Ranch & Coast Magazine
April 2007 Issue - San Diego's Luxury Lifestyle Magazine

Caring for Kids
A fundraiser for Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego and Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation’s PC Pals program was recently hosted by Neil and Marchina Checketts, owners of Casa Blanca Salon & Spa in Del Rayo Village, to celebrate the launch of the spa’s Web site. The festivities featured a fashion show, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, desserts, Champagne station, oxygen bar, and a pink martini salon. A cook-off between executive chefs Bernard Guillas and Jeffrey Strauss led to patrons declaring Strauss the winner. - Jane Shiomi, Photography by Alexander Spear

1. Executive chefs Bernard Guillas and Jeffrey Strauss 2. Pam Pahnke, Marcina Checketts, Eva Stimson, Neil Checketts, and Carmina Barker (Back Row) 3. Christy Helm 4. Model 5. Kate Carroll and Dave Steinke 6. lldiko Krajnyak-Vestil, Antoine Macoule, and Yulia Henriquez