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Los Angeles native Michael Hiatt comes from a family deeply entrenched in the city’s growth and development—he appreciates not only the history of the city’s past, but the possibilities and potential of its future.

For anyone with a passion for real estate, we believe there’s a mutual obsession for all things real estate-related like architecture, landscaping, community, culture, and, of course, interior design.

ON THE COVER Modern Making: A Pierre Koenig original—carefully revised for the 21st century—creates a private utopia atop the ocean presented by Crosby Doe of Crosby Doe Associates and Gerard Bisignano of Vista Sotheby’s International Realty.

With inspiration for both the kitchen and bath—plus, a seed of the same for the garden—the season is blooming with books!

It’s not every day that an opportunity to take a private art lesson from an instructor with bona fide bloodlines to famed French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir presents itself.

Manhattan Beach realtor Matt Pernice represents buyers and sellers of South Bay homes and apartment buildings. South Bay DIGS chats with this water-loving family man about the local market, its rising residential real estate prices and his favorite outdoor activities.

And, on a mellow residential street in Rancho Palos Verdes, the finishing touches were being put on a flat-level home designed by a prominent architect of the day, Pierre Koenig.

Now, with the May 2014 debut of their four-in-one restaurant complex Playa Provisions, the husband and wife culinary team of Nick Roberts and Brooke Williamson, a Top Chef runner-up solidifies their standing as a culinary mainstay.

A close shave, a cigar and the perfect pair of denims— Deep Pocket Jean Company celebrates a timeless male trifecta.

South Bay DIGS stops by Eyedentity Optique in Riviera Village for a conversation with owner and optician David Smith.