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122 ALL ABOUT AMY With two Oscar nominations and a range of compelling films behind her, Amy Adams is taking it one role—motherhood included—at a time.

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The Museum of Contemporary Art books some beachtime with famous creators, and the intelligentsia follow.

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The road may not be paved with

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have never been one of those people who starts her holiday shopping in July. I don’t wrap the last of my gifts in October and tuck them in my closet for safe keeping with months to spare. Every year, I aim to improve my timing so that on Christmas Eve, I won’t be frantically tying a ribbon through a jingle bell and onto a box before the clock strikes midnight.

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that might be just the thing! My lists will be completed by Thanksgiving…or, at least, that is my goal. A big help this year will be our editors’ picks of perfect presents for the season (p.42-52), as it will surely guide me through the maze of goodies around every corner. Our team scoured the shopping scene to bring you the best from all price points and all styles.

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From Academy Award-nominated actress and Hollywood darling Amy Adams, the interview she gave C—about her gritty role in The Fighter (Oscar nod number three?) and life as a mom—was a most personal one. We also bring you a fashion story full of prints with personality that are perfect for the upcoming resort season!

Let’s not forget about our all-access pass to MOCA’s Salons by the Shore series this past fall. Only L.A.’s who’s-who received an invitation to attend three fascinating lectures in beautiful Malibu homes. From Eli and Edye Broad’s Carbon Beach getaway to Peter Morton’s house just down the shore, to Howard and Nancy Marks’ breathtaking retreat, what prime settings for us to peek into the minds of the contemporary art world’s top talents!

The issue has these stories and so much more…every sparkling page of it. (And with our resource of vintage jewelry dealers and our roundup of rough-cut diamonds, you might want to dog-ear a few pages or double-up with a Post-It in case Santa needs to see what’s on your wish-list.)

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Sage Maitri “You know what happens when you combine a great team, an amazing house in Malibu and beautiful clothes? A flawless December fashion story [“Radiant Days,” p.112],” explains on-set makeup artist Sage Maitri, who was crucial to the shoot. The L.A.-based beauty expert also lends her talents to Vogue, T Magazine and Vanity Fair. C SPOTS • Auberge du Soleil, our honeymoon destination • 29 Palms Inn near Joshua Tree • The Apple Pan for burgers

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The Connecticut native’s holiday plans: Traveling to Ethiopia with her husband to bring home their adopted four-month-old baby boy. C SPOTS • The Tasting Kitchen in Venice for their cocktails and sausage with fideo pasta • Yosemite’s Panorama Trail • Mountain views from our new home in Topanga

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C’s editors share their picks for the ultimate presents of the season, from made-in-California wines and limited-run chocolates, to dreamworthy jewelry and fashion-forward frocks

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I like a merry take on preppy pieces: plaids that pop and notebooks that are too cool for school FLORENCE KANE Senior Editor

D. Bryant Archie blankets, $680 to $720. J.Crew shoes, $298. Farrow & Ball gift certificates. Postalco notebooks, $28 each, tortoisegeneralstore.com. Jil Sander jumpsuit, $1,945, select Barneys New York stores. Miu Miu handbag, $1,350. Anthropologie bowl, $48.

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Playful stocking stuffers, sharp accessories and chic home decor items are at the top of my gift-giving list SAMANTHA TRAINA Fashion Editor

Chanel lipstick, $30. The Candy Store gift box, $30. The Elder Statesman hats, $300 each, Maxfield, L.A. Taschen limited-edition book, $700, select Barneys New York stores. Jonathan Adler candles, $38 each.

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Hermès ashtray, $530. Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière shoes, $1,895.

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Swanson Vineyards wine, $25. Equipment shirt, $178, Diani, S.B. Prada keychain, $165.

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Banana Republic earrings, $45.

Bruno Frisoni shoes, $789, select Neiman Marcus stores.

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My Fair Lady Elegant dresses, fanciful games—my go-to gifts are a mix of timeless classics with dashes of whimsy ELIZABETH KHURI CHANDLER Arts + Culture Editor

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Taschen collector’s-edition book, $700. Kate Spade fragrance, $80, select Nordstrom stores. Assouline book, $75. Tod’s shoes, $575.

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Commune limited-edition chocolates, $49, valerieconfections.com. Eames lounge and ottoman, $3,899, Design Within Reach. Sweet Revolution caramels, $20/box. Le Labo x Jefferson Hack fragrance, $200. Isabel Marant pants, $477, and shoes, $570.

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Discover which rookie might be the next big thing at The Future is Now: Adler Fellows Gala Concert.

Polished young singers show off the skills they’ve learned from performing with the S.F. Opera. Dec 1.

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PROSE Slip between the sheets of N.Y.’s art world with actor/writer Steve Martin’s new novel An Object of Beauty (Grand Central Publishing, $27).

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SEASONAL SPLENDOR Ring in the holidays with old and new CA traditions: • L.A. Master Chorale performs Holiday Wonders (Dec. 11) • The S.F. Ballet Nutcracker (beginning Dec. 9) • Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade (Dec. 15-19) • Santa Monica Ice Rink (through Feb. 15) • Pasadena Master Chorale’s Christmas Party (Dec. 11 & 12)

Cozy up with three best-bet winter dramas Natalie Portman stars as a Rodarte-clad ballerina in the dark thriller Black Swan. Dec. 1.

• Blue Valentine is Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling’s compelling portrayal of a vulnerable young marriage. Dec. 31. • The road to recovery in Rabbit Hole is a rocky one when a happy couple (Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart) faces the death of their young son. Dec. 17.

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On view at the Getty: “Photography from the New China” exhibits work from young Chinese artists as insight into the varied effects of migration, Western influence, consumerism and the lingering remnants of the Cultural Revolution.

Dec. 7-Apr. 24; getty.edu.

NEW WOMEN, 2000, WANG QINGSONG, CHROMOGENIC PRINT, THE J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM. HERBST THEATRE: DAVID POWERS. NATALIE PORTMAN IN BLACK SWAN: NIKO TAVERNISE.

EASTERN EXPOSURE

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Spread some December cheer with 31 only-in-California ways to breeze through the month

WREATH: FUSE

countdown to new year’s

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December 2010 sunday

monday

tuesday

wednesday

01 VISIT FRIENDS IN SAN FRANCISCO

for the first night of Hanukkah. Pick up Dynamo Donuts’ jam-filled treats to take to latke party.

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RESERVE A CASE

of Domaine Carneros bubbly before Ad Hoc brunch.

Boutique browsing in Yountville and St. Helena.

Ma(i)sonry = joy.

VINYASA FLOW CLASS at the new

YogaWorks, Tarzana. Get a Shellac manicure at Nail Garden, Burbank.

BACK TO BEVERLY HILLS for

the last day of Project Angel Food’s Divine Design shopping week!

Lunch reservations at Craft.

07 THE SHOPPING CONTINUES at Two

Rodeo. First, a morning Runyon Canyon hike.

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GOOD-FORYOU eating

(while shopping) at Fashion Island’s True Food Kitchen.

VOLUNTEER today at St. Vincent Meals on Wheels.

DROP OFF PRESENTS to

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BREAK OUT THE TINSEL for the tree

HEAD SOUTH TO SAN CLEMENTE for a

decorating party.

reunion with old friends.

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A MORNING RUN to the

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Santa Monica Farmers’ Market, then a spa day at Montage Beverly Hills.

be wrapped at Soolip.

DON’T FORGET to

A LEISURELY FAMILY DRIVE to check out the

coordinate the sitter for New Year’s Eve...

windows and the lights.

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R&R CAN STILL MEAN

SCHEDULE Rose Bowl

sneaking off to the after-Christmas sales!

tailgaiting.

thank-you notes.

IMPROMPTU WINE-ANDCHEESE fest with loved

ones. Quick grocery grab at Whole Foods.

There’s a lot to do before 2011 begins, so it’s going to be busy thursday

friday 02

saturday 03

GATHER GOODS at Ferry Plaza

04 A MEADOWOOD STAY

Thursday Farmers’ Market for dinner at a friend’s.

begins with morning tennis, then a “12 Days of Christmas” repast.

Short spin to The Napa Valley Reserve for the annual holiday celebration. *Remember to TiVo UCLA v. USC!

DRIVE TO NAPA for a

family getaway with a snack stop at Oakville Grocery and dinner booked at Auberge du Soleil.

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ORDER 2011 calendar.

Beverly Hills, followed by a cut and color with Byron Williams and Tracey Cunningham.

ORDER HOSTESS GIFTS

ORANGE COUNTY SHOPPING MISSION to

South Coast Plaza, then Fashion Island. The health kick continues.

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online at One Kings Lane: tea towels, oils, gourmet popcorn...

COCKTAIL FÊTE! The Bijou:

equal parts Plymouth Gin, Carpano Antica vermouth, Chartreuse, and a dash of bitters, strained and served up in a martini glass with a cherry.

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The Tourist.

Depp-rivation cured!

