Welcome to the Issue LUX Living

The LUX life Issue cover pays homage to our 10th Anniversary and a decade of celebrating the Central Valley, so take a look at what this year’s hallmark event was all about and see party pics from that night (page 37). The 2023 Luxury Award Winners are revealed (page 52). You’ll be itching to get all dressed up after seeing these gowns in airy light blue (page 58), structural hot pink (page 60), and fluid gold (page 62). A round-up of luxurious local hotels from Bakersfield to Yosemite will give you the travel bug (page 30). There’s plenty to do around town, both indoors and out, this April (page 22). The zodiac’s new year begins again with Aries (page 64).

Living Color

The saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” yet print uniquely marries imagery with language. While the words in these pages may be in greyscale, the stories they bring to life are anything but black and white. Here’s to embracing the vibrancy of living color.

DAVID MANNING

Publisher, Sole Owner

EDITORIAL

Editorial Director LAUREN BARISIC

Interiors Editor ERIN MELKONIAN Health & Fitness Editor DINA JUVE

Features Contributors CHRISTINE ROSE, ELISABETH ROSS and ANN T. SULLIVAN WHITEHURST Astrologer SHARI SCHOPP

ART

Design Director PHENG MOUA Graphic Designer SAMANTHA DEATHERAGE

Contributing Photographers GARY KAZANJIAN, CHÂTEAU DU SUREAU, THE DARLING HOTEL EAT.DRINK.SLEEP., EL CAPITAN HOTEL, ELLIE KOLEEN PHOTOGRAPHY and YOSEMITE HOSPITALITY

BUSINESS

Regional Marketing Director CAROL DEFENDIS Sales Executives CAROLINE HOWARD and EMMA TOSTE

Accounting Director DEE ANN LINKER Legal Counsel GONTORWON BORH

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