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GATHERINGS & GOODWILL

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Humane Society of Missouri Grand Center Lifelong Vision Foundation Friends of Rural Parish Workers of Christ the King

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Upcoming Gatherings

Style:

STYLE SPEAK After too long a hiatus, LN stalwart Denise Kruse returns, to chat with Christopher “Kit” Heffern of Elleard Heffern Fine Jewelers about the company his grandfather founded, with topics including an exciting three-day trunk show starting Nov. 30.

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The Trio Design Elements Feature: Delirious by Design

STYLE

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The Daily Feature:

BARBARA BINDLER

LN fave Alice Handelman profiles Barbara Bindler, a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, who discusses teaching, volunteering and other subjects – including her alma mater, about which Bindler has just a few nice things to say.

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Feature: Paso Collection

THE DAILY

THOMAS STRUTH

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Eric Lutz, associate curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Saint Louis Art Museum, reflects on “Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics,” now on display there, in this feature by LN copy editor and staff writer Bryan A. Hollerbach.

Colonial Marketplace, the popular shopping plaza, proves to be a holiday hot spot again this year. Turn to page 12 to discover your one-stop shop for holiday gift-giving. Photo by Sarah Conroy.

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Arts & Culture Feature:

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Connect the Dots Communication Conversation Crossword Puzzle Feature: Barbara Bindler

ARTS & CULTURE 70 73 74 76

Dinner & A Show Around Town The Wine Life Feature: Thomas Struth

Savor

your lifestyle.

Award-winning chef Brian Hardy brings passion and expertise to every appetizer, entrĂŠe and dessert he creates at The Gatesworth.

Here, you can enjoy casual or fine dining in one of our three restaurants.

Or have your own recipes prepared and delivered with in-room service.

No matter what your request, the answer is always yes.

Chef and the rest of our staff are here to ensure that your Gatesworth experience is nothing short of exceptional.

Exceptional People. Exceptional Living.

We can customize The Gatesworth Lifestyle just for you. Call 314-993-0111 or visit TheGatesworth.com The Gatesworth is committed to equal housing opportunity and does not discriminate in housing and services because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

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EDITOR BEFORE HAVING OUR SON, I WAS DEDICATED TO KEEPING A clean house. I wanted everything in its place and would stress when it wasn’t. As of late, though, I’ve decided it’s more important to spend precious time with our little boy, which is why I no longer refer to our home as messy, but rather, beautiful chaos.

There is some sort of baby apparatus every which way – whether a bouncer, swing, walker or simply a basket of little clothes awaiting its proper place. While at times it can be overwhelming, it also reflects our current stage of life.

In this week’s Abode feature, Delirious by Design co-owner Hannah LaRose notes that a home shouldn’t be decorated per se, but rather collected, reminding you of a certain person or a memory. When I read this, I knew she hit the nail on the head.

Starting on p. 33, we hope you enjoy reading about the inspiration behind the beautiful products sold at Delirious by Design and the husband-and-wife team that started it all. Such products include wood-carved décor, woven wall hangings, fabulous floating wood shelves and much more.

All the best,

Alecia Humphreys

Editor’s Corner It was recently announced that Ralphcares

SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s

Fund is partnering with Jewish Family &

Hospital recently received an infrastructure

Children’s Service to host a new program at

grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation,

the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry. This

the largest private funder of childhood cancer

program will provide 500 dental hygiene kits to

research grants, totaling $93,819. The grant

families with children, as, according to Missouri’s

will support the researchers who work to give

Preventative Services Program, nearly 20 percent

more kids access to clinical trials, which are

of Missouri’s schoolchildren have poor oral

often a child’s best hope for a cure, according

hygiene and 27 percent have untreated cavities.

to a release.

The kits will include toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss and mouthwash.

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We have gathered three of Italy’s most celebrated design houses for one fabulous weekend, just in time to make the perfect statement this holiday.

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Gatherings & Goodwill

HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI

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GRAND CENTER

LIFELONG VISION FOUNDATION

Lauding

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Humane Society of Missouri

PAWS FOR CELEBRATION

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Kathy Warnick Photos and story by Diane Anderson

Louise and Richard Jensen

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he 24th annual Humane Society of Missouri Paws for Celebration recently took place at Simons Jewelers at 8141 Maryland Ave. in Clayton. Guests added sparkle to an otherwise ordinary Wednesday by pausing to toast a worthy cause, shop spectacular jewelry and claim a chance to win shopping sprees from Simons. Guests enjoyed top-shelf cocktail selections, as well as delicious fare from The Block and Strange Donuts. On display (and now available at Simons) was the dazzling new David Webb New York collection of fine jewelry, whose pieces have adorned celebrities from the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former first lady of the United States, to R&B/pop diva BeyoncĂŠ.

Lindsey Swift and Julie Schoettley co-chaired the event.

Anne McLaughlin, Shana Cook, Cassandra Edwards

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Cary Reed, George and Lele Bitting

The Humane Society of Missouri is a fabulous organization that helps animals throughout the area. This is our 24th year of hosting this event, and we are proud to have raised over $1 million for the Humane Society of Missouri.

FRANCINE KATZ, CO-HOST (LEFT, WITH CO-HOST SIMON KATZ)

Rachel Duke, Mark Emanuel, Avery Ross

Katie King, Keith Manzer, Sue King

Alex Berger III, Cindy Berger

Debbie Kersting, Meagan Hyde

Lindsey Swift, Julie Schoettley

Bill and Megan Schmidt

Blair and Rick Spector

Debbie and David Caplin

Ken Sandler, Christine Fitzpatrick

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Grand Center

AWARD GALA

Melba Moore

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Karen and Jim Shaughnessy Photos and story by Diane Anderson

he Grand Center recently honored one of its longstanding institutions at its annual award gala at The Sheldon Concert Hall & Art Galleries: Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, with CEO Michael McMillan, who received the 2017 Grand Center Gala Award. Following the dinner and award ceremony was a special performance by Tony Award-winning musician Melba Moore. Co-chairing the event were Marsha and Bill Rusnack and Carol and Tom Voss. Joan Quicksilver served as honorary chairwoman.

Tom and Kathy Reeves

JoAnn Gardner, Kinsella Berry, Louise Griffin, Linda Simms

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Barbara Harbarugh, Tom George

Tonight, we thank the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis for helping to create a place where all in our community are welcome. We are proud to be able to say the Urban League has been a critical part of our organization since our founding in 1980 and continue to call Grand Center Arts District home.

