At Zuma, she’s got everything from Z to A

by Teresa Mathew February 27, 2019

Melanie Stone came to West Marin from Southern California four decades ago. She broke into retail at shops in Inverness, then opened a small Point Reyes Station storefront with her friend, Connie Morse. Ms. Stone, now Zuma's sole owner, says the natural environment influences her wares. Teresa Mathew

When children walk into Zuma, a gift shop on Highway 1 specializing in arts and crafts, parents often caution them not to touch the fluffy white llamas and alluring wooden flutes. But Melanie Stone, an Inverness resident who opened Zuma nearly three decades ago, gently pushes back on such parental c

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