Events
- New Bocce Season
- Holiday Home Tour a Tradition in the Temecula Valley
- World’s Largest Ice Cream Social
- For Your Perfect Affair
- Hold Your Special Event Close to Home
See photos from Bear Creek's recent day at the races.
New Bear Creek Bocce Season
By the time you will have received this edition of the Bear Creek Chronicle, the Fall Bocce Season will have just begun. That does not mean it is too late for you to participate, whether as a team member or as a substitute.
Players must be adults and residents of Bear Creek. Otherwise, there are no limitations or requirements as to age, gender, or past experience.
The season will go into mid-November with each team playing one match a week (normally scheduled on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings).
If you are interested, phone Rod Reynolds at 677-1882.
Holiday Home Tour a Tradition in the Temecula Valley
By Carol Malin
The Temecula Valley Woman’s Club is hosting its 26th Annual Holiday Home Tour and fundraiser on November 13 and 14. Proceeds will benefit the Back on Track Program for breast cancer survivors in the Temecula Valley through Michelle’s Place, a cancer resource center in Murrieta.
The tour will be held from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Home Tour tickets are $30 in advance and $35 the day of the event. Lunch at the Home Tour Bistro, have a glass at the wine bar, a cup of coffee with a sweet from the TVWC Bakery & Gourmet Corner after touring the homes and shopping at the Home Tour Marketplace. The four Temecula estate homes on this tour represent a variety of architectural styles and will be decked out in holiday finery by local decorators.
The Cornell house is a gorgeous eco-friendly structure situated in the southeast hills of Temecula off Los Caballos Road. This Adullusian-style home is landscaped with countless plantings, a vanishing edge pool, and boasts an unobstructed view of the Temecula Valley.
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| The Cornell house | The Lorah’s Mediterranean-style kitchen |
The Lorah’s Mediterranean-style home sits on a hill in Temecula’s wine country. All the rooms to the back of the home have glass doors that open onto the pool and patio area, which border acres and acres of vineyards. You will find the Home Tour Bistro and Marketplace here.
The Hensley’s 5,200 square-foot French Country house is perched high on a hill in Temecula’s beautiful Santiago Estates. This lovely home has a contemporary interior with clean lines for easy living. Sports-lovers will note the professional-size tennis and basketball court. The TVWC Bakery and Gourmet Corner are located at this site.
The Dao home is a 17-room gallery of mahogany, marble, granite, French porcelain, Baccarat and Swarovski crystal fashioned into a contemporary Mediterranean house with views of southern Temecula. The cantilever staircase, solid slab granite countertops, and tigers-eye marble fireplace and bar are worth the trip just by themselves.
Tickets for the Home Tour’s Opening Night Gala dinner-dance at Wilson Creek Winery are $100 (evening attire). Each Gala ticket comes with a complementary Home Tour ticket – a $30 value. The event is from 6:00 to 10:00 PM on Friday, November 12. Tickets for the Gala and the Tour are available online at www.tvwc.com or by phone 951-302-1370.
The Temecula Valley Woman’s Club is a 501(c) (3) dedicated to helping charities and supporting scholarships in the Valley and is a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, an international woman’s group. The TVWC has donated more than $1.5 million and 875,000 recorded volunteer hours since 1980.
World’s Largest Ice Cream Social
You are invited to help Natalie Borresen, resident of Bear Creek, earn her Girl Scout Silver Award, by attending the World’s Largest Ice Cream Social to earn $1000.00 for the Make A Wish Foundation.
Natalie has talked Cold Stone Creamery, Mulligan’s and Chick-fil-A to give everyone making a donation – free ice cream, 3 rides and a chicken sandwich.
Please come and make your donation to help Natalie’s wish come true, so she can make the wishes of many others come true.
Thursday, September 30, 2010 – 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Cold Stone Creamery – Madison Market Place
Madison Avenue across from Walmart.
For Your Perfect Affair
By Marilyn Spooner
Birthday, bridal shower, wedding or retirement party, or any occasion that you wish to bring your family and friends together to celebrate ˗- The Special Event Connection will make it an affair to remember.
Rich and Marie Fowler are co-owners of this family- owned business with an event center and offices in Temecula. With the help of their General Manager, Frank Virag, their business serves Murrieta, Temecula, and surrounding areas. Under the corporate umbrella, the Fowlers operate Classic America Catering and Once Upon a Wedding.
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“We have owned our business,” Marie Fowler said, “since 1986.” They started with catering and in 2008, purchased the 6,000-square-foot event center. Fowler explained that the idea behind the event center enables the client to come in and make arrangements for a special event. “We are a one-stop, full-service company.” She added that clients need options and simplicity.
