavors, like fennel and clove. Clark and Giles often tag team in their respective edible and drinkable creations, brewing and cooking up flavors to specifically be enjoyed together.

Save Our Shores sponsored the event, and proceeds benefited the organization, which strives to find common solutions to problems related to marine conservation.

Hope Against Hop BY: LINDSEY A. DOUROS Monterey’s Home Brew Challenge proved that you don’t need a fancy degree to become a successful chemist—you just need a handful (or two) of exactly the right hops.

Bringing together over 75 local home brewers, the Cannery Row Brewing Company produced an evening full of new and exotic recipes, unlike anything we’ve ever tasted before— Cucumber Kolsch anyone?

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But amateur brewer David Olsen wasted no time in wowing the 150-person crowd—taking home the coveted People’s Choice Award.

Olsen’s unique blend of rare Australian Galaxy hops is what ultimately tickled the crowd’s taste buds.

“I’m really into IPA’s,” Olsen says, over a beer at CRBC. “I use a harder-tofind hop, from Australia called a Galaxy hop. It really has some fantastic flavors and aromas. I was happy with my brew coming into [the competition] but I didn’t know what to expect.”

Olsen wouldn’t know what to expect; this was his first beer making competition. A newcomer to the brewing scene, Olsen began ex-

perimenting with his foreign hops and spices only about 8 months ago.

“The beer has a lot of citrus and passion fruit,” he says, describing his creation. “There’s a piney aroma so for me, it’s kind of sweet and flavorful and doesn’t punch you in the face with hops. It’s got some good bitterness to it for sure.”

With 77 International Bitterness Units and at 7% alcohol, Olsen’s IPA is definitely a recipe that requires a certain culinary finesse. The sommelier and self-proclaimed foodie has cultivated his unique perspective through his palatable experiences. While this was Olsen’s first win for his liquid art, his Caribbean jerk slider with fennel coleslaw took home the Chef’s Choice Award and People’s Choice Award at the D’Arrigo Brother’s national recipe challenge—out of 750 entries.

“Brewing is a lot like cooking,” Olsen explains. “It’s kind of like cooking mixed with baking because you’re working with a living object, like dough. I’m sort of a perfectionist. I spent years perfecting recipes. The hops are like all of your herbs and spices.”

While Olsen may have perfected his recipe for IPA, he’s not done mixing flavors and spices into new brews.

Like a mad scientist, Olsen rattles off when and how he adds bittering hops, flavoring hops, and aroma hops to brews. But there is a method to his madness—clearly, it has already garnered him an award in his first competition.

base, and a homemade mash tun, Olsen is busily working away on his latest creation—a spicy holiday cider, carefully blended with chardonnay and French oak.

“If it turns out well, I’m thinking of giving it as holiday gifts,” Olsen laughs.

“Right now, the cider is good. But I’m going to fraction this batch off and try some different things. That’s what brewing is. It’s a process of trying new things and developing new recipes.”

While Olsen works as a managing partner in a large insurance firm in Salinas, his real passion lays in the culinary arts.

“Most days I’ll be sitting at my desk doing my work and in the back of my mind I’m thinking about cooking, and food, and wine,” Olsen muses.

While his obsession for good food and drink may one day lead him to start a brewery of his own, for now, Olsen is content experimenting in his chemistry lab.

“Making your own beer is better than most breweries,” Olsen explains.

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SCENE | Sierra Nevada Record at CRBC Weekend of beer, beer, and more beer.

Photos by - Marianne Mangold & Edie Ellis

The weekend of November 15th, Cannery Row Brewing Company (CRBC) set a Guinness World Record at the “Sierra Nevada Takeover Weekend”, hosting over 70 beers on draft from a single brewery. CRBC is a beer lover’s haven, and this particular weekend showcased just why. A few of our favorites were: The Cosmic Haze Ale, Solar Storm Ale, and a vertical tasting of Sierra Nevada’s Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale Vintages 2010-2012. Q

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When 831 Magazine decided to have their first Mixology Competition, held at Indian Summer Hookah Bar and Lounge in Monterey, all of the bartenders representing downtown Monterey pulled out all of the stops and made their respective marks.

Each bar presented a signature cocktail and a holiday cocktail of their choice.