KARIN HAGAMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO

Monica and Jeff Zielenski

Ken and Nancy Kranzberg, Kitty Ratcliffe

Michael Burns, Steve and Karen Barney, Mulugheta Teferi

Jim Mann, Janet Schoedinger, Paul Shaughnessy

Everett and Amy Johnson

Lisa and Tom Suntrup

Bill and Marsha Rusnack, Joan Quicksilver, Carol and Tom Voss

Suzanne and John Wolf

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Lifelong Vision Foundation

EYE BALL

Photos and story by Christina Kling-Garrett

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he Eye Ball, an evening benefiting the research, education and community programs of the Lifelong Vision Foundation, took place Oct. 12 at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac. Guests enjoyed a cocktail hour including drinks, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and music by St. Louis blues musician (and 2017 honoree) Big George Brock before moving into the main ballroom.

During the three-course dinner, emcee Kevin Steincross of Fox 2 (KTVI) and Mary April, the foundation’s executive director, welcomed them. Following dinner, David Schumacher conducted a live auction, after which came guest speakers Dr. Eliot Lazar and Michael Mavrogeorge, St. Louis Downtown Airport’s fire chief, each relating the foundation’s importance. Dr. Jay Pepose (the foundation’s founder) and April then presented the evening’s awards to Dr. Mark Lombardi, Dr. Frank Werblin, Jessica Cutright, Brock and Lazar. Since 2001, the foundation has distributed more than $2 million and dedicated itself to improving people’s lives. Its goal remains helping people – whether first responders, under-resourced or special-needs children, seniors or persons in education and research – see more clearly.

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I am delighted to sit on the board of directors and chair the Eye Ball for Lifelong Vision Foundation. Guided by the vision of Medical Director Dr. Jay Pepose and the board, the foundation is quietly helping our community become safer and stronger by offering no-cost laser vision correction for police, firefighters, EMT and other providers of emergency assistance.

DONNA HIBLER, EVENT CO-CHAIR

Jill Sweeney, Veronica Olson, Erica Ballentine

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Susan Rieger, Dr. James Rieger, Kenyon Catchings, Eileen Copeland, Lee Collier, Roxanne Canter

Friends of Rural Parish Workers of Christ the King

FASHION SHOW AND LUNCHEON

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uests recently attended the Friends of Rural Parish Workers of Christ the King’s 50th annual Fashion Show and Luncheon, held recently at The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis. Just before it commenced, Archbishop Robert J. Carlson announced plans to bring health care and family social services through Catholic Charities of St. Louis to augment the rural ministry.

A medical clinic, staffed mostly by volunteers but with a staff doctor, will be piloted on Rural Parish Workers of Christ the King property in Old Mines in Washington County, Missouri, and hopefully set the stage for the Catholic Mobile Clinic to also bring health care and social services to uninsured individuals in and around nearby parishes. Rural Parish Workers of Christ the King, a group of laywomen bound by religious vows, serves roughly 2,500 people a year, providing food, clothing, shelter and utility assistance. Co-chairing the luncheon were Therese Hagemeister and Vicki Messmer.

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This organization began 50 years ago by a group of women who wanted to make a difference in our world. Since then, we have raised over $1,000,287 to support the rural parish workers.

THERESE HAGEMEISTER AND VICKI MESSMER, CO-CHAIRS

Laura Partridge, Maureen Montgomery, Eileen Hedrick, Christy Trojahn, Nicole Seavey

Natalie Villmer, June Herman, Diane Garea

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holiday cards FOR CHARITY

By Amanda Dahl

Send the warmest of wishes this holiday season to family and friends, near and far, with these holiday cards created by local nonprofits.

BIRTHRIGHT COUNSELING, ST. LOUIS

2525 S. Brentwood Blvd., 314-962-5300, birthrightstl.org Set of 15 for $10 INSIDE MESSAGE: A silent night, A star above, A blessed gift of hope and love. A blessed Christmas to you!

Sending this card supports Birthright Counseling, St. Louis in providing free, confidential and professional counseling services, plus practical assistance, to women faced with an untimely pregnancy.

EPWORTH CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES

HUMANE SOCIETY OF MISSOURI

1201 Macklind Ave., 314-647-8800, hsmo.org/gift-shop Set of 10 for $12.95 INSIDE MESSAGE: Season’s Greetings to all creatures great and small.

Sending this card aids the abused and neglected animals cared for at the Humane Society of Missouri and its Longmeadow Rescue Ranch.

110 N. Elm Ave., 314-918-3330, mmahan@epworth.org, epworth.org Set of 12 cards for $10, plus $3 postage (if mailed) INSIDE MESSAGE: (Secular) The gift of Love. The gift of Peace. The gift of Happiness. May all these be yours, this Holiday Season!

(Religious) May your heart be lifted in praise this Christmas, for the wonderful gift of Jesus and the Joy, Peace & Love He brings to our Lives. Merry Christmas!

LUTHERAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION 11123 S. Towne Square, Suite F, 314-200-0797, lesastl.org

Sending this card benefits the youth in Epworth Children &

Set of 10 for $10

Family Services’ programs.

INSIDE MESSAGE: Let us prepare our hearts for the coming of our Lord! Wishing you and your family a blessed Christmas.

Sending this card aids the Lutheran Elementary School Association with providing needs-based scholarships and programs to 35 Lutheran schools in St. Louis and southern Illinois.

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MARYGROVE

2705 Mullanphy Lane, 314-830-6286, marygrovechildren.org Set of 12 for $14 INSIDE MESSAGE: Wishing

ST. LOUIS CHRISTMAS CAROLS ASSOCIATION

7425 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 353, 314-863-1225, stlchristmascarols.org

you the Joy of Family, the Happiness of Friends, and the

Set of 10 for $10

Wonder of the Holiday Season.

INSIDE MESSAGE: May joy

Sending this card supports Marygrove in its mission to

and peace sing in your heart this holiday season.

aid children struggling with

Sending this card benefits

emotional and behavioral issues

St. Louis Christmas Carols

as a result of abuse or neglect.

Association’s mission of “caroling to benefit children” by aiding in funding 34 area children’s agencies.

MIDWESTERN BRAILLE VOLUNTEERS 104 W. Adams Ave., 314-966-5828, mbvol.org Set of 6 for $20 or $5 per card INSIDE MESSAGE: Customizable or selected from one of the following – One, May the magic of the season fill your heart with joy!

Two, Wishing you the joy, hope and wonder of Christmas.

