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JUDY PROFETA – ACHIEVINGTHE IMPOSSIBLE DREAMP. 22by Sheila MaddenWe follow Judy Profeta’s journey from a modestchildhood in San Jose to her role as top real estateagent and community supporter on the Montereypeninsula.

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SOURCE FOR HAPPY SMILESP. 16by Jeanette Kern, D.D.S.Jeanette Kern, D.D.S. shares her wisdom and experi-ence on dental health, explaining how an ounce ofprevention is worth far more than a pound of cure.

MARCI BRACCO, ONE FORTUNATEWOMANP. 34by Dan ShaferWe explore how Marci Bracco has built a manage-ment career around the concept of using specialevents to help charities and small businesses brandthemselves.

YON-KA SIGNATURE DAY SPAP. 48by Sheila MaddenMore than just your average day spa, Yon–Ka DaySpa offers post–surgical treatments in addition tohydrotherapy and a selection of other uniqueservices to refresh your mind and body.

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020 EVENTS & AFFAIRS

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034 MARCI BRACCO, ONE

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066 EVENTS & AFFAIRS

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070 A PROUD HERITAGE

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65 °THIS IS THE MONTEREY PENINSULA


In this issue of 65° Magazine we cele-

brate the many women of the Monterey

Peninsula. These women not only call

the Peninsula home but have gone to

great lengths to help build the commu-

nity into what it is today while culturally

enhancing it.

We started this issue by bringing

some of the Peninsula’s female icons

together at the Highlands Inn for the

cover photo shoot. Fiona Vanderwall,

Resort Manager of the Highlands Inn,

was gracious enough to host the event

and provide the facility where every-

one assembled. It was an amazing

experience. While everyone who gath-

ered there that day were originally from

the Peninsula a few of them have been

away from the area for a while and were

more than pleased to return.

We are extremely thankful that

everyone who participated in this issue

took the time to make the Women of

the Peninsula issue one to remember.

Our feature story delves into the life

and career of Judy Profeta, an aston-

ishing entrepreneur and community

leader who is not afraid of working

hard or dreaming big. Her story of

growing up from modest roots into a

woman, who has taken her life by

storm, is one of inspiration as she

informs us how she learned that any-

thing is possible. She has truly

achieved the impossible dream and

strives to help others do the same.

We are happy to share the story of

Marci Bracco who has dedicated her time

to helping charities and small business-

es build success around special events

and packages. A native of Morgan Hill,

Marci shares how she went from jour-

nalism and being a student in marketing

at Long Beach State to becoming the

Catering and Special Events Director at

Quail Lodge. Marci truly shines as she

helps a variety of organizations raise

much needed money.

The Carmel Art Association’s Director,

Susan Klusmire, who formerly worked as

the Museum and Cultural Coordinator

for the City of Monterey, describes how

she often found herself regularly visit-

ing the CAA during her time with the

City. After over a decade of dreaming

that she would one day work at the CAA

she finally found herself working among

the artists and members who have

made the CAA a community staple for

the last 80 years.

Known as the “Ansel Adams of Golf

Photography,” Joann Dost takes us on

the journey she followed, from her life

as golf pro with the LPGA to her meta-

morphosis into one of the world’s most

renowned golf photographers.

Inspired by the orthodontic work

that she had done to her own teeth as

a young teenager, Jeanette Kern,

D.D.S. became motivated to begin her

career in the dental industry. From

dental hygienist to Cosmetic and

Restorative Dentist, Jeanette has

made an effort to decrease patient

discomfort and increase convenience

by employing technological advances

such as digital radiographs, air abra-

sion, and teeth straightening proce-

dure called Invisalign. Dentistry will

never be the same.

Vice President and CEO of Cort

Companies, Beth Cort, contributes a

column that shares her excitement for

the future while Highlands Inn Resort

Manager, Fiona Vanderwall, speaks in

her column, about what it is like to work

at an establishment that is linked to

years of tradition.

We want to thank Charles T.

Chrietzberg, Jr., Chairman, President,

and Chief Executive Officer at Monterey

County Bank for the extraordinary lunch

that the company put on for our maga-

zine. It was great meeting his close

friends and clients as well as meeting

with downtown Monterey merchants

Brenda Eberly & Linda Castillo-Arreola

of Karma Fashion Lounge, who are pas-

sionate about rebuilding their business

after the fire.

It was equally delightful meeting

Masterbuilder Al Saroyan. Seeing some

of the incredible homes that he created

with such fine artistry was mesmeriz-

ing and unforgettable.

We are now preparing for our next

adventure here at 65° Magazine.

Following this issue, we will be focus-

ing on the men of the Peninsula. With

more encouraging stories, we look for-

ward to introducing you to the

Monterey Peninsula’s inspirational

men who will share their experiences

as Peninsula residents, professionals,

and volunteers. °

Richard Medel

Publisher

[email protected]

PUBLISHER’S NOTE [WOMEN OF THE PENINSULA]

*“THESE WOMEN NOT ONLY

CALL THE PENINSULA

HOME BUT HAVE GONE TO

GREAT LENGTHS TO HELP

BUILD THE COMMUNITY

INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY

WHILE CULTURALLY EN-

HANCING IT.”

SEND ANY COMMENTS ON THE ARTICLE TO [email protected].

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Judy Profeta beleives that beingprepard when opportunity knocksis key to acheiving one’s dreams,and shares her life experience withus. Meanwhile, Jeanette Kern,D.D.S. is happily fixing the smiles ofPeninsula residents who come toher Monterey office.

HAPPENINGS

PEEKS [HOMEGROWN]

From early childhood I was interested in athletics,

and played center position on my high school volley-

ball team. I was especially interested in art and

created some ceramic pieces that some people

thought were fine.

At age 13 I had some orthodontic work done and

was simply dazzled by the effect that the procedure

had upon my appearance. The experience created a

desire for me to find a place for myself in the dental

care profession.

However, women didn’t become dentists in those

days. Also, the process took too long. I was afraid I

would be an elderly graying 30-year-old before I grad-

uated, so I went into dental hygiene. If I couldn’t give

people a perfect smile I could at least give them

clean white teeth.

PROFESSIONAL BEGINNINGSMy role as Dental Hygienist supplied me with an

important set of skills. I enjoyed the role I was play-

ing in providing wellness for people. Things changed

when bonding appeared in the 1980s and dentists

could suddenly do such things as lengthen and

smooth teeth providing an improvement in smiles

beyond what had been possible up to that point. The

power of bonding appealed to the artist in me. I

wanted to create beautiful smiles. I decided to become

a Dentist and applied to Dental School.

The world had changed and by that time women

were beginning to get involved in any part of the

business world that we wanted to be in. So in 1985 I

became an entry-level dental student at UCLA. A full

one-third of us in that class were women. By the

way, parity has since become perfect and UCLA den-

tal classes are now evenly divided by gender.

I’ve discovered that life has rhythms and cadences.

If a person will simply stay in-tune with the Universe

then things tend to happen when the time is ripe. In

retrospect, the nine years I spent as a Dental

Hygienist served to mature my self-awareness and

my understanding of human nature to the point that

I was prepared to engage in the dental experience at

a level that simply wouldn’t have been possible dur-

ing my callow youth.

The difficult courses such as Physics and Organic

Chemistry were simply hurdles that I cleared with

great joy and energy because I was determined to

become the authentic Me that the Universe had

designed me to be.

I graduated at the head of my class and following

graduation I taught dentistry at UCLA and USC,

worked as an associate in a Los Angeles dental office,

and gave birth to two daughters. LA is no place to

raise children so in 1995 I moved to Monterey and

purchased my own dental practice.

CLIMBING TO THE TOP My professional life underwent a seismic transforma-

tion in 1999. Following ten years of traditional dental

practice I attended my first hands-on dental training

institute emphasizing cosmetics and I came to a bril-

liant clarity that my practice could focus upon the

kinds of transformation that I had only dimly imag-

ined when I was 13.

I subsequently participated in post-doctoral train-

ing with pioneers in the fields of aesthetic,

restorative, and general dentistry. This was the culmi-

nation of the journey that I had been taking up to

that time. I had found my purpose.

Fortunately I’m married to an amazing busi-

nessperson. My husband, Kevin, a professional

accountant, has helped me with the business part of

my practice. Besides keeping our accounts straight,

Kevin takes care of our computers, performs liaison

with the government, handles Costco kinds of tasks,

and serves as a gentle shepherd for our daughters.

Kevin is my life partner in almost every way a man

could be a partner to a woman. He carves out space in

which I can focus my attention on the thing that,

after all, I love to do. He has provided me with the

opportunity to be particularly successful.

I’m passionate about continuing education, never

imagining that I have in any sense “arrived” at some

pinnacle of professional competence. Every year I

take all seven of us in my office for multi-day train-

ings in such places as Florida, New York, San Diego,

and San Francisco. We always return from these

events fired up and excited to utilize our newly devel-

oped skills for our patients’ benefit.

The seven of us also have fun, both during our

training experiences and in our day-to-day work. Our

age spread is 29 to 52. Four of us are mothers, three

single, and we blend into an organization in which

the diversity serves to draw us together and to pro-

vide energies and abilities that no homogeneous

group could ever match.

As a result of our focus on education and training,

I’m confident that I’m managing the most well-

trained dental team on the Peninsula. My dental office

was featured in the Winter-Spring 08 New Beauty

magazine as an illustration of how a business like

mine should be run.

SOURCEFOR

HAPPYSMILES

JEANETTE KERN, D.D.S.

IS A VIGOROUS

PROFESSIONAL AND

THE PROFESSIONAL

WOMAN’S NETWORK’S

CURRENT WOMAN OF

THE YEAR.

BY JEANETTE KERN, D.D.S

IMAGES BY D.M. TROUTMAN


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JEANETTE IS HAPPILY FIXING THE

SMILES OF PENINSULA RESIDENTS

WHO COME TO HER MONTEREY

OFFICE. HER WORK IS ALL ABOUT

RELATIONSHIPS.


RAISING THE BARDentistry is undergoing profound changes because of

the impact of technology. Along with so many other

things, it seems that our profession is re-inventing

itself every five years or so. To paraphrase an old car

ad, “This is not your grandfather’s dental office” actu-

ally falls far short of the reality.

“This is not your older sibling’s dental office”

would be closer to the truth.