Ingredients were scrutinized and methodologies were explored, and in the end, the judges were looking at taste, balance, presentation and creativity. The fifth judge was the crowd. We tallied the votes of the judges and the crowd. Many of the bartenders’ signature cocktails emulated the style of Monterey’s Indian Summers—cool, refreshing, and unpredictable. The holiday cocktails ranged from milk punch-like to White Russian, to Thanksgiving in a glass. The range and variety of the drinks took all by surprise.

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Favorite Signature Drink

Crowd’s Signature Pick Ginger My 75 from Mucky Duck This cocktail is a play on the classic “French 75,” a cocktail made up of gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and sparkling wine. It’s a French 75 with an Asian flare!

1 ½ oz. premium gin ¼ oz. simple syrup ¼ oz. ginger syrup ½ lemon squeezed Shake and pour over ice. Top off with sparkling wine/ champagne. Garnish with pickled ginger and flame a citrus peel for a little extra smoky flavor.

Favorite Holiday Drink Crowd’s Holiday Pick:

Winters Beard from Restaurant 1833 2 oz. bourbon 1 oz. cream ¾ oz. spiced syrup ¼ oz. Amaro Nonino Shake and strain into ice filled double rocks glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg. Enjoy by a roaring fire in the colder winter months.

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This is a list of our top cocktail picks from the Mixology Competition at Indian Summer. We were bewildered by the quality and creativity of the ingredients used. Recipes were well thought and the cocktails were complex and balanced--some more so than others. Our guest judges were: Ryan Sanchez, Sam Diggedy Segovia, Johnny Garcia and Lynnae Gatdula. Our secret editorial judge made rounds and tasted every drink. Guests in attendance also voted for their favorite.

Judges’ Signature Pick:

Peter B’s at Portola Hotel and Spa Chocolate Covered Berry Martini

Refreshing variation of a margarita. It’s well balanced and very flavor forward.

A decadent berry medley treat for those who love to indulge themselves.

Lallapalooza Dirty Cucumber

2 oz. Fortaleza Reposado tequila + ¾ oz. agave nectar + ½ oz. pineapple juice + ¼ oz. St. Germain + juice of one squeezed lime + basil and cucumber

2 oz. Absolut Raspberry vodka + ¾ oz. Jim Beam Black Cherry vodka + ½ oz. Godiva Chocolate vodka + ¼ oz.

Chambord + 2 parts cranberry juice + squeeze lime juice +fresh berry coulis

Muddle fresh cucumber and basil in shaker then add the rest of the ingredients. Shake and strain into martini glass. Garnish with basil wrapped cucumber slice.

Shake and strain into martini glass. Garnish with fresh berries and a sprig of mint.

Restaurant 1833 Lavender Gin Zing!

My Attic 1937 Cool Cucumber Press

Bulldog British Pub Caramel Apple

1 ½ oz. gin + 1 oz. Lillet + 1 oz. lavender infused syrup + ¼ oz. lemon

1 oz. bourbon + 1 oz. Domaine de Canton + lime wheels and cucumber slices

2 oz. caramel vodka + 1 oz. apple pucker + dash cinnamon

Shake and double strain into ice filled Collins glass. Garnish with a sprig of lavender.

Muddle lime wheel and cucumber slices. Add the rest of the ingredients, shake and strain over ice filled double rocks glass.

Shake and strain into a martini glass drizzled with caramel. Garnish with apple slice dusted with cinnamon.

Favorite Holiday Drink

Jacks Lounge at Portola Hotel and Spa 1621 It conjured imagery associated with all Fall and Winter Holidays, that holiday drink that you wait for every season.

1 ½ oz. bourbon + ½ oz. allspice rum + ½ oz. fresh lemon juice + 4 sage leaves + big bar spoon of jelly cranberry sauce + 2 oz. unfiltered apple juice Muddle sage leaves in shaker then add the rest of the ingredients. Shake and strain into Collins glass. Top with unfiltered apple juice. Garnish with sage and maraschino cherries.

Give our favorite bartenders a try. Many bars have their niches so don’t be shy to try something new and special.

The bartenders in Monterey all have their own specialty. Branch out and ask them to surprise you (just don’t do it when the bar is too busy). You may discover a new favorite.

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Bartenders with the favorite drinks in Monterey Peninsula’s Downtown Trevor Trautman A Bartender for the past 14-½ years, he’s spent 12- ½ years with the Mucky Duck, and seen them through three ownerships. Trevor loves being a part of the Mucky Duck family and is excited about working with the Buich Brothers, who took over in July 2011.

