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features 52 MAKING IT COUNT Who would accuse actor Aaron Eckhart of taking life for granted?

60 THE CUP RUNNETH California waters host sailing’s most exclusive international event.

62 EXTREME EASTWOOD A new book chronicles Hollywood’s maverick director.

66 THINK BIG Ceramic artist Stan Bitters doesn’t dream in diminutive terms.

70 HAUTE EVENT Château Haut-Brion’s anniversary world tour hits L.A.

On Our Cover AARON ECKHART photographed by Jeff Lipsky in PS by Paul Smith suit and D&G shirt. Styled by Annie Psaltiras.

GROOMING Catherine Furniss at Celestine

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AARON ECKHART, in a Levi’s jacket, Dolce & Gabbana shirt, J Brand pants, Aldo boots and Cartier watch, page 52.

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s a woman shopping for a man, what you may want him to wear, he might not like; what you think is in, he might think is out. Case in point: The tan, army-style shirt I brought back from a trip to Italy for my husband was deemed “too brown” when I thought it was the perfect shade of neutral. I guess the saying,

“Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus” rings true, through and through.

So, with that in mind, this semi-annual issue of C for Men is full of EVERYTHING

a man could wish for…leaving nothing out. There’s no excuse to say we didn’t give you exactly what you want, from ultimate tough guy and California hero Clint Eastwood to the latest on the America’s Cup. We present cover subject, Aaron Eckhart, in this season’s best styles. A true Tinseltown talent, we sit down with the star to discuss what he would do if he could do it all over again. We profile another artist within the issue, ceramicist Stan Bitters.

His large-scale public work throws back to a California of the 1960s, while his smaller pieces are becoming very collected and coveted as the years progress.

Arguably the most “coveted” reservation in this state is a meal at The French

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Laundry in Yountville. When chef Thomas Keller brought his chefs and dining room staff down to Los Angeles to create an amazing dinner party to celebrate the anniversary of Domaine Clarence Dillon’s acquisition of Château Haut-Brion—one of the most sought-after wines in the world—C for Men took notice. In glorious detail, we bring you access inside a truly decadent evening.

There is more to life than film, art, wine, and style…lest we forget, we also bring you the best in cars, golf, guitars, travel, baseball and butchers with fashionable watches, clothes and trends mixed in for good measure. From suits to sneakers, we’ve got you covered…head to toe! Plus, we salute our reigning World Series champs, the San Francisco Giants, as opening day approaches.

We’ve covered all the bases…so no matter what your interests and pursuits,

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people WHO’S WHO BEHIND THE SCENES OF THIS ISSUE, PLUS THE MAN THEY’D MOST LIKE TO SIT NEXT TO AT A DINNER PARTY

Kelsey McKinnon “If I had to describe Aaron Eckhart with one word, I’d either choose handsome or sexy,” says C’s Senior Associate Editor Kelsey McKinnon, who penned this month’s cover story, “Making It Count” (p.52). “No, I’m teasing. It would definitely be: tenacious.” DINNER DATE Bieber all the way.

Jeff Lipsky “Aaron [Eckhart] was game for anything,” says Jeff Lipsky, photographer of “Making It Count,” (p.52). The editorial and commercial lensman lives in Venice with his wife and three children. He also contributes to Vogue, Glamour and Esquire.

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Annie Psaltiras “Aaron [Eckhart] is just the kind of guy I like to dress: He looks great in everything,” says stylist Annie Psaltiras. In addition to being our cover subject’s personal stylist, the L.A. native also works with Colin Firth and Justin Timberlake.

DINNER DATE Steve Martin.

I love a nice meal and a good laugh.

Carol Wakano “It’s wonderful to have the opportunity to go from delicate to masculine all in

Alison Clare Steingold “Meeting the Prince of Luxembourg,

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Batter up! California’s north-south rivalry heats up as the S.F. Giants kick off another all-star season

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ince winning the World Series title last October, the San Francisco Giants have made a series of clutch off-season plays by re-signing some of the team’s own free agents. Filling out its young rotation, look for returning vets Huff, Burrell and Tejada to take the field alongside 2010’s Rookie of the Year (and now full-time catcher) Buster Posey. Dodger Stadium hosts CA’s ultimate Opening Day match-up, when the L.A. Dodgers take on the S.F. champs. Mar. 31; mlb.com.

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Costa Mesa’s TACO ASYLUM serves non-traditional tacos with ingredients like grilled octopus. tacoasylum.com. This summer, TACOLICIOUS opens a third S.F. location on Valencia. tacolicioussf. com. Napa’s TACOS MICHOACAN holds the local crown for street-style fare.

707-256-0820. L.A.’s TINGA serves up killer Cochinita Pibil. tingabuena.com.

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A PRO-SURFER’S ONSHORE GUIDE

Ten-time World Surfing Champion Kelly Slater tells us where he kicks back: • ARIGATO SUSHI “I’m there once a week.” 1225 State St., S.B., 805-965-6074.

• TRESTLES BEACH “Best SoCal wave in the summer.” • LAKE ALMANOR COUNTRY CLUB “Such a great, old course. It just got a makeover.” 501 Peninsula Dr., Lake Almanor, 530-596-3282. • POST RANCH INN “For a romantic getaway.

You might even be able to find a few waves nearby.” postranchinn.com.

LOS ANGELES

Feeling Blue Sharp cuts and washes (like the “dryaged” rinse) have been the standard at James Jeans until Co-founder and Creative Director Seun Lim recently relaunched the L.A. label’s men’s line.

Now, heavy-duty, double-stitched seams and utilitarian pen slots above the pockets stand up to old-fashioned wear and tear. American Rag, 160 S. La Brea Ave., L.A., 323-935-3154; jamesjeans.us.

The specialedition PAM 416, $5,100.

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Making time for the finer things in life, Panerai launches two watches in honor of L.A. Both feature case backs engraved with one of Beverly Hills’ tree-lined drives. 9490A Brighton Way, B.H.; panerai.com.