We train ourselves to remain abreast of things

like digital radiographs, laser for soft tissue manage-

ment, and air abrasion — a technology that permits

us to remove decay without using a drill. Invisalign is

an amazing process that provides clear removable

braces. We have a CEREC machine that actually cre-

ates finished crowns in a while-you-wait process

that frees patients from the always obnoxious need

to wear a temporary crown for three weeks.

Our standard dental services are, themselves, a

source of satisfaction because of the connection

between oral health and general health. For example,

inflammatory conditions in the mouth (periodontal

disease) are tied to heart disease. Studies of plaque

material in blood vessels reveal the same bacteria

that live in your mouth causing cardiovascular dis-

eases such as atherosclerosis, and leading to high

blood pressure and strokes.

In the area of oral health, an ounce of prevention

is worth far more than a pound of cure. I tell peo-

ple, “You take care of your teeth and they’ll take

care of you.”

I see my task as one of partnering with patients in

creating and maintaining healthy teeth and pleasant

— even dazzling — smiles. “I’ll help you keep your

teeth for a lifetime,” I tell my patients. “And help you

be happy with your smile.”

The primary responsibility for dental health prop-

erly belongs to the patient. My role is to restore and

maintain their teeth, and to teach them about den-

tal care so they can take responsibility for their own

dental health.

GETTING AND STAYING CONNECTEDThe years of my life have served to teach me the

lesson that everything is about relationships; it’s all

about people. I’m in service to my patients. I’ve also

put my training and position as a businesswoman

into service for the community. Part of this is just

for the networking and PR opportunities that

community outreach provides me. If people have the

desire to improve their smiles, I’m the one to give it

to them. This isn’t just an advertising sound-bite,

this is the truth.

At its best, marketing is much more than merely

pushing services and products. My philosophy is that

you have to have your house in order, with a com-

pletely trained team in place and equipment up to

high standards, before beginning any heavy advertis-

ing campaign. I wanted to have all my ducks lined up

before telling the world “Here I am.” I firmly believe

that tooting your own horn is fine as long as you

actually know how to play the tune.

Given the kind of excellence we provide, marketing

becomes a matter of simply letting our light shine.

We’re simply showing others the blessings that we

can bring to their lives.

I sometimes feel that in marketing my dental serv-

ices I’m like a lighthouse. Not everyone needs the

services we provide; boats sometimes merely go sail-

ing by on a course for some other destination.

However, we’re shining the way for people searching

for a place to find help with their teeth.

The Professional Women’s Network (PWN) has

provided me with connections to people outside

my sphere of dental professionals. The organization

PEEKS [HAPPY SMILES]

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JEANETTE KERN

AGE:52

OCCUPATION:COSMETIC, RESTORATIVEDENTIST

PLACE OF BIRTH:LOS ANGELES

LOCAL RESIDENCE:MONTEREY

LIFE GOAL:TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL SMILES

has become a great resource for meeting people

and for profiting from their example of how to suc-

ceed in business.

The PWN includes women in ages ranging from

35 to 65. We are all business owners or high-level

managers who have raised ourselves to leadership

roles. Together we are learning from each other

and teaching one another principles and tech-

niques for growing businesses. We read books to

improve our minds and spirits, such as The Path,

by Laurie Beth Jones, Good to Great, by Jim Collins,

What is Your Purpose?, by Jim White, and Your A-

Game, by Bill Blatchford.

We read, study, and mentor one another — using

all available channels in order to remain in the cur-

rents of professional development and personal

transformation. We believe that people are not born

leaders; we evolve by taking many deliberate steps in

growing into our roles.

Those of us in PWN are shoulder-to-shoulder in

learning how to balance careers, family, and com-

munity. Theresa Ream, the current President of

PWN, for example, balances five businesses while

maintaining a happy family, in addition to serving

on her church board.

The example of Theresa and other business women

getting involved in community outreach encouraged

me to spread myself out. It gave me permission to

become an independent-minded and confident leader,

and as a result I’m now Secretary of the Monterey Rape

Crises Center board, member of the Dance Kids of

Monterey County, and Chairperson of the PWN’s

Membership and Network Showcase committees.

I’ve created a university scholarship for local

women who are interested in science, and am active-

ly involved with the Go Red for Women, Give Back a

Smile, and Make-A-Wish foundations. In addition,

I’m the only woman member of the Monterey Dental

Society’s Peer Review. This fall I plan to launch a

campaign to raise awareness about oral cancer.

My career began with a vision. I have developed

skills to complement my artistic talents and am

applying them in service to my clients. I love what I

do! The excitement that people derive from their new

smiles never fails to turn me on.

I’m blessed to have become an artisan who gets

paid to perform her art in doing the very thing that I

would have gladly done for nothing.

Send comments about the article to [email protected].

[HAPPY SMILES] PEEKS

“ I subsequently participated in

post-doctoral training with pioneers

in the fields of aesthetic, restorative,

and general dentistry. This was the

culmination of the journey that I had

been taking up to that time. I had

found my purpose. ”

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THREE WOMEN PRO-

FOUNDLY INFLUENCED

JUDY PROFETA’S LIFE.

ONE TAUGHT HER TO

APPRECIATE BEAUTY

AND TO WORK HARD;

AND THE OTHER TWO, TO

BELIEVE IN HERSELF, AND

TO DREAM BIG.

Judy Profeta describes herself as happy by nature. Yet make no mistake,things have not always been easy for her. The life that Judy has today she hascreated with her powerful ability to envision what is possible and herresilience and courage to do what it takes to make her dreams come true.

Judy was eight years old when her mother first brought her to visit Carmel.There was no place further from the reality of Judy’s day–to–day life than thebeautiful, 1950’s Bohemian Carmel–By–The–Sea. Yet after the first visit sheknew that Carmel was where she belonged and where she would eventuallywork and live. It was a dream completely beyond her reach. She did not knowhow or when she would make it happen, but she never stopped believing thatit would become a reality.

In describing her childhood trips to Carmel she says, “It was perfection forus, visually and spiritually. This was the place that was soul satisfying. Iknew I belonged here.”

MODEST ROOTSJudy was born in San Jose, California in what she describes as a low-incomefamily. Her single mom, Anne, worked for the Campbell Union School Districtto support her and her two sisters. And while it was necessary to create a verystructured regimen to keep the house running smoothly, her mom was also

PJUDY PROFETA ACHIEVING THEIMPOSSIBLE DREAM Jby Sheila MaddenImages by Russell Byrne

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“THEY TAUGHT ME

TO NOT LIMIT

MYSELF ON

ANYTHING, THAT

EVERYTHING IS

POSSIBLE”

able to instill in Judy a great love of natural beauty and of beautiful things. Sitting in her living room, Judy’s eyes fill with tears as she says, “My

mother sewed and so we always had pretty things. Even though we didn’thave much money, I didn’t know it. I grew up very happy.”

Her tears were not tears of sorrow but tears of joy and gratitude. Had hermother not appreciated great beauty, Judy would never even have seenCarmel, let alone been able to create the fulfilling life she now lives hereon the beautiful Monterey Peninsula.

LEARNING THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEThere was another woman in Judy’s life who also had an extraordinaryinfluence on her. When Judy was thirteen, her widowed grandfather, whowas working overseas, met and married a European Countess. When theyreturned to the United States, Judy was immediately captivated by hernew Nonna. From Italian and German heritage, Nonna mesmerized Judywith stories of her life in Europe and of her world travels. “Nonna wasunlike anything in my experience. It was very magical for a young girl,”she recalls.

Judy describes her Nonna as a very tall, elegant and striking womanwho drew people to her with her interesting stories and life experiences.She lived in San Francisco and Judy spent summers with her. UnderNonna’s tutelage Judy learned about life in other parts of the world. Shelearned the art of hosting parties, how to dress well and how to travel.During the many gatherings that Nonna hosted, Judy came in contactwith people from around the world and it was this experience thatprovided her the opportunity to become very comfortable with people ofdiverse nationalities and cultures.

After Judy’s grandfather passed away, Nonna reconnected with herdear childhood friend, Theresa, who had also lost her husband. The twolived together and as far as Judy is concerned, she gained a secondgrandmother. Theresa also had a brilliant mind, was a gifted artist anda fabulous storyteller.

The two women treated Judy like an adult. They opened her world toreading, art and opera. But by far the most important gift that they gaveher was the constant assurance that she was wonderful and that she couldbe and do anything she wanted with her life.

“They taught me to not limit myself on anything, that everythingis possible.” Judy says.

THE WORLD WIDE JOURNEY THAT LEAD TO REAL ESTATE Judy married and divorced at a young age but then met and married hercurrent husband of forty years, Bob, who is a nuclear engineer by trade.During the early years of their marriage his work offered them the oppor-tunity to become world citizens. With Judy’s adventurous spirit sparked byNonna and Theresa’s stories of the world, Judy enthusiastically embracedliving internationally. They spent nine years abroad. Their first three-yearassignment was in Tarapor, India. That was followed by three years inVittoria, Spain and another three years in Taipei, Taiwan.

They returned to the United States in 1979 and lived in Morgan Hill,California. After living such an exciting and unusual life for the previ-ous nine years, Judy found herself becoming bored and restless. She hadgrown up wanting to be an architect and always had a passion fordesign and decorating, so when a neighbor suggested that they get

real estate licenses, she agreed. Judy felt that entering the world of realestate would open the door for her to do more design work and perhapseven architecture.

That goal changed when Judy very quickly became a highly successfulRealtor. She discovered that in real estate she could combine her desire tohelp people with her artistic talent and her problem solving capabilities.Within a short time she became one of the top agents in her company.

“It was a total accident”, she says about finding the vocation thatchanged her life forever.

But was it? As Judy’s life continued to unfold, she began to understandthat there are no accidents in life. What was happening was the beginningof a very mindful and focused journey to achieving her dream of returningto Carmel.

THE VISION THING One day Judy’s assistant in the Morgan Hill office where she worked toldher she was going to get her broker’s license. Being one who never wantsto miss out on anything, she quickly realized that she couldn’t have herassistant become a broker without becoming one herself.

Judy studied for and received her broker’s license but had no desire orintention to own her own business. She continued to be a top producer inher company and wanted to focus on growing her sales.

