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SOCAL SUPERSTARS ISSUE
HISTORIC
CELEBRATE DISCOVER EXPERIENCE
ICONIC SOCAL
SANTA HOMES
MONICA
PIER
THE EXQUISITE
BELMOND
EL ENCANTO
IN SANTA BARBARA
BEACHFRONT
JULY/AUGUST 2017
GETAWAYS
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BY LINDA LANG / PHOTOS COURTESY OF BEVERLY HILLS CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
BEVERLY HILLS: CITY OF
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1. The iconic Beverly Hills Shield is found at various locations
throughout the city. 2. The famed Beverly Hilton at Wilshire and
Santa Monica is home of the Golden Globe Awards™, site of the
Pre-Grammy Gala, and other star-studded events. 3. Montage
Beverly Hills was recently named the #1 Hotel in Los Angeles in
Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards. 4. Rodeo Drive
is one of the world's most renowned celebrity shopping hubs.
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5. The legendary Beverly Wilshire, now a Four
“ITS THREE-
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Seasons property, is known for its role with Richard
Gere and Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman." 6. Marilyn
Monroe was a frequent guest at the Beverly Hills AND-A-HALF
Hotel & Bungalows. 7. The iconic Beverly Hills Hotel
has welcomed world celebrities, royalty and discern-
BLOCKS OF
ing travelers since 1912. 8. Guests can enjoy outdoor CURVED COB-
dining at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge Patio.
9. 40-minute narrated tours of art, architecture, his- BLESTONED,
torical and renowned city areas are offered Saturdays
and Sundays from 11 am to 4 pm.
PEDESTRIAN
STREETS WITH
SPARKLING
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FOUNTAINS
AND CLASSIC
ARCHWAYS IS
HOME TO SOME
30 HIGH-END
BOUTIQUES
t's more than just a southland
city known for its elite resi-
AND SHOPS.”
dents and celebrity happen-
ings. For 10 years, Beverly
Hills starred in its own TV
series along with Jennie Garth,
Jason Priestley and the rest of
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10. Two Rodeo's curved cobblestoned, pedestrian streets
For nearly a century, its palm-lined streets is home to some 30 high end boutiques. 11. Audrey
have played their roles in enumerable Hepburn was one of the many celebrities photographed
at the Beverly Hills Hotel during Friar's Club Roasts and
movie and TV scenes, and on its 100th other events in the 1950s. 12. The Peninsula Beverly Hills,
birthday in 2014, the city became an the only AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Five Star rated
official landmark. Yes, Beverly Hills has hotel in Southern California every year since 1993, offers
beautiful garden suites. 13. The Beverly Hills sign and Lily
its own star status and today is using its celebrity to enrich the lives of Pond date back to 1907.
visitors and residents with its new WELLTH campaign.
That's not to say you can't still immerse yourself in the other kind of
wealth, glamour and excitement that beguiles those who get their first
glimpse of the legendary Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Wilshire or Rodeo
Drive. From its beginning, the former farmland, once rich in lima beans,
has given way to the posh residences and exclusive estates of the
Hollywood elite and other moguls beginning with Douglas Fairbanks
and Mary Pickford's legendary Pickfair, built in 1920, overlooking the
Beverly Hills Hotel which has its own star status. Since opening its doors
in 1912, the pink hotel has accommodated Hollywood legends Laurence
COURTESY OF THE BEVERLY HILLS
Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra
and the Rat Pack, John Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor, John Lennon, the
Duke and Duchess of Windsor, and hundreds of other international
HOTEL & BUNGALOWS (2)
moguls. These VIPs sunned around the pool, mapped out big deals on
napkins in the famed Polo Lounge or, like Howard Hughes, called a
bungalow "home." It's also been featured in numerous movies such as
"The Way We Were," "California Suite" and "American Gigolo," and was
on the cover of the Eagles' biggest hit album, "Hotel California."
Another legendary hotel star is the Beverly Wilshire, now a Four
Seasons property, which is especially known for its role with Richard
Gere and Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman." Other appearances have
included "Escape from the Planet of the Apes," "Clueless," "Sex and the
City: The Movie," and "Valentine’s Day." Elvis Presley, Warren Beatty,
and Steve McQueen once called it home and enjoyed the swimming pool
fashioned after the Mediterranean-style pool at Sophia Loren's Italian
villa. And, of course, The Beverly Hilton at the intersection of Wilshire
and Santa Monica boulevards, is home of the Golden Globe Awards™,
site of the Pre-Grammy Gala, and hundreds of additional red carpet
events and star-studded galas. H
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14. The sign at Rodeo Drive and Via Rodeo is one of the
most photographed. 15. Beverly Hills City Hall as it
looked in 1946. 16. Beverly Hills City Hall as we know it
today. 17. Classes at Alo Yoga are among the many
options available to WELLTH participants throughout
Beverly Hills. 18. Kicking off the Beverly Hills WELLTH
Campaign are (from left): Beverly Hills Convention and & Culture" tour. This
Visitors Bureau CEO Julie Wagner, WELLTH Ambassador one highlights the
Christie Brinkley, and Beverly Hills Mayor Lili Bosse. 19.
Wallis Annenberg
Participating in Beverly Hills new WELLTH campaign are
(from left): James Duigan, Dana Claudat, Charlie Center for the original Mai Tai created
Knowles, Caley Alyssa, Matthew Kenney, and Jason Performing Arts; the by Vic, himself.