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PICK UP LAST-MINUTE

CHRISTMAS DAY in

stocking stuffers at Santa Monica Place and Abbot Kinney.

front of the fire with Mexican hot chocolate.

30 AFTERNOON BLOWOUT

appointment at Drybar to get ready for tomorrow’s members-only party at the Soho House, West Hollywood.

31 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Toast 2011 with a new resolution: Stop making so many plans...

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FASHION STAND-OUTS SHARE THEIR TOP PICKS

OMEGA

Constellation ’09 Quartz watch, $13,400. Omega Boutique, Beverly Center, 8500 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, 310-854-0070; Tourbillon, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 714-800-1925.

JUICY COUTURE

Diamond J by Martin Katz, $1,000. 456 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-550-0736; juicycouture.com.

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS

Folie des Prés pendant, Price upon request. Neiman Marcus, 150 Stockton St., San Francisco, 415-362-3900; Neiman Marcus, 601 Newport Center Dr., Newport Beach, 949-467-3344.

DIOR TIMEPIECES

KATE SPADE NEW YORK

Pop Art Pearle in Pop Leopard Sequins, $525. Westfield Century City, 10250 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, 310-788-0791; One Colorado, 39 W. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, 626-356-9460.

La Mini D de Dior Steel Bracelet, $2,850.

309 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-859-4700; South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 714-549-4700.

SOLANGE AZAGURYPARTRIDGE

Random Necklace, 18-karat blackened white gold and multi-stones, $240,000.

340 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-276-4500; solangeazagury partridge.com.

MONTBLANC

Star 4810 Automatic, $2,360. 323 N. Rodeo Dr., Beverly Hills, 310-275-3663; South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 714-424-5270.

PIAGET

Piaget Polo FortyFive Lady G0A35013, $25,900. South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 714-361-2020; piaget.com.

MIKIMOTO

White South Sea cultured pearl earrings with diamonds and morganite set in platinum, $36,000. The Beverly Wilshire, 9500 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, 310-205-8787; South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bristol St., Costa Mesa, 714-424-5440.

Reports

from the

SOCIAL FRONT Sizing up California’s glamorous scene one red carpet at a time Edited by Phoebe Doheney

Jane Nathanson, Lynda Resnick

Tom Hanks, Renzo Piano

Bob Iger, Willow Bay

LACMA’s newest exhibition space opened with an elaborate masked ball where L.A.’s in-crowd walked the red carpet and took in a live performance by Christina Aguilera.

David Geffen, Arianna Huffington

Olivia Wilde

Lubov Azria

Damian Smith, Vanessa Getty

Laura Dunn

Katie Traina, Denise Hale

Selma Blair, Michael Kelter

Downtown S.F. The wait is over: Michael Kelter’s new shop, Downtown, opened with an intimate dinner party for friends, family and the city’s fashion savvy.

Bill Magee, Susan Casden, Calista Flockhart

Dr. Rebecka Belldegrun, Marisa Tomei

Operation Smile To provide care to children with facial deformities, the 9th-Annual Operation Smile Gala honored Harrison Ford, John Stamos and Susan Casden.

LACMA “THE UNMASKING”: © 2010 PATRICK MCMULLAN COMPANY, INC. DOWNTOWN S.F.: DREW ALTIZER. OPERATION SMILE: VINCE BUCCI

LACMA’s Resnick Pavilion Gala

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He exists as certainly as love & generosity & devotion exist, & now more than ever, there are a million reasons to believe in the Magic of the season.

This holiday, bring your stamped letter to Macy’s, addressed to Santa At The North Pole, and drop it into our special Santa letterbox. We’ll count them up, and for each letter received, we’ll donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, up to $1,000,000.

Then, we’ll bring them to the Post Office for mailing to Santa, and together, we’ll collect a million reasons to believe.

To learn more, visit macys.com/believe Don’t miss the season’s newest tradition – the animated classic feature based on the timeless true story that inspired a whole new spirit of believing! Yes, Virginia will air on CBS-TV, Friday, December 17. Check your local listings.

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Reports

from the

Alyson Jackson, Brad Harrington Gary Friedman, Randi Fisher

Balthazar Getty, Katherine Ross and Michael Govan

Christina Zilber, Monique Lhuillier, Jane Ross, Jamie McCourt, Kassidy Schagrin

LACMA’s “Fashioning Fashion”

Betty Kay Coakley, Seema Hamid

Restoration Hardware

Fashion and art-loving Angelenos convened at LACMA’s Resnick Pavilion for its inaugural exhibition: “Fashioning Fashion.”

Gregory Parkinson, Irene Neuwirth

Kimberly and Nicolo Bini

Restoration Hardware CEO Gary Friedman and co. toasted the decor store’s new mega-home in S.F.’s design district.

Crystal Lourd

Anton and Jennifer Segerstrom

Harvesters Fendi Fendi’s faithful flocked to the Beverly Center for a launch soiree before heading to a celebratory dinner at Chateau Marmont.

Tracey McCarter, Karen Jaffe, Jodi Salerno

Eloísa Maturén, Julia Trappe, Juan Diego Flórez

Perrey Reeves, Abigail Spencer

Sally and Michel Perrin

The Harvesters’ annual charity fashion show/luncheon in Orange County drew SoCal’s polished philanthropists.

Gustavo Dudamel, Eva Mendes

L.A. Phil Gustavo Dudamel struck up another season with the L.A. Philharmonic as an all-star crowd filled the Walt Disney Concert Hall for opening night.

LACMA: © 2010 PATRICK MCMULLAN COMPANY, INC. RESTORATION HARDWARE: DREW ALTIZER. HARVESTERS: CARLA RHEA/IWANABNPIX.COM. L.A. PHIL: WIREIMAGE

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FROM TOP RIGHT Jimmy

Choo patent Private shoes, $950, jimmy choo.com. Diane von Furstenberg Voleta sandals, $335, 323-9511947. Stella McCartney faux patent slingbacks, $695, 310-273-7051.

Giuseppe Zanotti Design suede boots, $995, giuseppezanotti design.com. Christian Louboutin pony Pigalle flats, $775, christianlouboutin.com.

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Slopeside Style Chill out in winter’s opulent accessories FROM LEFT Christian Dior shoulder bag, $8,100, 800-929-DIOR. Céline booties, $1,150, celine.com. Michael Kors limited-edition 22-karat gold aviators, $395, 310-777-8862. Miu Miu gloves, $340, miumiu.com.

Hermès Baronne boots, $3,125, hermes.com.

WEST HOLLYWOOD

Blue Jean Baby With Decades Denim, L.A.’s vintage evening gown guru Cameron Silver introduces 11 sexy nods to iconic silhouettes, like the straight-leg Cheryl; a cropped Marilyn cigarette; a Marlene tuxedo. Which one are you? decadesinc.com.

LOS ANGELES

Boy Meets...

Cheryl jeans in fog, $119.

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ngeleno Scott Sternberg is adding a new member to his band of labels. Girl, a line of separates in faded-floral prints and delicate fabrics, is a pretty complement to his other wellestablished women’s line, Boy by Band of Outsiders. Keeping the modern, artsy girl in mind, Sternberg contrasts Boy’s signature preppy-chic look with this collection of ultra-feminine, un-tailored whimsy—and all with a romantic edge. From $185, Barneys New York; bandofoutsiders.com.

Agnes dress, $788.

THE RIGHT MOVES Avant-garde boutique TenOverSix has left Beverly for a new Melrose home.

8425 Melrose Ave., WeHo, 323-330-9355.

www.joie.com

fashion WORD ON THE STREET

Mexican gold filigree and coral earrings, Maestros de Taxco.

It’s official: Parisian-chic label Lanvin is coming to Two Rodeo this spring. 260 N. Rodeo Dr., B.H.; lanvin.com.

Vintage Bulgari emerald ring, Nadine Krakov.

Vintage Buccellati green tourmaline and gold necklace, Nadine Krakov.

Juicy Duo

Digging for Gold These days, vintage baubles are in fashion and in demand.

Here, C’s treasury of dealers: • LANG ANTIQUES & ESTATE JEWELRY This well-kept secret of S.F.’s social set has an exceptional collection of Edwardian and Art Deco engagement rings. 415-982-2213. • MAESTROS DE TAXCO Rocio Honigmann is one of the foremost dealers of Mexican jewelry in the U.S. So, whether it’s antique gold or rare pre-Columbian Mexican gold finds you’re seeking, her by-appointment Thousand Oaks filigree and pearl earrings, Maestros trove will likely have it. 805-573-3883. • MDVII ANTIQUES For de Taxco. sought-after YSL, Dior and Chanel, this Russian Hill jewel-box is jam-packed with high-end costume gems. 415-250-2283. • NADINE KRAKOV COLLECTION With pieces ranging from a 1930s bracelet ($50) to an extravagant set by Chaumet Paris ($500,000), this Beverly Hills mainstay is an in-the-know resource for Hollywood glam.

