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72 SANTA MONICA SIMPLICITY A Circa-1930 Spanish Revival In The Santa Monica Canyon Area Sharpens Its Edge Text by Candace Ord Manroe Photography by Amy Bartlam & Bethany Lynn Nauert

80 THE HOUSE WHISPERERS Designer Macdonald Teams With Wade Design Architects Text by Kendra Boutell Photography by Paul Dyer

90 CARTE BLANCHE Barclay Butera Designs A Dream House

Near The Sea Text by Kathy Bryant Photography by Mark Lohman

98 RARE BEAUTY This 15,000 Square Foot Estate Is Designed

With Understated Elegance And Fine Finishes Text by Vanessa Kogevinas Photography by Matt Walla

108 CREATING EXQUISITE HOMES Designer Kari Arendsen Believes There Is A Deeper Purpose Behind Interior Design Text by Kavita Daswani Photography by Brevin Blach

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ABOVE Designer Jennifer Macdonald of Jennifer Robin Interiors teams with Wade Design

Architects to translate the home owners’ vision into reality. An entry hallway leads to an expansive great room with soaring cathedral ceilings. See story beginning on page 80.

Photograph by Paul Dyer.

RIGHT When interior designer Patricia Dale Roberts and her husband Fred Roberts were

planning their annual enchilada party, they knew weather could be a factor. It was 100 degrees on the day of the event and that meant setting tables in their garden and the dining room of their sweet farmhouse, fondly dubbed the Lone Star Farm. See story beginning on page 122. Photograph by R. Brad Knipert.

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118 62 DESIGNER PROFILE Designer Donna Livingston’s Work Is Timeless

BY KATHY A. MCDONALD

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28 BOOKS Zaha Hadid Architects: Redefining Architecture and Design

32 CALENDAR California Museums And Galleries

BY CATHY MALY

37 NOTEBOOK

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66 EVENTS & AFFAIRS Exciting And Prestigious Events Throughout The State

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118 TASTING ROOM DESIGN Catherine Kwong Designs Napa’s Brown Downtown

BY KENDRA BOUTELL

122 ENTERTAINING Designer Patricia Dale Roberts Brings A Taste of Tex-MexTo Healdsburg

37 Visionary | Architect Gil Schafer 40 Shop | Allison Caccoma 42 Shop | Shopping with Kendall on Sacramento Street 46 Product |Tim Corrigan 48 Product | Bath Round Up 50 Flooring | Stark

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133 TRAVEL

The Glass Family Returns To Santa Monica, Building A Legacy of California Estates

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64 INDUSTRY PROFILE

BY ERIKA LENKERT PHOTOGRAPHY BY R BRAD KNIPERT

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Editor’s Letter

Contributors

R. BRAD KNIPSTEIN

Welcome to our Fall 2017 issue. We have, as indicated on the cover, a diverse selection of award winning homes. Architect Paul Brant Williger and designer Nancy Isaacs worked together to remodel a 1930s Spanish Revival in one of the Santa Monica canyons. The tree shaded property could be in the country instead of right in the middle of one of our most highly populated areas. But if you want rural country living then read the story on a 100 acre ranch along the Gaviota coast. Designed by

R. Brad Knipstein has been creating images since he was very young. If you ask him, he will tell you “I have been working on my portfolio since I was 12. When my grandmother gave me my first portfolio case to display my prints.” Of course that was back in the film days where he crafted black and white fiber prints in a closet turned darkroom at his family’s home. To this day he carries the same passion and enthusiasm for photography with him everywhere he happens to be. R. Brad Knipstein Studio is a full service studio. From finding locations to retouching to pre-press and everything in between, photo production is his business. See his photography beginning on page 122.

legendary Mark Weaver of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, with architecture by Jock Sewall, this 100 acre ranch is totally self sufficient. Further north interior designer Jennifer Macdonald of Jenifer Robin Interiors worked with the architectural firm of Wade Design Architects to create a contemporary ranch home In St. Helena. We could not resist Barclay Butera’s redesign of a Balboa Island home in Newport Beach . Further south the Encinitas home by designer Kari Arendsen of Intimate luxury Interiors in Solano Beach, is perfect for a bachelor with children. We hope you enjoy the diversity of

KATHY A. MCDONALD Kathy A. McDonald is a Los Angeles-based, freelance entertainment and lifestyle journalist and photographer. She writes about the intersection of Hollywood and lifestyle, real estate, destinations and the visual arts for print and online publications. A veteran Variety features contributor, McDonald has reported on independent film, documentaries, location production, destinations, real estate and film festivals for the magazine.

She’s also an advocate for historic preservation and mother of two sons. See her story on designer Donna Livingston beginning on page 62.

these homes featured. I think you will.

Our Fall issue would not be complete without our yearly food and wine section including a delightful country-style entertaining story in Healdsburg. Check out the chickens.

This is our final quarterly issue. Our bi-monthly schedule begins with the Nov/Dec 2017 issue. Stay tuned.

Susan McFadden Editor in Chief

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PAUL DYER Paul Dyer was not given a camera at age 10. A degree in finance led him to a short-lived suit and tie stint working as a loan officer, which was followed by several other relatively brief yet equally diverse career choices including salesman, chef and construction worker. The one constant throughout these professional meanderings was his love of photography, which had grown into a serious and increasing consuming hobby. He has been shooting architecture, hospitality and people in San Francisco for 15 years and has never looked back.

See Paul’s photography beginning on page 80.

Letters

Your summer issue featuring “Summer on the Coast,” was superb. Thank you for including the boat in Newport harbor.

It made us feel as though summer was really here.

John McMahan Laguna Beach, CA As a long time reader of California Homes I just want to say that your magazine keeps improving. I buy it at Barnes & Noble but may just need to subscribe after all these years. Thank you for a quality publication.

Catherine Murphy Costa Mesa, CA How honored I am to be the de facto “Cover Girl” of California Homes during your twenty-year anniversary celebrations and summer issue. Truly, the tribute to your lovely publication is the fact that it sold out at all locations in my area. I’ve been an avid follower of your magazine for many years so please accept my sincere appreciation and hopes for continued success.

Nina Terzian Santa Barbara, CA I want to thank you for the feature on our room in the San Francisco Showcase story of your summer issue. It was pointed out to me that the caption for the photo credits for the room I designed mistakably went to Erin Martin. I would appreciate a correction letting your readers know in fact, the design is by Beth Martin. Thank you.

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Zaha Hadid Architects: Redefining Architecture and Design

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Foreword by Patrik Schumacher The world lost a creative genius in 2016 when Iraq-born architect Dame Zaha Hadid died. She challenged the limits of architecture and engineering and, in the process, created some of the most iconic buildings of her time.

“I don’t think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think,” Hadid said. This extensive monograph proves that her buildings, both built and unbuilt, did just that. Her firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, continues her commitment to her ideals of fluidity, innovation, originality and organic progression.

For those who have not experienced her buildings first hand, this book is full of “wow” moments, followed by a desire to actually visit the edifices.

One of her considered masterworks is the London Aquatics Centre built for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Here she used double-curvature geometry to create arches to define form. Another masterpiece in London is The Serpentine Sackler Gallery. Here she cleverly combined an existing 19th-century brick structure with a 21st century tensile structure to create something entirely new. The undulating curves seen here are evident in many of her buildings.

The Heydar Aliyev Center in Azerbaijan shows a continuous, fluidity that she managed to achieve in column-free spaces that allow visitors to be enveloped by the structure. The Stuart Weitzman Flagship Store in Milan takes the simple chore of buying shoes to the level of going to an art museum.

The built projects by Hadid Architects are the first part of the book, while works in progress throughout the world are featured in the last pages. Morpheus in Cotai, Macau, is a hotel with 40 floors and an exposed exoskeleton that creates a powerful design. It would be an amazing experience to stay there.

After reading and exclaiming over this book, one finds it easy to understand why Hadid won the 2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize as well as the 2016 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects. She was also recently included on Forbes’ list of the World’s Most Powerful Women.

“She is a planet in her own inimitable orbit,” said Rem Koolhaas, architect and mentor to Hadid. That she was.

Zaha Hadid Architects: Redefining Architecture and Design

By Zaha Hadid Architects, Foreword by Patrik Schumacher 276 pages; 400 color illustrations Hardcover: US $75.00 ISBN: 9781864706994

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Calendar MUSEUMS & GALLERIES ASIAN ART MUSEUM – SAN FRANCISCO

Celebrate the rich diversity of Philippine art with 25 compelling works recently added to the Asian Art Museum’s collection. Expressive indigenous carving, jewelry and textiles; Christian devotional statues from the Spanish colonial period; postwar genre and landscape paintings; and contemporary works come together in this intimate exhibition to tell fascinating and complex stories of the Philippines.

Philippine Art: Collecting Art, Collecting Memories reveals the Philippines’ role as a center of artistic exchange and innovation, where artists with their own indigenous religions and traditions were exposed to new ideas from the trade between China and India. The museum is pleased to share these new acquisitions, many on view for the first time, through March 11, 2018, with our Bay Area community, which has been so enriched by its residents of Filipino ancestry.