Wachob. 20. The Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel
Beverly Hills Sign and The city's popular
remains a favorite celebrity spot.
Lily Pond dating back Concerts on Canon
to 1907; the Electric season kicks-off on
Fountain built in Thursday, June 8, in
Shopping with the Stars 1931 to celebrate the fertility and abundance of the city; and Beverly Canon Gardens
on Canon Drive with
The Paley Center for Media which supports the film/broadcast
Rodeo Drive may run from Sunset Boulevard to Beverwil Drive, industry here and in New York. Among its many celebrations of Eric E’s 10-piece ensem-
but it is primarily known for the three-block stretch between artists past and present is “Michael Jackson: The Legend in the ble featuring big band, swing, R&B, Sinatra hits and more. The weekly
Wilshire and Little Santa Monica Boulevards. Once a bridle path Making” presenting rare ‘70s footage of Michael and The Jacksons, Thursday series is free and runs through August 31 with two 45-minute
to the Beverly Hills Hotel, it is here tourists might see celebs in July 1 - August 23. performances nightly at 6:00 and 7:15 pm. Tables and chairs are available on
dark glasses heading for Prada, Bvlgari, Cartier, Van Cleef The tour also includes Nate ‘n Al's Delicatessen, serving some a first-come, first-served basis with a large grassy area available for blanket
& Arpels or one of the other exclusive boutiques. The recent of the Southland's best deli fare since 1945; Brighton Coffee seating. You can bring your own picnic or purchase boxed meals from near-
addition of high-end Two Rodeo starting at the corner of Rodeo Shop, the city's oldest coffee shop which opened in the early by restaurants. For details, go to www.beverlyhills.org/concertsoncanon.
and Wilshire adds an exquisite dimension to the legendary 1930’s; and the Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills, formerly the Beverly For more information on hotels, dining, things to do and see visit
shopping district. Its three-and-a-half blocks of curved Carlton which Marilyn Monroe called home for three years in www.lovebeverlyhills.com.
cobblestoned, pedestrian streets with sparkling fountains and the 1950s.
classic archways is home to some 30 high-end boutiques and shops
including Tiffany & Co., Versace, Jimmy Choo, Lalique, and
Lanvin with fine Japanese dining featuring small plates and sushi Where to Stay, Play and Dine Beverly Hills:
at Urasawa crafted by its owner, chef Hiroyuki Urasawa. City of WELLTH
Beverly Hills has the most four and five-star hotels in the U.S.,
second only to New York City. More recent additions joining the Adding to its many riches is the
Seeing the Sights legends of the early 20th century include The Peninsula, Viceroy city's new WELLTH campaign
L’Ermitage, Montage, and just opening in June - Waldorf Astoria inspired by "WELLTH: How to
Surrounded by Los Angeles but never an official part of it, Beverly Beverly Hills which shares the intersection of Santa Monica and Build a Life, Not a Resume"
Hills is bordered on the northwest by Bel-Air and the Santa Wilshire with the Beverly Hilton. by Jason Wachob, founder and
Monica Mountains, on the east by West Hollywood, and on the For the palate, everything from five-star gourmet dining to CEO of mindbodygreen. In addi-
south by Beverlywood. Several excellent self-guided walking trendy small plates comprise the consummate culinary menu of tion to Wachob, campaign
tours can be downloaded from the Love Beverly Hills site international tastes and ambiences. In addition to the hotels' participants include WELLTH
(www.lovebeverlyhills.com/walking-tours) including the "Art exceptional restaurants, you'll find Wolfgang Puck's Spago and ambassador Christie Brinkley;
Thomas Keller's Bouchon bistro on Canon Drive, 208 Rodeo on yoga instructor Caley Alyssa; Matthew Kenney, celebrity chef who
Two Rodeo Drive and others with celebrity followings including partnered with Neiman Marcus to open plant-based cuisine's Matthew
Mr. Chow, Crustacean and, of course, the iconic Polo Lounge at Kenney NM last November; feng-shui, design and art expert Dana Claudat;
The Beverly Hills Hotel. James Duigan, world-renowned wellness guru and owner of Bodyism,
In addition to a variety of sophisticated bars and lounges, London's premier wellness and fitness center; and Charlie Knowles, vedic
exclusive luxury clubs and hideaways include Wolfang Puck's chic meditation teacher and director of the Veda Center.
CUT bar extension of his restaurant at the Beverly Wilshire, and Embracing a holistic approach to wellness, WELLTH's five compo-
£10, the Montage Beverly Hills' reservation-only bar offering the nents are Move, Eat, Restore, Gratitude, Explore. Your journey begins at
world’s most-prized whisky, Macallan Single Malt. There's also www.lovebeverlyhills.com/quiz where you take the WELLTH quiz to
the rooftop bar at SIXTY Beverly Hills with 360-degree views of determine your 902*IQ. Then discover all the WELLTH-focused
the city; Nic’s Beverly Hills, home of VODBOX, the original restaurants, activities, spa and hotel packages throughout the city at
vodka tasting room inside a large exhibition freezer; and Trader www.lovebeverlyhills.com/specials-packages.
Vic’s Lounge at The Beverly Hilton, where you can sample the Bon WELLTH! ❖
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