THE STAY AWHILE JOURNAL

INSIDE FROM THE WORLD OF LUXURY VACATION LIVING

Field notes, market analysis, and hospitality perspectives from the team managing some of the most distinctive homes in Beverly Hills, Malibu, Hollywood Hills, and Fort Lauderdale.

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September 25, 2026 · 10 min read

Los Angeles is one of the few cities where ten or eleven people can share a single private villa, cook together in a chef’s kitchen, float in a private pool

September 18, 2026 · 7 min read

Stay Awhile Villas keeps a handpicked portfolio of private homes across Malibu, Beverly Hills, and the Hollywood Hills, and of every week in the year, Thanksgiving is the one our

September 10, 2026 · 10 min read

There is a specific quality to the light in the Hollywood Hills in the last hour before the sun drops behind the ridgeline. The letters on Mount Lee go warm

September 4, 2026 · 9 min read

Some trips are about the destination. This one is about the timing. Los Angeles quiets down at the end of summer just when it should feel loudest. The freeway pace

August 29, 2026 · 8 min read

Beverly Hills is one of the few places left where shopping is a proper occasion rather than an errand. Palm-lined avenues, cars idling at the curb, a doorman who knows

August 21, 2026 · 8 min read

Some weekends are about a place. This one is about the two of you, and the place is only there to hold it. An anniversary is not really a vacation.

August 13, 2026 · 10 min read

There is a specific quality to the light in Malibu in the last hour before the sun reaches the Pacific. The sea stacks along the coast turn to shadow, the

August 7, 2026 · 9 min read

Beverly Hills changes character with the season. The same three blocks of Rodeo Drive belong to an entirely different story in February than they do in July: the gardens bloom

August 1, 2026 · 8 min read

Every Labor Day, the lists arrive on schedule, and they say what they always say. Bermuda for the pink sand, Charleston for the porches, Las Vegas for the noise, Los

July 23, 2026 · 6 min read

Most people picture Los Angeles weekend trips as a straight shot up the coast: Malibu, Santa Barbara, the usual PCH rhythm. Two and a half hours inland, past the last

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