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Whether you prefer wild or waxed, handlebar or pencil-thin, The Moustache Grower’s Guide ($9.95, Chronicle Books) furnishes practical advice on how to grow and maintain a groomed upper lip.

WRITTEN BY CAROLINE CAGNEY, ELIZABETH KHURI CHANDLER AND KELSEY MCKINNON. KELLY SLATER: KELLY-09TAH-QUIKSILVER-TESTEMALE2208. TACOS: ERIN KUNKEL. BOOK, JEANS: JACKIE GOODLIN

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From its Greek origin, the word “chronograph” literally means “writing time” and the Montblanc TimeWalker Chronograph Automatic does it to perfection. Crafted in the Montblanc Manufacture in Le Locle, Switzerland, this classic timepiece will elegantly mark the memorable moments of your life. 43 mm stainless steel case, skelleted horns and sapphire crystal back, black dial with red gold-plated hands and indexes.

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hough stumbling upon a 1928 La Salle here seems fitting, on May 1, The Greystone Concours d’Elegance exhibition will display other rarities like a Jaquar XKSS (formerly owned by Steve McQueen) followed by lectures on auto restoration and Hollywood stunts. $100/ pre-ordered ticket or $125 at the door; greystoneconcours.org.

MOUTHING OFF The Flaming Lips will release a limitededition box set, “Heady Nuggs: The First 5 Warner Bros. Records 1992-2002.” April 16; flaminglips.com.

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CA’s high performance kitesurfers recommend North’s new Rebel and Evo kites for tricks, speed and gravity-defying amounts of airtime. From $1,399; northkites.com.

HAILING CABS Napa Valley’s finest new Cabernet Sauvignon releases for tabletops and cellars alike: 1 Touted as an everyday cult wine: 2008 UPSTART CROW $34; upstartcrowwine.com.

2 Winemaker Aaron Pott’s winner: 2008 SEVEN STONES CABERNET SAUVIGNON $175; sevenstoneswinery.com. 3 The super-limited sister to Levy & McClellan: 2007 AMPERSAND price upon request; levymclellan.com.

WRITTEN BY CAROLINE CAGNEY, KELSEY MCKINNON AND ALISON CLARE STEINGOLD. 2007 AMPERSAND: JACKIE GOODLIN. NORTH: MAURITIUS EVO 2011 BY TOBY BROMWICH

iGrill is the world’s first grilling and cooking thermometer that tells you the status of your meal via Bluetooth. $99.99; available in black or white for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad at select Apple stores; igrillinc.com.

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For an alternative to the aviator and the Wayfarer, Dolce & Gabbana’s new Uomo shades are a riff on a classic ’50s square. Plus, they’re plated in 18-karat gold. $495; select Dolce & Gabbana stores.

Fancy 024 Footwork Vintage, sporty or classic, try on one of the season’s top collaborative efforts to kick start your summer style.

Sperry Top-Sider x Band of Outsiders gray snake loafer, $225; sperrytop sider.com.

Billy Reid x K-Swiss washed canvas Venice Surf & Court, $95; billyreid.com.

John Varvatos x Converse Pro Leather Mid, $150; converse.com.

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Wilde One In “House M.D.” and Tron: Legacy, 27-year-old actress Olivia Wilde is impossible to avoid…in a good way.

You might see the classic car-collecting ingénue tooling around Venice in her 1958 Chevy Biscayne or, more likely, on location: Wilde adds four films to her repertoire this year, starting with Cowboys & Aliens alongside Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig.

MANUAL Veteran columnist Glenn O’Brien offers a lifetime of sartorial advice in How to be a Man ($24.95, Rizzoli).

WRITTEN BY CAROLINE CAGNEY, KELSEY MCKINNON AND ALISON CLARE STEINGOLD. BOLT BARBER: MOHAWK MATT. OLIVIA WILDE: PATRICK MCMULLEN

Bolt Barbers has opened its second location, Monkey House, in West Hollywood. Customers familiar with the old-school flagship will still be able to get shorn, shaved and shined—all while puffing on a cigar. Check out “Big Sundays,” where $50 will get you all of the above, a whiskey tasting and a shampoo from a blonde bombshell.

8209 Melrose Ave., WeHo, 213-596-9110; boltbarbers.com.

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The Music Man Morgan Neville’s new documentary pumps up the volume BY NORA ZELEVANSKY

026 In Troubadours, filmmaker Morgan Neville (below left) highlights the rise and fall of the singer/songwriter movement from 1968-1975 with L.A.’s Troubadour as the epicenter and meeting ground for nowfamed musicians like James Taylor and Carole King (above).

Bruce Springsteen and Doug Feiger of The Knack.

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oo bad he can’t draw a crowd,” thought Steve Martin, watching Elton John’s debut U.S. show in 1970. A Santa Monica Boulevard freight train then rumbled by the Troubadour, interrupting sets by unknowns like Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, David Crosby and Bonnie Raitt for audiences of Janis Joplin, Barbra Streisand and David Geffen.

Morgan Neville’s Sundance-premiered documentary, Troubadours, profiles the music venue’s contribution to L.A.’s singer/songwriter (or derisively dubbed “mellow mafia”) movement from 1968-1975. For Neville, who grew up in Santa Barbara and whose parents frequented the club, the music is “almost genetically encoded.” Taylor and King approached him with the idea after the Troubadour’s 2007 reunion tour (their first collaboration in 37 years). “I’ve made lots of documentaries about music and told lots of stories about Los Angeles,” explains the L.A.-based filmmaker, whose past subjects include Johnny Cash and Ray Charles. “This merged the two.”

Neville’s cinematic style intentionally mirrors the era’s vibe. “We wanted to film in a way that reflected the music: intimate, handmade and casual,” he describes. “It was very important that the songs not just be wallpaper. They actually are the story.”

Neville will go on to subjects such as Gore Vidal/William Buckley’s 1968 debate and Raymond Chandler. As for this project’s debut, he says, “It was the closest to a rock n’ roll moment that I’ll ever experience.” •

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Inspired by Ray Cannon’s Baja chronicles: El Dorado shirt, $156, Perfect tee, $50, Spring pant, $142.

