Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria

Our guest today is Alex Trimper, co-owner and managing director of Isabella Garrucho Fine Art gallery located in Greenwich, Connecticut. Alex and Mark met just last year while working together on the design of football star Larry Fitzgerald’s Paradise Valley estate, currently featured on the cover of Luxe Magazine – view it here.  Alex was selected by Larry’s designer who is also based on the East Coast, to be an art broker and negotiator on behalf of Larry to decorate his walls in time for the Luxe Magazine photoshoot. 

In this episode we learn about how art buying and brokering works, running an art gallery, branding and marketing a business and Alex and his mother Isabella’s incredible life stories.

For photos and more information on this episode and all our other podcast episodes, visit: www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast 

Our featured guest on this episode is Frank DeBlasi, Founder of The Baller Dream Foundation, a non-profit organization that lifts the spirits of children and young adults affected by cancer. In our Podcast’s First Season Frank shared how his battle with cancer led him to create this incredible nonprofit to raise the spirits of kids with cancer through amazing personalized gifts, such as college funds, trips and once in a lifetime experiences. Since founding The Baller Dream Foundation in 2013, Frank has provided gifts of hope to 70 young cancer warriors or “ballers” and has grown the organization to seven states: AZ, NV, CA, AL, MS, NY, NJ! Listen to his first episode here: candelariadesign.com/podcast-content/2020/2/24/with-frank-deblasi

Mark and Frank talk about the incredible fundraising event held last month at a private home in PV where Mark and his daughters cooked and served Paella to the nearly 200 guests in attendance. At the end of each event, in each of the seven states, Frank gives each “baller” their time in the spotlight to talk about themselves and their hobbies, wishes, etc. before they are surprised with one of their big wishes being granted!! The look on the children’s faces and their parents when these wishes are granted is incredibly heartwarming and it’s no wonder Frank has dedicated the past 9 years of his life to keep this foundation flourishing. . . even despite a year-long pandemic!

To learn more about this great foundation and see photos of the AZ Baller Event last month and all our other podcast episodes, visit our Podcast Page: candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast  

We are back podcasting again after a summer break! Its been a busy summer especially with the resignation of my dear friend and former Candelaria Design Principal, Vivian Ayala. Our podcast addresses that along with everything happening now and over the course of the summer at Candelaria Design. It’s a short one to get us all back into the flow!

Next week we will have my good friend Elizabeth Wholey from Umbria Italy on the podcast and then Dorie Morales from Green Living Magazine.

Check out our feature of the Candelaria Design home for future Hall of Famer NFL star, Larry Fitzgerald in this month’s Iconic Magazine. Here is the link to that feature:

https://iconiclife.com/paradise-valley-home-arizona-carinal-larry-fitzgerald/

Thanks for the listen and please give us a review and subscribe and send us a direct message that you did so and we will enter you in our drawing for free round trip air fare for our May 2022 Candelaria Design Oregon Pinot Wine Tour. 

This week’s podcast features a quick visit with my wife Isabel as we wish her a Happy 50th Birthday and talk about our trip to New Mexico and then we visit with our good friend in Umbria, Italy, Elizabeth Wholey who is the host of the Alta Bella Villas we stay in while in Umbria. Normally we would be just wrapping up our Candelaria Design Tour Italy but not this year so it was nice to visit with her on this podcast and find out how things are there in Italy during this whole Covid situation.  Check out her website and blog and her book is fantastic.

https://www.altabella.com

https://www.elizabethinumbria.com/blog

https://www.elizabethinumbria.com/my_book

Join us on our Candelaria Design 2022 Tour set for next September and enjoy some of our clips from past tours on our Instagram.

Make sure to check out our feature in this month’s iconic Magazine showcasing the Larry Fitzgerald Candelaria Design home in Paradise Valley. A special thank you to Renee Dee for the feature.

https://iconiclife.com/paradise-valley-home-arizona-carinal-larry-fitzgerald/

Have a great week everyone and stay tuned for more fun, informative and inspiring podcasts to come. 

Our guest on today’s podcast episode is the dynamic Dorie Morales, Publisher and CEO of Green Living Magazine. This monthly magazine has been around for 11 years now and is an eco-conscious lifestyle publication based in Phoenix that aims to educate, inspire and empower readers to make eco-conscious choices for a healthier lifestyle and planet.

In this episode we talk about eco-conscious living, which is just taking a moment to be conscious about your actions. Today everything is so readily available, so we take for granted our earth’s resources and indulge in consumerism and disposable items and just don’t value all the time and effort that goes into making something or the unlimited fresh water streaming out of our faucets.

Dorie shares her inspiring life story, how she ended up starting the Valley’s first conscious magazine and keeps it afloat today, and I share the details on our 3D printed home we designed for Habitat for Humanity that’s nearly complete! Check out our cover feature about the home on August’s issue of Green Living Magazine here:  3d-printed-home-first-ever-in-united-states

Lastly, join us on the Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine’s Fall Home Tour – one of our PV Estates will be the special VIP Home and I will be there cooking and serving my tasty Paella! Don’t miss it, get your tickets today:  phoenix-home-garden-home-tour-tickets-164532584389

For more info and photos on this episode and all of our other episodes, visit our website’s podcast page: https://www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast 

For today’s podcast episode we are recording from the Alfonso Marina Showroom in Greensboro, NC during the annual High Point Furniture Market. It was so much fun to see all these showrooms and mingle with others in the design field from all over the country! Our guest today is Jamilyn Fournier, Founder and Curator for The Collector’s House, a beautiful design studio and store in Scottsdale, AZ. We discuss much more than design in this episode, we are going to dive deep into Jamilyn’s life journey, her inner work, taking risks and starting an interiors business.

