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Santa Monica

American  
[san-tuh mon-i-kuh] / ˈsæn tə ˈmɒn ɪ kə /

noun

  1. a beachfront city in southwestern California, near Los Angeles, on Santa Monica Bay: popular tourist destination and resort.


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Visitors seeking a break from the swelling crowds at Frieze should make a stop at Post-Fair, located just a few miles away at an old Santa Monica post office.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Thursday morning, over 100 artists, gallerists and collectors representing 24 countries wafted into the maze that is Frieze at the Santa Monica Airport and transformed the space into a winding runway.

From Los Angeles Times

“The notion of going to dinner in Santa Monica just feels like having nails shoved into my feet.”

From Los Angeles Times

At the ceremony earlier this month in Santa Monica, Bentley reflected on the challenges and rewards of taking on such an ambitious project with a limited budget, including the construction of a period locomotive... from plywood.

From Barron's

“I’m of the perspective where I don’t really mind if I’m busing tables in London or something if I’m jetting off to Oslo or Berlin or Copenhagen on the weekend,” said Brody Wilkes, a second-year St. Andrews student from Santa Monica, Calif. “I think that’s a way of life that I would much prefer over trying to grind a corporate job in the U.S. or working in L.A. and dealing with crazy home prices and things like that.”

From The Wall Street Journal