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Cool and undeniably Californian, up-and-coming menswear label Riviera Club captures a life of leisure and sport

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alph Lauren built his all-American brand on polo horses and plaid; for this new fraternity, Riviera Club, think Wayfarers, wine and sand.

Having already used influences such as wave star Bunker Sprekles and Napa workers at harvest, founders Derek Buse, Joe Sadler and Greg Ullery of Santa Barbara caught inspiration this season in Baja, translating its mid-century vintage with woven pullovers, faded blue tees, seersuckers and Japanese denim. In only a year, the brand now counts Opening Ceremony, Bloomingdale’s Santa Monica and Ron Herman among its storefronts. Not bad for a concept fittingly created over a round of golf. rivieraclothing.com.

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The tie bar returns (a bit shorter for today’s skinny styles)— along with breezy new diagonals in linen, denim and silk Parabellum Tie Bars, $400 each, Maxfield, WeHo; parabellumcollection.com.

FROM LEFT Alexander Olch The Candy Kane linen tie, $140, Barneys New York; olch.com.

Armani tie, $180, Giorgio Armani stores. Gentry Mailer collection blue striped denim tie, $85; gentryman.com. Brioni navy horizontal silk tie, $195, brioni.com.

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MISTER SISTER Palm Springs designer Trina Turk has long made men’s clothing, but this month, Mr. Turk arrives at her glitzy mid-city L.A. boutique with swim trunks, cotton blazers and easygoing pants in Turk’s trademark, ’60s-inspired prints.

8008 W. 3rd St., L.A., 323-651-1382; trinaturk.com.

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Leight Eyes From the son of Oliver Peoples founder Larry Leight, Garrett Leight California Optical emerges from A. Kinney Court boutique with four frame styles named after Venice streets like Rialto and Brooks. The specs debut at Opening Ceremony, soon. garrettleight.com.

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TOP SHOPS

IN ADDITION to the mainstays (think Barneys and Neiman Marcus), and singledesigner stores like Prada, Pink and Perse, try these on for size: EASTSIDE COOL Confederacy 4661 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., 323-913-3040; shopconfed eracy.com. QUALITY GOODS Craft 513 N. La Cienega Blvd., WeHo, 310-855-3976.

RAKISH ELEGANCE On the Fly One Embarcadero Ctr., S.F.; onthefly.com.

DENIM MASTERS Self Edge 714 Valencia St., S.F., 415-558-0658; 144 N. La Brea Ave., L.A., 323-933-9000; selfedge.com.

CURATED VINTAGE South Willard 8038 W. 3rd St., L.A., 323-653-6153; southwillard.com. AMERICAN HERITAGE Unionmade 493 Sanchez St., S.F., 415-861-3373; unionmadegoods.com.

WRITTEN BY CAROLINE CAGNEY AND ALISON CLARE STEINGOLD. TIES AND BARS: JACKIE GOODLIN

The Harding, $290.

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GRANDE REVERSO 986 DUODATE. Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 986/1000® Created in 1931 for polo players, the legendary Reverso houses an ingenious patented system: two back-to-back dials driven by a single mechanical movement indicate two time zones adjustable by a single crown. The full measure of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s inventiveness in an upsized version of the reversible case.

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Rebels with a taste for British refinement choose Barker Black shoes, now sold at the brand’s first L.A. boutique (second in the U.S.). From cap toes to wingtips, each pair—bench-made since 1880—rocks a subtle nod to a skull-and-crossbones motif. Sometimes it’s in the perforation, and it’s always on the sole. Shoes from these lasts are built to last. 450 N. Robertson Blvd., L.A., 310-358-0293; barkerblack.com.

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Trunks in Panama, $305, Brown, $360, and Blue, $470.

SUIT FOR SAIL This spring, Brunello Cucinelli celebrates its premiere swimwear collection inspired by the world of sailing. The nylon swim trunks, available in a sea of nautical hues, stay true to the design of his cargo pant— favored by devoted customers—for a feel as luxurious as the Italian house’s sweaters and suits. 9534 Brighton Way, B.H., 310-724-8118; brunellocucinelli.it.

TAG IT In honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, Polo Ralph Lauren has designed a limitededition series of vintage nickel-plated brass dog tags for the Michael J. Fox Foundation. $95; select Ralph Lauren stores; ralphlauren.com.

Blake Mycoskie says ditch your TOMS for child awareness with One Day Without Shoes, April 5th. toms.com.

Heather gray stitchout in brushed flannel, $54.

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Go Gray

Mike Maher, Barrett Purdum and Mike Armenta of Taylor Stitch.

Already a haven for art collectors, West Hollywood’s Gray Gallery offers vintage finds to satisfy your penchant for just about any handsome accessory. Standouts include an 18-karat gold Boucheron cigarette case (c.1940) and a 1930s IWC Schaffhausen Chronograph watch. 8751 Melrose Ave., L.A., 310-854-0091; graygallery.com.

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hree friends (two of them former lacrosse players) set out to create a perfect customfitted shirt for athletic guys, and Taylor Stitch was born. They then pulled a community of artisans together under their side project name, Durable Goods Concern, for a series of men’s goods pop-ups (think Pierrepont Hicks, Esquivel) and an experimental retail spot known as The Common. Says partner Mike Maher, “We wanted people to meet the makers behind the brands, and learn why” for labels like Makr Carry Goods and Tellason Denim. And, with The Common now in a permanent home as of March, DGC can shift gears: Cedar Cycling apparel, launching this year. 383 Valencia St., S.F., taylorstitch.com; thecommonsf.com.

Fulton straightleg rigid jean, $195.

Vintage washed polo, $95.

Later, Alligator Discover the importance of being earnest this month, when Lacoste teams up with Earnest Sewn for a polo and jeans collection sporting the sharp look of the lifestyle stalwart and the L.A. brand’s unique denim designs. Available at Lacoste, Beverly Hills, 310-385-0655; lacoste.com.

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Camo Print Tessuto bag with Saffiano letter detailing, $1,020.

