Davis Life Magazine

Website

http://www.davislifemagazine.com

Contact

Cary Arnold - cary@davislifemagazine.com

Owner

Cary Arnold - Publisher/Editor

Established

2007-03-21

Screenshot of March 2008 issue

Davis Life Magazine is a wonderful addition to the Davis media scene. In the style of other "City" magazines, Davis Life Magazine has been designed as an online magazine (e-zine) to highlight restaurants, organizations, businesses, people, and local happenings in and about Davis.

You can sign-up for a free online subscription to Davis Life Magazine so that a link to the current issue is emailed to you each month. Click on the "subscribe" button on the lower left-hand navigation bar.

The October 08 issue offers many great stories including The Radio Flyer car, The bats of Davis, Loran Wyman and her Snug Bug Bags, a hamburger review of 8 restaurants in Davis including Habit Burger, Bernardos, Burgers and Brew, Ali Baba, Redrum, Bistro 33, Seasons and The Graduate, Marty Morse of Morse Remodeling and five of his kitchen remodels, the Running for Women group, Celebrate UC Davis, the UC Davis Wine Club's release of the Centennial wine, the Davis Bike Loop, El Macero Pharmacy, Davis Diamonds Gymnastics, Cathy P's Recipes and some great columns.

If you have any story ideas, please email Cary Arnold at cary@davislifemagazine.com.

Thank you all for reading, enjoy, and please email the link to everyone who might enjoy the magazine!

You can click on the "archive" footer on the lower, left-hand side of any page of the magazine, except for the cover, to reach the archive section. Once there, you can open up any of our past issues!

The September, 2007 issue covered the Yolo County Fair, SkyDance Skydiving, Crepeville restaurant review and feature stories, the Random Phone Book Interview, Puparazzi (dogs and their owners around town), Erin Panelli, baby signs instructor, Barnyard Theatre (in the historic Schmeiser Barn), Art Gruenenberger, owner of Puppet Art Theater, Mike Reis, UCD Food Animal Supervisor at home with his goats, UCD alum and local artist, Andre Janitzky, home remodel on Reed Drive in Central Davis and a Davis playgroup of moms and kids.

The December, 2007 issue included articles about Jason Fisk, Wild Turkeys, Bike Pirates and Zombies (Critical Mass), reviews and articles about Cafe Mediterranee and Super Suppers, as well as more Public Art, Photos, and of course funny man G.J. Caulkins!

The January 2008 issue is now on line and includes stories about the Varsity Theatre, Zen Toro Bistro and Sushi Bar, a local bridge group, holistic healer Denise Dempsey, Court Appointed Special Advocates, UC Davis Project Compost, jewelry artist Sara D., Davis Musical Theatre Company, public art around Davis, Laura Cole-Rowe's column about local events and another great story by funnyman Gordon Caulkins.

The February 2008 issue is now on line with stories about Robert Warren's collection on his late father, Earl Warren, The Bo Tree Yoga, Peter Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn, The Yogurt Shack, Busy Bee Dogs, MU Games Area, The Candy House, photo perspective of public art in Davis, Kabul restaurant, the Blue Moon Writer's Guild, home design, puparazzi, Davis events and another wonderful story by G.J. Caulkins.

The March '08 issue includes wonderful stories and photos on Davis author John Lescroart, 81-year Davis resident Betty Lewis, a Cub Scouts Pack, Toile Farms ponies, Davis High Madrigals, Rocknasium, Explorit Science Center, Redwood Barn Nursery, more public art, Ciocolat restaurant feature and review, events column, another funny tale by G.J. Caulkins and more Puparazzi!

The April '08 issue covers, Nina and Tom Family Fashion, Home Design in Wildhorse, Blue Devil rugby coach Mike Purcell, UC Davis' Women's Basketball Team, UC Davis' Spirit Squad, SickSpits Poetry Collective, Fred the Cat, a boy named Joseph, Adrienne Weiss on being home-schooled, Symposium restaurant and review, Three Palms Nursery, Public Art Chapter 6, Events Column, Puparazzi and Suburban Scrawl by G.J. Caulkins! We've also added a sound slide feature for the first time with the rugby story. Check it out!