310-860-9991. • SARTORI JEWELRY & LOAN This Torrance pawnshop has steals and deals— like simple 14-karat hoop earrings for under $100—and a well-stocked supply of vintage wedding bands. 310-328-6833. • SOPHIE AARONS Celebrated for her colorful cocktail rings from the ’60s and ’70s, the Woodland Hills-based dealer also sells her unique statement pieces online. 323-369-3329. • WANNA BUY A WATCH With a keen eye for Rolexes, this WeHo outpost is the go-to spot for the rare and for repair. 323-653-0467. SUSAN CAMPOS

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iedmont native Erin Fetherston’s debut holiday line for L.A.-based Juicy Couture wouldn’t be complete without a re-imagined tracksuit— trading velour for silk— and plenty of fancy, ethereal silhouettes, like tuxedo jumpsuits and slinky black-tie dresses decked out in handcrafted beadwork, tassels and bows. From $158, juicycouture.com.

Wild Child Handmade in limited quantity exclusively for the forward boutique, this Brandoinspired leather biker jacket with plaid flannel lining hits Downtown just in time for the holidays. 55 Maiden Ln., San Francisco, 415-975-4400; downtownshop.com.

Agatha NYC jacket, $2,880.

Erin Fetherston

ERIN FETHERSTON: PATRICKMCMULLAN.COM

SAN FRANCISCO

fashion jewelry box

Dark and Stormy Moody, rough-cut diamonds are just as brilliant as any perfectly polished stone

Sutra sliced diamond ring.

Martin Katz Slice ring.

Kimberly McDonald Drop earrings, Wilkes Bashford, S.F.

Neil Lane colored-diamond cuff.

Susie Fox earrings, Roseark, L.A.

Diamond in the Rough Iceberg ring, Neiman Marcus, Beverly Hills.

SEE SHOPPING GUIDE FOR MORE DETAILS, PAGE 147

De Beers Talisman Medallion pendant.

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wilshire at rodeo • beverly hills • 310.205.8787 south coast plaza • costa mesa • 714.424.5440

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in the Golden State

Shoes, bags and baubles in a spectrum of dazzling hues are on every California girl’s holiday wish list

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Gifts that Glitter

southcoastplaza.com

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SPECIAL HOLIDAY SECTION

Miu Miu, $695.

Chanel, $9,350.

✺Color ✺

Razzle-dazzle ’em with candy-colored accents

My Young Auntie, price upon request.

Michael Kors, $195.

Fendi, $740.

Jacob & Co., $7,500.

✺Gold ✺

Chanel, $1,295.

A touch of glitz goes a long way

Solange AzaguryPartridge, $1,300.

Salvatore Ferragamo, $680.

Marco Bicego, $2,290.

Miriam Haskell for J.Crew, $525.

Jérôme Dreyfuss, $2,090.

CH Carolina Herrera, $160.

Kimberly McDonald, $15,850.

âœş Noirâœş

Derek Lam, $990.

Black can be both classic and dramatic Yossi Harari, $64,125.

Brian Atwood, $2,080.

Ambrosi Abrianna, $15,800.

Banana Republic, $89.50.

Audemars Piguet, $84,900.

Mikimoto, by special order.

Jimmy Choo, $2,495.

Swarovski, $810.

Harry Winston, $6,800.

David Yurman, $12,500.

âœşSilverâœş

Winter white has never been so brilliant

Diane von Furstenberg, $350.

Dior, $1,150.

South Coast Plaza defines the perfect shopping experience

with 250 extraordinary boutiques,

personalized service, endless amenities and award-winning restaurants.

OSCAR DE LA RENTA ©2010 SOUTH COAST PLAZA

Where Southern California

finds the very best...

BALENCIAGA BOTTEGA VENETA BURBERRY CHANEL CHLOÉ CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN DIOR DONNA KARAN NEW YORK EMILIO PUCCI FENDI GUCCI HERMÈS HERVE LEGER JIMMY CHOO LOUIS VUITTON MARNI MICHAEL KORS MIU MIU OSCAR DE LA RENTA PRADA RALPH LAUREN ROBERTO CAVALLI SALVATORE FERRAGAMO VALENTINO VERSACE YVES SAINT LAURENT PARTIAL LISTING

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Mission ViLLAGE

San Marino’s divine destination for holiday shopping offers everything from boutique apparel to gourmet treats, salons to make you beautiful and one-of-a-kind gifts for decking the halls JuLiEnnE to Go

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Single Stone is a storybook of jewels filled with original handcrafted jewelry as well as many featured designers—each with its own story to tell. 2527 Mission St., 626-799-3109; singlestoneonmissionstreet.com.

This sophisticated boutique specializes in hard-to-find brands such as Isabel Marant’s Etoile, Theyskens’ Theory, ALC and Rag & Bone. 2513 Mission St., 626-799-2000.

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A perfect mix of sophistication and creative genius makes Starr House Pasadena’s best salon for the past seven years. 2636 Mission St., 626-799-0828; starrhouse.com.

Lady Bird, the area’s exclusive Lilly Pulitzer Signature Store, carries clothing, accessories and gifts.

2556 Mission St., 626-441-4550.

JuLiEnnE

LEMMon hiLL

A mixture of hip and whimsical, Simply Fresh! never fails to deliver cool new ideas for home, gifts and fashion accessories.

2628 Mission St., 626-4417250.

pAduA •Unique decorative accessories for home and garden •Elegant holiday decor •Art •Textiles •Needlepoint •Interior and exterior design •Drapery •Upholstery 2650 Mission St., #105, 626-441-5061.

A local bistro serving California/French cuisine since 1985. Enjoy breakfast or lunch on the delightful garden patio.

2649 Mission St., 626-441-2299; juliennetogo.com.

A quaint gourmet market offering cuisine-to-go, seasonal menus, party platters and boutique wines. 2649 Mission St., 626-441-2299; julienne togo.com.

Debuting last year on San Marino’s charming Mission Street, Lemmon Hill offers its clients design services, unique home furnishings and gorgeous gifts for any occasion.

2511 Mission St., 626-7993000.

✺ Join the shops in MissionVillage for a special Holiday Open House,Thursday, December 2nd, 4 - 7 p.m.

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Events Nicole Neves, Traci Vassallo

Make Up For Ever

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AKE UP FOR EVER celebrated the opening of its Studio

at Sephora, South Coast Plaza with a VIP party of makeup artists and fashionable fans. “Backstage Onstage” allowed guests to experience the behind-the-scenes action of a fashion show. Prince Peter’s rock-n-roll designs were matched to makeup looks by David Hernandez.

Guess

Gina Pallozzi, Michelle Carroll

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Terri Tomkiewicz, Bonnie Hofkin

and Guess came together to celebrate the coming of a new season at Santa Monica Place’s Bloomingdale’s.

Guests enjoyed summer mocktails and delicious desserts from Divinity by Cory Martin as they admired the latest looks from the fall collection and tried on soon-to-be favorite styles.

Allie Estes Roche, Angela Peralta

Schumacher

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chumacher and C’s Design Editor-atLarge Andrea Stanford co-hosted an intimate dinner at Soho House, West Hollywood.

A who’s-who of the design world (including Oliver Furth, Peter Dunham, Windsor Smith and Kathryn Ireland) gathered with Schumacher VIPs to mix, mingle and take in the beautiful view.

Liz Nightingale, Elizabeth Dinkel, Michael Bernal

Urannia and Dr. Brunno Ristow

Gump’s

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ump’s CEO Marta Benson and C’s Editor Jenny Murray Hooks hosted guests at the San Francisco emporium for bubbly and a warm welcome to Lamont, the store’s newest collection.

Beloved Gump’s clients previewed the British designer’s extraordinary lighting and objets, which are made in Bangkok with parchment, lacquer and handhammered pure gold.

Karen Caldwell, Marta Benson, Jean Larette

Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, Andrea Stanford

PROMOTION

The holidays.

Naturally inspired.

BLOOMINGDALE’S MACY’S NEIMAN MARCUS NORDSTROM ANN TAYLOR APPLE STORE BANANA REPUBLIC BARE ESCENTUALS BETSEY JOHNSON BURBERRY CARTIER COACH CRATE & BARREL EILEEN FISHER ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA FLEMING’S PRIME STEAKHOUSE & WINE BAR FREE PEOPLE FRETTE HLASKA J. CREW JUICY COUTURE KATE SPADE KIEHL’S SINCE 1851 LABELLE DAY SPAS & SALONS LACOSTE LOUIS VUITTON LUCY MAXMARA MAX'S OPERA CAFE MICHAEL KORS P. F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO POLO BY RALPH LAUREN POTTERY BARN SONY STYLE SPRINKLES CUPCAKES TIFFANY & CO. VINCE. WILKES BASHFORD WILLIAMS-SONOMA GRANDE CUISINE

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Backstage at Dolce & Gabbana’s fall show.

Crimson Kiss

An understated eye with a garnet-stained lip is an intoxicating winter look

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nderstated eyes paired with deep red lips is perfect for holiday,” says Make Up For Ever’s Artist and Educator David Hernandez. “It adds a pop of color to the face but won’t overpower a festive outfit.” He recognizes that this is the time of year women don bolder fashions and accessories. “When it comes to winter parties, you don’t want your makeup to take over your look,” says the L.A.-based artist who paints pretty faces on runways from Betsey Johnson to Pamella Roland. Hernandez suggests: Make Up For Ever’s Rouge Artist Intense lipstick in Satin Bordeaux Red #46, $19, available at Sephora.

