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Brentwood
If you’re wondering why the streets of Hollywood aren’t packed with celebrities, it’s because they’re all in Brentwood. Reese Witherspoon lives and jogs here. Zooey Deschanel shops here. Brentwood is suburbia for Hollywood’s rich and famous.

While spotting a Hollywood starlet disguised as a regular person at Brentwood Country Mart isn’t unusual, chances are, you may have to settle for studio execs and their families instead. This quaint spot is strewn with California-chic boutiques and eateries.

Label mavens get their kicks at Intermix, a multi-brand retailer with a well-edited collection from top fashion brands, and then head to Caffe Luxxe for a cup of rich, bold coffee or espresso. With no WiFi connection, Caffe Luxxe is what coffeehouses used to be—a social hangout where friends meet for a planned or spontaneous rendezvous.

At Farmshop, designer moms with their well-dressed babies order yellow tomato gazpacho alongside businesspeople and retirees noshing on dishes like roasted Jidori chicken and oil-cured Kampachi crudo. Make time to peruse the restaurant’s market that’s chock-full of imported beer and wine, gourmet cheese and to-go goodies.

Phoenicians will appreciate Brentwood’s unexpected connection to the Valley of the Sun by way of Frank Lloyd Wright. It’s the only place in Southern California with a structure constructed in Wright’s modern Usonian design. The George Sturges House, built in 1939, is a single-family home that remains a private residence.