“I’ve always been fierce about my playtime”, Judy says. After eighteenyears in real estate she enrolled in a class to learn new ways to continueto build her real estate business while balancing it with the rest of her life.The class proved to be a turning point and taught her something she didnot expect: To create and manifest exactly what she wanted in her life.

One of the first projects in the class was to write down the vision of whather perfect day would look like five years in the future. Judy did not grav-itate to this assignment because she didn’t feel she was good at visioningand setting goals. Plus, having experienced the regimen her motheremployed in their lives in order to survive, Judy did not want her freedomto be confined by any rigid set of goals.

With encouragement from her teacher and classmates, Judy resignedherself to write the vision statement but it took her almost six monthsto complete. When she began to think about her perfect day the onlything she knew for sure was that she wanted to live and work in Carmel.She persevered and at the end of six months her life picture includedthese statements:

• I’m in Carmel where I belong• I have my own successful business• I live a short distance from my office• I am “walking distance” from downtown so that when I grow old,

I can still get around• My husband works with me• I have six grandchildren• I’m very involved in my community

UNWAVERING BELIEF AND GOING WITH THE FLOWOnce Judy had completed the process of putting her vision intowords, there was no question in her mind that every single elementof it would happen.

And here is the secret to her success: She never once thought or worried



about how it was going to happen. Instead, she applied her single-mindedfocus on knowing that it would happen and she paid very close attentionto all of the opportunities that began to present themselves to her.

She laughed as she explained to me that at the time, her current life hadabsolutely no resemblance to her dream. She still lived and worked inMorgan Hill, her husband was still in nuclear engineering with his companyand their children were in college.

In a remarkable series of events, each of which called upon Judy’scommitment, faith, and courage, within two years everything she haddelineated, except the grandchildren, had come true.

BEING PREPARED WHEN OPPORTUNITY KNOCKSJudy and Bob shared the desire to live in Carmel and while they had begunto talk about selling their house in Morgan Hill and moving, the timingwasn’t right. Morgan Hill had recently had an earthquake and the wholearea had been redlined, reducing property values and making financingvirtually impossible.

Then a client with whom Judy was working visited her at home. He andhis wife loved the house and told Judy they wanted to buy it. That night atdinner Judy told Bob, “I think I may have sold the house today.” As theybegan to talk about their dream price for selling, the phone rang. It wasJudy’s client offering her and Bob the exact amount that they had beendiscussing just moments before.

Although it was wonderful to have received the perfect offer, she doubtedthat the client would ever get the appraisal required to secure financing,but he did. They sold the house and decided to start looking for a place inCarmel. In the meantime, they faced one slight problem. They had nowhereto live.

That problem too was solved quickly. Within a couple of days, the peoplewho had rented a town-home for five years from Judy and Bob in MorganHill called to say they were moving out. This provided them with a placeto live and the ability to seriously look for a home in Carmel.

It didn’t take Judy long to find a house to buy in Carmel. She and Bobwere still living and working in the Morgan Hill area so they decided to rentout their newly purchased Carmel house, confident that when the timewas right they would be able to move into it themselves.

However, during a meeting at her Realtor’s office, Judy noticed a build-ing for rent on the same block. Thinking it would make a great real estateoffice and with her focus on wanting to work as well as live in Carmel, shetalked with her broker in Morgan Hill to try to convince him to rent thebuilding and open an office where she could work.

He wasn’t interested but explained that she could do it if she wanted to.“Well, that is never going to happen” Judy said to herself. A few days laterwhen she was back at her Realtor’s to pick up the keys to their new home,she noticed someone pounding a “For Sale” sign on a neighboring build-ing. She had spent enough time in Carmel to know that commercial prop-erty rarely became available.

She went into the building and for the first time pictured having her ownoffice. The next thing she knew she had put in an offer on the building.

“It was so far out of my range at the time but I knew I wanted to makean offer on it and I did. Then I figured out how to make it work.”

That night at dinner, Bob was again informed of another surprise adven-

ture. Judy told him she had bought the building and, as gently as possible,let him know that they would need his 401K funds to make it happen.

As she tried to get financing to make this part of her five-year visioncome true, Judy was rejected repeatedly because the building was consid-ered a mixed use property. It took six months but finally, the 28th lenderwhom Judy approached provided the financing. Never once during thattime did she consider giving up or think that perhaps she had made amistake. That was eleven years ago and the building is now her Alain Pineloffice on Junipero, between 5th and 6th in downtown Carmel.

THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETEDuring the past eleven years all of the other pieces of Judy’s dream life havealso neatly fallen into place. The nuclear industry began to shrink so Bobjoined Judy in real estate, as have each of their three children and one ofJudy’s sisters. While Judy is devoted to her role as owner and broker, shestill does what she has always loved to do. She sells real estate. She contin-ues to be in the top 3% of agents across the country.

She and Bob have been blessed not with six, but with eight grandchil-dren. A ninth is on the way. Judy cherishes her grandchildren and theopportunity to provide to them what she received so generously from herown grandmother. While her beloved Nonna died at 99, Judy’s mom Annenow lives in town close to her and Bob.

Another part of her five-year vision included becoming involved in hercommunity. As a person who started life with very little, Judy is deeplyappreciative of all that she has today. She generously shares her time andtalents with several non-profits and planning organizations.

She believes that helping children is the key to making the world abetter place. Knowing about Judy’s early experiences in life, it is nocoincidence that she is involved with the Monterey County YouthMuseum. At MY Museum each child is considered an inventor, teacherand artist. Unstructured play is the key to help them learn to identifywhat their needs are and to communicate those needs to the adults intheir lives. At Kinship Center, Judy provides support in fulfilling theorganization’s commitment to providing adoption, foster and relativecare services to the children and families of California. She has alsocontributed her many talents to several women’s groups including theWomen’s Council of Realtors.

No matter what the venue—family, work or volunteering—Judy’s objec-tive is to help people define and successfully achieve their goals.

Judy’s message is consistent, “The most critical part of the journey isknowing where you want to be.” Guided by those words she counsels herclients, trusting that the details will unfold perfectly so that their dreamscome true.

“If I had tried to plan each step of implementing my vision it never, everwould have happened,” Judy says.

When asked how she feels now about the power of creating a life visionshe smiles and says, “What happens is extraordinary.”

Indeed it is, as is she. Judy’s life story is a wonderful reminder that nodream is truly impossible when you believe in it and yourself. Bravo Judy! °

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abodeLIFESTYLEThis issue we take a step into the life

of Marci Bracco, event planner extra-

ordinaire. Plus Beth Cort of the Cort

Companies contributes a guest

column and shares her passion for

environmental conservation on the

Monterey Peninsula.


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IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHO'S

MORE FORTUNATE, MARCI OR

THE MANY FRIENDS AND

CLIENTS WHO BENEFIT FROM

HER PASSION FOR HELPING

CHARITIES AND SMALL BUSI-

NESSES BUILD SUCCESS

AROUND SPECIAL EVENTS

AND PACKAGES.

BY DAN SHAFER

IMAGES BY RUSSELL BYRNE

MARCI BRACCO, ONEFORTUNATE WOMAN

If you spend a little time with Marci Bracco, you're

likely to hear the words “fortunate” and “blessed” so

often you may wonder if she really is just lucky or if

there are other, perhaps more mundane explanations

for her success in life. As famed French scientist Louis

Pasteur once said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.”

Clearly the word “prepared” fits Bracco just as well

as her own choice of “fortunate.” She has moved

smoothly and swiftly through a marketing career that

began with a dream job and just kept getting better.

Bracco, who has been associated over the years

with numerous local charities including Kinship

Center and CASA (Court-Appointed Special

Advocates), has built a management career around

the concept of using special events to help charities

and small businesses brand themselves. It's a unique

niche that has led her to become closely involved

with some of the world's top brands of merchandise

including Tiffany, Bentley, Bugatti, Nissan, Nike, Park

Hyatt and dozens of others.

“I like to find a charity that has an immediate

fund-raising need and then create a really special

event geared specifically to that need,” she says.

She's particularly drawn to charities that work with

children and animals. While she has no children of

her own, she does have two pets that keep her busy:

a Katrina rescue cat named Sophe and a one-year-old

French Bulldog named Geno.

She recently changed jobs, moving from a five-

year post as the first marketing and events director

at the upscale Monterra gated community to a newly

created post as catering and events manager at Quail

Lodge. In her job at Monterra, she worked directly

with developer Roger Mills, whom she called “an

amazing man” who has been very supportive of her

event-driven approach to marketing, in this case,

high-end home sales.

“Now I have a series of events all set up, with the

contacts and the template all set, so that he and his

staff can continue them year after year as long as

they wish,” she says. “It's a good time for me to be

leaving and moving to my next challenge.”

FROM ONE CHALLENGE TO ANOTHERIt seems Bracco, a native of Morgan Hill who has

spent most of her life in Northern California, has

moved from one exciting challenge to another for her

whole career.



After graduating from Live Oak High

School, she went to Long Beach State

where she majored in journalism with

a minor in marketing, the perfect

preparation for a career that combines

publicity and promotion with activi-

ties supporting product sales.

“My first job out of college,” she

says almost as if it still surprises her,

“was at the hugely successful Chiat

Day advertising agency.” There, her

first assignment was to coordinate

an entire sports program that fea-

tured tennis star Arthur Ashe and

other national celebrities. Later, she

helped launch the Nissan Infiniti line

of automobiles' pioneering women's

marketing program.

From Chiat Day, Bracco moved to

The Blaze Co. where she oversaw the

grand re-opening of the world-

renowned Beverly Hills Hotel. She also

helped launch the Boston Market

restaurant chain and Beverages and

More retail chain in Southern California

and worked with Hyatt hotel proper-

ties in several locations.

After a two-year leave of absence

during which she helped her father

phase out and close the family's heat-

ing, ventilation and air-conditioning

business and stayed on the family

ranch in Morgan Hill, Bracco teamed

up with Pamela Musgrave, owner of a

Monterey-based branding agency.

After a year there, she signed up with

Mills at Monterra.

CHARITY IS EVENTFULMany charities raise substantial por-

tions of their annual funding needs

through special events, but one of the

problems with doing so is that putting

the “special” into the event is no mean

task. This is perhaps where Bracco

shines most brightly.

She meets with the leaders of the

charity – board members, staff if there

is one, key volunteers and others – to

determine the need and to get some

idea of what the group may have done

in the past, what seems to work for

them, and what resources they have

at their disposal. Then she puts togeth-

er a detailed plan for a unique event.