For more information please call 415.581.3500 or visit www.asianart.org.

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Woman’s shawl (manton de Manila), 1920 Silk Asian Art Museum Fernando Amorsolo Farmers working and resting, 1955 Oil on canvas Asian Art Museum

For more information please call 213.232.6200 or visit www.thebroad.org.

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART

Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now brings together forty-nine artworks, consisting of installation, sculpture, photography, and video, dating from the early 1990s to the present. A distinctive figure in the international legacy of installation art, Soares interweaves themes of love, desire, memory, and time in her minimal, conceptual, and multi-sensorial bodies of work. Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now is part of the major initiative, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles taking place from September 2017 through January 2018.

For more information please call 805.963.4364 or visit www.sbma.net.

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Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room single installation is different than this special exhibition. The Infinity Mirrored Room is an installation that is on view now.

The larger exhibition will run from October 21, 2017 through January 1, 2018.

The Broad’s first visiting special exhibition, Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors—the first institutional survey to explore the celebrated Japanese artist’s immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms—will embark on the most significant North American tour of her work in nearly two decades, and The Broad will be the only California museum to host the exhibition.

Yayoi Kusama The Obliteration Room, 2002 to present Furniture, white paint and dot stickers Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirrored Room - The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away, 2013 Wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic panel, rubber, LED lighting system, acrylic balls and water

Valeska Soares Any Moment Now, 2014 365 vintage dust jackets mounted on linen panels and 4 vintage library ladders

Calendar | MUSEUMS & GALLERIES ERIN HANSON GALLERY – SAN DIEGO

The spring of 2017 marked the greatest spring bloom California has seen in over 15 years, a phenomenon even visible from space. Not one to shy away from an excursion, contemporary impressionist Erin Hanson raced to experience this incredible and rare occurrence in Southern California’s iconic Borrego Springs to photograph the lush blooms before they crisped in the brutal California sun. Hanson then went further in her travels and explored the super bloom in other parts of California, next traveling to Arizona and Texas hill country (which is famous for its wildflowers) to photograph the colorful flowers blooming after this year’s heavy rains.

The Super Bloom Show features iconic blooming ocotillos and fields of lush wildflowers in Erin Hanson’s signature open impressionistic style.

This collection will be available for viewing in September.

Jason Kowalski Valley Drive In 12.75 x 20 inches Oil on wood

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Andy Burges Wexler in Bright Blues 6 x 8 inches Oil on panel

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Sue Greenwood Fine Art is pleased to announce a new exhibition this fall featuring a Vintage Group Exhibition. The show will run September 20th - October 30th and the opening with artist reception will be Thursday, October 5th from 6-9pm. The artists in the exhibition will be Andy Burgess, Robert Laduke, Dave Lefner, Jason Kowalski With guest artist, Bradford Salamon.

The gallery is located at 330 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651. For more information please call 949.494.0669 or visit www. suegreenwoodfineart.com

Erin Hanson Northern Blooms Oil on canvas 36 x 50 inches

Erin Hanson Borrego in Bloom Oil on canvas 40 x 30 inches

Erin Hanson Mustard Blooms Oil on canvas 54 x 40 inches

CHRISTOPHER GRIMES GALLERY – SANTA MONICA

Christopher Grimes Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of video works by Gianfranco Foschino on view until October 28, 2017. Using a fixed camera and time as his primary media, Foschino captures the subtle variances of the landscape, bringing attention to the effects of light in altering the drama of the natural scene. From peaceful, sun-drenched blue skies, to brooding storm clouds and the uneasy in-between, Foschino brings focused awareness to the celestial changes that are occurring around us at every present moment.

Gianfranco Foschino is a key figure in a new generation of artists from Chile.

The gallery is located at 916 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401.

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AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECT GIL SCHAFER

believes the most successful houses are the ones that celebrate the real moments of life—houses with timeless charm that are imbued with memory and anchored in a distinct sense of place.

“For me,” says Schafer, “architecture is never about a theoretical idea. Rather, the question is always, ‘How does it feel?

Gil Schafer

An Acclaimed Classical Architect With A Flair For Design Makes Tradition Modern All Over Again.

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“I design houses not for an architect’s ego, but for the beauty of life, the joys of family, and, not least, a heartfelt celebration of place.”

- ARCHITECT, GIL SCHAFER

TOP RIGHT A historic carriage house, restored and transformed into a modern day guesthouse. TOP LEFT An exquisitely carved antique Federal mantlepiece found for a new riverfront house is accentuated by a bold, block print wallpaper. ABOVE An enfilade with French doors opens up this historic carriage house to the garden beyond.

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Schafer, the grandson and great grandson of architects, was exposed to life in a variety of places over the course of his childhood—from New York City to Ohio, from California’s central coast to his beloved grandmother’s pink house in Georgia—each contributing to his sense of how architectural traditions and lifestyle are influenced by context.

After graduating with his Masters from the Yale School of Architecture, Schafer worked at several distinguished residential architecture practices before opening his Manhattan-based firm in 2002. Since then he’s become a figurehead in the architectural community. He is a trustee of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, and served as president and chairman of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art for over a decade.

He’s also a successful author; his first book, The Great American House, is a modern classic, and his highly anticipated second book, A Place to Call Home, will be out in October.

Ultimately, the houses Schafer designs are more than just beautiful buildings in beautiful places. In each of them, he creates a dialogue between past and present, a personalized world that people can inhabit gracefully, in sync with their own notions of home. Because, as Schafer says, “I design houses not for an architect’s ego, but for the beauty of life, the joys of family, and, not least, a heartfelt celebration of place.” CH www.gpschafer.com

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THE CLASSICIST Decoration by Allison Caccoma opens on Sacramento Street

IN JUST FOUR SHORT YEARS New York native Allison Caccoma has made a considerable contribution to the San Francisco design community with her endless energy, integrity and creative spirit. She arrived with an impressive pedigree as the protégé of the New York doyenne of design Bunny Williams. She has the same depth of knowledge and relaxed elegance as Bunny.

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“Future Perfect is one of the most exquisite contemporary design galleries in the world, and to have it on Sacramento street is just fabulous. I often source for my clients at this gallery, and whether it’s rare art finds or standout lighting, Future Perfect is a designer’s dream.”

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STREET SMART

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designer Kendall Wilkinson opened her eponymous studio on Sacramento Street in the idyllic Laurel Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. “I’ve seen the street go through an incredible transformation,” says Wilkinson who has outfitted residential projects throughout San Francisco, Napa Valley, and Mexico, and launched an indoor-outdoor fabric line for Fabricut last year. “It has always been a hub of antique stores and design shops, but now it’s got fabulous clothing stores, and with the opening of shops like de Gournay, St Frank, and Hudson Grace, Sacramento street has become a world-class design destination. As more luxury retailers move in, more designers want to be here. I love seeing the bustle of the street.”

Here, Wilkinson gives us her go-to guide to the tree-lined street—dotted with European-inspired cafés and restaurants, design ateliers, and clothing shops—that’s become a San Francisco fixture.

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“I go here regularly and treat myself to the kale caesar with chicken salad. I love the design of this cozy, Parisian-inspired café. It’s also a great place to sit down with my laptop and get some work done.”

3613 Sacramento Street, 415.914.0689; www.eatasquoted.com

“de Gournay makes the most elegant hand-painted and embroidered wall coverings. The brand specializes in reproductions of historic prints, particularly 18th-century chinoiserie and 19th-century French designs. They are now one block down the street from our studio!” 3681A Sacramento Street, 415.800.7978; www.degournay.com

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“There is just nothing more relaxing than sitting outside with a glass of wine at this neighborhood spot. It’s been on the street for years and truly is one of my favorites. It’s a home away from home and the perfect place to meet a client.” 3665 Sacramento Street, 415.921.3200; www.sfsociale.com

ST. FRANK

“This is a new store with a fresh aesthetic, and it represents the change happening on the street. With their truly gorgeous textiles and wallpaper, St Frank is a must for authentic home products that add character and a strong sense of style to any space.” 3665 Sacramento Street, 415.416.6918; www.stfrank.com

FOUND BY MAYA

“I source so many truly unique treasures from Maya Lithander Smith’s store. Whether it’s rugs, lightening, or accessories, I always find something special. This is world class shopping here, on par with New York and Paris.”

3484 Sacramento Street, 415.780.1082; www.foundbymaya.com

HUDSON GRACE

“If I need fabulous accessories for a home, or a last-minute gift, Hudson Grace never fails me. With their black quartz votives, their linens, and their collection of shelter books, you cannot go wrong.” 3350 Sacramento Street, 415.440.7400; www.hudsongracesf.com 44 | CALIFORNIA HOMES

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interior designer Timothy Corrigan and French luxury branch THG, Corrigan combines west coast casual lifestyle with European classicism and attention to detail for his new collection.