LETTER MEN Get in the luxury game with Prada’s new Made-ToOrder Lettering: Outfit an item from its travel line with colorful initials. prada.com.

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beauty like this has a one-year waiting list for a couple of reasons: demand is high for Michael DeTemple’s meticulously handcrafted instruments (ask guys like Bob Dylan and Metallica’s Kirk Hammett); and each one is made by DeTemple and his crew not in a big factory, but rather a small workshop in Sherman Oaks. “To the eye, these look like a Fender Stratocaster or Telecaster,” says DeTemple (who used to play with musicians like Booker T and The Band before moving onto guitar restoration and building). Maybe in shape, yet he has taken construction to the highest level with bodies of lightweight swamp ash, titanium tremolo assemblies, plus detailing like fossilized-ivory string trees. And, he makes his own pick-ups called “sweet spots.” “The feel of a guitar is inspirational to a player,” DeTemple says. “It can distract you, or you don’t even know it’s there.” Guess which kind this one is.

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BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT Sharper power lines and a new matrix radiator grille aren’t the only features the latest Bentley is boasting. Still carrying the brand’s touring spirit and performance, the four-seat coupe has a new high-output V8 FlexFuel engine. Available this summer. From $189,000; bentleymotors.com.

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rue to its namesake, five chefs, five heritage breeders and five vintners come together for each Cochon 555, a competition-tasting festival that’s a little bit “Iron Chef”…and a whole lot of hog. Los Angeles is eighth on the event’s whistle-stop tour of culinary capitals such as New York, New Orleans, Napa and San Francisco for the annual charitable event (now in its third year).

Adhering to the waste-not principles of sustainability, chefs break down 175-pound whole pigs to parts and create dishes to pair with small-production wines from the likes of Scholium Project, Peay and Ladera. A high-profile panel of judges and the guests then elect a winner. He or she advances to Aspen’s Food & Wine Classic, in June, for a final 10-city showdown.

Take a sampling of California’s chef-competitors as evidence of C555’s caliber: Brandon Sharp (Solbar); Curtis Di Fede & Tyler Rodde (Oenotri); Octavio Becerra (Palate Food + Wine); Chad Colby (Mozza); and Ravi Kapur (Prospect), for starters.

So why the frenzy over Berkshires and Yorkshires?

“Ten years ago, a guest couldn’t source what we could source. Now it’s blurry,” says Kapur, whose year-old Rincon Hill restaurant pushes palates beyond the usual filet. In particular, he’s had a hand in popularizing trotters with his “tots” (crispy pig’s feet served with shaved pig’s face, a dish born at C555). “It’s our job as chefs to show something different, to fabricate unique cuts,” he says. (Kapur competes in San Francisco when C555 arrives on June 5; L.A. is May 1.)

There are chefs, then there are home cooks, and the second-stage entails a cleaver-wielding deconstruction from today’s celebrity-like butchers, who are also helping to drive consumer demand.

For example, up until, say, three years ago, if you had a hankering for goat, you might have ventured to an Oaxacan joint for birria, or a shoebox-sized eatery in Little Tehran. Now, it’s often on the menu at Prospect. For the avid, there’s bone-in goat shoulder for purchase at Avedano’s in Bernal Heights, and for Solano County kids at Marin Sun Farms retail shops in Point Reyes Station or Oakland, a whole-goat package will run you $334.

It doesn’t stop there. At Prather Ranch’s Ferry Building stall in S.F., keep an eye out for vitellone (essentially older veal); rabbit from McCall’s Meat & Fish Co. in Los Feliz; and pasture-raised, organic beef from newly-opened Lindy & Grundy meats in L.A. Anything but out of Central Casting, many from this new school—like Nathan McCall and Karen Yoo—were formally trained as fine-dining chefs. Back east, McCall and Yoo would drive past the famous Lobel’s of New York butcher shop while en route home from working at Daniel every night. “I never knew what it was,” says McCall, “this minimal store with not much on display, kind of intimidating. I bought a steak, and it was one of the best pieces of meat I’ve ever had.

Instead of opening a restaurant in L.A., it inspired us to get high-quality—restaurant-quality—meats in a retail setting and run with it,” explains McCall, who opened the Los Feliz store with his wife last year.

So, find a recipe and order some sweetbreads and lamb neck.

Replicate the beef tongue tacos at Fig in Santa Monica, the honeycomb tripe at Oliveto in Oakland, or slow-cook the beef short ribs like those on the preceding page. But, exercise some caution with the offal. “No matter what it is,” Kapur says, “at the end of the day, it has to be delicious. That’s our burden.” •

CHEFS CURE ALL In-house meats from top Golden State toques: • Look for duck prosciutto from John Stewart and Duskie Estes of Black Pig Meat Co., Zazu and Bovolo.

106 Matheson St., Healdsburg, 707-523-4814. • Chris Cosentino of Incanto (and Boccalone) crafts Nduja (spreadable salami).

1550 Church St., S.F., 415-641-4500.

• The Linkery’s goal is to use “the whole animal” for Max Bonacci’s lamb chorizo and rabbit bacon.

3794 30th St., S.D., 619-255-8778.

• Randall Rosa of Sublime Food Lounge innovates a kobe-sake

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variation. 8631 Washington Blvd., L.A., 310-287-2093. • Fatted Calf and Hog Island Oyster alumnus Ian Marks of Beast & The Hare pairs his coppa with tomato jam.

1001 Guerrero St., S.F., 415-821-1001.

• Smoked paprika Gyulai is a nod to new Bar Tartine chef Nick Balla’s Hungarian roots. 561 Valencia St., S.F., 415-487-1600.

• Diavola Pizzeria & Salumeria’s Dino Bugica cures blood sausage with pork head and skin, pine nuts, golden raisins and sweet spices.

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He culls beverage recipes from his library of late 19th-century books and makes bitters from flats of cherries. Smaller, local artisans are his champions for brandies and piscos distilling “a real sense of place.” Thad Vogler has been an early forerunner of California’s “pre-Prohibition cocktail renaissance,” and the owner/frontman of Bar Agricole tavern offers solid advice: “We’re not chefs. A drink is still a drink.” 355 11th St., S.F., 415-355-9400; baragricole.com.