“A red lip is always classic and glamorous, and it looks great with clean eye makeup that has a soft contour and slight shimmer.”

—David Hernandez, Make Up For Ever Burberry Beauty Lip Cover in Deep Burgundy No. 21, $30, Nordstrom, South Coast Plaza.

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Jouer Hydrating Lipstick in Simone, $22, jouercosmetics.com.

PROENZA (TOP) AND DOLCE & GABBANA (CENTER, 2): FIRSTVIEW.COM

Clarins Rouge Prodige in Fusion Red, $24, clarins.com.

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Deck the Halls

MARC VALESELLA

Four interior designers share their elegant tips for making a memorable and beautiful holiday

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SAN FRANCISCO

Martha Angus “I stay away from tradition and just do more of what I love, like pairing hot pink with chartreuse.”

Bell’occhio ribbons, from $4/ yard, bellocchio. com. Last year, the designer made a cheerful vinyl wreath for the Children of Charities auction.

Ikea Nysnö napkins (top), $3/pack, Ikea, Emeryville. Mini lemon cypress tree, $14.50, Toscana Gardens, S.F.

Hélène Aumont

A room by the decorator—fit for a holiday feast.

“Christmas day lunch is not happening without refined glassware. And presents decorated with fresh roses are stunning.”

The designer with her Friesian horses.

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FROM TOP LEFT Aumont’s must-have gift for a furry friend: Le Roi bed, price upon request, une-vie-de-chateau.com. Ted Muehling E.R. Butler silver candlesticks, $936 each, deveraobjects.com. Juliska Grande Fiorella vase, $185, Upstairs at Pierre Lafond, 805-565-1503.

WREATH: BRUCE DAMONTE. DOG BED: MARC VALESELLA

SANTA BARBARA

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THE SHOPS

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Karen and Quinn Hatfield’s most memorable meal: Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris—now with a new head chef and more high-design details.

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Karen + Quinn Hatfield Hatfield’s, Los Angeles

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he Hatfields fell for each other 13 years ago, when Quinn was a sous-chef/manager and Karen joined the pastry team at the old Spago Hollywood. Opening the original Hatfield’s on Beverly Boulevard in 2006, they outgrew the petite space and moved the sophisticated restaurant to Hancock Park earlier this year. Today, one can spy Karen plating desserts and Quinn manning all things savory from the gleaming exhibition kitchen.

SHOPPING HAUNTS On Sundays, meeting friends at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market is perfect. The kids listen to music while the adults drink Cafecito Organico coffee and visit all their favorite stands: McGrath, Weiser, Flora Bella…Then there’s Harvey’s Guss Meat Co.—a Los Angeles institution. CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT Karen: pasta. Quinn: burgers. He digs Umami for the new school and The Apple Pan for the old. SPICE IS NICE Come winter, ginger cocktails like a Moscow Mule or a Dark ‘n’ Stormy are best. PANTRY STASH Arborio rice, dried pasta,

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SECRET OF SUCCESS Division of labor. Annie takes care of the grape-growing; Andy makes the wine. CULINARY ADVENTURES A recent “research” trip to Italy (Collio and Friuli) and Slovenia to drink white wines. As they’re now experimenting with Riesling, next are Germany, Austria, and Alsace, France. LOCAL LIBATION Nocino della Cristina, made by

Giorgio Monteverdi, a friend who lives around the corner. >> FROM LEFT Favia produced 220 cases of 2007 Favia Quarzo, Syrah, Amador, $65. Good to have on hand: Napa’s Rancho Gordo beans.

Oxbow Public Market for artisanal grocery.

wine, butter, and a little sauce or stock in the freezer.

“There’s a meal in there somewhere,” says Karen. 6703 Melrose Ave., L.A., 323-935-2977; hatfieldsrestaurant.com.

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FROM LEFT The indoor courtyard at Hatfield’s. Pasta—Karen’s favorite—and Arborio rice fill the family’s pantry.

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brown rice, farro, home-grown or Rancho Gordo heirloom beans, lentils, local honey, Recchiuti chocolate. ON THE COUNTER Their daughters are working their way through Alice Waters’ latest cookbook, In the Green Kitchen. POST-HARVEST INDULGENCE The Marin Coast—fog, rain or shine. SOURCES Annie

and Andy grow most of their own food, and Annie cans and

preserves for cooler months. They say they can get almost anything else from Napa’s Oxbow Public Market. PURVEYOR PICKS Lee Hudson, who’s branching out from Chardonnay with items like pork and eggs; Andante Dairy cheesemaker Soyoung Scanlan; and while Andy likes coffee, Annie loves Winnie Yu’s Berkeley shop, Teance. “Tea-tasting is really a lot like winetasting when you get into it,” she says. faviawine.com.

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hey met in Berkeley when he was a sous-chef and she was a busser. Now, in San Francisco’s Jackson Square, Michael and Lindsay Tusk have created the hottest seat of the season—Cotogna—a casual trattoria next door to their sublimely elegant Quince. HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY On Christ-

“The most collaborative part of the process is planning the menu, shopping the local farmers’ markets together— and raiding the restaurant’s walk-in.”

FROM LEFT Local Kumamoto oysters on Christmas Day. Welsh salts from Halen Môn in the pantry. An egg in ricotta with white truffles at Sadler, Milan. A cook once made warm potato chips with Sriracha hot sauce and lime juice, and Mike now loves the combination.

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Inspiration: Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy.

mas, a relaxing feast of Bay Area Kumamoto oysters, caviar, Dungeness crab and Champagne! CULINARY ADVENTURES Modena, Italy. Next up: Tokyo. CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT Buttery lobster rolls from Osier’s Seafood in Lindsay’s hometown of South Bristol, ME. Mike loves the L’uovo quadrato at Sadler, Milan. OFF-BEAT PAIRING Warm potato chips, lime juice and Sriracha. DATE NIGHT David Kinch’s Manresa. Or, at home with takeout from Pakwan. PANTRY STOCK Salts: Halen Môn; Pangasinan white; and Murray River. Olive oils: Pianogrillo and Olio Verde from Sicily; Vittorio Cassini from Liguria; and Tenuta di Capezzana from Tuscany. MARKET OUTLOOK Tuesday/ Saturday Berkeley markets, where Riverdog, Full Belly Farm and Guru Ram Das sell. NEXT WAVE “The chef-as-urban-farmer.

We have a rooftop garden and four beehives from which we make our own honey,” says Lindsay. 470 Pacific Ave., S.F., 415775-8500, quincerestaurant.com; 415-775-8508, cotognasf.com.

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Medlock Ames tasting room updates a centuryold general store.

Vineyards are common scenery on Dry Creek Road. Moorish-style brick chicken from Chef Rudy Mihal at SpoonBar.

all’s spate of culinary openings brings a fresh stream of wine-country cool to town: SHIMO Chef Douglas Keane and team will open their second restaurant, just two blocks from Cyrus, with a former chef from Gary Danko who’s ready to put his spin on the modern-American steakhouse. 241 Healdsburg Ave. SPOONBAR AT H2HOTEL At Hotel Healdsburg’s design-savvy sister, the dining room captivates with cocktails from mixology star Scott Beattie and savory mod-Med flavors like cinnamon, cumin and turmeric. 219 Healdsburg Ave., 707-433-7222. MEDLOCK AMES TASTING ROOM & ALEXANDER VALLEY BAR Alongside current releases from this sustainable winery and garden, find local jams, cheeses, produce and cocktails in a soft, sleek farmhouse setting. (Ask what’s “under the counter,” too.) 3487 Alexander Valley Rd., 707-431-8845.

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Individual chocolates from Recchiuti Spirits Pairing Box, $25.

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GO WILD While Animal prepares its WeHo follow-up on a revitalized stretch of Third Street, The Hungry Cat will arrive in Santa Monica Canyon’s former Brass Cap space early next year.

BOOK REPORT This month, David Tanis’ Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys (Artisan, $35) arrives on countertops with 20 intriguing menus, arranged by season and theme.

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C culture Body of One The principals may be out in front, but the dancers in the corps are the heartbeat of the San Francisco Ballet

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BY ELIZABETH KHURI CHANDLER

Act IV of San Francisco Ballet’s Swan Lake.

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culture “You can’t perform a big, beautiful work if your corps isn’t performing to the height of its ability,” says Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson

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oday, apart from a few bastions of traditionalism at the Paris Opera Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet, the corps de ballet—that chorus-like cornerstone—in any company has become a microcosm of varied training, ethnicities and points of view. And nowhere is this more visible than at the San Francisco Ballet, run by maverick Icelander Helgi Tomasson. He recruits diverse members to produce group work that is fine-tuned and delicate—albeit with an overall cohesiveness that can entertain even the back row of the Opera House.