THG’s West Coast series is a true work of art and pure craftsmanship, featuring inlays within the faucet handles of either black or white onyx or a Guilloché metal pattern. The Guilloché is a decorative technique in which a very precise, intricate and repetitive pattern is mechanically engraved into an underlying material via engine turning. This technique, which was a popular motif in fine watches and decorative accessories in the 1920s, allows for greater delicacy, precision and closeness of line. Corrigan’s signature sophisticated European design aesthetic displays further with belted waist and finial details on the handles and spouts. www.thgusa.com, www.timothy-corrigan.com

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Made in the USA, the looms create nuanced designs and colorations with deconstructed/reconstructed patterns. The uniqueness of these products in their five vibrant hues is vividly apparent. Beautifully rich in color, Revel is a modern classic.” www.starkcarpet.com

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NORTON SIMON MUSEUM – PASADENA

Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor Exhibition marks the centenary of Degas’s death by presenting the Museum’s entire collection of bronze models for the first time Nov. 10, 2017–April 9, 2018. The Norton Simon Museum presents Taking Shape: Degas as Sculptor, an illuminating exhibition that explores the improvisational nature of Edgar Degas’s artistic practice and considers the affinities between sculpting, painting and drawing in his oeuvre. By bringing together the Museum’s entire collection of models, the first and only set of bronzes cast from the artist’s original wax and plaster statuettes, and related pastels, drawings and paintings, Taking Shape offers viewers the opportunity to study Degas’s artistic process across media.

Seen together, this expansive body of Degas’s works—one of the largest collections of its kind in the world—celebrates the artist’s boundless enthusiasm for creation and his insatiable impulse to build form.

For more information please call 626.449.6840 or visit www.nortonsimon.org.

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THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART

Visitors to The San Diego Museum of Art will have the special opportunity to experience the beauty and power of French Impressionism with a special viewing of Claude Monet’s 1904 painting Le Bassin de Nympheas. During the last two decades of his life, Monet created approximately 250 studies of the lily pond in his garden at Giverny, at different times of the day and in various weather conditions. Often working outside, Monet applied broad brushstrokes to create surface texture and a remarkable sense of immediacy and light. This commitment to the motif demonstrated Monet’s never-ending desire to portray the constantly changing qualities of light and color in nature. The canvas will be on display in the Gluck Gallery on the second floor of the Museum, where it can be viewed alongside three Post-Impressionist works of art from The San Diego Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Reflections on Monet is on view until January 21, 2018.

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The sound is unmistakable: the thundering hooves of a running horse. Powerful, quick and, fueled by the grass it converts into energy, the horse was the vital machine that helped people traverse and transform Sonoma County’s landscape beginning in the 1700s. The introduction of horses transformed Native American cultures and helped usher in the age of the sprawling cattle ranch. The horse also developed into a favorite pastime of well-off enthusiasts, and Sonoma County became a center for fast horses- a legacy that lives on today and has developed into a nearly half billion-dollar industry. Equine Epochs recounts the role of the horse in Sonoma County. From the plow horse to the champion racer, explore the history and ongoing legacy of the horse in Sonoma County in this exhibition, Equine Epochs: History of Sonoma County Horses on view through November 5, 2017. This exhibition is presented by The California Equestrian Park and Event Center & The Sonoma County Horse Council.

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Buzz on in to OMCA’s Gallery of California Natural Sciences for the can’t-miss, family-friendly exhibition, Bees: Tiny Insect, Big Impact. Immerse yourself in the wildly diverse and intricate world of one of the most exciting creatures we know, with exciting activities in the gallery:

• Touch on topics of Bay Area beekeeping and the diversity of bee species by trying on a beekeeper suit and examining real bee specimens under a giant microscope.

• Discover the similarities and differences between bees and humans while you crawl through a person-sized honeycomb.

• Check out a beautiful handcrafted bee hotel installed in the OMCA Garden and plan your own bee-friendly garden.

• Explore the causes of bee population decline, learn about the significance of bees to California’s economy and ecosystems, and discover how your own actions can help bees to survive in a changing world.

The exhibition is extended now through October 22, 2017.

For more information please call 510.238.3593 or visit www.museumca.org.

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CLASSIC CALIFORNIA The Glass Family Returns to Santa Monica, Building a Legacy of California Estates

BY CAREY WILLIAMS

AFTER MANY YEARS in Orange County, building fine estates from Newport

Coast to Shady Canyon, Glass Residential Group returns home to Santa Monica.

This is where the family legacy began, and it’s only fitting to have them back on their own turf.

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Every residence in the Glass collection is a unique work of art, reflecting the unwavering passion the firm brings to the process. The Glasses have built for the West Coast’s most prestigious enclaves, including Beverly Park, Malibu, Pacific Palisades and Beverly Hills, and have amassed an impressive portfolio of homes for notable clients, including Rod Stewart, Kenny G and Sugar Ray Leonard.

As the third-generation head of Glass Residential Group, Rob Glass travels the globe – from Milan to Morocco, Paris to Provence, Chianti to the Cinque Terre – to draw design inspiration from the most beautiful estates in the world, and to bring back the breathtaking architectural details that give his homes history, refinement and a unique sense of place.

According to Rob Glass, “We are very proud of our family tradition, and feel honored to have worked with some of the

LEFT Intricate ceiling details are featured throughout the 15,000 sq ft Moorish Andalusian ocean front home. BELOW 23,000 sq ft Provencal Bastide in Shady Canyon. The home includes French reclaimed fireplaces, beams and flooring. BELOW LEFT The Provence style home features French imported 19th century shutters and stone cladding from the Burgundy region. OPPOSITE TOP Glass worked in collaboration with Richard Manion and William Hablinski Architecture to create this Italian Tuscan Villa. Glass traveled as far as Nimes, France to bring back limestone from the Old Court House. OPPOSITE MIDDLE Two-story walnut paneled library, with 17 foot ceilings, complete with a powder room and bar. OPPOSITE BOTTOM The pool is made from micro mosaic tiles imported from Morocco.

finest architects on the west coast, from Richard Landry to Richard Manion. Not everyone understands how to authentically evoke the spirit of classical architecture, infused with fresh California flair. This is what we do best, and we enjoy every minute of it.”

Rob has been known to travel to three or four countries to locate just the right mantle or porte cocher that fits the style of the home. “While traveling in Avignon,” says Rob, “we stopped for lunch in St Remy de Provence and I fell in love with the Chateau des Alpilles, enough to recreate this masterpiece in Southern California. We created a 22,000 square foot modern day transitional “Castle” originally constructed in 1825! I wonder if they could imagine computer controlled smart systems, dedicated home theaters, auto turntables and pocketing door systems 200 years ago?! We can and did!”

Son and partner Josh Glass says, “I’ve always been inspired by fine craftsmanship, and I like to bring those wonderful architectural details to life in all of our projects. The west coast offers so many opportunities for great architecture, and it’s a pleasure to be here, and to be instrumental in transforming the residential landscape.”

After thirty years in the family business, Rob and Josh Glass understand historic inspiration, heritage and luxury, and how to bring an elegant estate to life that truly stands the test of time. CH www.glassresgroup.com

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Designer Profile This stately Hamptons home is study in contrasts of understated hues. The interplay of natural materials and light creates livable yet sophisticated interiors.

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Designer Donna Livingston’s Work Is Timeless

BY KATHY A. MCDONALD

STAYING POWER IS A RARE THING in the interior design business. Almost four decades ago, Los Angeles’

Donna Livingston found her calling. She’s kept the same office for 37 years (around the corner from The Ivy Restaurant on Robertson Boulevard), where her full service firm keeps the process seamless and remarkably stress-free for her many clients. “One of the most important things to me is first understanding your client then understanding the shell of the space: from that you get what the space should look like,” explains Livingston, the founder and principal at Donna Livingston Design.

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For a Bridgehamton project, an exquisitely handcrafted table from Gregorius Pineo anchors an Amadi Carpets’ statement blue indigo rug.

That approach works well for the interior decorator and designer who responds speedily to requests from her residential and commercial clients across the U.S. Today’s pace requires almost instant response; technology—like CAD software— facilitates the work but Livingston still finds inspiration via traditional means. “When you live and breathe a particular field that you love, inspiration flows,” Livingston says. She often begins on a project before the architectural details are in place studying magazines, books and her vast collection of design idea folders both digital and analog. “I still enjoy literally pulling out files, doing presentation boards with choices of fabrics and I never do a project without drawings,” she advises.

Although these days, those drawings are computer generated.

Her influences are many but she cites Michael Taylor and the late Kalef Alaton as most important in the development of her own imprint. Alaton in particular, had a refined style that combined scale, color, modern pieces and antiquities, with a timeless flair. “To this day, his designs still resonate in an elegant movement,” says Livingston. She often layers her projects, beginning with a beige palette, adding fabrics, textured rugs and art to bring in color. A good rug is an essential foundation, she adds.

Livingston predicts bold and deep jewel colors are making a return, providing a richness to interiors.

Stark, white boxes are trending out and she’s always avoided “shiny” finishes. She describes her style as sophisticated but ultimately livable, explaining, “I try to create rooms where people automatically feel comfortable.” Mixing old and new, expensive and inexpensive pieces is her approach. “A good designers helps their client blend good quality along with reasonable choices as well,” she makes clear.

