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The New York Times Travel section checks in on the Bay City with an update on what's interesting since Santa Monica Place reopened. The story sends future tourists to Bergamot Station, the Blue Plate Oysterette, Huckleberry, Fig and the Annenberg Community Beach House, with side trips to the Brentwood Country Mart and the Erwin Hotel in Venice. Story
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