Plan Check Kitchen + Bar recently opened its fourth LA location in Santa Monica. In case you are wondering, the restaurant’s unusual name comes from its first location next to the City of Los Angeles Department of Building & Safety where architects and designers submit their plans.
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The Longines Masters Series tour that makes stops in Los Angeles, Paris, and Hong Kong is the number one show jumping event in the U.S. and one of the most prestigious equestrian events in the world.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few months, you have no doubt heard of Th Taste, the epicurean festival presented by Los Angeles Times and Food & Wine over the Labor Day weekend, September 2-5.
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Huntington Beach has always been an icon of surfing culture, but now, it even has a legal verdict to back it up: it recently won a lawsuit to exclusive rights to the title Surf City USA.
Located half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the beach town of Pismo Beach works both as a weekend get away from LA, or as a convenient mid-way stop en route. Besides long stretches of beaches, Pismo boasts the most extensive coastal dunes in California that are accessible with the convenience of a pier and beach boardwalk.
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In many ways, Carmel is a bit goofy – and therein lies its unique charm. To begin with, there are no street addresses: to locate a building you give the closest cross streets, directions, references (‘5th house on the E side of Torres street’), or description (‘the one with the blue trim and driftwood fence’).
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Only about an hour’s drive from Santa Monica, Oxnard is a handy getaway for the weekend, or even for the day. If you skip the rush hour, your getaway begins with scenic drive along the PCH. Once there, the beachfront resort of Embassy Suites by the Channel Islands Harbor is a destination on its own.
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The scenic stretch of California’s Highway 1 Discovery Route midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles offers breathtaking beauty, outdoor adventure, two world class wine regions, and scenic country roads connecting small artisan towns and seaside villages.
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