Her career has been very rewarding; Livingston emphasizes her commitment to clients and her ability to alleviate their stress. “My goal is make it turnkey: I give them a key and it’s their home.” CH

ABOVE Livingston’s design adds scale, comfort and luxury to this airy bedroom. TOP LEFT Quartz stone

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Industry Profile LEFT Catalina stone

is an excellent choice for those looking for a traditional style, but with clean lines and smooth texture. It can be laid in an ashlar pattern as shown here, or in random straight lines for a more modern look. BELOW One of our perennial favorites, Mega Lafitt, is a great choice for those looking for a traditional stone texture. Its chiseled rugged style is timeless.

It’s 80 mm thick, and can be used for a driveway aa shown, but also works very well for walkways, patios, and terraces.

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This Well Known Company Leads The Latest Trend In Pavers BY KAVITA DASWANI MODERN CALIFORNIAN ARCHITECTURE is marked by an especially becoming feature: light-filled indoor spaces that spill out onto outdoor areas, themselves filled with gourmet kitchens, cosy fireplaces and attractive furniture.

The result: a renewed focus on pavers in clean and contemporary colors and textures - designed to mirror the prettiness of water features and chic lounging spots that are becoming a hallmark of high-end Californian homes.

“There’s been a shift in almost every market, especially in California, where pavers that were once more natural and rustic are laid out in a more linear and contemporary fashion,” said Joe Raboine, national design and training specialist for Atlanta-based Belgard, a top US manufacturer of exterior hardscape and paving stones. “There is less of a cobblestone texture. And while we sometimes see brighter red or terracotta shades, mostly colors are muted, leaning towards grey and tan.”

Fitting in with that trend is the brand’s Catalina Stone, which is smaller than traditional paving stones and is most often used for areas around the house other than the driveway; it has a smooth texture and is a way to demarcate inviting seating or lounging areas from other parts of an outdoor space. Mega Lafitt, another in-demand Belgard product, is more

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traditional, said Raboine, and makes for an elegant driveway or to line a path towards an imposing door. Homeowners and developers said Raboine, are investing more in the quality of hardscaping, especially given that it’s a once-in-a-lifetime purchase, and that the right pavers can significantly elevate the appeal of a house.

“Over the past four or five years, builders have really jumped on board, showing more of a connection than ever before, that what’s happening inside the house translate to the outside,” said Raboine. “The spaces flow seamlessly.” CH

Eco Dublin brings the classic look of cut stone together with contemporary materials technology. It is the latest addition to Belgard’s Environmental Collection of permeable paver systems that reduce water run-off.

“Over the past four or five years, builders have really jumped on board, showing more of a connection than ever before, that what’s happening inside the house translate to the outside,” said Raboine. “The spaces flow seamlessly.”

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Events & Affairs WestEdge Design Fair 2017 WestEdge is a three-day event, Friday, October 19 thru Sunday, October 22, that offers the best in modern design, all in an environment designed to engage, entertain and inspire. The fair offers the opportunity to shop from premium home furnishings brands-many new to the West Coast and meet the designers behind thousands of inspiring products. In addition, attendees gain insight from leading names in the design industry with a full series of educational programs and special events.

Home to internationally renowned museums, leading design schools, hundreds of manufacturing brands, and a prodigious number of leading architecture and design firms, we can’t think of a better place to celebrate progressive, contemporary design than in Southern California.

LEFT Los Angeles Fine Art Gallery BELOW Butchoff Antiques BOTTOM LEFT

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For more information please call 917.822.0350 or visit www.westedgedesignfair.com.

San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show The 2017 San Francisco Fall Art & Antiques Show will take place Thursday, October 26 through Sunday, October 29 at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture’s Festival Pavilion. The always fabulous Opening Night Preview Gala, benefitting Enterprise for Youth will open the Show on October 25, 2017.

With a hometown nod to the 50th anniversary of San Francisco’s historic Summer of Love, the 2017 show theme is FLOWER POWER: Floral Imagery in Art, Antiques & Design.

For more information please call or visit call 415.989.9019 www.sffas.org.

Palm Springs Modernism Show – Fall Preview The fourth annual Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale – Fall Edition, held during Modernism Weeks’ Fall Preview October 20-11, 2017 will showcase 40 premier national and international decorative and fine arts dealers. This popular event, held at the Palm Springs Convention Center, located at 277 North Avenida Caballeros in Palm Springs, CA is a more intimate version of the annual Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale held in February. A festive opening night party and early buying preview reception benefiting Modernism Week will be held Friday evening, October 20 from 6pm - 8pm. And offers attendees a cocktail reception, live music and an exclusive sneak peek at the Modernism Show & Sale before it opens to the public.

Tickets for the Friday night early buying preview reception at $60 in advance at modernismweek.com.

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Events & Affairs ICCAA – Legacy Dinner The Northern California Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) will honor dedicated and greatly admired interior designer Suzanne Tucker during its inaugural Legacy Dinner on Monday, September 18, 2017 at San Francisco’s Veteran’s Memorial Green Room.

Suzanne Tucker is recognized today as one of the country’s leading interior designers, known for her timeless style, elegant interiors and her passion for architecture and the decorative arts. Having worked under the legendary Michael Taylor and often referenced as his protégée, she and her husband/partner Timothy F. Marks, founded Tucker & Marks in 1986, building it into the distinguished firm it is today. Suzanne Tucker Home was launched in 2010 with her textile, tabletop and home furnishings line. Suzanne’s first monograph, Rooms to Remember, The Classic Interiors of Suzanne Tucker (The Monacelli Press, 2009) was followed by the publication of Suzanne Tucker Interiors – The Romance of Design (The Monacelli Press, 2013).

For more information please visit www.classicist-nocal.org.

Taste of Italy 2017 The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles presents the ninth annual Taste of Italy, Los Angeles’ premiere food and wine event, on Saturday, October 14th. The heart of historic Downtown Los Angeles will be transformed into a charming Italian Piazza, where guests enjoy an evening of Italian cuisine, culture, and entertainment.

The Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, or IAMLA, is located in the historic Italian Hall, which was constructed in 1908 to serve as a gathering place for the Italian community. Today, the Italian Hall is the oldest remaining structure from Los Angeles’ Italian enclave, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The IAMLA opened in 2016, and is jointly operated by the Historic Italian Hall Foundation and the City of Los Angeles.

For more information about Taste of Italy and the Italian American Museum of Los Angeles, please visit www.iamla.org or call 213.485.8432.

The Decorative Arts Society of Orange County 23nd Annual Series of Lecture Guests and Programs The Decorative Arts Society is pleased to announce our 2017/2018 guest lecture series. The lecture series is held at Edwards Big Newport Theatre at 300 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach.

Breakfast Buffet begins at 9:30am and the speaker is from 10am - 11am. Non-members/guests are welcome to attend for a $75.00 fee payable at the door. The 2017/2018 Schedule is as follows.

October 10, 2017 – Steve and Brooke Giannetti, Architect and Interior Designer: Stories and Dreams: Designing a Personal Home November 14, 2017 – Susanna Salk, Designer and Stylist: Decorate Fearlessly with Susanna Salk February 13, 2018 – Bobby McAlpine, Architect- Poetry of Place March 13, 2018 - Ben Page, Landscape Architect: Tradition in Transition – Profiles in Design April 10, 2018 – Brian Coleman, Author: Porthault: The Art of Luxury Linens Through this series their members expand their knowledge of the decorative arts. Their subscriptions and donations to the Decorative Arts Society provide funds for projects and programs which benefit women and children in Orange County.

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For more information please visit www.decorativeartssociety.net

DIFFA X THRIVE @ WestEdge Design Fair October 19-22, 2017 The Barker Hangar Santa Monica, CA DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS and the Thrive Tribe Foundation join forces for an exclusive auction and reception.

View great design while supporting our efforts to help individuals impacted by HIV/AIDS Visit diffa.org or thethrivetribe.org for more information

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California Homes presents the 32nd Annual Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club Holiday Home Tour. The Pacific Palisades Home Tour is one of the most anticipated annual community events attracting approximately 1,000 visitors. This annual tradition allows our Club to raise significant funds to support community projects. Join us and tour architecturally distinct and beautiful homes in the Pacific Palisades area. Enjoy a day of design and beauty, plus shop our wonderful Holiday Boutique, where you will find unique and special gifts and accessories for everyone on your shopping list. Since 1925, the Pacific Palisades Woman’s Club has been dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of life in the Pacific Palisades community.

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Crisp Spanish Revival architecture from the 1930s attracted the homeowners. The only change to the original facade is a new wrought-iron gate. OPPOSITE A dining room vignette mixes antique chairs with modern art. The homeowners’ important art collection spans periods to include Old Masters.

