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...thecastle.la Emma Gray HQ Emma Gray instantly saw the potential of the renovated five-car garage in the home she bought on a hilly street in Santa Monica....
...Ruaridh Nicoll Imperial Hotel, Amador, California In a fold in the Shenandoah hills, California’s least populous incorporated city splits in two directions just by the Imperial Hotel....
...“I’m not going to get the same foot traffic as I would sandwiched between Nino Mier and Karma on Santa Monica Boulevard, but I enjoy the benefit of collectors making an effort to visit.”...
...Sunak, who spent his twenties hanging out with “tech bros” — he still has a home in Santa Monica — seems to want to build Britain in his own image....
...Los Angeles and Santa Monica have both made retrofitting all vulnerable buildings mandatory but plenty of other cities continue to resist....
...She decamped with her children for a “healing” few months in Santa Monica, but found California was too far from the action....
...And the best gift I’ve received recently is an Ayurvedic treatment at Surya Spa in Santa Monica....
...FG elcolmadobristol.co.uk Farmshop, Santa Monica The historic Brentwood Country Mart is home to Farmshop, a California-inspired market, bakery and restaurant that highlights the best of artisanal, edible...
...Snap SECTOR: SOCIAL MEDIA / HQ: SANTA MONICA, US Snap was hit by a freeze in the digital advertising market when the pandemic first took hold but the social media group has since recovered to post record...
...If you’re in Santa Monica, Elephante is always fun. It’s a very hip new restaurant and it’s indoor-outdoor, so you have the views and the breeze when they open it all up....
...Simeon Kerr in Dubai 57. Activision Blizzard Sector: gaming / HQ: Santa Monica, us Key stat: Upgraded outlook in May to forecast net revenues up 5 per cent to $6.8bn this year....
..., which opened in Santa Monica in 1994....
...But in midwinter you can be alone: we were the only people in the Arab bathhouses, the gardens of Carmen de los Martires and even the Convento de Santa Isabel la Real....
...Who Pastor Real Estate , tel +44 20 3879 8989 Casa Higuera, Maravilla Los Cabos, San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, $14m Where On Mexico’s Baja California peninsula in a private community....
...An Illustrated London News drawing of Albert and his queen with their Christmas tree at Windsor Castle went Victorian viral....
...Who Christie’s International Real Estate, tel: +31 343 700 222 Wild Turkey Run, Santa Rosa, California, US, $7.8m Where In the hills above Glen Ellen, a town in northern California’s wine-producing Sonoma...
...It is a hot day in LA and the lunchtime traffic is bumper-to-bumper on Santa Monica Boulevard....
...The house was built in 2007 and has an outdoor pool and a garden that faces the sea....
...Part of the attraction is the setting. About 12 miles west of Downtown, Bel-Air clusters around the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains, with views across the city....
...In December, a 12,688 sq ft, beachfront home in Carmel-by-the-Sea that was once owned by actor Gene Hackman sold for $27m. In the early 20th century, fishing was Monterey’s mainstay....
...“Santa Monica is a microcosm of what is happening in California’s coastal communities,” says Jason Islas, a journalist at the Santa Monica Next news website....
...Depending on the time of year, close encounters with whale sharks and sea turtles are par for the course in the crystalline waters around the island, and the 300-strong sea-lion colony at Los Islotes is...
...We can’t find our chambre d’hôte but we find Santa instead — a cheerful Corsican lady who, it transpires, has been waiting for us for a while....
...Who Knight Frank, knightfrank.com, tel: +44 20 3811 2131 864 Stradella Road, Los Angeles, California, US, $49.99m Where In Bel Air, high in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains, and 13 miles from...
...The favoured neighbourhood, says Luke, is Fontvielle, where Savills is selling a three-bedroom apartment in the Seaside Plaza building for €9m....
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