10 PERFECT DINNER DATES Co-chef/owner Vinny Dotolo of Animal restaurant and newly opened Son of a Gun, and his wife, Sarah Hendler (author of her eponymous style blog) round up their favorite date-night reservations: APPLE PAN, L.A. Oldschool burger joint. Make sure to order a slice of pie. BOUCHON, YOUNTVILLE Perfect bistro feel…outside of jetting to Paris. CANELÉ, ATWATER VILLAGE Cozy, with great CA produce. DIN TAI FUNG, ARCADIA Adventure seekers: the finest soup dumplings. HILLSTONE, NATIONWIDE We know it’s a chain, but the service (and ribs) are always consistent. MADEO, L.A. The spaghetti bolognese is worth the hype.

MATSUHISA, L.A. Yes, ’80s decor—and some of the best sushi in town.

MUSTARDS GRILL, YOUNTVILLE There’s a reason why more than a million pork chops have sold. Don’t forget a Bloody Mary.

MOZZA, L.A. At the bar, split a pizza, salad and meatballs. PIZZAIOLO, OAKLAND Woodoven-anything! Plus, the international dream return to HUITRERIE RÉGIS, PARIS for oysters.

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MAKING IT COUNT THE ONLY PERSON WHO WOULD ACCUSE ACTOR AARON ECKHART OF TAKING LIFE FOR GRANTED IS HIMSELF

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f I could do it all over again, I’d be a guitarist, songwriter, racecar driver, adventurer. I’d be a great actor, too,” Aaron Eckhart rambles with such conviction you almost start to believe him. The problem is, at 43, the L.A.based star has already built a citadel career on pillars like Erin Brockovich, The Dark Night, this month’s Battle: Los Angeles and in the fall, he will appear in Johnny Depp’s next Caribbean drama, The Rum Diary. It’s not a case of false modesty, either: “I’m not at all satisfied; I have to do better.”

This sense of persistent unrest defines his charmingly ascetic personality—one that embraces the big picture in an industry prone to triviality. Think Jack London over Jack Sparrow.

Answering his own call of the wild, Eckhart turned to the open road this past December. Embarking on a solo trip to Northern California, he was not far from his hometown of Cupertino, where his father was a computer exec before he moved the family abroad. With his bike and board in tow, Eckhart roamed the coast, pitching a tent wherever Surfline.com was inclined. (This is not unusual; Eckhart took two years off after high school for a surf sabbatical in Hawaii before attending Brigham Young as a film student.)

“I read a great survival book on this trip about a plane crash in the Andes where these men were left on the most impossible journey [Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado]. When he’s about to die, he has this epiphany and he realizes that life and death are meaningless,” says Eckhart, who, not surprisingly, has had a few of these moments (both on- and off-screen).

Take Battle: Los Angeles, an alien invasion thriller with special effects that make Independence Day look like an animated flipbook. “At first, I said I wasn’t really interested in doing an alien movie. But then Jonathan [Liebesman] showed me a YouTube video of Marines going into combat in Fallujah and said, ‘This is what our movie is going to look like.’”

Eckhart’s eyes light up as he responds in character: “I’ll do it.

I’ll die for you.” After three weeks at a military bootcamp in the swamps of Louisiana as Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz, he was

close to it. “We bombed the shit out of that place. It was the greatest time of my life. I wanted to join the Marines, but I’m too old.”

True, the cut-off age is 28, but Eckhart has embraced other forms of active duty. “MMA? Mixed Martial Arts?”

No response. He offhandedly explains, “I go out to a park in Malibu with my trainer, I beat him up. Well, he lets me beat him up.” For someone so mild-tempered, full-contact, ultimate fight training may sound unnecessary, but it actually comes in handy for Eckhart’s other hobby: photography.

While filming The Dark Knight in Chicago, he recalls, “I was taking pictures of these kids playing with a fire hydrant when some dude comes over and starts asking me what I’m doing, like he wants to kill me. I told him I was a photographer. Turns out, he gives me his card and wants me to shoot his music video.”

Eckhart retrieves his iPhone and begins narrating: “Here are some delinquents in Puerto Rico…here’s the lesbian parade in N.Y.C…here’s a family in Shanghai. Oh! Want to see a great shot of Molly [Sims, his ex-girlfriend/supermodel]?”

Indeed, Aaron Eckhart is a man’s man: He has a motorcycle, he stands up to thugs, he surfs, he dates supermodels and

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loves football. But more impressively, he’s the quintessential actor’s actor. In his 10-year-plus career, Eckhart’s artistic range has jumped from a sycophantic ladies’ man (In The Company of Men), to a tobacco lobbyist (Thank You For Smoking, which garnered two Golden Globe nods), to a sinister, two-faced supervillain (The Dark Knight), and everything in between. Nicole Kidman hand-picked him to co-star as her grieving husband in the 2010 drama Rabbit Hole, a small-budget indie that catapulted on the festival circuit. Johnny Depp chose Eckhart for this fall’s The Rum Diary, the Depp-produced and starred adaptation of the CONTINUED ON PAGE 78 Hunter S. Thompson novel.

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n a far-out jetty in San Francisco’s wind-whipped marina, the Golden Gate Yacht Club, founded in 1939, is currently enjoying a tidal wave of global recognition. Last year, its sponsored team, Oracle Racing, beat defender Alinghi in a billionaire’s grudge-match to clinch the 33rd America’s Cup. Backed by club member Larry Ellison (CEO of the Redwood Shoresbased software company), Oracle Racing boasts sailing’s finest talents—like skipper Jimmy Spithill—and the most high-tech navigation available.

Upon the arrival of the sterling-silver Auld Mug (the oldest active trophy in sports), Club Nautico di Roma formally chal-

lenged the GGYC’s squad for the 34th regatta in 2013. While that may sound leagues away, a few key developments are swelling.