Santa Monica Simplicity A CIRCA-1930 SPANISH REVIVAL IN THE SANTA MONICA CANYON AREA SHARPENS ITS EDGE TEXT BY CANDACE ORD MANROE | PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMY BARTLAM & BETHANY LYNN NAUERT

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BELOW The kitchen’s Mosaic House “Moroccan” white tile backspash, in concert with the room’s white walls and cabinets, cre-

ates a clean foil for the richly contrasting dark-stained original ceiling beams, replicated in the newly opened-up family room for overhead flow. Countertops are Lagos Blue limestone. Drapery fabric in the family room is Pindler and Pindler. BOTTOM Architect Paul Brant Williger and interior designer Nancy Isaacs collaborated to preserve the Spanish Revival architecture while refreshing the house for modern living. The living room painting is a Helen Frankenthaler.

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curbside sycamore with a dramatic list towards the sun is more than an easy ID for the house it shades. The tree jumpstarts a leafy ambience so insulating—especially out back—it belies an urban address that’s only a minute’s drive from downtown Santa Monica.

And fitting for a property with a Hollywood heritage that includes director Henry Jaglam as a previous owner, the sycamore’s naturally whitewashed bark fades, as though on cue, into the crisper white stucco of the vintage Spanish Revival architecture behind it.

“Even though there are neighbors all around, the house feels very private,” observes architect Paul Brant Williger, a protege of Robert AM Stern who launched his own eponymous firm in 2013 after serving as a principal at Appleton & Associates.

“A back courtyard stair leads to the upper garden. Lined with newly planted olive trees, a gravel-lined linear axis with a center fountain has very much a European, kind of Tuileries Garden feel.”

Working with interior designer Nancy Isaacs, Williger updated the residence for clients Robert and Erin Mulcahy Stein. Robert is now a film producer after a long career with William Morris Agency, and Erin, a lawyer and producer, is director of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, overseeing The Shriver Report initiative for

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A Parsons dining table is circumscribed by antique Italian oak chairs covered in a Kravet linen. The chandelier is from ADG Lighting. Photography by Flor Garduno is the room’s art.

The living room steps up into the dining room through an open doorway. Visual continuity is created by the rich dark finish on wood floors and the repeat of wrought iron on fixtures, all chosen by Isaacs for the unimpeded flow of a painting.

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BELOW LEFT Bottle glass added to an arch window provides privacy while letting in the light. Art above the one of a pair of demilunes. Both demilunes are illuminated by a Paul Ferrante sconce. BELOW RIGHT The bar Isaacs believes essential for empty nesters is crowned by an original Rembrandt.

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RIGHT Upholstered in Calvin Klein, the four arm chairs that create the living room conversation area are Isaacs’ custom design, as is the coffee table, all of which provide crisp simplicity to allow the architecture to speak; pillow fabric is Michael Smith’s Jasper. The S & J Biren jute rug enriches the textural mix without busyness. Pleated drapery panels in a Kravet fabric exude understated sophistication.

Patio furniture on the courtyard beyond the master bedroom is Brown Jordan; the garden stool is from MIX Furniture. Isaacs teamed her custom armchair with bedside tables from Noir and antique lamps. Sconces are Visual Comfort.

Maria Shriver. They chose the modest-size canyon house when their Brentwood home felt too large after all three sons finished college. “I give the owners a lot of credit for being able to see the potential. This was a charming house with good bones that needed some love, but not everyone has imagination,” says Williger.

“They were attracted to the Spanish Revival architecture,” says Isaacs, noting that the couple’s Brentwood home also was Spanish style. “They wanted to maintain the architecture’s integrity while bringing the house into the 21st century.”

Though the redo required no additional square footage, much gutting was necessary, especially in the kitchen. The only feature preserved there was its ceiling beams, which Williger replicated for the family room to create one contiguous, flowing space. He opened up the walls between the two rooms, delineating them instead with a counter that serves as kitchen work space on one side and a breakfast bar on the other. He also reoriented the staircase to the terrace for a cleaner look.

Isaacs designed the white-upholstered family room sofa as well as the four white chairs and the table in the living room. “I wanted you to walk in and feel comfortable, serene,” she says. “Erin has impeccable taste that includes a beautiful art collection and some very nice antiques. I complemented this with very simple lines and clean upholstery. I used some color, but not a lot, as I wanted the architecture to speak for itself. I chose fabrics that tied into the art and were also

Erin’s favorite colors. And we always have to have pink roses in the living room.”

A mix of old and new furnishings mimick the architecture’s goal of retaining historic character and augmenting it with livable modernity.

The dining room illustates the mix with a sleek Parson’s table encircled by antique shield-back chairs. New wrought-iron lighting straddles both worlds. “For me, a room has to be beautiful, but it also has to feel good. It has to have lots of light,” says Isaacs, who used bottle glass in both the living room’s arched window and the round window in the family room to bathe the spaces in beautiful light without sacrificing privacy.

And for Isaacs, a grown-up house also has to have a bar. “When the kids are gone, I think one of the first things you must set up in a house is a bar,” she laughs. Using matching demilune, she created two bar stations in the living room, one of which is demurely crowned by a Renoir.

In its newest incarnation, the house retains a timeless look. “Things are feeling trendy in design,” laments Isaacs. “My style is classic while current and streamlined. I don’t like overdecorated houses. When dressing, I always take one thing off. I do the same in decorating. I never want it to be too much. Instead, I want the house to have an organic feeling that’s simple, clean, and inviting. I want rooms to flow like a painting, all the while feeling very calming and ethereal.” CH

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The HOUSE WHISPERERS DESIGNER JENNIFER MACDONALD TEAMS WITH WADE DESIGN ARCHITECTS TEXT BY KENDRA BOUTELL | PHOTOGRAPHY BY PAUL DYER

Macdonald selected Palmer Hargrave’s Left Arlus Sconce to echo the pitch of the horizontal stair rails. She counterbalanced the sleek minimalism with a rustic wooden tripod table.

OPPOSITE In the dining area, Kerry Joyce’s pale blue fabric covers Ralph Lauren chairs which surround a custom Statsky Design dining table.

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Peter Samuels’ life sized photo of a chestnut horse welcomes visitors.

The image reflects the homeowners’ passion for equestrian life, which includes a nearby horse facility. They found a kindred spirit in their interior designer and fellow equine enthusiast, Jennifer Macdonald of Jennifer Robin Interiors. To create the contemporary rural home of their dreams, the existing French farmhouse style interiors required an extensive remodel.

Macdonald’s firm Jennifer Robin Interiors teamed with Wade Design Architects to translate the couples’ vision into reality. The designer met husband and wife team Luke and Ani Wade when they worked together at the prestigious firm, Backen & Gillam Architects. After founding their companies ten years ago, the trio has collaborated on various commissions. Luke Wade described the St. Helena project, “In 2001 the clients built a house perched on a bench overlooking Napa Valley with splendid views to the south. They loved their home and location, but the house did not adequately open up to embrace the setting, the kitchen was undersized, and the master suite was a jumble.”

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ABOVE At the sink window, Waterworks’ Regulator Gooseneck Double Spout Marquee Kitchen Faucet with Matte Black Wheel Handles stands out against the verdant landscape. OPPOSITE “The existing kitchen floor had a great color but was severely cracked and needed a new radiant system underneath. We worked overtime to match the original concrete color and its patina, but it’s all new,” explained Ani Wade.

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BELOW A close up of the kitchen displays the designer’s flair for working with layered neutrals. RIGHT Macdonald built the living area around the client’s fireplace, “I loved the existing mantle and surrounding stone and didn’t want to change it” she says.She surmounted the mantle with a mirror from Lucca Antiques to reflect the great room.

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A cricket table from Sonoma Country Antiques joins the sofa and lounge chair upholstered in a blue gray Rogers & Goffigan fabric. Stark Carpet’s sisal area rug grounds the space.

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The reconfigured master bedroom suite features a rustic canopy bed. At the end of the bed, a bench from Briggs House of Antiques provides functionality.

OPPOSITE Wade Design Architects and Macdonald designed a luxurious master bath for their clients.

A trio of sconces from The Urban Electric Co. adds an elegant touch.

The architects replaced existing hinged doors with oversized sliding barn doors linking the pastoral landscape to the casual interiors. An entry hallway leads to an expansive great room with soaring cathedral ceilings. Macdonald unified the living and dining spaces with a pale color palette punctuated by shades of amber and blue. She centered the seating group on a rustic mantle with arched keystone opening. A massive coffee table fabricated by Statsky Design from 100-year-old oak floor joists anchors the living room. Macdonald sourced the soft furnishings from Dmitriy and A. Rudin.

Placed behind the sofa a metal waterfall console table delineates the living and dining areas.

A pair of black cage lanterns from Ironware International illuminate the rectangular oak Parsons dining table surrounded by wicker chairs. In the adjacent kitchen, the Wades expanded the space by incorporating square footage from a hallway. To provide continuity, they matched the existing stained concrete floor. Macdonald selected the gray soapstone counters to play against the stark white cabinetry and installed a quartet of glazed stoneware funnel pendants over the kitchen island.

After a day spent riding and caring for horses, the couple retreats to a tranquil master suite.

