Club Los Meganos Grand Opening Season Events in Bay Area Active Adult Community

Bay Area Active Adult Community

Bay Area’s most anticipated new private resort club announces its Grand Opening Season with special events a throughout the spectacular 34,000 sq. ft. Club.

Here are upcoming July events that residents of the Northern California active adult community can look forward to:

Saturday July 3rd

1:00PM-1:30PM & 3:00PM-3:30PM -

Culinary Demonstration at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Roasting Brentwood corn and asparagus for salads, sides or just by itself.

2:00PM-2:30PM & 4:00PM-4:30PM -

Wine Tasting at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Weekly Tasting showcasing the wines of Brentwood. Glassware provided.

8:00PM-10:00PM -

Golf Cart Drive-In on the Event Lawn: Arrive early to get a premium spot, golf cart drive-in movies are one of the most popular events! Refreshments available!

Sunday July 4th

12:00PM-6:00PM –

4th of July BBQ - BBQ, drinks, and live music.

Saturday July 10th

1:00PM-2:00PM -

Celebrity Guest at Mt. Diablo Events Center: Glenn Lovell, Widely Read Film Critic and Entertainment Correpondent.

2:00PM-2:30PM -

Culinary Demonstration at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Mastering the art of Flambe’.

2:00PM-2:30PM -

Wine Tasting at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Weekly Tasting showcasing sparkling wines. Glassware provided.

3:00PM-5:00PM -

Fashion Show at the Mt. Diablo Events Center: What could be more fun than hot local designers, the Cat Walk and some great friends! See the best in Summer resort wear!

Sunday July 11th

1:00PM-2:00PM -

Wine Education 1 at Mt. Diablo Events Center: Expand your knowledge of wine by examining the most fruitful regions of the world.

2:00PM-2:30PM & 3:00PM-3:30PM -

Culinary Demonstration at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Creating eloquent desserts for afternoon tea.

2:00PM-2:30PM -

Wine Tasting at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Weekly Tasting showcasing Bloomfield Vineyards. Glassware provided.

2:00PM-4:00PM -

Afternoon Tea at the Helak Grand Living Room: Traditional English tea service with a unique Los Meganos twist is offered, bring a friend!

Saturday July 17th

1:00PM-2:00PM -

Journalist Guest Speaker at Mt. Diablo Events Center: Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle Political Reporter

2:00PM-2:30PM -

Culinary Demonstration at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Creating the perfect Italian sauce.

2:00PM-2:30PM -

Wine Tasting at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Weekly Tasting showcasing Hannah Nicole Vineyards. Glassware provided.

6:00PM-9:00PM -

Comedy Night at the Mt. Diablo Events Center

Sunday July 18th

1:00PM-2:00PM -

Wine Education 2 at Mt. Diablo Events Center: Part Two of informative wine education seminar! Learn how to read into the label and identify the best buys.

2:00PM-2:30PM & 3:00PM-3:30PM -

Culinary Demonstration at Abby’s Gourmet Studio: Bring out the Bayou with Jambalaya Trilogy style.

2:00PM-4:00PM -

Afternoon Tea at the Helak Grand Living Room: Traditional English tea service with a unique Los Meganos twist is offered, bring a friend!

For more information on the above events, or for the entire July schedule call 800-685-6494. To view Bay Area Active Adult Community new homes visit www.TrilogyLife.com.

Let Your Lifestyle Guide Your New Northern California Home Choice

Trilogy at the Vineyards is introducing 11 new home designs to Trilogy at The Vineyards, a Northern California active adult retirement community. New homes in the John Marsh Heritage series and the Carl Lagoni Signature homes feature new exterior elevations and revised included features.

With the two new design series you can enjoy ultimate flexibility in choosing a new home that is right for your Northern California active adult lifestyle.

John Marsh Heritage Designs appeal to those who prefer function over form, want value, green features and appreciate the power to personalize. With solar-friendly rooflines and the same great floor plans, these elevations provide more flexibility and some great new features including a SmartSpace super utility room. Ceiling heights in all Heritage Design homes are 10’ for easy maintenance and a gracious look.

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Carl Lagoni Signature Designs are highly stylized, elegant homes that appeal to those who appreciate truly fine superior architecture -inside and out. Widely renowned, award-winning architect Carl Lagoni specified the interior finishes mindfully creating harmony and balance with the five-sided exterior architecture that delivers a stunning and dramatic statement. Ceiling heights in Signature Design homes range from 10’ to 18’ by elevation.

Live your active adult lifestyle in this Northern California active adult retirement community and enjoy on-site amenities that include 27 holes of Ted Robinson-designed championship golf, dining at Nines American Cooking and working out and socializing at the fitness center…and don’t miss when the 34,000 square foot Club Los Meganos debuts – it’s bound to be a spectacular addition to this already amazing community!

Trilogy of Vistancia Hosts The Sonoma Showcase of Fine Wine, Art, Food & Music - Mark Your Calendar!

If you are an active adult, you no doubt have your calendar booked weeks or months in advanced, so here’s a head’s up on an upcoming event in November that will take place at Trilogy at Vistancia, an active adult retirement community located in Peoria, Arizona.