For CASA, for example, she proposed

an annual black-tie dinner with local

catering. Her events have raised a min-

imum of $25,000 per year each time

they've been held. Working with

Kinship Center, Bracco helped them

plan their First Annual Harvest Moon

Festival; the event netted $64,000 and

the center plans to repeat it into the

foreseeable future.

Her current project involves her

work with MY Museum, the name of

the Monterey County Youth Museum

on Cannery Row which recently pur-

chased new, larger facilities in down-

town Monterey. Titled “Project Dream

Builder,” the new undertaking features

five local contractors who are each

building 100-square-foot playhouses.

These houses will be on display at Del

Monte Center for several months, cul-

minating on Oct. 18 when they will all

be auctioned off for a minimum bid of

$5,000 each.

“By creating a repeatable event, I

can help these charities raise money

not just for one year but for several

years,” Bracco points out. “With the

planning work and documentation we

create as we develop the event, it can

be re-staged in subsequent years with

less intensity, effort and uncertainty.”

In virtually every case where Bracco

creates a fund-raising event for a

local charity, she puts the events

together so that they cost the charity

nothing. “I'm continually surprised

and gratified at how generous peo-

ple are with their donations of food,

decorations, linens, materials, and

time,” in helping her put together

these events. “The spirit of giving is

alive and well in Monterey.” Bracco

always encourages attendees at these

charity events to return the favor by

supporting the businesses that pro-

vide voluntary assistance.

Bracco also serves the community

as a member of the Board of Directors

of the Monterey County Hospitality

Association (MCHA).

“I think it is absolutely critical to

have an association like this to drive

business to the Monterey Peninsula,”

says Bracco. “That board has some of

the best thinkers in the area getting

together regularly to figure out how to

make this an even more attractive

tourist destination. One of my fellow

board members, Gary Cursio of Rancho

Laguna Seca, and I co-chair a golf tour-

nament every year that raises about

$20,000 for the association.”

Over the years, Bracco has put on

some fairly spectacular events. One of

what she describes as the “coolest”

events was for Tehama Golf Club in

Carmel. “We put together an artist, a

sculptor, a painter and a writer in dif-

ferent corners of the room and built a

dinner and exhibit around them.

People loved it. The chef researched

old local recipes like dishes prepared

on Fisherman's Wharf back in the

1950's to give the thing a special flair.”

She also managed to get a Tiffany

event staged in the private home of

one charity's chief benefactor. The New

York-based jewelry store, which has a

local presence, brought in some of its

most expensive and spectacular items

for attendees at the event to try on.

“The key to these kinds of events,”

she says, “lies in the often-over-

looked art of forming partnerships,

building relationships, for the long

term rather than simply to address

an immediate, short-term need. For

such an event to work, it has to be a

true win-win-win, so you spend a lot

of time talking to the participants to

find out what they need or would like

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MARCI BRACCO

AGE:37

OCCUPATION:CATERING & SPECIALEVENTS DIRECTOR,QUAIL LODGE

PLACE OF BIRTH:SALINAS

LOCAL RESIDENCE:SALINAS

LIFE GOAL:TO WORK WITH NICEPEOPLE

to get out of the connection. Then

you just create an event that makes

everyone involved happy.”

It isn't only charities and her pri-

mary employer who get Bracco's

attention these days. She has a small

circle of “four or five friends” with

whom she works to help them build

their small businesses into successes.

One of those with whom she is

presently working is Bahama Billy's

new owners, April and Anthony Momo,

who took over the popular Barnyard

restaurant from founder Bill Lee about

a year ago.

IT'S A DOG'S LIFE OFLUXURYIn the past year, Bracco, who admits to

working 70 or 80 hours a week most of

the year, has developed a serious rela-

tionship...with her dog. Geno goes

almost everywhere with her as she

travels the Peninsula in pursuit of her

many interests.

“Geno even writes a column about

dog-friendly places to visit,” she

laughs. When she dines at pet-friend-

ly restaurants, for example, she always

brings Geno. Bahama Billy's is one of

their favorite spots as is the Bubbly

Fish Cafe where Geno is provided with

his own velvet blanket when he deigns

to dine with his human companion

(she scoffs at the idea of “ownership”).

Bracco likes to travel, which she

does three or four weeks each year.

Last year, for example, she went to

Chile and Argentina, and two years ago

she and her boyfriend, Brandon Miller,

who's the Executive Chef and partner

at Stokes Restaurant and Bar in

Monterey, went to Italy. “Of course

when you travel with a chef, it's a

major food tour. I ate more truffles

and pasta than I thought possible,”

she laughs.

When she travels, Geno gets to hang

out at the family ranch in Morgan Hill.

“By the time I get home, he's got the

first position in a house with several

other dogs. He's got the lead position

on the couch, on the bed, and every-

where else in the house.”

Local artist Steven Whyte, a good friend

of Bracco's, has a canine companion

named Lord Wellington, an Old English

Bulldog with whom Geno is, Bracco

says, “absolutely in love.” For Geno's

first birthday, Whyte surprised the pair

with a painting of the dog.

Of course, Geno didn't escape his

human's penchant for events when he

turned one year old. “We had 12 dogs

and their humans over for a party that

featured, among other things, a fire

hydrant-shaped cake made entirely of

dog-friendly products by the staff at

Stokes Restaurant.” The event was

complete with a sketch artist and a

photo booth.

“I don't do anything small,” Bracco

said with a mirthful laugh. “I'm living

in the large.”

And a lot of businesses and chari-

ties are better off for all that. °

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My childhood memories of the

Monterey Peninsula made moving to

Pacific Grove 15 years ago an easy deci-

sion. My grandparents lived in

Monterey, where my grandfather

retired as an army general; his last post

being Fort Ord. When it became time

for my husband and me to decide

where we wanted to raise our son I

knew the Monterey Peninsula was the

place. In a way I felt that I was coming

home.

I was raised in the country outside

of Stockton, California. I had always

been very involved with the arts,

specifically dance. At age three I began

taking ballet lessons and never

stopped. But, at the same time, I loved

nurturing living beings. I was always

bandaging my many animals and good

natured brother. So, my choice to

attend California State University at

Fresno with a major in nursing and a

minor in dance and drama was no sur-

prise to anyone.

After graduation I began my nursing

career and purchased the ballet school

where I was a young student. Juggling

two careers for awhile, I was never real-

ly able to choose between them.

When my school grew to 250 stu-

dents I needed a larger location. This is

how I met my husband, Dan Cort. I had

been interested in an abandoned his-

toric school for years, but could never

find the owner. Dan had purchased the

building and was thrilled that I was

interested in relocating my school to

his new project, which was not particu-

larly on the right side of the tracks. We

instantly noticed that we had the same

vision; we were able to see beyond the

old linoleum and leaking ceilings and

transport ourselves to the finished

product. We didn’t realize it at the

time, but this would be the common

thread that would merge our interests

in the future. When my studio was

complete, I figured I would marry my

landlord so I wouldn’t have to pay rent!

After 25 years of dancing and teach-

ing, a severe hip injury forced me to

sell my school and move away from

that part of my life. It was a difficult

decision, but I always view difficult

decisions as opportunities. It has been

exciting to see where life leads me.

In 1990 Dan and I married and a year

and a half later our son Joshua was

born. I loved staying at home and

devoting 100% of my time and ener-

gies to my new son. However, when he

was three years old my husband’s work

of renovating historic properties was

experiencing explosive growth and he

needed help.

This is how, unknowingly, I began

my career as the Vice President and CFO

of Cort Companies, a company dedi-

cated to the redevelopment and reno-

vation of historic real estate. I figured

that if I could teach a four-year-old

intricate dance steps and keep a sick

person from dying, I could help care for

a company and its employees. Of

course, it wasn’t as easy as it sounded.

I began learning about real estate

law, landlord / tenant issues and

employee relations as well as construc-

tion and accounting; using my organi-

zational skills as a nurse and my cre-

ative and artistic skills as a dancer to

guide me in this new adventure. I enjoy

learning and can see how everything

in the world relates. Like the systems in

our body, they all work together.

Healing sick buildings and commu-

nities led us to public service and the

need to give back to our community.

When my husband became Mayor of

Pacific Grove, we felt that both of our

skill sets could help a community that

needed some nourishment.

Our family started ‘Trees for PG,’ a

volunteer based organization whose

mission is the replanting of our aged

urban forests. To date, we have planted

almost 2000 trees and raised

$10,000.00 for the program. I am

involved with many environmental

organizations including Oceana—which

campaigns to protect and restore the

world’s oceans—and Sustainable PG,

which is an educational organization

focused on making Pacific Grove a sus-

tainable community. I was taught that

you must leave things better than you

found them.

With our son heading to college in a

year, I am excited about how my future

will change. I only wish there was less

pressure on our youngsters to decide

their futures so early in life. My advice

to students and adults is to seek that

which you love. Opportunities will

always present themselves; it is up to

you to take them. °

Beth Cort

Vice President and CFO

The Cort Companies

GUEST EDITORIAL [BY BETH CORT]

*“TO DATE, WE HAVE

PLANTED ALMOST 2000

TREES AND RAISED

$10,000.00 FOR THE

PROGRAM.”

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THRIVING65˚takes a walk in the shoes offormer LPGA golf pro and golflandscape photographer, JoannDost. We also temp the appetitewith Le Coq d’or’s classicalGerman and French Cuisine,learn about Yon–Ka SignatureDay Spa, and celebrate the life of65˚Magazine Photographer,Henry Benson.

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FORMER PRO SHOOTSGOLF THROUGH HERLENSES

If you’ve played golf at any of the best-knowngolf courses in the world, odds are prettygood that you know Joann Dost’s work even ifyou aren’t sure about her name. Increasingly,her name is becoming as widely known as herintensely real photographs of great golfholes—photographs that hang in hundreds,perhaps thousands of museums, galleries,gift shops, and private collections through-out the world.

Dost, the creative juice behind a thrivingfine-art golf photography business bearing hername in Monterey, has reached the pinnacle ofher career in a strongly male-dominated fieldthanks to her knowledge of the game, her insa-tiable curiosity, her keen powers of observationand a lot of hard work. Oh, and thanks also inlarge part to her friends, colleagues and busi-ness partners, Bob Reade and Sarah Joplin, CEOand President, respectively, of her company.

