Daily Temecula reader Genelle sent me on over to Allo Spa for an acupressure foot massage. She knows I love pampering, AND I love a bargain. Allo doesn't disappoint on either count.
This place is hard to find. It's tucked into a nondescript office park on Enterprise Circle North (off Winchester) at 41715 Enterprise Circle North, 506-0998.
From the outside, I actually wondered if it was one of those "happy ending, no-tell" type of places, but once I got inside, I was reassured because it was soothing, serene, and immaculately clean.
I ordered my acupressure foot massage from a laminated card at the counter and was led back to an oversized chair so comfortable I almost fell asleep several times.
My masseuse offered me my choice of water or tea then got right to it, soaking my feet in warm water infused with essential oils, then massaging my feet & legs, and ending with a hot towel wrap. It was really blissful and since it's acupressure, I can practically justify it to my pocketbook not as luxury but as a necessary medical treatment.
And that's the best part: a generous half-hour treatment (she went longer than half an hour AND if you've ever had professional massage you know half an hour is a lot if all they're working on is your feet) is only $16.
So dare to venture off the beaten path and give Allo Spa a try.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Seen/Scene
DID WE JUST GET DISSED?...Check out a blogger's take on attending the Temecula Valley International Film Festival on the Focus On....page. Hey, at least they know where Temecula is, right? (Thank you, Sir, may I have another?)
VEGAS-STYLE GLAM...long-awaited Old Town hot spot The Edge is finally open. Fun, fun, fun. Temecula really doesn't have another restaurant quite like this. It would be a perfect spot for a date, girls' night out, or even an over-the-top proposal. Check it out!
MICRO-WINERIES SHOWCASE NEW TALENT...coming soon (October 2 is the scheduled opening date), The Collective is a specialty tasting room featuring wines from Woodworth, Middle Ridge, Vista las Estrellas, and Fazeli. They are right next door to The Edge and will feature The Edge's small plates as well as a variety of wine tasting options.
COUNTRY WINE WEDDINGS....The Knot honoree Ponte is offering a 33% discount on winter weddings for up to 100 guests. Think snow-capped mountains and pleasantly cool temps on Ponte's beautiful grounds. Check out this and other deals at Ponte's site.
HARVEST BOUNTY...they say 2008 is going to be a good year for the wine grapes here in the Temecula wine country. Help celebrate at the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association's Harvest Celebration barrel tasting in mid-October. Buy your 2-day pass before October 5 and it's only $79.
VEGAS-STYLE GLAM...long-awaited Old Town hot spot The Edge is finally open. Fun, fun, fun. Temecula really doesn't have another restaurant quite like this. It would be a perfect spot for a date, girls' night out, or even an over-the-top proposal. Check it out!
MICRO-WINERIES SHOWCASE NEW TALENT...coming soon (October 2 is the scheduled opening date), The Collective is a specialty tasting room featuring wines from Woodworth, Middle Ridge, Vista las Estrellas, and Fazeli. They are right next door to The Edge and will feature The Edge's small plates as well as a variety of wine tasting options.
COUNTRY WINE WEDDINGS....The Knot honoree Ponte is offering a 33% discount on winter weddings for up to 100 guests. Think snow-capped mountains and pleasantly cool temps on Ponte's beautiful grounds. Check out this and other deals at Ponte's site.
HARVEST BOUNTY...they say 2008 is going to be a good year for the wine grapes here in the Temecula wine country. Help celebrate at the Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association's Harvest Celebration barrel tasting in mid-October. Buy your 2-day pass before October 5 and it's only $79.
Morning Memo from Juliet - September 27, 2009
Morning Memo from Juliet for Sunday, September 27, 2009
Good morning!
I went to high school in the Santa Cruz area, which is a book lover's paradise. I was THRILLED to discover that the Temecula Valley now has a wonderful independent bookstore which reminds me of my hometown: ECLECTIC BOOKS in Murrieta.
What a hidden little gem of a shop! It won't be hidden for long since its shopping center (currently anchored by Fresh & Easy, at Margarita where it dead-ends into Murrieta Hot Springs Road) is the future site of cult favorite Sonic drive-in.
Eclectic Books sells a wide variety of new and used books, plus they have a generous, comfy seating area with tables, chairs, magazines, and even board games.
I was thrilled to discover racks with used sheet music (wow!)
I picked up a 1952 etiquette book (I collect them just for fun) and a couple of paperbacks for my third grader.
Eclectic Books warmly welcomes book clubs, browsers, sit-and-readers, and anyone else who loves the printed word. Tell them Daily Temecula sent you!
Have a relaxing day curled up with a good book.
Juliet
Good morning!
