The societal stereotype of the wild-haired, nerdy scientist sporting black horn-rimmed glasses, a lab coat, and waving a test tube doesn’t jibe with scientists seen at the regal research institutes lining San Diego’s Torrey Pines Mesa. A case in point — those at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, an international leader in…
Rock-Dominique Prévot, a world-renowned fashion designer of elegant evening gowns, was in town to support the Patrons of the Prado’s annual gala. The organization, established 13 years ago, helps fund 11 museums and art organizations in Balboa Park. Prevot’s clients have included Nancy Reagan, the late Elizabeth Taylor, and Princess Stephanie of Monaco, and one…
He represents the fourth generation of a successful furniture family that helped to define the California look — laid back yet luxurious, comfortable and classic, stylish but not stuffy. To La Jollan Loren Kreiss, his family sells not so much furniture, but an indoor/outdoor lifestyle that is quintessentially Californian. “If you had to sum it…
At Home With Joan Waitt She has come a long way from her modest roots in small-town Iowa to a nine-acre bluff-top estate with a sweeping view of the La Jolla shore. The years have brought soaring success, incredible wealth, and the break-up of a high-profile marriage to Gateway founder and tech tycoon Ted Waitt,…