The de facto “official” photographer at PebbleBeach for many years has traveled the globe inpursuit of her passion of “enriching peoples’lives by creating a round of golf they can playforever.”

BEFORE THERE WAS ANSEL...Just about everybody who knows Dost or hasread any of the articles that have been writtenabout her over the years knows what is referredto somewhat reverentially as “the Ansel Adamsstory.” How a friend of hers who worked as thefamed photographer’s assistant introduced herto her boss as a candidate to work on a golfcourse project with Clint Eastwood for the U.S.Open being played at Pebble in June of 1982.How Adams looked at her portfolio and told her,“You can handle this job. I’m going to tell Clinthe should hire you.”

While that commission – which produced anew kind of golf book for the tournament – cer-tainly gave Dost’s photographic career a hugeboost, it was hardly the beginning of her inter-est in and mastery of the art of the camera.

For that, you have to go back to the years shewas growing up in suburban Washington, D.C.,in northern Virginia. Her grandmother was anartist, so Dost had a certain amount of exposureto the world of art during her childhood. Shegets her athletic genes from her father’s side.He was an Olympic speed skater in the 1940’s

JOANN DOST IS THE

“ANSEL ADAMS OF GOLF

PHOTOGRAPHY,” BUT FEW

KNOW THE LONG ROAD SHE

TOOK OR THE MANY ROLES

GOLF HAS PLAYED IN HER

RIDE TO THE TOP.

BY DAN SHAFER


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and her older brother Dickie was a professionalbaseball player in the Mets’ organization. Herparents, both octogenarians, are still living andstill married.

The family had a neighbor named MeyerRubin, who worked as a geochemist for the U.S.Geological Survey. Rubin and his son loved totravel around the country, visiting and photo-graphing the National Park System.

“They’d come back from a trip and have allthis film and then they’d go into their darkroomto develop it. I thought it was absolutely mag-ical the way a picture would just come to life infront of your eyes on these ordinary-lookingpieces of paper,” Dost recalls.

A couple of years later, Dost, who’d been anexcellent high school athlete (basketball MVPand later inducted into her high school’s sportsHall of Fame), decided to try her hand at touringgolf. In those days, one did not simply show upto qualify for the rights to play on the LPGAtour. Most female golfers started on the mini-tour circuit, which in many ways resemblesminor league baseball in today’s sports world.

In 1973, as she was launching her run at a progolf career, Dost found herself in Australia. “Ifigured if I was going to be in this strange andexciting new place,” she remembers, “I’d prob-ably better have a nicer camera than theInstamatic I was carrying around.” She boughta Yashica Rangefinder camera and carried itwith her for the nearly one year she spent onthe Aussie tour. “That was the spark that got megoing in photography,” says Dost.

The Rangefinder was one of the best 35mmcameras of the day, and Dost spent much of herspare time on the tour studying its use andpracticing with it.

When she returned to the United States in1974 she landed in the San Francisco Bay areawhere she hooked up with a woman who wasto play a significant role in her future career.Judy Horst was a partner in a company calledBo Tree Publishing and she was also thefounder of the mini-tour on which Dost wasabout to embark. Horst had become famous –some would suggest infamous – for publish-ing a calendar called the “Ladies HomeCompanion” which featured tasteful nudemen carefully positioned and photographed.Bo Tree specialized in calendars, Dost recalls,“so there were cameras all over the place”

when Dost and several other touring prosstayed at the Horst house.

“I bought a camera at a pawn shop,” Dostrecalls, “and one day Judy took me out to Mt.Hamilton to give me a chance to shoot somescenery and landscape stuff. After we got theshots developed, she told me I had an eye forthis work and that I should keep it in mind incase I ever decided to leave the tour.”

As she played the mini-tour the next year ortwo, Dost often combined her golfing with herphotography. “I was getting some of my shotsaccepted and actually getting money from myphotography,” she says, shaking her head atthe memory.

COMES THE LPGAFinally, after several years on the mini-tour,Dost earned her LPGA card and began a five-year career as a touring pro golfer. The women’stour was less than 20 years old at the time andstill suffered from a number of image and prize-money problems not faced by the men’s circuit.

“The hardest part about life as a touring pro,”Dost says, “was getting the money togethereach year to start the tour. It cost about $1,000each week to travel the circuit and that was alot of money in the mid-1970’s. In a good year,I’d just about break even. I did, however, meeta lot of great people and got a lot of great doorsopen to me, all of which has stood me in goodstead to this day.”

During Dost’s five years on the LPGA Tour, shehad several top-ten finishes, shot a low round of66 and finished third at the Ping Championshipin Portland, Oregon as well as at the 1976 tourstop at Lake Monroe in Bloomington, IN. At onepoint she held the ladies’ course record at LakeChabot in the Oakland hills with a 67.

As she began to shift her career to photograph-ing golf, she started, quite logically, by shootingtournaments. “I knew what the players were feel-ing. I could sense their gut about their nextmoves, so I was frequently in position to get aparticularly good shot,” she recalls. While otherindependent golf photographers, who at the timewere all men, were not very welcoming or sup-portive of this first woman to step onto their turf,the professionals were “really helpful,” she says.“The guys shooting for the wire services, thenational sports and golf magazines, were reallygood about helping me and showing me things.”

Over the years, Dost says she’s shot “probablyabout 400 tournaments” for the U.S. GolfAssociation and magazines. She also does playershots for the players’ agents, advertising agen-cies and others.

A DIFFERENT KIND OF BIRDIEThese days, Dost spends the bulk of her timephotographing golf courses. She is a licensedphotographer at Pebble Beach, which sellsmany of her photos in its pro shop and else-where to avid golfers and collectors all over theworld. The majority of her work is on assign-ment but she does find time to shoot coursesjust for the love of it from time to time.

Because many of her shots are aerials – anecessity given the size and scope of a golfcourse or hole – she spends a lot of time flyingaround with the birds, suspended out the doorof a hovering helicopter by a strap, bulky tele-photo lens in hand, waiting for just the rightcombination of light and shadow and moistureand cloud to get the shot she envisions.

For closer-to-earth shots, she often bringsvery tall ladders to her shoots. “I sometimesspend hours perched on the top of the ladderwaiting to get just the right shot,” she says,demonstrating a patience that also character-ized her early mentor, Ansel Adams. While shemost often shoots in natural light, she doesoccasionally use bounce and fill lighting to geta particular effect with ground cover and otherfeatures of a tee or green.

“I get the same kind of excitement frombeing able to get just the perfect shot as I didfrom qualifying for the LPGA tour,” she says.“But I wish I had a way to write down the sym-phony I hear in my head when I’m shooting. Iexperience the course that I’m shooting on somany levels that I just love my work.”

The challenge of shooting golf courses isnever-ending and always shifting.“Architects today want the courses theydesign to fit into the landscape as if it werealways there,” she says. “They want to moveas little dirt as possible in creating thecourse right into the terrain.”

Even established courses that she has pho-tographed repeatedly change over time. “PebbleBeach is being reworked for the upcoming U.S.Open,” she says of the course’s preparation forthe prestigious 2010 tournament. “It really

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looks quite different from what ithas in the past few years. They’rereworking the bunkering, makingslight changes to the greens andwill be managing the rough differ-ently. All of that produces a coursethat is quite different to my eye asit is to the golfers’ games.”

Weather of course plays a bigrole in her photography as well.You might think she’d be reallyexcited by a totally blue-sky daybut you’d be wrong. “I have plen-ty of clear-sky day shots,” shesays. “I thrive on storms. I lovethose little ‘sucker holes’ thatoften accompany storms on theCoast. Interesting cloud forma-tions can really make a shot.”Although fog isn’t necessarily herfriend, she says that just as fog islifting, it can reveal some veryinteresting shots to her camera.

Dost has thousands upon thou-

sands of golf course landscapeshots carefully stored and cata-loged in binders at her enterprise’scorporate headquarters on GardenRoad near the Monterey Airport.Her company, under Reade’s lead-ership, produces custom prints ofall sizes, products like notecardsusing her art, and books. She ispresently at work on a book enti-tled “The Nature of Golf,” aboutwhich she is quite excited.

While she mixes digital and the“old-fashioned” analog approach-es to photography, most of herwork remains in the traditionalworld of film, a world that isshrinking in terms of suppliersand equipment. “We do so much inlarge-format prints,” Reade pointsout, that digital photography isgoing to have to scale up a good bitbefore we can even think aboutusing it as our primary medium. It

will have to get to 50 megapixels orhigher resolution.” Even the bestdigital cameras today top out atunder 32 megapixels.

“I still can’t believe that this hashappened to me,” she says wistful-ly, a twinkle in her eyes. “To be outon a golf course, often before any-one else is there or after everyoneelse is gone, to get to know it sowell that I can capture its essencein photographs and then to be ableto make a business out of it. It’smore than I ever dreamed.”

Her dreams help a great manygolfers take their dreams of play-ing the world’s greatest golf cours-es back home in memorable pho-tographic records that capture therelaxation and thrill of that “roundof golf that lasts forever.” °

Send comments about the article to

[email protected].

JOANN DOST

AGE: 57

OCCUPATION:GOLF LANDSCAPE FINEART PHOTOGRAPHER

PLACE OF BIRTH:WASHINGTON, D.C.

RESIDENCE:PEBBLE BEACH

LIFE GOAL:MAKE A DIFFERENCE INTHE WORLD THROUGH

“The hardest part about life as a touring prowas getting the money together each year tostart the tour.

A versatile man with a vivid artistic voice, Henry Benson had a propensity for infus-

ing his photographic works with spirit. His non-intrusive approach and ability to bring

photos to life acquired him a loyal international audience made up of artists, musi-

cians, colleagues, and admirers.

With a natural ingenuity for the visual arts, Henry was expressly renowned

for producing candid photographs that captured the lives of thousands of

people including musicians—particularly jazz and blues entertainers. Henry

Benson’s photojournalistic masterpieces have graced both online and print

media. The creator of Central Coast Magazine, member of Image Makers of

Monterey, and contributing photographer for 65° Magazine—among a flock of

other professional endeavors and memberships—Henry’s roles as a photojour-

nalist, graphic artist, and web designer were the result of his hunger for story-

telling and love of visual artistry.