Three, Have a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Sending this card assists Midwestern

SAINT LOUIS CRISIS NURSERY

11710 Administration Drive, Suite 18, 314-292-5770, crisisnurserykids.org, app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/StLouisCrisisNursery/2017holidaycards.html

Set of 12 for $10 INSIDE MESSAGE: May Your Holidays Shine Bright.

Sending this card helps Saint Louis Crisis Nursery to provide diapers, food, formula, toys, transportation and housing assistance to families.

Braille Volunteers in its transcription work for the visually impaired.

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Upcoming

GATHERINGS

By Jackson Roman

Wed., Nov. 29

Easterseals Midwest’s 34TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel St. Louis-Chesterfield. 5:30 p.m. (eastersealsmidwest.org) Food Outreach’s MAIN INGREDIENT in Moulin’s Centennial Ballroom. 6 p.m. (foodoutreach.org)

Thu., Nov. 30

Special Education Foundation’s HEROES WITH HEART at the Bogey Club. 5:30 p.m. (sef-stl.org)

VOYCE’s 2017 CAREGIVER AWARDS LUNCHEON at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel. 11:45 a.m. (voycestl.org)

Jewish Family & Children’s Service’s THE MAGIC OF MAKING A DIFFERENCE at the Sheraton Westport Chalet. 6:30 p.m. (jfcs-stl.org)

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Meaningful FURNISHINGS

By Brittany Nay | Photos by Sarah Conroy

Photo courtesy of Delirious by Design

St. Louis-based Delirious by Design’s handmade home décor has a message.

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designers, handles the creative side of the company, while her husband, a “perfectionist with patience,” takes on some of the more meticulous woodworking. The pair, which started the business as a hobby out of their basement and garage in November 2015, currently crafts their home-décor line full time in a workshop space at the Lemp Brewery in St. Louis’ Soulard neighborhood.

For Delirious by Design’s popular wall art pieces, for example, LaRose creates the design, then she and her husband finish the item. “I come up with a concept and design and make the design using computer software, which gives a mock-up picture of what it will look like, and then we carve it out using a CNC [computer numerical control] machine, paint it and frame it,” she says.

The crafty company also creates custom orders. The process begins with a customer reaching out through email or social media with an inspirational idea, photo or quote, LaRose says. “We talk about the size, color and vision for the piece, create a mock-up to make sure everything looks good, create it and ship it to them,” she explains, adding that custom orders typically take two to three weeks, while noncustom orders take one to two weeks.

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“When you look around a room, it should remind you of a certain person, travel or a good memory.”

That sentimental design principle is the basis for the 2-year-old, St. Louis-based home-décor company, Delirious by Design, co-owned by LaRose and her husband and business partner, Nick.

With a mix of modern, boho and farmhouse styles, the local small business offers wall art, including wood-carved décor, woven wall hangings and framed prints; wood furniture, such as floating shelves, bookshelves, stools, side tables and coffee tables; and home décor, from throw pillows and tea towels to decorative mirrors, wall clocks, rugs, table runners and planters. “We have fun gift items and conversation pieces to have in the house,” LaRose notes, adding that the unique home décor line is inspired by relationships, books, music and memories, with an emphasis on love and laughter. “We use a lot of inspiring quotes, and funny plays on words – we try not to take ourselves too seriously.”

In that vein, the company’s new line of textiles includes tea towels with quotes from authors like Virginia Woolf (“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well”) and F. Scott Fitzgerald (“Too much of anything is bad, but too much Champagne is just right”) to throw pillows celebrating the holidays, with sayings such as “Gather,” “Give Thanks” and “Noel.”

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song lyrics, LaRose says, adding, “It’s fun to see customer requests, and if it sells well, we’ll add a similar item to the line.”

Delirious by Design’s full line of home décor is available on its website, while its wood-carved art and floating shelves also are available on Etsy.

Most of the wooden home décor items, including the popular wood and industrial-pipe floating shelves, are made from locally sourced pine, birch and raw steel, also available in gold or brass finishes. “Our customers can feel good about purchasing local, shopping small and supporting a local business in St. Louis,” LaRose says. “We have a really good, curated selection of home décor items on our website, so we make

it easy for our customers to find what they’re looking for.”

She credits Delirious by Design’s rapidly increasing repeat business to being a customer-focused company that implements feedback from clients, who range from homeowners, home-flippers and home-stagers to interior designers. “We really do care about our customers and what they think,” LaRose notes. “We’re always designing new items for our home décor line to keep things fresh and exciting for our customers.”

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CHRISTOPHER “KIT” HEFFERN PHOTO BY CHRISTOPHER N JEWELL

to Elleard Heffern Fine Jewelers

By Denise Kruse

Opened in 1913, Elleard Heffern Fine Jewelers is St. Louis’ oldest independent fine jeweler, trusted for more than a century by four generations of St. Louis’ elite, who have come to rely on the family-owned company for its signature high-quality gems and expert service. In more recent decades, Elleard Heffern has expanded its services to include trunk shows featuring exclusive collections from new-to-St. Louis or hard-to-find-here designers, as well as some of their clients’ favorites.

Ladue News recently spoke with Christopher “Kit” Heffern, grandson of the company’s founder, about Elleard Heffern’s upcoming trunk show, which starts Thursday, Nov. 30, and runs through Dec. 2, and which features designers Vendorafa, Gismondi 1754 and Chantecler.

What inspired you to begin featuring trunk shows?

We started hosting trunk shows in the early 1990s. They offer greater exposure for clientele to see a broader range from a particular designer, so when plane travel became inexpensive enough and insurance was ready to provide travel coverage for large amounts of jewelry, it was a bit of a no-brainer to start incorporating trunk shows into our repertoire – in particular, of those designers that were already our clients’ favorites.

What jewelry designers have you featured in the past?

We have held trunk shows Christopher “Kit” Heffern featuring Oscar Heyman, Michael Bondanza, Vhernier, Stephen Webster and Mark Patterson, to name just a few of the many we’ve had over the years.

What can you tell us about the designers featured in the Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 trunk show?

We were one of the first jewelry stores in St. Louis to carry the prestigious Vendorafa line and have followed in those footsteps, introducing Gismondi 1754 to the St. Louis region last year. Gismondi has, over the past year, been featured on both Jane Fonda and Debra Messing, so the style is definitely upand-coming. We are pleased this year to add Chantecler to our trunk show.

