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The Hollywood sign is one of the world’s most evocative symbols and a universal metaphor for ambition, success and glamour. Who would

have guessed that the famous sign started as an advertisement for a failed real estate development called Hollywoodland?

Our feature story reveals the connection between this iconic

symbol and Minnesota artist Bill Mack, who is turning the original sign into collectible art. The theme continues throughout this issue, as Rudy Maxa and Anthony Dias Blue take us tooling around L.A. in movie star fashion. Then, designer Billy Beson shows us how a few home accents can bring Hollywood glam to any home, and Mitchell Wherley of Spalon Montage applauds the © SOTHEBY’S, INC. 2010 TOBIAS MEYER, PRINCIPAL AUCTIONEER, #9588677

revival of classic movie star styles. Minnesota native Noah Longo shares his silver screen dreams and Ana Scofield takes us behind the scenes of the hit show Glee.

Of course, fame can be found on the field as well as the

screen, and we’re excited to bring our readers a conversation with Minnesota’s newest star, Brett Favre. A special thanks to former Viking Esera Tuaolo for this interview.

In this issue you will also discover some of the best

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38 The Original Hollywood Sign

A Minnesota artist paints classic Hollywood stars on a precious canvas.

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Photographer Jenn Cress brings us fashion inspired by the silver screen’s golden age.

Travel 50

Rudy Maxa shares his favorite spots in L.A. while Anthony Dias Blue shows us where to eat.

A Conversation with Brett Favre 101

Old friend and former teammate Esera Tuaolo chats with Vikings newest star.

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Bill Mack has painted on the original Hollywood sign.

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“We are a true dermatology office offering a wide range of skin care treatments available by physicians only,” he said. “When you come here, the emphasis is on quality and service. That’s what really sets us apart.”

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Magazine. He was also recently selected as one of the “Best Doctors in America,” by his colleagues, a distinction bestowed on only 4 percent of all physicians.

A graduate of the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Dr. Crutchfield is also an Associate Adjunct Professor of Dermatology at the University of Minnesota Medical School and a Professor at Carleton College. Dr. Crutchfield comes from a distinguished medical family: His mother was, at the time, the youngest doctor to graduate from the University of Minnesota Medical School, and his father has delivered nearly 10,000 babies as a well-known Obstetrician/Gynecologist in St. Paul.

The innovative side of his medical practice is demonstrated by being the first dermatology clinic in Minnesota to use electronic medical records, and the first in the U.S. to have WiFi in the reception area for patients. Crutchfield Dermatology has been honored with Business Excellence Awards from the Dakota Chamber of Commerce and the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal.

“I live by the dictum of the Mayo brothers: First and foremost do what’s best for the patient,” he said. “Our whole focus really is based on the simple philosophy that Quality Matters.”

To date that philosophy has earned Dr. Crutchfield and his staff recognitions such as: the “Karis Humanitarian Award” presented by the Mayo Clinic, and the Fairview Physicians’ “Top Overall Customer Satisfaction for Excellence of Overall Care Award”. He was the very first recipient of the “Physician Healthcare Hero Award” by Twin Cities Business, KARE11 and Medica for ‘outstanding contributions to the quality of health care in Minnesota’. Clearly for Dr. Crutchfield, the phrase “Quality Matters” is a way of life.

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contents WINTER 2010

home 56 organize Fabulous closets take center stage

58 build Light and art fill a Mendota Heights home

64 feature Find out what makes Cambria quartz surfaces special

68 renovate A Cedar Lake home completes a historic architect’s vision

58 collage

spotlight

15 live artfully

92 good

The Shubert Theater revived

What to eat, drink, give, wear and collect

96 beauty

30 designer discoveries

A word from Mitchell Wherley of Spalon Montage

Billy Beson on Hollywood Regency

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98 conversation

person

Behind the scenes of the hit show Glee

Budding actor and Minnesota native Noah Longo on making it in L.A.

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36 events

Pick up style tips at International Market Square

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publisher Frank Roffers

editor–at–large Marni Ginther

design Art Director: Mollie Windmiller

editorial Billy Beson | Carolyn Crooke Hayley Dulin | Elizabeth Larsen David Mahoney Rudy Maxa | Melinda Nelson Ana Scofield Esera Tuaolo | Mitchell Wherley

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Contributors einvent your home you deserve it...

Billy Beson is a daring, dynamic, and

dapper interior designer known for his risk-taking style and extraordinary creativity in both work and life.

Carolyn Crooke is a freelance

advertising and magazine writer based in the Twin Cities.

Elizabeth Larsen is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times, Travel + Leisure, and the Star Tribune.

David Mahoney writes about travel,

wine, and the environment for a variety of national and regional magazines. A former senior editor at Sunset and the former editor of Minnesota Monthly.

Rudy Maxa is host and executive

producer of “Rudy Maxa’s World� on public television (maxa.tv) and a contributing editor with National Geographic Traveler.

Melinda Nelson is a freelance writer/

editor based in Excelsior, Minn. She specializes in design, food, travel and fashion.

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rdering an Aviation in a bar—or simply mentioning the drink in conversation—has become a sort of shibboleth for cocktail cognoscenti. A surprisingly delicious concoction that first took flight in the early decades of the 20th century, the Aviation was obscured by the mists of time before being salvaged by contemporary cocktail enthusiasts who admired its elegantly engineered combination of gin, maraschino liqueur and lemon juice.

As the cocktail revival progressed, however, assiduous historians of the form pointed out that the original formula for the Aviation called for an additional ingredient. Crème de Violette, they explained, was what gave the drink the hint of sky-blue color that inspired its name. Alas, the floral-scented liqueur was no longer available, at least not on this side of the Atlantic.

Enter Eric Seed, a self-effacing Edina resident who has become something of a reluctant hero to diehard cocktail revivalists.

After putting in time in the corporate suites of Northwest Airlines and Cargill, Seed decided to try his hand in the import business. “I’m from a family of foodies who would always bring things back from trips,” he says. His first import, an Austrian pine liqueur, was something he had enjoyed while studying abroad in college.

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distiller who was still making Crème de Violette, and his Haus Alpenz import company arranged to make it available stateside a couple years ago. Suddenly, with the introduction of what Seed characterizes in his typical understated fashion as “one more tool for the toolkit,” historically minded bartenders and other enthusiasts around the country could make an authentic, azuretinged Aviation.

Since then, Seed has gone on to find sources for Batavia Arrack, an Indonesian spirit distilled from sugarcane and fermented red rice that was a key ingredient in preProhibition punch; Old Tom Gin, a slightly sweetened English gin popular in the 19th century, and his newest import, an old-school, 114-proof Jamaican rum made in pot stills.

Cocktail historian David Wondrich, who suggested to Seed that he revive the older style of Jamaican rum and advised him on its blending, praises Seed for being responsive to the actual needs of cocktail devotees.

“The approach of most liquor companies to the cocktail revolution has been to try to convince the cocktail geeks that they can use what they’re selling,” Wondrich says. “Eric, on the other hand, asks them what they want and gives them that. Thanks to this approach, we’ve been able not only to recreate dozens of classic formulae that otherwise would have been out of reach, but also to use the full-flavored, non-focus-grouped flavors of the past to create dazzling new drinks.”

Crème de Violette is one of the cocktail ingredients Eric Seed is bringing back from the past.

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leni’s New York City bakery is famous for its brightly decorated cookies, cupcakes and other delectable treats.

Inspired by color, shape, sweets and design, Eleni Gianopulos takes her love for design to desserts, using her dough as a canvas and frosting as her paint.

One of Eleni’s most unique creations is its line of Oscar Cookies. Every year the bakery creates a variety of Hollywoodthemed cookies in honor of the annual Academy Awards in February. Each cookie is hand-cut, hand-iced and features edible depictions of the nominees for best actor, best actress, best picture and famous Hollywood quotes. If you happen to be in New York around the Oscars, stop by Eleni’s and you will find the bakery completely decorated for the lavish soirée, red carpet and all. However, if a trip to the Big Apple is not in your future, Eleni’s gourmet treats can also be found in 200 stores nationwide including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Sur La Table. Elenis.com, 1-888-435-3647.

