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10 • SCENE • SPRING 2010

56 Spring is inFashion goes pretty, flirty and floral as the weather heats up.

By Donna Kato and Joanne Ho-Young Lee

72 Shoe showcaseFootwear that goes the distance in stilettos, platforms

and sandals.


74 Passion for pursesAn array of handbags in the season’s softest colors.


Icons: Scene’s green reportZem Joaquin is on a mission to mainstream

environmentalism — stylishly.

By Julia Prodis Sulek. Photos by Patrick Tehan

Rising eco-star Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins’ biggest

priority? Her family.

By Julia Prodis Sulek. Photos by Patrick Tehan

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23 The InsiderTop fashion trends, wearable art, Santana Row fashion show and more.

29 IndulgeEngagement rings and other things with a wedding day theme. By Crystal Chow

35 Shop TalkThese boutiques have presents for Mom, your BFF and others. By Crystal Chow

42 Body & SoulMindfulness meditation can teach you how to be here, now. By Melinda Sacks

Beauty ReportIntense Pulsed Light therapy: Does it erase skin damage? By Donna Kato

More advances in turning back the clock with tissue tightening, facial injections and more. By Kaitlin Lockhart

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Valley philanthropist and party-giver extra-ordinaire Charmaine Warmenhoven puts the social in gathering. By Julia Prodis Sulek

98 GetawaysA sophisticated respite awaits at Las Vegas’ new CityCenter. By Mark Whittington

151 Behind the SceneMagic happens on the style front when a team of pros gets to work.

152 SeenSan Jose Rep honors Lina Broydo, plus the National Charity League and the Princess Project.

154 Makeover Winners – and a new contestRevealed: the winners of Scene’sfirst reader contest.

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SPRING 2010 • SCENE • 17

Spring is always an optimistic time, fresh and green, full of hope and anticipation. We’re moved to start anew and do great and wonderful things with life, from our work and outside activi-ties to our personal care and appearance.

Your spring Scene reflects all this, and more.For one, we give you real-life heroines who lead and inspire:

Zem Joaquin, founder of Ecofabulous, an ardent advocate for sexy, sustainable style. Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, who balances a high-profile career in environmental justice with the three young nieces who share her life. And Charmaine Warmenhoven, whose good works stem from an unshakable belief in giving back.

For another, we feature fashion that’s easy, fun and sleek (“Fresh and Pretty,” Page 56). Feminine dresses and tops, shapely suits, punches of vibrant color amid the neutral hues – just right for valley living, just right to take you from spring to well into summer.

We also look at renewal in the beauty realm, in this case the ongoing quest for healthy, luminous skin. We now have an arsenal of tools at our disposal, from lasers to creams to surgi-cal procedures. Our stories explore a first-hand experience with Intense Pulsed Light therapy (Page 45), one of the more popular treatments, as well as other methods being used to tighten skin.

Finally, the story on mindfulness meditation (Page 42) captures the essence of our issue. It’s not news that life’s ups and downs have been particularly difficult of late. Sometimes it’s hard to see and appreciate the here and now, and easier to dream of a day when everything is perfect. But ignoring the beauty and joy of today, while acknowledging life’s darker moments, is a waste.

Mindfulness meditation can help you be present – to feel the warmth of the spring sun, smell the new grass, hear a child’s laughter – and in being present and nonjudgmental, become fulfilled, even happy.

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf,” says mindfulness teacher Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Agreed. Spring is a great time to get on the board and learn how to ride out the waves. I wish you happy surfing.

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Editor, Spaces Magazine

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Contributing Fashion and Beauty Editor, Scene Magazine

Crystal Chowis an inveterate shopper with a weakness for gift stores and vintage collectibles. She has been an editor and writer at the San Jose Mercury News for almost two decades.

Julia Sulekgets to the heart of her profile subjects with superb interviewing skills and a keen eye, and then weaves it all together into a riveting story. She is a reporter at the San Jose Mercury News, and cofounder of home interiors site Lookiloos.com.

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from runway to south bay

5 top trends for spring

floralDresses go

full-on “heavy

petal,” but these

bright blooming

botanicals are

anything but

garden variety.

nauticalAnchor your wardrobe

with candy stripes and

seafaring shades of

navy blue, plus yacht-

worthy accessories

(think rope and brass).

militaryBlazers and jackets

stand at attention

this season, thanks

to masculine

hardware and

utilitarian touches in

camouflage, khaki

and army green.

Marc Jacobs

Kenneth Cole

BettyeMuller

Nordstrom

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Kenneth Cole

Diesel

tribalThe warrior princess

look isn’t complete

without a statement-

making obi belt or

chunky necklace of

wood, chains, feathers

or metal.

transparentFeather-light, see-through party

dresses are made for layering,

and Lucite heels and handbags

give new meaning to the term

“goes with anything.”

Keep your look up-to-date. For more detailed fashions of the season, including

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ready to wearart show gems made for every body

giving back goes glam

Mark your calendars for “Style 2010: Wearable Art Show and Sale.” The show,

in its sixth year, takes place 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 24, at the Palo Alto

Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. Style 2010 features unique artisan-made clothing,

jewelry and accessories by some 35 artists from Northern California and around

the country. Many of the artists will be in attendance, along with models showing

off their creations.

Style 2010 is also a fundraiser that benefits children’s art education programs

at the Palo Alto Art Center. Diane Master, manager of the Gallery Shop at the

center and producer of the show, promises “wearable art to suit all budgets, all

ages, and, for the first time this year — men, as well as women.” Free admission

for Palo Alto Art Center Foundation members; $10 for nonmembers. www.paacf.

org/style; (650) 329-2366.

Celebrate Earth Day in style: Join

Westfield Valley Fair at a special ben-

efit event on Saturday, April 24. Pro-

ceeds from the fun and glam evening

go to the Wildlife Center of Silicon

Valley. Festivities include a fashion

runway show, music, sumptuous

treats and divine drinks. Visit www.

westfield.com/valleyfair or facebook.

com/westfieldvalleyfair for more in-

formation about the program and

tickets.

Emiko Oye’s Cartier Blanc,

repurposed LEGO®, rubber

cording and sterling silver.

An elegant bag by Suzanne

Rubenstein of Palo Alto.

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earth-friendly candles bring calm

Win tickets to “A Poolside Soiree” at Santana

Row! Scene magazine is partnering with Santana

Row on one of its most popular events on Satur-

day, May 1. Take your seat poolside at Santana

Heights, Santana Row’s residential complex, for

sizzling runway fashion shows (one at noon, an-

other at 3 p.m.) showcasing the coolest looks for

hot summer days. You’ll see the newest styles

from Anthropologie, Donald J. Pliner, H&M, Anne

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Pink Stripes, Tommy Bahama, Cole Haan, Urban

Outfitters, Boutique Harajuku, Furla and more.

Plus, Priscilla of Boston will show the latest in

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Scene will be on site shooting red-carpet pho-

tos as guests mingle at the Style Boutique (where

you can check out the clothes and accessories

up close). Tickets are $40 and include poolside

seating at the show, access to the boutique,

champagne and wine, light hors d’oeuvres, post-

show party in a premier residential loft and a

chance to win a “Weekend for Two on the Row”

valued at $1,000.

One lucky reader will win tickets for four to the

soiree by entering Scene’s reader contest: In 250

words to [email protected], tell us how

you or your BFF – friend, mom, whoever – makes

the valley a greener place. Deadline is April 23, so

hurry! See contest details, Page 151.

Just in time for Earth Day: Karma Beauty

Group scented candles, made from organic wax

and lead-free wicks in glass containers. KBG was

launched earlier this year by Oscar Armenta, 43,

who was raised in San Jose. He worked his way

up from a job at a local department store cos-

metics counter to a national position with LVMH

(Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy), all the while nur-

turing his artistic impulses by painting. The trio

of candles, in fact, are named after his abstract

acrylic paintings: Karma, Kizmet and Mind’s Eye.

The 8-ounce candles burn for 45 hours and sell

for $32. Armenta will add organic body scrubs,

body moisturizers, shaving creams and other

items in the fall. Available at Pueblo Viejo Imports

in San Jose and www.karmabeautygroup.com.



indulge

The ring is the thing, of course, when vows are exchanged, but so are pendants, bangles and other assorted glittery pieces.

Whether worn by the bride, the mother of the groom or any other member of the nuptial party, each adornment must meet —

if not exceed — the promise of the occasion itself. In other words, it must be an object of beauty and a joy forever.

Story by Crystal Chow

bridal blingOnly the bride shines brighter

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Handcrafted platinum ring

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Semi-mount ring featuring 0.36-carat total

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Semi-mount ring featuring 1.03-carat total

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18-karat rose gold ring with

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Earrings with morganite briolettes

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rose gold and accented with

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Necklace of platinum-set diamonds with emerald

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Platinum earrings with

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Platinum necklace with 0.52-carat

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shoptalk

There are stores galore in Silicon Valley for savvy shoppers to peruse in search of the perfect gift. But after visiting

treasure-filled boutiques like these, narrowing the choice to a single gift becomes one tough task.

From girly goods to

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for your home,

these shops have

what you want

Story by Crystal Chow Photos by Kerry Hiroshi Paul

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shoptalk

Cindy Sanders’ consignment store

always carries designer labels like

Louis Vuitton and Jimmy Choo,

above right. This Judith Leiber

purse, above middle, is priced at

$2,400.

Need a present for a special gal pal, an awesome sister or world’s best mom? A consignment shop might not pop into mind as the place to go — un-less your fave female favors chic fash-ion accessories and designer labels.

Think of It’s a Girl Thing as a fanta-sy walk-in closet, devoted to sumptu-ous jewelry, handbags, shoes and hats. Much of the inventory is high-end. Purses boast names like Louis Vuit-ton, Chloé, Chanel, Marc Jacobs and Dior. Owner Cindy Sanders even has a Judith Leiber rabbit minaudiere for $1,100 off its original $3,500 price.

As for shoes, of course you’ll find Manolo Blahniks, Jimmy Choos and other Carrie Bradshaw-worthy foot-wear. Prices for anything gently used are generally 40 percent to 50 percent off the original tag. Savings on brand-new items are 10 percent to 20 per-cent.

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For a shop with such limited space, Emily Joubert in Woodside prides it-self on offering an astonishing range of gracious things. To begin with, it’s known primarily for spectacularly lush and elegant floral arrangements. It also features high-end home lines such as Match pewter, Juliska ceram-ics and William Yeoward crystal.

“We have worked with heads of state, international royalty, prominent mem-bers of society, film stars, celebrities and businesses,’’ its Web site proclaims. It’s an indication of the standard set by owner Judy Sieber, who bought the business in 2004 and named it after her beauty-loving grandmother.

Emily Joubert is right across the street from Roberts Market and a few doors down from Buck’s Restau-rant — in fact, a good time to drop in would be while waiting to dine at the famously eccentric eatery.

Random offerings that reflect Sie-

ber’s refined taste include handbags by Woodside designer Lisa Rissetto (an Italian lambskin hobo sack goes for $595); dupioni silk pillows for $46; an unusual quartz rock vase for $781; and botanical candles by Rosy Rings, $50. For sweets lovers, con-sider treats by Bay Area chocolatiers Recchiuti and Maison Buche.

The jewelry selection at this shop ri-vals that of any boutique’s and is reason enough to seek it out. Best-sellers are round gold filigree and Swarovski crys-tal earrings for $114, for instance, that will complement nearly any outfit.