The Vendorafa, Gismondi and Chantecler lines are all manufactured in Italy; Vendorafa was founded in Valenza in 1951. Massimo Gismondi has his own brand now, but the name of the brand itself suggests his family’s seven-generation-long history with jewelry, since 1754, in Genoa. Chantecler hails from the Isle of Capri, with a history of its own since 1947. Chantecler’s inspiration is the shapes and colors of the isle itself, whereas Gismondi draws inspiration from classical Italian jewelry forms, as well as occasionally animals and nature. Vendorafa enjoys broad, organic-appearing gold work.

What are the details of the trunk show?

The hours of the trunk show are from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, and Friday, Dec. 1, and from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2.

The show will be held at our Clayton location, at 101 S. Hanley Road. Guests should park in the surface parking lot off of Bonhomme Road on the north side, just west of Hanley, or, if the weather is wet, down in the garage, the next entrance, below the building. We are in the lobby of the building, in Suite 110.

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Paso Collection’s curated vintage items are trendy yet timeless pieces hand-selected by owner Amber Ibarra.

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intage shopping can feel overwhelming, with decades of decaying clothing often hiding the high-quality gem everyone wants. Items regularly need repair or are so outdated they become unusable. Although any fashionista worth her pumps knows vintage is one of the best ways to add a one-of-a-kind twist to an outfit, finding those items isn’t as easy as going to a boutique.

Unless, of course, you’re looking at curated vintage.

Paso Collection is one of St. Louis’ latest curated vintage lines. After the line’s founding four months ago, Paso Collection items are now for sale at The Heirloom Room on Cherokee Street. Each item is individually selected as a ready-to-wear piece as part of the curation process, meaning shoppers only see a selection of vintage showstoppers instead of retro rags.

“The pieces in the collection are hand-selected vintage clothing and accessories that celebrate the feminine figure and embrace timeless silhouettes,” owner Amber Ibarra says. “Right now, we have two tracks in fashion – ultratrendy fast-fashion and a more ethical ‘slow-fashion.’ With Paso Collection, I’m really wanting to make an ‘ethical closet’ both appealing and accessible.”

So how do items make the cut from run-of-the-mill vintage to curated Paso Collection pieces? Any given item has to be something Ibarra would wear.

“The collection is very intimate and definitely rooted in my personal taste, so if it’s not something I would wear, it doesn’t make the cut,” Ibarra says. “I look for pieces that are effortless and feminine. This usually translates into neutral, subdued colors, but there are some occasional outliers that are more vibrant. I’m also a huge sucker for lace and ruffles.” She notes high-quality cashmere, wool, silk and cotton are the fabrics she seeks out, but style and quality rule in the end. The same goes for decades – for the period in which an item was produced. Although “the older the better,” Ibarra notes apparel from the 1990s is considered vintage to some. “All things considered, it takes a long time to find the right pieces,” she says.

Ibarra, a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, doesn’t have a formal fashion background, although she says she’s been “tuned in to that world. It’s an incredibly powerful facet of design – everyone lives it.”

To find her pieces, Ibarra shops thrift stores, estate sales and small-town antique shops. She notes how much time is spent sifting through junk, a task formerly placed

on the consumer. And although Ibarra will reinforce stitching or mend small holes, she doesn’t do alterations to the pieces. Instead, her focus is often on cleaning items.

“Sometimes I’ll need to work out a stain or shave pills off a knit, but nothing major,” Ibarra says, explaining all items are washed, air-dried and steamed before making their way to the showroom. “For me, nothing is worse than vintage clothing that smells like its age. Silks, cashmere and wool are hand-washed in an old wood bucket. It’s time-consuming and can get tedious, but I think it’s really important to give these pieces the proper care and attention.”

The result is a grouping of largely neutral pieces of women’s clothing, from a boxy mohair-and-suede jacket to a fitted knit cardigan. Paso Collection also includes a sampling of vintage denim. Because of the nature of the pieces, though, the stock is always changing. Ibarra showcases her latest finds on the brand’s Instagram account, @paso_collection. Also, although she declines to provide a price range or an average and notes prices may seem high for this area, Ibarra calls them moderate; the prices reflect the time it takes to find items, as well as cleaning and steaming, she says.

To see items offline, shoppers can head to The Heirloom Room, a store and private event space that specializes both in artwork and in vintage and fair-trade items. Ibarra’s collection is available there through Ibarra’s friendship with owner Angela Otto. Ibarra explains that the two co-host private events at the space through their other business, Heirloom Gatherings, which helps book events at The Heirloom Room. “She knew how much I loved vintage clothing, and she was very supportive in me having my collection at the shop,” Ibarra says of Otto. “It’s really the perfect place to have my collection – the vintage clothing and antiques really work together.”

Ibarra explains the name, Paso Collection, came from a few references, including her hometown of El Paso, Texas. “Paso also means ‘a step’ in Spanish – my family is from Mexico –and I wanted the name of my collection to reflect a sense of time,” Ibarra says. “When you wear a piece of vintage clothing, you kind of have one foot forward and one foot backward.”

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ahatma Gandhi once said, “Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.” If that’s true, then perhaps St. Louis has a lot more going for it than one might imagine.

Granted, the region’s recent troubles, well documented here and across the country, don’t always show it in a positive light. Honest issue-based disagreements range from race relations to education, crime, government structure and much more.

Such difficult, complex issues require honest, open discussion and debate. More important, all parties involved need to listen to one another and recognize that each of us – friends, neighbors and others – have a valid perspective and share a commitment to make ours a better place to live, work and play. As Gandhi indicated, honest disagreement can be healthy.

Often overlooked is all that’s right with the region.

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Barbara Bindler lives up to the university’s tagline that “each student can be an individual and achieve exceptional things.”

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ay the words “Washington University in St. Louis,” and Barbara Bindler’s face lights up, her baby-blue eyes twinkle and she exudes excitement. Washington University has played a major role in her life. One of its most exuberant boosters, at a diminutive 5 feet tall, she could be its head cheerleader. Bindler exudes Washington University spirit.

Bindler’s connection to the university began when she entered it in 1962 as a sophomore, after a year at the University of Illinois, where she was tapped for the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society. Three years later, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the School of Arts and Sciences. Her dedication continues today as she spends countless volunteer hours devoted to her alma mater.

Washington University is where she met her husband, Dan, as well as where she presided over an art museum interest group and co-chaired the 50th-anniversary celebration of her graduating class. Bindler lives up to Wash U’s tagline that “each student can be an individual and achieve exceptional things.”

