La Jolla Real Estate: La Jolla Luxury Homes

The La Jolla Motor Car Classicis back for it's fifth year at the La Jolla Cove. This year the La Jolla Motor Car Classic will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2009, and is expected to draw a crowd upward of 9,000, with the vast majority of the spectators and participants hailing from La Jolla, Rancho Santa Fe and neighboring cities. 

Over the past four years, the La Jolla Motor Car Classic has paid tribute to Horseless Carriages, Italian marques, British marques, Woodies and 50's Classics. The featured marque for the 2009 show is American Sports Cars with a salute to GM on their 100th anniversary. In addition to these American classics, this event will highlight over 15 juried classes of automobiles. Vintage auto aficionados and collectors are encouraged to compete against the best of the best for many other marques as well, including: British, Italian, German, Horseless Carriages, CCCA Classics, Woodies, Special Interest Cars and many others.

This spectacular event, along the picturesque oceanfront setting of La Jolla, raises essential funds for the Monarch School, in its effort to provide education to children who might otherwise not be given the opportunity, and the Scripps Park Project.

For more information, visit the official website at http://www.lajollamotorcarclassic.com/

Play La Costa

Located in Carlsbad California near La Jolla communities, La Costa Resort and Spa is a spectacular experience that, in some cases, requires reservations up to two years in advance. This is the course that Tiger Woods plays when he is in town. This is the courses that you should play if you want to treat yourself to the finest playing experience of your life. La Costa has twoCourses, each with eighteen holes, par 72. There is simply nothing else like a La Costa course.

In addition to having two of the best courses in Southern California, La Costa is a five star, world class resort and spa that will please the entire family. This is the golf outing that you have always promised yourself, and the vacation that you always promised to your family.

La Costa has a top rated, full service spa. After a long day on the course, pamper yourself with a specialty massage, or choose any one of the rejuvenating spa packages offered at La Costa.

Dining is always a memorable experience at La Costa. In keeping with the theme of excellence, the BlueFire Grill will delight your palette with gourmet coastal fair. For a more casual dining experience, there is a poolside bar and grill that serves a little of everything.

There are seven sparkling heated pools at La Costa, a water park for the kids, and a cool spot designed just for the teenagers.

For reservation, call: 1-800-854-5000

 La Jolla Is The Best Place To Retire 

Are you thinking of retiring in La Jolla California? Although there are several well priced Real Estate options in La Jolla Real Estate, buying a condo in La Jolla is an excellent choice for people who desire stunning views in a great location. The work of several award winning architects can be found throughout La Jolla communities. Mara and Larry Lawrence found the perfect architect before buying their slice of La Jolla communities paradise.

The View from the ridge above La Jolla Shores' beach is stunning. The panorama from La Jolla Cove to Torrey Pines is the standard by which the world's finest beaches are judged.

Mara and Larry Lawrence recently built a spectacular home on that westfacing ridgeline. The couple hired San Diego interior designer David Robinson (of David Robinson Design, Inc.) to make it worthy of the scenery and the lofty (and undisclosed) price tag.

Two years ago, Robinson, who makes a good living designing San Diego's more successful restaurants, accepted the challenge to try his hand at another residential commission. The results are in: The new home is an epitome of Southern California indoor/outdoor living, with a world-class view as the kicker.

A little backstory: As much as Mara and Larry Lawrence admire the stunning modernism of architect Jeff Brizzes (Pacific Group Architecture), they say their recently completed 6,000-square-foot home is a triumph because of the creative integration of the interior architecture by Robinson. The pair say that high praise for Robinson is no slight to Brizzes, who, in fact, invited the interior designer to collaborate with him after both had successfully worked together on previous residential projects.

Robinson-who accepts only one residential commission a year-has few peers when it comes to transforming blueprints into a finished product that captures the architect's vision and homeowner dreams. "I call a project a success by keeping everyone moving forward," he says. "Problems have to be anticipated, and if homeowners have difficulty articulating what they want, it's my responsibility to outpace their expectations."

Robinson, who holds a degree in architecture from McGill University, approaches his interiors with an architect's eye. He has a flair for softening hard surfaces. Because stained concrete, limestone and hardwoods dominate the interior of the Lawrence home, Robinson created a vaulted ceiling of cedar with fabric-wrapped panels to soften the sound. His experience with acoustics can be appreciated in such restaurant triumphs as George's at the Cove, Pacifica del Mar, Mille Fleurs, Bertrand at Mr. A's and Jack's in La Jolla.