Outside, dozens of unusual planters, pots and other garden delights await inspection. Fermob, maker of French furniture such as bistro tables and chairs, strikes a modern note amid vin-tage fountains, troughs and birdbaths. Finds like these keep the customer base happy — it’s also why others need to discover the store for themselves.

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Judy Sieber’s small shop

carries everything from furniture

to jewelry. The filigree and

Swarovski crystal earrings,

above center, are popular.

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Hours: 9:30-6 Monday through Saturday, 10-5 Sunday



In her shop, Carrie Anderson

offers “hidden gems’’ that add

personality to a home, like these

fanciful metal birds, above left,

that look like folk art.

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For the first few months of its exis-tence last year, the gift shop Astor in Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village had to suffer the construction hubbub of nearby Trader Joe’s. Visitors were scarce. Now the din and parking ob-structions are gone, and the neophyte business is finally being discovered.

That’s good news for owner Carrie Anderson, a former securities arbitra-tion lawyer turned first-time entrepre-neur.

Astor was conceived as a place with something for everybody, but the em-phasis soon shifted to home ware. You won’t find conventional knickknacks here, however. Anderson offers what she calls “hidden gems’’ that will per-sonalize an abode beautifully, from art objects to serving pieces to bed ensembles. Folk art-like metal bird sculptures in the center of the store, for instance, are fantastically whimsi-

cal. Duvet covers and quilts by Berke-ley-based Raksha Bella are luxurious. There’s even a selection of pewter stirrup cups — named centuries ago when riders quaffed libations from the stylish vessels before galloping off to the hunt.

Astor’s offerings are ideal for host-esses and special occasions such as Mother’s Day. Mom would appreciate comfy pajamas by Bed Head ($145), or perhaps elegant bath and body products by Nougat of London (start-ing at $12.50).

At the jewelry counter, you’ll find accessories made by hand. No mass-production here. Pearls and other natural treasures dominate, mostly in free-form shapes.

It’s fitting that a small decorative sign asks, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?’’ You cannot fail to be impressed by Astor.

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When I signed up for a mindfulness meditation class, I figured I was the average stress junkie – always doing at least three things at a time, quick to get ir-ritated and a veteran insomniac. Increasing migraine headaches and occasional heart palpitations were con-firmation I needed to find a better way to cope.

What I learned during my eight-week course was that while I seem hardwired to imagine the worst and often react too quickly in stressful situations, I could, even as a slightly older dog, learn some life-changing new tricks.

Most of us are aware of the prevalence of stress and its ill effects, yet often there seems little that we can

do to change things. The good news is that mindfulness meditation, the

practice of stilling the mind and tuning into the body and the present moment, has proven a powerful way to combat stress and the negative impact of a hectic life-style. Even small changes can make a big difference.

Mindfulness isn’t just the latest New Age trend: The Journal of Behavioral Medicine, the American Journal of Psychiatry and the American Journal of Cardiology are just a few of the scientific publications that have noted how mindfulness meditation can markedly im-prove both physical and mental health.

Margaret Cullen, a marriage and family therapist in

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While transcendental meditation, or TM, teaches repetition of a verbal mantra and concentration to help people slow down, mindfulness meditation focuses on bringing awareness to the body in the present moment. It is a practice that is relatively easy to weave into your daily life – even your workday.

Formal training in mindfulness, along with books and CDs that teach the techniques, are available and popular. But even following a few simple steps on your own can slow the heart rate, decrease blood pressure and calm the mind.

“Mindfulness is much broader than meditation,” says Renee Burgard, a licensed clinical social worker based in Palo Alto who teaches Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). An eight-week program founded in 1995 by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Mas-sachusetts, MBSR has been acknowledged in medical journals for giving people the tools to cope with myriad life challenges. Burgard says mindfulness as defined by Kabat-Zinn is “paying attention on purpose in a par-ticular way in the present moment with non-judging awareness.”

Students of MBSR learn to spend from five to 45 minutes a day sitting or lying quietly in meditation. Guided by the teacher or a recorded voice, they focus their attention on breathing, feeling and “scanning” the body, or gentle yoga stretches to still the mind.

“Because of the pace of life and the number of in-puts we all experience, people need help in learning to stop and to modulate their reactions,” says Burgard, who notes most of her students are female. “Medita-tion addresses the human tendency to react instead of to respond.”

Cullen, who studied with Kabat-Zinn and teaches meditation to Kaiser patients, doctors, teachers and families, describes MBSR as a secular way to learn how to meditate. “If you have a mind and a body and a desire to meditate, and some sense that there is an-other way to be,” you can meditate, she says.

By practicing as little as 20 minutes a day, Cullen’s students report significant reduction in anxiety, im-proved mood, greater ease and calm, better decision-making, more energy, clarity, less reactivity and greater sense of self-control.

The practice can lead to physical changes as well.When Charles Johnson, a retired chemical engineer,

began his mindfulness practice eight years ago, he had borderline high blood pressure and was consider-

mindful every day

Mindfulness teachers offer the following tips for

applying the teachings to everyday life:

Follow a simple practice for several minutes,

ideally several times a day: Close your eyes.

Focus on an image you find relaxing, or focus

on your breath. Pay attention to breathing in and

breathing out.

Use any everyday task as a mindfulness exer-

cise, from brushing your teeth or taking a shower

to doing the dishes or walking the dog. Notice

what you are doing and how your body feels – the

water on your skin, the pavement under your feet.

Teachers call this being present in your life.

Remind yourself to be mindful. This can be

anything from pasting a sticker on your office

phone or refrigerator door handle to an audio re-

minder, such as the ring of your cell phone. Every

time you touch or hear this reminder, stop for 10

seconds and pay attention to your breath. Men-

tally say, ”I am breathing in, I am breathing out.”

Replace an unproductive cycle of worry with

recognition and observation. Say to yourself,

“Here is my worry.” Shift your attention to your

breathing or sensations in your body. Paying

attention to the body often quiets the mind and

interrupts a repetitive cycle of worry.

When you are multitasking, notice what you

are doing. If you can stop and do one thing at a

time, do that. If you can’t, notice each thing you

are doing.

While eating, pay attention in a different way. Put

a bite in your mouth and don’t chew right away.

Notice the taste of your food. Try eating in silence.

To cope with anxiety, allow for what is wrong,

then move your thinking to what is not wrong,

even if it is as simple as the fact that you can walk

outside and breathe fresh air. Ask yourself what

there is to be grateful for, or to appreciate.

Next time you are at a red light or waiting

in line, rather than getting impatient, use the

time to check in with how you are feeling. If you

get mad, notice that you are mad.

Finally, if you want to try sitting or lying

meditation, pick a time of day and a quiet loca-

tion where you won’t be interrupted. Sit for two to

five minutes at first, only paying attention to your

breathing or, if you prefer, scanning your body,

from your toes to your forehead, noticing how

each part of you feels.



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Renee Burgard’s guided meditation audio files

www.stressreductiontraining.com

Stress Reduction Training, founded by Charles

Johnson and offering East Bay classes

ing taking medication. Since then, he has founded his own company, Stress Reduction Training, and has worked with Kaiser in Oakland, Vacaville and Vallejo, as well as the University of California-San Francisco’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine.

Today, his blood pressure is normal without med-ication, which Johnson attributes to having learned to be mindful and present.

“Everyone comes to meditation class for a rea-son,” he says. “People are trying to affect some sort of change in their lives.”

As a “graduate” of Mindfulness Based Stress Re-duction, I can’t honestly say I am now stress free, but I can say I have tools that get me through those 2 a.m. worry sessions and help me fall back asleep. The headaches are less frequent, as are the epi-sodes of my racing heart.

A little Velcro sticker on my office phone re-minds me to take 10 seconds to pay attention to my breathing a few times a day. And when I walk my dog, instead of talking on the cell phone and doing lunges I didn’t have time to finish at the gym, I try to remember to really hear the birds, or notice the feel of the squishy wet grass under my feet. It’s a beginning.

books and cds

“The Miracle of Mindfulness, An Introduction to the

Practice of Meditation” Thich Nhat Hanh, Beacon

Press, 1999

“Wherever You Go, There You Are,” Jon Kabat-Zinn,

Hyperion, 2005

“Guided Mindfulness Meditation,” (Audio CD), Jon

Kabat-Zinn, Sounds True, 2005

“A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook,”

Bob Stahl and Elisha Goldstein, New Harbinger

Publications, March 2010

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seeing the lightIntense Pulsed Light treatment can rejuvenate sun-damaged skin

My mother has every right to tell me

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As a teen, I soaked in the sun in the

back yard from mid-morning to mid-af-

ternoon on warm days, refusing her offer

of a wide-brimmed hat and ignoring her

pleas to come inside the house.

In college, I’d come home for the sum-

mer, already browned from spring break

trips and baby oil-only sunning sessions.

I ignored Mom’s warning that one day

my fair skin would pay the price.

While I braced for wrinkles, what I

didn’t expect was that sun damage

would make my complexion splotchy,

spotty and sallow. One of my best physi-

cal features became my worst.

As a result, for most of the past two

decades, I’ve tried almost everything to

even out my skin tone, from topical skin-

care regimens using a hydroquinone

such as Obagi, to glycolic acid like MD

Formulations. I tried prescription creams

such as Retin-A and Tri-Luma. All helped

slow or lighten the discoloration – but

any exposure to sunlight meant the re-

turn of brown spots.

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Last spring, my dermatologist suggested I try Intense Pulsed Light, or IPL. It’s a treatment that uses a device that gives off light energy to destroy un-wanted pigmentation beneath the epidermis. Also called Pho-toFacial and FotoFacial, the process gradually improves sun-damaged skin over the course of four or five treatments, done about a month apart. Physicians believe it stimulates cellular re-generation, and those fresh cells remain undamaged until ultra-violet rays hit them, stimulating pigmentation again.

“It’s one of the best treatments for hyperpigmentation that isn’t too deep,” says Dr. Hayes Glad-stone, director of the division of dermatological surgery at Stan-ford University Medical Center, who recommends IPL for mild to moderate sun damage. “It’s a good way to significantly clean up sun spots without down time.”

But, Gladstone says, “It has its limitations: It won’t help with wrinkles or sagging skin, and it’s an investment.” Since IPL is considered a cosmetic proce-dure, it is not covered by most insurance policies. Gladstone’s office charges $2,300 for five treatments.

Developed in the late 1990s by Silicon Valley dermatolo-gist Patrick Bitter Jr. to treat a redness-causing skin condition called rosacea, FotoFacial and PhotoFacial also were found to improve sun-damaged complexions.

While there have been new technologies to tackle other aging-related cosmetic issues, IPL remains the

best answer for those who want to reduce the appear-ance of freckles, broken blood vessels, blotchy skin and discoloration caused by sun damage, says Dr. Min-Wei Christine Lee, a dermatological surgeon and director of

the East Bay Laser & Skin Care Center in Walnut Creek.

“It’s become a standard treat-ment, one of the many things someone can do to rejuvenate the face,” says Lee, who is also an assistant clinical professor of dermatological surgery at the University of California-San Francisco and author of “The Ultimate Guide to the Best Skin Ever: Lasers” (AuthorHouse, $19.98).

While treatments can be ad-ministered by a doctor, nurse or medical practitioner, both Gladstone and Lee recommend asking questions during a con-sultation, particularly if you have darker skin or are Asian, black or Latino, because ethnic skin tends to be more sensitive and scar-prone.

“Like any medical procedure, there are many, many variables, and there’s no way you can tell whether it will work,” Lee says. “It’s important to see someone experienced and talk about your expectations.”