I went to high school in the Santa Cruz area, which is a book lover's paradise. I was THRILLED to discover that the Temecula Valley now has a wonderful independent bookstore which reminds me of my hometown: ECLECTIC BOOKS in Murrieta.
What a hidden little gem of a shop! It won't be hidden for long since its shopping center (currently anchored by Fresh & Easy, at Margarita where it dead-ends into Murrieta Hot Springs Road) is the future site of cult favorite Sonic drive-in.
Eclectic Books sells a wide variety of new and used books, plus they have a generous, comfy seating area with tables, chairs, magazines, and even board games.
I was thrilled to discover racks with used sheet music (wow!)
I picked up a 1952 etiquette book (I collect them just for fun) and a couple of paperbacks for my third grader.
Eclectic Books warmly welcomes book clubs, browsers, sit-and-readers, and anyone else who loves the printed word. Tell them Daily Temecula sent you!
Have a relaxing day curled up with a good book.
Juliet
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Seen/Scene
DID WE JUST GET DISSED?...Check out a blogger's take on attending the Temecula Valley International Film Festival on the Focus On....page. Hey, at least they know where Temecula is, right? (Thank you, Sir, may I have another?)
TICKLED ORANGE....Tangerine Boutique (41377 Margarita, in Bel Villagio on the outer ring of the Promenade Mall) won "Best Boutique in Murrieta/Temecula Valley" in a recent My Fox LA viewer poll. Congratulations! (And next time you're at Tangerine, check out Anela Apothecary next door (featuring an in-store studio & shop of local jeweler Tina Steinberg.) Don't drive to LA or Orange County! We have fantastic shopping right here in town.
FARMER'S MARKET PARADISE....We are lucky to have so many to choose from! I recently learned about the Bonsall Certified Farmer's Market on Sundays from 9:30 to 1:30 located at the Bonsall Community Center & Elementary School. Now Fallbrook is getting into the action on Sundays with a half-day market beginning September 6. Fallbrook Town Center Certified Farmer's Market is in the Caffe Primo parking lot on Main Street in downtown Fallbrook. Beginning on September 6 it will be held Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekly, year round.
NESTING...and while you're at the Promenade Mall , see if you can spot the bird's nest in the "R" of the Sears sign (near Sears Auto Center.) This thing is amazing, and very sturdy. We first spotted it about six months ago and it's going strong.
TICKLED ORANGE....Tangerine Boutique (41377 Margarita, in Bel Villagio on the outer ring of the Promenade Mall) won "Best Boutique in Murrieta/Temecula Valley" in a recent My Fox LA viewer poll. Congratulations! (And next time you're at Tangerine, check out Anela Apothecary next door (featuring an in-store studio & shop of local jeweler Tina Steinberg.) Don't drive to LA or Orange County! We have fantastic shopping right here in town.
FARMER'S MARKET PARADISE....We are lucky to have so many to choose from! I recently learned about the Bonsall Certified Farmer's Market on Sundays from 9:30 to 1:30 located at the Bonsall Community Center & Elementary School. Now Fallbrook is getting into the action on Sundays with a half-day market beginning September 6. Fallbrook Town Center Certified Farmer's Market is in the Caffe Primo parking lot on Main Street in downtown Fallbrook. Beginning on September 6 it will be held Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekly, year round.
NESTING...and while you're at the Promenade Mall , see if you can spot the bird's nest in the "R" of the Sears sign (near Sears Auto Center.) This thing is amazing, and very sturdy. We first spotted it about six months ago and it's going strong.
Morning Memo from Juliet
Morning Memo from Juliet for Monday, September 14, 2009
Good morning! So much is going on around town at this time of year. The local 2009 grapes are being harvested right now as I write this. Palomar Winery had a grape stomp this weekend and Ponte's is coming up on September 27 (check out Ponte's site for complete information on this fun event for the entire family.)
Peltzer Farms opens for the fall season on Saturday, September 26. We don't need to drive all the way to Bates Nut Farm for the pumpkin patch experience, and Peltzer does a fantastic job.
As we enjoy the bounty and beauty of summer-into-fall (what a glorious time of year here in town!) now is a good time to think about our quality of life here in the Temecula Valley.
I am often asked my opinion on some important local issues so today I want to share my views on two hot topics: Liberty Quarry and the new hospital on Temecula Parkway.
* I am opposed to Liberty Quarry locating a mining operation at the Santa Rosa Plateau. I join many of my friends and neighbors who are members of Save Our Southwest Hills, as well numerous local business owners, realtors (who know the crippling effect the project would have on our property values), and the scores of doctors (including my kids' pediatrician, who sees enough asthma cases already even without this project) in our wholehearted, earnest opposition to this project. I fully support the Temecula City Council in their opposition and I also support those members of the County Board of Supervisors who oppose the project.