Bindler (who was then Barbara Golder) first noticed her husband-to-be in the halls at University City High School even though he was one year ahead of her. “But we were only acquaintances,” she says. “We really didn’t know each other.” That changed in 1962, when a mutual friend introduced them in the Olin Library at Wash U. “I was excited that he asked me out right away, and we started dating,” Bindler says. They were both about to begin their senior year at Wash U two years later when they married on the Starlight Roof of the Chase Hotel in St. Louis’ Central West End neighborhood. “When we got married, we were both students,” Bindler says. “Without an income, we lived with my parents for a year while we finished our education. After that, he was on the road to becoming a licensed CPA [he retired in 2007 as a partner at RubinBrown LLP], and I taught Spanish and English at Pattonville High School.”

Now married 53 years and a grandmother of four, Bindler says she stopped working professionally as a teacher and began volunteering after daughters Susan and Debbie were born. “I wanted to concentrate on caring for our girls when they were really young,” she says.

She began to explore the concept of community service in the early 1970s.

“I volunteered as a candy striper at The Jewish Hospital [now Barnes-Jewish Barbara Bindler Hospital] years before and thought helping others would be an appropriate way for me to use my free time,” Bindler says. “I felt that community service would give me a wonderful sense of doing something meaningful for others.” Thus began her mantra of giving back to the region, a journey of 40 years of volunteer service to her community that continues today.

Her passion for caring for the elderly dates back many years. “Care and concern for the senior population in our community is vital,” she says. She chaired the Senior Services Committee at the Jewish Community Center (JCC), was a member of the JCC board and served on the foundation board of the Mid-East Area Agency on Aging, whose mission is to serve adults through the journey of aging.

For her dedication and fortitude on behalf of seniors at the JCC and her exemplary leadership as president of the J Associates, a support auxiliary of the center, Bindler was honored with the Richard Weiss President’s Award at the JCC. “Barb has an amazingly rich history of service to the community as a whole and to the JCC community in particular,” says Lynn Wittels, president and CEO of the JCC. “Her leadership both through our J Associates and Senior Adult Services areas distinguished her as a woman with passion and a real ability to get things done.”

Interested in both collecting and learning about art, Bindler served from 2013 to 2015 as president of Women and the Kemper, a special-interest group for members. The organization offers social and educational opportunities and participation in study groups on art-related topics. “We enjoy opportunities to learn about and encourage women’s participation in the visual arts through engagement with programs and resources at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University,” she says.

Lynn Friedman Hamilton, president of Women and the Kemper, has high praise. “Barb is an outstanding communicator of joy and enthusiasm,” Friedman Hamilton says. “With her marvelous and upbeat people-loving personality, she continually exhibited inclusiveness during her presidency.”

Art fills the Bindlers’ two-story Creve Coeur home. “I love our art collection,” Bindler says. “Many of the pieces we have bought over the years have a connection to Washington University. Our most recent acquisition is an abstract print by Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University.”

Two years ago, the Bindlers were selected with a few other classmates to co-chair the 50th-anniversary celebration of Washington University’s Class of 1965. “It was an incredible experience and a tribute to Washington University that they make this milestone 50-year celebration so memorable,” she says. She speaks of the gold medallion ceremony as if it were the Academy Awards. “It began in Graham Chapel, when Chancellor Mark Wrighton placed a gold medallion around the neck of each participant. Then, along with the chancellor, other dignitaries and 200 members of our Class of 1965, we were honored to lead the processional for the entire university. Danny proudly carried the large red-and-green flag of our alma mater, one of our nation’s highest ranked universities, Washington University in St. Louis.”

These magical words seemingly never will lose their charm for Bindler.

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n extraordinary new specialty venue in Clayton showcases a classy pairing: Champagne and oysters. Extra Brut, which debuted in September, features a highly curated list of bubbly libations, small plates, a raw bar and more.

Extra Brut – open Friday and Saturday from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. and Monday through Thursday by appointment and for private dining – comes from Whitney VinZant, the founder and owner of Louie’s Wine Dive.

It takes its name from the vinicultural term for “extra dry” and fills roughly 800 square feet previously occupied by Area 14 Lounge & Sushi, with around 49 seats. Conveniently, sitting next door is the St. Louis location of Louie’s, which opened in June 2016.

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offered here is sparkling wine, and we want to offer the best selection in the city and the best in the region,” says the corporate beverage director for Louie’s, Patrick Olds. “The service, food and product will be top-notch.”

VinZant dreamed up the design for the interior of the lounge, which features a decidedly 19th-century French aesthetic with decorative details such as custom-made, aged-iron light fixtures, marble-topped tables, repurposed barrels and forest-green booths. Chefs Tim Adams and Will Volny developed the food menu.

“The thing we’re going for is very approachable New Orleans-style oysters,” Adams says. “We’ll have all the classics. As we get kicked off, we’re going to have more ability to venture into different delicacies, like caviar and maybe foie gras.”

By Mabel Suen Cooked oysters include oysters Bienville topped with shrimp, bacon, cremini mushrooms, garlic, thyme and green onion; charbroiled oysters topped with a proprietary cheese blend in Creole bordelaise sauce; and oysters Kathryn stuffed with baby artichoke, garlic, Parmesan, extra-virgin olive oil and lemon.

A raw bar features items such as shrimp cocktail with colossal Gulf shrimp; oyster shooters with vodka, Crystal sauce and lemon; and oysters on the half shell flown in from the East, West and Gulf coasts. Small bites chosen to pair well with drinks include saltysweet caramel kettle corn, goat-cheese crostini and aged prosciutto with fruit.

Olds, who holds the title of Advanced Sommelier through the distinguished Court of Master Sommeliers, works with a team that includes Certified Sommeliers Molly Greene, Bailey Schuchmann and

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additional Louie’s staffers to compile an everevolving elaborate bottle menu. More than 60 varieties are available at any given time, ranging from $42 to $600 each from locales including the U.S., Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain and elsewhere.

Some recommendations from Olds include a nonvintage yet still extraordinarily complex Charles Heidsieck, as well as England-based Ridgeview Estate’s Cavendish 2014, which features what he describes as doughy, applelike and nutty components. A few sparkling selections by the glass are also available and change frequently in the spirit of the Louie’s wine board.

“I fell in love with sparkling wine totally about three years ago, and it’s really neat to see how different varieties can taste from around the world,” Olds says. “As a team, we want to share those unique experiences that you sometimes can’t seem to accomplish with still wine.”