The treatments themselves are relatively quick and stress-free, as I found out. In a doctor’s office, I reclined on an examin-ing table and was given protec-tive glasses. A cold gel was put on all over my face to help the IPL device conduct energy more efficiently.

The device was applied to the area of my face with sun damage, and then light energy was zapped to my skin surface in pulses. Each zap, to me, felt like a hard rubber-band snap. The nurse who administered my treatment went over some areas twice.

Immediately after, my face felt hot and sunburned. But the discomfort subsided within an hour. Other than a little redness and swelling, I looked and felt fine. I was

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told to stay out of the sun and to use sunscreen, even for the car ride home.

In the next day or so, I noticed brown spots darken-ing, followed by slight scabbing. I was able to cover the dark spots with makeup. (It’s important to let the small scabs flake away, as picking at them can cause scarring.)

And although I thought my face looked smoother, my doctor says it was because my skin was rejuvenat-ed, and had a healthier, less-stressed appearance, and not because IPL smoothed lines or wrinkles. Glad-stone says rejuvenation is often more dramatic when IPL is used in conjunction with other cosmetic treat-ments, such as Botox.

In fact, results from IPL can seem glacial. The full course of treatment, given every three to five weeks, takes several months to complete. Still, many people prefer it to more invasive procedures or surgery that require recovery time – such as chemical peels, micro-dermabrasion and laser surgery.

For me, it took two full weeks after each treatment to see results. After each one, my skin appeared brighter and more even-toned.

I saw the most dramatic results after my last IPL treatment in October, with my most troublesome dark splotches significantly lightened. I’ve been warned by my dermatologist that this won’t last if I’m outside for prolonged periods of time, with or without a strong sunscreen. It was explained to me this way: Sun expo-sure will “wake up” the sleeping melanin that causes dark spots and blotchy pigmentation. Sunscreen and shade will help keep discoloration from rising to the surface of the skin.

So, I’ve been diligent about sunscreen and wearing ugly sunhats that often get the eye roll from friends who aren’t sympathetic to my face-saving vanity. It’s a sacrifice for me, too, I tell them. I’d much rather be wearing a sleek Chanel headband than an ungainly North Face hiking hat.

My doctor told me that I may need “booster” IPL treatments from time to time. That may be the case in the next month or so: I’m heading for a vacation in Hawaii and unless it rains every day, I’m bracing for a blast of skin-damaging rays.

What can I expect?

Time commitment: Four to five treatments,

done three to four weeks apart. Depending on the

size of the area, each procedure takes about 20

or 30 minutes in a doctor’s office.

In the office: You wear protective eyeglasses.

Some doctors apply a cream to numb the skin. A

cold gel that helps the IPL device conduct energy

more efficiently is put on your face. The device is

applied to damaged skin; light energy is delivered

to the skin surface in pulses.

Pain: Minimal; each zap feels like a rubber-band

snap. Immediately after, your face feels hot and

sunburned, but within an hour you should look

and feel fine.

Post-treatment: Brown spots darken in the next

days, and may scab. Scabs will flake away. You

should see results within a week or two, with

substantial lightening of dark spots after the entire

series. How long the treatment lasts depends on

your diligence with sunscreen and with staying

out of the sun.

Cost: $300 to $500 per treatment.

Questions to ask:

Dr. Hayes Gladstone and Dr. Min-Wei Christine

Lee recommend asking these questions during

a consultation in addition to other questions ad-

dressing your concerns about IPL:

1. Who is doing the treatment and how much

experience does the doctor, nurse or medical

practitioner have with IPL and in treating my spe-

cific type of skin?

2. What can I expect given my age, sun damage,

ethnicity?

3. Will you do a test spot if I’m concerned about

how my skin will react?

4. Do you have before and after photos that I can

see?

Many people prefer IPL to more invasive

procedures that require recovery time,

such as chemical peels and laser surgery.

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TitanThe Titan device can be used on moderately sagging

areas on the stomach and upper arms, along the jaw line and under the chin. According to Dr. Jyoti Sarma, an Alamo-based internist specializing in cosmetic derma-tology, the best candidates for Titan are those 40 to 50 years old who are just starting to experience looseness in their skin. “But if there is too much loose skin or too much fat, it is not going to work,” she cautions.

How it works: The device uses infrared light to go beneath the skin’s surface and heat the dermis. The heat causes collagen to contract and thicken, not only re-plumping the existing collagen, but also creating mi-cro-injuries that stimulate the growth of new collagen. The device simultaneously cools the outer layer of skin to protect against breakage. The procedure takes about an hour, and most people have two or three procedures over four to six weeks.

Results: Because new collagen needs time to grow, re-sults are not fully seen for about six months, and can last up to two years.

The good: No anesthesia, no downtime. Can be used on all ages and skin types. Infrared has been shown to not injure fat cells under the skin (which otherwise could create lumps under the treated area).

The bad: Some feel a brief “heating” sensation or dis-comfort during treatment. Some notice redness and mild swelling on the treated area post-procedure, which dissipate within an hour or two.

Costs: $500 to $2,500 depending on area treated, as well as how many procedures are needed.

ThermageThermage treatments can target cheeks, jaw lines,

“turkey neck,” skin around the mouth and the forehead. It can be used to reduce excess skin on upper eyelids, wrinkles on eyelids and crow’s feet. It can also tighten stomach, arms, legs, hands and buttocks and decrease the visibility of cellulite. According to Noodleman, Thermage (and Titan too) has a “shrinkwrap effect” that slows down the skin’s sagging.

Procedure: The Thermage device uses radio frequency technology to heat the collagen both in the dermis and in subcutaneous fat tissue. The heat makes the collagen contract and thicken, and stimulates new growth. The device cools the top layer of skin to protect and prevent burning sensations. The procedure lasts about an hour to an hour and a half, depending on area treated.

Results: Results are fully seen after about four months, and last for about two years. Thermage claims that be-cause of its deep penetration, a single treatment may be all you need.

The good: No anesthesia, no downtime. Can be used on all ages and skin types.

The bad: After the procedure, some people notice a redness and mild swelling on the treated area, which dissipate within an hour or two. More serious side ef-fects have been reported, including lumps under the treated area, burns and blisters, and skin irregularities.

Costs: The price for one face procedure could run $1,000 to $5,000. Treatment around the eyes and for cellulite is more expensive because of special, single-use equipment used.

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Simple, cheery

blossoms say

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There’s a joyous, hopeful sense of re-

newal that comes each spring and with it,

a yearning for a fresh presentation.

We’re ready for lightness and warmth,

both in spirit and in what we wear.

Spring 2010 embraces chic versatility.

It’s about bringing your own sense of style

into the mix – as long as the end result is

neat and sleek, artfully edgy or charming

and feminine.

This season calls for fewer rules and

playing with textures and colors and even

with notions of what defines a basic.

Common khaki, for instance, gets an up-

date when paired with a vivid print, luxe

accessories or sky-high platform heels.

Florals, another seasonal tradition, are

modernized to give flowers a techno, fu-

turistic flair. Appropriate, too, are muted

blooms, reminiscent of an Impressionist’s

garden.

Among this spring’s essentials are utili-

tarian looks inspired by military uniforms

and safari clothes. There’s a definite glob-

al influence in the ikat fabrics and tribal

touches. Neutral shades like butter, cara-

mel, vanilla and latte evoke comfort and

familiarity, while punches of bright pinks,

yellows, blues and purples complement

our newly revved-up, energetic selves.

The style story this season is about the

evolution of classics, bold finishes, easy

statements. A fashion moment when up-

to-date never means over-the-top.

The forecast is bright: fetching florals, splashes of color and a casual elegance

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A hint of tribal

expressed with

an abstact

watercolor swirl

makes this a

perfect nouveau

print dress for the

season. Taylor

silk dress, $68,

private label straw

hat, $36, both from

Ibiss, San Jose.

Aqua necklace

of chunky Lucite

stones, $68,

Bloomingdale’s,

Stanford Shopping

Center. Coach

platinum sandals

with rosettes,

$158, Coach store,

Valley Fair.



Kiss spring

hello in a dress

splashed with

fanciful bouquets.

Betsey Johnson

strapless bouquet

border dress,

$425, and ombre

cardi, $198, at

Betsey Johnson

boutique, Valley

Fair. Frye

boots, $348,

Kate Spade

charm bracelet,

$255, and

Lauren Ralph

Lauren set of

bangles, $38, all

Bloomingdale’s,

Stanford

Shopping Center.



Spring staples include pretty pastels,

whimsical prints and must-have shorts.

MAC flared cardigan, $36, Ibiss, San Jose.

Patterson J. Kincaid bird-print top, $88;

Vince shorts, $195; Corso Como cork

wedges, $159; Lauren Ralph Lauren

earrings, $40, all from Bloomingdale’s,

Stanford Shopping Center. Hessnatur

organic silk tee, $58, worn under top,

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a stunner trench. Shorts and

wedges make it right for 2010.

3.1 Phillip Lim raw chambray

trench, $675, and matching

sashed shorts, $265. Worn

with Burning Torch blouse

made from vintage scarves,

$265, and Burning Torch

necklace of recycled vintage

beads and stones, $150, all

from Crimson Mim, Los Altos.

Play with proportions

and textures. Calvin

Klein cropped

leather jacket, $399,

Rebecca Taylor

floral tunic, $345,

and Daddy Long

Legs denim-look

leggings, $38.

With Guess cage

sandals, $99, all

from Bloomingdale’s,

Stanford Shopping

Center. Oakley

“Deception”

sunglasses, $190,

from Oakley store,

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Beautiful blossoms go high style.

Moschino Cheap & Chic floral

dress, $750, and Christian

Louboutin “Bianca” cork pumps,

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Elegant extras add up to sleek

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Walk out the door in

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trench coat in waterproof,

lizard-stamped linen

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Loeffler Randall “Keira

Loira” sandals, $695, all

Crimson Mim, Los Altos.

Luluvia blouse, $52, Pink

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Lauren Ralph Lauren

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Structured, sharp and sleek

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Narciso Rodriguez self-belt

jacket, $1,695, and cropped

pants, $695; Yves Saint

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sandals, $760, all from

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Blue topaz and pearl earrings,

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Instant chic is a timeless wrap

dress in a most modern botanical

print. Trina Turk “Kiki” cap-sleeve

wrap dress, $348, Crimson Mim,

Los Altos. Valentino wedge

espadrilles, $495, Footcandy,

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As we come to the end of our first season, wewant to say “thank you”for all of the enthusiasmwe received during ourpremier season in San Jose! Our first seasonhas been an electrifyingjourney over the past 6 months andwe’ve enjoyed some of the best thatBroadway has to offer.

Looking forward, we’ve just announced our 2nd season in San Jose and some of Broadway’s most recentblockbusters will be making their way to

San Jose as part of our 2010-11 Season.

First off, we’re thrilled that next season

includes seven exciting shows! Our

season starts out

on September

21st with a show

guaranteed

to knock your

socks off! The

international

dance sensation,

straight from a

record-breaking

run on Broadway,

BURN THE

FLOOR. We’ve all

seen shows like

“Dancing with the Stars” and “So You

Think You Can Dance?” With BURN THE

FLOOR, you’ll feel, live on stage, all the

passion, drama and sizzling excitement

of 20 gorgeous champion dancers.