The May '08 issue includes stories about DaVinci High, Recycling Center, Dos Coyotes review, Bobby Coyote, Acme Theater Company, Urban Body tattoo parlor, Mark Diel, Yolo Crisis Nursery, Public Art photo perspective, Tequila Joe's Tasting Aficianados, Puparazzi, UC Davis Nature Outings Program, UC Davis Animal Blood Bank and columns by Laura Cole-Rowe, G.J. Caulkins and UC Davis student, Jenny Pedersen. If you have any story ideas for the magazine, please email Cary Arnold at cary@davislifemagazine.com. Enjoy!

The June 2008 magazine is now live with stories on Davisites and Channel 13 news anchors, Sam Shane and Pallas Hupe', photos and information on the Pence Gallery Garden Tour in Lake Alhambra Estates as well as the Heart of the Home Kitchen Tour that benefits the Red Cross, Fuzio Universal Pasta restaurant review, a Davis group that calls themselves Foodies on the Fly, Puparazzi, the UC Davis greenhouses and Garry Pearson, UC Davis student summer hairstyles by David Martin and Tenaya Freitas, library storytime as told by 9-yr-old Adrienne Weiss, Aquadarts, Watermelon Music, Newsbeat, Pastor Exter Hardy from the Poleline Baptist Church, wonderful columns and Chapter 8 of our photo perspective of public art in Davis. For all of you dog lovers, be sure to read G.J. Caulkins column this month. Happy reading!!

The July 2008 issue marks our one-year anniversary and features Davis Little League, chick-lit author Eileen Rendahl, UC Davis men's rowing, the UC Davis arboretum, Davis Paintballing, Sudwerk restaurant, review and brewery, Dr. Ron Cotterel and the Sutter Center for Integrative Health, Pacific Star Gardens, Canine Heritage, Puparazzi and our usual wonderful columns. Enjoy!

Our August issues features stories on our new mayor, Ruth Asmundson, Capay Fruits & Vegetables and their Farm Fresh to You program, home design, recipes with gorgeous photos from our new food contributor, Cathy P. from noblepig.com, the Nugget Bakery, Strelitzia Florist, Janet Berry and the Dollar a Day campaign, the UC Davis Large Animal clinic, hometown girl Christi Raycraft who was named by the Aggie as UC Davis' female athlete of the year, a restaurant feature and review on Hunan Restaurant and Bar, Jack Plasterer who is trying to bring arena football to the area, Puparazzi and more columns on suburban life in Davis, student life and Davis events for August.

Our September 2008 issue features Davis Enterprise columnist Bob Dunning, the boy Joseph who we featured this spring finds a home in Davis with pastor, Exter Hardy, a tour of the three golf courses in Davis, how the Wallace family of Davis used Au Pair Care to find a Colombian au pair, the Southern Pacific Depot celebrates 140 of passenger service in Davis, SwimAmerica's new pool, Robert Faber and why he's walked 8000 miles, Natural Food Works, a dinner review at Farmer's Kitchen Cafe, UC Davis Bargain Barn, KDVS radio station, Cathy P's recipe for a low country feast/shrimp boil, and wonderful columns by G.J. Caulkins, Laura Cole-Rowe and Jenny Pedersen, not to mention Puparazzi!

An upcoming issue apparently features Armstrong and Getty, who (jokingly) wondered on air if the DLM photographers in studio might be from Neo-Nazi Weekly or NAMBLA Quarterly. They were relieved when they found out they were from Davis Life Magazine, which they then called "a fine, fine publication".

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2007-08-08 21:46:20   What happened to the Davis Fire section for this month? —PatrickFish

2008-01-03 16:51:05   This magazine is amazing. The pictures are beautiful! —sarahd

2008-05-02 13:58:56   Will the website be getting an RSS feed? —ElleWeber

2008-08-02 07:24:08   We will have Phase II of the magazine completed in October with lots of changes to make the site more interactive for the community including message boards, blogs for each section, a place for the community to upload their event photos, a living section for the community to celebrate engagments, weddings, birthdays, etc., and much more. RSS feeds are in our plans as well. Stay tuned! —CaryArnold