By Mike Nelson | Photos by Nathan Cool
Sheriane and Brad Mattocks are busy bank executives who also love good food, good wine, good friends...
– Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer
nancy@ventanamonthly.com
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hat do you get when a renowned architect becomes his own client? A dream house of extraordinary vision, as seen...
By Mike Nelson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Roya Alt’s appreciation for art can be traced to her formative years in Marina del Rey, when...
By Alex Wilson
Staying at Boatel on the Water is a little bit like taking a fantasy cruise to the Ventura Harbor Village. While the...
Clean lines and sustainable design define the magnificent Wall House in Ojai.
BY Mark Storer | Photos By Michael Montano
The shifting landscapes and seismic heaving...
By Mike Nelson | Photos by Viktor Budnik
Pregnant with her first daughter, Summer Dalton was making baby clothes when, she recalled, “One night, I...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Viktor Budnik
When the Fillmore and Western Railway closed down a few years ago, Ventura County locals…and...
Lila Francese, founder of OHI Home, offers insight into
what makes a house — and a life — more beautiful.
BY EMILY DODI
L
ila Francese of sought-after...
By Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer | Photos by Matt Titone/Indoek/Italic Studio
Artist, photographer, designer, surfer: Matt Titone contains multitudes. From a young age, the East...
Story and photos by Chuck Graham
I left the Whitney Portal Trailhead right at midnight, the sheer granite gorge brightening under another starry Eastern Sierra...