The second show in our line-up will

have you

singing and

dancing in the

aisles as the

Fab Four - or at

least a tribute

to the Fab

Four will be in

San Jose. RAIN:

A TRIBUTE TO

THE BEATLES

opens October

26th and runs

through October 31st. It’s the next best

thing to seeing and hearing the Beatles

live and includes amazing hits like Let it Be, Hey Jude, While My Guitar GentlyWeeps and many, many more. RAIN is

a spectacular show that you’ll want to

share with the entire family.

Our next show is a “soaring and joyful”

musical about love

that comes from the

classic Pulitzer-Prize

winning novel by

Alice Walker, and

the moving film by

Steven Spielberg.

We are thrilled to

bring THE COLOR

PURPLE to San

Jose, November

23-28, 2010. It’s an

inspiring story of

hope, love, self-discovery, and triumph

over adversity and a show we are proud

to present.

Our next two shows are giants of

musical theatre.

First, we are

presenting an all-

American favorite

that looks at the

sub cultures of high

school life in the

1950’s. Yes - GREASE

will be “the word”

in San Jose January

18-23, 2011. Our

next Tony-Award winning show is a look

at tradition and one of our absolute

favorites. We are proud to present to you

FIDDLER ON THE

ROOF March

15-20, 2011.

This musical

has captured

the hearts of

people all over

the world with

its universal

appeal. Its

timeless classics

include such memorable songs as

Tradition, Matchmaker Matchmaker,rr If IWere a Rich Man and Sunrise Sunset. We

are thrilled to bring this glorious tradition

in musical theatre to the CPA.

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE...After securing your Season Tickets

for the 2010-11 season, you will be givenpriority access toreserve the bestseats in the house for two specialevents.

Come see whatall the noise isabout whenSTOMP returnsto San Jose for

an encore performance in 2011. Usingyour not-so-typical instruments suchas garbage can lids, brooms and Zippo

lighters - we know this unique theatrical

experience will have you thinking about

rhythm in a whole new way. STOMP will

be in San Jose April 12-17, 2011.

Finally, we end our season with another

“get happy” hit

featuring the timeless

music of ABBA. Yes,

you guessed it - we

are bringing back

MAMMA MIA! June

7-12, 2011. We are

thrilled to be closing

our second seasonwith this worldwidephenomenon aboutlove and identity thatover 40 million people worldwide havefallen in love with.

Wow! We have a really amazing andfun-filled season - but it won’t be thesame if you’re not here!

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Oct 26-31, 2010

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Jan 18-23, 2011

March 15-20, 2011

June 7-12, 2011

April 12-17, 2011

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BourneA shoe that pulls together several trends of the season.

Purple snakeskin-embossed suede pump finished with

a crystal-kissed flower applique, $245, Footcandy.

ValentinoWedges and rope-y espadrilles are back in a big way

this season. Dress them up or dress them down with

Valentino’s bow-trimmed espadrilles, $495, Footcandy.

Christian LouboutinShoe expectations are high when the red soles are a

giveaway. Be conventional in “Bianca” cork platform

pumps by Christian Louboutin, $695, Nordstrom.

Yves Saint LaurentWish-list shoes include these YSL heels, which pay homage to the

fine footwear the French design house has been making since the

early 1960s. Pebbled leather T-strap “Tribute” platform sandals by

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Kate SpadeBold blue is a basic this summer. Kate Spade Brookyln

Heights collection “Stevie” shoulder tote in Bluebell,

$365, Bloomingdale’s.

Ashley WatsonEco-friendly doesn’t have to mean drab carry-all totes.

Consider this “Phoebe” bag of recycled leather by Ashley

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She was born in 1970 with a name that means “earth” in Czech on a commune in Palo Alto called “The Land.”

Zem Joaquin was a dark-haired pixie with patchwork pants who played with chickens, danced in the central longhouse and sang with Joan Baez in the squatters camp off Page Mill Road.

The darling of the draft resisters back then, she became the subject of their illustrated fairy tale about “Zem, the little queen” who unites a strife-torn world. Even Baez, who founded the commune and lived there for a time, included “Zem Zem” in her 1975 song, “Children and All That Jazz.”

Perhaps it should come as no surprise, then, that

she was destined to make a name for herself in the environmental movement. Unlike her parents’ gen-eration that reveled in the counter-culture fringe, though, she is help-ing create a modern movement in the mainstream.

And she’s doing so with her own sense of rebellion: She’s making green glamorous.

Founder of Ecofabulous, she cre-ated a Web site that gives readers eco-friendly lifestyle options, from modular furniture made from re-cycled paper to chic throws made of hemp and flax. Going green needs to be less about sacrifice, she real-

ized, and more about motivation. (The site’s motto: “sexy.sustainable.style.”) After all, she muses, “Peo-

the green goddess

“Being fabulous is feeling like you’re getting

what you really want. At the same time,

you’re not taking more than you need,

and you’re giving back.”

With her eco-friendly lifestyle Web site, Zem Joaquin is taking the movement to the mainstream – and bringing sexy back

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ple weren’t too interested when organic cotton looked like oatmeal and felt like a burlap sack.”

Step inside the 1960s-era home in Marin County that she remodeled for her family and you’ll see what she means.

At 39 years old and just 5 feet tall, she opens the front door with bare feet and a big smile. Behind her, vin-tage black-and-white curtains she found at the Alameda Point Antiques Faire frame a pair of chairs she recovered in remnant lime green silk. Sleek kitchen counters are made from newspaper wood pulp and fly ash. Her vin-tage Laszlo dining room chairs are refilled with natural rubber.

“Being fabulous is feeling like you’re getting what you really want,” she says. “At the same time, you’re not tak-ing more than you need and you’re giving back.”

So how did this commune kid become such a design diva?

She may have been raised on granola, but she came of age living in London for two-and-a-half years in her early 20s with her godmother – a stylish critic for the Evening

Standard who took her to theaters, boutiques and Paris for weekends and “taught me everything I know about design.” Joaquin (then Spire, her maiden name) finished her degree in organizational communications at Pepper-dine, where she started a recycling program. And after a stint managing male models in Italy (she followed a boyfriend there), she returned to San Francisco in the late 1990s to help her best friend, Gina Pell, start Pell’s fledgling fashion and beauty Web site, Splendora.

“She was my VP of business development because she’s so good with people. She has a way of developing and nurturing connections,” Pell says. “I always told her that if she was a superhero, that would be her super-power – the ultimate connector.”

It was Pell, though, who connected Zem with her hus-band, tech entrepreneur James Joaquin.

They met at a cocktail party in 1999 in San Francisco, married and had two children. She was volunteering for homeless causes and political campaigns when her children were diagnosed with severe asthma. The fam-ily was living in an old Craftsman in San Francisco at the time, spending many a night in the emergency room when she decided she had to “save my children and cre-ate a healthy home.”

The Marin County house, tucked among blackberry bushes and towering trees, became her eco-incubator.

Joaquin’s dining room features vintage Laszlo chairs

refilled with natural rubber and a chandelier made of

hundreds of transparent flowers.

Joaquin bought Regency chairs on eBay, then repaint-

ed them before having them refilled with natural latex

and covering them in a Q Collection organic cotton

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Old painted beams were stripped with beeswax, wall-to-wall carpeting was replaced with recycled wine-cork flooring and solar panels were added to the roof.

But finding sustainable products, and stylish ones at that, wasn’t easy. “I realized there was this enormous gap,” she says. “There were no resources for eco-design and people interested in design.”

It was her husband who handed her a copy of “Cradle to Cradle,” the environmental manifesto of architect William McDonough, whom James Joaquin had heard speak at the 2004 TED conference for technology, en-tertainment and design in Monterey.

“This is what you’ve been talking about,” he said at the time to his wife, “what you’ve been spiraling in to-wards.”

She was so enthralled by the book, which professes ecologically intelligent design, that she invited Mc-Donough to lunch with “some of my friends that I think can change the world.”

The guest list included her husband’s good friend, eBay founder Pierre Omidyar; Segway inventor Dean Kamen, whom she had met at a dinner party; and inven-tor, entrepreneur and Disney “imagineer” Danny Hillis.

This time, it was McDonough’s turn to be impressed. He invited her to attend his annual eco-summit in Ice-land the following year with some 20 “thought leaders” and activists.

Unlike some in the environmental movement who preach doom and gloom, he says, Joaquin takes a posi-tive approach.

“It’s a big dark world out there, and we need bright-ness,” he says in a phone interview from Abu Dhabi where he was talking to real estate developers about green design. “Zem is a sparkle.”

And she knows how to throw a party. Over the past several years, she has raised nearly $1 million dollars for Global Green, an L.A.-based nonprofit that activates its Hollywood base to bring attention to green issues,

Saving H20: Zem’s top picks

Just on the subject of water conservation alone,

Joaquin has ID’ed her favorite things for both home

and personal style.

1. Cascade Lancashire Chandelier by artist

Michelle Brand – plastic bottles turned into strands

of flowers, $12,000; www.lisafontanarosa.com

2. Recycled silver water necklace by designer

Linda Loudermilk – proceeds go to water

conservation, $149; www.lindaloudermilk.com

3. FRESH fabric made of recycled plastic water

and soda bottles; www.valleyforge.com

4. Bio-Glass countertops made of 100 percent

recycled glass; http://coveringsetc.com

5. At-home carbonating system for making

sparkling water – $90-$200; www.sodastreamusa.

com

6. Non-toxic dishwashing tabs to avoid chemical

run-off to streams – $6.50; www.methodhome.org

7. Pedal-operated, hands-free faucet that saves

water – $350; http://pedalvalve.com

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She’s young, she’s smart, she’s going places.

It’s a sentiment that’s been attached to Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins since she was 27 and leading the powerful South Bay La-bor Council in San Jose. And it remains a familiar refrain now that she’s 32 and running Green for All, a national organi-zation based in Oakland that pushes for working-class jobs in the emerging green industry.

A woman of color who grew up as a child on welfare and bounced among domestic violence shelters with her mother and younger sister, she still man-aged to earn a university degree. Along the way, she became as tough as she is charming, as likely to partner with big business as put up a fight with the local elite. Her tenacity landed her enticing offers to work in the Barack Obama administration.

But she did not want to go to Washington, no matter how prestigious the offer. And because of, or perhaps in spite of, her decisions, she says, magical things have happened.

She has personal reasons to remain in Northern Cali-fornia, and to some they are as surprising as they are illuminating about who Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins really is.

Ellis-Lamkins, who is single, has become the guard-ian of her three nieces, ages 6, 8 and 10, the children of her sister who was raised alongside her, but whose

path diverged into teen pregnancy and addiction. It’s a fate that Ellis-Lamkins knows too well could have been her own and one she is committed to preventing for her nieces.

“Nothing is more important than making sure they grow up healthy, loved and confident and have everything they need to do whatever they want to do,” she says.

To those who know her well, she is a woman of substance and style, passion and conviction.

Carl Guardino, president of the pro-business Silicon Valley Leadership Group, is an unlikely ally who has be-

come a close friend.“It’s incredible what she does quietly for so many

people,” he says. “This is a single woman who has a big career, significant responsibilities, yet invests the mas-sive amounts of time it takes to take a big role in the lives of three young relatives. How many people would do that?”

Ellis-Lamkins not only talks the talk about wanting to make people’s lives better, he says, but she also walks the walk.

Phaedra, her first name, came from the lyrics of a Nancy Sinatra song; her last, Ellis-Lamkins, from the combined surnames of her Jewish mother and African-American father. Her upbringing was “chaotic,” she


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“Nothing is more important than making sure [my nieces]

grow up healthy, loved and confident and have

everything they need to do whatever they want to do.”

