Santa Monica will be flexing its tech muscles next week when it kicks off Silicon Beach Fest, Los Angeles’s original and largest startup tech entertainment festival, celebrating the city’s presence as a fast emerging hub for start-up companies. Once just a made-up nickname, “Silicon Beach” now carries the same weight as our “Silicon Valley” neighbor … Read more

At 609 E. Channel Road in Santa Monica Canyon lies one of the finest estate properties ever to be offered on the Westside of Los Angeles, and in this CNNMoney video, homeowner Victoria Foyt and listing agent Billy Rose, of The Agency, give viewers a tour of this truly extraordinary estate. “My relationship to this house is a … Read more

Santa Monica is the perfect place to combine the best of beach lifestyle and cultural diversity for those who love to be near the ocean. Whether its mid-July or mid-November the weather will frequently be in the 70s at the beach; however even those few dramatic weather days in Santa Monica can be extraordinarily beautiful.… Read more

  The landmark House Of Rock in Santa Monica is the cover feature in the April issue of Design Bureau, and in conjunction with the exclusive look inside the home, the magazine has launched an interactive online experience that stylishly showcases all that makes this estate property truly one of a kind. For the interactive … Read more

The Wall Street Journal reports today that the magnificent 3.3 acre estate property of actress Victoria Foyt has hit the market, listed for $29.95 million. As Lauren Schuker Blum of WSJ notes, the perfectly positioned property near the mouth of Santa Monica Canyon includes a library “with a secret door that leads into a Prohibition-era bar.” … Read more

The video above, shot and edited by Rob Lambert, captures the unique lifestyle that can be experienced, if even for just one night, at the landmark residence located at 2009 La Mesa Drive, Santa Monica (aka “The House of Rock“). The 11,000 sq ft home’s state-of-the-art recording studio, designed and curated in collaboration with a multi-Grammy winning … Read more

The essence of the “California Club” is making a comeback with the anticipated arrival of 41 Ocean, a members only dining club, slated to open on the Westside on January 25, 2013. Co-developers Jeremy Umland and Max Russo have enlisted Top Chef star Chris Crary (Season 9) to create the seasonal SoCal menu as Executive … Read more

The Wall Street Journal first reported yesterday that the La Mesa Landmark Estate at 2009 La Mesa Drive, Santa Monica, referred to on occasion as the “House of Rock,” is on the market; listed by The Agency for $22 Million. As Lauren Schuker Blum of WSJ notes, a partnership led by designer and developer Elaine Culotti owns … Read more

In Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, Harrison Ford’s character casually walks into his apartment and turns on all of the systems (e.g. lights, sound) by voice automation. This was imaginative and cool because it wasn’t a facet of everyday life most people considered to be possible. Today, those little nuances have become big business and are surely an integral part of life, as we know it.… Read more