We liked our longish weekend stay at Isabelle´s place a lot! She was very flexible with our early arrival and had even arranged a lot of toys and a special bed and a highchair for our toddler :-) This is a place to go, if you`re looking for a countryside place to stay, but near LA/ Santa Monica. The only thing that worried me at first was the traffic at Topanga Canyon Road. It´s not recommended to go there with a stroller or by bicycle (at least if you not familiar with the road and traffic). But Isabelle very nicely offered me to borrow her bike rack!
The carrot cake and chai latte Isabelle had made for our arrival, were super yammy!