I believe this project would cause grave harm to our local air quality on a persistent, ongoing, long-term (decades!) daily basis. The light and noise pollution would be destructive to sensitive rare wildlife who live in the area. And on a purely pragmatic level, as a homeowner, real estate investor, and small business person living and working in this community, we can't afford the dollars and cents consequences of the loss in value of our investment. The demand for quarried materials waxes and wanes with demand; the quarry itself cannot be undone as trends change. The irreversible damage is done the day the first blasting begins.
* I support the California State Department of Public Health's decision to delay construction of the new hospital on Temecula Parkway (79S) until the company which will run the hospital can PROVE it has its act together and will run it in a safe, effective manner.
I agree with everyone else who has had to be treated at Rancho Springs or Inland Valley (especially the ER.) Readers of my blog know I (un-)affectionately call Rancho Springs "Beirut ER."
Great people work there. Great doctors and great nurses have dedicated their careers to serving the people of our valley. They are given an impossible task by the company that runs the hospital. Huge fines aren't doing the trick to get through to this company that their way of doing business is UNSAFE. It's a tragedy waiting to happen.
So that's what I think. Check out Focus On... to see what some of our neighbors think of the proposed Summerhouse devleopment.
Have a sunny day!
Juliet
THE READING LIST
Who is talking about Temecula today?
Special thanks to Tipster Scott for sending me the link to this really interesting blog about IE real estate.
* Press-Enterprise
* Californian
* Valley News
* Under the Sun
* Neighbors Newspaper
* Full Value Review
* Temecula Insider
* Temecula Eats
* Thanksgiving Feast: Temecula Blog-a-rama
* Q 103.3 Radio
* KMYT Smooth Jazz
* Only 2 Degrees
* Jeff Pack's blog the.jeffpack.prjkt
* Paul Gallaher's My Frame of Mind blog
* Stacy Nelson's Real Women Drink blog
Does your newspaper, magazine, radio station, or blog cover Temecula? Email editor@dailytemecula to be listed on The Reading List.
Help us grow - steal my code: Click here to find code to add to your website or blog. Just cut and paste the code in the box to the right of the logo. Spread the word! While you're at it, sign up to follow Daily Temecula on Twitter: @dailytemecula.
Juliet
Good morning! So much is going on around town at this time of year. The local 2009 grapes are being harvested right now as I write this. Palomar Winery had a grape stomp this weekend and Ponte's is coming up on September 27 (check out Ponte's site for complete information on this fun event for the entire family.)
Peltzer Farms opens for the fall season on Saturday, September 26. We don't need to drive all the way to Bates Nut Farm for the pumpkin patch experience, and Peltzer does a fantastic job.
As we enjoy the bounty and beauty of summer-into-fall (what a glorious time of year here in town!) now is a good time to think about our quality of life here in the Temecula Valley.
I am often asked my opinion on some important local issues so today I want to share my views on two hot topics: Liberty Quarry and the new hospital on Temecula Parkway.
* I am opposed to Liberty Quarry locating a mining operation at the Santa Rosa Plateau. I join many of my friends and neighbors who are members of Save Our Southwest Hills, as well numerous local business owners, realtors (who know the crippling effect the project would have on our property values), and the scores of doctors (including my kids' pediatrician, who sees enough asthma cases already even without this project) in our wholehearted, earnest opposition to this project. I fully support the Temecula City Council in their opposition and I also support those members of the County Board of Supervisors who oppose the project.
I believe this project would cause grave harm to our local air quality on a persistent, ongoing, long-term (decades!) daily basis. The light and noise pollution would be destructive to sensitive rare wildlife who live in the area. And on a purely pragmatic level, as a homeowner, real estate investor, and small business person living and working in this community, we can't afford the dollars and cents consequences of the loss in value of our investment. The demand for quarried materials waxes and wanes with demand; the quarry itself cannot be undone as trends change. The irreversible damage is done the day the first blasting begins.
* I support the California State Department of Public Health's decision to delay construction of the new hospital on Temecula Parkway (79S) until the company which will run the hospital can PROVE it has its act together and will run it in a safe, effective manner.
I agree with everyone else who has had to be treated at Rancho Springs or Inland Valley (especially the ER.) Readers of my blog know I (un-)affectionately call Rancho Springs "Beirut ER."
Great people work there. Great doctors and great nurses have dedicated their careers to serving the people of our valley. They are given an impossible task by the company that runs the hospital. Huge fines aren't doing the trick to get through to this company that their way of doing business is UNSAFE. It's a tragedy waiting to happen.
So that's what I think. Check out Focus On... to see what some of our neighbors think of the proposed Summerhouse devleopment.