The architects and designer transformed the incoherent jumble of private rooms into a cohesive statement. Macdonald said of the completed project, “The home now has a modern country, California vibe.” CH

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This Cape Cod-style house was the fourth home Barclay Butera designed for this client, who is now a friend. OPPOSITE The dining area has a coastal vibe with rattan chairs, pops of color and signature hurricane lamps.

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BARCLAY BUTERA DESIGNS A DREAM HOUSE NEAR THE SEA TEXT BY KATHY BRYANT | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK LOHMAN

The living room continues the nautical theme with its blue and white color motif.

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here are echoes of the sea everywhere in this Cape Cod-style home designed by Barclay Butera owner of Newport Beach’s Barclay Butera Interiors. From water views out the expansive windows to the blue and white color palette accented with sea shell accessories, the aura of the ocean prevails. “This is our fourth home with this client with whom we’ve become very good friends,” says Butera. “They gave me free range in the design.

They liked the blue and white and we suggested tangerine for contrast.” The tangerine makes the design pop, as well as adding warmth.

When asked about his design style, Butera said that it is glamorous. “Glamorous yet livable. We used spectacular furnishings, of course, but made sure they were beach friendly and that the family could gather and relax in any room. We wanted this home to have the same chic vibe both indoors and outdoors. I often refer to the

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patios, decks and porches I design as the fifth room, especially in sunny Southern California.”

Butera was given carte blanche on this project and brought in everything new. “We love that,” he enthuses. Since the client has three children and nine grandchildren he made sure that the house was family friendly and was a comfortable loving environment.

Since the heart of the home is the great room and kitchen, Butera felt it was important to get that area right since it set the tone for the entire project. “The home was custom built on a lot on Balboa Island. It has ocean views that we captured through the positioning of windows, porches and decks. The ocean is the best supporting actress in this film.”

As for the homeowner, she is a long-time fan of Butera’s quintessential West-coast chic style. “I met Barclay over twenty years ago when he opened his first store in Newport Beach and since then have drawn inspiration and worked with him on numerous projects.

In each home his signature look has been front and center!”

All the upholstery in the house is custom-designed from Barclay Butera Home. “We were able to design each piece from top to bottom. I love designing furniture and I am thrilled to say I am launching a new 100-plus-piece collection of furniture with Lexington Home brands.” A special feature of the house is a rooftop deck where the owners can view the Fourth of July fireworks and the Christmas Boat Parade. It’s perfect for these clients who love to entertain family and friends.

This coastal-chic project is indicative of the work Butera has been doing since 1994 when he opened his showroom in Newport Beach and his design firm. Besides the thriving interior design business, Butera has a number of important design industry partners including Bradburn Gallery Home lighting, Eastern Accents bedding, Kravet textiles, among others.

One thing for sure. Barclay Butera never rests on his laurels.

Although the client loves this Balboa Island house, there is already another project in the works. CH

ABOVE The Ralph Lauren four-poster bed is complemented by the Ralph Lauren bench and is adorned with vibrant coral and turquoise bedding. TOP LEFT The sliding glass doors lead out to a chic seating area with rattan chairs and a myriad of Barclay Butera custom pillows in outdoor fabrics.

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ABOVE Sunset on Balboa Island is one of the client’s favorite times. RIGHT The master bedroom

features a stately bed from Ralph Lauren Home in dark wood and linen. BELOW The guest bedroom’s soft light blue tones mesh seamlessly with outdoor lanai seating and bay views.

“Glamorous yet livable. We used spectacular furnishings, of course, but made sure they were beach friendly and that the family could gather and relax in any room. ” —INTERIOR DESIGNER BARCLAY BUTERA

ABOVE A Buteradesigned banquette is a charming place to gather for casual meals.LEFT The roof top seating area overlooks the bay and is used by the client for parties.

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Sofas designed by Mark Weaver & Associates, Italian chairs from Cache, and a Paul Ferrante coffee table are set on a sisal from J.D. Staron in the living room. An eighteenth-century limestone mantel by Exquisite Surfaces, a chandelier by Paul Ferrante and a Richard Serra artwork are also featured. OPPOSITE A walkway on the property.

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An original oil on canvas by Ofer Samra is suspended behind the piano in the living room, and, combined with herringbone patina hardwood, a custom Mark Weaver & Associates bookcase and a Dennis & Leen armchair produce a sophisticated, comfortable space.

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of the Santa Ynez Mountains, along the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara county, a residence of the finest quality commands unobstructed one-hundred-eighty-degree views of the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands from a completely hidden one-hundred-and-six acre parcel of land, without a single other residence in sight.

The California Mission-style house was painstakingly planned and executed over the course of four years by architects Jock M. Sewall & Associates, interior design firm Mark Weaver & Associates, with all outstanding interior architecture and detailing completed by Darrell Wilson, principal associate at Mark Weaver & Associates and builders Kitchell Custom Homes.. “It is one of those rare projects where all the teams worked in complete unison to consistently bring the project up to another level,” says Mark Weaver, who established his company in 1970 and is known for his quality of work and attention to detail.

All materials and product were commissioned and selected specifically for the residence from all over the world, as well as locally, ensuring a truly unique,

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Mark Weaver and Darrell Wilson of Mark Weaver & Associates.

A Mark Weaver & Associates-designed sofa and table, along with a Paul Ferrante floor lamp and an eighteenth-century Italian grisaille offer a moment of pause in the entry loggia.

Handmade terracotta tile and wood flooring, wood beams, and arches together form a Spanish-style loggia.

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ABOVE A dining table and chairs from Cache are paired with a chandelier from Formations

in the dining room. OPPOSITE Granite countertops, and walnut cabinetry and flooring create a warm feel in the kitchen, while hand-painted backsplash tile from NS Ceramic offer a pop of color. Gregorius Pineo bar pendants.

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superior result. “The client wanted to have a world-class destination,” says architect Jock Sewall of, “designed with understated elegance and fine finishes. A home characteristic of the best coastal and traditional work.” Antique roof tile from Spain and Portugal, custom hand-hewn walnut floors, and steel doors and windows all grace the project.

“They wanted something that was not going to fail,” says Shane Mahan of Kitchell Custom Homes. “The location is breathtaking, but also remote enough that natural elements like wind, fog, rain, heat and the proximity to the ocean needed to be addressed and safeguarded against with durability.” The logistics of building such a high-end estate on previously untouched land—owned by the client for many years prior—were astounding. Infrastructure—electrical, water, gas—all had to be established. “The client was very cognizant of the pristine environment and spent considerable time and effort working with local departments and commissions to ensure a state-ofthe-art building that did not impede the setting in which it is

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located,” says Mahan.

“The entrance is designed as a classic Spanish-style loggia,” notes Weaver, off of which are a formal living room, dining room, library and powder room, as well as a generous open-plan living space comprised of a family room, kitchen, and dining area. The house features five bedrooms, eleven full baths and three half baths. The property includes a guest house, pool and spa, pool cabana, outdoor dining areas, a fountain and a fireplace.

The interior color palette is serene and muted, drawing in the colors of the surrounding landscape—hills, ocean, sand and sky.

“Portuguese, Spanish and Italian furnishings were chosen to compliment the architecture,” says Weaver. Contemporary classical elements were also incorporated to provide a fresh counterpoint.

“I think the thing that is most spectacular about this house and resonates with people,” says Weaver, “is that from all of the primary rooms you have devastating views of the entire coastline and Pacific Ocean. It’s stunning.” CH

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and bar, as well as a dining area overlook the pool and pool terrace. LEFT In the master bedroom, a chest of drawers from Formations doubles as a side table for the Portuguese-style bed featuring an Edelman leather headboard. OPPOSITE A pair of armchairs and an ottoman—all from Cache and covered in Cowtan & Tout fabric—and a SVG Ironworks table offer a cozy spot in the master bedroom.

Rug from J.D. Staron and Calvin Fabrics drapery.

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Exquisite Homes DESIGNER KARI ARENDSEN BELIEVES THERE IS A DEEPER PURPOSE BEHIND INTERIOR DESIGN TEXT BY KAVITA DASWANI | PHOTOGRAPHY BY BREVIN BLACH

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contrast against white cabinetry and rich espresso wood floors and custom iron chandeliers. The entry table displays a selection of collectibles. Table and chairs by Intimate Living Interiors. LEFT A section of the ‘gentleman’s parlor’ showcases custom iron built-in cabinets. Calcutta marble surrounds the fireplace, with the mantle holding a selection of art pieces. Around the dining table are custom alligator skin barrel chairs.

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that are tributes to quality and taste and are sure to enhance a designer’s body of work.

But the designer folds in another unique perspective as well: to bring harmony and contentment to a space, while allowing its owners to “tell the story of their lives.

“The spaces we live in have a profound influence on our overall wellbeing,” said the founder and principal designer of Solana Beach-based Intimate Living Interiors. “Colors, textures and materials are just some of the tangible elements that affect how we feel in our daily lives.”

And in order to bring forth that sense of wellbeing, Arendsen says that it is essential to know how energy flows through every room, and how light interacts with every surface.

The one question she puts to her clients is not ‘how do you want your house to look?’, but ‘how do you want to live?’