Trevor welcomes all guests and loves the downtown location on Alvarado. “I love all of the bars and bartenders in Monterey,” he explained.

“We are a community. We borrow things, make variations of classic cocktails, and are all cogs in the wheel.” Trevor has an extensive list of wellknown patrons he’s served throughout his bartending career including: Bill Clinton, Nicole Kidman, Rosario Dawson, Jimmy Buffett, and a slew of football players: Payton Manning, Eli Manning, Dennis Pearson et al.

Trevor dreams of one day serving Jay Cutler a drink, “…after the Bears win the Super Bowl!” tion, the “Cool Cucumber Press”, is perfect for our Central Coast Indian Summers. She and owner Jason Coniglio welcome guests to come in and experience the history, heritage and hospitality makes up the heart of My Attic 1937.

Shawnay Tarquinio is a Monterey local, who has been with My Attic 1937, since it opened during the Concours d’Elegance this past August. The signature cocktail she presented at the Competi-

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Janie Vasquez has been a bartender for 11 years, five of which have been spent at Peter B’s Brewpub at the Portola Hotel and Spa. Janie is an exception of sorts, being a non-drinking bartender.

Her primary passion is cooking and that is precisely what inspires her drinks. She marries flavors of cocktails, as she would food dishes. She uses the same homemade berry coulis in her baking as she does her signature “Chocolate Covered Berry Martini.”

A bartender of 4 ½ years, Brent Hill joined the Bulldog family 3 ½ years ago. At the newly renovated British Pub, the transient

nature of residents and tourists around the Monterey area keep things interesting.

His Caramel Apple caught a thumbs-up from Johnny Garcia who said it, “Reminds me of Halloween right on!” The artfully drizzled caramel blended with the cocktail, balancing it out nicely and was a nice touch.

Relatively new to Monterey, Asha Reyes, an artistic talent from the Boston area represented Restaurant 1833 at the Mixology Competition. Manhattan-style cocktails are at the top of her list. Bijou, the Martinez, Bobby Burns and 1833’s Vespers Grasp are a few of her favorites. 1833’s new twists on old

classics will have you ordering one of these timeless drinks in no time.

Rob Mendes got his start in Vegas, where he learned the art of flare bartending. Six of his 14 years bartending were spent at Risqué de Paris at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino. He then came to Monterey, where he spent a few years at Planet Gemini and later ended up at Lallapalooza, becoming their head bartender.

He presented two drinks: the Dirty Cucumber and Vanilla Venom.

The former was tart and flavor forward whereas the latter had a subtle delicate balance of flavors.

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Tuyet Vitacca has an eye for detail. She meticulously marinated her own maraschino cherries and made fresh pineapple juice for her cocktails. The names of her cocktails were as pungent as her cocktails. The garnish on her signature cocktail (called “Hedonism”) is a homemade, fresh coconut, lime, and honey whipped cream.

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The Chowder King

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SCENE | County Fair Family Fun

Photos Randy Tunnell @ Randy Tunnell Photography www.randytunnell.com

-By Randy Tunnell

Not in any particular order.

A refreshing beverage for Nathan Davis.

Picnic Day perfect for ribs from Bubba’s. Shown is Cynthia Diaz.

A Merry day for Nadia Lovera of Seaside.

Ready to Whack! Maddox Petersson.

Nick Tracey, 4-years-old, from Jackson, CA. Molly Roche and Darron Guinn ready the frosting for the World’s Largest Strawberry Shortcake at the Monterey County Fair.

Angel Solar spreads strawberries at the Monterey County Fair.

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An awesome sight for 4 year old Clover Radcliffe.

Annmarie Fale visits the softest bunny ever at the Monterey County Fair.

Olsen School students help out at the Monterey County Fair.

Ride of your life at the Fair.

Perfect night at the Fair.

Wild lights at the Fair.

Ruby Hernandez of Greenfield shows her hog at the Fair.

One bushed cowboy from Gonzales, Jose Jr (31/2yrs) with his dad.

Grand Champion “Crackerjack” gives his owner Madison Andrade some

love.

A Grand Champion Hog for Cassi Calabro of Gonzales 4H. Four year old Piper Young from Prunedale watches the auction.

