California Travel

# 4 - August 02, 2009

  • Pizza is the latest fascination of David Myers, a celebrated Los Angeles chef who has turned from progressive cuisine at Sona to mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes at Pizzeria Ortica, which he opened early this year in Costa Mesa, Calif.

# 3 - August 01, 2009

  • For those unable to wander among the sun-soaked fields of southern France,
  • the lavender farms in Sonoma Valley, California,
  • Napa's lesser-known neighbor, offer an aromatic alternative.
  • On the outskirts of Santa Rosa, Matanzas Creek Winery has been a haven for lavender devotees since 1991,
  • when the winery planted nearly two acres.

# 2 - July 25, 2009

Carolwood Drive, Beverly Hills — $2,803 per square foot

# 1 - July 25, 2009

  • Laguna Beach's new Nike store opened quietly earlier this month,
  • without the fanfare we'd expect from a company first:
  • Never before have all of the company's action-sports brands
  • (Nike 6.0, Hurley, Converse, and Nike SB) been together under one roof.
  • From the look of it, they're getting along just fine. The store's design is more Oregon-rustic—a nod, perhaps,
  • to Nike's Beaverton HQ—than L.A.-cool,
  • with weathered wood floors and hanging bikes.
  • The product design is, in part, up to you:
  • The on-site "Workshop" allows buyers to customize their Nikes, Converse, or Hurley board shorts with graphics and color combinations.
  • 225 Forest, 225 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, Calif.,
  • (949) 494-7907; visit 225forest.com to make appointments for customization
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