Health + Wellness

The Long Shape of Love

A Mother–Daughter Love Story for Everyone who Carries the Loss of a Parent Article by Nadine Bubeck | Photography by Provided Meg H. Seoane has spent years returning to the early moments, trying to understand when her mother first began to change. Not to relive them, but to make sense of what happened. To answer the questions she once carried into doctor’s offices. To explain what could never quite be explained. “It all becomes more clear in retrospect,” she says now. “But in the moment, it’s...

Home + Design

Love, Life, and Luxury

The Real Story Behind Regal American Homes & the Couple Who Built it Together Photography by Barret Elengold, Scottsdale Event Photography Some may say Avi and Sheri Azoulay’s success story is Regal American Homes becoming one of Arizona’s most respected luxury builders, known for constructing some of the most private and highly valued residences in Paradise Valley and beyond. Others, however, would say the real success is that they do it together. Husband and wife. Business partners...

Sports + Recreation

The Real Smashing Machine

In His Corner: A Love Story Beyond the Big Screen Article by Nadine Bubeck | Photography by James Patrick Photography Before the red carpets and before Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stepped into his body, Mark Kerr walked out of a hotel room in Japan carrying a pillowcase filled with cash. No entourage. No press. No security. Just a world champion fighter trying to get hundreds of thousands of dollars through an airport without getting robbed. Today, Mark is best known as The Smashing Machine...

Food + Beverage

21 Questions: Chef Erika Gonzalez

Meet Pinyon’s Flavor Architect Photography by Provided: Pinyon In every issue of PVCL, we play 21 Questions with an esteemed Valley chef. This month, we’re hanging with Chef Erika Gonzalez of Hi Noon Hospitality, the culinary force behind Scottsdale’s Mediterranean-inspired Pinyon. Known for coastal flavors, live-fire cooking, and ingredient-driven menus, Erika brings calm intensity and creative depth to everything she does. 1. Where did your culinary journey begin? Growing up watching my...

Life + Culture

Partners in Power

Five Powerhouse Couples Shaping Business, Family, and Life in the Valley Photography by Provided Andrew and Nicole Hopkinson Hopkinson Aircraft Sales HOW DID YOUR LOVE STORY BEGIN? Andrew: Our love story began when we met as teenagers. I unexpectedly showed up at a friend's house where they were laying out by the pool, and I instantly fell in love. Although we didn't start dating until college, I made a 24-hour drive to get a New Year's kiss, and from that moment, we've been...

Arts + Culture

The Art of Leadership

Jim Ballinger’s Influence on Arizona as Scottsdale Art Week Returns Photography by Provided: PhxArt Archives   This March, as Scottsdale Art Week returns, one of Arizona’s most influential cultural leaders is receiving the recognition his life’s work deserves. James (Jim) Ballinger will be honored with the Scottsdale Art Week Lifetime Achievement Award, acknowledging more than four decades of leadership that reshaped the Phoenix Art Museum and, in the process, transformed the cultural...

Life + Culture

Paradise, With Love

A Joyful Look at the Marriage Behind the Mayor of PV Photography by Provided: Barb Stanton You know Mark as the Mayor of Paradise Valley. Barb knows him as the man who still makes her laugh, calls her several times a day just to check in, and somehow keeps life feeling light after more than twenty years of marriage. Their relationship doesn’t feel ceremonial or polished. It feels lived in and very much in motion. They weren’t searching for love when they met. In fact, they both say plainly...

Sports + Recreation

WMPO 2026: Beyond the Fairways

The Updates Shaping Tournament Week Photography by Provided: WMPO The WM Phoenix Open has always evolved. This year, the changes are less about spectacle and more about refinement.  Here’s what’s new and worth knowing this year. The 16th Hole Has Been Rebuilt The iconic Coliseum structure at the 16th hole has been redesigned with higher ceilings, wider interior bays, frameless glass railings, and improved sightlines across every level. The footprint remains familiar, but the experience is...

Arts + Culture

Purely PVCL

Your monthly snapshot of what's happening in our PVCL community Article and Photography by   Every month, we love sharing what’s new, what’s next, and what’s unfolding across our PVCL community. Now with Nadine Podcast Join PVCL owner and publisher Nadine Bubeck on her nationally syndicated podcast, Now with Nadine . Featuring athletes, actors, and entrepreneurs, each episode offers a candid, BTS look at their journeys, challenges, and triumphs. ICYMI… January cover girl Brooke Burke...

Life + Culture

A Love That Waited

An Op-Ed on Love Beyond Loss Article by Lorraine Tallman | Photography by McKindree Marie Photography An op-ed by Lorraine Tallman, the driving force behind Amanda Hope Rainbow Angels, a nonprofit she founded following the loss of her daughter, Amanda. Some love stories arrive all at once. Others take decades, circling, pausing, letting life unfold, before finally finding their way home. Ours began in the late 1980s at a trade show in Chicago. I was setting up my booth when Jeff kept...