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CM Winter 2015 Final

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No Place Like Home Kyle Eastwood Weds at Mission Ranch B Y M I C H A E L C H AT F I E L D • P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y T O M O ' N E A L ARMEL NATIVE SON KYLE EASTWOOD MAKES HIS HOME IN FRANCE AND LEADS THE GLAMOROUS, GLOBETROTTING LIFESTYLE OF A SUCCESSFUL PRO- FESSIONAL JAZZ MUSICIAN. SO WHEN IT CAME TIME TO TIE THE KNOT, HE AND HIS FIANCÉE CYNTHIA RAMIREZ HAD THEIR CHOICE OF EXOTIC, ROMANTIC LOCA- TIONS. ROME? BALI? RIO? THE MALDIVES? ST. BARTS? NONE OF THE ABOVE…THE COU- PLE CHOSE TO COME BACK TO THE GROOM'S HOMETOWN OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA. "THE PENINSULA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MY FAMILY," EASTWOOD SAID FROM HIS PARIS HOME. "BOTH MY PARENTS [CLINT AND MAGGIE] STILL LIVE THERE. I COME BACK AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR TO VISIT THEM AND MY FRIENDS. CYNTHIA IS ORIGINALLY FROM LOS ANGELES AND HAS CARMEL FRIENDS AS WELL. WE BOTH HAVE DEEP ROOTS ON THE MONTEREY PENINSULA." "THE FIRST TIME I VISITED CARMEL, I THOUGHT THE PLACE WAS SPECTACULAR," SAYS THE NEW MRS. EASTWOOD. "IT FELT LIKE A SECOND HOME TO ME." SO, ON SEPT. 28, THE COUPLE EXCHANGED VOWS AT MISSION RANCH, THE RESORT OWNED BY KYLE'S FATHER, CLINT. "I'VE BEEN GOING THERE MY WHOLE LIFE," THE YOUNGER EASTWOOD REMARKS. "IT WAS A SMALL AND INTIMATE AFFAIR," CYNTHIA ADDS, "MORE LIKE A FAM- ILY DINNER WITH A SHORT CEREMONY." AFTER GATHERING AT THE ELDER EASTWOOD'S TEHAMA HOME FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, THE WEDDING PARTY DECAMPED FOR THE FAMILY RESORT IN CARMEL, WHERE AROUND 30 FAM- ILY MEMBERS AND CLOSE FRIENDS HAD GATHERED THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON UNDER PAR- TIALLY CLOUDY EARLY-AUTUMN SKIES. KYLE AND CYNTHIA EXCHANGED VOWS UNDER A SIMPLE, FLOWER-COVERED ARBOR ON A PATIO OVERLOOKING THE RANCH'S LUSH GROUNDS, THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE DISTANCE. A RECEPTION FOLLOWED IN THE EVENTS BUILDING (KNOWN AS "THE BARN") ADJACENT TO THE MISSION RANCH RESTAURANT. PATRONS OF THAT POPULAR EATERY ARE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A GLIMPSE OF CLINT, BUT THIS DAY, THEY GOT A PEEK INTO AN INTIMATE AND PRIVATE CELEBRITY FAMILY GATHERING. THERE WERE NO DOUBT MANY TWEETS, FACEBOOK POSTS AND STORIES TO THE FOLKS BACK HOME ABOUT THE AFFAIR. C C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 159

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