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In Fond Memory of Robert Isabell

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or family, friends and fans of the late Robert Isabell, event planner to the famous and the fabulous, December 17 was a bittersweet day.

Just five months earlier, Mr. Isabell died of a heart attack at age 57 in his Greenwich Village townhouse. On this winter morning, Sotheby’s auctioned 130 lots from Isabell’s collection of 20th century design, including the work of American studio designers Harry Bertoia, Paul Evans and Phil Powell, and French masters of the midcentury Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand and Serge Mouille.

“Long before most collectors had even heard of Evans and Powell, Isabell was putting together an environment of works by these craftsmen, with more famous artists such as Bertoia and Nakashima, which resulted in one of the most remarkable interiors in New York,” says James Zemaitis, senior vice president and head of Sotheby’s New York 20th Century Design Department. “His legendary eye made it possible to unify French industrial modernism and American studio sculpture in a single seminal experience.”

Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Gerald B. Lambert Foundation, Inc., for the sole purpose of maintaining and preserving the Oak Spring Garden Library and Greenhouses in Upperville, Va. The foundation was established by Isabell’s close friend, Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon, age 99. An avid horticulturist and gardener, she is an heiress to the Warner-

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Lambert pharmaceutical fortune and widow of philanthropist Paul Mellon.

The caliber of Isabell’s collection is testament to his incredible aesthetic, which he used to create lavish Kennedy weddings, an elegant White House Christmas for the Clintons, extravagant Vanity Fair parties and other memorable events. “He was known for imagining an occasion in its entirety—the flowers, of course, but also the location, the décor, the lights, the table settings, the sound— and in the eyes of many of his clients, his skills amounted to artistry,” wrote Bruce Weber in Isabell’s obituary that appeared in The New York Times. “Among the style-conscious, fashion-conscious, glamour-conscious and status-conscious, Mr. Isabell was considered, in the words of Anna Wintour, the editor in chief of Vogue, ‘the king of the event world’.”

Isabell was born in Duluth, Minn. As a boy, he worked in a flower shop and after high school he moved to Minneapolis, then eventually to New York. On his first night in the city, he walked by the famed Manhattan club Studio 54 where coowner Steve Rubell picked him out of the crowd. Isabell began working with Renny Reynolds, a florist whose clients included Studio 54, and eventually worked directly for the club, designing flowers and décor for special events.

When Isabell died, Studio 54 co-owner Ian Schrager told the Times, “He had a way of seeing things, looking at things, that separated him from everybody else.

He put tomatoes and fruit in a bowl and it looked like a still-life painting. A guy comes out of nowhere from Minnesota.

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Hollywood Regency

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ollywood Regency was a style defined by the elegance and glamour of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Made famous in the 1930s by architect John Woolf and decorator Robert Koch Woolf among others, it was a revival of the Regency style, which was popular from 1800-1830.

Over the last few years, Hollywood Regency has enjoyed an encore. Evolution of style is often brought on by the current state of our society. Let’s be honest, we are facing some difficult times relating to financial markets, military involvement and unemployment. What better time to lighten up and introduce a bit of fantasy and glamour into our surroundings?

“The whole style is about enjoying people, enjoying time [together],” says interior designer Barclay Butera. “It’s about glamour and getting a glimpse of those bygone days where TV was less important, and it was about the cocktail hour and company.”

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hen Noah Longo was 15 he landed his first restaurant job at a local Chinese food restaurant. “I cut carrots and celery and washed dishes,” Longo says. “My foodie beginnings, I guess!”

He went on to wait tables in his hometown of Blaine, which taught him the ins and outs of the food industry. But Longo’s passion has always been acting. He started acting in elementary school and became very involved in theater during middle school and high school. “I was lucky because my high school [Blaine High School] had an amazing theater program,” Longo says. “Every year we did a children’s play, straight play, variety show, Shakespeare and a musical. Then I continued doing theater at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota for four years before moving to New York.”

While living in New York Longo waited tables in Soho and acted in the off-Broadway production of Waiting for Godot. But after four years in the city, Longo set his sights on a new adventure and a new city to go along with it: Los Angeles. “Don’t get me wrong, I love, love, love New York City, but I was craving an opportunity to switch from theater to film and television,” he says. “Also, I was yearning to stay in one place for a while as I pursued my craft. In NYC most of what you audition for is out of the city in regional theater. I have had some of the best times in regional theater, but wanted a more stable home base.”

Shortly after Longo arrived in L.A., he was cast opposite Adam Carolla in the sequel to

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Waiting titled, Still Waiting, a movie about waiter shenanigans in a restaurant appropriately named Shenanigans. Carolla plays a pick-up artist who gives Longo’s character advice on how to pick up chicks. Two weeks after being cast in that film, Longo landed another role as a waiter on Fox’s hit reality program Hell’s Kitchen.

“For the program they hire actor/waiters to play waiters in the restaurant. Though it’s a real dinner service, it’s shot on a soundstage and there’s a lot of improv.” Longo worked alongside world-renowned chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay, infamous for his perfectionism and short temper. “I was lucky because a lot of the freak outs take place on the line behind a glass partition,” Longo says. “I rarely could tell when he was freaking out. And thankfully he never blew up at me.”

Longo waits tables off screen at a high-end restaurant in the Los Angeles area. “When acting, the day rate is much more money than the amount you make as a waiter in a day,” he explains. “Since I’m still beginning my career here, I currently make more money as a waiter throughout the year, but I have faith that one day it will be the opposite.” Longo has waited on some big names in Hollywood. “Though I don’t ‘wait and tell,’” he says, “I will say that I’ve waited on numerous celebrities and they have all been very pleasant.”

Up next in Longo’s career is an independent film rumored to be entered in the Toronto Film Festival. “Also, I had an audition for the television show House, M.D. yesterday and all fingers and toes are crossed for that!”

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The Hidden Story of an Icon Most people don’t know the original Hollywood sign was built as an advertisement, meant only to last for a year. Even fewer people know that 87 years later, a Minnesota artist is giving that original sign a new life. | BY MARNI GINTHER

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usted sheets of metal and rotting timbers. It’s not exactly the stuff dreams are made of. But that’s what local artist Bill Mack found in a Los Angeles warehouse when he rented a 53-foot trailer and drove out west to pick up the Hollywood sign he’d purchased in 2007 from L.A. producer and entrepreneur Dan Bliss. “It was so gnarly looking,” Mack says. “It was all rusty and it had 55 years of paint on it and holes in random places.” Even with all their wear and tear—and perhaps also because of it—Mack and Bliss are ensuring the 87-year-old pieces of what was once the Hollywood sign live on in a new incarnation.

The sign that stands on Mount Lee today was built in 1978, after the original had fallen into such disrepair that a group of celebrities led by Hugh Hefner raised the money to rebuild it. The letters were “auctioned off” for about $28,000 apiece at a gala held at the Playboy mansion, according to the Hollywood Sign Trust, which is the nonprofit organization now responsible for care and maintenance of the sign. Hefner’s plan not only worked, but truly demonstrated the landmark’s universal appeal by drumming up support from a rather motley crew of celebrities. Cowboy crooner Gene Autry paid for an “L,” Andy Williams shelled out for a “W” and Alice Cooper dedicated his “O” to Groucho Marx.

Unveiled in November of that year, the new sign has since undergone several face-lifts. Once accessible to aspiring film actors, tourists and

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“What’s there now is A sign. It’s not THE sign.”

vandals alike, the sign is now protected by a host of security measures including a razor wire fence, 24-hour surveillance cameras and motion sensors. In Mack’s words, “What’s there now is a sign. It’s not the sign.”

The original sign was built in 1923 for $21,000. It was meant as a billboard to advertise an upscale real estate development backed by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler. At the time, it read “Hollywoodland” and the 30-by-50-foot letters were illuminated by 4,000 light bulbs.

Constructed with metal panels, scaffolding and telephone poles, the sign was never meant to last much more than a year.

