Page 56 August 2013 Arcadia and surrounding communities looking for high end contemporary furniture at affordable prices. He said the store is different from many other consignment shops throughout the Valley in that it’s open, airy and bright, so customers can more closely inspect furniture before buying it. Shopper Gera King, 59, of Phoenix, who also consigns her items at My Sister’s Attic, said she recently brought an area rug to consign at the new store and her item sold in three days. King said she also purchased a few home accessories during her visit. “I think that they have nice quality at a good price,” King said. “I’ve been to various My Sister’s Closet stores, but this was my first time ever bringing in a rug.” Another shopper, Sharon Winter, 55, of Paradise Valley, recently stopped in the store for the first time because she had some extra time on her way to the airport and had driven past the new location multiple times. “You never know what you’re going to find,” Winter said. “I like consignment stores because it’s not like they have the same thing every time.” Siner and Portillo said currently shoppers are interested in mid-century modern furniture and contemporary items. And the most popular item for shoppers is artwork. In addition to the new Arcadia Store, My Sister’s Attic has two locations in Scottsdale and one in Chandler. Siner said each store has a different feel depending upon the type of furniture local residents like to buy and sell. For example, the Desert Village at Pinnacle Peak store tends to carry Western items, and the Chandler store often carries larger pieces of furniture. The new store is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. In mid-August, the store will hold its summer clearance sale, offering 30 percent to 70 percent off of select items. Other stores in the Eco-Chic Consignments family include My Sister’s Closet, which is a high-end designer women’s consignment clothing store and Well Suited, which is the men’s clothing equivalent. Founded more than 20 years ago, the company has grown into a more than $23 million business with 12 locations in Arizona and California. For more information visit www. mysisterscloset.com. Heard to host author of book about Fred Harvey By Danika Worthington The Heard Museum will host journalist Stephen Fried noon Aug. 8 as he talks about his book Appetite for America that tells the story of the Fred Harvey Company, the founder of the first U.S. restaurant and hotel chain. His free presentation will focus on railroads and include new information about the Harvey Girls with the first picture to be found of the man who invented the Harvey Girls. The lecture will share ways the audience can witness Harvey history through day trips, or the “Tour de Fred,” Fried said. “Arizona is one of the best states to talk about Fred Harvey because the Grand Canyon, (which) opened after the Fred Harvey Company had already been around for almost 30 years, became the biggest thing in the Fred Harvey system very quickly,” he said. Arizona has a strong history with the Fred Harvey Company besides the Grand Canyon, including the La Posada hotel in Winslow, which Fried described as a “living museum to Fred Harvey” and the largest Harvey Girl group. In 1978, the Heard Museum received 2,500 objects of 19th century Native American art collected by the Fred Harvey Company, said Diana Pardue, museum curator. “We’ve always been interested in the Harvey story as it pertains to Native American art and artists and how the Harvey Company enticed travelers West using Native American images of people, or art, and sort of romanticized the Southwest and the West for travel on the train,” she said. The Harvey Company created the business practices that shaped modern practices, Pardue said. “Today we associate chains usually with things that aren’t as good as what local people would do,” Fried said. “But in those days, what the Fred Harvey chain was about was a chain that actually brought things to town (from) all over the Midwest and West that never would have otherwise been (available).” Besides the book, Fried also has a blog about Harvey and the Harvey Girls cookbook called One Nation Under Fred and can be found at stephenfried.com. “The Southwest and the Kansas City area are places where you can never have enough conversations about Fred Harvey, the Harvey Girls and the railroads,” Fried said. Let Arcadia native Dan Valentine and his Simply Sell It Now team handle all the details—from start to sale. Let Us Sell Your Vehicle! No Up-Front Cost. No Hassle. We listed our boat with Simply Sell It Now and it sold within 2 weeks for the price we wanted. 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Page 57 August 2013 Terraces expansion gets assistance from resident By Megan Keitel The Terraces, a continuing-care retirement community, is beginning a $1.2 million campus transformation project with help from one of its residents. Gene Buchli, who turned 84 in July, is a retired architect who has lived at the Terraces of Phoenix for eight years. He first approached The Terraces’ vice president of operations in 2006 to do something with a nearby vacant lot, maybe landscape it or use it for some activities. Buchli said he saw an empty piece of land and thought, “What can we do with it?” The vice president asked him to “think bigger.” Buchli began designing an activities building for the lot. “It started as a 30-foot by 30-foot room, like a classroom.” The project evolved over time to its current campus transformation project, reconstructing the existing space to include a large multipurpose room and enhancements to the campus’ bistro and fitness areas “Gene initially drove the idea of creating a centered spot on campus and reconfiguring the current space rather than have residents go to the other side of the campus for activates,” Terraces Executive Director Tom Dorough said. The Terraces of Phoenix broke ground on the project July 1. Buchli acts as the liaison between residents and architects on the project, telling the architects what residents are looking for and reporting to the residents the project’s progress. “From a resident’s perspective, (Gene) has been able to give input we wouldn’t have thought of,” Dorough said. The new design will accommodate the overflowing and overcrowded exercise classes. Buchli began thinking about a career in architecture in high school when his counselors saw his ability in art and engineering. A Connecticut native, he wanted to go to Yale, a school with one of the best architecture programs but “it was 1948 and a lot of veterans were coming back and going to school, so programs were very full,” Buchli said. At the suggestion of a counselor he studied engineering for two years at the University of Connecticut and then architecture for four years at Yale. Buchli moved from Washington, D.C. to Phoenix in 1959 where he started his own architectural business. “The city was growing rapidity,” Buchli said. “It was just bonkers.” At the time there was just one high-rise on North Central Avenue. Buchli designed mostly commercial buildings, churches and schools, retiring in 1994. “It’s good to be back in the saddle,” he said. “It’s like mental therapy.” Feeling good about the markets, but wondering why? Talk to us. LivingWellMadeSimple.com Garden Continued from page 54 easy access to fresh produce, Curtis’ wife Mary said. However, continual access to fresh produce can have its downside. It is now painfully obvious when a restaurant’s produce is not fresh, Jake Curtis said. “I know what a fresh tomato tastes like and once you know that, it’s hard to eat a nonfresh tomato,” he said. Curtis shares his hobby with his children, 4-year-old Audrey and 2-year- old Max. The children help with planting and maintaining the garden then watch as the produce is cooked and put on their plates, their mother said. “He created this little wonderland in the backyard for them and (it’s) very hands- on as far as learning about how to grow your own food and a respect for natural resources,” she said. Curtis said he appreciates the opportunity to spend time with his children. “As a practical matter … they’re a hindrance,” he said “They are throwing rocks, they’re throwing dirt on the ground, pulling plants out and I got to watch them. “I wouldn’t consider them helpful, but I’m not in a hurry when I’m out there.” Before returning home to garden, Curtis works as a partner and trial lawyer focusing on business and corporate law. Being a lawyer was not always in the plan. After graduating from UC Berkeley in 1994, Curtis said he discovered there is little one can do with an English major. Instead, he threw his major aside and became a landscaper in Santa Barbara with a friend he used to mow lawns with in Iowa. After two years, Curtis said he realized his body would not always hold up to the rocks and dirt so he decided to go back to school. “I really went to law school for a lack of a better thing to do,” he said.