- TIME TRAVELER
CLASSIC ARCHITECTURAL STYLES have one thing in common: Most of them travel welt At first glance, this 2,195-square-foot jewel, designed by South Coast Architects and built by R.A. Wasseman Construction, looks like the kind of Spanish-colonial revival homes that were all the rage in 1920$ Santa Barbara, Calif. It's got ......
- The 21st Annual Builder's Choice: Merit Award: Watermark, Casa Pacifica
MERIT AWARD WATERMARK, CASA PACIFICA Newport Coast, Calif WARM, COMFORTABLE, AND INVITING despite its 5,272-square-foot size, Casa Pacifica at Watermark emulates the resort lifestyle of communities such as Santa Barbara. It's just as pricey, too. The California hacienda homes sell for $2.9 million and up. The home's livable courtyard accessed ......
- Something grand is on the horizon
HEADNOTE Grand Californian Is Disney's First Hotel on Theme Park Grounds South County has its FourSeasons, Ritz-Carlton and-soon-St. Regis resorts,but when Disney's Grand Californian Hotel opens on the grounds of California Adventure in January, it will set a new standard for resort hotels in North County. Some industry insiders believe ......
- TALENT ROUNDUP - January 20, 2003
Monterey Peninsula Artists has booked Grand Funk Railroad at several fairs for 2003, including a makeup date Oct. 1 at the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair after bass player Mel Schacher fell ill just before GFR's scheduled performance there in 2002.
- Cool climate growing in California.
It has been pointed out that "cool climate viticulture" is an indefinite term, depending on the speaker or writer's viewpoint. Indeed, what passes for cool climate in California might be thought of as rather warm in the Loire Valley or Tasmania. It is one of those terms like "old-vine Zinfandel" ......
- WFA announces 2005 Hall of Fame inductees
The Western Fairs Assn. Hall of Fame will welcome two more industry players in 2005. Inductees are Earl "Butch" Butler, owner of Butler Amusements, and Selma Harris, CEO at the San Bernardino (Calif.) County Fair, the WFA announced.
- Chain Expansion Report
Bennigan's Grill and Tavern opened two restaurants in South Korea, one in Seoul and the other in Ulsan. The new locations bring the chain's international restaurant count to 45. BJ's Restaurants Inc. announced the opening of a new restaurant and brewhouse in Vacaville, Calif., bringing the total number of locations ......