By the early 1920s, major film studios like Paramount, Columbia and Warner Brothers had already set up shop in Hollywood. Just four years after the sign was erected, Warner Brothers released The Jazz Singer, the first “talkie” that popularized sound films.

Hollywood’s Golden Age was well underway and the massive sign gleaming down from the hillside became the icon that defined a new era of glamour and fantasy.

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ut all fantasies eventually end.

The 1929 stock market crash and subsequent Great Depression hit the Hollywoodland developers as

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hard as any other real estate project. By the mid 1940s the company sold its remaining acreage, which included the sign, to the City of Los Angeles. The sign was left unattended, its magic fading as the letters began to rust and crumble. Even before its physical decay, the sign’s aura as a symbol of dreams of stardom realized had been marred when in 1932, struggling actress Peg Entwhistle leapt to her death from the top of the letter “H.” Like so many others, she’d left behind the New York stage in pursuit of a film career that never took off. After the “H” fell over completely in 1949, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce stepped in to remove the last four letters and repair those that remained— thus the birth of the icon as we know it today.

The repairs lengthened the sign’s lifespan but by the end of the 1960s the sign was once again in a sorry state. When the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Board named it an official landmark in 1973, it was a rusty, dilapidated sight. Not until 1978 did the chamber of commerce decide the sign needed to be completely rebuilt to the tune of $250,000.

That’s where Hefner and company stepped in. According to the Hollywood Sign Trust, when the new sign was built, “the old sign was scrapped in August ’78, and yes, for three lonely months Hollywood had no sign.”

reincarnated OPPOSITE PAGE: Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Greta Garbo on an “H” Bill Mack reconstructed out of

material from the original Hollywood sign. THIS PAGE, TOP TO BOTTOM: The original sign before it was rebuilt. Audrey Hepburn and Paul Newman are just two of the many stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age that Mack has painted on the sign.

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here’s not much else widely known about the original sign after that. “It’s a dead-end story,” Bliss says. “The fun part is that most people haven’t thought about what happened to the original sign.” When Bliss was working in the hospitality business in Cleveland, Ohio, he bought a concert club through a broker named Hank Berger. “He had a People magazine article about him from the ’70s about how he owned the Hollywood sign,” Bliss recalls. He told Artful Living that he ended up buying the sign, which was stored in an L.A. warehouse, from Berger in 2003 for a six-figure sum. Having been an avid collector of sports memorabilia, Bliss appreciated the historical and cultural significance of the sign.

“I took photos of unique pieces,” Bliss says. “The graffiti gave me goose bumps. I felt like I uncovered a piece of history.” He took these photos along with Berger’s article and an affidavit to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, where he says the staff referred him to a company that has licensing of the Hollywood sign copyright. This company helped gather his evidence and documentation, then presented it to the chamber for authentication. One of the strongest indicators of authentication, Bliss says, was the graffiti on the right leg of the letter “H,” which was matched to historic photos. “The graffiti and markings matched perfectly,” he says. He started selling small pieces in 2004, and shortly thereafter, caught wind of a Minnesota artist who was also a movie memorabilia collector.

Aside from his work in relief sculpture, Mack has had a passion for Hollywood memorabilia for decades. In describing his collection, he notes Clark Gable’s coat from It Happened One Night, multiple artifacts from Marilyn Monroe’s life (the gates to her house; the chair from her last photo shoot with Life magazine), more than 400 signed photos of silver screen stars and, until several years ago, the lion’s costume from the Wizard of Oz. “[Bliss] heard about when I sold the lion; there was a lot of publicity around the lion because it sold for so much,” Mack says. (The amount, he says, was between $800,000 and $900,000.) Bliss thought he had found an ideal home for his sign. “Bill’s not just an artist, he’s a Hollywood collector, and it just seemed like a great fit.”

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When he heard about the opportunity, Mack was floored. “It was unbelievable,” he says. “It’s an iconic structure that so clearly represents glamour, excitement, style, entertainment. It represents all those good things. And the thought that someone can actually own that, and have that wonderful sign is just amazing to me.”

Excited as he was, Mack had no idea what he might do with a 150-foot-long, nine-letter metal sign. He had Bliss send him a 30-by-36-inch piece to start brainstorming, and was about to give up the project for lack of ideas. But at the last minute, he found inspiration in a black-and-white photo of Jean Harlow. Although he’s primarily a sculptor, Mack thought he’d paint the Hollywood icon’s portrait on the piece of the sign and see how it turned out.

“I knew as a collector there was a connection between the image and the metal,” Mack says.

“If I put Harlow on canvas, a couple thousand people could probably do as good or a better job. But when I put her image on that metal, the connection is what people get. I mean, I got it, but I didn’t imagine other people necessarily would.”

But they did. Mack sent the Harlow piece to an art show in Florida where he says a woman walked in off the street and immediately bought it. That’s when he decided to go ahead with the project he’s working on now—painting classic Hollywood stars on the pieces of the massive sign.

When Mack brought the sign back to Minnesota, “the timber was pretty much rotten and couldn’t be identified as being part of the sign, whereas the metal actually can from photographs,” he says. Before painting on them, Mack sends the panels to a sheet metal company to be rolled out flat, and then mounts them on backing material. But the years of rust, holes and graffiti stay intact. “When I paint them I try and work around the holes and rust,” he says. “And after I’m done painting then I’ll go back and sand through my paint to bring some more of that character through, because I want the paintings to have a sense of the time when the sign went up.”

Of course an obvious question remains: How much is the sign worth? Mack says that buying the sign from Bliss is an ongoing transaction, but that the sign’s value really depends on how you define it. Is it a pile of rusted metal and rotting timbers? Or is it an icon that inspired generations of entertainers and audiences alike? “Everybody’s interested in what it cost,” Mack says. “But that’s really sort of meaningless because it wasn’t really worth much as it was.”

Through his project, Mack is helping restore some of the magic the sign originally had when it stood, glistening from the Hollywood hills. Bliss also has stepped in to partner with Mack on a documentary about the sign, which he anticipates will be finished in March. It’s clear that both Mack and Bliss see this project as something bigger than their individual careers— bigger than a work of art and bigger than a documentary. “The Hollywood sign has the same explosive meaning in Moscow and Mumbai and Tokyo and Frankfurt that it does in Cleveland and St. Louis and South Beach,” Mack says. “It’s a global project in a sense.” As Bliss said, “it’s a piece of history.”

an artist’s vision

“If I put Harlow on canvas, a couple thousand people could probably do as good or a better job. But when I put her image on that metal, the connection is what people get.” BILL MACK

Mack’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe, the original Hollywood sign after having fallen into disrepair. TOP: The original name of the sign was a reference to a real estate development, which fell through although the sign remained standing for decades. BOTTOM: Artist Bill Mack.

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Pieces of Marilyn Three items in Bill Mack’s memorabilia collection give a glimpse into the private life of a very public figure.

The final photos

Monroe posed on this chair for photographer Allan Grant in the summer of 1962. The photos and accompanying interview were published in Life magazine on August 3 of that year. Two days later Monroe passed away in her home.

“Virtually every photograph in the piece had her on this chair,” Mack says.

Hidden home

The Brentwood, Calif. house where Monroe passed away was hidden behind these large wooden gates. “If people came by to see her home, this is really all they’d see,” Mack says. “So when people thought of Marilyn’s home, these gates are what came to mind.” Mack bought the gates in the 1980s, when the owners of the Monroe home were looking to get rid of the iconic gates, which often attracted fans and visitors.

A new name

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles, Monroe was baptized with the surname of her mother, Gladys Baker. This document shows her authorization to change her stage name to Marilyn Monroe, taking her grandmother’s last name.