Although Arendsen has been a designer for 18 years - 12 of them with her own business - it wasn’t until 10 years ago that she focused in on this holistic approach.

“I had hit a bump, and was unsure of my destiny to design,” she said.

“I wanted something deeper and more fulfilling in my life.”

A chance encounter with a client’s family changed everything.

“They were opening up about some personal struggles and that’s when it hit me: design, in its true essence, is not superficial and consumer driven. It is something that supports our wellbeing. And that’s when I really started studying how people respond to their environments. It went from being an aesthetic-driven career to a purposedriven passion.”

Case in point: the recently-completed 6,000 square foot Encinitas home of a successful execu-tive client who is a single father. He had refined taste and was well-travelled but didn’t know quite where to

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ABOVE Gate designed by Arendsen. Lava slab surround sourced by Arendsen.

LEFT Pool and landscape design by Modern West. Furniture sourced by Arendsen.

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in the redesign of his As successful as the project was, more start home. When Arendsen with him, he had heartening to Arendsen was her client’s connected little more than a couch and response to it. “Everything shifted for desk in his home.

Arendsen and her team him,” she said. “The quality of his life worked in phases over a twoyear period, doing a complete also underwent a complete renovation.” i n t e r i o r r e n o v a t i o n a n d —DESIGNER KARI ARENDSEN

consulting on landscaping with Scott Nuschy of Encinitas-based Modern West, Inc. The interiors, filled with numerous custom-designed pieces, were done in a modern yet rich aesthetic: pale sofas, dark cushions and tables, patterned rugs in an understated palette.

Highlights of the home include customized iron and glass cabinets flanking the fireplace in the ‘gentleman’s parlor’, which also incorporates a dining room.

As successful as the project was, more heartening to Arendsen was her client’s response to it.

“Everything shifted for him,” she said. “The quality of his life also underwent a complete renovation.”

Arendsen says that her love of architecture and design “runs deep and stems from my family history of minds that are both logical and creative.

“My father is a builder, my mother is an exceptional artist and my paternal grandfather - a draftsman in the US navy in the second world war, was also my personal hero. I had all these inspirational people in my life,” she said. “I’ve always been able to tell when somebody’s surroundings feel supportive to them.” CH

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OPPOSITE Custom white linen sofa by Intimate Living Interiors accentuated by Hermes Equestrian pillow, next to table lamp made from white Carrera

marble. Side table by Baker Furniture. Draperies in linen custom-made by Cowtan & Tout. The blue and white porcelain jar is from the client’s personal collection. BELOW In the parlor, a plush banquette serves as the family’s dining room and invites lounging. The cushion fabric is by Perennials, and other pillows are in an assortment of Ralph Lauren fabrics. Wallpaper in woven cedar wood by Cole & Son. The custom table, chairs and chandelier are from Intimate Living Interiors. Sconces from Currey & Company.

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SPEAKING EASY

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Brown Downtown, a large triptych sketch portrays the story of the “Duppy Conqueror.” Inspired

by Bob Marley’s song about the duppy, malevolent spirits who haunt humans, the art reflects Bassett Brown’s Jamaican heritage. Brown, his wife Marcela, and their three grown children operate Brown Estate Vineyards. The recently completed speakeasy-styled tasting room highlights their signature Zinfandels, along with Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Tempranillo and specialty wines.

Located discreetly upstairs in the historic Napa Register Building, the loft like space includes 20-foot-high ceilings and two exterior brick walls with large arched windows. To create the elegant, sexy venue, the Browns envisioned, they hired San Francisco designer, Catherine Kwong. Attracted to her tailored yet evocative style, the family discovered Kwong’s work at the 2012 San Francisco Decorator Showcase. The designer selected a moody midnight color palette to compliment the 1905

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era architecture. She delineated the floor plan into a reception desk with four tasting areas including two bars, a lounge, and communal dining table.

At the entrance, the ancient philosopher Atticus’ quote “I hope to arrive to my death, late, in love, and a little drunk” greets visitors. Kwong chose C2 Paint, Espionage, an indigo shade, for the walls and stained the wide planked wood floor ebony. She juxtaposed the window shutters horizontal slats with vertically fluted-glass in the steel divider screens.

The bars on opposing walls feature paneled millwork cases and countertops of white marble with black veining. For seating Kwong sourced locally, installing Fyrn’s minimalistic Stemn barstools in a charcoal wood finish.

While a trio of antiqued metal lanterns illuminates one bar, the triptych depicting the Caribbean ghost buster hangs behind the other.

The lounge area mixes Eoos’ visually open Crosshatch Chair with custom channel back sofas and oval coffee tables. Across from the conversation grouping, Kwong centered a sawhorse dining table on Madeline Weinrib’s black and white Sugar wool flatweave rug.

The table flanked with simple benches invites patrons to linger while sipping Brown Estate’s 2015 Chiles Valley Zin. Brown Downtown pairs the deep, dark, and decadent wine with Cotswold Cheddar and matriarch Marcela Brown’s hand cut marmalade. CH

Inspired by Bob Marley’s song about the duppy, malevolent spirits who haunt humans, the art reflects Bassett Brown’s Jamaican heritage.

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Entertaining

The tabletop flower arrangements created by Jarrod Baumann and Jesse Lee Eller. OPPOSITE Jesse Lee Eller and Cindy Cannatella put the final touched on the outdoor dining table.

LONE STAR FARM

Designer Patricia Dale Roberts Brings A Taste of Tex-Mex to Healdsburg

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Entertaining

BELOW Garden at Lone Star Farms. BELOW RIGHT Allison Quistgard Scherer,

beauty and wellness expert /blogger [www.sprigandglow.com] and interior designer Benjamin Duong. OPPOSITE BOTTOM Landscape Architect and Principal of Zeterre Jarrod Baumann holding court.

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The saying, you can take a girl out of Texas, but you can’t take Texas out of the girl still applies, however.

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Entertaining LEFT Hostess Patricia Dale Roberts with her chickens. BELOW

Host Fred Roberts. BOTTOM LEFT Writer, Speaker and Avid Polo player Suki Forbes with Jarrod Baumann.

IT’S 110 DEGREES in the bucolic town of Healdsburg, but that’s not stopping interior designer Patricia Dale Roberts from hosting her annual enchilada party. The event has been a longstanding tradition among friends, and she and her husband, Fred Roberts, are well versed in working around Sonoma Wine Country’s sometimes-extreme summer heat.

Today, that means setting tables in the garden and the dining room of their sweet farmhouse, fondly dubbed the Lone Star Farm.

Despite the Texas reference, the property’s décor is eclectic and worldly, reflecting Patricia’s eye for design and the couple’s travels (Fred is from Texas and Patricia is from Natchez, Mississippi, but has lived, among other places, in Amsterdam, Houston, and San Francisco). It’s also distinctly Wine Country.

Emulating the casual and inviting yet sophisticated world of life among the vines, their outdoor space showcases farm-totable living with flourishing edible gardens surrounding a Mcguire table flanked by Janus et Cie chairs, and 11 friendly pet chickens; named after Patricia’s family and friends, they’re as beloved as they are sources for the freshest egg scrambles.

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But the minute the sun dips beyond the horizon, the air cools to yet another perfect Wine Country evening that begs to be enjoyed outdoors.

adorned with natural linen runners and napkins from revered Healdsburg market, shop, and restaurant, The Shed. Bouquets of seasonal, local wild flowers in hand-blown glass vases (also from The Shed) are the creations of guest and Zeterre Landscape Architecture owner Jarrod Baumann.

The saying, you can take a girl out of Texas, but you can’t take Texas out of the girl still applies, however. A stainless-steel barbecue pit, handmade by Billy Twang Mercantile and solely reserved for natural mesquite, stands in proud tribute to the couple’s Houston past. A more subtle, but critical, hint to their past is Houston-based guest Cindy Cannatella, whose enchiladas instigated the now-annual event that she co-hosts with Patricia, sometimes in places as far away as Paris, France.

As guests arrive, clad in white, as requested, it’s clear they too are indicative of Patricia and Fred’s diverse interests and experiences. Among the 20-person group are a local artist, winemaker, farmer, spa consultant, and luxury innkeepers.

Sipping margaritas and gin and tonics, as is apropos under the dry harvesttime heat, they graze the buffet of chicken enchiladas, chili con queso, chips, mango and mint salad, black beans, pickled vegetables, guacamole, and salsa made from their garden’s tomatoes, then split up between indoor and out.

But the minute the sun dips beyond the horizon, the air cools to yet another perfect Wine Country evening that begs to be enjoyed outdoors.

Tonight it’s with brownies and homemade vanilla ice cream, and, perhaps, one more freshly made margarita. CH

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Wine Travel

DECODING THE GRAPE

Southern California Vineyards and Wineries

BY KENNETH FRIEDENREICH

ABOVE Bernado Winery 50 Year Port. TOP Bernardo Winery vineyards harvest. Photography by Brant Bender.

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IF VARIETY IS ITS SPICE, then contrast is the sizzle on life’s red meat.