For more than 10 years Henry also donated his photographic talents to a

menagerie of events including the Monterey Blues and Jazz Festivals, the

Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, the Santa Cruz Blues Festival, and the Big

Sur Marathon Events. Photographing and befriending the likes of acclaimed

celebrities such as Dave Brubeck and Clint Eastwood, Henry never suffered

from a lack of inspiration.

Henry’s versatile abilities earned him a reputation among musicians, artists, and

colleagues for images that breathe with passion.

Fellow photographer and Member of Image Makers of Monterey, Miller Outcalt,

once referred to Henry as, “…truly the best photographer of the people I ever knew.”

65° Magazine knew Henry best for his photographic contributions and for his

warm demeanor. Never a harsh word leapt from his lips and never less than a

friendly greeting was exchanged, even when he was feeling under the weather.

On behalf of everyone here at 65 ° Magazine, we feel fortunate to have been able

to consider Henry Benson a part of the 65° family.

Andrea Stuart

Editorial Director

65° Magazine

[REMEMBERING HENRY BENSON] ]RENAISSANCE MAN

OCTOBER 25, 1946 – MARCH 4, 2008



BLOOM [HOMEGROWN]

YON-KASIGNATURE DAY SPA

BY SHEILA MADDEN



EXQUISITE SKIN & BODY CARE DELIVEREDWITH UNSURPASSED PASSION

Chantal and Philippe Tourtin are high school sweethearts who have created a successful busi-

ness as well as a successful marriage.

Chantal, a Board Certified Paramedical Aesthetician, was working as a trainer for Yon-Ka®

when the company asked the couple to open a spa in Carmel. In September 1993 they opened

The Yon-Ka Signature Day Spa, located at 118 Crossroads Boulevard, and it has become Yon-Ka’s

flagship spa in the United States.

Chantal and Philippe are contagiously passionate about their work and the healing bene-

fits of the Yon-Ka product line. Their unwavering commitment to quality and customer care

is the reason that 90% of their business comes from local, long-term clients.

THE YON-KA® STORYYon-Ka was founded in 1957 by French scientists, Ernest and Charles Multaler. Yon-Ka prod-

ucts and therapies are hand crafted, plant-derived, holistically formulated, and customized to

meet the needs of each client.

The Yon-Ka Signature Day Spa has a private, serene ambiance. They offer head-to-toe treat-

ments that nurture your skin, relax your mind and restore your inner balance. Offerings include

facials, massage, hydrotherapy, Ayurvedic body care, and waxing.

Because of Chantal’s unique medical background, she also provides clients pre and post-sur-

gical care to prepare the skin and body for faster healing from cosmetic surgery or non-surgi-

cal procedures. These treatments help speed recovery by up to 70% by promoting wound heal-

ing and reducing symptoms such as bruising and swelling.

I experienced these results first hand when I needed plastic surgery after the removal of a large

tumor from my face. Chantal referred me to Monterey Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Doug Sunde, who did

a brilliant job repairing my face. After surgery Chantal began a series of post-operative treatments

and thanks to the two of them, there is virtually no sign of having had such a major surgery.

When asked what distinguishes Chantal from other aestheticians, Dr. Sunde says, “She is so

professional, so thorough and dedicated.” He also appreciates Chantal’s medical background and

declares himself a big fan.

Other newly offered services include the LumiLift® and LumiFacial® which use the revolution-

ary techniques of light energy and polarized current to rejuvenate the skin and lift sagging mus-

cles without invasive procedures.

STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCEWhen you walk into the Spa you will be graciously welcomed into warm elegance. Your senses

will come to life with the subtle smell of the aromatic products. You will notice that every inch of

the Spa is meticulously clean.

Downstairs there is a hair salon and a Jane Iredale make-up room. Upstairs, you discover three

massage rooms, three aesthetician rooms and two hydrotherapy rooms in addition to a lovely

sitting room.

Chantal and Philippe care deeply about their clients. They have a standard of excellence that is

unsurpassed and keeps us all coming back. They are hard-working people whose commitment to

each other and to their business is refreshingly inspirational.

The Yon-Ka Signature Day Spa is open 7 days a week. For appointments call (831) 625-4410.

Visit www.yonka-signature.com to receive their newsletter, class schedule and product information.


BLOOM [RESTAURANT PROFILE]

Nestled away in its own little courtyard on Mission

between 4th and 5th in Carmel is one of the most pop-

ular local favorite European cuisine establishments,

one that offers a rare and enticing menu that com-

bines the best of German and French cooking styles

and traditions.

One of a handful of restaurants on the Peninsula

owned and operated by women, Le Coq d’Or (German

“Zum Goldenen Hahn”, English, “The Golden Chicken”)

is a mainstay in the midst of one of the restaurant

Meccas of the Monterey area. Lorie Parsons and her

mother, Annelore, co-own and manage the restaurant,

with Lorie handling the kitchen and Annelore acting as

hostess and business manager.

Le Coq d’Or has been a fixture in Carmel for more

than 60 years, during the last 16 of which Lorie and

Annelore have been its co-proprietors. Both women

have long family histories in the food business. Lorie

grew up in Carmel with a mother who owned several

restaurants. “I was often in the kitchen,” she recalls

with a chuckle, “standing on milk crates, helping the

kitchen staff.” By the time she’d reached the ripe old

age of 11, she says, “I could already make a good

Hollandaise sauce.”

Today, Lorie’s eight-year-old daughter Juliana is fol-

lowing in Mom’s footsteps, often helping out in the

kitchen at Le Coq d’Or.

Lorie’s history

with the restaurant

goes back a good

many years. “I

remember coming

here with my parents

and their friends,”

she says wistfully.

“There used to be

wonderful murals on

the wall depicting

French pastoral scenes.

I’ll bet they’re still under

there somewhere.”

Both of these women are in

the restaurant business for one

big reward. “It’s important that

people are happy, talking about

the food and enjoying their experi-

ence,” Lorie summarized. “We like

people to want to keep coming back

over and over to dine with us.”

COWBELLS EVERYWHEREAs you walk into the warm and welcoming

interior of Le Coq d’Or (which also features a cozy,

dog-friendly patio just outside the front door), one of

LORIE AND ANNELORE

PARSONS GATHER CLASSICAL

GERMAN AND FRENCH COOK-

ING UNDER ONE ROOF AT

LONG-STANDING CARMEL

EATERY COQ D’OR, DRAWING

A LOYAL CLIENTELE TO DINE

AMONG THE COWBELLS.

BY DAN SHAFER


ONE CHICKEN WHOSEEGGS REALLY AREGOLDEN



BLOOM [RESTAURANT PROFILE]

the first things you’re bound to notice are the myriad cowbells

hanging from the beam ceiling. These traditional German bells

hang from the ceiling and around the tops of the walls of the

restaurant and have become a signature emblem of the fam-

ily’s traditional European background.

“That one over there,” Annelore says with some pride, “was

just given to us by a good friend and customer. She brought

it over from her trip to the Olympics in Lillehammer [in 1994].

She said she was cleaning out some things from her house

when she ran across it recently and thought of us, so she

brought it right over.”

Some of the bells are so large you might envision a pretty

good-sized bovine with its neck stuck through the noose that

holds it up. And in fact, among the many keepsake photo-

graphs scattered throughout the restaurant, there is one of

such a beast with members of her family taken many years ago

in Germany.

STARTING OVERAnnelore had been in the hospitality business her whole life

and Lorie had spent all her working years in the business as

well. Lorie, a native of the Peninsula born at the old Fort Ord

Hospital and graduate of Carmel High School, went to

Europe in 1981 where she spent four years studying culinary

arts, beginning as an apprentice. When she returned to the

area in 1985, she soon found herself involved in a motorcycle

accident that put her out of work for about six months.

After she recovered, she spent some time as the assistant

manager of a bed-and-breakfast where, she recalls, she was

able to bake bread and make hors d’oeuvres. Annelore had been

in the restaurant business in Carmel since 1960, holding key

positions in several local establishments.

“We were both ready for a change,” Lorie says. “Mom

wanted to get away from the kitchen for a while and I was

eager to try some of my own ideas.” Le Coq d’Or had been

in business more than 40 years but had recently been an

Italian place called Capriccio’s for a very brief period. That

restaurant went out of business as a result of a family dis-

pute and Lorie and Annelore had the opportunity to open

what was the daughter’s first restaurant of her own. They

undertook a complete remodeling of the restaurant,

decided to revert to its previous well-known name, and

opened for business.

The German portion of the menu favors all-veal Schnitzels

ranging from the traditional Wiener Schnitzel to the more

exotic Schnitzel Holstein featuring a fried egg and anchovies.

On the French side, easily the most popular dish is the Confit

de Canard, whose citrus glaze has become legendary among

Carmel gourmands.

On the dessert side of the menu, the French Tarte Tatin (tra-

ditional apple tart) and the deliciously different Marillen

Knodel (apricot-filled dumpling) rank high on most regulars’

lists of favorites.

The restaurant is open for dinner only, seven nights a week.

PARTNERANNELORE PARSONS

OWNER-CHEFLORIE PARSONS

YEARS IN BUSINESS16

FAVORITE DISHVEAL SCHNITZEL

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Epsilon restaurant is serendipitously located in down -town Monterey. For the last 17 years Petros (Peter) hasbeen incorporating his mother’s authentic recipes tocreate a variety of succulent dishes. Revered by theSan Francisco Chronicle as one of the best placesworth visiting on the Monterey Peninsula, EpsilonRestaurant’s menu attracts people from around thepeninsula as well as clientele from all over America.You owe it to yourself to try this healthy and nutri -tiously delicious cuisine. It is their pleasure to inviteyou to experience this jewel of Monterey. Come inand sample their beautiful and tastefully uniqueGreek cooking.

Petros Mungridis, Owner

EPSILON RESTAURANT422 Tyler Street, Monterey

831-655-8108www.epsilonrestaurant.com

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Ryan Sanchez, Fermin Sanchez, AJ Sanchez, Owners

There is nothing like the rich malt flavor of a good whiskey ora beer with mouth-filling body to quench your thirst. If youenjoy the way your taste buds dance around the flavors of highquality spirits and wines you will enjoy partaking in Surf NSand’s tasting events featuring wine, tequila and rum, vodkaand gin, champagne, scotch, and bourbon. On May 1st they arehosting a tequila and rum tasting event at Quail Lodge from6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Each attendee will receive a free shot glass.Also sample vine-grown libations at their newly opened winetasting bar. To complement your experience visit their otherstore, Bruno’s Market, for quality foods and service.