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The City of Los Angeles has it all: earthquakes, movie stars, culture, beaches and a city hall inching closer to San Francisco every day. | BY RUDY MAXA

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hat is it about Los Angeles that some people don’t like? How can they resist the siren call of a big city with palm trees, wide beaches, tar pits and Brad Pitt? Is it the incessant sun? The mash-up of faux Italian villas, Swiss chalets, and French chateaus set cheek by jowl with colonial mansions on Beverly Hills streets? Maybe it’s the lack of sidewalks in Bel Air? Or maybe it’s that Los Angeles is considered—thanks to decades of movies and television shows—a spooky place (think Chinatown with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway) or a city with a shiny veneer barely masking a population of too many people with too much money and negotiable morals (think “Entourage”).

Speaking personally, Los Angeles is my kinda town. (And it was Frank’s, too, even if his signature song was about New York City.) After all, this is the city that popularized right-turn-on-red and valet parking.

I think I also adore L.A. because I spent most of my professional life as a reporter in Washington, D.C., a career in which one becomes accustomed to flexible morals and people saying wonderfully insincere things like, “Let’s do lunch!” (In L.A., that comes out as, “I love your screenplay—call me!”)

But superficiality aside, Los Angeles is a city with a rich, turbulent history, distinct neighborhoods, fascinating architecture, a culture that celebrates the outdoors and very talented people. It’s a great place to visit, and its restaurants and hotels are noteworthy. Oh, and there are flowers in bloom year ’round.

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Here are some of the things I do and the places I show skeptical visitors in the City of Angels:

The Other Getty:

Architect Richard Meier’s gleaming, white J. Paul Getty Museum in the hills above Brentwood gets all the ink, but don’t miss the Getty Villa that’s perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific. The oil magnate built this (newly renovated for $275 million) Italianate villa to house his art collection that’s now on view at the larger museum.

Today, this spectacular villa houses the museum’s antiquities collection. You must make an advance reservation. 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades.

Top Drives:

Curvy, hilly Sunset Boulevard stretches from downtown through Hollywood, then through West Hollywood (home to the “Sunset Strip”), through Bel Air (where fragrant eucalyptus trees line the road) and ends at the ocean near Malibu. Then there’s the high road, Mulholland Drive, which follows the ridgeline of the Santa Monica Mountains offering spectacular views by day and night across Los Angeles to the Pacific or the San Fernando Valley on the other side. And the Pacific Coast Highway (or “PCH”) from Santa Monica through Malibu to Oxnard offers breathtaking views of the ocean.

Best Pastry:

In Santa Monica, Huckleberry Bakery and Café is where you’ll find Valhorona chocolate croissants, Niman Ranch maple-bacon biscuits and plum and grape tostados with brown sugar crème fraîche ice cream and toasted almonds.

Go for breakfast, but get there by 7:30 on weekend mornings to beat the crowd jostling to scoop up pastry chef Zoe Nathan’s delectables. 1014 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica.

Media Central:

In the mood to watch an old episode of “The Gong Show?” Or a previously unseen rehearsal film of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella that was broadcast in 1957? About 120,000 vintage television and radio shows are available for viewing in the Richard Meier-designed West Coast branch of what used to be called the Museum of Television and Radio. It’s now the Paley Center for Media. 465 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills.

Hotels As Playgrounds:

Take an outdoor stroll through the canopy of greenery along the narrow paths behind the Beverly Hills Hotel that lead to the hotel’s famed bungalows. For hipster viewing, have a cocktail at the Cameo Bar off the lobby of the Viceroy Santa Monica. Looking for someone who can tell you if George Clooney might want to attach himself to your script? Hang out at the bar at The Peninsula Beverly Hills, the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel or the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles.

Take in the beach from Shutters on the

Beach, Casa del Mar (Santa Monica), or the Oceana on Santa Monica’s Ocean Avenue.

Going in Circles:

The 13-story Capitol Records Building near the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street resembles a stack of 45-rpm records on a turntable, though the architect, Welton Becket, didn’t intend that. Completed in 1956, it’s the world’s first circular office building. Note the light atop the tower that spells “Hollywood” in Morse code.

1750 Vine Street, Los Angeles.

Spinning Wheels:

The Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier has been in more than 69 television commercials, 28 movies and 13 music videos, and you can ride it for a view of the Pacific coastline from nine stories up without worrying about your carbon footprint—it’s solar powered.

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I go to Joan’s on Third to buy salad dressing that I swaddle in cushioning so I can pack it in my checked luggage when I fly home. So far, it hasn’t leaked.

But you can also visit for its cheese selection, roasted corn soup, and about 100 kinds of salads. This marketplace that also serves breakfast and lunch is a playground of freshly made food you may take out or eat in. Can you say, “Marshmallow Cloud cupcake dipped in chocolate”? Think about it. 8350 West Third Street, Los Angeles.

Rooftop pool at the Montage Beverly Hills Hotel. TOP LEFT TO BOTTOM RIGHT: Huckleberry Bakery and Café, Viceroy Santa Monica, Ferris Wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Getty Villa and Joan’s on Third.

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Where the Elite Meet To Sleep

Beverly Hills’ hotel world has a new entrant, and the Montage is ready for its closeup.

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very morning at 8:30, the staff of Beverly Hills’ newest luxury hotel, the Montage Beverly Hills, gathers to review the name of every guest checking in that day.

Each guest’s arrival time is noted, as is their guest history and any special requirements.

That’s one reason why, since opening last year, the newly constructed Montage has quickly established itself as a worthy competitor to its well-regarded neighbors including The Peninsula Beverly Hills, the Beverly Wilshire, the Four Seasons Hotel, the Hotel Bel Air, Raffles L’Ermitage and the Beverly Hills Hotel.

“Our intention is to create a hotel that complements, not competes with, other hotels in the area,” says Montage’s managing director, Ali Kasikci. And he knows the competition. He was general manager of The Peninsula Beverly Hills beginning in 1992 before leaving in 2007 to oversee the opening of the Montage, the first new, luxury hotel to open in Beverly Hills in nearly 18 years.

“There are many luxury properties,” Kasikci notes, “and many of them have been around a long time. However, our property was designed with today’s consumer in mind. It’s user friendly, with amenities such as push-button drapes, easily accessible electrical, video and Internet connections and a host of services to make the guest feel more comfortable and make business easier to conduct.”

Built in downtown Beverly Hills, across the street from Wolfgang Puck’s signature restaurant, Spago, the Montage was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. A small army of craftsmen worked to bring the same authentic touches to its inside and outside as might have been found in the city’s grand estates in the 1920s and ’30s, from the hotel’s terra cotta roof to its opulent interior that gives little indication the hotel has 210 guestrooms.

Other details that helped launch the Montage into the stratosphere of über-luxury hotels include complimentary guest access to a fleet of Mercedes-Benz sedans (for

guests in suites), 24-hour flexible check-in and check-out and airport luggage valet service. Yet for all the upscale touches, the hotel resembles less a business hotel than a sun-splashed, Mediterranean resort with its creamy interior of gold and salmon and an outdoor swath of green park that runs the length of the property between Canon and Beverly Drives.

Richly appointed guest rooms range in size from 500 square feet to the Presidential Suites (note the plural) at 2,000 square feet each. Guests will find LCD televisions in the marble baths, 500-thread-count Italian sheets and bathroom amenities from Agraria of San Francisco’s “golden pomegranate” line. British shoemaker John Lobb trained the hotel’s staff in delivering perfectly shined shoes to guests who request an overnight polish.

A mosaic-tiled swimming pool on the hotel’s rooftop as well as a large work-out room offer leisure opportunities. The serene Parq restaurant, overlooking the outdoor greenery, presents a terrific menu of American dishes; guests may also dine outside on the loggia next to the park in favorable weather. Tea may be taken in the Lobby Lounge.

Every great hotel, no matter how compelling its location, design or amenities, earns its reputation from its staff, and it’s Ali Kasikci’s name that tells hoteliers all over the world that the Montage rivals the great hotels of Europe and Asia.

“The world of luxury hotels involves dealing with details and never letting the word ‘complacent’ get in the way of the pursuit of excellence,” says Stan Bromley, a former vice president with the Four Seasons. “You can be sure if the name on the managing director’s door in your hotel is spelled ‘Kasikci,’ complacency will never be an issue.”