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With Thanksgiving already in the rearview mirror, ’tis the season to celebrate the holidays with family and friends, as well as people of goodwill on stages throughout the area. So grab your coat and scarf, and venture into the cold for this season’s highlights:

THE REPERTORY THEATRE ST. LOUIS Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley is described in a news release from The Rep as “an imagined sequel to [Jane] Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. This time, the bookish middle child of the Bennet family finally has her day. Overshadowed by her four sisters, Mary Bennet finds hope for a new life beyond her family from an unexpected holiday romance.” This play

by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon opens Wednesday, Nov. 29, and runs through Christmas Eve. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, 130 Edgar Road, St. Louis, 314-968-4925, repstl.org

PLAYHOUSE @ WESTPORT PLAZA It’s CSI: Bethlehem when Sister of Late Nite Catechism renown attempts to answer that everperplexing question from yuletide long ago. Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold runs from Nov. 24 through Dec. 3 at the Playhouse @

Westport Plaza. Mary Zentmyer reprises a role she’s played since 2007 and bases her character in part on a nun who taught her in high school.

It’s An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas when Evan Tyrone Martin re-creates the velvet vocal style of the late crooner from Dec. 7 through 17. Then, from Dec. 27 to 30, Westport presents Oddville, starring comedian Dave Shirley in a story that uses physical comedy, multimedia imagery and props in “a comedy that has no borders,” according to Westport publicity.

Playhouse @ Westport Plaza, 635 Westport Plaza, St. Louis, 314-534-1111 or metrotix.com

ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The St. Louis Symphony has several holiday concerts on tap, including Gospel Christmas: A Soulful Celebration With Diane Reeves on Dec. 14 and the Mercy Holiday Celebration concert from Dec. 15 through 17. Symphony resident conductor Gemma New joins the Holiday Festival Chorus led by Kevin McBeth for performances of classics, carols and familiar favorites.

The symphony will also present its Vivaldi Holiday Celebration from Dec. 1 through 10, with the choral favorite Gloria as well as Vivaldi’s most popular work,

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The Four Seasons, with a modern twist featuring mandolinist Avia Avital.

St. Louis Symphony, 718 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, 314-533-2500, slso.org

THE BACH SOCIETY OF SAINT LOUIS The Bach Society of Saint Louis presents its Christmas Candlelight Concert on Dec. 19 at Powell Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd., featuring Handel’s Messiah, as well as favorite holiday carols, joined by soloists and members of The St. Louis Children’s Choir.

The Bach Society of Saint Louis, 3547 Olive St., St. Louis,

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314-652-2224, bachsociety.org

The Performing Arts Academy of STAGES St. Louis performs ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas from Dec. 1 through 3 and from Dec. 8 through 10 in the Kent Center for Theatre Arts. “This enthralling take on the Christmas classic is a singing, dancing holiday fantasy with icons such as Rudolph and the Abominable Snowman,” the organization’s website notes.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s venerable classic, The King and I, returns to The Fabulous Fox Theatre for a run from Nov. 28 through Dec. 10 in a new Lincoln Center Theater production that won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical Revival. The Fox also will present another Rodgers and Hammerstein staple, Cinderella, from Dec. 27 through 31, as well as the latest touring production of A Christmas Carol by the Nebraska Theatre Caravan, which has toured the nation every holiday season since 1979.

STAGES St. Louis, 1023 Chesterfield Parkway East,

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Mustard Seed Theatre opens its 11th season with a return to a previous hit show, Remnant, from Dec. 7 through 23. Ron Reed’s postapocalyptic drama looks at a world in which customs such as “Christmas” are mysterious and challenging. Artistic director and founder Deanna Jent will direct the production at the Mustard Seed Theatre at Fontbonne University.

314-543-1111, mustardseedtheatre.com

Running from Dec. 1 through 17 at the Gaslight Theater, 358 N. Boyle Ave., is St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s presentation of A Behanding in Spokane, British playwright Martin McDonagh’s first play set in the United States. McDonagh – who specializes in grisly humor and horror, and also created The Pillowman and The Lieutenant of Inishmore – weaves a story about a man who spends half a century in search of his missing left hand, not something you hear about every day.

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St. Louis Actors’ Studio, 360 N. Boyle Ave., St. Louis,

There are nonholiday shows this season as well.

Opening Nov. 30 and continuing through Dec. 16 at Stray Dog Theatre will be Robert Harling’s popular drama Steel Magnolias, which centers on a group of women who share friendship, fun and heartaches at a Southern beauty parlor in the 1980s.

314-458-2978, stlas.org

Mustard Seed Theatre, 6800 Wydown Blvd., Clayton,

Stray Dog Theatre, 2336 Tennessee Ave., St. Louis, 314-865-1995, straydogtheatre.org

NEW JEWISH THEATRE Phil Johnson wrote, alongside Marni Freedman, and stars in A Jewish Joke from New Jewish Theatre from Nov. 29 through Dec. 10. Johnson portrays a comedy writer in the 1950s whose life as a “spineless Hollywood sellout” is put to the test when he’s blacklisted for apparently having communist ties and pressured by the government to provide a list of names of friends and colleagues for their suspected political ties.

New Jewish Theatre, 2 Millstone Campus Drive, Creve Coeur, 314-442-8283, newjewishtheatre.org

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MAX & LOUIE PRODUCTIONS St. Louis Theater Circle winner Debby Lennon returns to Max & Louie Productions from Dec. 15 through 31 when she portrays the wealthy and eccentric heiress Florence Foster Jenkins in Stephen Temperley’s “fantasia” titled Souvenir. Meryl Streep earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in the 2016 film version as Jenkins, whose passion for singing was not paired with a voice to match its fervor. Paul Cereghino will co-star in this production at the Marcelle Theater in Grand Center, 3310 Samuel Shepard Drive.

Max & Louie Productions, 15 Topton Way, No. 1C, St. Louis, 314-795-8878, maxandlouie.com

R-S THEATRICS R-S Theatrics presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Flick, from Dec. 8 through 23, at Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand Blvd. A rundown

Massachusetts cinema serves as the setting for a story about the battles and heartbreaks between three lost souls amid the empty seats.

R-S Theatrics, 314-252-8812, r-stheatrics.com

PEABODY OPERA HOUSE Peabody Opera House launches its 2017-18 season when Elf the Musical returns to its stage for a holiday run from Dec. 26 through 28.

Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St., St. Louis, 844-854-1450, peabodyoperahouse.com

MISSOURI WOMEN’S CHORUS Also on the hectic holiday calendar are the Missouri Women’s Chorus presentation of Songs of the British Isles on Dec. 3 at Union Avenue Christian Church (missouriwomenschorus.org), the Great Russian Nutcracker at The Fabulous Fox on Dec. 23 and Mannheim Steamroller Christmas holiday music concert at The Fabulous Fox Theatre on Nov. 25.

