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ual walk-in closets—each varied in style
and, with their considerable scale and
polish, akin to private getaways. Likewise,
other bedrooms are designed as luxury
hospitality suites, each featuring a differ-
ent motif and equipped with niceties like
heated floors and blackout curtains.
As richly suave and wants-for-nothing as
the interior, the exterior has been designed
to be its equal partner. The grounds are
free-flowing and open, yet carefully
shrouded from the neighbors. "The privacy
is amazing and the home itself is unassum-
ing from the street," says Arana. "It also has
great security." The covered, airy cabana is
an inviting heart of the exterior. Here you
can gather with friends on sunny pool days,
and set out fresh specialties from the pizza
oven or the double Korean barbecue along
the generously sized island. The cabana's
kitchen is elegant and all-inclusive, down
to multiple refrigerators and an enormous
gleaming grill, and gives needed flexibility
to your hospitality, which can range from
casual family meals and big al fresco lawn
fiestas to a formal dinner party at the grace-
ful wood table with seating for 16.
Notable is the property's central loca-
tion, which is convenient to reach main
destination points on the Westside. Brent-
wood Country Mart, for instance, is less
than 5 minutes away by car; so is Pacific
Coast Highway. You can cruise to Palisades
Village in downtown Pacific Palisades in 10
minutes, and reach Santa Monica Airport in
15 minutes. Back at 1525 San Vicente, after
the sun has set over the sweeping canyon
landscape, the grounds are transformed by
music and lighting, amplifying this glamor-
ous, only-in-California scene: Orange flames
flicker in the firepit, the breeze rustles the
green palm fronds along the edge of the
serene pool and night stars twinkle above
in the sky. You are indeed transported.
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