In a city with demanding clients, guest treatment must be raised to an art, and hotel staff must be uniquely attuned to guests’ needs.

“I look for a good attitude first and foremost, confidence and, really importantly, a sense of humor,” Kasikci says. “You can teach skills, but it’s difficult to teach attitude. Good service is memorable service. You have five senses, and good service is the sixth. You can’t describe it, but you know it when you experience it.”

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en years ago it was difficult to come up with ten great L.A. restaurants.

Not any more. Angelenos are surrounded by exciting, quality restaurants. Here are my ten picks of the moment.

The Bazaar

This spectacular tapas restaurant, designed

by Philippe Starck, features the wildly creative dishes—more than 70—of famed Spanish chef José Andrés. The food is brilliant, the crowd gorgeous. TheBazaar.com

Wolfgang’s Steakhouse

A New York transplant with no connection to Wolfgang Puck. Actually, Wolfgang Zwiener learned his steak at Peter Luger’s in Brooklyn. The huge porterhouse is L.A.’s best beef. WolfgangsSteakhouse.com

Drago Centro

Celestino Drago and his brothers have a number of Italian restaurants throughout the city. This one is the classiest and most elegant. Located downtown, it’s sleek and very impressive. DragoCentro.com

Animal

It helps to be heavily tattooed to fit in here.

The food is dramatically delicious and in-your-face. You probably never imagined pig’s ears could taste so good. Don’t invite any vegetarians. AnimalRestaurant.com

Urasawa

If you can afford more than $300 a head, you don’t want to miss this Michelin twostar jewel. There are only 12 seats, and chef Urasawa (protégé of Masa Takayama who

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is now in New York) elevates food to a level few have ever experienced. Yelp.com/Biz/ Urasawa-Beverly-Hills

Spago

Still going strong in its third decade, Wolfgang Puck’s historic restaurant is where California cuisine was perfected. Chef Lee Hefter is still on the cutting edge, and the scene is pure L.A. WolfgangPuck.com

Stefan’s at L.A. Farm

This attractive Santa Monica restaurant has been taken over by nutty “top chef” finalist Stefan Richter whose cooking is almost as clever as his mouth. StefansAtLAFarm.com

It Never Rains In California: Well, that’s not quite true, but it’s a lot less likely to rain in Los Angeles than most other places. The least rainy months are July and August.

Wright On: Frank Lloyd Wright designed nine homes in Los Angeles.

Road Rage: Two-thirds of the county’s urban space

is devoted to transportation. The longest street is Sepulveda Boulevard that runs 26.4 miles through the city of Los Angeles and 76 miles through the county of Los Angeles, linking the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach. The shortest street is in downtown Los Angeles—Powers Street stretches 13 feet.

Shake, Rattle & Roll: About 30 earthquakes

Providence

An exquisite restaurant featuring the seafood creations of classically trained chef Michael Cimarusti. An exceptional finedining experience. ProvidenceLA.com

Chinois on Main

Another Puck institution that keeps turning out great food. At this Santa Monica restaurant, it’s Asian-fusion. The ingredients are Chinese, the techniques classic European. WolfgangPuck.com

Park’s BBQ

Just the Facts

occur every day in Southern California; most have a magnitude of less than 2.0 on the Richter Scale.

The most recent major quake was the Chino Hills earthquake on July 29, 2008, when a quake with the magnitude of 5.4 centered in Riverside County shook all of Los Angeles County.

Great Heights: The county’s tallest building is the

downtown U.S. Bank Tower with 73 floors. It’s designed to withstand an 8.3 earthquake on the Richter Scale.

The Skinny: The country’s narrowest home is said to

L.A. is home to more Koreans than anyplace outside of their homeland. There are hundreds of great Korean restaurants in L.A., but this is the best for barbecue.

Beef and pork are cooked in front of you and the banchan (multiple plates of salads and condiments) are their own meal. Don’t miss the mung bean pancake.

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be the Skinny House in Long Beach, at 708 Gladys Avenue. Built in 1932 in the style of an English Tudor home, it was constructed after Nelson Rummond made a bet that he could build a habitable residence on a lot measuring 10 by 50 feet. It’s three stories high and covers 860 square feet.

Whoops: Due to the two-inch slippage of the San

Andreas Fault each year, Los Angeles City Hall is now 10 feet closer to San Francisco than when it was built in 1924. It will be located in San Francisco’s suburbs in about 15 million years.

Vampires: Stephen Kaplan, parapsychologist teacher

at the Vampire Research Center in Elmhurst, N.Y., estimated that L.A. was home to 36 vampires, making it the city with the highest concentration of vampires in the world. Why L.A.? Because, Kaplan said, vampires are sexually charismatic, high-energy people who could pass unnoticed more easily in L.A. than in, well, Elmhurst, N.Y. PREVIOUS PAGE:

Montage Beverly Hills Hotel.

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If one of the 19th century French Impressionists was looking for the perfect setting to create a painting today, it would be one of Charles R. Stinson’s creations.

From sun up to sun down, the use of light is imminent throughout the living environments that he designs. | WRITTEN BY CAROL EASTLUND WITH DAVID WILSON

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harles R. Stinson’s Architects is most noted for unique high-end homes; collaborative, elegant compositions of horizontal and vertical planes positioned gracefully into their surroundings, creating light-filled spaces for everyday living. One can even see the influence of the Impressionist Movement in Stinson’s work; open floor plans embrace natural light from sun up to sun down allowing the observer to uniquely experience the light’s changing qualities as it plays on the modern architectural forms — much like the play of light on the visible brush strokes of an impressionistic painting. The Mendota Heights residence featured here is no exception. Indeed, every area of this beautiful family home opens to the light. Thoughtfully placed walls of glass reach for the sun, yet still allow for privacy from neighbors. Soaring decks, multiple

patios, rooftop terraces and a raised auto court embrace the natural surrounding and offer ample opportunity for light-filled, open-air living.

The main floor consists of a spacious great room with a clerestory surround that opens to a sleek modern kitchen and dining area.

Regional limestone and warm color tones unite with the architectural forms to provide a cozy, comfortable feel for this couple and their three children. A breakfast nook off to the side is paired with an outdoor dining patio complete with a built-in barbeque grill island. When the weather turns colder, requiring a move indoors, a bright sunroom provides a light-filled alternative.

Also on the main level is the master suite. His and her bathrooms with walk-in closets provide spacious accommodations for daily tasks.

And once again outdoor living is welcomed. The master bedroom

Warm tones and varied textures combined with an abundance of natural light give the space a feeling of comfort.

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home || build “Perhaps the most important light is the one found within both Charles R. Stinson and Richard Merchan — an inspired conviction that creation emerging from paper or canvas can contribute to a fuller understanding of the world and its beauty.” opens to an elegant cantilevered deck overlooking a large wooded backyard and garden area.

This is a true family home and the upper level belongs to the kids. Each of the three children has his or her own room, and each bedroom opens to a private, secluded rooftop terrace. A shared library opens to the woods below and provides a pleasant haven for completing studies.

But the kids aren’t the only ones in this family with an upper-level retreat. Stinson designed a “secret” rooftop deck with a built-in planter to provide Mom and Dad the perfect getaway for two. The open stair tower with a floating staircase streams light to all levels below.

Lower-level living is all about family fun. “The clients were great people to work with,” Stinson says. “They truly enjoy life and their home is a reflection of a joyful, romantic approach to life.”

There’s a pinball machine room, a home theater, exercise and massage rooms and the ultimate “man room” complete with a painting studio and porch for enjoying a fine cigar. The lower-level recreation room opens to an outdoor play yard and an adjoining sport court. You’ll also find a pathway leading from the lawn area to a very special spot.

Nestled on the hill, is a romantic sitting area featuring the original wooden bus-stop bench from the location where the owners first met.

At a recent showing of this Mendota Heights residence, Stinson decided to heighten the visual experience for the visitors by featuring the artwork of San Francisco-based artist Richard Merchan.

Influenced by the Impressionists as well, Merchan’s post-modernism expressionistic work was right at home in the Stinson creation. A common emphasis on light connects the two artists within the two different but complementary disciplines.