She’s a rising star in the move for a clean-energy economy. But for Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, staying close

to home is the bigger priority.Story by Julia Prodis Sulek

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says. Three times her mother packed up her two daugh-ters and fled from her husband, once to a shelter in San Francisco, another in Fairfield, and a third time they moved to Hawaii, an ocean away. While children of vio-lence tend to repeat the pattern and spiral into failure, Ellis-Lamkin’s mother knew her oldest daughter was dif-ferent.

“My mom tells me a story of when new people moved in across the street,” she recalls. “I took a book across the street and said, ‘Do you want to read?’ ”

She did well in school, eventually attending Califor-nia State University-Northridge, and graduating in 1998 with a degree in political science. She moved to San Jose as a labor organizer shortly after and worked her way up to executive director of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council in 2003.

Working in the labor movement was exhilarating, she says, but it was confrontational, too, as she struggled over living wage and other labor issues.

“I’m tough, it’s fair to say,” she says. “We were building power, and we were building power on behalf of poor people, working people, people of color who had no ac-cess.”

She learned that getting a politician elected some-times isn’t as important as shepherding through lasting legislation. And winning at all costs isn’t as important as making other people feel like they’ve won, too.


The idea that her work can help create a sustainable planet, create opportunities for working people and “the fact

that it’s hip, that’s magical.” The vibe is so positive, Ellis-Lamkins says, she’s finding new joy in her life.

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of a Green EconomyGreen for All aims to improve the lives of all

Americans – particularly those living in poverty

and people of color – through a clean-energy

economy. It partners with business, govern-

ment, labor and grassroots communities to

increase quality jobs and opportunities.

Some current activities:

• A partnership with the Black Eyed Peas on their 2010 The E.N.D. Tour (in concert in Cali-

fornia cities the first week of April) to change

the face of environmentalism, provide advo-

cacy opportunities and educate audiences.

• Work with cities to build local clean-energy economies; for example, it has teamed up

Portland, Ore., on a home retrofit effort that

will create jobs, reduce pollution, lower en-

ergy bills and expand business opportunities.

• Runs the Green for All Academy, which expands, educates and engages support

for climate solutions and a clean-energy

economy.

See www.greenforall.org for more information,

particularly about local Earth Day activities.


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As the space shuttle

Discovery carried the

rotor that he helped design and

develop to the space station Ben Murach

had his mind on another type of space: his

immediate environment. For more than 30

years Ben Murach had been wearing glasses

or contact lenses to see objects at near and

far distances. A recent advance in eye

surgery allowed him to eliminate glasses

and contact lenses permanently. This tech-

nology, known as the Acrysof ReSTOR

lens, is one of the biggest breakthroughs in

cataract surgery in the last decade.

“I don’t need my glasses or contact

lenses for reading, working at my

computer or driving,” said Ben Murach.

He was convinced to have cataract

surgery performed by Dr. Randal Pham,

founder of Aesthetic & Refractive

Surgery Medical Center, after meeting

Odine Wiens, who wore glasses since

she was 5 years old. Odine Wiens who

just retired from her 20-year job as a

child nutrition assistant at Evergreen

school district, had the procedure done

by Dr. Pham more than one year ago.

“My grandson asked me why I don’t

wear glasses anymore?” said

Odine Wiens.

“I told him ‘grandma had eye surgery

and doesn’t need to wear glasses’ and he

said ‘but grandma always wear glasses; if

she doesn’t wear

order to place a man-made lens inside the

capsule. If the capsule is broken during the

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This substance is called vitreous.

When this happens, the surgeon cannot

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iris and the capsule or in front of the iris.

These lenses are called sulcus-fixated if

they are placed in the corner between the

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When sulcus-fixated or anterior

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This difference in the calculated power

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Ashley Stice, representative of Alcon Inc.,

the manufacturer of the Acrysof ReSTOR

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version to sulcus-fixated lens or anterior

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“It is of utmost importance that you

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Ben Murach agreed: “You only have two

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tional skills and knowledge of refractive

surgery I did extensive research to find a

surgeon who is competent in both lasik

and cataract surgeries.”

*An independent study found 85% of patients who received the Acrysof ReSTOR intraocular lens never had to wear glasses.

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This technology, known as the Acrysof ReSTOR lens, is one ofthe biggest breakthroughs in cataract surgery in the last decade.

glasses she can’t be grandma’,” laughed

Odine Wiens.

The human lens is like a camera lens.

It helps focus light onto the retina, which

is like the film of the camera. The human

lens is made up of mostly water and pro-

tein. The protein lets light pass through

and focus on the retina. As the eye ages

the protein clumps together and starts to

cloud a small area of the lens.

The clumps also make the lens hardened;

this hardening of the human lens causes

people to have difficulty seeing up close.

This loss of ability to see up close is called

presbyopia. The cloudy area in the human

lens is called a cataract.

For years surgeons across the U.S.

removed cataracts and implanted man-

made lens to replace the natural lens.

This procedure is called cataract surgery.

“This is one of the safest procedures

performed in the U.S. today,” said Dr.

Pham. Each year millions of Americans

undergo cataract surgeries across the U.S.

Patients who undergo conventional

cataract surgery still need to wear reading

glasses after surgery. Because the Acrysof

ReSTOR lens works like progressive

glasses patients who have this lens can per-

form most daily activities without any

glasses. “To implant the Acrysof ReSTOR

lens, however, requires very precise and

skillful work,” said Dr. Pham. Because

patients who undergo implantation of the

Acrysof ReSTOR lens have high expecta-

tions-they expect to be less dependent on

glasses after the procedure, measurements

made before the surgery and the surgery

itself must be extremely accurate. The nat-

ural lens of a normal eye stays in a clear

sac called the capsule.

To remove the cataract, the surgeon first

makes an opening in the capsule. The sur-

geon then removes the cataract from the

capsule using ultrasound.

The surgeon must save the capsule in



She was named one of the 100 most influential peo-ple in Silicon Valley by San Jose Magazine. Last year, Essence Magazine named her one of the 25 most influ-ential African-Americans in the country.

Unlike her labor council job, where “every day felt like a fight,” she says, “it feels like an opportunity ev-ery day” at Green for All, an organization she describes as combining the environmental movement with social justice.

And that’s when she began to believe in magic. Ev-erything she stands for she is able to pursue in Oak-land, and “for some incredible reason, people see it as righteous,” she says. “The thing that hurts me so much is that for all the righteous things the labor movement does, it doesn’t get to be seen that way.”

She’s working on a national stage now, with trips to New York for a United Nations leadership summit on climate change, and to Washington, where she was one of a dozen sitting with the president at a jobs summit meeting. She is partnering with the hip-hop band Black Eyed Peas to work on green campaigns.

The idea that her work can help create a sustainable planet, create opportunities for working people and “the fact that it’s hip, that’s magical,” she says.

The vibe is so positive, she says, she’s finding new joy in her life.

And part of that joy comes from her nieces, who have been a big part of her life since they were infants. The oldest was born with a heart condition, which was too much to handle for Ellis-Lamkin’s sister, who was strug-gling in a violent marriage. One by one, the girls came to spend time living with Ellis-Lamkins in San Jose or her mother in Fairfield.

Two years ago, the youngest, who was 4 at the time, moved in full time with Ellis-Lamkins. But it was clear the sisters needed to be together. The job in Oakland brought Ellis-Lamkins closer to her 64-year-old mother, and in February, she sold her house in San Jose and bought a new one in Fairfield. When Ellis-Lamkin trav-els, her mother is just five miles away.

Ellis-Lamkins hosts slumber parties for her nieces on weekends and makes sure the girls get to their dance classes and math tutoring.

Sometimes she wishes she were married with her own children. That day may come. Meanwhile, she knows her sacrifice is worth it.

“It’s hard not to be in D.C., but I don’t think I could be anywhere else,” she says.

She figures that when the girls are off to college in another dozen years, she will be just in her early 40s, with plenty left to contribute.

“I’m going to spend those years in my life making sure the girls are confident and do well in school,” she says.

Because in the end, she knows, professional stan-dards alone will not be how she measures her life.

In February, Ellis-Lamkins and will.i.am of the Black

Eyed Peas announce the partnership between

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It’s one thing for a young woman to be

smart. It’s another to be cute. And after a

lifetime of being the smart girl, Phaedra Ellis-

Lamkins is finally happy to embrace the cute-

ness. And after she lost 85 pounds over the

past four years, her signature darling dimples

are smiling in a whole new way.

“When you lose weight, it’s like you hear

music and the world opens up,” she says.

Instead of being able to shop at one or two

stores for her wardrobe, “the whole mall is

open to you. The most exciting thing is being

able to walk into any store and being able to

purchase something.”

She started getting serious when she was

29 and lost 50 pounds in a year through the

L.A. Weight Loss Program. When the pro-

gram went bankrupt, she took it upon herself

to keep losing. Depending on the schedules

of her nieces, she tries to take morning spin

classes, squeezes in brisk walks and trains for

a marathon once in a while.

Her diet philosophy is less about what she

eats but how much. “Today I had Thai soup

and brown rice, because yesterday I had a

piece of cake from a birthday,” Ellis-Lamkins

says. “I’m not sure I’ll ever be a size five or six,

because I love food.”

She’s not actively losing weight anymore;

she says she’s “actively maintaining.” As long

as every year I’m lighter on my birthday, she

says, “I feel I’m doing good.”

At a recent NAACP awards event, she wore

a cobalt blue, full-length Badgley Mischka

gown – size 10, she’s happy to report.

“It was the most glamorous night of my life,”

Ellis-Lamkins says. “It was like, ‘la la la la la!’”

She has nothing against smartness. It got

her where she is today. “But being cute,” she

says, “is a new experience.”

—Julia Prodis Sulek




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an open doorCharmaine Warmenhoven was in high school in 1964

when news of the notorious murder of Kitty Genovese on the streets of New York spread across the country, a shocking story because even though many heard her screams, apparently no one did a thing to help.

Charmaine was fascinated, though, less about the by-standers who did nothing and more about the idea of those who “try to do something.”

With a strong foundation as a woman of faith and a

psychology degree from Princeton, reaching out to oth-ers in need has become a guiding principle of her life as a philanthropist and educator of special needs children.

“It’s part of our value system,” she says. “You are meant to provide service to others. I’ve been doing so ever since I can remember.”

From the graceful Monte Sereno home surrounded by acres of gardens that she shares with her husband, Net-work Appliance board chairman Dan Warmenhoven,

Charmaine Warmenhoven knows the valueof sharing her home with others

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the couple open their doors to fundraisers benefiting causes ranging from cancer research to local arts groups to Catholic charities. In June, she is hosting the Silicon Valley Heart Gala for 250 to raise money for the Ameri-can Heart Association. With Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz chairing the event, the nonprofit is expecting the guest list to include some of the valley’s tech luminaries. If all goes well, the charity hopes to raise more than half a million dollars (maybe a million, dare they hope) at this single event.

“Dan and I feel we’ve been given a lot, and we need to give and to share,” she says. “It’s more than a habit. It’s a lifestyle.”

And Keri Janssen, CEO of the Silicon Valley Ameri-can Heart Association, couldn’t be more grateful.

“They are very down to earth and very dedicated to making a difference in the community,” Janssen says. “Opening your home to an event is totally different than giving money. They are dedicated to the mission and the cause and have been for over 10 years.”