SURF N SAND GENERAL STORE & BOTTLE SHOP

6th & Junipero next to Bruno’s Market & DeliCarmel-by-the-Sea, 831-624-1805, 831-624-3821

www.carmelsfinest.com, www.brunosmarket.com


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Fred began his career with Mercedes as a sales con -sultant in 1997. Today he continues to demonstratethe full potential of Mercedes products, allowing cus -tomers to experience high performance luxury drivingin sleek style. With a diverse and repeat customerbase of more than 1300 customers between WalnutCreek and Monterey, Fred is available 24/7 to eachcustomer even after they drive off with their New orAMG Certified car. Additional services include deliveryof cars to the Monterey Peninsula at a moment’s no -tice. Fred’s ability to maintain lasting rapport witheach customer is propelled by his concern that eachcustomer drives away with a smile on their face.

MERCEDES-BENZ OFWALNUT CREEK

1301 Parkside Drive, Walnut Creek925-324-9477, [email protected]

Fred Scherer, VP Sales

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In November 2006, Kathleen Emmons-Perez became the new owner of TheBarn Swallow, a well-established, popular women’s boutique enjoyed bylocals and tour ists alike. Her daughter and assistant buyer, Emily Candelaria,joined her and ensures that stylish and high quality brands of clothingand accessories that cater to women of all ages fill the store. They carry alarge selection of Brighton handbags, shoes, and gifts, as well as VeraBrad ley, Pandora, Christine Alexander, Not Your Daughter’s Tummy TuckJeans, Painted Pony, and more! The Barn Swallow has a wonderful staff thatdelights in pampering customers in a warm and inviting atmosphere. Stopby the shop in the Barnyard Shopping Village with its beautiful gardensand plentiful parking!

Kathleen Emmons-Perez, Owner

THE BARN SWALLOW3656 The Barnyard, Carmel, 831-626-1208

Monday-Sat 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.


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EUROPEAN JEWELER AND GOLDSMITHCrossroads Shopping Village, Carmel

381 Cannery Row, Monterey, 831-624-3555www.european-jeweler.com

Adriana and Arthur Granat, OwnersVisit your friendly local jeweler at European Jeweler and Goldsmith wherethey feature full service affordable jewelry and watch repair, redesigning,custom design, appraisals, and consignment. They buy gold and also offer anexquisite collection of designer jewelry in every price range. Plus, their localcustomers receive substantial discounts while receiving personalized service.Flexible payment plans are available to accommodate a variety of budgetsbecause European Jeweler and Goldsmith is where the customers alwayscome first. They now serve two locations and offer pick-up and delivery uponrequest. Pictured above: Adriana Granat, Owner & Ruby Skidmore, StoreManager. Pictured below: Arthur Granat, Owner.

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Thomas Rivera Owner

TANNING BY THE SEA 26352 Carmel Rancho Lane, Suite 102

Carmel831-624-TANZ (8269)

Prepare for the summer sun by starting your vaca -tion now. Pamper yourself at Tanning By The Seawhere the stylish oasis atmosphere is home to state-of-the-art Matrix tanning beds. Rated number onein the tanning industry the last three years, theMatrix beds provide a 360 degree golden glow thatlasts longer without harmful burning while you liedown and relax — ideal for the ultimate tan. Thesalon also offers all-natural, hypoallergenic, Swissformulated Arbonne products; tanning supplies,swim suits, jewelry and much more. Tom is a localresident who was raised in the Carmel area and takespride in the fact that he owns the number one tan -ning salon on the peninsula.

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SUDS ’N SCISSORSANIMAL GROOMING & BOUTIQUE

223 Crossroads Boulevard, Carmel831-624-4697


Todd HarrisOwner

A top producer, Buff LaGrange is the agent referred by local residents and past clientsagain and again. Her extensive knowledge of the market and her innate ability tolisten and understand an individual’s needs set prospective clients at ease. A 30-year resident of Carmel and a second generation real estate agent, Buff is regardedas dependable, honest, and passionate about her work. Buff’s energy, profession -alism, and easy-going manner enhances her client’s experiences by instilling in themconfidence and trust. The former owner of one of Carmel’s landmark clothing stores,Buff LaGrange perfected her skills as a creative problem solver and detail orientedbusiness woman who transforms dreams into reality.

Buff LaGrangeRealtor

COLDWELL BANKER"Bringing the love of buying a home back into style"

[email protected]

Your pet is part of the family. He or she loves you uncon-ditionally. That’s why you want the best for your pet pal.Suds ’N Scissors has been in busi ness for 45 years,providing the best pet grooming services in the area.Todd has owned the shop since 1995. As the previousowner of Country Club Kennels, Santa Cruz Animal Care,and Tatoha Trainers, and as treasurer of the Del MonteKennel Club for almost 20 years Todd is no stranger tothe pet care industry. Suds ’N Scissors provides the high-est quality grooming for cats and dogs, offering a quaintboutique with a variety of discount items, including highend spa products, dog toys, treats, grooming supplies andmore. They also provide limited home boarding services.Whether your pet needs general grooming maintenanceor a sophisticated cut, bring them to Suds ’N Scissors.

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Sisters and cosmopolitan travelers, Brenda and Linda, inviteyou to explore their shops in downtown Monterey at KarmaFashion Lounge, Goodie 2 Shuz, and Kaiya Boutique (openingin April). Karma Fashion Lounge takes a modern approach totrendy fashion by offering an eclectic collection of clothingand accessories from lines such as Stop Staring and Colcci.If you’re looking to add flair to your wardrobe with uniqueshoes, handbags, and accessories, Goodie 2 Shuz is a newshoe boutique that recently opened next door to Karma.Brenda and Linda are also excited to re-open Kaiya Boutiquewhich will offer feminine and eccentric styles from brandssuch as Tulle and Kensie. Call or visit today!

Brenda Eberly & Linda Castillo-Arreola Owners

KARMA FASHION LOUNGE415 Alvarado Street, Monterey, 831-333-1350

KAIYA BOUTIQUE570 Munras Avenue (on the corner next to Trader Joe’s)

GOODIE 2 SHUZ413 Alvarado Street, Monterey, 831-641-9228

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MONOPOLY MORTGAGE & REAL ESTATE500 Polk Street, Monterey

831-394-2000Donnamcguiremortgage.com

Donna McGuire

Owner/Loan Officer/Realtor

Christy BuzbeeOwner

BUZBEE STUDIO3 NE Mission at 4th, Carmel-by-the-sea

P.O. Box 5943, Carmel-by-the-sea831-622-9691

[email protected]

Christopher and Donna understand that choosing a loanofficer is important which is why they build lifelong part -nerships with customers while providing them with thebest rates possible. Christopher is a lifelong resident ofMonterey and has great understanding and love for thecommunity. Donna owned and operated an accomplishedmarketing firm where she was a trusted advisor to manybusinesses in California. Through the marketing firm sheestablished lifelong partnerships in the Real Estate com -munity. Together, Chris, Donna, and their four seasonedagents assist with most financing projects from purchas-ing your dream home, to construction loans, financing,and investment properties. Using education as a vehi-cle, they help get clients on a more secure path towardfinancial stability.

Chris Buzbee, a pioneer in the beauty industry, conveysher concept of complete makeovers — emphasizing haircolor application and haircuts. Recognizing the cosmeticand medical need for hair replacement, Chris and herstaff capture the market with hair loss knowledge andtreatment. Clients enter the charming, eclectic salon,instantly picking up on the staff’s professionalism andsplash of edgy freedom. Chris Buzbee specializes inPersonal Image Design and welcomes all types of hairand personalities. Teaming with Chris, makeup artistMichele Pietrantonio, offers an organic makeup line fromAustralia that truly makes going green sexy. Her specialtyis using natural looking makeup to highlight a person’snatural beauty. Together, Chris and Michele provide wed -ding and event services, making them memorable.

Christopher King Loan Officer

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Opened in July of 2006, Ferguson Bath, Kitchen, & Lighting Galleryoffers a myriad of plumbing fixtures and faucets, appliances, andlighting. If you are building or remodeling, a visit to Ferguson is amust. Ten thousand square-feet of elegance make this showroomthe premier showroom on the Monterey Peninsula. Catering to archi -tects, contractors, designers as well as home owners, Ferguson hasworking kitchens and bathroom vignettes on display. Ferguson’sknowledgeable sales staff will be delighted to help with the selectionprocess and consultation appointments are available for larger jobs.Come see all the newest innovations and the latest products. Ex -pe rience weekend cooking demos while you browse. Ferguson…“Delivering Your Dream.”

FERGUSON BATH, KITCHEN, & LIGHTING GALLERY

1144 Fremont BoulevardSeaside

831-394-SHOW (7469)


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Located in downtown Monterey, Santa Lucia Café is a German Restaurant withan Italian twist. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner they use authentic recipesand present unique dishes such as Bavarian Sauerbraten, Beef Rouladen,Spaetzle, Schweinebraten, and Knoedel (dumpling), as well as Wild Boar Brats &Sauerkraut just to mention a few. Also try their German Apple Pancake or one oftheir thin crusted pizzas, fresh from the wood burning brick-oven (that’s thetwist). Their bar offers eight Bavarian beers on draft and provides a goodselection of German, Italian, and local wines. Chef Uwe Grobecker is usually onhand to greet you and will make sure your dining experience is all that it can be.

SANTA LUCIA CAFE484 Washington Street, Suite A

Monterey831-333-1111

Uwe Grobecker, Owner


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arts

CREATIVE 65˚Magazine Steps inside of the CarmelArt Association and Views the greatInstitution through the eyes of thedirector, Susan Klusmire.


I am the manager of the Carmel Art Association

(CAA), which is the second oldest art gallery in the

United States. We have the mission “To advance the

knowledge of and interest in art and to create a

spirit of cooperation and fellowship between artists

and the people.”

We’ve had amazingly gifted artists among our

membership. Salvador Dali was a former member.

The CAA remains, to this day, the only gallery in

Carmel exclusively showing local artists’ paintings

and sculpture. It is visited by thousands of people

from around the world each year.

For the past 80 years the Association has been

fulfilling the terms of the mission statement — a

period of time stretching back to the afternoon of

August 8, 1927, when 19 members of Carmel’s artistic

community met and defined the mission statement.

