Right In! It’S Going to Be a Great 2010
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JUMP RIGHT IN! IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT 2010. Home Theaters & Media Rooms | Outdoor A/V Systems | Lighting & Control Systems House Audio Systems | Residential & Commercial Installation Great home entertainment and business room, or a flat screen television, we solutions start with great design. can make it all blend perfectly with Wilshire Home Entertainment’s your home or office. From custom experienced team of designers will work design and installation, to the latest with you to develop the ideal design to in state-of-the-art electronics, meet your highest expectations. nobody has more experience than Wilshire Home Entertainment. Whether you dream of a complete home theater, a multimedia conference 805.497.7536 | WilshireHE.com 1412 N. Moorpark Road | Thousand Oaks, CA Interior Sliding Door Solutions WESTLAKE VILLAGE 2820 TOWNSGATE RD. #101 T 805 497 8686 STUDIO CITY 12319 VENTURA BLVD. T 818 505 1929 WEST LOS ANGELES 12201 W. PICO BLVD. 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By Lynne Andujar IMAGES Photographs by Gary Moss 10 Masthead 56 The road to Whistler BANK/GETTY Get your Canadian kicks on Highway 99. 14 Behind the scenes By Anthony Head CASIMIRO/IMAGE STEVE PHOTO: COVER LEAF/VEER; 48 COPYRIGHT Contents January 2010 62 Visit us Online! www.805living.com “Angie Eats” food blog: blog.805living.com Facebook and Twitter, keyword: 805Living Departments INSIDER FInDs 24 Local events & entertainment 16 Tidy up 26 Family events & Fun for Kids Items for a sparkling (clean) New Year. 28 Hot Ticket By Lynne Andujar 18 Happy Feet 30 save the Date 44 Let comfort be your fashion cue. 33 Give Back By Jemma Wildermuth 20 Cozy Toes MInD/BODy/sOuL TASTe Slip into these warm and fuzzy 34 Getting Back to the Back 62 FOOD boots this winter. Caring for what’s behind you. Naturally sweet By Jemma Wildermuth By Anthony Head Baking, cooking, and mixing drinks 22 TRAVEL with agave nectar. By Mallory McCreary sOCIaL SAVVY By Laura Samuel Meyn 36 By Laura Samuel Meyn 65 THe ARMCHaIr OENOPHILe® Central Coast wines made easy. PURSUITs By Anthony Head 16 38 Reaching new Heights Illustration by Gary Hovland High school mountain biking clubs offer fun and exercise. 66 SPIrITs By Cynthia House Nooney Classic Contemporary Drinks Vintage cocktails go retro. GOOD DEEDs By Anthony Head 40 The Kids are the stars Boys & Girls Clubs of Conejo & Las Virgenes TasTe of the Town roll out the red carpet for area kids. 68 Welcome Back, Wine Cask By Mark Langton A beloved restaurant is brought back Photographs by Judi Bumstead to life by two of its biggest fans. urtis By Angela Pettera C 42 Getting a Clue hris Santa Barbara Museum puts mystery DIaLeD In C into masterpieces. 70 Food news By Mark Langton By Angela Pettera Photographs by Kim Byrnes ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/ DInInG Guide uPGRADES COPYRIGHT 71 By Angela Pettera 44 Trends: 2010 PHOTO: Design inspiration for the year ahead. By Mallory McCreary P.s. 84 Your year ahead AGAVE 6 JANUARY 2010 805LIvInG.COM Editor’s Note Change Is Good. MOSS GARY (Really.) n overused adage? Maybe—but that’s probably because there is so much hyper-faux realism (i.e. anything in prime time claiming to be “reality”) that we need to constantly remind ourselves when something actually Ais the real deal. And since this past year has forced change upon so many people, the occasional reminder can’t hurt. Heading into 2010, January is an opportunity to charge forward with the mindset of embracing change. It’s so easy to get stuck in a rut (eating the same thing for breakfast every day, going to the same restaurants, taking the same route to work, etc.). Routine makes time itself all fuzzy—days run into weeks that run into months and before you know it, the year is over. (For example: How many of you, dear readers, remember 2008? That was the year we elected our current president and said goodbye to Heath Ledger. Seems like a hundred years ago, doesn’t it?) So change forces us to engage with life. It makes us all lift our heads from our iPhones and notice that something is different. In a sense, changing things up seems to slow down time because we have to live in the moment, rather than, well, whatever the heck it is we usually live in. I’d like to call your attention to a couple changes with 805 Living. First, our creative masthead (page 10) has been changed to more accurately reflect the jobs of our talented team. (Truth be told, that’s the one thing I don’t want to change. The 805 team put together a dozen stellar issues last year—for those of you who have already forgotten, that was 2009—and I know we will do the same for you in 2010.) Another change is the addition of a new column, Social Savvy (page 36), which is unveiled in this issue. Our resi- dent etiquette enthusiast, Laura Samuel Meyn, dispenses sound advice about personal conduct in a world of blurred social standards. The column will run several times a year; its next appearance is scheduled for March. (If you have a question, write to [email protected].) There will be other changes throughout the year, since our job is to keep the magazine fresh for our readers who’ve been with us for more than five years, as well as exciting for those of you who are picking us up for the very first time. (Welcome!) And for all of you, I hope 2010 is a healthy, prosperous, and very happy year. Lynne Andujar, Editor in Chief and Associate Publisher [email protected] 8 JANUARY 2010 805LIvInG.COM 805.indd 1 12/21/09 10:05 AM eDITOr In CHIeF & ASSOCIaTe PuBLIsHer Lynne Andujar [email protected] Creative DIRECTOr Nicola Augustson exeCutive Editor Anthony Head photo Editor Gary Moss [email protected] SENIOr eDITORS Mallory McCreary, Laura Samuel Meyn COnTrIBuTInG eDITORS Mark Langton (Events); Cynthia House Nooney (Lifestyle); Angela Pettera (Dining); Sarene Wallace (Food); Jemma Wildermuth (Fashion) COnTributinG ColuMnIsTs Maryann Hammers, Frank Nelson, Debra Prinzing research Editor Tajinder Rehal COnTrIBuTInG Writer Heidi Dvorak COnTrIBuTInG PHOTOGRAPHERS Judi Bumstead, Kim Byrnes, Gary Moss ASSIsTANT TO THe eDITOr In CHIeF AND PuBLIsHer Carmen Leiva © 2010 3Digit Media, LLC. All rights reserved. 805 Living and The Armchair Oenophile are registered trademarks. 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