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By Shawn Raymundo
Here at Picket Fence Media, our editorial team has an average age of about 31 years old, so we understand any hesitancy in trusting anything we write on how to “age well.” With that in mind, we’ve chatted with a handful of successful, older individuals who are truly aging well and can offer their advice for thriving in South Orange County.
ALEX RENTZPERIS, 67, San Clemente
For the past 33 years, Alex Rentzperis has owned and operated the Sports Barber in Dana Point. He had moved to South Orange County in 1980, when he began learning how to cut hair as an apprentice under the stewardship of his uncle.
At 67 years young, Rentzperis lives in San Clemente, near the 12th hole of the Shorecliffs Golf Club, though that doesn’t mean you’ll find him on the links most days.
In fact, Rentzperis is an avid fisherman who enjoys logging some serious hours aboard his 19-foot fishing boat, catching Calico Bass—when he’s not running his local barbershop, of course.
“I’ve averaged over 100 days a year fishing for 27 years,” boasts Rentzperis, who routinely fishes every Sunday and Monday, when the launch is wide open. “It’s my pastime, it’s my hobby, it’s what I like to do.”
Asked how others his age and older can live their best life in South Orange County, Rentzperis says to just get out and enjoy the area’s year-round beautiful weather.
“I suggest getting off the couch, go out for a walk, walk the (Dana Point) Harbor, take a bike ride, play some tennis,” Rentzperis says, adding: “We have the weather that lets us do what we like to all year-round.”
TAMMY LUTZ, 67, Dana Point
At 67 years of age, Tammy Lutz acknowledges that her body and physicality are not the same. Mentally speaking, though, she doesn’t feel 67; rather, she says, “I feel like I’m in my 40s.”
For 40 years, she was a self-proclaimed gym rat, waking up early five days a week to be at the gym, pumping iron and taking spin classes. Things have, unfortunately, slowed down on that front recently.
“Things are just starting to slow down, and my body is betraying me, but my mind hopefully will stay fit,” says an optimistic Lutz, a former nail salon owner who’s now a realtor working with her partner—both romantically and professionally.
She’s hasn’t let her health issues keep her down, though.
“Whatever, I love the beach, I love to travel, I love sunshine,” she says. “If I say anything, I don’t think it’s a good idea to retire; it’s not easy to retire. It’s important to do something. Get up, get out, take walks. Keep living. Find something you do that gives you joy; keep active.”
Giving her advice on how South County folks can keep aging well, Lutz recognizes the blessing it is to live here.
“It’s paradise. It’s one of the best places to live on the planet,” she says. “Keep moving, stay active, get out, go to the beach, go to a community pool. Stay active and keep moving.”
HEATHER KNOTTS, 70, Dana Point
After a fruitful career in residential lending of 42 years—constantly on a laptop or cellphone “just 24/7, seven days a week”—Heather Knotts was ready to step away after the death of her husband in 2016.
“I finally, finally get to have ‘Heather time,’ ” she jokes before noting that it wasn’t long until she found a new job to keep her busy. “I’m such a livewire that I couldn’t stop working, so I went to work for Trader Joe’s and had a blast with that.”
Most recently, she’s been spending time with her partner, Reuben, a devout gymgoer of 45 years, which has highly motivated Knotts, who starts each of her weekdays exercising at Life Time Rancho San Clemente.
Referring to herself as a purveyor of good times, Knotts notes that she’s not one to sit still for too long, telling her daughter that she would prefer to receive experiences as gifts rather than stuff.
“I just can’t sit still,” she says. “That’s been the nature of me almost all of my life.”
“Last weekend, Reuben and I went on a dolphin excursion, and the next day we went to a beer tasting,” she recalls. “And Reuben built me these beautiful, 3-foot-high corrugated planter boxes on the oceanview side of my home, and we both get out there.”
In her free time, Knotts makes sure she gets her steps in, enjoying walks around the Dana Point Harbor with her two hunting dogs, and greeting the many beautiful people she passes by in the morning.
“On Thursdays, I volunteer at the senior center, and I deliver Meals on Wheels, which I love,” she says. “I love to cook, and I love to have people over to eat, and they love to eat my food, so that all works out really well.”
Knotts, who also meets with her gal pals a couple times a week and spends time spoiling her two grandchildren with fun trips to Sea World, Knott’s Berry Farm and the Santa Ana Zoo, says one of the keys to aging well is to get out of the house.
“Enjoy all that we have around us,” she says. “We’ve got so many lovely places to visit. There’s great museums that are not far away. Beautiful beaches to walk on. There’s just no reason to just sit in your house. There’s people out there who are intriguing. Just start up a conversation. I think I scare people when I’m walking my dogs, because I always greet them.”