During a Wednesday afternoon rehearsal in San Francisco, 24 ballet dancers in leotards shuffle into a single-file line that begins near the mirrors at the front of the studio and angles diagonally toward the back wall. Two dark-haired Spaniards with doll faces mumble to each other in their native language; a tawny, limber Russian, who doesn’t speak much English, nods at every word Ballet Master Betsy Erickson utters; three freckled American apprentices, faces wreathed in smiles, eagerly snap into fifth position.

Erickson is regal, languorous. She saunters over to her binder and consults her notes. “I have B-plus, then tendu back, tendu back,” she reads.

One by one, the girls position their right leg behind them so that the top of their right pointe is arched against the floor. Holding their arms outward like birds in flight, they form one long, seamless sweep of delicate bones and finely articulated fingers.

“Yes,” says Erickson, walking along the line of women, raising one arm and lowering another until the vision is complete. In mere seconds, the dancers have become a larger illustration of the Adolphe Adam music for Giselle, one body that flows, pulsing, embodying the ballet’s forest spirits, a nocturnal group called the

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Wilis—women who have been scorned in love by men.

“The ideal corps de ballet has a feeling for dancing with others,” says Erickson. “We try to breathe together, to move together.

You have to learn how to feel that your body is in line. And we have dancers in their late twenties and others who are still teenagers.” Erickson spends weeks making sure that all the angles of the upper bodies, the heads, the fingers, the necklines are all in perfect sync—a bigger challenge precisely because the dancers have studied various methods and techniques. A Russian Vaganovatrained dancer interprets something as simple as a tendu front differently than one schooled in the Neo-classical Balanchine style. Ultimately, though, they must move the same way.

“I love Giselle, but we are like an army,” says no-nonsense Dores Andre. Reminiscent of a miniature Isabella Rossellini, she trained in Zaragoza, Spain and has danced with the SFB for six years. Even though the dancers are individuals—“I don’t think [Tomasson] chooses people to be in the corps de ballet. I think he chooses people he likes”—they learn to work as a unit, often rehearsing over and over again. “Not because you are making a mistake, but because someone else is not perfect,” Andre says.

“The corps here works very hard and the role is an important one,” Tomasson says. “Not only do they make the rest of the company look good, but they also make all the difference in how an ensemble work is perceived. You can’t perform a big, beautiful work like Balanchine’s Symphony in C if your corps is not performing at the height of its ability.”

On average, Andre dances about six hours a day. She takes an hour break for lunch after her morning company class. During the season, rehearsals end at 4 or 5 p.m., before the dancers walk across CONTINUED ON PAGE 145 the street to the opera house, wherein

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Members of the corps surround principals Tiit Helimets and Yuan Yuan Tan in John Neumeier’s The Little Mermaid.

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Le Vian silver ring, $298.

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Chanel bag, $1,700.

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Prada dress, $2,090, heels, $720, socks $45, and bangles, $125 to $190.

CREDITSSARAH STEPHENS AT NEXT MODELS LA. HAIR: JOHN RUGGIERO FOR BUMBLE AND BUMBLE AT STARWORKSARTISTS.COM. MAKEUP: SAGE MAITRI FOR DIOR AT MODEL: THEMAGNETAGENCY.COM. MANICURIST: NETTIE DAVIS. FASHION ASSISTANTS: SHADI BECCAI AND STEPH KAJOHN. SEE SHOPPING GUIDE FOR MORE DETAILS, PAGE 147

Stella McCartney jacket, $1,165. Zac Posen dress, $2,050, select Neiman Marcus stores. OPPOSITE Marc Jacobs jacket, $1,600, skirt, $725, and bandeau top, $380. Diane von Furstenberg sandals, $280. Prada bangles, $125 each.

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With two Oscar nominations and a range of compelling lms behind her, Amy Adams is taking it one role—motherhood included—at a time

t might be her kind, blue eyes, wide smile and apple cheeks that make Amy Adams seem so friendly. Or maybe it’s some of the roles she’s played: a brace-faced candy striper in Catch Me if You Can; the naive, talkative young pregnant woman in Junebug (for which she received her first Academy Award nomination); or Doubt’s trusting nun (there’s Oscar nod number two). Different characters, of course, but each had a good-hearted nature and looked for the best in people.

Adams slides into a booth at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge on a fall morning wearing a gray Joie knit cardigan and Miss Sixty Jeans “that I was very excited to get back into today. But really, this is the thing I’m most happy with.” She points her leg into the air to reveal a knee-high Cynthia Vincent platform boot. Adams is soft-spoken at first, becoming more animated when she talks about her work and her six-month-old daughter with fiancé Darren Le Gallo, an actor and artist. And she is nice. Really nice.

But the actress is also human; like all of us, she has her moments. Here’s a good one: When she was pretty far along in her pregnancy, Adams was shopping at Gelson’s in Century City with two carts. “I had to have every type of food in the house, since I never knew what I would want.” She also had her decaf latte in one hand, so maneuvering out the door was difficult.

“This woman behind me was getting really grouchy, because she wanted to get by, and she grabbed my cart. My fiancé asked her to be patient. But, as I walked by her, she said, ‘You’re not the first person to be pregnant, sweetheart.’” Adams gets to the juicy part: “I lost it. I told her, ‘Shut up, you old hag!’

“I think I might have said it in my Giselle voice, though,”

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she laughs. “The woman went, ‘I don’t need that from you.’

And I said, ‘Well, you were not very nice to me!’ It was almost specifically out of Enchanted. And then I realized everyone was staring at me.” So, just as the Disney princess would have done in the film, the actress apologized to everyone around.

Of course, not every character has had her all wide-eyed or speaking in sing-song tones. In fact, she couldn’t be farther from those kinds of portrayals in her latest film, The Fighter (the true story of “Irish” Micky Ward). In it, she plays the love interest of the former champion boxer, and Adams’ character doesn’t blink at standing up to his crack-addicted brother, overbearing mother or gaggle of brawl-happy sisters. The movie called for short shorts, a mesh top or two and some steamy scenes. “I guess I didn’t think, ‘Oh, she’s tough and sexy,’” Adams says. “I just thought about where she came from.”

That would hardscrabble Lowell, MA, where Adams shot on location with co-stars Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, and director David O. Russell. She didn’t bat an eye at signing on to work with Bale and Russell, both of whom have had highly publicized on-set, profanity-laced outbursts (to put it lightly). “Oh, please,” Adams scoffs. “You should hear what goes on in some meetings in this town. It just doesn’t get recorded.”

In The Fighter, Adams’ character has quite a mouth of her own.

“That was hard,” she says. “Not because I have trouble swearing, but because I couldn’t come up with any new words! David told me I needed to do more. We were in ADR”—post-production recording—“and someone in the sound booth suggested ‘douchebag.’ I’m like, genius! Douchebag! That’s one I hadn’t thought of.”

Her next film is inspired by another son of Lowell: Jack Kerouac. In On The Road she’s Jane CONTINUED ON PAGE 145

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Bottega Veneta leather dress, $5,300. Yves Saint Laurent patent leather belt, $445.

Brian Atwood shoes, $835, Saks Fifth Avenue. M.C.L. by Matthew Campbell Laurenza bangles, $1,030 to $2,445, select Neiman Marcus stores.

“I want to be a good mom.

I think a lot about what it’s going to be like for my daughter to have an actress as a mother.”

everyday italian DECOR PURVEYORS KATHLEEN AND MAURIZIO ALMANZA COMBINE THE BEST OF ITALY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN A CHARMING L.A. ABODE

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The house is painted with several coats of Benjamin Moore’s “Raccoon Fur.” OPPOSITE 1960s Gio Ponti chairs, a De Padova sofa and a Sciolari chandelier stand out in the living room.

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THE HOME IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE. THE KITCHEN IS THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE MAURIZIO CAN WHIP UP HIS PASTA CARBONARA; THERE’S A COURTYARD PERFECT FOR MORNING ESPRESSO.

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The Almanza family: Kathleen, Maurizio and Zoë, plus dogs Norma and Figaro.

iming is everything,” says Kathleen White Almanza, explaining the serendipitous way she met her husband, Maurizio Almanza. “We were walking our pets in a dog park within the gardens of Rome’s Villa Borghese. He looked so proper in his Italian suit and loafers, carrying his briefcase in one hand and a leash in the other,” she laughs. Three weeks later, the couple was engaged.

At the time, Maurizio was working for the Ministry of Public Works, approving permits for the restoration of Rome’s monuments. Kathleen was a set decorator from Los Angeles who had left the U.S. four years prior to work on Italian films.

During the design of their city flat and weekend home in southern Tuscany, they began to accumulate an excess of Italian pieces—and their next career was born. The couple had planned to open a shop in Rome, but after the birth of their daughter Zoë, now 10, the Almanzas considered a move back to Kathleen’s home state of California.

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And they did it. First, they operated a warehouse in Culver City and wholesaled exclusively with dealers. Then, in 2005, they opened their store, Eccola, on La Brea Avenue.