Hosting the fundraiser at a home rather than a hotel is much more intimate, she says. Besides, “who wouldn’t want to see the Warmenhoven home?”

A winding driveway leads you past oak trees and a sunken Japanese tea garden to the grand estate atop a hill. A 17th-century wishing well and a stone gazebo adorn the front garden that overlooks the lights of the valley below.

The back yard, with terraces surrounding a pool and cabana house, will be the setting for the June party. A saxophonist will play during cocktail hour from the bal-cony, and tables will be set up around the pool. Each guest will be given a candle to light, representing heart disease survivors, and float them in the pool.

“It will be the feel of a romantic, starry night,” Jans-sen says.

The causes Warmenhoven supports are close to her heart. As a child, her mother was a concert pianist, and she was a dancer. As an adult, she has served on the boards of Ballet San Jose and the Montalvo Arts Cen-ter.

With her father in the military, her family moved around a lot, she says, and going to Catholic church on Sundays wherever they happened to live “felt like family and it gave me a sense of stability and belonging.”

After teaching disabled children for a number of years, she went on to work for the Catholic Diocese in Santa Clara County, helping people with disabilities feel included in church life. Just last year, the Warmen-hovens hosted a garden party for the Knights of St. John, an organization ounded to take care of wounded soldiers but that now donates frequently to children’s hospitals.

Charmaine’s father died of cancer when she was 13, and the Warmenhovens have been supporters of the

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enhances the Monte Sereno estate’s atmosphere of calm.

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Going to a party at the Warmenhovens? Char-

maine tells you what to expect

Drinks “Dan and I have become fond of Ital-

ian wines – brunello and pinot grigio are our

favorites to serve right now. I also love to serve

champagne, and I usually have that on hand as

well.”

Hors d’oeuvres “Dan’s favorite is a good ahi

tuna sashimi, and I love a good crab or artichoke

dip.”

Desserts “We usually go for a light dessert –

fresh berries with a touch of Grand Marnier and

a dollop of cream is our favorite.”

Music “For large events when possible, we

have live music – a pianist, mariachi band or

string trio, depending on the event. If not, we

usually play a CD of classical music.”

Flowers “I use seasonal flowers: lots of tulips

in the spring, roses in the summer, chrysanthe-

mums in the fall, and fresh pine, amaryllis and

poinsettias in the winter. I love orchids and use

them frequently. Also, fruit – citrus, persimmons,

apples – look great in bowls for centerpieces.”

Sit-down or buffet? “When we have lots of

family for the holidays, we typically serve buffet

style. That way, all the kids and grandkids can

fix their own plates or have Mom and Dad help

them. For friends and hosted events, we usually

do sit-down, except for holiday open houses

and more casual receptions, which are buffet.”

Indoor or outdoor? “We love entertaining out-

doors as much as possible. For family and close

friends, we have a fun time with our pizza oven,

each person making their own personal pizza.

We supply the dough, and they put on whatever

toppings they like.”

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American Cancer Society’s Cattle Barons’ Ball each year.“I do a variety of different things,” she says, “but they all

make sense to me.”She and her husband met sitting next to each other

on a plane on their way back to Princeton from the West Coast when she was a junior and he was a senior.

“He asked me to dinner,” she says, “and we were mar-ried two years later.”

After moving around the East Coast with his jobs for IBM and HP and hers in teaching, they arrived in Santa Clara Valley in the early 1980s. In the mid-1990s, Dan Warmenhoven became president and CEO of Network Appliance, employing 45 people at the time. It has since grown to 8,000 employees worldwide.

The Warmenhovens moved from their house in Sara-toga, which their son and daughter-in-law now own, to the Monte Sereno estate three years ago. Even though the house is grand, the rooms feel intimate. And she loves the indoor/outdoor flow of the house, which is perfect for entertaining.

She enjoys planning gatherings for her family and close friends, but she leaves the big parties to the pros. She has her list of favorite local party planners, florists and caterers.

“I just sit back and applaud,” she says, “and open the door.”

gala with a heart

The Silicon Valley Heart Gala celebrates the

American Heart Association’s work, donors,

volunteers and lives saved. Chaired by Yahoo

CEO Carol Bartz. 6 p.m. Saturday, June 12, at

the home of Dan and Charmaine Warmenhoven,

Monte Sereno. $1,500 per seat; table sponsor-

ships available. www.heart.org/siliconvalley

caheartball; 408-977-4950.

Another American Heart Association event of

interest: Silicon Valley Go Red For Women

Luncheon – encouraging women to become

champions of heart health. Keynote: Dr. Marie

Savard, author and ABC News medical contribu-

tor. 10 a.m. Friday, May 7, Fairmont San Jose,

170 S. Market St. $150 a seat; $2,500 a table.

www.heart.org/SiliconValleyCAGoRedLuncheon;

408-977-4950.

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We ended the evening on a swing, alone in the middle of the city.

It had been a perfect day of de-compression – a hot-stone massage, a bite at a patisserie, people-watch-ing in a pocket park, a magnificent sunset and a lingering dinner.

Relaxation is not what you expect from a getaway to Las Vegas. But CityCenter, the newest resort on the Strip, is unexpected.

Vegas resorts lure you with luxu-ry, then seal you inside so that you gamble in their casinos and spend your money at their celebrity-chef restaurants, posh shops and trendy nightclubs.

MGM-Mirage and its partners spent $8.5 billion to provide anoth-er kind of elegance at CityCenter. They hired internationally known architects to transform its 67 acres into an urban hub and spent $40 million on fine art to create an aes-thetic treat for visitors. They created “green” buildings that invite the day-light inside.

The buildings themselves are not connected, apart from a few covered walkways and enclosed areas. But the layout allows guests to wander in and out of the three hotels – Aria, Vdara and the Mandarin Oriental, past the leaning condo towers of Veer and through its crazily angular high-end shopping mall, Crystals. This exploration is best done on foot, so save the stilettos for club-bing.

You might wind 23 floors up in the Mandarin’s Sky Lobby for tea (or cocktails) with a striking view of the Strip.

You could zone out in the meditation rooms of the Aria’s 80,000-square-feet spa.

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CityCenter brings respite from the Strip

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You can spend your inherited or newly made fortune at Crystals, a 500,000-plus-square-foot emporium with couture and luxe shops.

You most certainly can eat and drink beyond your heart’s content at the many bars and res-taurants. We sipped sherry with pata negra ja-mon, gazpacho and stuffed dates at Julian Ser-rano in Aria. The next night we took a foodie trip from Asia to the Mediterranean at Silk Road in Vdara.

You can sample Eva Longoria Parker’s family recipes at Beso. Dinner here puts you on the guest list for her nightclub, Eve.

You can get the full bustle of Vegas at Aria, which has a casino and a high-tech nightclub.

But CityCenter is one resort where you could be happy to stay in your room.

Vdara, where we stayed, is nonsmoking. The décor is modern but warm. The bed swallows you, and the tub is deep enough for a long soak. There is even a table for two in the kitchen.

At the hotels – and throughout CityCenter, for that matter – you can feel good about your carbon footprint: The complex boasts that it improves by more than 30 percent the energy efficiency over standard building codes.

The rooms are techie delights. Curtains, lights and TV are controlled with the flip of a switch – or the remote or touch screen at Aria,

which also remembers your preferences for your next stay. Both hotels have media hubs for all your electronic devices and a giant flat-screen with 250 channels – including one to check the flight home.

But don’t forget to look out the window. We watched the sky turn salmon, turquoise and ashes of roses, then got a repeat performance as the sunset reflected on Aria’s glass skin. And that was before the lights came alive in the city.

Each of the three hotels has its own spa, sa-lon and fitness center on two levels. Each has

Vdara’s rooms

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Left: The Aria’s

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separate women’s and men’s as well as co-ed facilities.

You can get a foot bath and then relax with a view of the Strip at the Mandarin or sip Veuve Cliquot with your ginger hand treatment at Vdara.

You could spend all day at the Aria’s 80,000-square-foot, Japanese-themed spa complex with redwood saunas, eucalyptus steam rooms and hot plunge pools inside and an infinity treat-ment pool on the balcony outside overlooking the hotel’s pool and lounge.

Sixty-two treatment rooms offer hydrothera-py, Vichy showers and a full menu of massages, including couples, Swedish, Thai poultice, ashi-atsu (barefoot massage) and hot stone.

There are two meditation rooms. The “gan-banyoku” features beds of heated stone, which are popular in Japan. It’s more comfortable than it sounds, and the mineral bed supposedly emits negative ions and infrared rays to increase metabolism, improve blood circulation and aid in detoxification.

The “shio” features illuminated walls of salt bricks and salt lamps. The salt-infused air re-putedly heals skin irritations and helps with respiratory problems. The lounge chairs in this room vibrate to the gentle pulse of the piped in New Age music.

getaways

CityCenter is impressive by design.The owners hired big-name architects – Ce-

sar Pelli, Rafael Vinoly, Norman Foster, Helmut Jahn, Daniel Libeskind, David Rockwell and Kohn Pedersen Fox – to make a grand state-ment. They worked independently, and the re-sult definitely isn’t a cookie-cutter complex of unified designs.

The quirkiest are Libeskind’s Crystals shop-ping complex and Jahn’s leaning condo towers at Veer. From the outside, Crystals’ multifac-eted, jagged roof looks like metal-skinned sheds smashed together. Inside, however, the elegant, airy space has a feel similar to New York City’s Guggenheim.

The museum-quality, corporate art collection by the likes of Frank Stella, Robert Rauschen-berg, Henry Moore, Maya Lin, Jenny Holzer, Nancy Rubins, Richard Long, Julian Schnabel, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen, is almost casually on display. I nearly missed the Stella, with its big, bold geometric stripes, hang-ing behind the cheery woman who was checking me in to Vdara until I took a step back. And I stumbled right by the Rauschenberg as I walked

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3The open pattern on this Bisanzio tray is almost too pretty to cover up, so best to pair it with see-through glass and plastic items. Manufactured in Italy of bent wood in two sizes and three colors. $160 or $175 from TableArt at www.tableartonline.com.

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Owner Caroline SomaryAge: 39

Hometown: Born in Cheshire County, England but now lives in Lafayette

Background: Studied graphic design and moved to San Francisco to work in marketing. Met her Swiss-born husband, Darius, who also worked in marketing but whose dream was to become a chef. He left his job to attend the California Culinary Academy, where he graduated with honors in Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts. In 2003, Darius founded SpringLoaf and Caroline joined him to manage the business.

Mentors: Donna Hay, the Australian equivalent to Martha Stewart but much more contemporary, and Jamie Oliver of the United Kingdom. “Their philosophy is all about simple, honest food.”

Inspiration: Both Darius and I grew up with mothers who loved to cook so good food was a way of life for us. Our families would always cook for friends rather than go out to dinner.

What motivates you: Variety. People ask why we don’t start a restaurant but in catering no two events are ever the same so there’s no monotony. The menu is always changing and always based on the season and the client’s taste.

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Biggest food trend you see: More dessert bars, and a movement away from classic desserts like cakes at weddings to desserts like pies, ice cream bars, etc.

Signature dish: Beet napoleon. We’ve converted so many people to beets. And Cornish hens stuffed with pine nuts and cranberries.

Favorite food: Dessert, especially fruit tarts.

Most memorable event: The opening of the new library in Lafayette. We created the food based on American classics. For Huckleberry Finn, we served

Southern cuisine; for Cannery Row, we had a seafood station, and for Joy Luck Club, we featured Asian-inspired dishes. The dessert station was based on Dr. Seuss books with quirky dishes like a Cat in the Hat. It was a huge success and really brought the community together.