Perhaps the most important light is the one within both of these artists—an inspired conviction that creation emerging from paper or canvas can contribute to a fuller understanding of the world and its beauty—that there are few better gifts to provide a family, or the world than the resulting “light” and inspiration from a truly collaborative creative process.

The attention to detail and expansive Cambria countertops give the kitchen a sophisticated, modern appearance without sacrificing functionality. THEATER: The state-of-the-art, in-home surround-sound theater makes movie night easy for the whole family.

KITCHEN:

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The emphasis on light extends to the evening when a soft glow emanates from the home.

The vaulted living room gracefully connect to the kitchen and dining areas, creating light filled ‘great room’ spaces.

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The Cambria Tradition

Cambria natural quartz surfaces are growing in popularity, and the only U.S. company that makes them is based right here in Minnesota.

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ow much do cheese and quartz countertops have in common? More than you might think, if you ask Marty Davis, president and CEO of Cambria, the country’s only producer of quartz stone based in Le Sueur, Minn. Davis comes from three generations of cheese makers. His grandfather, Stan Davis, founded their family dairy business in 1943 and over more than six decades that business has grown into Davisco Foods International. Also headquartered in Le Sueur, Davisco Foods is a world renowned leader in the U.S. cheese industry and one of the premier dairy companies in the world. Each year, they produce over 370 million pounds of cheese and are Kraft Foods’ largest cheese supplier. Davisco is

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also the industry leader in the dairy ingredient business with their whey protein isolates technology and production. Bipro, their line of whey proteins, accounts for 65% of the market worldwide.

So why cheese to Cambria? The transition was a combination of happenstance and initiative. Through a college friend, Davis was introduced to a new product, new technology, and a new company that was interested in investors. “We invested in the company, but it fell through before they could even get it started up,” Davis says. That product, of course, was the quartz stone technology that Cambria makes today, though it didn’t have a name at the time. “We were especially impressed by the technology used to make the product,” Davis says. “We

are a manufacturing family. Our background is food processing, technology, and innovation.”

In the end, the venture fell through, but the Davis’s went to Italy and ultimately invested in the Italian quartz technology.

They purchased United States exclusivity on the technology, new equipment, and built the manufacturing plant in Le Sueur in 2001. At first, the company made flooring, and then expanded to countertops in 2003, which is when the name Cambria was born. The name came from Davis’ father, Mark Davis, CEO of Davisco.

“We were looking to invest in marketing expertise for naming and such, but Dad came up with Cambria, and it was perfect,” Davis says. Mark Davis had many travels to an area in Wales, called the Cambrian region, back in the early 80’s while enterprising with the family dairy company. That region of the world happened to have a landscape made up of beautiful stone quarries and landscape, and with that experience fresh in Mark’s mind, the name “Cambria” was born. It was also apropos in a sense; the Davis family traces their ancestry to Wales, a region known for its mining and quarry industries.

“What we learned rather quickly were the multiple similarities between this quartz business and what we do in the food processing business,” Davis says. “We already knew how to make things and manage process and technology through thermal, mechanical and chemical processing.” Davis likens the manufacturing process to baking in an ordinary kitchen. Thermal processing is the heat from an oven or stovetop. Then

mechanical processing is the mixing tools, such as the blender or grandma stirring up the cake mix. And finally, the chemical processing is the ingredients that alter the chemistry of the mixture, such as baking soda or vanilla. These are the main mechanisms for all manufacturing. “So, really good manufacturing is disciplining those three generalized unit operations, thermal,

conditioners, no maintenance, does not absorb moisture, stain, or harbor bacteria.

Cambria is certified by the National Sanitation Federation International (NSF approved), for food safety at the same sanitation standards as stainless steel. All these features, Davis says, are important to consumers “in the zone” of shopping for countertops. But the fact that the product is a natural stone, American-made, and produced and sold all by the same company makes Cambria intriguing to a larger audience as well.

As much as the quality of the product speaks for itself, Davis feels the history and reputation of the privately held, U.S. family-owned company behind the product resonates with consumers, dealers, and distributors. Davis added, “We have made huge investments in Cambria, and our family has continued that with major expansions in 2008, so we are excited about the future.” The company more than doubled its size in 2008, adding 180,000 square feet to the Le Sueur operation, making Cambria one of the largest quartz operations of its kind in the world, while remaining the only U.S. operation. “We think there is a consumer and human connection to a company and a product that was a result of entrepreneurism,” Davis says. “We’re a Midwestern company; our company was born out of good old risk taking, curiosity and entrepreneurism. We’re still pursuing our success. What has got us this far is continued long-term investment, hard work, great people, great product, and some luck!”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CAMBRIA

“We’re a Midwestern company; our company was born out of good old risk taking, curiosity and entrepreneurism.” MARTY DAVIS mechanical, and chemical processing, on a 24-hour regimen that ensures enormous consistency and high levels of quality,” explains Davis.

That discipline and quality show through in Cambria’s product. The surfaces Cambria produces are made from 93 percent natural quartz crystals mixed with natural pigments and a small amount of resin, pressed into a slab, cured in an oven, polished, and fabricated. The result is a product that has the appearance of many other quarried stones like granite, marble, slate and the like, but as you can see, the similarities end there. With its high concentration of quartz, Cambria is more than twice as strong as other natural stones and also nonporous, unlike all other natural stones such as granite. This means Cambria requires no chemical sealant, no

cambria team LEFT TO RIGHT: Jeff Hovanec, Bruce Gebhart, MacKenzie Weldon, Matt Davis, Marty Davis, Kathy Ordahl, Jim Ward

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Thoughtful renovation ushers the masterwork of a 1920’s-era architect into the future. | BY CAROLYN CROOKE

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hen Dean Kephart and Mark Tazik noticed the signs for a realtor’s open house in front of a vintage Spanish Mediterranean near Cedar Lake, they decided to take a peek inside. Buying a home, of course, was the furthest thing from their minds.

And they certainly weren’t looking to become stewards of a long-gone architect’s personal masterpiece.

But that’s exactly what happened. Once inside, they were taken with the imaginative elegance of this one-of-a kind property. From the barrel-vaulted ceilings to the fanciful wrought-iron work to the strangely beautiful and intricate spider web window in the dining room, the home spoke to them. Weeks later, it was theirs.

“It’s beautiful and just a little bit quirky,” Tazik says. “That’s why we love this house.” From what he and Dean have put together from records and neighborhood lore, this home was built in 1929 by a Twin Cities architect as his own residence, likely at the height of his career.

Of course other parts of the home’s history, such as unfortunate remodeling projects by later owners, were all too obvious. So project by project over the past decade, the pair has restored and expanded the property, working closely with the team at TreHus Architects+Interior Designers+Builders.

In interviews with the homeowners and the TreHus team, one gets the sense of ideas flying back and forth, and of the group as artistic collaborators, devising ways to bring the house into the new century while preserving its structural integrity and artistic spirit. “When we’re given the opportunity to work on a home like this, we see it as a sacred honor,” notes TreHus President and Owner Dave Amundson.

“They were great about asking the important questions—are we planning to stay in the house, for example,” Tazik adds. “Our goal has always been to build this for us, and you make different decisions compared to somebody who just wants to flip it. We’ve gone for quality and timelessness.”

Their first major project involved creating a new garage behind the original one, which was tucked into the lower level of the home; this resulted in more lower level living space. The team built an outdoor living space above the new garage—a stunning improvement that garnered the 2005 Contractor of the Year (COTY) award for residential specialty and the 2005 Chrysalis Award for Best Project Deck/Porch.

A few years later, Kephart and Tazik turned their attention to a side addition. “It was a junky,” Tazik recalls. “Electric baseboard heating, parquet floors, 1970’s bookcases and a picture window that didn’t fit the home. We began to think about redoing it and adding a bedroom—building up and out.” Again they worked with TreHus to plan and design. Soon the old addition was replaced by a new one with a living area, powder room and office on the main floor and a master bedroom above.

