Zuma vista is a vision in blue
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Retreating from their getaway
Set among towering eucalyptus trees, the hilltop estate centers on an Italian villa-style home reached by a winding driveway. A cobblestone motor court, statuary and creeping vines contribute to the sleepy, romantic ambience of the stone-walled house, which was designed by Wallace Frost and built in the 1930s.

Model gave her Snapchat fans an eyeful
She spent about six weeks and $50,000 on the transformation. Although no major construction was done, she gave the town home atop-to-bottom aesthetic makeover: repainting the walls, installing shelves in the living room, swapping out all of her furniture and custom-making a large vintage-style vanity mirror.

‘Sleeping giant’ is awakening
Wayout on the far western reaches of Culver Boulevard— past the Ballona marshlands, wherethe asphalt ends and the fewmeager acres of beach sand dunes leftinLos Angelesbegin — is asmall coastalenclave with a historyofperseverance that befits its grandiose name: Playa del Rey, the beachofthe king.

An old haunt for VIPs
Ilove the soaring ceilings that are painted and their stenciled beams. The visionary who built the Cedars, Maurice Tourneur, was a film director who worked for MGM Studios in the 1920s. He brought in artisans from Germany, Italy and France and collaborated with MGM set designers.