If you weren’t a caterer, what would you be: A stay-at-home mom. I have two children, 3 and 5, and one loves to eat and the other is fussy.

And when you aren’t working: We’re outside enjoying California. We love to camp and have the best food in camp. We even make our own marshmallows.

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AtTheTable

1) Don’t overdo the decorationsKeep decorations simple and let the food be the focus. Caroline suggests a neutral palette, getting color from candles or linens, like napkins. To dress up serving platters, garnish with flowers or greens. Ribbon also works well, such as red and white for the holidays or pink for a baby shower.

2) Choose seasonal dishesBefore planning the menu, check Quesa.org for its chart of what’s in season in the Bay Area. Food should be honest and simple, says Caroline, who also eschews expensive bottled water for homemade iced tea or pitchers of tap water with slices of fruit.

3) Try a family-style menuBy putting out large platters of food, everyone gets to taste what’s offered, plus it’s a good conversation starter since people interact when food is shared.

4) Think beyond finger foodYou have a much greater selection of dishes, Caroline says. For example, try serving a small summer salad in a cosmos glass or a shrimp cocktail in a martini glass, both of which look beautiful and add elegance to the event.

5) Print menusA simple menu (printed on your home computer) lets guests know the names of the dishes being served and the local farm or producer providing the ingredients. At the end of the meal, guests have a special memento to take home.

6) Remember that you’re outdoorsSpring and summer are wonderful times for outdoor parties but don’t forget the afternoon sun, especially in the Bay Area. Consider renting patio umbrellas to shelter guests from the heat.

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Cardinal climber, for instance, shines with clusters of scarlet heart-shaped flowers that serve as tiny fast-food outlets for visiting hummingbirds. Grow by a win-dow to watch the hummers swoop in for their treats.

Morning glory does just what its name suggests. The trumpet-shaped flowers open to catch the early rays and close toward day’s end. It is a relentless climber and can reach 15 feet or more given enough sun.

Magic is the word often used to describe the roman-tically fragrant moonflower. A member of the morning glory family, moonflower also fulfills the promise of its name. The white trumpet-shaped flowers open at sunset — or even on a cloudy day — and fill the air with a heavenly scent. This plant needs plenty of summer heat to bloom.

Gardeners who like two-for-one deals appreciate the runner bean vine, a.k.a. scarlet runner bean vine. It grows quickly and produces clusters of scarlet or orange flowers that turn into edible bean pods. But, wait, there’s more. When left on the vine, the pods fill with large purple and black swirled beans that are perfect for the soup or stew pot.

The secret to growing these flower-intensive vines is to choose the sunniest spot in the garden. Seeds can be sown directly into the soil or started in small pots to transplant into specific locations. For gardeners with limited space, a container and a trellis to climb on is all it takes.

— Joan Jackson



Set at the end of a quiet lane, behind a set of decorative iron gates, sits the home of designer Joan Osburn and her husband Steve. It is a modernized bit of France set in the southern part of wine country, with

dozens of decorative rose bushes and a kitchen garden behind, above a small wooded tributary to a nearby river. In front of the house, which sits on an acre, the landscaping is strictly but casually European. When the Osburn’s built this comfortable two bedroom, three bath house five years ago, they had very specific ideas. One of them was art, the other, as Joan, the self-

Designer Joan Osburn’s home is testament to her passion for color and travel

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A Paris accent



described ‘color wizard’ is the first to say, is color. There is not a single white wall — or ceiling for that matter — in the entire 2,000-square foot dwelling. “It is really all about art, isn’t it?” she says, as she walks from room to room. As she has said for years, she looks at every three-dimensional space as her canvas, and color is her most important tool. The color palette that has been employed here runs the gamut, but in every space it works so that even on cloudy days the rooms shine; on sunny days they absolutely glow. Lighting is well thought out, so at night the colors continue to stand out, if more subtly. Windows are ideally spaced and for the most part large, and French doors lead from the master bedroom and the combined kitchen and dining room. What they call the ‘café’.

“The house is carefully infused with color and texture that flows from one space to the

next,” Joan says. “Nothing jarring, but there is nothing tepid about the way the color is selected and applied. Downstairs all the wall and ceiling surfaces are layered in hues and topped with opalescent finishes, each with a different brushstroke texture. This color technique catches the light in different ways as the light of the day, and the seasons, change.” Furnishings are an enchanting mix of antique and contemporary French, for the most part, ranging from the whimsical to the practical. Fabrics vary in pattern, color and texture, and the emphasis is on the practical, the comfortable and often the whimsical. They provide color, and at other times by their very presence and positioning, highlight it. “In addition to the wall and ceiling colors, all of the fabrics, rugs, furniture objects and lighting were selected to harmonize and juxtapose one with the other to

Opposite page: Coral and melon hues are carried into the kitchen, with its French bistro stools and Italian silver tile island made to mimic metal. Above: The master bedroom has 12-foot doors opening to a view of the garden. Walls are Provence yellow, and furnishings include an antique dresser and French café tables collected on Joan’s travels.



create an interior that is of-a-piece.” It takes time to digest the sheer volume of objets and

furnishings found throughout the house. From the dining room table — a circa 1900 French antique cast iron base with a sandblasted glass top in the French Directoire style — to the collection of espresso cups and sauces in the salon. “Trends in furniture are always shifting, and yet furniture is a purchase that needs to last for years, possibly generations ... It is important not to get stuck with a trend that will look dated in ten years. Rather, I suggest using a mix of well designed and interesting pieces where function and form are equally important. In other words, do not sacrifice one for the other. Scale is often the most overlooked element in furniture selection ... It is a trick to balance all the pieces together both functionally and aesthetically.”

To create an interesting dynamic, mix antiques with modern. Antiques add patina and texture and since they are ‘recycled (they have already lived a life elsewhere) antiques are essentially ‘Green’. “Many of the items

she finds in her travels she features on her Cafe Society Store website. Quite a few are one-of-a-kind, and come from a range of periods from Belle Époque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, French Deco and beyond. Other categories include newer items, a line of metal outdoor furniture and hand-selected jewelry. The art on the walls and the small sculptures here and there are also a mix, of found treasures and her own contemporary works. She studied painting in Paris and at Cal Arts in Los Angeles and not surprisingly her paintings are colorful, but at times they are more subdued than the walls on which they hang. “My work is very loose and ‘painternly’, with color, yet at the same time, highly restrained. I like to combine the brush stroke with geometric forms.

“Both Steve and I were fortunate enough to go to art school before we went to design school. All of the elements of art and design align beautifully, but the art part of it gives our work a creative twist. In fact we like to say that our design is, in fact, classic/modern with a twist.”

And, of course, with a Parisian touch of color as well. s

Above left: This alcove sports an antique French door and a 20th century marble bar from a bakery in Paris. Above right: Two of Joan’s paintings hang in the stairway, which also features vintage glass-fringe chandeliers and a custom railing. Opposite page: The Osburns eschewed bright colors in the bath for soothing blues to evoke a spa-like feel.



Years ago, the formal dining room was considered so important that it was often larger than the living room — or the parlor, as it was often referred to in

those days. Even the smallest house squeezed in a room devoted only to dining, a space almost inevitably furnished with a rectangular table and a parade of matching chairs. It was a setting that seemed to emphasize proper etiquette rather than comfort. Everyone sat up straight, no elbows on the table, children were seen and not heard, and when the hostess turned from conversing with the man on her left to the person on the right, all the guests promptly did the same.

Along came World War II, the servants went off to work in wartime factories, and things were never the same again. Modern architects ripped down walls, and the dining room either shrank or disappeared entirely, replaced by that amorphous space known as the dining area. As the dining room contracted, the kitchen grew and practically everyone got used to the idea of eating family meals there.

The growing informality inspired a new kind of furniture for dining. With even formal meals served in an extension of the living room, chairs and tables had to harmonize with the larger room’s style and provide extra seating there when needed. Grandmother’s ladder-backed antiques didn’t always fit into this picture.

The purchase of dining room chairs is not to be taken lightly, given the numbers needed, so we asked several Bay Area designers to choose some of their favorites and to offer some tips on making what may be a very long-term commitment.

Ruth Livingston, an interior designer in Tiburon, says, “The first piece of furniture I ever designed was a dining room chair, because they were so hard to find.” Created in 1994 for a client in Atherton, the Athena chair, a skirted style with a high, curvaceous back, went on to become a bestseller and spawned countless variations.

“They all have a back detail, because that’s what you see most of a dining room chair.” In the case of the Athena,

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for occasional dinner parties, you want your guests to be comfortable, of course, but style can play a larger part. There should be a comfortable seat and a nice pitch to the back, not too straight up or not too slanted back, or your food will end up in your lap. I always look for chairs that look good from the back, because that’s how they will be seen most of the time.

“We tend to use out of the ordinary chairs, and we mix them. For example, we might use a wooden side chair with an upholstered seat, but we would use fully upholstered wing chairs as the armchairs at the ends of the table. You can use different chairs to add interest as long as the seats of the chairs are the same height.”

His own dining area in San Francisco is an example of his free spirited approach. He’s lined the sides of the gleaming wooden table with six side chairs dating from the 1960s. At the ends, two imposing armchairs with fretwork backs seem to have arrived from a garden terrace; in fact, he acquired them from the estate of the late Vivian Vance, the television actress best known for her role as Lucy Arnaz’s best friend. The trellis pattern is repeated in the skirt around a nearby console table that serves as sideboard. It’s a relaxed setup that our grandparents undoubtedly would not have understood. s

the back has an inverted pleat fastened with a fat round button, suggesting an elegant silk cocktail dress.

Her newest design is her variation of the oval-backed Louis XV chair that has been re-interpreted in everything from gilded wood to Lucite. She has stripped the familiar shape down to its essentials, a slender, unframed oval back perched above an upholstered seat and four sturdy wooden legs.

Palo Alto interior designer Pamela Pennington has a sleek, understated favorite. It’s the Cadette chair by Dakota Jackson, a New York-based designer whose studio and factories are in Long Island City. “This chair is extremely comfortable with its high back and padded seat,” she comments. “I love the fact that it offers so many options. You can do an upholstered chair with your own choice of fabric. It also comes with the wood back with upholstery just on the seat, for a more informal look. It also comes as an armchair and now, with the Cadette II, you can have a cutout back for a more retro look. It’s a classic, and it’s made in this country.”

San Francisco designer Jay Jeffers, known for his lighthearted, colorful interiors, offers some practical suggestions for picking the right chairs. “Think about how much they will be used. If they’re for everyday dining, comfort should be a factor. If they’re only used



By Barbara Jones

The perfect paletteCreams to coral: use updated colors to transform your home

Color is the most exciting element of design — not only because it can make the biggest impact, but because it’s the easiest to change. A weekend spent

with a brush and a gallon of paint can enliven a staid living room, update a bathroom or bring tranquility to a bedroom. “A home isn’t just a house, it’s a place of comfort and feeling,” says Sara McLean, the color marketing manager for Dunn-Edwards Corp. “Color speaks to who you are, so you shouldn’t be afraid of it,” A veteran of studio design, McLean now tracks color trends as she develops consumer and trade-friendly tools for the California company. Dunn-Edwards offers nearly 1,700 custom colors, so the opportunities for creativity are virtually endless.