Have a sunny day!
Juliet
THE READING LIST
Who is talking about Temecula today?
Special thanks to Tipster Scott for sending me the link to this really interesting blog about IE real estate.
* Press-Enterprise
* Californian
* Valley News
* Under the Sun
* Neighbors Newspaper
* Full Value Review
* Temecula Insider
* Temecula Eats
* Thanksgiving Feast: Temecula Blog-a-rama
* Q 103.3 Radio
* KMYT Smooth Jazz
* Only 2 Degrees
* Jeff Pack's blog the.jeffpack.prjkt
* Paul Gallaher's My Frame of Mind blog
* Stacy Nelson's Real Women Drink blog
Does your newspaper, magazine, radio station, or blog cover Temecula? Email editor@dailytemecula to be listed on The Reading List.
Help us grow - steal my code: Click here to find code to add to your website or blog. Just cut and paste the code in the box to the right of the logo. Spread the word! While you're at it, sign up to follow Daily Temecula on Twitter: @dailytemecula.
Juliet
Monday, September 14, 2009
Morning Memo for August 27, 2009
Good morning! Happy first day of school to students and teachers in the Temecula Unified School District. I hope your year is fantastic!
Make sure to check out our Charity & Nonprofit page here, where you can read about Gospel Fest 09 to benefit Oak Grove and Wishes for Children's upcoming golf tournament at Pechanga's Journey golf course.
This year I remembered to snap a picture of the kids as they head off to the first day of a new year...new friends, crisp new binders and freshly sharpened pencils, blank notebooks waiting to be filled in, and the promise of fun and friendship all year long.
Whatever YOUR first day of school tradition, I hope you have a little magic in your day today!
Juliet
Make sure to check out our Charity & Nonprofit page here, where you can read about Gospel Fest 09 to benefit Oak Grove and Wishes for Children's upcoming golf tournament at Pechanga's Journey golf course.
This year I remembered to snap a picture of the kids as they head off to the first day of a new year...new friends, crisp new binders and freshly sharpened pencils, blank notebooks waiting to be filled in, and the promise of fun and friendship all year long.
Whatever YOUR first day of school tradition, I hope you have a little magic in your day today!
Juliet
August 27, 2009
BREAKING FIRE NEWS@Shortbusdriveby reports via Twitter seeing a fire in Temecula at around 10:45 a.m. This RVCFire report is that a structure is fully engulfed in flames. Stay safe and watch this space for breaking fire news.
UPDATE 6:10 p.m. Thursday, August 27 -- The official Buzzelli/Bailey family site reports that the girls have been found!
UPDATED 9:05 a.m. Thursday, August 27, 2009, Temecula, CA: Julianne Buzzelli and Alexis Bailey are STILL MISSING. According to a trusted representative of the families, as of 9:00 a.m. today, Thursday, August 27, the girls have not been found, despite rumors circulating yesterday that they were. The families' representative advises that the most accurate source of information is their website: www.FindBuzzelliBailey.com and that information on Facebook and other outlets might be incorrect.
The families also request that volunteers continue posting flyers (available to download from their site) and that businesses are asked for permission before posting.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009: MISSING! Winchester teens (ages 15 & 16) have been missing for five days. Please view this site to stay informed. There is information that they might have been in the Pechanga Casino area so please keep your eyes and ears open. Friends at Temecula Prep, where the girls are students, say that running away would be extremely uncharacteristic for the girls. DAILY TEMECULA will report information as we get it. Media covering this story:
* Full Value Review
* Californian (North County Times)
* Press-Enterprise
* San Diego Union Tribune
UPDATE 6:10 p.m. Thursday, August 27 -- The official Buzzelli/Bailey family site reports that the girls have been found!
UPDATED 9:05 a.m. Thursday, August 27, 2009, Temecula, CA: Julianne Buzzelli and Alexis Bailey are STILL MISSING. According to a trusted representative of the families, as of 9:00 a.m. today, Thursday, August 27, the girls have not been found, despite rumors circulating yesterday that they were. The families' representative advises that the most accurate source of information is their website: www.FindBuzzelliBailey.com and that information on Facebook and other outlets might be incorrect.
The families also request that volunteers continue posting flyers (available to download from their site) and that businesses are asked for permission before posting.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009: MISSING! Winchester teens (ages 15 & 16) have been missing for five days. Please view this site to stay informed. There is information that they might have been in the Pechanga Casino area so please keep your eyes and ears open. Friends at Temecula Prep, where the girls are students, say that running away would be extremely uncharacteristic for the girls. DAILY TEMECULA will report information as we get it. Media covering this story:
* Full Value Review
* Californian (North County Times)
* Press-Enterprise
* San Diego Union Tribune
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