METRO THEATER COMPANY Children’s holiday entertainment includes Metro Theater Company’s presentation of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates at The Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square, from Dec. 5 through 30 (314-932-7414) and The Little Dancer: La Muse at COCA (Center of Creative Arts, 524 Trinity Ave., St. Louis) from Dec. 15 through 17 (314-561-4877).

From Dec. 16 through 23, The Rep’s Imaginary Theatre Company will be performing The Nutcracker in a version written by Sarah Brandt, directed by Suki Peters and featuring music and lyrics by the late Neal Richardson. Call 314-968-4925 for tickets.

WINTER OPERA ST. LOUIS Winter Opera St. Louis will present its annual Holidays on the Hill concert at Dominic’s on the Hill on Dec. 5 and 6, featuring a four-course dinner and a holiday program sung by Winter Opera artists (314-865-0038 or winteroperastl.org), and Saint Louis Cathedral Concerts presents Christmas at the Cathedral on Dec. 9 and 10, featuring the St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs and Orchestra in concert (314-533-7662 or cathedralconcerts.org).

Between seeing some of these productions, perhaps you’ll have time for holiday parties, seasonal greetings and even everyday activities. Happy holidays to one and all!

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Fri., Dec. 1

Wed., Nov. 29

The St. Louis County Library presents KHIZR KHAN, the Gold Star parent whose heartfelt speech made waves at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Khan’s new book, An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice, tells “the story of one family’s pursuit of the American dream and why – especially in these tumultuous times – we must not be afraid to step forward for what we believe in when it matters most.” A $30 individual ticket admits one and includes one copy of the book; a $35 package ticket admits two and includes one copy. 7 p.m. For details, visit slcl.org.

FANTASIA brings her Christmas After Midnight tour to St. Louis’ Peabody Opera House with special guest Demetria McKinney.

The American Idol season three winner will be performing her hits, plus songs from her forthcoming “Christmas After Midnight” holiday album. Ticket prices vary. 8 p.m. For details, visit ticketmaster.com.

Thu., Nov. 30

Fri., Dec. 1 and Sat., Dec. 2

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the holiday season with a full calendar of musical entertainment at Powell Hall, kicking off with VIVALDI’S GLORIA. From the bright opening of “Gloria in excelsis Deo” to the meditative melodies throughout, Vivaldi’s uplifting and inspiring choral work will bring the joy and splendor of the holiday season to your heart. Ticket prices vary. 8 p.m. For details, visit slso.org or call 314-534-1700.

Sat., Dec. 2

Meet Me St. Louis invites readers to an evening with New York Times best-selling author A.J. JACOBS, who discusses his new book, It’s All Relative: Adventures Up and Down the World’s Family Tree at the Kirkwood Public Library. Jacobs’ book presents a sweeping study of the construct of the human family, its origins and exactly what it means to be related. The author’s onstage presentation precedes an audience Q&A and book signing. Ticket prices vary. A portion of the proceeds benefit the library. 7:30 p.m. For details, visit meetmestlouis.org.

THE GREAT GIFT HUNT AND HOLIDAY CELEBRATION in the Delmar Loop gives shoppers a chance to win a prize of up to $1,000 in value from participating establishments on the loop. The day includes complimentary family photos with the Loop Trolley, holiday pictures with pups at the Moonrise Hotel and the Loop holiday tree lighting concluding the event at 5 p.m. Free. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details, visit visittheloop.com/holidays2017.

Thu., Nov. 30

The St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Cardinals are teaming to invite you to ONE NATION NIGHT during Winterfest at the Arch. Lace your skates for a magical night on Kiener Plaza, and enjoy the night’s festivities, featuring appearances from former players, Blues and Cardinals mascots Louie and Fredbird, and more, as well as special prizes and giveaways. Free and open to the public, with skate rentals available on-site. 2 to 9 p.m. For details, visit archwinterfest.com.

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WHAT I AM DRINKING NOW… 2009 MATERRA, MERLOT – OAK KNOLL, NAPA VALLEY Grape: 100% Merlot Owners/Winemakers: Brian and Miki Cunat/Bruce Regalia and Michael Trujillo Aged: Nine months in barriques, plus three months in bottle Approximate Retail Price: $28 TASTING NOTES: Color: Dark garnet red Aroma: Blackberry, blueberry and raspberry Taste: Forward fruits, followed by lush midpalate with notes of spice, cocoa and herbs, balanced with subtle tannins.

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rian Cunat and his wife, Miki, started Materra Cunat Family Vineyard in 2007 after purchasing 50 acres in the wellknown Oak Knoll District of California’s Napa Valley.

Cunat grew up on a Midwestern farm, learning respect for the land and farming.

The Cunats’ mutual love of wine, touring and tasting inspired their decision to open Materra. Because Cunat had no winemaking background, he hired two consulting winemakers, Bruce Regalia and Michael Trujillo.

Regalia was born into an Italian family, where he was surrounded by food and wine; his love of growing produce led him to earn a degree in botany from California State University, Chico.

Trujillo, meanwhile, grew up farming on a ranch in Colorado before working in Napa Valley, where he studied winemaking at the University of California, Davis.

In 2004, Oak Knoll District was recognized as a subappellation of the Napa Valley American Viticultural Area, or AVA. That district contains 8,300 acres, located toward the south end of the valley at a relatively low elevation, on the valley floor – making it subject to the cool breezes and coastal fog of San Pablo Bay. Oak Knoll District’s climate yields

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higher acidity and elegant wines; it makes great chardonnays and reds, such as the Bordeaux, France, varietals.

Materra focuses on the climate benefit to produce sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, viognier, merlot, petit verdot, malbec and cabernet sauvignon.

Known for being soft, ripe and elegant, most merlots make for easy drinking, whether paired (well) with food or on their own. Merlot ranks as the most-produced red grape in Bordeaux, as it blends very well with cabernet sauvignon to soften what can be harsh tannins.

Food Pairings: This fuller-flavored vintage pairs well with beef (pot roast, say, and steaks), blue cheese, grilled duck, lamb chops, mushrooms and good ol’ meatloaf.

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The future collides – hard – with both the present and the past in a current photographic exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

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he street finds inds its own uses for things.”