Specializing in Italian furniture and architectural elements, “the shop carried things we couldn’t find anywhere on the West Coast, like the larger items,” says Maurizio. Eccola (which means “here it is” in his native language) quickly cornered the market on Italian decor. The Almanzas shifted later to a collection of mid-century items, and that remains the emphasis of their business today.

This year, the duo moved the store into a 4,500-square-foot 1916 garage space on Beverly Boulevard—one with soaring ceilings, original brick walls and sleek cement floors. In addition to pieces by the likes of Paolo Buffa and Gio Ponti, the merchandise includes their own designs—such as Tavolo Ottico, a line of magnifying glass-like tables based on a 1940s design, and their collection of oversized woven-rubber basket lights.

With all the growth at Eccola, there was little time to focus on the family’s home. They hopped around Southern California, renting in Hermosa Beach, Venice and Pacific Palisades.

“Our life was so portable. It wasn’t just that we moved every few years. We changed out complete rooms of furniture every

Pops of blue punch up the dining area, which features a Vico Magistretti-designed De Padova crystaland-wood dining table and chairs.

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Works by artist Girolamo Balistreri hang in the master bedroom. The bedside tables are Danish modern and the chair is 1950s Italian.

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few months,” says Kathleen. “We never got too attached to anything. But one morning, when 7-year-old Zoë came downstairs and asked where the Ponti had gone, we decided we needed some stability,” she laughs.

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fter all the relocations, they found a dwelling reminiscent of Maurizio’s European roots—and just a stone’s throw from their new L.A. shop. Working with architect William Hefner, they created a barn-like structure that still preserved original details like giant windows and vintage oak-plank flooring.

They finished the project with several dark blue-gray exterior coats of Benjamin Moore’s “Raccoon Fur,” and glossy black trim and detail.

“Hefner was amazing to work with. He allowed us to realize our vision, including literally raising the roof to more closely mimic the 25-foot ceilings of our first Tuscan home,” says Kathleen.

She knew she needed a “throw it out if you don’t need it” approach to create a space where every item could breathe, so she also brought in Kingsbery Baldwin, a home and closet organizer extraordinaire who works under the radar with a high-profile clientele. (Acquainted for 20 years, the two had collaborated on a writer’s flat in Santa Monica the year prior.)

The end result is a true reflection of the people who live there. It has the kind of kitchen where Maurizio can whip up pasta carbonara while friends lounge about drinking wine and sneaking pieces of fresh parmesan (with Italian Retriever Norma and French Mastiff Figaro snoozing underfoot); there’s a courtyard with a wood-burning fireplace and cozy sofas perfect for morning espresso before zipping off on a vintage Vespa to the nearby farmers’ market; then there’s Zoë’s room, where a 10-year-old who knows her antiques can sit in a Buffa desk chair while surfing the Net. Every room boasts an eye-catching design mix: a 1930s marble-topped pharmacy cabinet in the master bedroom shares space with Girolamo Balistreri artworks and Stilnovo ceiling fixtures; Ponti lounge chairs rest beneath a 1960s Sciolari chandelier in the front room. And the colors of Italian Sierra armchairs by Giampiero Vitelli play off a refurbished 1950s foosball table in the guest house.

When not plucking things from their own shop to decorate the house, the Almanzas love Obsolete, Blackman Cruz and J.F. Chen for vintage finds; Voila! for art; and Brentwood’s Turpan for household objects. And Maurizio visits Santa Monica’s Guidi Marcello for Italian pantry essentials.

As a family that has it all in L.A., what do they miss most about Italy? “The pace,” explains Maurizio, “or, rather, the lack of it. That is why we love this house. It has its own.” •

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT The living room’s 1960s Sciolari chandelier. A vivid red Plushpod sleeper sofa in the spare room. Architectural fragments and a 1950s Danish bowl decorate the guest house.

The kitchen has white Carrera marble countertops and leather bar stools from Micucci. A decorative crown and a 1960s Venini hourglass. In the courtyard, 19th-century French garden finials in front of the fireplace near CB2 seating covered in striped fabric from Silk Trading Company.

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ix months ago, MOCA’s former director of development Jennifer Arceneaux asked new trustee Lilly Tartikoff-Karatz a dangerous question: “Have any ideas?”

“I always do,” the champion fundraiser replied.

Her concept on the fly, MOCA Salons by the Shore, painted an enticing picture.

“I wanted people to experience the museum in Malibu,” says Tartikoff-Karatz. She envisioned three intimate gatherings, each in celebration and conversation with one world-famous artist. Add a cloudless sky, the vertical curl of the surf break and the clink of china, and you’d have a spectacular seaside setting. Guests—museum directors, curators, patrons, gallerists and aficionados—could get up close and personal with the artists.

Calling on MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch’s hosting abilities (and Rolodex), plus an in-the-know group of event chairs (Maria Arena Bell, Edythe “Edye” Broad, Tartikoff-Karatz and Nancy Marks), the invitation-only series swiftly fell into place.

Each salon channeled a different Malibu mood. The first, with multimedia artist Doug Aitken, took over Howard and Nancy Marks’ spacious Italianate estate designed by architect Oscar Shamamian and interiors expert Michael S. Smith. Die-hard supporters

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gathered under a vine-covered pergola for an outdoor Q&A with Aitken and Deitch.

The second, held at MOCA trustee Peter Morton’s Richard Meier-designed bungalow, attracted New York collectors and art advisors from around the globe—all fans of the very Postmodern Urs Fischer. Morton’s cheeky bohemian decor—like Pettibons and surfboards propped against the wall—made for a casual hang-out session with the tattooed Swiss artist.

And last, in collaboration with Louis Vuitton UK’s Art Talks (a private club of sorts), mega-collectors Edye and Eli Broad opened their white-and-glass Meier home to 52 select guests. Sitting under a snakelike Calder mobile, the patrons listened to Richard Prince wax poetic about his “rephotographs” of cowboys, girlfriends and his notorious nurses. The house of Vuitton even made a special Plexiglas cover for its book celebrating LV artistic partnerships that Prince, a former collaborator, autographed inside.

They were intimate, yes—and creative outlets for such superstars. “They bared their souls,” says Tartikoff-Karatz. “And it’s a testament to Jeffrey. He’s someone artists really trust.”

With these excerpts, C shares a taste of MOCA’s salon style:

DOUG AITKEN Venice, CA-based artist Doug Aitken impresses his vision on a variety of forms: video, earth, sculpture, photo and installation.

MARKS: ALEX J BERLINER. MORTON: JOHN SCIULLI. BROAD: ALEX J BERLINER © BERLINER PHOTOGRAPHY/BEIMAGES

The Museum of Contemporary Art books some beachtime with famous creators, and the intelligentsia follow

By Elizabeth Khuri Chandler

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Eli Broad, event

chairs Edye Broad and Lilly TartikoffKaratz, and MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch. Urs Fischer’s handmade silkscreened books.

Fischer, TartikoffKaratz and host Peter Morton.

Brunch at the Broad house. Event chair Maria Arena Bell.

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT Richard

Prince. Host Howard Marks, with wife and event chair Nancy Marks and Doug Aitken. Guests at Morton’s salon.

Louis Vuitton’s custom tome.

Fischer explains one of his pieces to Deitch and the audience.

ABOVE Lunch on Peter Morton’s beachfront deck.

OPPOSITE Fischer’s Untitled, 2000.

Apple, pear, nylon filament, screws.

Dimensions variable.

Prince’s Nurse on Trial, 2005. Inkjet and acrylic on canvas. Aitken’s Diamond Sea, 1997.

He won the International Prize at the Venice Biennale at only 31 and has crafted commercial videos for music groups Fatboy Slim and Interpol. He thinks nothing of jetting off to swim the Panama Canal or digging a giant hole in Brazil to record the earth’s inner frequencies with microphones a mile deep. Now 42, Aitken has referenced the light and space movement, filmed bison in American hotel rooms and toyed with the boundaries of technology, thanks to NASA. Deitch calls him “One of those rare artists whose work redefines what an artist is.”

IN HIS WORDS I find there’s a limitation to much modern contemporary art that lies within the relationship between the viewers and the work. Sometimes, I’m not able to really engage with artwork in its purest form because it doesn’t allow me in—there is some kind of space, formalism that is pushing me back and not letting me be intimate with it. I want to create a space that empowers and gives something back to the viewers and allows them inside the content.

DIAMOND SEA, 1997 This was a work that was very pivotal, the first piece I used a moving image in. At the time, I was looking at a map of the African coast and southern Namibia, and I saw this

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region that was about 80,000 kilometers square—maybe a quarter of California. This area was very restricted. There was no access, almost like the edge of the world, and the more info I tried to find, the less I could find. It was like this void.

After two years, we got access from the diamond mines of De Beers and from the Namibian government, and we showed up outside these electric fences and spent two months inside this landscape. For me, it was a chance to use moving image in a way where it wasn’t about documenting something, nor was it about using your own fiction to create something, but it was really about the idea of letting the landscape in, letting it create its own work.

A chance to kind of open up film, create a landscape of moving images, to fragment it and open it up.

