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Shea Chic Posted on November 27, 2011 When severe back pain confined her to bed for half a year, April Leffingwell didn’t while away the hours feeling sorry for herself. Instead, the bubbly blonde turned a longtime hobby into a thriving small business. Leffingwell’s bath-and-body line, Shea Chic, has attracted a loyal following since it…
At Home With Maria & Sean Barry Published November 8, 2011 “Mommeeee!!” cry five-year-old Brett and eight-year-old Carly as they burst into the room and wrap their arms around their mother. Maria Barry has just returned home after a week in Greenwich, Connecticut, working on a dream design project on Long Island Sound. Her two…
Sydney Weinger: In The Bag Published October 30, 2011 She comes from a long line of entrepreneurs, but now Sydney Weinger, the granddaughter of Jenny Craig, is breaking out on her own. In fact, she’s pushing the envelope, so to speak. A recent graduate of the Parson’s School of Design, the 24-year-old Weinger has launched…
Congratulations to Top of the Market’s executive chef Michael McDonald, named Chef of the Year by the California Restaurant Association San Diego Chapter. “Because these winners are nominated, and then voted upon by their colleagues in the restaurant industry, the Gold Medallion Awards are considered a huge honor by those who receive them,” notes chapter…
At Home With Vicki And Chris Eddy Posted October 7, 2011 Leaning on the railing of her sixth-floor condominium, high above downtown San Diego, Vicki Eddy points out a stunning vista: the soaring glass towers of the Marriott Hotel, the San Diego Convention Center, and just beyond that, the Coronado Bay Bridge. “We live in…
At Home With Iris Eckstein It is a rambling, rustic property on a hilltop in Olivenhain, covering nearly six acres of old oak trees and olives, eucalyptus, and bougainvillea. Iron equestrian-themed gates open to reveal a Tuscan-style country estate that includes a vast barn, a stone-and-stucco house just beyond, and a riding arena. You’ll hear…
When Vivian Glyck became a mother, she worried about the small stuff, like germs on the shopping cart at Costco. “Then I started thinking about Africa,” she says. “Every 30 seconds a child dies of malaria — a treatable disease — and tens of millions of kids have been orphaned by AIDS.” These sobering statistics…
The societal stereotype of the wild-haired, nerdy scientist sporting black horn-rimmed glasses, a lab coat, and waving a test tube doesn’t jibe with scientists seen at the regal research institutes lining San Diego’s Torrey Pines Mesa. A case in point — those at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, an international leader in…
Rock-Dominique Prévot, a world-renowned fashion designer of elegant evening gowns, was in town to support the Patrons of the Prado’s annual gala. The organization, established 13 years ago, helps fund 11 museums and art organizations in Balboa Park. Prevot’s clients have included Nancy Reagan, the late Elizabeth Taylor, and Princess Stephanie of Monaco, and one…
He represents the fourth generation of a successful furniture family that helped to define the California look — laid back yet luxurious, comfortable and classic, stylish but not stuffy. To La Jollan Loren Kreiss, his family sells not so much furniture, but an indoor/outdoor lifestyle that is quintessentially Californian. “If you had to sum it…
At Home With Joan Waitt She has come a long way from her modest roots in small-town Iowa to a nine-acre bluff-top estate with a sweeping view of the La Jolla shore. The years have brought soaring success, incredible wealth, and the break-up of a high-profile marriage to Gateway founder and tech tycoon Ted Waitt,…
Her story is harrowing, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring — the life of a very public figure whose soaring highs and crashing lows led to tragedy. Margaret Trudeau, former wife of the late Canadian prime minister, was in La Jolla recently to talk candidly about her book Changing My Mind, and the bipolar disorder that nearly…
These women mean business. Smarty, an L.A.-based network, has recently launched in San Diego to inspire and connect dynamic women in the business world. Prudential real estate agent Priscilla Wood and Elise Muhawi of Datron World Communications are the San Diego leaders of Smarty, founded in 2008 by Amy Swift-Crosby, former editor-in-chief of Ladies Who…
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