The work is virtually seamless in terms of scale as well as personality. “We took our cues from existing details, such as finishes on the wall, unique moldings. That’s especially important if they’re good details, and in this case, they were,” says TreHus Design/Sales Manager Dave Carson. “Mark and Dean were heavily involved in the process, too, choosing styles and finishings, and doing a lot of homework.”

inner beauty OPPOSITE PAGE: Careful remodeling has enlarged the home while preserving its arresting beauty. The doorway at the right of the upper balcony was once a flat wall; now it leads to a new master bedroom. TreHus fashioned the archway entrance to match design details elsewhere. ABOVE: Exquisite balance and often whimsical design elements characterize this 1929 home, which appears to have been built by a Twin Cities architect as his personal residence.

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he upper balcony leads right into the master bedroom portion of the new addition, which meant TreHus had to create a new doorway where there once was only flat wall. “We were nervous because they were cutting into the barrel ceiling to create that shape, and if something went wrong, that’s the room,” Tazik recalls. “But it came off perfectly.”

Kephart adds that the addition blends seamlessly with the rest of the house. “Even professionals measuring for window treatments thought the space was original,” he says. “They commented on how square the windows are for such an old home.”

The kitchen project began in 2006. TreHus and the homeowners worked up a design that would transform the slim, dark, galley-like area into a bright, functional space. The team actually extended the room a few feet outward and added a window, which meant the roof and wall system had to be extended. You can’t tell from the outside; along with careful stucco work, the builder used clay roof tiles sourced from a salvage yard to get the same look as the originals.

Finally, just this past year, Kephart and Tazik had the basement done. Expanses of cheap paneling and gold-green rugs are no more; now you walk down into a spacious, serene atmosphere. There’s a gallery-like landing, a highly pleasant and functional laundry room and a posh TV room. The idea of what to do down there evolved, like so much of this project, over time.

“If we’d done it all at once, I’m not sure it would have ended up like this. We needed to live in the new spaces and think about what you want and need,” Tazik notes.

“You have to have things you like, because you’re going to live with it.”

“Even professionals measuring for window treatments thought the space was original. They commented on how square the windows are for such an old home.” DEAN KEPHART

smarter spaces ABOVE: It’s hard to imagine this as a dark galley kitchen. This inspired remodel created space and satisfied the homeowners’ wish list while reinforcing the structural integrity of the entire home. RIGHT: The award-winning deck, complete with pergola and grilling area—perfect for a couple that loves to entertain.

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3150 Calhoun Pkwy W Minneapolis, MN Offered at $1,150,000 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 3 Hertz & Gerberding TEL: 952.230.3172

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Offered at $3,795,000 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 Adjacent parcels with 175 feet of lakeshore on Lake Minnetonka. Roffers Group/Jacob Smith TEL: 612.867.5667 Visit Artful-Livingmag.com for a video tour of this home.

State Hwy 55 Plymouth, MN

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Offered at $550,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 Belle & Rebecca Davenport TEL: 952.230.3113

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Offered at $1,799,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 6 Garry Haas TEL: 612.968.4227

Offered at $559,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 Belle & Rebecca Davenport TEL: 952.230.3113

Offered at $899,000 20 Acre Private Wooded Lot Garry Haas TEL: 612.968.4227

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Offered at $1,250,000 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 4 Bryan Flanagan TEL: 952.230.3171

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Offered at $2,600,000 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 4 Mike Buenting TEL: 952.230.3180

Offered at $1,399,000 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 4 Nelson2 TEL: 952.230.3110

Offered at $850,000 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 6 David Tonneson TEL: 952.230.3151

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Pleasantview Cottage New Auburn, WI

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Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 3 300 ft of Lake Superior Shoreline ~ 2 Acres Lavonne Christensen TEL: 612-867-2943

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Staying Home A Twin Cities nonprofit makes sure communities won’t price artists out of the real estate market. | BY ELIZABETH FOY LARSEN

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alk the streets of New York’s Soho neighborhood or Minneapolis’ Warehouse District and it’s clear that the artists who move into neglected industrial zones across the country are godsends for real estate values. But what happens to those same painters and sculptors and dancers once they get priced out of the lofts and studios and thriving street cultures they created?

Solving that gentrification challenge is the driving mission behind Artspace, the United States’ leading nonprofit real estate developer for the arts. “We’re committed to permanent affordability,” explains Colin Hamilton, Artspace’s director of advancement. “There is a solid connection between economic development and art development. But artists shouldn’t get booted as a result of their own success.”

Artspace is headquartered in Minneapolis, but its live/work artists’ communities span the entire country, from Seattle to Houston to Ft. Lauderdale. The organization develops the properties, often by renovating older buildings, and then acts as what Hamilton calls a “benevolent landlord” who in its role

past lives The Shubert has had various names throughout its life, including the Alvin Theater and the Academy Theater.

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as owner or co-owner manages the spaces. Each building’s profits are set ever since—its dour gray exterior a somber reminder of the difficulties aside for preventative maintenance, common area improvements and facing any organization that has to rely on philanthropic financing and building upgrades. public goodwill to realize its ambitions. “It’s been emotionally draining,” While Artspace has shepherded many impressive projects, the current admits Hamilton, who is also the executive director of the new center. jewel in its crown is The Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts & Education “But we now feel that the project is where it needs to be.”

Center. Scheduled to be completed in Spring 2011, the center will combine That optimism is thanks in part to the fact that Minneapolis approved the Hennepin Center for the Arts and the $2 million in federal stimulus funds for the soon-to-be-restored historic Shubert Theater “Most people don’t know that the renovation of the Shubert in 2009. When to create a dynamic home for dance education it’s completed, the 500-seat theater will be Twin Cities has the third largest and performance. The organization will serve a state-of-the-art dance performance space more than 30 nonprofit arts organizations, dance community in the country. blessed with pitch-perfect acoustics, danceincluding Minnesota Dance Company, Zenon specific sight lines and ample offstage space The Shubert will be a platform to Dance Company, James Sewell Ballet, Twin to allow dancers to pirouette and jeté without Cities Gay Men’s Chorus, and Greater Twin worrying about hitting a wall on the other advance that awareness.”

Cities Youth Symphonies. side of the curtain. “It’s going to be one of the It’s an impressive vision—and a lesson in best theaters for dance in the country, which patience for Artspace. The organization has been working on the project for will be wonderful for the artistic output,” says James Sewell, artistic director more than a decade, ever since they first considered the 1910 theater as a of the James Sewell Ballet. “But it will also be a focal point for dance. possible home for the Twin Cities’ thriving but little publicized dance scene.

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The fictitious McKinley High, the characters’ homes and the choir room where the Glee club meets, spring from the research and imagination of Mark Hutman, the show’s production designer. Hutman began designing theater sets as a student at Princeton University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in art and archaeology.

Since then, he’s collaborated with wellknown directors and producers including

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Jerry Bruckheimer, Quentin Tarantino and Robert Altman. Hutman lives in Los Angeles and talked with Ana Scofield about his work.

Ana Scofield: What does a production designer do?

Mark Hutman: Production designers create worlds governed by the edge of each frame of film. With the help of the art department staff, I alter locations to suit the story, character, region, and to add production value—in other words, make them more cinematic, visually striking, and aesthetically pleasing. The look of the entire production is my jurisdiction. It extends to hair, makeup, wardrobe, props, landscape and

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architecture. Everything you see. I create an environment for the story to take place. The true architecture of any television or film story is the writing and acting, and my job is always to support that.

I am also charged with delivering according to a schedule and according to a budget. I take a lot of pride in figuring out what things will cost and then sticking to that cost. There’s a lot of math and back-andforth of art versus commerce.

AS: How long have you been working in set design and production?

MH: Sixteen years. I started out getting people coffee and answering phones.

AS: Glee is set in Lima, Ohio. What look did you hope to create?

MH: It’s a comedy. I would say exaggeration is something I was going for.