URS FISCHER Swiss contemporary artist Urs Fischer’s three-dimensional objects often have a hint of the ephemeral. A candle sculpture of a woman melts down to nothingness, mutilated chairs are held together with screws, homes made out of CONTINUED ON PAGE 145

MORTON: JOHN SCIULLI © BERLINER PHOTOGRAPHY/BEIMAGES. URS FISCHER UNTITLED, 2000 APPLE, PEAR, NYLON FILAMENT, SCREWS DIMENSIONS VARIABLE COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. RICHARD PRINCE NURSE ON TRIAL, 2005 INKJET AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS 75 X 52 INCHES COURTESY OF THE ARTIST. DOUG AITKEN DIAMOND SEA, 1997 © DOUG AITKEN

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C travel A highlight of staying at Adobe Guadalupe: horseback riding through neighboring vineyards.

Hidden Valley Seventy miles south of San Diego, Northern Baja’s picturesque Valle de Guadalupe is the best wine country you’ve never heard of…yet

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EDITED BY JENNY MURRAY HOOKS DECEMBER 2010

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travel Hugo d’Acosta crafts Adobe Guadalupe’s wines.

Indoor-outdoor lodging at La Villa del Valle.

The vineyards of Monte Xanic.

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ast Playas de Tijuana and along a scenic tollroad of azure coast, there’s a well-marked turnoff for Ruta del Vino—Tecate Highway 3. Arriving at the village of San Antonio de las Minas for quail barbacoa and rustic apple pie at Leonardo’s, one enters the foothill gateway to valley proper. The scene grows wild with rosemary, olive groves and orchards, roosters and horses…and vineyards.

The area’s heritage is rich, from the 18th-century Domenica mission to Russian colonization. The Spanish, though, were first to begin commercial production of wine here, in 1888, and a few dozen estates now dot the 14-mile stretch known as Valle de Guadalupe. Framed by mountains, the verdant landscape still allows for the winds of the Pacific to cool the grapes, making this a coveted microclimate for vintners. (And before you scoff at the rather saline water, know that this minerality is essential, too.)

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A guest room at La Villa del Valle.

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A late-day return for constellation-gazing means turndown at the charming equestrian ranch and six-room inn of Adobe Guadalupe (011-52-646-155-2094; adobeguadalupe.com) or La Villa Del Valle (011-52-646-156-8007; lavilladelvalle.com), two luxury bed-and-breakfasts each owned by American couples who fell in love with the laid-back beauty of Baja—and never left. •

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they will sometimes then execute a three-hour performance.

Some ballets require more stamina than others. This year, the season includes a full-length Nutcracker, The Little Mermaid and Coppélia—all of which are a relief after last year’s Swan Lake. “That one makes you crazy,” says Andre. “The awkward positions”—she throws one arm over her head, a bent swan wing—“you stand on one leg for 12 minutes.”

“That’s when the whispering starts,” adds Kimberly Braylock, a 20-year-old who trained at Ballet Hispanico in Manhattan and danced in Swan Lake when she was an apprentice. “On some days the conductor will change the tempo—which I know is his art form—but you have to keep up.”

She starts giggling. “Someone will start to count out loud.”

Tomasson runs the ranks at the company loosely. It’s not uncommon to find a corps member appearing as a principal. Jennifer Stahl, a leggy strawberry blonde from Dana Point, participated in the Prix de Lausanne (the Swiss competition for young dancers) before joining the company in 2006. She will perform the starring role of Sugar Plum Fairy in this year’s Nutcracker.

“It gives them a taste of the increased responsibility that comes with being a soloist,” Tomasson says. “It also allows them to become well-versed with many, very different choreographic styles, and ultimately, it’s a growing experience for them as artists. For the company at large, having corps members perform principal and soloist roles only strengthens our overall reputation and capability. Everyone benefits.”

Even the male corps de ballet dancers find themselves thrust into the limelight from time to time. This season, Rio-born Daniel Deivison-Oliveira brings his powerful attack and clean technique to principal roles in Chroma, Classical Symphony and a new Yuri Possokhov piece.

Benjamin Stewart, a recent member of

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the company, has already performed the male lead in Fancy Free.

Though there are fewer corps roles for men, they can be a killer. Ballets such as the Artifact Suite by William Forsythe, and the syncopated, leapfilled Tarentella by Balanchine are “like doing the Tour de France,” says Stewart. “You almost want to throw up at the end,” adds Deivision-Oliveira.

Even this season’s puppet-come-to-life tale of Petrouchka has its challenges.

The choreography for the men is filled with springy squats and gymnastics leaps better suited to a Cossack in a folk dance than the finely tuned muscles of a danseuse.

Not that the men are complaining.

Though the mental stress of a principal role can be enormous, “You can be a little more relaxed in the corps,” Deivision-Oliveira says.

Still, the brunt of the work goes to the ladies. Erickson wishes there were more ballets that required the men to move with the precision of a female corps in the great classical ballets.

“They are not as used to working together and surrendering their egos. It would be great for them to do that.”

For the female dancers, working in tandem is second nature.

“We all have one heartbeat,” says Braylock. •

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Lee, who represents Joan Vollmer, common-law wife of beat author William S. Burroughs. “She’s completely addicted to Benzedrine,” Adams explains. “It’s speed, so the quality of sleep you get isn’t that great. With a newborn, I was like, ‘I am there!’ Easiest role I ever played!” she kids.

Adams grew up in Castle Rock, CO with a father who sang at gigs around town and a semi-professional bodybuilder mother. The actress moved to L.A. after filming her first big movie part (in 1999’s Drop Dead Gorgeous) 11 years ago. She, Le Gallo, whom she met in acting class in 2001, and daughter Aviana share a canyon home. Adams takes the good side of L.A. life—the

beach, hiking—with its little quirks: “What’s with the dirty-car shame?

Where I come from, that’s a sign of a life well lived.” Plus, there’s the reality of being trailed by photographers. “There are bigger concerns in the world than me being followed around by a sole paparazzo. I have that perspective. I don’t want my daughter to feel fear or anxiety, so I stay relaxed in those situations.

“Staying home, it’s what I do for fun,” she laughs. That means pre-bathtime singing and dance parties with her daughter. And watching “Glee” on Tuesday nights. “They have such a line of people waiting to guest star, but I’d get in line.”

Does the couple plan on expanding its family? “We’ll see. I was one of seven kids,” she says, “so I guess I had a fantasy of being an only child. But maybe Aviana won’t.”

One thing Adams does know: “I want to be a good mom, a good example. I don’t want my daughter to feel like it’s all about me. It’s going to be tricky for her to not feel like she’s in anybody’s shadow. I think a lot about what it’s going to be like for her to have an actress as a mother.”

Understandably, Adams finds herself more attracted to playing mothers these days. “Having a baby made me feel more womanly,” she says. With her latest films, it’s clear Hollywood sees her that way, too. But, how does she think the industry looks at her? “I don’t know. I guess that’s part of my new thing—to try not to worry about how people see me and focus on who I want to be.”

And that is? “I’ll let you know.” •

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bread decompose over time. To view the 37-year-old’s work—always a remix of art history and pop culture—is an experience Deitch calls “almost performative.”

IN HIS WORDS I usually don’t talk about my work in this way. If you think about art, in many ways there is always a story to everything. People like the fiction about art. I think an art piece

has many fictions in it. Someone encounters artwork for the first time and they say ‘blah blah,’ and there’s one sentence that sticks with it and that sentence keeps living on. But with that artwork, if you encounter it again, there will be your own sentence. And so it is also for me.

UNTITLED,

2000,

APPLE,

PEAR,

NYLON FILAMENT, SCREWS, DIMENSIONS VARIABLE This is half an apple,

and half a pear screwed together…Let’s say you read a love story. It’s very different than your own love-life; once you focus or fictionalize your reality, there comes a question: “Can you use real things to make art?” Is it not about transforming this thing into another material or matter? I have to say a real thing is so nice. You look at the apple; it’s very nice. If you try to make it [as a sculpture] you would fail always. [Audience question:] So it’s a real apple?

[UF:] That’s what I mean—it’s not a joke. When you look at something intensely it can be fascinating, but therefore it’s not art. So when does art start?

What starts where, how? I think art is in some form when you manage to infuse information into form.

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Richard Prince pioneered the idea of rephotography in the 1980s by cutting advertisements from magazines and taking pictures of them. Collecting memorabilia, constructing car-centric sculpture and creating glorious spoofs such as John Dogg, the famous nonexistent sculptor—all reveal Prince’s attune to zeitgeist. Already accepted as an esteemed member of contemporary art history and an irreverent critic of the medium through his myriad techniques, Prince, 61, has created what Deitch calls “a narrative of the American story, romantic and ultimately tragic.”

IN HIS WORDS I’m basically a sissy, I’m afraid of everything. But the only place I’m not afraid, where I’m fearless, is my studio when I’m alone, when I’m making art. I’ve always known this. I’m not going to go climb a mountain or get a surfboard or a paddleboard—there’s a shark out there. But in my studio is the only place I can be Roger Bannister or Sir Edmund Hillary. And there are no expectations.

intrigued. I was at a bookstore and there was a whole section of these nurse books. There were quite a lot and I bought them. I had them in my studio.