Nowhere does this axiom hold more dramatically than in southern California, where the 11 counties south and east of Santa Barbara contain around 200 of the state’s vineyards and wineries.

Fashion and funk compete with the audacity of motorcycles skirting the HOV lanes of its freeways, and we envy their swift temerity as they speed past slow moving cars and trucks.

There is exuberance in the edginess of the whole place. It’s not unfriendly, but we require armor, the kind with designer labels moving like banners at Agincourt or Gettysburg.

On our re-calibration of the region’s wine, the lesser known place of origin forth Golden State’s bumper crop of things to do after Disneyland, is the

ABOVE Fairmont Grand Del Mar Resort entrance. BELOW RIGHT Milagro Farms Winery. Photography by Jim Sullivan.

surprising scale of accommodations restoring the weary after a day of meeting winemakers, barrel tasting, schmoozing and recalling the wines.

We followed our grape trail from Temecula into the older settlements of the Rancho towns and the Forbidden Planet landscape of Ramona. You have to remind yourself that San Diego center is less than 30 miles away. But we were not still looking for the Rat Pack at the bar; we were looking for Pope Alexander VI and the other Borgia’s. Like them or not, they were interesting and knew how to live large. So, too, did we, at the Royal Del Mar Resort operated by the Fairmont group of upscale properties.

This one is off the charts.

This is a Renaissance palazzo with four heated pools, authentic and reinventions of Bourbon period furniture, all set within 400 acres of parkland, with service a court retainer was bred to appreciate. The snob appeal, however, puts no one off. There is élan everywhere and sprezzatura by the kilo. With a five star restaurant on the property to match the overall response to the place (the Addison), the wine cellars impose as one expects. With so many amenities, inspirited by the Breakers at Palm Beach and the architecture of Addison Mizner, you can’t go wrong except by having to leave.

Ross Rizzo, winemaker and family proprietor at Bernardo Winery in Rancho Bernardo encapsulates the disparity between accepted lore and what probably happened. A Rizzo uncle came a-hunting in a patch of old Spanish land grant vines, long neglected.

Uncle Rizzo bagged some critters, of course, but he also bagged the property. Operating since 1889, this compound is an object lesson in traditional dry farming that also produces avocados, dates, olives, as well as wine varietals. It’s nice to be on property that retains the best of pre-industrial agriculture, a part remnant of the mission tide.

Ready cash for the old Spanish land grant property came from the proximity of Tijuana, the happiest place on earth during prohibition in California.

In addition to estate grown Syrah and Zinfandel, Rizzo purveys a Chablis (Chenin Blanc and Colombard) a Rosso (Barbara and

Mouvedre) and an Alberino, this latter a Spanish varietal with increasing traction in our domestic wine scene. There’s also Port and a library of goodies, too. All this happens in a rancho compound of low slung buildings that exude the mission past.

More than other places, Woof n’ Rose is about as far from the resort ambience we endured than any other wine destination. This hill country hosts armies of boulders in hillside redoubts. The tasting room has the grace of an abandoned taco wagon, with wine barrels apparently holding the landscape in one place. Two dogs provide the woof; the roses are the very red kind. And like the Cabernet Franc, they are superior. I remain partial to small output wineries as they seem closer to the point of wine--to express the varietal and place, of course, but also the artistry and insolence of people who enjoy their work because they take pleasure in the whole cycle of producing good wines. Stephen and Marilyn Kahle who like so many former engineers turned to winemaking, made the right turn.

Ramona Ranch near the eponymous farm town, looks down on a vale of grapes from rolling hills, boulders and all. This is a little farm within a recent AVA inside the larger map of southern California wine country. It comes with estate grapes, two rescure Shetland ponies mamed Thelma and Louise, two happy winery dogs, various cats and wonderful Italian varietals like Sangiovese and Tannat and Zinfandel. Syrah is emerging as a go-to grape in these parts, and your hosts will sit you down at the dining table that is the tasting room. I congratulate Teri, Micole and the fauna for good wine priced to drink and made to recall with pleasure.

Milagro Farms Winery returns visitors to a more familiar tasting room experience; it offers varietals with a view. Once more, the old Spanish heritage informs some of their portfolio, such as the Belleno Riojo. Like wines noted above, the wines are individual takes on grapes produced in a certain place that is not swathed in the pretensions of other wine coming from better known AVAs. These vineyards tell us that the reputation of California wine rests on a plinth that virtually came onshore with Christopher Columbus.

My interest in these properties is not merely their varietal variety, but the distinctiveness of the place when set against the trust fund ambience of the better-known wine lands of California. The sizzle in this part of San Diego County is sizzle you can taste, almost as much as the steaks we had at Vintana, your typical, wine friendly eatery perched atop a giant Lexus car dealership. Isn’t that fun? Well, this is California. CH

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What could be a better place to taste local Italian wines then at the Villa at the Alighieri Winery?

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ITALIAN CUISINE IS EXTREMELY VARIED but it all stems from a love of the culture,

the fresh ingredients and the historic places where the food originated. I have a particular affinity for Northern Italian food and wine, so I was delighted to see that the Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection had a Gems of Northern Italy trip that highlighted that cuisine.

We began in Milan by visiting the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, one of the world’s oldest shopping malls, but also the place where all the Milanese meet friends to eat and drink. The Camparino there is where the Campari aperitif was born in 1867. It’s such an Italian way to start a meal. At Da Regina Ristorante, which is in the Galleria and near the Duomo, we saw entire families from grandparents to toddlers eating specialty pizzas and seafood. We surmised that eating out in restaurants on Sundays now takes the place for some Italians of big meals at home.

An Italian excursion must include wineries, and we visited the Serego Alighieri Winery on the outskirts of Verona in the Valpolicella wine country. Wines from here are the result of an unusual wine-making process: grapes are air-dried for several

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months before being crushed for fermentation. The most celebrated grape here is amarone. At the Serego Alighieri Winery, which is owned by descendants of Dante Alighieri, we saw the drying racks of grapes and had a meal paired with the wines. A risotto with amarone was paired with Possessioni Blanco 2015, while a veal shank cooked in hay with herbs and potatoes mille-fueille went well with Possessioni Rosso. A recioto (dessert wine) mousse with strawberries, chocolate and almond nougat was paired with an amarone della valpolicella classico docg masi. It’s always a pleasure to drink wine in situ with classic Italian dishes that the wines are meant to enhance.

A foodie treat was a day-long excursion to Bologna.

Everyone is familiar with spaghetti Bolognese (although they said that that is an American, not Italian, dish), but Bologna does specialize is pasta, especially tortellini. We visited Cantina Bentivoglio Ristorante for a class in pasta making. They explained that the eggs added to the flour were bright orange because they feed the chickens carrots. Whether that is accurate or not, the pasta looked easy to make in the hands of experts using rolling pins or matterellos. The

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ABOVE The Alighieri Winery is on the outskirts of Verona in the Valpolicella wine country. RIGHT Wines in the Valpolicella region are air-dried on racks like these for months before being crushed for fermentation. BELOW The Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection’s River Countess was the perfect ship from which to explore Venice and Northern Italy. www.uniworld.com

main thing we learned is that pasta should be a bit rough to allow the sauce to adhere to it.

They said that often dried pasta is better than so-called fresh pasta because the latter is too smooth and sauce falls right off it.

Walking around Bologna is a cook’s delight and we bought sausages, parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar at Tamburini, a shop chock full of delights, many hanging from the ceiling. There was also a delicious pasta meal waiting for us back at the River Countess, not to mention a comfortable bed to sink into after all that walking.

One of the highlights of the trip was a mussel harvest experience. The Uniworld River Countess docked in Venice and from there we took a small boat from Chioggia out to the lagoon to watch the mussel harvest and enjoy lunch in a fisherman’s hut, surrounded by water. Never have mussels tasted so good or so fresh. We enjoyed the casual lunch with the mussels, crusty bread and pinot grigio.

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From the ship we were able to explore Venice on our own or with others. We quickly discovered that Venetians eat all day. A cappuccino and a sweet bun for breakfast tide them over until just before noon, when they might take a glass of prosecco and cicchetti (snacks of fish, meat or vegetables). One of the favorites is a sardine spread on toast. We had our cicchetti in the Rialto Market before going with the River Countess’ chef to watch him buy vegetables and seafood for our dinner. I try to visit local markets wherever I go, and this semi-open market didn’t disappoint with the lagoon on one side and the ancient buildings on the other. Back aboard, there were classes in Veneto wine tasting with a sommelier and tiramisu making with the ship’s pastry chef.

And, of course, since we were in Venice we had to explore local restaurants to search for spaghetti con nero di sepia (with cuttle fish ink).

It may not be the most beautiful Venetian dish, but, to me, it is the tastiest. We found this special dish at Risoteca Oniga, a restaurant we found by chance. The unexpected is always the joy of Venice. Walking down its narrow streets with the sounds of water lapping against palazzi, you could be in the year 1500, not 2017. And it’s this timelessness that makes all of Italy so irresistible.

It’s a country you dream about visiting year after year. And seeing it aboard the River Countess makes it doubly special. CH

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