Celebrating Coastal Orange County
La Cornue Chateau Range: The must-have appliance of Rona Graf of Grace Blu “I want to share with you one of my current favorite appliances: the La Cornue Chateau range. It’s a true masterpiece of culinary craftsmanship that blends both artistry and function. The range delivers precise temperature control and even heat distribution, making it ideal for novice and experienced cooks alike. It’s also designed with a spacious oven to accommodate multiple dishes at once, […]
Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the 20th century and a pioneer among women artists. The exhibition Feels Like Home at Orange County Museum of Art focuses on Neel’s honest, intimate paintings of her home, children, animals, and expanded family. A painter of people, landscape, and still life, Alice Neel (1900-1984) was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde movements. Neel’s style was distinctively her own. She painted life around her […]
A sprawling Laguna Niguel property commands attention from its eight-figure, bluff-top position By Alexandria Abramian PHOTOS BY THE LUXURY LEVEL // ATEAM With more than 13 planted acres, the property is one of the largest estates in all of Orange County. And the home fittingly comes with its share of boast-able stats: A 500-foot driveway with circular motor court; 95 solar panels; 20 skylights; an 8-car garage. Then there’s the not-inconsiderable 14,500 square feet of […]
What are the most important buildings in Orange County—the most historic, architecturally significant, and the most beautiful? What built spaces and public places make us unique? These are the questions Blue Door Magazine is exploring as we tour Iconic OC. The origin story of Orange County is set at Mission San Juan Capistrano. The Mission is a place both sacred and secular, where indigenous, Spanish, Mexican, American, and Californian people lived, built, worked, prayed, served, […]
