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Each month we share five unmissable things
to see and
do in The Golden State. You heard
it here first. |
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Words by KELSEY McKINNON and DAVID NASH |
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A Garden Store To Create Your Own Eden
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Ever find yourself lusting after the antiquated olive jugs, mortar and pestles, stone basins and primitive tables that have graced the Instagram feeds of tastemakers including Aimee Song, Pia Baroncini and actress Zoey Deutch? Behold Olive Ateliers’ recently opened flagship. Inspired by the late great Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill’s famed La Fábrica, the airy, 5,000-square-foot space tucked behind Culver City’s Platform center features dramatic floor-to-ceiling drapes, a 100-plus-year-old olive tree and weekly inventory drops of the perfect pedigreed pieces to bring home. 8439 Steller Dr., Ste. B, Culver City, 310-853-0519; oliveateliers.com. K.M.
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A Seven-Course Feast in the Heart of Wine Country |
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From the moment husband-and-wife duo Kyle and Katina Connaughton opened the doors to Single Thread in 2016, discerning foodies, curious oenophiles and critics the world over have flocked to the establishment for farm-forward Japanese-inspired delicacies. Now, the Michelin-starred duo have teamed up with their friends at Silver Oak Cellars for a limited dinner series this month at the winery’s picturesque spread in Alexander Valley. The rarefied seven-course experience is meant to be as educational as it is indulgent, pairing Silver Oak’s full family of wines (including their namesake label, Twomey and Timeless Napa Valley) with a rapturous menu of farm fresh fare. The timing of the collaboration happens to be fortuitous for the Connaughtons, who were forced to temporarily shutter their beloved eatery for a couple of months this spring following a small kitchen fire. Isn’t that what good friends are for? $725/person. singlethreadfarms.com. K.M. |
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A Spanish Revival In Silver Lake |
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Bar Moruno may have just opened its doors in Silver Lake, but the concept has been simmering for years. Chef Chris Feldmeier and wine expert David Rosoff crossed paths at L.A. institution Campanile before Rosoff and Nancy Silverton left to create Osteria Mozza with Feldmeier as the Michelin-starred restaurant’s chef de cuisine. Feldmeier and Rosoff left and opened a short-lived iteration of Bar Moruno at The Original Farmers Market. Feldmeier then went on to consult for Eataly among other projects, but remained close with Rosoff and committed to their Spanish concept. For the new space, the pair enlisted design firm STUDIOUNL (Bestia, Bavel, Petty Cash and Otium) to create the colorful interiors. Feldmeier has perfected Iberian specialties like the beloved oven-roasted butternut squash with sumac and cashews, and purple sweet potato morunos (“moruno” roughly translates to kebab) while Rosoff oversees the libations including a Spanish-heavy wine list (sprinkled with a few surprises — including a section devoted to wines from island and volcanic regions) and notably a vermouth that he created with Central Coast winemaker Steve Clifton that’s mixed into negronis and spritzes. Don’t have time to sit down? Next door is Rapido, a jewel-box market proffering Iberia’s finest tinned fish and made-in-house canned cocktails for casual meals to go. 3705 Sunset Blvd., L.A., 323-546-0505; barmoruno-la.com. K.M. |
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Go South for San Diego’s New Cultural Center |
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Annabelle Selldorf has been hailed as the art world’s go-to architect with projects ranging from New York’s Frick Collection to David Zwirner’s cutting-edge West Chelsea gallery. In 2014, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) tapped the German-born star to nearly double the oceanfront structure’s existing square footage to make room for its expanding collection. (The building was originally the home of philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, designed by Irving Gil.) This month, the museum unveils its impressive new home: a modernist study in concrete, travertine panels, aluminum brise-soleils and glass with soaring twenty-foot-tall ceilings and unparalleled views of the Pacific. For its inaugural exhibit, MCASD presents “Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s,” a survey of rare early works by the trailblazing feminist artist, who spent her final years in San Diego, alongside the Museum’s inaugural collection installation highlighting its close ties to the California Light & Space movement and relationship to the Mexico border. The only question you need to ask yourself now is where to look first. 700 Prospect St., La Jolla, 858-454-3541; mcasd.org. K.M. |
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