The Filoli Estate, Host to Biden and Xi, Has Hollywood History - The New York Times

The meeting took place at a giant 20th-century estate built by a family that made its fortune in the gold rush. By Katie Rogers and David E. Sanger Reporting from San Francisco Filoli, a grand house and garden on 654 acres of rolling green grounds near the California coast, has been a supporting character in the 1980s television drama “Dynasty” and the 2001 romantic comedy “The Wedding Planner.” It has been the venue for top-dollar nuptials of Facebook executives, and the public can tour the gardens. Just not on Wednesday. Top aides to President Biden have worked with Chinese officials for weeks to ensure that this setting would be the perfect backdrop to host a diplomatic summit between Mr. Biden and President Xi Jinping of China — two men who share a deep skepticism of each other, but also a mutual belief that their countries must avoid allowing their diplomatic and military interactions to deteriorate from fierce competition into outright conflict. San Francisco, the host city of th

The meeting took place at a giant 20th-century estate built by a family that made its fortune in the gold rush. By Katie Rogers and David E. Sanger Reporting from San Francisco Filoli, a grand house and garden on 654 acres of rolling green grounds near the California coast, has been a supporting character in the 1980s television drama “Dynasty” and the 2001 romantic comedy “The Wedding Planner.” It has been the venue for top-dollar nuptials of Facebook executives, and the public can tour the gardens. Just not on Wednesday. Top aides to President Biden have worked with Chinese officials for wee