Another Robinson hallmark is the merging of indoors and outdoors. The Lawrence home, which resembles a nautilus shell opening to the west, has pathways of inset beach stones and fossil shells. The ammonite shells, reportedly millions of years old, vary in size from 5 to 10 inches in diameter.

"The idea is to discover the shells, which are randomly placed in inconspicuous places in the floors," Robinson says. The insets are metaphors for the streams that flow from land to sea, visually connecting indoor and outdoor living areas.

He employs the latest technology in control systems to create his artful light designs, using light like a paintbrush to define spaces and to create mood and character. Robinson's choices in millwork are equally stunning, with custom cabinetry design flowing easily through the home. Unstained, flat-cut birch is integrated with iron and steel components. The birch millwork is composed of simple lines and combined with patinas of raw steel, brushed stainless steel and, in some instances, inlaid with wood and pebbles. An intentional geometric pattern of quilting has been incorporated into the cabinetry to reflect the Lawrences' fondness for contemporary Americana.

The kitchen provides the easel and canvas for Robinson's eye and brushwork. Tempting as it was to incorporate the exhibition kitchen with the living and dining areas, Robinson declined. Instead, the designer and homeowners agreed to wall off the modern kitchen yet still make it accessible from the grand terrace. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the kitchen is about family time, says Robinson. As a result, the kitchen's Euro feel is softened with an adjacent homey family room with breakfast bar and desk areas, cozy leather sofas and plasma televisions.

Robinson's creativity is also readily apparent in the master bath, where he placed a freestanding concrete tub in the window so the homeowners could literally soak in the view. Because a lot of square footage was sacrificed for views, Robinson created economies of scale to make his-and-hers bath vanities fit nicely in the same space.

The Lawrence project is a terrific collaboration of enlightened delegation. The architect trusted the interior designer to interface with the décor needs of the client, and the homeowners believed in the team they selected.

"The fringe benefit of designing a home is the often-unexpected friendships that grow from the experience. With the Lawrences and Brizzes, we're all still friends," says Robinson. "Without that bond, we can't call any project a total success.

Mark Your Holiday Calendars for Holiday Wonderland 2008 in the Village of Del Mar
December 7th, 1PM-6PM

This annual event is presented by the Del Mar Village Association
With the Support of the City of Del Mar

Holiday Festivities
1PM-5PM

Tree Lighting
& Live Music
5PM-6PM
A True Old-Fashioned Holiday Event for the Whole Family!

HOLIDAY WONDERLAND encompasses the entire downtown area with activities for every age throughout the Village of Del Mar along Camino Del Mar/Pacific Coast Highway 101 from 15th Street to 10th Street as well as the Del Mar Plaza.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the local schools.

 Festivities for the Day Include:
1PM -5PM

• Santa Claus Pictures
• Horse and Carriage Rides
• Live Music
• Arts and Crafts
• Famous Heights and Hills Cake Walk
• Body Painting and Henna
• Tastes from Del Mar Restaurants
• Kids' Fun Zone
• Cotton Candy, Popcorn and Treats
• Holiday Gift Bazaar
• Jimmy O's and Del Mar Rotary Club BBQ

Holiday Entertainment
1PM-5PM

• Craig Newton Holiday Show
• Del Mar Heights Choir
• Del Mar Hills Choir
• Gregory Michael's Band
• Hullabaloo
• Kate Fuller
• Michael Tiernan
• Randy Fontaine and the Swingers
• Steven Ybarra
• Torrey Pines Dance Team
• Winston School Band

 Fun at the Del Mar Library - FREE Holiday Activities/Programs
at the Library

1-4:30PM   Snowflake Ornament Decorating
1:30PM      Gingerbread Boy Puppet Show
2-4PM        Gingerbread Boy Cookie Decorating
3-4:15PM   Visit from Mother Goose
4:15PM      Gingerbread Boy Puppet Show 

Tree Lighting
& Live Music
5PM - 6PM
 At the L'Auberge Outside Amphitheatre (Corner of 15th Street and Camino Del Mar/Hwy 101) for the annual Del Mar Tree Lighting. Enjoy holiday music by Michael Tiernan, complimentary refreshments provided by L'Auberge Del Mar/Kitchen 1540, and the lighting of Del Mar's 35' tree!