Performance by la Banda Que Vale Oro on Sunday at the Fair.

Marcelo Camacho and Kanna Morales of Seaside enjoy the Garden Stage performance.

Seven year old Elijah Smith dances with Heather the Stilt Walker.

Aiden Hernandez rides at the Fair.

Clown Lanky, “smile inspector”, checks out the grin on Lyric Tunnell.

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REVIEW | Karma Automobile

Green is the New “ Bentley” .

By - Jonathan Lopez

The Fisker Karma car claims to do it all- it’s a sports car, an EV commuter, and a long range GTer. Perhaps what is most impressive, about this electric excursion is the machine’s performance.

The whoosh of low-end torque provided by the battery-driven rear wheels is distinct from the traditional exploding dinosaurs running through a gearbox. In terms of thrust, the engineers say it is akin to pushing a Corvette in third. Jump on it firmly and you’ll have an instant surge of power that peters out progressively as you reach higher and higher speeds. The torque curve is absolutely flat, so the acceleration doesn’t have the crests and dips of a normal gasoline engine. The horsepower is rated at about 400 and the torque is an astronomical 950 lb-ft.

The steering feel is good enough to aim the high haunches in appropriate directions without much effort. With a perfectly flat torque curve, getting on the throttle out of the corners is a breeze. The brakes are nice and grabby, with huge race-style calipers matched to rotors bigger than some bike wheels. As a bonus, the brakes offer regenerative braking that charges the battery.

In addition to its high performance, the Karma is also very practical. Plug it into any household socket and you’ll see about 50 miles of no emission, electric commuting. This highperformance machine puts out an uneconomical 20 MPG, but extends the range up to 230 miles before a fill-up is needed.

If you do decide to take the Karma for an extended tour, the interior is a nice place to be.

The cabin is quiet, and the seats are comfortable.

The Karma has four doors, making it easy to travel with a group of four. There is also a long 600 lb. battery that runs the length of the cabin, but this is decorated with window switches, cup holders, and a delicate, fossilized leaf. The trunk is rated at 2 golf-bags. The ride is firm, but livable. The ultra low-profile tires on the huge 22-inch rims mean that the suspension has to work overtime to provide enough luxuriousness for those who can afford the Karma.

This is a big, low-slung, attention-drawing presence on the road. It’s no lithe sports car- this is a flying saucer that hovers through town, with artificially emitted sound designed to make your presence known to any pedestrians not already staring. The chassis is an aluminum space frame with composite body panels, but all the gadgets add heft - the car weighs 2 ½ tons.

Currently, Chevy Volt Lead Director, Tony Posawatz has taken the reigns as Fisker CEO. He can expect a busy year ahead—unveiling a brand new electric vehicle called the Nina, and a recall on about 2,000 Karmas. Frankly,

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it isn’t that surprising - the car is insanely complicated, and with something this new, wires will be crossed.

As we move into the future, there is certainly more work to be done.

Energy conservation has no single silver bullet solution, but rather is the result of overlapping small steps. Hopefully the Karma will be a step in the right direction. Q

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STORIES | Cont.

Raising the bar

REWIIND - Back Porch

a shift or a show for a nightcap, in a town where the events may have ended but not the night. Not everyone wants to go to Taco Bell at 10pm.”

one. Now, equipped for any crisis, I settled down warm and secure. Of course, the shows triggered all sorts of wild thoughts but I had nothing to fear. Let’s face it, I was perfectly safe. My own bed, in my own house.

The new My Attic is an anachronism in a modern era.

Boasting a bar in the front, as it did before, a lounge in the back, and presented in warm olive tones, the atmosphere is offset by dark walnut woods. The vibe is inviting, relaxing and fun, punctuated by light, techno-style music and a menu of fresh local fare.

“Our goal,” says Coniglio, “is to cater to ourselves. We believe there is a demand among professionals to have somewhere to go after hours that is neither a restaurant nor a hard bar. We wanted to create a fun, social experience in a safe, ambient environment, where people can relax or mingle. Our bouncers are not bruisers but instead are hosts, in sport coats and slacks, who are the first to introduce our welcoming, hospitable atmosphere – the same attitude my grandfather created at My Attic.”

“We are two local guys who have gone back to our roots to restore something that worked before and has been missing in Monterey ever since. This is only the beginning of what we can and should do to revitalize the downtown area and to honor the history and hospitality that is Monterey.