McLean notes that some people choose a palette be-cause it represents a connection to a personal experience, ethnic heritage or even a social cause. For others searching for inspiration, she suggests experimenting with a color wheel, an artist’s tool which shows the relationships among an array of hues. Then select analogous colors — those included within a pie-shaped slice of the wheel — to create a monochromatic, sophisticated scheme; and comple-mentary, or opposing shades to evoke energy and visual excitement. And if a budding decorator is still feeling overwhelmed, McLean advises turning to nature. “Look at a landscape, pick a bunch of flowers. Then take what you like, what makes you happy, and create a color scheme



around it.” To help guide that process, McLean relies on the so-called 60-30-10 rule. Very simply, 60 percent of the décor is your primary color, usually the walls; 30 percent is a secondary hue, which can be used for furniture, window or floor coverings, or a focal wall; and the remaining 10 percent is an accent color that can be carried out with striking accessories.

Whatever, the hue, McLean adds, it’s very important to carry it throughout the house. “If red is a favorite color, use shots of it in every room. It may be a throw pillow or the mat in a picture frame, but it should feel like it’s the same house,” she says. “Color is an important element that helps create a unified whole.”A member of the Color

Marketing Group, which forecasts trends in the industry, McLean predicts that cream tones will face stiff competition from gray as the predominant neutral shade. Cool smoky pigments are coloring the walls in many contemporary homes, rich charcoal is warming more traditional spaces and deep slate is making a frequent appearance on shutters and front doors. However, beiges tones with hints of organic hues will continue to be a staple for creating sophistication and elegance.

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Red: New colors are crisp, with blue undertones creating rich berries and crimsons. Don’t rule out Russian red, which remains an iconic hue for conveying energy and drama, passion and femininity.

Orange: Considered a “social” color, orange is an attractive accent for neutral cream or gray, and also pairs well with purple, fuchsia and red. Look for shades in expressions of nature, such as citrus, melon, pumpkin and clay.

Yellow: The contemporary version of this optimistic color goes vibrant, with undertones of green, black and gold. Hues are reminiscent of faint candlelight, bright sunflowers and roasted squash.

Green: The true colors of nature — think grass and clover — come to the forefront, with blue replacing yellow as the predominant undertone in the real “green” movement.

Blue: The most peaceful of all colors continues to evoke a feeling of tranquility. Pale blue-gray creates a classic neutral shade, with red-based berry colors coming in their own.

Purple: Monochromatic combinations of blue- and red-based purple create sophistication and romance and hearken back to the days when purple was the color of royalty.

Here is McLean’s take on other trends for 2010:

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legendary. Old World elegance is the hallmark of the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore, set on lush grounds with a spectacular view of the ocean. A must-stop is the Ty Lounge for Oprah’s Pomegranate Martini, named for the talk show host who stayed at the hotel while house hunting in the hills above town. B&B fans will like the Victorian Cheshire Cat just a short walk from restaurants and boutiques.

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dining is de rigeur here. French fare can be found at Bouchon Santa Barbara, boasting a Wine Spectator award of excellence wine list. Seagrass is the first coastal cuisine eatery, dishing up spiny lobster, oysters and seared giant sea scallops. And for great service at great prices, head to the Cajun-inspired Palace Grill, a hit since it was founded in 1988.

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I returned several times to a bench in a tiny pocket park with shade, water and trees. Here you can watch the crowds trying to make sense of Moore’s massive “Reclining Connected Forms,” an abstract marble sculpture that suggests a human form – but not really. The park provides a good view of people lifting their eyes to take in Lin’s graceful “Silver River,” a depiction of the flowing length of the Colorado River in shiny silver that looks almost molten and flowing, that stretches over the check-in desk at the Aria.

The official fine-art collection doesn’t provide all the visual delight in the resort. There are wonderful touches everywhere, from the wall of water and rainbow foun-tains by the taxi stand at the Aria to the fantasyland cakes that decorate Jean Philippe Patisserie. Watch out for sur-prises such as the series of Christopher Walken paintings outside the Deuce

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including the sustainable rebuilding of New Orleans and Haiti. At her first party she threw at the Clift Hotel in San Fran-cisco several years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio showed up. Salma Hayek and Orlando Bloom came to the second.

“She actually seduces people into doing the right thing,” Ariana Huffington of the Huffington Post said when she presented Joaquin with Global Green’s Founder’s Award last year. “She always makes people feel that the right thing is the fun thing.”

Plus, she added, “she’s adorable.”While Joaquin founded Ecofabulous

in 2006 to chronicle her environmentally friendly remodeling resources, she has since expanded it to include organic beauty, fash-

ion and lifestyle choices. She consults with such companies as eBay and Safeway and has been a frequent “green” guest on radio and TV shows. She raises chickens in her side yard, grows tomatoes and herbs, and even has her 6-year-old daughter weigh-ing in with her opinion about kids’ green products. And over the past few years, she’s convinced every one of her closest friends to drive a hybrid.

So what’s next?“I never thought in a million years I

would want to have a commune,” she says.But lately, she’s thinking about it, maybe

bringing her closest friends together, living sustainably off the grid. She doesn’t have the details worked out yet, but one thing is certain: Unlike the A-frames and outhouses she grew up with, she says, “this commune would be stylized.”

Joaquin and her husband, James Joaquin, met at a San Francisco party in 1999.

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behindthescene

The end result is always glamor-ous: beautiful models wearing chic clothes and accessories in a lovely setting. But getting to this point re-quires hours of prep and detailed co-ordination. On the day of the shoot, garments must be steamed; shoes need to be taped to protect the soles; earrings, necklaces and bangles are carefully sorted so a good match can be made for each outfit. Meanwhile,

the hair and makeup artists work their magic.

Scene was fortunate to have good weather (it was February, after all) and a team of pros working togeth-er. Fashion editor Donna Kato had spent days pulling the right pieces. Photographer Joanne Ho-Young Lee ended up shooting several thousand photos (!), later edited down to what you see in this issue.

Fashion information from

Table of Contents, Page 10:

Talula floral leggings, $30; Community organic

hemp and silk cocoon wrap sweater, $110, worn

over Community organic bamboo and rayon tank,

$40, and Wilfred lace racer-back tank, $55, all from

Aritzia, Valley Fair. Bernardo sandals, $129, from

Crimson Mim, Los Altos. Aqua cascading leaves

necklace, $55, from Bloomingdale’s.

Scene magazine’s reader contest!Contest rules: Email scene@mercurynews.

com by 5 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2010. Scene

and Santana Row will choose the winner with

the most inspiring 250-word answer to the

question: How do you or your BFF – friend,

mom, whoever – make the valley a greener

place? You must be 18 years old and a legal

California resident to enter. Employees of

the Bay Area News Group and their families

are ineligible. Limit one entry per person, per

household. The winner may be photographed

by Scene magazine; the photo may be fea-

tured in the summer 2010 issue.

the storm before the calm

A Betsey Johnson dress and cardigan are steamed to remove wrinkles.

Left, Aveda Atelier’s Natalia Prager

(hair) and Elizabeth Bozzo (makeup)

prep model Ashley. Above, outfits

are carefully sorted. Below, Kari

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We stopped by a Princess Project Silicon Valley gown giveaway in Santa Clara in March, as several high school

girls picked out dresses and accessories perfect for prom. The Princess Project, founded in the Bay Area in 2002,

has served some 9,000 young women over the years. Volunteers work all year to round up new and gently used

gowns, which are distributed before prom season.

out and about

Nancy Maldonado Simona Awel Lydia Rivera Karla Alarcon Cherise Chang

The San Jose Repertory Theatre celebrated Mardi Gras, Carnival and all that jazz at its Just Misbehavin’ gala

in February. Honorary chairwoman Lina Broydo held court among the merrymakers, including gaily dressed and

masked guests, a jazz band, magicians and stilt walkers. The “street party” revelry took place at Club Auto Sport,

which meant exotic and high-performance cars were on display as well.

Lina Broydo and emcee

and KPIX weather anchor

Roberta Gonzales

S.J. Rep Artistic Director

Rick Lombardo, S.J.

Mayor Chuck Reed,

S.J. Rep Managing

Director Nick Nichols

Gala committee

members Susan

Swensson, Andria

Dewitt and Alicia

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“Pearls of Hope” was the name of this year’s senior recognition event at the National Charity League, Saratoga-

Los Gatos Chapter, held in March at Villa Ragusa in Campbell. NCL fosters mother/daughter relationships while

focusing on community service and leadership development. The class of 2010 included 27 young women who

gave 5,117 hours of service to the community over the past six years.

Karma Beauty Group held its launch party at Pueblo Viejo Imports in San Jose in February. Karma is the

brainchild of Oscar Armenta, whose local-boy-does-good story (born in Mexico, raised in San Jose, a successful

career in the cosmetics industry for more than two decades) has resulted in his own company with a line of organic

candles, bath and beauty products. (See story, Page 27.)

in silicon valley

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Maureen, Hilary and John

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Diane Tiry, Carlos Armenta,

Kirsten Coy and Sara Trea

Patti Hughes, Oscar

Armenta, Lorraine Frambes

Jose Guzman, owner of Pueblo

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Volunteerism, community key to the BFFs who win makeovers

In our fall/winter 2009 reader contest, Scene magazine,

with an assist from Bloomingdale’s Stanford and Valle Monte

League, asked entrants to tell us about their BFF (best friend

forever) who is making the world a better place. Our grand-prize

winners are Lori Shaffer and Sue Chou, both of Los Altos

Hills, who won a “day of beauty” courtesy of Bloomingdale’s

Stanford. Honorable mentions went to Jan Davenport and

Stevi Barton (both of Santa Cruz), and Annie Bosel (Moun-

tain View) and Margaret Mayfield (San Jose).

Lori Shaffer and Sue Chou

Jan Davenport and Stevi Barton Annie Bosel and Margaret Mayfield

winning pairs

Shaffer, a landscape designer who attended Independence

High School in San Jose and then Santa Clara University, is

always willing to lend a hand – and to lead. For example, Chou

says, Shaffer is the organizer of beautification day at Gunn High

School in Palo Alto. “Not only does she inspire parents and

students to help,” Chou says, “she even sharpens and brings

all of her personal tools to share. Lori rakes, prunes and pulls

weeds as hard and long as all the volunteers.”

Shaffer is also very active in her synagogue, and has three

children with husband Ted: Sam, 20; Joel, 18, and Rachel, 16.

Her BFF Chou, who has a master’s in business administration

from Santa Clara University, has three teenage daughters.

Both Davenport and Barton are mothers of children with

special needs. Barton notes that Davenport shares her selfless

spirit not only with adult daughter Cindy, who requires constant

care, but also with everyone around her. “From the guys at the

fire station next door to her to the local hot-dog vendor,” Barton

says, “Jan’s incredible attitude toward life inspires all of us who

love and admire her.”

Davenport gives to everyone, Barton says, “and never asks

for anything in return.”

Mayfield’s BFF is her daughter, Bosel, a preschool/kinder-

garten teacher at St. Paul Lutheran in Mountain View, where

her mother also taught. Among other things, Bosel has spent

her past two summer vacations in Korea teaching English to

middle school students. This July, she goes to Malawi to work

with orphans. Bosel also teaches Sunday school, and donates

monthly to Save the Children. “Every day, in small ways, she

makes a difference in other people’s lives and influences others

to do the same,” Mayfield says. “It’s a lot easier to change the

world if we can all do it one small step at a time.”

Another chance to win! Tell us how you’re making the valley a greener place — on Earth Day or every day — and you could win

tickets to Santana Row’s summer fashion show event. Details on Page 27.

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