Executive Chef Hisashi Yoshiara brings quality food and drinks to an otherwise restaurant bare strip of Wilshire Boulevard at Estate Restaurant & Bar.
Now in its third year, WestEdge Design Fair is a mecca for home furnishings, and the source for inspiring designs and bespoke pieces. Occupying Santa Monica’s expansive Barker Hanger, WestEdge brings the best in modern design to the heart of Los Angeles’ Silicon Beach with innovative designers, manufacturers and architects worldwide, all showcasing their custom creations in an array of inspirational displays.
Loraine Silver of Pence Hathorn Silver (PHS) fell in love with both the Westside and real estate after moving to the United States from her native South Africa. With a background in the social sciences, Silver has built her success in the industry upon her exceptional people skills and ability to realize, and full, the specific needs of her clients.
The tendency of this latest group of restaurants is the move toward rustic beach casual by offering seasonal fare, communal tables, natural wood and light, and separate retail components for take-out dining and entertaining.
The forthcoming Monica Film Center—another Laemmle limelighter—preps to premiere this fall.
Always one to know how to strike a deal, James Respondek got his start in real estate at the age of 18, after he bought his first property in Australia and later sold for almost double of the original price. He then made his way back to the United States, settling in the Palisades area in the late 1970s, making it both his home and chosen real estate market.