Connect with Jamilyn:
Website: www.thecollectorshouse.biz

Instagram: instagram.com/thecollectorshouse/ 

Facebook: facebook.com/thecollectorshouseaz 

For photos, links and more on Jamilyn and our other podcast guests, visit our Podcast Page: www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast

Join us at the Phoenix Home & Garden Fall Home Tour Nov 13, where I will be serving Paella at our featured VIP home: phoenix-home-garden-home-tour-tickets

Today’s inspiring episode features Contemporary Figurative Artist and fellow Scottsdale Arts Board Member, Priscilla Nelson. Together we talk about art, creativity, family, passion, motivation and upcoming art events. Priscilla’s art career spans over 40 years and the majority of her work falls under two categories, Figurative, which explores the figure, clothing, and water to capture “a poignant mood and the hint of a story that can be interpreted in many ways”.  In her more Contemporary paintings she takes a very organic approach with inspiration from reflections and movement.

http://nelsonart.gallery/

For photos, links and more on this episode and all of our others, visit our Podcast Page: candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast 

Join us at the Phoenix Home & Garden Fall Home Tour Nov 13, where I will be serving Paella at our featured VIP home: phoenix-home-garden-home-tour-tickets

Today’s guest is a fabulous chef from Italy my daughter Tiffany found while researching restaurants for our Candelaria Design Willamette Valley Wine Tour set for May of 2022. Chef Dario Pisoni is the Owner and Head Chef of the amazing restaurant Rosemarino Osteria Italiana in Newberg, Oregon. It has been rated one of the best restaurants in Oregon and the country just four years after opening in 2015 and I have had the pleasure of dining here now a couple times, including just last night where we enjoyed an incredible five course dinner and wine pairing with a sold out crowd of fellow diners.
 
We have fun exchanging memories of Italy and their fabulous food and wine, Dario shares his life story in Italy, how he gained his love for cooking from his Italian Grandma, and how he and his wife ended up moving to this small town of Newberg. Dario shares what it’s like running a restaurant, his favorite recipes, cookbooks, and places in Italy and other interesting topics. We are so excited to introduce our group of friends who are joining us on our May tour to our new friend Dario and his incredible restaurant and if you are ever in the area be sure to make a reservation at Rosemarino Osteria Italiana!

https://www.osteriarosmarino.com/
https://www.instagram.com/rosmarinonewberg/

For photos and more on Dario and all our other podcast episodes visit our Podcast Page: https://www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast

Check out all of our Candelaria Design Tours: 
www.candelariadesign.com/touritaly 
www.candelariadesign.com/sign-up-spain2020
www.candelariadesign.com/mcminnville-or 

Our guest today is Giangi Townsend, creator of Giangi’s Kitchen, a top-rated food and recipe blog. Back in the 1980s, Giangi’s desire as a working mom to provide healthy and delicious food for her family has since grown into a full-blown business featuring tons of recipes, an online shop, virtual cooking classes and her favorite cookbooks, including one of her own, Back to Basics – Cooking 101. 

Giangi’s childhood was spent between Southern Italy in the Summer and Paris in the Winter with her French father and Italian mother, it’s no wonder she ended up as a fabulous chef! We talk about the importance of food and gathering for dinner, what led her to become interested in cooking and blogging, her favorite recipes and cookbooks, and tips and tricks in the kitchen and in life! 

www.GiangisKitchen.com

www.GiangiTownsend.com

instagram.com/giangiskitchen/

For photos and more on Giangi and all our other podcast episodes, visit our Podcast Page: https://www.candelariadesign.com/inspiring-living-podcast

Our featured guest on this episode is Laura Madden: artist, influencer, and sustainable fashion advocate specializing in abstract up-cycled art. Everything she creates has the purpose of creating “More Style. Less Waste”. Her passion for creating beautiful things and doing good for the environment led her to start ReFashioned Art  in 2019,  a certified Gold Level Green business.  Her advocacy for sustainable fashion as well as her repurposed art have been showcased in numerous galleries and magazines since! Laura serves on the boards of Remake, the Arizona Costume Institute, Fashion Group International and San Francisco Fashion Community Week!

She is on a mission to demonstrate a mirroring of style and sustainability, which leads into everything I do. She has been making her own art her entire adult life and came from her not being able to find or afford the art or clothes she really wanted, so she started doing it herself! She points out there is no shortage of stuff and “trash”, so the possibilities to repurpose all this stuff into something beautiful and “new” is endless! “I hope my art will bring beauty, positivity and a fashionable edge to your home and workspace.”

For links and photos for this episode and others, visit our website’s podcast page: candelariadesign.com/podcast-content/2021/11/30/laura-madden