For one, San Francisco recently won its bid as host city for the 150-year-old regattas. (A study estimates that this alone will bolster the NorCal economy by more than $1 billion.) To add to the excitement of an already picturesque setting, surrounded by misty icons like the bridge and Alcatraz Island, the race will introduce smaller, faster AC45 and AC72-foot wing-sailed catamarans capable of reaching 40 knots; and, to further heighten interest, a new World Series format will begin early this summer.

Get the Bloody Marys ready; these competitions are said to sail straight to California waters. oracleracing.com. •

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EXTREME EASTWOOD A ONE-OF-A-KIND BOOK CHRONICLES THE CAREER OF HOLLYWOOD’S MAVERICK DIRECTOR BY ALISON CLARE STEINGOLD

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e’s a Northern California boy of the Great Depression who lived in his share of gold-mining towns and worked in cardboard plants and shipyards across the state. A native son, Clint Eastwood’s oeuvre finds its beginnings in this humble west. He galloped into westerns, a genre which the prolific talent has undoubtedly (and repeatedly) shaped and revitalized, from his studio days in the 1950s and ’60s on the TV series “Rawhide” to his breakout in Sergio Leone’s Italian-American “Dollars” trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars (1964); For a Few Dollars More (1965); and—cue Ennio Morricone whistle and drum—The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).

Those were just the early years. Eastwood, now 80, has always proven himself more than some good-looking horseman with a five-day beard. In fact, as a great mind and moviemaker, he has delved into issues concerning America, Europe, the past, politics— even space. His genius extends in all directions with any amalgam of acting and writing, producing, composing and directing. That doesn’t mean only war epics, or those blue-collared, dark thrillers like his run as rule-bending, morality-chasing Dirty Harry, the S.F. inspector with a .44 Magnum. Among his filmography of 72 projects (plus J. Edgar on the way), there was the pianist’s profound love for jazz expressed in Bird (1988); the tenderness of The Bridges of Madison County (1995); and, in one of his most exciting Oscars-collecting sprees, his knack for gripping, depressing dramas like Mystic River (2003) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).

“I just liked the story and wanted to tell it,” says Clint Eastwood (in this case, of 1985’s Pale Rider). That’s what’s paramount.

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Michael Henry Wilson embarked on what would become a series of periodic interviews to analyze the director’s process. These sit-downs would span Tightrope (1984) to Invictus (2009) and also included Eastwood’s real-life term as Mayor of Carmel (1986-1988).

Thirty years later, these long-form Q+As now comprise an introspective book—told in his own words. Eastwood on Eastwood, in collaboration with legendary French journal Cahiers du Cinéma, ponders an academic range of thematic backbones, influences and artistic challenges.

Those three decades contrast a shooting style—movies, guns— that’s a quick draw. Take Eastwood’s reasoning for turning down Martin Sheen’s role as Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now: “I wasn’t sure that it would justify my spending two years shooting in the jungle of the Philippines,” he says. “No film would justify that. It would have to be the most beautiful screenplay, the most beautiful book ever written, and even then…I don’t like long shoots. I like to work hard and fast, without letting up, 20 hours a day if needed, but over a period of six weeks rather than six months.

It’s when you have an adrenaline rush that you give your best.”

A serious read, the 240-page book is not without its lighter moments. While Eastwood may not wear his personal life on his sleeve, many of the 300-plus photographs—many previously unpublished—illustrate Hollywood’s living icon at ease. There’s the historic Mission Farmhouse on the Central Coast where he often pens music; a take-your-daughter-to-work-day snapshot with a young Alison at “the office.” Another shows a smiling father swinging his bell-bottomed son, Kyle, upside-down.

You know, just horsing around. •

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THINK BIG CERAMIC ARTIST STAN BITTERS DOESN’T DREAM IN DIMINUTIVE TERMS

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t’s hard to look at a Stan Bitters sculpture and not come away with a smile on your face. The bright colors, the whimsical shapes and the enormous scale all conspire to make you happier.

So, it’s not surprising that Bitters begins a new work by imagining how people will respond to it.

“I’m concerned how any project I do will impact people,” he says. “That’s my whole idea about the relation of art and architecture. I like to draw them in…bring them in and have them talk about it. I couldn’t handle jewelry—too small.”

Bitters’ conversation with the viewer started approximately 40 years ago when he returned home to Fresno with a B.A. in painting from UCLA. He had first studied at Otis College of Art and Design under the tutelage of Abstract Expressionist ceramicist Peter Voulkos, an experience he describes as, “being in an

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energy storm.” Once he left the highly creative environment of art school—where his roommate at Otis was none other than John Baldessari—Bitters adopted the attitude that he was going to have to become his own creative community if he was going to make it in the real world.

There weren’t a lot of opportunities for young artists in Fresno, but Bitters found employment at the Hans Sumpf Company, the world’s largest manufacturer of stabilized adobe brick. “I was essentially a novice ceramicist providing a token experience for visitors at the showroom, throwing pots for entertainment.”

Some of his more famous vessels, the so-called “thumb pots,” which he named after a technique of locking coils of clay together with a thumb impression, are rabidly collected today in the secondary art pottery market—as are his birdhouses (suspended gourds with a simple hole).

The clay speaks to Bitters. “I don’t impose anything. For me,

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everything is a specific outgrowth of the material. I let it talk to me, so throwing on the wheel became a ball and a few cutouts became the birdhouse.”

Once Bitters had more material, however, things changed. He recalls, “They gave me 20 tons of clay to play with. I started by thinking in terms of having an obligation to make something for the company that sold. So I put a program together to do something on more of an architectural scale.”

It was this chance to do something magnificent that opened up the horizon for Bitters and gave him his watershed moment.

One of his first large-scale commissions was to redo the façade of the Duncan Ceramics headquarters, a local Fresno business. You can see the 20foot sculptures from half a mile away as you drive toward the building. The effect is like Disney on acid: daisy shaped medallions, brightly colored glazes and massive walls.

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uring the 1960s, there was a big emphasis on art at banks and Bitters was able to parlay custom tile into something unique.

Architect Eugene Hougham hired Bitters to do an installation at the Savings and Loan downtown, and instead of giving them a nicely colored glazed tile around the vault, he created a custom relief that crawls up both the inside and the outside of the building. It was such a success that the company had him do five other Savings and Loans around the state.

