Eames Demetrios

“Filmmaker-artist-design steward” is how Eames Demetrios -- the grandson of Modernist design icons Charles and Ray Eames -- describes his occupation. The San Francisco-born multi-hyphenate, 46, also serves as director of Santa Monica’s Eames Office, which preserves the legacy of his grandparents. With such a varied resume, it’s no wonder Demetrios -- who lives in Mar Vista with wife Shelley and son Guthrie, 16 -- enjoys such an eclectic weekend. He says it’s most fun when his son Xander, 19, is home from college.

A NIGHT IN Friday evening we’d order from Wildflour Pizza and rent videos from Vidiots, which has a great selection of independent and foreign movies. OUTSIDE ART Saturday morning we’d get up at 6 or 7 and drive to Joshua Tree. We enjoy checking out my art installation, “Krblin Jihn Kabin,” and the site of Noah Purifoy, an artist who created the most amazing structures out of found objects -- a tower made of cafeteria trays, a post-apocalyptic building of dried-out clothes -- really beautiful little buildings to experience. We’d have lunch at this great restaurant called Crossroads -- I’d have the ahi sandwich -- then walk around Joshua Tree Park. GRILL OF MY DREAMS For dinner we’d go to Sakura House: Sizzling Skewers of Kushiyaki on Washington Boulevard -- the chicken and green onion skewers are spectacular -- then catch our niece, Emily Maya Mills, in the late show at the Upright Citizens Brigade. WHAT A DIVE Sunday morning we’d go scuba diving -- Ocean Adventures Dive Co. rents equipment and organizes trips. There are a dozen beautiful sites on the east side of Catalina; the cold-water marine fish are spectacular. The high point is when the sea lions play with you. There’s a good short-order cook on the boat to serve lunch -- sometimes tri-tip, or barbecue chicken. SUSHI CUE For dinner we’d go to this decadent restaurant called the Hump at Santa Monica Airport. They actually make an extremely good martini, which isn’t always the case in sushi restaurants.

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