I worked for 20 years as the Museum and Cultural

Coordinator for the City of Monterey. We had exhibi-

tions at the Alvarado Gallery. My research often

brought me to the CAA gallery looking for pieces. On

one of these trips, while on the search for artistic

treasures I said to an acquaintance, “I would love to

work here someday.”

A dozen years later I was working here, so sometimes

the things you wish for come true.

My childhood was steeped in the arts. My grand-

mother was a hiker/backpacker, who wrote poetry

for a backpacking magazine. My mom wrote

children’s books.

My great grandfather was a Los Angeles sculptor,

J. L. Roop, who, among other accomplishments,

created the puppet that was used for the model of

King Kong. The Los Angeles Natural History

Museum's Seaver Center for Western History

Research has a collection of his scrapbooks, photo-

graphs, articles, and other items.

My grandfather created the Indian sculpture that

points the way to Arrowhead Springs. He was able to

create such life-like representations of prehistoric

animals that a collection of his animal sculptures are

on display at the La Brea Tar Pits.

As a child we did outings to the LA County

museum. My grandpa’s prehistoric animals seemed

enormous to my young eyes.

Embroidery is my own art medium and I always

had a passion for textiles and design. I started

embroidering when I was eight. For my tenth birth-

SUSAN IS MANAGING ONE OF

THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS ON

THE PENINSULA. THE CARMEL

ART ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN

IN CONTINUOUS OPERATION

FOR THE PAST 80 YEARS. ITS

TRADITION OF FINE ART BY

LOCAL ARTISTS IS THRIVING

UNDER SUSAN’S DIRECTION.

BY SUSAN KLUSMIRE


A PROUD HERITAGE

ARTS [PERSONA]]



day I got my first sewing machine. I’ve always

found embroidery to be therapeutic. The act of

focusing my attention upon the minute stitches

and getting the design to come out perfectly was

healing. That kind of creative effort always gets

me into the moment.

The majority of our members are dedicated and

professional artists who bring that kind of focus to

bear on all their creative efforts. That’s what their life

is about: Their focus.

The CAA has 120 members. Anyone within 35 miles

can apply for membership, but we’ve got an exclu-

sive society of artists. The Board of Directors makes

the selection for new members as an annual spring-

time event. Last year they chose only three new

members out of about 50 applicants. They might ask

applicants to supply slides or to bring in a portfolio

of their work. They will sometimes spend a couple

days reviewing and discussing the applications.

We lack any standard pricing for art. Each artist

determines his/her price. We have the largest

amount of watercolors available at least on the

Central Coast. Prices are extremely reasonable. The

San Jose Mercury had a report of small-town art

communities and Carmel came out number six in

the entire United States as an art destination.

The association was created in 1927. The newly

formed group met in a room in the Seven Arts Building

at Lincoln Street and Ocean Avenue for $30 a month

rent. In December that first year the Association

conducted the first annual exhibit of a set of “Thumb-

box Sketches,” which became so successful that the

major exhibition became a yearly event.

During the Great Depression in 1929 the

Association was forced to give up the Seven Arts

Building location and a commercial gallery handled

the artists’ works for the next five years.

Memberships declined during that difficult period.

In 1933 they purchased the current building for

$5,500. They borrowed the money from a business-

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man Barnett Segal, who has a room named after him.

Another room, Beardsley, was named for an patron who

donated $500 to the association, which was long enough

ago to snag a room named after him.

In 1933 they purchased a property on Dolores Street

between 5th and 6th for $5,500 with a down payment of

$413.34. By 1937 the Association was outgrowing its facility,

so dues were increased, raffles held, members donated time

and talent to construction, and by April, 1939, the new

gallery was open for business.

During the 1930s the great San Francisco artist, Armin

Hansen, built the stone wall, designed the garden, and

built the lovely benches in the front of the building. More

recently, a three-foot addition has been added to the

south side, new bathrooms have been constructed, a new

kitchen added, plus new and improved lighting and wall

covering, and a wheel chair lift to make the building hand-

icapped accessible.

The Carmel Art Association reaches into the community

by offering free lectures and demonstrations throughout

the year. The gallery space is available for special public

events such as the Bach Festival and the Carmel Art Festival.

Eight decades following its inception the Association

maintains the same ideals that it had in 1927. It continues

stimulating art interest in the Monterey Bay area and

enabling Monterey Peninsula artists to keep in closer touch

with one another, plus it continues serves as a conduit for

the sale of their paintings, which provides the funds to

sustain the center and pay the staff salaries.

We have an amazing art base through clientele, support-

ers, the arts community, and through the community in

general. The CAA numbers among its clients some of resi-

dents who have second homes on the Peninsula, some

coming from as far away as Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.

It’s gratifying for me to belong to something that’s been

going so good for so long. After 80 years the creative energy

around this place remains stronger than ever. °

To learn more about the Carmel Art Association go to www.carmelart.org.

Send any comments on the article to [email protected].

SUSAN KLUSMIRE

AGE: 54

OCCUPATION:DIRECTOR, CARMEL ARTASSOCIATION

PLACE OF BIRTH:LONG BEACH, CA

LOCAL RESIDENCE:MARINA, CALIFORNIA

LIFE GOAL:BE HAPPY

“The CAA remains, to this day, the onlygallery in Carmel exclusively showinglocal artists’ paintings and sculpture.


My most prized possession is a worn,

faded and long-outdated globe. I have

dragged it relentlessly across the world

with every move, from Madrid to Maui,

Lake Tahoe to London. As a child grow-

ing up on the tiny island of Bermuda, I

would spend hours spinning it with my

eyes closed and pointing to a random

destination, imagining what it would

be like to travel or live there.

Today, I often wonder where I would

be if my mother hadn’t come up with

the idea of escaping war-torn Belfast to

start her newly-married life in tropical

bliss. As a result, my parents, from the

beginning, taught my sister and me

that our future was limited only by the

boundaries of our imagination, and

that the world was a deeply diverse

place, ripe with opportunity to fulfill

any dream we could concoct.

In 1983 my father’s business trans-

ferred us to the island of Grand

Cayman, another tropical paradise.

Attending the Cayman Islands High

School, the only high school on the

island at the time, proved to be a pro-

found learning experience, with the

greatest knowledge coming from out-

side the classroom walls. As a young

white girl with British parents, I learned

quickly what it was like to be classified

as “a minority”. This feeling, although

not menacing, caused me to gravitate

towards others with non-traditional up

bringings and created the foundation

for my life-long desire to deepen my

understanding of humanity as a whole.

If the common question of “What

do you want to be when you grow up?”

were directed at me, it would be met by

a blank stare. A nurse? A ballet dancer?

No! I didn’t want to work at all! I want-

ed to spend my life traveling to exotic

places, meeting fascinating people

along the way. In the year following

college graduation, I would work sling-

ing drinks or flipping burgers until I

had enough money for my next adven-

ture. From hitchhiking through the

Guatemalan countryside to teaching

English to the chief of an Iban tribe in

the jungles of Borneo, I couldn’t get

enough of the world.

The turning point came when I

realized, with the help of my mother

who couldn’t stomach the idea of

another one of my “trips”, that I

could have a career that would fulfill

my desire to travel and would enable

me to create memorable experiences

for others. The next day I knocked on

the door of the Hyatt Regency Grand

Cayman and instantly felt at home.

For perhaps the first time, I was sur-

rounded by people with comparable

dreams and goals. I soon developed

a deep resolve to do anything in my

power to create the ultimate guest

experience. To my delight, each year

Hyatt would oblige my aspirations by

transferring or promoting me to

another area of responsibility.

My career has taken me from the

Caribbean to the shores of Maui to

the pristine mountains of Lake Tahoe.

Along the way, I have encouraged

young people, particularly minori-

ties, to embrace diversity and expand

their global view, and not feel limited

to their own backyards, or to pursu-

ing careers that society dictated as

being “suitable” based on their gen-

der or background.

During my tenure in Tahoe, I had the

pleasure of visiting the beautiful

Highlands Inn. When, a year later, the

opportunity to manage the resort pre-

sented itself, I jumped at the chance.

Highlands Inn has given me with the

best opportunity to date to make a sig-

nificant impact on our guests. It has

many years of tradition linked to its

beautiful rooms and restaurants, with

its wood-burning fireplaces and incom-

parable views of the Pacific. What sets

it apart is the emotional connection

between the property and its staff and

guests, which is like nothing I have ever

seen before! With all the stunning

locations the world has to offer, it is

heart-warming to welcome back so

many repeat visitors time after time,

who soon become like family.

Occasionally, upon hearing my story,

people will ask “Don’t you ever want to

settle down”? And I look around me at

the rugged beauty and diversity of the

Monterey Peninsula and I think

“Absolutely! This is the place!” Then

inevitably I feel that familiar tap on my

shoulder, and I spin the globe again, eyes

closed. I hear the words of Gertrude

Stein, “There’s no there, there. It’s the

journey and not the destination.” °

Fiona VanderWall

Resort Manager

Highlands Inn

GUEST EDITORIAL [BY FIONA VANDERWALL]

*“AS A WOMAN I HAVE NO

COUNTRY. AS A WOMAN

MY COUNTRY IS THE

WHOLE WORLD”

VIRGINIA WOOLF

When I was first contacted by 65° Magazine several months

ago about their desire to do a feature story on me and our

bank, I was obviously elated. I’ve been in business on the

Monterey Peninsula for over 20 years and this was the

first time a local magazine had wanted to do a cover

story on Monterey County Bank. I thought it as a great

idea for a new publication to focus on local business

people. There are a lot of wonderful local publica-

tions that cover the wine industry, the social scene,

and the peninsula as a travel destination, but a

magazine that spotlights the local business

community is an untapped niche. Every person

we interacted with at 65° from Publisher Rich

Medel to the writer and the photographer, were

incredibly professional and engaging. Once the

publication hit the streets, our phones started

ringing. Frankly, I was surprised by the

number of people who were reading this new

magazine and had seen our article, includ-

ing local politicians, business leaders,

clients, and friends. The response was

overwhelming, and from it we now know

that this magazine is read by our target

market of business clients. Thanks to

Rich and his team for realizing that

local business deserves a serious look.

Charles T. Chrietzberg, Jr.

President / CEO, Monterey County

Bank


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