I want this to be the cool neighborhood bar and lounge – not a dive bar – instead, an elegant but casual go-to place in town, and the first of many cool places to develop in the neighborhood.”

A third-generation native of Monterey, Jason Coniglio was born into an Italian family, who came to the Peninsula a century ago from Sicily. Although he never knew the original bar, he knew his grandfather, Horace Coniglio, who came to find his place in the Sicilian community and open a card and pool hall on the Peninsula.

Jason spent his early high school lunch hours with his Nana, Mary Ferrante Coniglio. The daughter of a prominent fishing family, whose father was a pioneer in the sardine industry, Mary Ferrante was known for her cooking and hospitality. Her fresh salads and sandwiches catered to the cravings of Doc Ricketts and John Steinbeck.

Jason graduated from Monterey High School, studied for two years at Monterey Peninsula College, and went to Fresno State University. He later got his real estate brokers’ license and became a commercial real estate agent. Three years ago, Jason turned toward the family tradition of hospitality and joined his twin sister and brother-in-law, in the Monterey Crepe Company. He and brother John Coniglio were considering reopening the legendary Mediterranean Market, which their family opened in the Del Monte Center in 1968 and ran for 55. Yet, when the Casa Sanchez building became available, he turned his attention to his lifelong dream of re-establishing My Attic in a modern context.

“I constantly ask myself what my late father John Coniglio and my grandfather would think of our venture,” says Jason. “My Uncle Pete Coniglio and my cousins are excited.

We are such a close family; I think that gives me a pretty good sense of how pleased my dad and my Nanu would have been. We are very fortunate to have such a strong sense of family. We’re an immigrant family – we rely on each other - which is something I hope comes through first and foremost in My Attic. I’m ready to start creating the stories for the next generation to hear.” O

During those nights I had developed a technique whereby my ears would scan the apartment for any foreign sounds, yet I wouldn’t miss a word of the diabolical plot slowly unfolding on Inner Sanctum or some such bloodcurdling show. I’ll admit, at times I did feel a little uneasy—not afraid, mind you, just uneasy. But that was foolish: there was nothing to worry about. The front door was locked. My dad said he’d lock it when he and my mother went out…or did they say for me to lock it? Rather poised for twelve, I wasn’t that concerned, but something deep inside of me prayed that he had secured the door. Well it didn’t really matter; I was perfectly safe in bed. There was no point in going all the way to the front of the apartment—in the dark, near the storage closet, past the kitchen with that carving set hanging on a rack where anyone could grab it—just to check the lock. No, I thought, just stay in bed. Hold on to the butter knife, and the flashlight. Keep one ear on the radio and the other on alert for any foreign sounds.

The genius Orson Welles had convinced the networks of the value of realism. Now, lying in bed, alone, in a pitch black house, you can imagine how real the last faint breaths of a pillow smothered victim would be. Sounds from the hallway were obviously villains planning for an attack. The end of those sounds clearly indicated to me that the blackguards knew I was awake and had decided it was best to proceed under the cover of silence. The radiator hissing was a monster or a snake. Shadows on the wall would take new form in my mind. Evil was all around me. Yes, once or twice a week for more than two years, death came to life, right in my room.

One night an extra-long bloodcurdling scream held my attention so I didn’t hear the front door open and then swing silently closed. As I refocused to my surroundings, the footsteps I heard seemed to be simultaneously on the radio and in the hall outside my door.

In that split-second of awareness the blood seemed to drain from my body, and I felt a sickening numbness sink to the very center of my soul. The butter knife slipped from my fingers, and the flashlight, held in the wrong direction, beamed its searching eyes into my own. I struggled to keep my heart within. Total panic hit, for now I realized that someone was actually standing in the doorway reaching for the switch to the overhead light.

My mom thought I had been asleep. My dad, seeing my resemblance to the sheet, guessed I had fainted.

Whatever, I knew that was the last time I would ever play that game again.

I never understood the pleasure I got, scaring myself to death, or exactly why I did it. One thing I am sure of: in writing about it, I did it again.

Excerpt from a book, LIFE IS A MYSTERY ? BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO SOLVE IT How A Big City Childhood, From Stickball In Brooklyn To An Ocean View In Carmel, Solved The Mystery Of Life.

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