The cheerleaders and the football players figure largely in the show. One of the first big decisions was, “What are the school colors going to be?” We chose red and white with black accents because we thought the warm red of the cheerleading uniforms and football jerseys would really pop against the cool green of the football field. I work very closely with the costume designer in terms of what the characters are wearing and what the colors on the walls or interiors are.

I’m obsessive about my research. It’s about soaking myself in Lima, Ohio and asking myself, “What is it about Lima that is unique to that town?” It is a blue-collar town and it’s part of what’s become known as the “rust belt.” Things took a bad turn first, in the economy of Ohio, and that is a big part of what informs our story.

Falchuk, Glee co-creator/executive producer.

Later, Brad called and said, “We want you to do the show.” It was kind of neat and organic and sort of born out of friendship.

or don’t have a lot of money. The Glee club is their safe haven and support. I think the show is so good that it would be popular in other times as well.

AS: Are you on the set of Glee every day?

MH: Generally speaking…yes. A big part of my job is planning. I have to make sure things are ready to light and shoot when the schedule demands. If we’re opening a new set, I’m there to make sure whoever is directing that episode and the director of photography are comfortable. I’m constantly prepping for the next episode.

AS: What do you enjoy about working on Glee?

MH: The opportunity to sink my teeth into something like Glee is pretty great. It starts with Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and cocreator Ian Brennan—everything from the writing to the actors. It’s a compelling set of characters and the writing is just brilliant.

You laugh, you cry, you get angry, you get excited, and there’s an emotional truth to the songs and performances as they relate to the story. I feel fortunate, proud and humbled.

It’s a really fun challenge.

AS: What’s unique about building sets for Glee?

MH: It’s tricky. The songs need to be cleared from a legal standpoint first. Then they go to our composer and get recorded with our actors. Then they go to the amazing and talented choreographer, Zach Woodlee.

He and I kick around ideas about what the dance is going to be and what the actors are going to dance on. It falls on me to build that.

AS: Do you also choose the locations or design the sets for the outdoor scenes, like the football field?

MH: The location manager scouts locations and takes photographs based on the guidance that Ryan Murphy and I give him.

I may have fifteen different options for high school football fields. Then I’ll take my two or three favorites to Ryan. He’ll choose from those or he’ll ask for more.

The red blocking sleds, for scenes on the football field, are something that my department provides—they fall into the category of set decorating.

AS: What other TV series have you worked on?

MH: I worked on the pilot and first season for House M.D. We constructed the vast majority of the hospital. The show has gone on for many seasons, and it’s still the same hospital. I take a lot of pride in that.

AS: How did you get hired to work on Glee?

MH: Ryan Murphy, the creator, is somebody that I’ve known socially for over three years.

He asked me if I’d read the script for Glee. I hadn’t. We met for coffee on the Paramount lot and chatted about the script. He took me back to his office and introduced me to Brad

AS: How many people work for you building the sets?

MH: It varies. When we were building the high school, I had about 70 people on my staff. That included carpenters, painters and set dressers.

AS: We’re living in difficult times.

Does the popularity of the show have anything to do with the supposed simplicity of life in a small town high school set in the Midwest?

MH: That is not at all lost on Ryan Murphy.

There are certain things in life that we can control and certain things that we can’t. A lot of the kids on the show have single parents

AS: Do you interact with the actors?

Do you have a favorite character?

MH: I do interact with the actors and I’m very interested in their take on their characters. I transport myself to all of their worlds. I don’t have a favorite. I adore them all equally.

AS: Are you working on other shows?

MH: I’m all Glee, all of the time.

AS: Do you like to sing or dance?

MH: I sang and performed in the madrigals in junior high and for years I played drums in a band. Then I got interested in the “behindthe-scenes” and did lighting for high school plays. Then I really got into sports. I do like to sing and dance but I don’t do it very often.

I sing in the shower or the car. I have a long commute. My big dance is a kind of mellow, swaying two-step.

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feature || Q+A On Minnesota Esera Tuaolo: How do you like the Twin Cities versus Green Bay? How is each town different?

Brett Favre: They are both very similar. Very easy to adjust to, and very friendly. [The fans in both towns] are passionate about their team, and very supportive.

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rett Favre and Esera Tuaolo played together in Green Bay in the early ’90s and they were roommates on the road.

“We had a lot in common,” Tuaolo says.

“We were both from small towns. We just kind of clicked.” Hailing from Waimanalo, Hawaii, Tuaolo now lives in the Twin Cities and has enjoyed the opportunity to rekindle a friendship with his old teammate. When he found out Favre would be playing for the Vikings, “I thought it was incredible,” he says. “I know the type of leadership he can bring to a team. We have so much raw talent here and that’s what Brett is: a great leader.”

Since the end of his football career, Tuaolo has been involved in non-profits like Bridge for Youth and frequently gives presentations as a motivational speaker and human rights advocate. In 2003, he came out on national television on Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel.

He has also written a book called, Alone in the Trenches. “I love what I do now and the fact that I can be of service to people out there going through a hard time,” Tuaolo says.

“There are a lot of gay athletes out there that want to quit and not deal with the stress and I can help them because I’ve been there.”

Tuaolo, who has been singing since he was 5, also released an album in fall 2009. It’s very eclectic, he says, featuring sounds from hip-hop to Hawaiian. “Music is an amazing way for anyone to find their happiness,” he says.

Favre and Tuaolo took a break from their busy schedules to have a conversation, and Artful Living was lucky enough to listen in.

ET: Have we Minnesotans been good about giving you space or do you get mobbed when you’re at the gas station?

BF: Yes, very considerate. Just friendly waves, and smiles.

ET: You’ve mentioned in other interviews you like to hunt and golf. Have you been able to enjoy the outdoors in Minnesota?

BF: Absolutely, I have found some really nice spots that I visit weekly for hunting. I played golf with Longwell on some really beautiful courses.

Brett Favre horses around with his dad, Irvin, and

his friend, former Packer Esera Tuaolo in this 1993 photo at his family’s home in Kiln, Mississippi.

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On Football ET: What still drives you to come back again and play?

BF: Love for the game.

ET: How do you feel in the morning after a game compared to 10 years ago?

BF: I am extremely stiff, and find it is more difficult to recover.

ET: Who has inspired you most off the field?

BF: My girls. They make me want to be a better person, husband and father.

ET: Do you have a favorite Sunday ritual on or off the field?

BF: I always eat a hefty breakfast.

ET: Who has inspired you most on the field?

BF: Reggie White

ET: Any ideas on what you’ll do after retirement?

BF: No plans yet, except to spend as much time as possible with my family.

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ET: You and your wife are both involved in philanthropic causes (The 4ward Foundation and Deanna’s Hope Foundation). Can you tell us a bit about each, and why you feel it’s important to give back?

BF: The 4ward Foundation provides aid to disadvantaged and disabled children. Deanna and I came from families who were very hard working. We did not always have a lot, but we were taught to appreciate what we did have. We realize the blessings in our life, and feel God has trusted us to bless others. Deanna’s Hope Foundation is very near and dear since she was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 35. The Hope Foundation provides aid to women going through breast cancer with financial burdens.

She helps women without insurance.

She remembers a time in her life when she was a single mom without insurance, and can’t imagine going through cancer under such strains. [The HOPE necklace (pictured upper right) can be purchased at deannafavre4hope.com to help support the foundation.]

Who is your favorite football player you never played with or against?

Joe Montana Do you have a favorite city to travel to?

Not much on traveling at all.

If you could do it over again, and you couldn’t go to Southern Mississippi, where would you want to attend college?

Wherever I would have the opportunity to play.

What was your college major? Your favorite class?

Special Education. The class with the least homework.

Do you ever get to go on a date during the season?

On occasion Deanna and I will go to dinner or a movie.

Minnesota is a big hockey state. Ever watched a hockey game in person? Ever tried to skate?

Never been to a hockey game. Tried to roller blade once with Deanna, but didn’t last long.

Would you ever do Dancing with the Stars?

No, I am way too stiff. I have been invited.

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“I know the type of leadership he can bring to a team.

We have so much raw talent here and that’s what Brett is: a great leader.” ESERA TUAOLO

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