The bank still stands in downtown Fresno, as does another paean to 1960s urban planning: the Fulton Mall.

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and local businessmen as a way to revitalize a flagging business area, the shopping center was one of the first downtown pedestrian gallerias in the country. Victor Gruen, the “father of the shopping mall,” was hired to revitalize the entire city and the Fulton Mall was designed by famed Modernist landscape architect Garrett Eckbo, who added sculptures from noted artists such as Claire Falkenstein, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alexander Calder, and of course, Stan Bitters, who contributed three fountains.

These fountains are a play on the irrigation standpipes dotting the San Joaquin Valley.

In 1964, the mall project cost $185,000. Today, the sculptures are valued in the millions, but the mall, like the city of Fresno itself, has fallen on hard times.

Of the few remaining stores, most sell cheap cowboy wear.

“THE EFFECT IS LIKE DISNEY ON ACID: DAISY SHAPED MEDALLIONS, BRIGHTLY COLORED GLAZES AND MASSIVE WALLS”

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fter a somewhat quiet period, Bitters is once again working around the clock. He has done custom fireplaces at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, magnificent water walls and fireplaces in private homes, as well as public commissions in and around Los Angeles. He is determined to get his foundry up and working again in the near future so that he can cast enormous metal pieces.

I ask him for a concrete date and he bristles, but then he laughs. “You know, there’s something about having to put a time on everything. I keep wondering why I have to think about that. I don’t sit here and contemplate. It’s what’s coming up that’s important.”

Whatever that is, it’s sure to make an impression. And you can bet it won’t be small. •

069 OPPOSITE A recent (2010) Bitters’ water wall at a residence in Hollywood Hills. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Bitters’ enormous kiln with two monoliths ready to be fired again. Another wall

sculpture at the Hollywood Hills home. A water feature for the Fulton Mall in Fresno meant to evoke the irrigation standpipes commonly found in the valley fields and orchards. The 20-foot façade of Duncan Ceramics in Fresno. This was Bitters’ first large-scale commission.

The artist. Two tiles exemplifying the bas-relief aesthetic that has become his signature.

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The Vibiana, a resplendent Los Angeles landmark completed in 1876.

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Approximately six months prior, he’d been contacted by Domaine Clarence Dillon wines with a request: to devise a menu for a special gala. DCD would be celebrating the 75th anniversary of U.S. financier Clarence Dillon’s acquisition of Château HautBrion, the Pessac-Léognan home to Bordeaux’s first Grand Cru Classé wine (one of five). The toque was the top choice of HRH Prince Robert of Luxembourg, creative young president of the house (and Dillon’s great-grandson). “Not only is [Keller] the most starred chef in America but he also has this great French background, cooking in some of the best restaurants like Taillevent,” he explains of the Bocuse d’Or judge.

Since last May, DCD has been raiding its cellars for a world series of dream dinners, in historic venues, with the finest chefs.

There was the launch fête in Paris at Académie Diplomatique Internationale with Yannick Alléno of Le Meurice; London at Lancaster House with Philip Howard of The Square; New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (where HRH’s grandfather, Douglas Dillon, was chairman of the board) with Daniel Boulud; and onto Shanghai (Paul Pairet of Mr. and Mrs. Bund, at the Fairmont Peace Hotel); Hong Kong (three-star Chan Yan Tak of the Four Seasons); and Tokyo (Hideki Ishikawa at the Park Hyatt). After L.A., DCD concludes in Moscow. Plus, look for a charity auction of eight bottle-laden Linley bespoke consoles on the horizon.

As a steward to the estate, Prince Robert fashioned the events in a salon-like spirit. “Maybe it was my screenwriting background, but I wanted to make sense of the history,” he says. The Pontac family founded the winery in the 16th century, and the house’s wines were later uncorked on the

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table of Charles II. Records show names of great thinkers like Samuel Pepys, John Locke and Isaac Newton drinking HautBrion’s new sort of claret—a modern precursor with ageing potential—while exchanging ideas and information at stylish taverns (among them the L’Enseigne de Pontac, founded in London, 1666). “I made myself unpopular but this wasn’t to be a dinner for our friends…It was a way to enjoy wine and create dialogue across all walks of life, be it politics, science, the arts, literature. We’d have female astronauts next to flautists and footballers,” he explains of the concept.

Swirling Bordeaux in Los Angeles was everyone from actors Adrien Brody to Jennifer Aniston; experimental musician Eddie Ruscha to director Roman Coppola; Nick Valensi of The Strokes to Quincy Jones; stylist B. Åkerlund to model/actress personality China Chow. In Angeleno black-tie, 75 guests arrived at the Vibiana, a painstakingly preserved, 19th-century cathedral in the Italian Baroque style. Through a marble-andgold leaf foyer and garden courtyard, they entered the massive hall, where up-lit columns reach 45 feet to opulent arches. Below, a sea of sparkling crystal and porcelain, set to precision with rulers, sat atop two endlessly long banquet tables draped in custom-embroidered white cloths. A corps of suited servers poured Château Haut-Brion Blanc 2002 and 1993; sommeliers proffered reds from special Riedel decanters (first designed by Clarence Dillon). Courses, like a butter-poached lobster roll in tomato compote, emerged in cloches on— yes, custom—sterling silver trays.

Whether a 1989 to accompany Wolfe Ranch white quail kissed with fennel, or Elysian Fields lamb to try with both 1949 and 1976, wines would hopscotch vintages— some older than many of the guests. And, the formal menu was an ideal marriage.

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êtes such as these don’t just happen. An organizing team from DCD had previously traveled to Napa to match a menu based on the hallmark tobacco, cassis, and earthiness of the Cabernet blend and the mineral finesse of the white. While delicious in their own right, some dishes, like a sea urchin course, just didn’t fit. (“Sorry for the chef,” laughs CONTINUED ON PAGE 78

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Custom decanters by Riedel. Chef Thomas Keller. China Chow, Adrien Brody, B. Åkerlund. Cauliflower “panna cotta” with CA white sturgeon caviar.