Located in greater Phoenix's Northwest Valley, the 55+ retirement community will host the Sonoma Showcase of Fine Wine, Art, Food & Music on November 18 – 20, 2010.

You won’t want to miss this event of two full days and three nights of fine wine, art, food & music. This event will feature:

• Three VIP dinners starting Thursday, November 18th at Blackstone Country Club, Friday, November 19th at Kiva Club at Trilogy and Saturday, November 20th at The Verde Grill,
• Music by

- Smooth Jazz, Saxophonists Euge Groove and Eric Darius,
- Guitarist, Jesse Cook,
- Blues Singer, Johnny Rawls,
- Musician/Composer Scott Cussu,
- Jazz Band, Sans Moi,
- Electric Harpist, VeeRonna and her band Dulce Vas, and
- Ritz Carlton’s/My Florist Café’s Concert Pianist Nicole,

• Wine tasting of over 100 wines by 15 non-distributed boutique Sonoma wineries (includes an etched event glass and lanyard for convenient carrying while tasting),
• Celebrity chef presentations and cooking demonstrations,
• 100 Vendors from Sonoma County and the Valley featuring restaurants, food purveyors, fine art exhibits, and much, much more.

More detailed event and ticket information will become available as the event approaches. Check http://www.trilogylifeblog.com for updates.

Trilogy at Vistancia is located among the foothills of Peoria, Arizona, in the Northwest Valley of Phoenix. This retirement community supports your active adult lifestyle. The Kiva Club, a 35,000-square-foot community hub, promotes your health and wellbeing. The Trilogy Golf Course, a Golf Digest five-star award winner, is the perfect setting for your next golf game. And, you won’t want to miss the dining choices at Café Solaz and Verde Grill. For more details on events at Trilogy at Vistancia, and other Trilogy Active Adult Communities, visit www.trilogylife.com.

From “Retiring” To “Rewiring”

In an interview with The Real Story, Dan O’Brien, President of Shea Homes’ Trilogy communities in Northern California talks about how the Boomer generation is changing the way that “active adult” living is defined—and how the home is just part of the equation.

The Boomer moving out of the family home and into active adult living is turning the conception of “senior housing” on its ear. For one thing, says Dan, only 10 percent of the residents of his Trilogy at the Vineyards community in Brentwood are actually retired. About 50 percent of the residents are still working in their careers; another 40 percent are starting new businesses, pursuing different career or interest paths. “These Boomers are not retiring”, says Dan. “They’re rewiring.”

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Coming to Shea Trilogy from a career in homebuilding and active adult community development with Del Webb, Dan says that Shea has had to throw away old conceptions about product and lifestyle and create a series of new paths that involve exploration, including self-improvement, connection, and wellness and well-being. Sounds like a far cry from shuffleboard.

The sheer number of Boomers definitely has the number power to affect lifestyle exponentially. To follow Dan O’Brien’s dialogue about how Boomers are changing the way “active adult” living is defined, visit TrilogyLifeBlog.com.

Bocce League for Active Adults in California Central Coast Retirement Community

Formed in February of 2009 by two locals residents of Trilogy’s Central Coast Retirement Community, Bocce League Games have become a popular pastime for active adults in this 55+ retirement community.

Organized bocce league games began in the summer of 2008 when Trilogy Central Coast residents Don and Ruby Peissig offered free lessons to Woodlands residents to learn the game. Within weeks over 50 residents began playing regularly, forming a league and competing three times a week over the next several months.

The league grew in 2009 with slightly over 70 members (eight full teams plus substitute players) and is on track for a total of nine teams in 2010.

Not familiar with bocce? Bocce is a game played with two eight-person teams. Weekly league play consists of completing three 12-point games against an opponent: the first team to score 12 points wins each game. Bocce has elements of both lawn bowling and pool. Its goal, simply stated, is to throw your team’s four bocce balls in such a manner as to get them closest to a target ball (called the pallino). Your opponents also get to throw four bocce balls and can bank off the sides of the court and knock your balls away in an attempt to get theirs closest. One point is earned for each ball you have closer to the pallino than any of the opponents' balls. Successful bocce teams think very strategically, playing both offensively and defensively, as circumstances require.

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Bocce is a game with history - Egyptians played a form of it with polished rocks over 7,000 years ago and it was a favorite sport of statesmen and rulers in ancient Rome.

The club is open to all Woodlands residents, whether they live in the Villas, the townhouses, or in Trilogy Central Coast. Absolutely no level of experience with bocce is required. The game can be learned with only an hour’s playing time; skill development progresses swiftly. To play you must be a club member and you can join the club anytime during the year simply by paying the annual dues ($20). With your dues payment comes access to all club functions: league play, club meetings, awards luncheons, and recognition for winning records in league play.

Are you an active adult in retirement and have an idea of a club you’d like to start? Trilogy Central Coast supports active lifestyles. Trilogy Central Coast provides a written format for club submissions to be considered to its residents. Consider your Trilogy for your next retirement community and start a legacy of your own!

For more information about the Bocce League at Trilogy Central Coast visit www.mytrilogylife.com and read “Meet the Central Coast Bocce Club” by Celine Todd, editor.