More than three quarters of the way into “Burning Chrome” – the prescient 1982 short story by William Gibson, the grudging godfather of contemporary cyber-blather – the narrator makes that observation, which seems spookily relevant to an exhibition now on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

“Thomas Struth: Nature & Politics,” the ticketed exhibition in question, opened Nov. 5 under the oversight of Eric Lutz, associate curator of prints, drawings and photographs, with Hannah Klemm, assistant curator of modern and contemporary art. It runs till Jan. 21 and strongly suggests that humanity itself may number among the “things” for which the street finds uses.

Struth, born in Germany in 1954, previously focused his artistic attentions – as well as a camera that allows the production of photographs more than 12 feet wide – on such subjects as streets, skyscrapers and, amusingly in this context, museums.

The present exhibition, notes a museum press release, focuses on “spaces which are not accessible to most people, such as aeronautical centers, robotics laboratories, surgical suites and nuclear fusion facilities,” and derives from photo shoots in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. (the last almost necessarily, in that Struth divides his time between Berlin and New York).

Lutz gamely discusses the exhibition, with one understandable proviso: “I don’t want to cross the line too far in over-interpreting Struth’s own images – especially because I think that he’s deliberately building in a lot of ambiguity to them and letting them be points of discussion rather than making specific statements.”

That said, the glorious jumble of one of the gallery exhibition’s pieces – Stellarator Wendelstein 7-X Detail, Max Planck IPP, Greifswald, from 2009 – might tempt museum visitors to wonder whether Struth is arguing in his work that humanity’s cultivating a new landscape or merely creating an upscale landfill. The piece calls to mind the interior of a manufacturer of some sort after a

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seismic disaster.

“I think the important thing here is that Struth’s working in the present or near-to-present moment, where things are in flux – where we literally don’t know if a big scientific experiment into which we’ve poured tens of millions of dollars will actually work,” Lutz says.

Visually more sedate works like Mountain, Anaheim and Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, both from 2013, seemingly grapple with distinctions between authenticity and something like inauthenticity – para-authenticity, perhaps. The first involves a Disneyland attraction; the second, the Georgia Aquarium, one of the world’s largest aquatic institutions.

“Both of these images do explore our relationship to nature – how it’s so mediated these days and the extent to which we’d go to re-create nature for entertainment,” Lutz says. “The technical requirements of maintaining the reef in the Atlanta aquarium are mind-boggling.”

Otherwise, Struth’s robocentric piece Golems Playground, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, also from 2013, references a Jewish folkloric entity whose existence depended on a single Hebraic letter, in a heavyweight distinction (in some accounts, anyway) between the words emet (“truth”) and met (“death”). Lutz briefly mulls whether that title might have originated by accident or by design on Struth’s part.

“I’m not sure I can say how accidental or purposeful the name Golems Playground might have been – I think the scientists who work there and named the space deserve some credit,” he says. “But like so many of the images in the show, once you dig deeper, you discover these layers of meaning that are quite purposeful. So much of the show is about this notion of giving visual expression to creative ideas that are coming into physical being, so the name Golems Playground fits into that rather perfectly.

“There are other places in the exhibition where Struth directly confronts the engagement of the human body with technology – whether it’s medical science and those undergoing surgery, or an ancient bronze sculpture that seems to be under attack by a huge particle accelerator, or even machines in laboratories that seem to evoke, in an anthropomorphic way,

Figure, Charité, Berlin 2012

Hot Rolling Mill, Thyssenkrupp Steel, Duisburg 2010

Stellarator Wendelstein 7-X Detail, Max Planck IPP, Greifswald 2009

Golems Playground, Georgia Tech, Atlanta 2013

Mountain, Anaheim 2013 Cinema, Anaheim 2013 Frankenstein in some sense.

“Like Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Struth would seem to be asking, ‘What is technology being used for? When do we know if it’s gone awry?’”

Finally, visitors to the museum might puzzle over whether Struth’s 2010 Hot Rolling Mill, Thyssenkrupp Steel, Duisburg spotlights the Second Industrial Revolution at a time when some prognosticators are celebrating (!) the fifth – and to ponder how much his work in the exhibition spurns distinctions like that.

“I see Hot Rolling Mill in some ways as a nod back to Struth’s teachers, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and their own focus in the 1970s on documenting a vanishing

part of Germany’s industrial past,” Lutz says. “And in contrast to the shimmering complexity of many of Struth’s recent subjects, this one points to a technology that we can all relate to – something straightforward and durable, making steel.

“But unlike earlier depictions of steel plants by folks like [American painter and commercial photographer] Charles Sheeler or [German photographer Albert] RengerPatzsch, which were rather heroizing, Struth’s image feels a bit dark and worn, with an underlying sense of unease – like an inferno.”

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hen you sign up for a Vero Pizza & Pasta meal delivery kit, you add the perfect ingredient to fill a home with warmth and happiness this holiday season.

“We’re the only meal kit company that does fresh pizza and pasta in the U.S. market,” owner Katie Collier, the talented chef behind Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria, says. “Our kits are a great way to share one of your favorite restaurants with family and friends across the country.”

Delivered to your doorstep, the boxed cooking experiences provide the freshest of ingredients, with simple instructions for crafting excellent Italian cuisine with the people you love most in the world.

“Share a kit with kids when they are home from school, and teach them how to cook,” Collier suggests.

“Starting Dec. 1, the eat-all-day holiday feast kit creates a fun day at home, cooking with family or [guests]. It has a really beautiful feel, with coloring greeting cards designed by my [artist] mother. You can use them as thank-you cards or greeting cards.”

The special holiday kit offers a bounty of ways for you to share its goods. “The kit is curated with enough food to have all at once or to eat it throughout the week,” Collier explains. “It includes

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a thick Fig French Toast, Porchetta Style Roasted Chicken Sandwiches with warm Black Sea Salt Rolls and Sweet Potato Fonduta Fries, Truffle Risotto & Blood Orange Salad. Currently, we deliver throughout the Midwest, and as of Dec. 1, we will service 75 to 80 percent of the U.S. If you like to plan far ahead or want a kit to arrive within the next day or two, they will show up in safe, temperaturecontrolled packing, perfectly cold and with everything you need kept super fresh.”

The interactive present can even begin with a gift card. “It’s fun for people to go on our website and create their own kits or find an experience,” Collier notes. “These kits are a unique gift for the people who already have everything. They are great for a girls’ night or dinner party, or even if you are in charge of bringing something over to someone’s house.”

For Collier and her family, the true gift this season is spending time with the ones you love. “The idea of Vero is not just putting out the best

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food, making it easy and accessible for everyone,” she says. “Vero is unique and fun. It creates incredible, cozy experiences.”

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