HRH Prince Robert of Luxembourg. The menu. OPPOSITE Vibiana, a 19th-century Italian Baroque cathedral.

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NAPA VALLEY Easy does it: A mud bath at luxe-lodge Calistoga Ranch is but a prelude to dinner at Meadowood.

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PALM SPRINGS After iced coffee at newcomer Espresso Cielo, unwind from Coachella by throwing on your togs for tennis at La Quinta.

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Cypress Point Club (private) 16TH HOLE - PAR 3 It’s not too much to say that this 222-yard par 3 defines golf as a sport. Ever tee off having to carry 200-yards of churning Pacific Ocean, the wind slapping you around while waves thunder below? Exactly.

Spyglass Hill Golf Course (public) 1ST HOLE - PAR 5 Opening holes don’t get better than this 595-yard dogleg left called Treasure Island.

(Robert Louis Stevenson took inspiration from these parts for his pirates’ tale.)

The narrow fairway is often spotted with thick pillows of fog and whitetail deer.

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Pebble Beach Golf Links (public) 8TH HOLE - PAR 4 This 418-yard dogleg right holds what Jack Nicklaus described as “the finest second shot in golf.” After a blind uphill drive that flirts with the Pacific, you’re a mid-to-long iron over Monterey Bay to a severely sloped green. (Yes, green fees are an outrageous $495. But everyone has to play Pebble Beach once.)

Riviera Country Club (private) 17TH HOLE - PAR 5 Also called Hogan’s Alley—Ben Hogan dominated here—with a clubhouse that has (over) served such celebs as Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney and Howard Hughes, Riviera’s history is unrivaled. The track’s longest hole is this 576-yard par 5, all uphill with bunkers from tee to green along the left side.

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Los Angeles Country Club North Course (private) 11TH HOLE - PAR 3 Unlike Riviera, the L.A.C.C. has a reputation for shunning glitz. Its signature hole is this 249yarder, a downhill tee-shot to a green that slopes steeply back to front. Stick it close and the view of downtown’s skyline is even more awesome.

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“I’ve learned the difference between being the number one, two and three.

Everybody has to be a whole person in a movie. That’s how movies work; that’s how they get integrity and depth.” As he sits across the table at a Santa Monica coffee shop, people gaze curiously but never with instant recognition. There’s freedom in relative anonymity, yet not the kind of creative freedom of which Eckhart dreams—the kind needed for carte blanche from studios. “Yeah, and I also don’t own my own island, either [referring to Depp’s place in the Bahamas]. So, I’d like a little bit more of that please, with fries and a large Coke.”

Maybe it’s not an island, but Eckhart’s new pad overlooking Malibu’s Point Dume is nothing to balk at, nor is his home in Beverly Hills or his sprawling ranch in Santa Barbara. “I guess I have afforded myself some luxuries,” he admits.

This would have been considered a breakthrough moment, if it wasn’t so quickly parried, “Well, I’ve only got a few more years left. I figure I’ve got ten more good years in me and it will be curtains.”

One of Eckhart’s plans before then is to buy an apartment in Paris, where he lived briefly in his late teens. Working with Depp, who lives in Meudon (outside of Paris), clearly helped re-inspire the fantasy. While filming the 2013 thriller The Expatriate in Luxembourg this spring, he’ll get a taste; the country is a four-hour drive from the French capital.

If it doesn’t happen this time around, there’s always next time. “There better be an afterlife or I’ll be pissed,” he says. “Or, as the French call it, l’au-delà.” •

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oenologist/estate manager Jean-Philippe Delmas, “but we chose the wine first.”)

Before trucking the lot down to L.A., the cooks sourced and prepped 90% of the menu at the restaurant, from Andante Dairy cheese and Hobbs’ bacon to Pennsylvania lamb. It would be an American menu—but don’t call it Californian. “I’m not sure what [that] is other than an origin back in the ’70s

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with fresh ingredients,” explains Keller.

“Any respectable chef, whether in this generation or past ones, has always placed those on par with technique…What I do is American—American produce, based in classic French technique and repertoire.”

When all was ready, a quasi French Laundry-on-wheels departed Napa. “I was honored by the commitment and generosity required to do this dinner the way it needed to be done—bringing us to L.A.— the servers, sommeliers, kitchen staff, porters…,” says the chef.

Meanwhile, the wine had been resting quietly at 55 degrees for two months that autumn. Delmas describes the transAtlantic logistics of exporting those 75 bottles—essentially moving them without moving them—with a faint smile. “A challenge,” he shrugs. Ultimately, DCD called upon Wally’s Wines in West L.A. to store the rarities.

“We served our best wines of the last eight decades, sometimes the last in the cellar of a vintage,” says Prince Robert. “We couldn’t repeat this dinner again. That was the last 1949 in magnum.” Of that cordovan-red Bordeaux, explains Delmas: “It was very emotional. I’m a third-generation winemaker. My father did this wine, the ’49. If the wine wasn’t good, it’s my father’s fault. Or my grandfather’s. For such an old vintage, like the 1976 doublemagnum, it was unbelievable.”

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Two days following the event, the Prince trades his tuxedo for a collarless jacket.

Over a light lunch at the Polo Lounge, he settles into a ’83 La Mission Haut-Brion.

For that week, he’d be busy with tastings, the Angeleno thing—omakase sushi—and visiting with his niece. He’d spent his fair share of time in Hollywood, studio-hopping with CAA when he and wife Julie were screenwriters in the ’90s—before joining the family business. All in all, a pleasant return to L.A. Back in Graves, 2009 Bordeaux samples have recently been rated across the board as “legendary”; the portfolio of Domaine Clarence Dillon has expanded with a super-premium branded label called Clarendelle. He’s even building a massive cookbook collection dating to the beginning of the 16th century.

In the contemporary section, one would imagine The French Laundry is in there, too. •

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With limited mechanical training and financing, Bob Summers and his brother Bill built Goldenrod in an old vegetable stand next to their family home in Ontario, California.

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