“People can make an appointment for a free consultation,” Fowler said. “We show them a video of a lot of great venders and assist them in finding a location.” She said that they can use venues where they usually work, or the company can do home and estate weddings, which are popular now because of the current economy. The company’s catering kitchen is at Leonesse Cellers and they frequently use Falkner Winery and Wilson Creek Winery.
“We work with all different budgets and have everything from very simple to top-end, such as fine dining.” The company owns all its own equipment, vans, china, glassware, linens, and tables and chairs, and will supply everything needed by the client. “We have amazing props,” she said, “for different themes. We can do plated dinners, decorative buffets -˗ anything the client wants, we can accommodate.”
Even though The Special Event Connection serves a wide range of events, including memorial services, they specialize in weddings. “I really enjoy weddings,” Fowler said, “because it is a special time in the lives of the bride and groom.”
Fowler recalled an incident where a bride planed her wedding at Temeku Golf Course and Country Club in Temecula. The caterer pulled out at the last minute. The Fowlers were on vacation when Temeku called to see if they could be of assistance. “I called the bride,” Fowler said, “and told her not to worry.” The wedding was for two hundred people and, with the assistance of her staff; Marie Fowler spent her vacation putting the wedding together. “We pulled it off,” she said.
“We are very customer oriented,” Fowler added. “If the client asks a question and we can’t answer it, we find the answer for them.”
The Special Event Connection is located at 27645 Commerce Center, Temecula, CA 92590. Telephone: 951-308-1300.
Hold Your Special Event Close to Home
Why travel all that way on the freeway to hold your events in that “other” county when Southwest Riverside County has many wonderful venues where you can celebrate your special occasions in style?
Below is only a partial listing of local venues, but the list does represent a cross-section of types and locations. Please get in touch with any that interest you for further details on pricing and suitability for your event.
For a complete listing of Temecula Wine Country Wineries, please telephone the Temecula Valley Wine Growers Association at 951-699-6586 or visit their website www.temeculawines.org
Bear Creek Golf Club, 22640 Bear Creek Dr. North, Murrieta, (951) 677-8621 www.bearcreekgc.com
Fairfield Inn & Suites Temecula, 27416 Jefferson Ave., Temecula, (951) 587-9800, www.marriot.com/hotels/ontrt-fairfield-inn-and-suites-temecula.
Falkner Winery, 40620 Calle Contento, Temecula, (951)676-8231, www.falknerwinery.com
Gershon Bachus Vintners, 37750 De Portola Road, Temecula, (877) 458-8428 www.gershonbachus.com
Grand Tradition Estate, 1602 South Mission Rd., Fallbrook, 92028 (760.728.6466) www.grandtradition.com
Leonesse Cellars, 38311 De Portola Rd., Temecula, 92592, Tel. 951-302-7601, www.leonessecellars.com
Menifee Lakes Country Club, 29875 Menifee Lakes Dr. Menifee, Tel. 951-672-4824, www.menifee-lakes.com
Mission Inn Hotel and Spa, 3649 Mission Ave., Riverside, (800) 344-4225, www.missioninn.com
Monteleone Meadows, 35245 Briggs St. Murrieta, (951) 677-6403, www.monteleonemeadows.com
Murrieta Day Spa, 41885 Ivy St., Murrieta, (951) 677-8111, www.mdayspa.com
Ponte Estate Winery, 365053 Rancho California Rd., Temecula (951.694.8855) www.pontewinery.com
Redhawk, 45100 Redhawk Parkway, Temecula, (951) 302-3850, www.redhawkgolfcourse.com
Temecula Creek Inn Golf Resort, 44501 Rainbow Canyon Road, Temecula, (951) 694-1000, www.temeculacreekinn.com
Temeku Hills, 41687 Temeku Drive, Temecula, (951) 694-9998, www.temekuhills.com
The Condor’s Nest Ranch, 37537 Magee Rd., Pala, 949-290-6088, www.thecondorsnestranch.com
The Links at Summerly, 29381 Village Parkway, Lake Elsinore, (951) 674-3900, www.linksatsummerly.com
The Orchard, 29015 Garland Lane, Menifee, 951-679-5555, www.orchardweddings.com
South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, 34843 Rancho California Rd., Temecula, (951) 587-9493, www.wineresort.com
Tropical Oasis Parties, 31631 Auto Center Drive, Lake Elsinore, (951) 858-9747, www.tropicaloasisparties.com
Weins Family Cellars Winery, 35055 Via Del Ponte, Temecula, (951) 694-9892, www.weinscellars.com
Wilson Creek Winery, 35960 Rancho California Rd., Temecula, 951-699-9463, www.wilsoncreekwinery.com