What happened was as a result of reading the newspaper every day. It was very depressing, what was going on in the world. You could get blown up by a car. So I started listing what could happen to me next to the nurses—everything that could happen. It became didactic and I put it away. Then I attempted to make these paintings where I would whitewash the book cover to make it all white. It just got too depressing, so I put them away.

One day I was painting, and I was

sort of happened. I collect a lot of paperback books, mostly high-end first editions, but I like paperbacks. It’s part of American publishing—the illustrations on paperbacks—and whether it’s hardboiled or noir, I’m always

wiping away some of the white paint and a mask appeared. It looked like the shape of a mask on a head of a nurse. I said, ‘That’s it, that’s my contribution.’ I dropped the words, what could happen.

I didn’t show it to anybody for a while; it’s strange how it hit the zeitgeist. I think that the week the show opened in London there was this thing called SARS. In every newspaper, there were people walking around with masks. It was a bizarre juxtaposition, and even today, you pick up a newspaper and see that…There is this idea that everyone needs a nurse. It’s very comforting. And they’ve been very, very good to me. [In May, his 2004 Nurse in Hollywood sold for $6.5 million.] •

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Silver Belle, p.48 Kelly Wearstler for Bergdorf Goodman box, $695, select Bergdorf Goodmans, 800-558-1855.

Leatherman Surge multi-tool, $115, swissknifeshop.com. Salvatore Ferragamo gray stingray clutch, $1,450, Salvatore Ferragamo, B.H., 310-273-9990. Christopher Wool limited-edition Untitled print, $2,500, MOCA, L.A.; moca.org. Solange AzaguryPartridge white gold and diamond Solaris ring, $35,600, Solange Azagury-Partridge, B.H.; solangeazagurypartridge.com.

Restoration Hardware outdoor FireTable, $995, restorationhardware.com. Chloé leather and linen dress, $2,075, select Saks Fifth Avenues; saksfifthavenue.com. Banana Republic crystal drop earrings, $45, bananarepublic.com. Bruno Frisoni calfskin pumps, $789, select Neiman Marcuses; neimanmarcus.com. My Fair Lady, p.50 Baldessari Pencil Set, $9.95, LACMA Gift Shop; lacma.org. Paul Smith handcrafted chess set, $975, Paul Smith, S.F., 415-3523520. Cartier butterfly-shaped Première Collection optical eyeglasses, $550, Cartier, B.H., 310-275-4272. Assouline American Dior book by Kate Betts, $70, shopassouline. com. Taschen signed collector’s-edition Audrey Hepburn book, $700, Taschen, B.H., 310-274-4300. Kate Spade Twirl eau de parfum, $80, select Nordstroms; nordstrom. com. Assouline Pierre Cardin book by Jean-Pascal Hesse, $75, shopassouline.com.

Tod’s lace-up leather ballerina flat, $575, Tod’s, B.H., 310-285-0591. L.A. Philharmonic Dudamel DVD, $25.98, laphil.com.

Oscar de la Renta silk faille elbow sleeve dress with embroidery, $4,990, Oscar de la Renta, L.A., 323-653-0200. Tiffany & Co. fluted black onyx and diamond earrings, $20,000, select Tiffany & Cos; tiffany.com.

Next Vintage, p.52 Valerie Confections x Commune limited-edition chocolates, run of

1,000, $49, valerieconfections.com. Eames lounge and ottoman in walnut/ivory, $3,899, Design Within Reach; dwr.com.

Sweet Revolution salted maple-honey caramels, $20/box, select Dean & DeLucas; sweetrevolutioncaramels.com. Le Labo x Jefferson Hack Another 13 perfume, run of 500, $200, Le Labo, L.A., 323-782-0411; Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400.

Isabel Marant sequin pants, $477, and suede high heels with bows, $570, Isabel Marant, N.Y., 212-219-2284. Hermès Fourre-Tout du Cavalier bag, $1,900, and riding accessories, $7,125, select Hermèses; hermes.com.

Michael Kors Classic gold aviator sunglasses, $195, Michael Kors, B.H., 310-777-8862. Chloé wedges, $1,095, Iris, N.Y., 212-645-0950. Omega Seamaster Aqua-Terra Diamond 8500, $5,600, omegawatches.com.

C FASHION JEWELRY BOX, p.74 Sutra gray sliced and canary diamond ring, $24,000; sutrajewels. com. Martin Katz grayish diamond Slice ring, price upon request, Martin Katz, B.H., 310-276-7200. De Beers pendant rough and polished diamond Talisman Medallion pendant, $9,000, De Beers, B.H., 310-2281900; debeers.com. Neil Lane colored diamond cuff bracelet, price upon request, Neil Lane, West Hollywood, 310-275-5015.

Susie Fox champagne diamond earrings, $37,000, Roseark, L.A., 323-822-3600; roseark.com. Diamond in the Rough natural cut rough diamond Iceberg ring with pavé diamond accents, price upon request, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900; diamondintherough.com. Kimberly McDonald natural diamond and gray geode Drop earrings, $24,200, Wilkes Bashford, S.F., 415-986-4380; wilkesbashford.com.

RADIANT DAYS p.112-113 Roberto Cavalli printed dress, $1,660, select Roberto Cavallis; robertocavalli.com. Irene Neuwirth opal and diamond bracelet, $31,060, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400; barneys.com. p.114 Louis Vuitton cotton floral cover-up, $1,145, and silk bracelet, $450, Louis Vuitton, B.H., 866-VUITTON; louisvuitton. com. p.115 Dries Van Noten leopard-print fur vest, $2,083, Satine, L.A., 323-655-2142.

MaxMara silk tank, $340, and cotton Abstract printed skirt, $450, MaxMara, B.H., 310-385-9343. Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci multi-strap leopard-print sandals, $1,090, net-a-porter.com. Le Vian silver ring, $298, levian.com. p.116 Isabel Marant printed one-shoulder top, $295, Curve, L.A.,

310-360-8008. Derek Lam bone and black eyelet printed crepe de chine skirt, $890, Barneys New York, B.H., 310-276-4400; barneys.com. Chanel multi-color print cotton Classic bag, $1,700, select Chanels, 800-550-0005. Carrera y Carrera white gold Granada ring, $2,450, carreraycarrera.com. p.117 Missoni knit printed jacket, $1,795, and shorts, $390, Missoni, B.H., 310-2463060. Pierre Hardy suede booties, $1,280, pierrehardy.com. David Yurman carnelian New Albion ring, $2,000, select David Yurmans; davidyurman.com. p.118-119 See “Table of Contents.” p.120 Marc Jacobs chocolate scallop trimmed tweed plaid jacket, $1,600, miniskirt, $725, and polka-dot duchess wrap bandeau top, $380, Marc Jacobs, L.A., 323-653-5100. Diane von Furstenberg coral suede Flama sandals, $280, Diane von Furstenberg, L.A., 323-951-1947. Prada Plexiglas bangles, $125 each, select Pradas; prada.com. p.121 Stella McCartney multi botanical print cotton jacket, $1,165, Stella McCartney, L.A., 310-273-7051. Zac Posen printed Deco Circles dress, $2,050, select Neiman Marcuses; neimanmarcus.com.

ALL ABOUT AMY p.123 Valentino lace dress, $1,980, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900. Cartier yellow gold, onyx and peridot Panthère de Cartier ring, $8,875, Cartier, B.H., 310-275-4272. p.124 Bottega Veneta black washed stretch leather dress, $5,300, select Bottega Venetas, 877-362-1715. Yves Saint Laurent black patent leather belt, $445, select Yves Saint Laurents; ysl.com. Brian Atwood suede Heliz high heels, $835, select Saks Fifth Avenues; saksfifthavenue.com. M.C.L. by Matthew Campbell Laurenza enamel and sapphire bangles, $1,030 to $2,445, select Neiman Marcuses; neimanmarcus.com.

Cartier yellow gold, onyx and peridot Panthère de Cartier ring, $8,875, Cartier, B.H., 310-275-4272. p.125 Valentino lace dress, $1,980, Neiman Marcus, B.H., 310-550-5900.

CORRECTIONS In November’s “Turning to Stones” (p.27), Peter Lane was mis-identified as an L.A. artist. He is based in New York.

In November’s “Vuitton Variety” (p.56), the Empreinte clutch was mis-credited to Louis Vuitton’s Sofia Coppola collection.

The Empreinte collection, which debuted in October, is available in a variety of styles in navy, taupe, blue, cream and burgundy calf leather.

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SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, 1951 The giant sequoias covering Sequoia National Park only grow naturally on the western slopes of California’s majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains. Within this dense forest live some of the world’s tallest trees—soaring nearly 300 feet high and perpetually snow-tipped in winter months. Here, in 1951, tourists explore a prehistoric tunneled log that still lies across Moro Rock Road.

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